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104 th YEAR • ISSUE 163 • 6 PAGES
TEXAS ASM UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
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Opinion:
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THURSDAY • JULY 2 • 1998
Independence
College Station celebrates Fourth of July in
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Staff and Wire
T his Fourth of July Brazos Valley resi
dents can attend a number of events
in the Bryan-College Station area.
However, Susan Gandy, assistant to
the county judge, said the county would
like to remind residents to use extreme
caution if they plan to have a private
fireworks display.
"We hope citizens do not use fire
works," Gandy said. "We want to en
courage them to attend one of the public
firework displays."
Aerial fireworks are banned this year
because the unusually dry weather has
increased the risk of accidental fire.
"It's like a tinderbox out there, the least
spark will cause a fire," she said.
There are alternatives to having indi
vidual firework activities when celebrat
ing the Fourth of July.
The Heritage Society is sponsoring the
"Annual Fourth of July Celebration" at Her
itage Park from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Starting at 10 a.m., the Sojourners will
present the flag in a flag-raising cere
mony followed by the singing of "The
National Anthem."
Children are encouraged to decorate
their bicycles and wagons for a parade
around the park with Uncle Sam.
The Pete Rodriquez Band will entertain
until noon from the Gazebo.
Refreshments will be available and
quilts from the Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt
Guild will be on display.
Pat Allen, event chair, invites the
community to bring lawn chairs and en
joy the festivities.
Heritage Park is located at 30th and
Hutchins in Bryan's eastside historic district.
At College Station swimming pools —
Adamson Lagoon and Southwood-Hal-
laram — games, music and bathing suit
competitions will be held.
Both pools will feature pie-eating con
tests and water-balloon tossing contests.
Adamson Lagoon is located in Bee
Creek Park at Southwest Parkway and
Anderson Street.
Southwood-Hallaran Pool is located on
Rock Prairie road next to the hospital.
The College Station Lions Club is also
sponsoring a fireworks display at Anderson
track and field on the A&M campus.
"We're going to shoot off about $10,000
worth of fireworks this year. A company
out of Houston does this for us every
year," said Jennifer Bohac, event commit
tee member.
Bohac said the fireworks are set up to
fire toward the George Bush Library.
KKYX (Mix 104.7) will play patriotic
music during the display.
Games for children will start at 6:30
p.m., entertainment will start at 7 p.m.
and the fireworks will begin at 9:40 p.m.
People planning to attend the event can
park at Olsen Field or Reed Arena.
"People shouldn't park on the street or at
the George Bush Library," Bohac said.
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Clinton ends
visit at Shanghai;
next stop Guilin
Clinton
SHANGHAI, China (AP) —
President Clinton is delivering an
environmental warning as he
leaves the
gleaming
skyscrapers
of Shanghai
for the fa
bled lime
stone moun
tains of
Guilin: Chi
na soon will
have the
"unfortu
nate distinc
tion" of re
placing the United States as the
world's No. 1 producer of green
house gases.
While the problems are enor
mous, attitudes are changing, and
Clinton pledged U.S. support for
China's efforts to clean up its envi
ronment.
He said Wednesday that a ma
jor legacy of his visit will be U.S.-
Chinese cooperation on the envi
ronment — something that "ten
years from now people will look
back and say that's one of the
biggest things they did."
In a speech to American busi
ness leaders, Clinton urged China
to clean up corruption, open trade
markets and combat the environ
mental catastrophe hanging over
the world's most populous coun
try. He said it was wrong to believe
"that there is an iron, unbreakable
link between economic growth and
industrial-age energy practices.... It
is simply not true."
The president was accorded a
third opportunity of national me
dia exposure in a taped interview
with state television CCTV. He was
asked friendly questions and side
stepped on whether he or President
Jiang Zemin has a tougher job.
With the end of the Cold War,
Clinton said, "America has this role
which is temporary — it won't last
forever — as the only superpower
in the world." He said the world
"needs a leader but not in the sense
of one country telling everyone else
what to do."
Clinton's stop on Thursday in
Guilin puts him amid the splendor
of cloud-shrouded mountains and
winding rivers that have inspired
artists for thousands of years, a con
trast to the high-rise modem struc
tures of Shanghai. After floods along
the Li River, the government sent in
5,000 soldiers to clean up the mud-
coated banks. The troops hauled
away 20 tons of drift and sludge to
improve things for Clinton.
After a river boat ride, the pres
ident will fly to Hong Kong, the last
stop on his nine-day visit, to
demonstrate U.S. interest in pre
serving the autonomy of the for
mer British colony. It was returned
to China on July 1, 1997, after 156
years of British rule.
Hoop dreams
New coach brings recruiting, professional experience to A&M Women’s Basketball
By Katie Mish
Staff writer
The new Texas A&M
Women's Basketball head coach,
Peggie Gillom, was introduced
in a press conference yesterday
afternoon in Reed Arena.
Gillom, who holds the re
bounding and scoring records
at her alma mater of Mississip
pi, coached her last game Mon
day night as assistant coach for
the WNBA Houston Comets, af
ter accepting A&M's offer for
the coaching position early Fri
day morning.
Gillom has worked under
Van Chancellor for the last 20
years, first as a player and then
as his assistant coach at Ole Miss
and with the Comets.
She said that leaving Chan
cellor was hard, but that it was a
step in the right direction.
"Being with someone 20 years
— as a player, as a friend, as a
coach — lea ving coach was hard
for me, because that's somebody
who has been with me all my
life," Gillom said.
Gillom has already hired two
assistants, Liz McWhitter and
Jennifer Vance.
McWhitter, a longtime friend
of Gillom and a native of Rock
dale, Texas, has experience as an
assistant coach in Illinois, and
played professional basketball
for a couple of years. Vance has
worked with Gillom at Ole Miss
and Houston.
Gillom credits A&M's com
mitment to the Women's Basket
ball program as one of the de
ciding factors for her move.
She said the traditions and
supportive nature also drew her
to the offer.
"It is every assistant coach's
dream to one day become a
head coach, at the right situa
tion," Gillom said. "Even
though there have been oppor
tunities for me before, I feel this
is the right situation."
Gillom said despite her lack
of a head coach title, she has
dealt with all the responsibilities
that come along with the head
coach position, and she doesn't
expect a difficult transition.
"I've dealt with the public
and the players. I think I've had
most of that experience," Gillom
said, "and being under Van
Chancellor, who is one of the top
coaches in the country. I've
learned a lot."
Gillom had a great deal of
success with her recruiting ef
forts at Ole Miss, and expects to
do the same with Texas A&M.
She said the key to her re
cruiting is to get to know both
the athletes and their parents on
a personal level.
Gillom said that despite the
late start, her team is not behind
on recruiting because of their
connections.
She said they also have two
scholarships remaining.
"We're making plans right
now to get on the road and call
recruits," Gillom said.
see Gillom on Page 2.
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Photo By Ryan Rogers/The Battalion
Peggie Gillom, former Houston Comets’ assistant coach, recently
accepted the position as the Texas A&M Women’s Basketball coach.
Gillom speaks at a press conference yesterday about her plans for
the team and the upcoming season.