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Page 2 • The Battalion
A&M honors employees with
Meritorious Service awards
Wednesday • January 17,1996
news
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TheBa
Wednesc
lanuary 17,
Tim Moog, The Battalion
Angel Coronado was presented the President's Meritorious Service
Award. He has been working in landscaping for 18 years.
□ Bowen presented a
new award to the
University Police Bike
Patrol for outstanding
service to the University.
By Courtney Walker
The Ba ft align
Texas A&M President Ray M.
Bowen presented President’s Meri
torious Service Awards Jan. 8 to
11 non-faculty A&M employees
who serve the University in such
diverse occupations as landscape
maintenance and accounting.
President’s Meritorious Service
Awards are given to outstanding
University employees each year.
This year’s ceremony marked
the first time an award was pre
sented to a group.
The University Police Bike Pa
trol was chosen from 13 nominated
groups and recognized for out
standing service to the University.
William Adams, a West Campus
landscape maintenance leader and
award recipient, has worked at
A&M for 12 years. He said winning
the award is one of the greatest
things that has happened to him
since he has been at the university.
“It is such a great feeling and
honor, like an athlete winning the
Heisman trophy,” Adams said.
Adams takes care of campus
lawns, softball and soccer
fields, the intramural sports
complex, Research Park and
Riverside campus.
Dr. Kerry Hope, associate di
rector for student counseling ser
vices and award recipient, said
she is thankful for the 20 years
she has worked at A&M.
Hope has taken on numerous
projects, including founding the
Student Counseling Helpline
last semester.
“This is not just a recognition
for me, but also for the counseling
center,” Hope said.
Nominations for the award are
accepted in September, and an
anonymous nine-member commit
tee appointed by Bowen chooses
the award recipients.
Hugh McElroy, human re
sources department assistant di
rector, said the award is an ap
propriate way to recognize the
dedication and hard work of non
faculty employees.
Nominees must have been
A&M employees for at least two
years, hold a position below that
of director and spend at least 50
percent of their time at A&M.
Individual award recipients
are given $500, a commemora
tive plaque and their choice of a
pen or pendant.
CS bans cyclists on
George Bush Drive
A cily of College Station ordi
nance prohibiting bicyclists and
pedestrians on George Bush Drive
adjacent to the Texas A&M cam
pus and from Marion Pugh to FM
2818 went into effect Tuesday.
College Station police will en
force the new ordinance until
construction on George Bush Dri
ve is finished in 1997.
Pat Williams, a Texas Depart
ment of Transportation area engi
neer, said construction, which be
gan three months ago, will make
the street safer for use by pedestri
ans and cyclists.
Aggie plates raise
scholarship money
More than 160 Texas A&M
students are receiving financial
assistance generated by the sale
of "Aggie Pride" collegiate li
cense plates.
More than 25,000 Aggie li
cense plates had been sold by the
end of 1995, and the program has
raised $644, 275.
Aggie plates cost $30 more
than standard plates, and $25
from the sale of each plate is used
for scholarships.
One year later, Kobe
still shows quakes fury
□ The anniversary of
the 7.2-magnitude
earthquake is a difficult
time for residents.
KOBE, Japan (AP) — She
arranges plum branches in a
vase while he rolls dough for a
colorful batch of sweets. They
try to think of what they have,
not of what they’ve lost.
A year ago Wednesday, a
7.2-magnitude quake struck
Kobe, killing more than 6,000
people. The confectionery shop
that had been in Toshiko and
Hirotsugu Okamura’s family
for three generations was de
stroyed in flames.
Now, like thousands of other
quake victims, they are trying to
rebuild their lives and livelihood.
They lost their family trea
sures: their special kitchen
equipment, the cloth banner and
board emblazoned with their
shop name. But they survived.
Their business is now
housed in a stark, boxlike, pre
fabricated building. Through
out what had been a bustling
neighborhood in the center of
the western port city, rubble-
strewn vacant lots gape like
missing teeth.
“It’s sad, but we decided that
life must go on,” Mrs. Okamura
said. “We should be happy with
how far we have come since a
year ago.”
In Kobe as a whole, rebuild
ing has progressed with aston
ishing speed. Much of downtown
would be difficult to distinguish
from any other Japanese city,
where even' in normal times
buildings are razed and built in
a constant, feverish process of
self-reinvention.
But in low-lying Nagata Ward,
the neighborhood at the center of
the city where fire brought as
much devastation as the quake,
the scars are still visible.
In Nagata, the anniversary of
the quake is a difficult time.
A woman in black, carrying
a bunch of lilies, entered the
Okamuras’ shop to pick up yel-
low-and-white cakes specially
prepared for the memorial ser
vice of a relative killed in the
quake. In the course of a brief,
murmured conversation with
Mrs. Okamura, she broke down
in tears.
Before the quake, the neigh
borhood was far from affluent,
but it was vibrant, a maze of
wooden houses, noodle shops
and grilled chicken vendors.
Now, the streets are quiet.
No one goes to the local Bud
dhist temple. The wooden roof of
the front gateway still leans
crazily to one side.
Next to Takahashi Hospital,
perhaps the only concrete build
ing in the area that withstood
the fire, someone has planted a
tiny flower garden. A cold wind
ruffled a few orange zinnias.
Stew Milne, The Batfaijon
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The Battalion
Sterling Hayman, Editor in Chief
Stacy Stanton, Managing Editor
Stew Milne, Photo Editor
Michael Landauer, Opinion Editor
Tara Wilkinson, City Editor
Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor
Gretchen Perrenot, Night News Editor
Amy Collier, Aggieufe Editor
Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor
Dave Winder, Radio Editor
Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics Editor
Brad Graeber, Graphics Editor
Staff Members
City Desk - Assistant Editor: Lily Aguilar; Reporters: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson,
Linn Bowden, Eleanor Colvin, Gregory Fahrenheit, Johanna Henry, Lisa |ohn
son, Michelle Lyons, Heather Pace, Kendra Rasmussen, Wes Swift, Angela
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Acgielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Uptmor; Feature Writers: Rachel Barry, Kristina
Buffin, Helen Clancy, Amber Clark, MJrisa Demaya, Kristin DeLuca, Thomas
Dougherty, Jonathan Faber, James Francis, Libe Goad, Jeremy Hubble, John LeBas,
Amy Protas, Daryl Sinkule & Alex Walters
Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Tom Day; Sportswriters; Philip Leone, Lisa Nance, Stephanie
Christopher, Nicole Smith, Jody Holley, Kristina Buffin & Wes Swift
Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Jason Brown; Columnists: H. Baxter, Rob Clark, Eiin
Fitzgerald, Jason Glen, Shannon Halbrook, Aja Henderson, Elaine Mejia, Chris
Miller, Jethro Nolen, Chris Stidvent, Dave Taylor, Jeremy Valdez & Kieran Watson
Photo Desk - Assistant Editor: Tim Moog; Photographers: Rony Angkriwan, Amy
Browning, Shane Elkins, David House, Gwendolyn Struve, Cory Willis & Evan
Zimmerman
Page Designers - News: Tiffany Moore, Gretchen Perrenot, Asad Al-Mubarak, Michele
Chancelor, Kristin DeLuca, Jody Holley, Jill Mazza & Kyle Simson
Copy Editors - Amy Hamilton & Brian Gieselman
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Office Staff - Office Manager: Kasie Byers; Clerks; Abbie Aclaway, Mandy Cater, Am
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Radio Desk - Heather Cheatwood, David Taylor & Will Hickman
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