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April 28 & 29 at 8 PM
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Saturday
April 18
10am-5pm
Food & Fun For
The Whole Family
World Famous
Tours & Tastings
Team Grape Stomping
Artist Competition
Classic Car Clubs
Arts, Crafts & Food
Vineyard Hayrides
Carriage & Pony Rides
Petting Zoo
Aggie Wranglers
Lots of Live Music
It’s Mind Boggling
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Saturday, Evening,
April 18, you should
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4545 Old Reliance Road
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(409) 778-9463
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Wednesday •
Journalism, art pulitzers awarded
NEWYORK (AP) — The Grand Forks Herald,
which published through floods that devastat
ed the North Dakota city and its own plant, won
the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for public service Tues
day. The New York Times won three of journal
ism’s most prestigious awards and the Los An
geles Times won two.
It was the first Pulitzer for the Herald, whose
building was destroyed a year ago this week by
a fire that swept through Grand Forks in the
midst of the flooding. Most of the newsroom’s
57 employees were flood victims.
The paper continued publishing with help
from other Knight Ridder newspapers, includ
ing the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, which
provided computer equipment and printed the
Herald during the crisis.
“It would have been worth it, even if we had
n’t gotten the prize,” said Jeff Beach, news edi
tor of the 37,000-circulation Herald. “People in
the community are starting to talk about re
membering the Herald again, from that special
time during the flood when it was being
snapped up at all the refugee centers and how
very important it was to people. I think that
meant more than the prize.”
Also receiving a Pulitzer was The Riverdale
Press, a New York City weekly with a circulation
of 11,800. Editor and co-publisher Bernard L.
Stein was honored for editorials on politics and
city issues.
Tipped in advance that he had won, but not
sure whether to believe it, Stein sent a reporter
to Columbia University for the announcement.
“Nobody wakes up in the morning and says,
Tm going to win a Pulitzer Prize today,”’ Stein
said. “I wasn’t willing to believe it and now we’re
all drinking champagne.”
The New York Times won for beat reporting.
international reporting and criticism, and the
Los Angeles Times was honored for breaking
news reporting and feature photography.
The beat reporting prize went to Linda
Greenhouse for coverage of the Supreme
Court, while the international reporting prize
went to the Times’ staff for a series on the ef
fects of drug corruption in Mexico. Michiko
Kakutani’s writing on books and contemporary
literature was honored with the criticism prize.
Greenhouse said she had been tipped in ad
vance to her victory. “There’s not too many se
crets in Washington,” she joked. “I hope the
award might inspire editors and news directors
to take the beat seriously,” she said.
Craig Pyes was one of the four reporters who
worked on the Times’ Mexico series for a year,
during which they received death threats and
were sued by politicians they had linked to
drug trafficking.
“I hope it sends a message to reporters in
Latin America who have been brutalized by
governments while they were covering stories,”
Pyes said.
The Los Angeles Times won in the breaking
news category for coverage of a botched bank
robbery and bloody police shootout in North
Hollywood. The paper also captured a feature
photography award for Clarence Williams’ pic
tures illustrating the problems facing children
of drug- and alcohol-addicted parents.
“It’s very humbling,” Williams said as col
leagues hugged and congratulated him in the
newsroom. “I’m glad the issue is getting the at
tention it deserves.”
Ardith Hilliard, editor of the Los Angeles
Times’ San Fernando Valley edition, called cov
erage of the shootout “an extraordinary effort
on everybody’s part.”
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Wednesday
ATM Womens Rugby: Come join! No
experience needed. Practices are from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the pitch on the cor
ner of Texas Ave. and University Dr. Call
Nikki at 6940084 for information.
ATM Roadrunners: Meet at 6:00
p.m. in front of G. Rollie White. We
will run three to four miles. All stu
dents and skill levels are welcome.
Call Steve at 847-7905 for details.
Catholic Students Association: “Hot
Topics” discussion session from 6 to 7
p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center Li
brary, followed by Newman Mass at
7:15 and a Bible study in Rudder Tow
er.
Study Abroad Programs Office:
There will be an informational meet
ing from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. in Bizzell
Hall West 154, 161. The meeting
will promote the Italy Spring ‘99 pro
gram.
TAMU Sailing Club: There will be a
general meeting at 7:00 p.m. in Rud
der 707. All students interested in
sailing are welcome to attend. Call
Daniel at 847-2205 or Ellen at 847-
8642 for more information.
Episcopal Student Center: There will
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be a celebration of holy eucharist fol
lowed by free dinner at 6:15 p.m. at
902 George Bush. Call Father Mark
at 696-0774 for details.
Aggie Wranglers: There will be a try
out informational meeting will be
held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in MSC
292B. For more information look at
www.tamu.edu/aggie_wranglers.
MSC Visual Arts Committee: There
will be a reception tonight in the MSC
Visual Arts Gallery, room 289, tonight
at 7:30 p.m.. The reception will hon
or the Italian artist, Ivana Candiago,
and her exhibit, Polyopsia. Refresh
ments will be served. Call Agnieszka
Mlodnicka at 845-9251 for details.
Mexican Student Association:
There will be a movie “Mexico" at 3
p.m. in MSC 206. Call Paco Rangel
at 693-0140 for details.
Aggie R.E.A.C.H: Part of a three day
lecture series that focuses on weight
management will be held in Rudder
402. Topics discussed will be im
proving self image, decreasing fat
composition, increasing lean muscle
mass, and increasing metabolism
through exercise. Call Judy at 696-
4603 for details.
Kappa Theta Epsilon (Co-op Honor
Society): There will be;pu
Bullwinkle's at 7:00p'S
info call Laurie at693$>ici
at 260-1040.
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