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Rock Climbing Sept. 27-29
Learn to climb and enjoy a weekend looking at the
world from high above at Enchanted Rock State
Natural Area. Register at TAMU Outdoors today.
Basic Outdoor First Aid
Sept. 30, Oct. 1&3, 6-10pm
Learn basic knowledge of first aid in the outdoors
with Rec Sports. Class offers instruction in first aid
for burns, poisoning, and other medical emergencies.
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one of the event’s highlights.
The soccer tournament ended
in a three-way tie, but the
held at A&M three years ago.
Metinee Srivatanakul, a plant
physiology graduate student,
said she looks forward to the
tournament each year.
“I’m really looking forward to
the whole day,” she said. “We’ve
been waiting for it and prepar
ing for it for about three or
four months.”
Organizers expected 100 stu
dents to attended the game, but
that estimate fell short as an esti
mated 120 flocked to the campus.
The sports competition was
“Last year in
Houston, we
won every tour
nament.”
Ekasit Kitisakchaikuz
ISA president
University of Houston won the
tie-breaker later at the closing
banquet in the Memorial
Student Center.
Sood Naphuket, IS;
president and an eng®
graduate student, salt
decided on a tie-breakei
banquet because of the
nature of the competitioe
“We had the girls froa
city kick a tennis ballintj
and Houston won that,']
“It was all for fun.”
A&M won both the v
and basketball tournamec
year, A&M won all three ett
Ekasit Kitisakchaikuz,
ident and an industrial engi
graduate student, said he
A&M would come out onto’
"Last year in Houston,
every tournament,” he
hope we can do it again.'
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Small town tries to boost econo^'^ 11 ^-
LEFORS, TSxas (AP) — Since the oil bust hit a
decade ago, there’s not much left in this Texas
Panhandle town.
A couple of swimming holes keep the few kids
still here entertained in the summer and, on
Thursdays, the senior citizens’ club serves a mean
potluck lunch. Watching a good thunderstorm
blow across the rolling plains always makes for an
entertaining afternoon.
But that’s about it. When the oil wells were
capped and the workers moved out, Lefors lost two
grocery stores, a bowling alley, a bar and one-third
of its population. Only about 600 people remain,
and enrollment is so low that the local school is in
danger of closing.
So, with ingenuity born of desperation, School
Superintendent Norman Baxter and Mayor Bob
James came up with a plan over coffee one morn
ing: People could write in and, if they were lucky
enough, they just might end up with a piece of
Lefors — for nothing.
Twelve vacant lots that failed to sell at auction —
worth roughly $150 to $400 apiece — are up for grabs
in a drawing Oct. 14. The only requirement is that
each winner put a trailer on the lot or begin con
struction on a house within six months.
Before the deadline passed for entries last month,
more than 480 postcards streamed in from as far
away as California and Maine.
Baxter and James are crossing their fingers that
the gimmick will attract young families, restaura
teurs and other wholesome, friendly folk.
“We make no discrimination,” James says. “Of
course, we’d like people with 18 or 20 kids.”
But what Lefors wants and what Lefors gets could
be two very different things.
Meet, for example, applicant Becky Bremmer. She
lives with her husband in a trailer home south of
nearby Amarillo. Both are in their 50s and don’t work
because of disabilities.
“We want to get farther away from our
Mrs. Bremmer says. “I want to say no wha
ask me to baby-sit.”
Then there’s Susan Daughety, a Dallas m
up with traffic and crowds who doesn't
cramped quarters of her trailer home park.
“Kids play ball here and keep hitting
and I have to keep yelling at them,” she says,
feel like 1 need a lot of other people to getali
Not exactly kid-friendly, young families.
If history is destined to repeat itself, in
last thing Lefors will get is the June
“I wish them well, but it’s
not going to work. It’s
doomed to fail.”
William W. Savage Jr.
University of Oklahoma history professor
Quayle speaks i.
Cleavers of the world.
“I wish them well, but it’s not going to woi
doomed to fail,” says William W. Savage Jr., a
professor at the University of Oklahoma.
“They think they’re going to attract the
class, people with money to invest, people whs
going to add something. The historical
that just the opposite is going to happen.’
A century ago, during the land runs
Oklahoma homesteading, most peopleluredto
free land were “bums and losers” who w
something for nothing, Savage notes. And Itl
he warns, shouldn’t expect any better.
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Grand Canyon Sept. 27-29
Backpacking $465*
Join TAMU Outdoors in an awesome backpacking
adventure to the Grand Canyon during the
Thanksgiving holiday. Hike through a vast array of
rock formations, colors, and climatic zones.
T^ke A
Gr^nd
AdventHrS
TAMU Outdoor Fall Schedule
Event
Date
Rating Register
Fee*/**
• Intro Rock Climbing
Sept
21
B
Sept.
2-17
$25
• Kayak Roll Clinic
Sept
24
B
Sept.
9-23
$12/15
• Rock Climbing Trip
Sept
27-29
B
Sept.
9-23
$59/70
• Day Canoe Trip
Sept
28
B
Sept.
9-23
$28/33
»Basic Outdoor
Sept
30,
B
Sept.
2-23
$40/48
First Aid
Oct.
. 3
•SCUBA-Open Water,
Oct.
1-3,
B
Sept.
9-30
$150/180
Diver Course
8-10
12-13
• Kayak Workshop
Oct.
5-6
B
Sept.
16-30
$54/64
• Intro Rock Climbing
Oct.
12
B
Sept. 23-Oct.e
$25
•Students & faculty with Rec Memberships
acuity/staff without Rec Memberships and
Bryan/College Station Community Members
Irip Hating: (BJRegmner-requires no previous
experience in the activity
(1) Intermediate-renuires prior
experience and/or instruction
Intramurals Indoor Water Polo
More Than Just Fun and Games
Register Today And Get In The Game
You've never felt so good*
Relax, it's almost here at the Rec
Intramural Registratioa Dates
Soort
Registration
Ess „ j |
1 Table Tennis
Sept. 9-1 7
Free
innertube Water Polo
Sept. 9-1 7
$20 i
1 Racquetball
Sept. 9-1 7
$s
Handball
Sept. 9-1 7
Free
| Tennis
Sept. 16-24
Free
Horseshoes
Sept. 16-24
Free
1 Go,f
Sept. 1 6-Oct. 1
Green |
Fee '“' ’
1 Pre Season Indoor Volleyball
Sept. 23-Oct. 1
$5
Grab your tube and head for the
Natatorium for a wet and wild intramural
game of indoor water polo.
Dive into the action today.
Racquetball
Strap on those goolges and get ready
for some hard hitting intramural
racquetball competition.
Sign up Today or Tomorrow
a the Rec Center. Don't be
Late--get your team
signed up now!
Sponsored by McDonalds
Aggie Bucks' Accepted At
These Locations:
•University Drive
•Southwest Parkway
•George Bush Drive
All Open 24 hours
$50 /sem. Unlimited
Aerobics
“I think we n
Jo a great de
lore to prot
young men s
iomen.”
Rec Center Aerobics. Come tool
free classes or purchase a pass to
the classes you want.
Unlimited Semester Pass $50
30 Class Punch Pass
20 Class Punch Pass
10 Class Punch Pass
One Class Pass
Newt Gingr
Speaker of the
Feature
Programs
American Taekwondo
for Free
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Classes begin September 16 and meet Mow
Wednesday at 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Tuesdaf kftcfbe Air Fore
day 7:00-8:00 p.m. room 134 Rec Center
Classes Free the first week!
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Classes begin September 23 and meet MoW'
Wednesday at 5:20p.m.-6:20p.m. and M
at 4:15p.m.-5:15p.m. in room 303 RecCe
Class sessions are only $ 15. Students can
up to 3 classes a week during a class se$S|
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Golf Lessons
Clinics for both beginner and intermed St Kick I'
golfers begin September 23, 25, 30, & Otf
2, 6:30-7:30p.m. Clinics will be held at Pent#
Golf Range. Costs are $25 for Rec Members' , n r j n t P . Arn ; nQ
$30 for A&M Faculty/Staff Non-Memtif
Participants must provide their own clubs')
will be provided.
Help Wanted
Jitterbug & Two Step Instructon
finds a life in t
and punching
Aggielife, Pa
Pick up an application at the Rec Spors office or Member Serve#
located in the Rec Center or call DeAun Woosley at 862-3W.'
the Clutt
Find out more about Rec Sports Feature Programs by corritf
Rec Center Member Services Desk or calling DeAun Woostep
3995. 1
George Bush Drive Location
Now Open!
Specials Good Anytime At All
Bryan/College Station McDonalds
•Two Apple Pies $ t
•Ten Pound Bag of Ice 79<
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Sport Clubs
Try-Outs
Men's Club Volleyball try-outs for ‘96-'97 season will be held Sept.
16-18 from 8:00-10:00p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum, Contact Jon Rye
(862-4294) or Brian Lilly (846-7814).
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Refills for McDonald Mugs 49<t
Free Refill On All Drinks
(Dine In Customers only)
Open Practice
Wrestling Club Practice will begin on Sept. 12 at 260 G. Rollie White
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and continue every Monday through Thursday. Contact Ross
(696-8232) or John Paul (847-4597) for more information.
Men's Lacrosse Practice will be held Monday through Friday from
4:00-6:00 p.m. at Zachry Field.
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