Simel & Lewis
By Mel
NEWS IN BRIEF
Sen. Hutchison
to speak in support
of cancer stamp
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
will convey her support for the im
plementation of a breast cancer
stamp today at 9:30 a.m. at the
Bryan Post Office on East William
J. Bryan Parkway.
Hutchison, a Republican from
Texas, is the first woman to rep
resent the state in the U.S. Sen
ate. Bailey is also serving as the
deputy majority whip.
Fair to ease planni
for college experie
BY MELISSA JORDAN
The Battalion
Corps of Cadets
names commander
for 1999-2000
TUBULARMAN
BY BOOMER
Tubularman Sober!
Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
members Forrest C. Lane, a ju
nior political science major, and
Mark C. Macicek, a junior busi
ness administration major, will
serve as corps commander and
deputy corps commander, re
spectively, for the 1999-2000
school year.
Maj. Gen. Ted Hopgood, com
mandant for the Corps, an
nounced the selections Thursday
at 4:30 p.m. at the Corps of
Cadets Center.
Lane and Macicek were select
ed from a field of 26 cadets by a
board of military officers and
cadet leaders.
The College Planning Fair
Thursday in the MSC, sponsored
by the Office of the Vice President
for Administration, helped em
ployees prepare themselves and
their children for the college ex
perience.
Tom Dew, landscape and
paving maintenance superinten
dent in the Texas A&M physical
plant and recipient of a $500
scholarship for his children at the
planning fair, said the fair provid
ed insight into necessary college
preparations.
“It’s kind of eye-opening,"
Dew said. “There’s a lot more to
it than I thought.”
Dew said the fair provided in
formation about how to prepare
children for college and finance
their college education. He said fi
nancing his children’s educations
was a major concern for him.
“I didn’t realize there are so
many scholarships available,”
Dew said.
Schools
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Spade Phillips, PI
By Matt Kowalski
Construction closes
main access roads
to coastal areas
U.S. 77, the main access high
way to North and South Padre Is
land and other coastal areas, has
been reduced to one lane travel
ing each direction due to con
struction, according to a press re
lease from the Texas Department
of Transportation.
Travelers are encouraged to se
lect alternate routes. No left turns
are allowed, and there are five
traffic signals in operation along
the route.
school choice program was imple
mented in schools and vouchers
were given to children. Meier said
40 percent of the the spots avail
able were unclaimed.
Meier said there are not many
skilled teachers willing to accept pri
vate school salaries, which can be
lower than those in public schools.
He said poorly trained and inexperi
enced teachers are employed in pri
vate schools as a result.
Meier said public schools can
not reform themselves. He pro
posed public schools duplicate a
type of program like one imple
mented in Georgia giving students
who have maintained a 3.0 grade
point average a $3,000 renewable
scholarship to any public or pri
vate institution in Georgia.
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Texas
Department
of Transportation
TxDOT Three Year
Federally Funded Project Plan
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will conduct a public meeting to present the proposed 2000-
2002 Bryan District Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for review and comment. This process is a
requirement of the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century(TEA-21). The meeting is Tuesday, March
30, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. at the Brazos Center. The address is 3232 Briarcrest Drive in Bryan. Our 2000-2002 Bryan
District TIP is part of the process for selecting anticipated federally funded construction projects for the next three
fiscal years.
We will present the meeting in English. Any person who has special communication or accommodation needs and
is interested in attending the meeting is encouraged to contact the District Advance Planning Engineer at
409/778-2165. Requests should be at least two working days before the public meeting.
We invite all interested citizens, affected public agencies, transportation agencies, private transportation providers
and other interested parties to attend this public meeting and make comments. TxDOT requests spoken or writ
ten comments. These comments may be presented at the meeting or in writing to Mr. Bob Appleton, P.E., Bryan
Director of Transportation Planning and Development at: TxDOT, 1300 N. Texas Ave., Bryan, TX 77803 by 5:00
p.m. Friday, April 9, 1999. Those interested may send E-mail comments to : bapplet@mailgw.dot.state.tx.us
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Editor
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Mary Walraven of tbl
Education PartnershipPn
the Bryan Independen: ■
District spoke to fair pan®
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ship in college preparat; B
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ning fair. lecture
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fair each year as a ways
employees with person
family needs, rather than*
lated needs alone. g-
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