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COST: $30 PER COUPLE *NO NONSTUDENT FEE FOR THESE CLASSES AND PAY NO COVER CHARGE THE NIGHT OF THESE CLASSES fmi: www.tamu.edu/aggie wranglers Graduating Seniors Texas A&M Graduation Announcements Aggieland Printing can get you ready to mail announcements in less than one week We have our own unique design Licensed by A&M Don't miss it - see them on the web www.aggielandprinting.com We sell • Graduation Announcements • Thank You Notes Graduation Remembrance Displays Personalized Graduate Notepads Call or come see us: www.aggielandprinting.com Aggieland Printing • 1801 Holleman • College Station 693-8621 M-F 8:30-5:30 Page 6 • Thursday, October 15, 1998 s tate Judge says state laws fail abused children 6 Balt BUSH AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. George W. Bush wants to increase funding for the agency that investigates Texas’ child abuse cases, his spokesperson said after a judge argued the state is failing young victims of vio lence and neglect. Bush and state legislators received an unusual petition Wednesday from District Judge Scott McCown calling for more state re sources to ease the strain on an overburdened child welfare system. “If Governor Bush is reelected I want him to do for Child Protective Services what he did for juvenile justice,” McCown, who has presided over 1,400 cases involving 2,500 children since becoming a judge in 1989, said. Using a citizen’s grievance procedure outlined in the Texas Constitution, Mc Cown recommended two cents of every dollar from the state’s anticipated multi- billion-dol)ar budget surplus be set aside to help abused and neglected children. With a federal match, that would raise about $200 million, McCown said. Included in the 42-page study McCown turned over to legislators, the judge said he found too few reports of child abuse are investigated because of a lack of resources and overworked caseworkers. “I’m not talking about a problem that we’ve lived with forever, we’re talking about a problem that’s gotten steadily worse,” McCown said. He said the worst cases get costly attention, but the state should also focus on early intervention. “Although funding for CPS has in creased, he (Bush) agrees with Judge Mc Cown that we need to do more,” said Lin da Edwards, spokespersonn for Bush. Bush will consider McCown’s propos als and is already working on a plan to in crease funding for caseworkers and for foster care services, Edwards said. The governor, who is seeking reelection against Democrat Garry Mauro, has not decided how much of an increase he will recommend, she said. Child Protective Services—which is managed by the Texas Department of Pro tective and Regulatory Services—has a $990 million budget for 1998-99, but will ask that it increase to more than $1 billion for the next two-year cycle, agency spokesperson Marla Sheely said. The Legislature has worked to decrease the time it takes get children out of foster care and increased the number of case workers, said Rep. Toby Goodman, who heads the House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee. Goodman, R-Arlington, said while he respects McCown’s opinion the state is al ready addressing problems with Child Pro tective Services. “I do not want to adopt a policy where we are going to go into peo ple’s homes with the assumption that abuse is going on,” he said. McCown found that the average case load for Texas child abuse investigators was 27, more than twice the average case load of 12 recommended by Child Welfare League of America. Group says raids by INS violates rights of alien mi BOSTON (AP) — Immigration agentsvin! immigrants’ civil rights while conductingti raids, forcing some aliens to answer questic storage coolers and shackling others in frontoi children, a report released VVednesdaysaid. The report, issued by the National Nenw- Immigrant and Refugee Rights, studied 235k: the hulk of which occurred between June 155' June 1998. The raids took place at bu® schools and homes, the report said. Immigration and Naturalization Services ij i o1 ,L> knowledged problems in the past, but sav:i l rler ^ > policies spell out what procedures are to be i at!ies a 111 pe< tions 1". the INS, which oppose a U 1 - ■ i the word “raid." 1 pl wa !s The agency said it does not keep statis: rpassec how many inspections it does each year. But ® ver s it does not discriminate, and a complaint has’# 5 ' 3061 ? filed before an inspection is authorized. im obi “I was treated like I was a criminalandt thing I have done is not have papers," ReneL' a 23-year-old from Guatemala who hasapp!:: I was political asylum, said. :ildida Lucas said he was working at a factory ear u year in New Bedford when INS agents stonre: 1011 wae and demanded his papers. He said the age:' f° 1 wa not uniformed and he did not know whatw:B orn l ing on until he had been handcuffed. I 01 “The men told us that we would havebeer.'-W 01 * 1 1 ed worse if we would have resisted,*Lucas,sdfl ^' s uled for an immigration hearing Dec. 3, said. On April 23, INS agents went to theFirstffflB^y n Floral distributor in Miami, demanded residenci 110 pers from workers, and allegedly forced theirn: and answer questions on the wet, cold flooroi) degree flower storage area. i and Js a ve ■all dz liege I Bn rec Puringj I was Now Hiring Part-Time Positions UCS Inc. seeks candidates for the following open positions at our College Station office: • Technician Assistant • Customer Service/Help Desk • PC Support • Inventory Control We offer $6.00 per hour to start and real world work experience with opportunity for full time after graduation. To apply, call our Personnel headquarters: UCS Inc. 1-800-883-3031 3833 So. Texas Avenue, Suite 201 Metro Centre Bryan, TX http://www.ucs-systems.com UCS hires non-tobacco users only E.O.E. Big Screen Football on Sundays! *2.99 Pitchers of beer All Day M and ENTERTAINMEN'I /hvd m jl|dowi~ usee s fror ek,” |ee am nee I“ with Jill as your Karaokehosj No Cover* Tue-Sat* "Would you like fries with that?" 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