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them,” he said. “We can learn about
what it takes to get through A&M, es
pecially as an African-American,
what to expect after graduation.
“That’s very important. So many
times, we’re focused so much on gradu
ating. But that’s such a small part of
everything.
“This reunion gives us a chance to
see what it’s like as African-Americans
and as Aggies.”
The reunion will culminate in a ban
quet in 225 MSC at 6:30 p.m. Satur
day. Dawnna Dukes, Class of ’86 and a
representative in the Texas Legisla
ture, will deliver the keynote address.
The banquet will be followed with a
11 a.m. brunch the next morning.
All proceeds from brunch ticket
sales will benefit the Shelton Wallace
Endowment and the Crystal
Miller/Reginald Broadus Scholarship.
The two endowments were dedicated in
the memory of three A&M students
who passed away.
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Amtrak officials
came to College Station
in August to reach an
agreement between
concerned citizens and
Amtrak officials.
"The bus service is
just a compromise,”
Willis said. "They
weren’t going to have
Amtrak anymore.”
One suggestion was
to have the Texas A&M
marketing department
conduct a survey to de
termine how many pas
sengers were needed to
keep the train running
and how to attract them.
However, Willis said
the train service had al
ready reached a decision.
“They didn’t want to
look at restructuring,” he
said. “They already had
their priorities and plans
set up when they came
down here.”
Frost said he also
suggested the “Aggie
Special” where people
could ride the train from
Houston and Dallas to
A&M home football
games for a group rate.
“Even though a ma
jority of the people at the
games are students and
local residents, there are
a lot of alumni and resi
dents from Houston and
Dallas who have to drive
down here and fight traf
fic for home games,” he
said. “The Aggie Special
would make it easier on
people traveling and
bring in more revenue
for Amtrak.”
Frost said that al
though the community
made an effort to save
the train service, it
would have taken
more than a few con
cerned citizens.
“This is a regional or
state problem, and we
need the regional eight
or nine counties to stand
up and say, Hey, wait a
minute,’” he said.
Even though the deci
sion was not the city's
first choice. Frost said it
is important to maintain
some sort of connection
with Amtrak.
Another problem may
be the fact that not
many people know or
care about trains, which
were once a primary
travel source, he said.
“Most people don't
care because they do not
know what train travel
is and have never been
on one,” Frost said.
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far back on their property as
possible — away from areas in
which there are people.”
Steve Beachy, College Station
emergency management coordi
nator, said the city is taking
some steps to solve the problem,
but the citizens are the ones who
can do the most.
“Their cooperation will be es
sential to control these prob
lems,” Beachy said.
College Station is planning a
two-phase approach to the mos
quito dilemma.
The first phase is a pubiic ed
ucation initiative, which will get
the word out to the people that
there is a danger by using the
city’s community access channel.
Beachy said the second thing
the city will do is place insecti
cide tablets in some of the ar
eas where mosquitoes are
thought to breed.
“This will help alleviate the
breeding sites, and if ... residents
will do the same sort of things,
that will help to,” he said.
Similar insecticides can be
found at local stores, Beachy said.
Joe Brown, city of Bryan
spokesman, said the case in
College Station is also a con
cern for Bryan.
“We’re certainly not naive
enough to think that if this sort
of thing happened in College
Station, that it can’t happen in
Bryan,” Brown said. “We’re go
ing to be very progressive in
our approach to this and warn
our citizens.
“It’s unfortunate that it takes
a death to bring this sort of
thing to light.”
Brown said the large egret
rookery in Bryan is not a con
cern, because the birds which
commonly carry the disease are
sparrows, swallows, swifts and
other small birds.
Olson said the last death from
St. Louis encephalitis occurred in
1976 and was an isolated incident.
The number of mosquitoes
this summer has been lower
than normal, he said, and a
large rain or cooler weather
would drastically reduce the
population further.
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