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Tuesday • April ll,15j
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Citizen group files
suit against Blinn
A Bryan citizen group filed a
lawsuit Monday to stop the
construction of a Blinn College
campus on Villa Maria in Bryan.
The lawsuit, filed by Citizens
United for a Responsible Bryan,
names the City of Bryan, Blinn
College, Bryan’s mayor and city
manager, the president of Blinn
College and the president of the
Blinn Board of Trustees
as defendants.
CURB contends that the use
of city funds and credit for the
benefit of Blinn College violates
the Texas Constitution, which
prohibits such transactions.
CURB was formed in October
1994 to protest the construction of
the campus for fear that the campus
would cause traffic and parking
problems and destroy the quality of
life in the neighborhoods.
Warrant issued for
□ The bills, which passed the
Senate without debate, would
give judges another option in
dealing with parents who fail
to pay child support.
AUSTIN (AP) — Parents delinquent
in paying child support could face the
loss of their state driver’s and profes
sional licenses under bills passed Mon
day by the Texas Senate.
“I want the children of Texas ad
dressed. I want child support paid and
paid timely,” said Sen. Chris Harris, R-
Arlington, sponsor of the legislation.
“If getting the driver’s license is what it
takes to get somebody’s attention, then
that’s what needs to happen,” Harris said.
His bills passed the Senate without de
bate or objection and now go to the House,
which has included similar license revoca
tion provisions in a welfare reform bill.
The House bill, in addition to driver’s
and professional licenses, would provide
for suspension of hunting, fishing and
other recreational licenses.
The Senate legislation didn’t include
suspension of recreational licenses be
cause of concerns about whether the state
could enforce that provision and at what
cost, Harris said.
“To really do this, you’d have to have a
computer terminal every place a hunting
and fishing license is sold,” he said. “I
don’t think that there’s that much of an
advantage of taking a hunting and fishing
license to justify that kind of cost.”
But he said lawmakers still are
studying the idea.
Harris said his bills would apply to a
parent who owes child support that is at
least 90 days in arrears and who has
failed to comply with a payment plan for
the past-due amount.
A petition to suspend a license could
be filed with the state attorney general’s
office or in court, and suspension could
be ordered following a hearing, accord
ing to the senator’s office. The person
who owes support would get a chance to
present his or her side, and potentially
work out a payment plan.
Harris said he doesn’t know how many
parents would fall under his legislation,
but he said, “I’m sure it would be in the
thousands and thousands.”
The measure is meant to give more op
tions to judges who. now only have the au
thority to jail deadbeat parents, he said.
“In lots of counties, we still currently
have jail overcrowding,” Harris saii
judge can take the attitude thatkf
rather have a murder and a rapist iiu;
jail cell ... instead of a parent who’st
paying their child support.”
Gov. George W. Bush, who dur;;
last year’s campaign voiced strong;,
port for suspending the licenses
beat parents, said he was pleasedby^
Senate action.
“I think it’s going to be a very goodtt
for making Texans understand that
are responsible for their behavior," he
Bush said that although the legisk
does not include the suspension of ree
ational licenses, driver’s license susp
sion would affect someone’s ability tod
tain those permits as well.
“If you don’t have your driver’s lice:.,
you’re not going to get a hunting or fc:
ing license,” he said.
suspected arsonists
Health Iips
Healthy treats provide alternative to traditional Easter basket
The Bryan Police Department is
searching for two men believed to be
responsible for the arson of the
Bryan Library on March 28.
Felony warrants were issued
Saturday for Clyde Newton Settles
and Ronnie O’Neal Jr., both of
Midland, charging the two with arson
and burglary.
Information obtained through a tip
to the Brazos County CrimeStoppers
provided the leads necessary to
obtain warrants in the investigation.
Gov. Bush views end
By Cami Bremer
A.P. Beutel Health Center
of former drug house
TAYLOR(AP) — With hundreds
of residents looking on, a bulldozer
crashed into a former drug house
Monday, and Gov. George W. Bush
hailed it as an example for
communities across the state.
Bush’s office said other cities are
interested in duplicating the "Turn
Around Taylor” program, which has
seen volunteers armed only with hard
hats and T-shirts march through a
drug-infested neighborhood to chase
dealers and customers away.
With the Taylor program as a
guide, the governor’s criminal justice
division is launching a "Turn Around
Texas” program.
Spring is in the air. Easter is just
around the corner.
Soon, the Easter Bunny will be hopping
into our homes with treats to delight the
whole family. The holiday is full of
fun with candy and colored
eggs, stuffed bunnies and
chicks and Easter Lilies.
However, we may be faced
with some choices that could
boost our calorie and fat intake.
You may be planning to
make an Easter basket for a lit
tle brother or sister, a niece or
nephew, or someone special.
Before you load the basket
full of candy, remember
that the typical basket
could be loaded with up
to 3,000 calories and 163
grams of fat.
You can limit the number of
calories by putting smaller por
tions in the Easter basket or by bal
ancing it with some healthier choices
from the “Healthy Choice Basket”.
By reading labels, you can be aware of
the calories in each item. Remember that
no more than 30 percent of calories should
come from fat.
The “Healthy Choice Basket” can be
filled with healthier treats in plastic eggs.
This can cut the calories to about 600 and
the fat grams to 13.
Filling the basket with healthy
snacks like pretzels, snack cookies or
fruit will cut calories and em-
phasize healthy snacking.
It is important to remem-
^ ber that neither of the follow-
TYPICAL EASTER BASKET
ing two types of baskets are
§ entirely good or entirely bad.
You may want to take
ideas from both of these
baskets and combine
them to form a basket
that provides treats, but
at the same time, stress
es the importance of a
healthy diet.
Another way to
stress the impor
tance of a healthy
lifestyle is to con-
a theme basket
1 large rabbit, 5 oz. hollow, milk chocolate
1 egg, 5 oz. creme-filled
1 rabbit, 3 oz. solid, milk chocolate
chocolate covered peanut butter filled
P eggs, cnocoiate coverea pe
10 small chocolate eggs solid, candy covered
40 peanuts, 1 oz. dry roasted
8 malted milk robin eggs
TOTAL
HEALTHY CHOICES EASTER BASKET
struct
with items from a particular sport, items
that stress personal improvement or items
that stress relaxation’
1 oz. raisins
3/4 oz. small bear-shaped cookiesfabout 20)
2 hard-boiled eggs
1 oz. low-fat cheese
18 to 20 jelly beans
15 grapes
1 Kiwi fruit
1/2 oz. pretzels (about 10)
TOTAL
Calories
Grams ofFi
800
46
690
30
450
30
350
20
300
16
170
15
240
6
3,000
163
Calories
Grams ofFai
28
0.0
60
2.0
79
5.6
72
4.5
200
0.0
51
0.3
46
0.3
55
0.5
591
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ALTERNATIVE THEME BASKETS
• Spring Fun - exercise themes, tennis shoes, sunglasses, sunscreen, frisbee
• Picnic Basket - apples, oranges, bottled water, books
• Personal Basket - perfume, Bubble bath, lotion, soaps, potpourri
• Sports Basket - baseball, tennis, fishing equipment
• Music Basket - tapes, magazines, a new instrument
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