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ne.'cuKiiof spnny 4be<Ktar Hie flags in front of the Jack K. Williams Administration Building fly at half-mast Sunday. Funeral services 1: Anc "" ,i 694 ' 756 ' iNere held this weekend for four of the 12 Aggies who died when Bonfire collapsed early Thursday morning.[ needed lor spring. 2bdffnflli4^ >ets okay. S250/mo. +1/2WIS I reeded spring, 3bdrml2blh. Nj iO/mo +1 futilities, own toomW 4603 bus-rt.. 6-min, to campus' nate needed for spring. S262.50i jplex Call 822-7281 ILlSSmOteS, «thered in churches yesterday, qui Services across state memorialize fallen Aggies COLLEGE STATION (AP) — families and friends mate needed for spring huttie route, wiiiowick. cai^.My so 55j n g anc } praying for the 12 ■ople who died when a four-story ■ramid of logs collapsed at Texas KM University. BAt AtStM United Methodist Church, a youth minister recited the 4bdrm/2bth, furnished except division, S300/mo. +t/4bills needed for January. Own 2-mmutes from campus, place David 680-1537. „ 2 tT862%V 2 ?h'm | mes of the dead and a man and a . -Joman lit 12 small white candles. /nnovneg 2 +7/3bins 4^69: Tim Kerlee Jr., who often attended the church, was the youngest and eded for spring Sbdrm/lbtht , , ampus. S230/mo +1/3utl . UK lu L,lc - ■ “The spirit of Aggieland is great,” leaded .or spring. 'Hoi^ seni °r Pastor Charles Anderson told >wn room $3t7/mo +i»s sfhe congregation, “but the spirit of Bggieland is not enough.” eeded spring or longer. owBThousands of people attended aner. $25o/m 0 +i/3biiis. mf "i« ree funerals and countless church # Brvices across the state yesterday to -ded move in as ea-f.Ttelonor the fallen Aggies. Eleven of rent $247 50/mo. +1*5 c ' S4 ‘|iem died during Thursday’s col lapse, and Kerlee, 17, died the fol- SERVICES lowing night at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. distance to anywhere in ^« Loca() state and federal officials planned to meet today to plan an in- Tensive Driving. Lots-of-iun u./estigation strategy. But Anderson sai/insurance discount M' jJ ( j (] le answers would do little to :(8am-2 30pm) Inside Banld|llifOIt tllOSe left behind, ome $25/cash. Lowestpn“ a K"An S wers won't hold your hand. Answers won’t cry with you. An swers won’t pray with you,” he said. Answers won’t hold you in their tons, and answers will not sit by Is from S36a“ n ™s^'r bedside on a sleepless night.” Austin & Houston Bestpackas«BGOV. GeOl'ge W. Bush Was One Of now! i 8oo.surfs.up ^qqq p e0 pi e w i-, 0 attended a morial service yesterday evening | the Central Baptist Church in ran. A somber Bush entered the Ige red brick church and signed guest books of all 12 victims. “I’m here to help the Aggie fami- [rom what has been a tragic situa- in the state of Texas,” Bush said. I Bush did not speak at the service |t stood and waved to the crowd len he was introduced and after- ird shook hands and hugged the [tims’ relatives. He said he had not ?n to the accident site but planned hsit on Thanksgiving. ! Also yesterday, 19-year-old Jamie [nd, an environmental design ma- W and artist who sang at her IV. Dr.. Ste.217. 846-6117. (CP-0017). TRAVEL eg 1-800-IUNI unuxiat. x! fnat Jan, 2,3.4,5.8 or i SMS & Snowboard I rtsfortliePHceolU *, Vail, Beam Creek, Arspltee 9. SM Partaae. MAktes; 'lights in SlopeskJe Condos Night Lift Pass x>anJ Rentals & Lessons ifties fi. Happy Hours rfare or Motorcoach mm i www-ubshi.cig l Spring Break for 1G W MG BREAK S| 11.01.111. UNIVERSlI], I V^llloo Breckenrlffl Clri Vail Reayertj i C? ijIVl Kevstone 0 D-BEACHI (1 .BOO 232 niversitybeachcluj; LIV MENTION iss of 20i be left out of the • nd! Get your FREES* 1 taken at AR Photogrf ?d sittings are also^ 1 $10. Visit 1410 Texas' 1 >r call 693-8183. Of 1:30-5 M-F. GGI ELAND church, was buried near her home in Henderson. A busload of Aggies attended the funeral, several of whom gathered in front of her cas ket to sing the “Aggie War Hymn.” “If Henderson was a magical kingdom, Jamie Lynn Hand was without a doubt its princess,” Rev. Ron Barney told about 1,500 mourners. In Austin, services were held for Christopher Breen, 25, an A&M graduate who had returned to help pass on the bonfire traditions. Breen’s family kept the ceremony private, but in a statement recalled his love of the outdoors and thanked those who offered love and support. “I’m here to help the Aggie family with what has been a tragic situation in the state of Texas.” — Texas Gov. George W. Bush “He loved people, and we thank all of his friends for letting us know how much he meant to you,” the statement read in part. “Sharing your memories broadens our knowl edge of Chris and the many facets of his character. ” In Katy, near Houston, a funeral was held for Christopher Lee Heard, 19, an engineering major and a 1999 graduate of the Marine Military Academy, a private military prep school in Harlingen. Almost 100 young men in uniform from the academy or the A&M Corps of Cadets attended the service. Jason Heard said his brother had decided the week before he was killed to en list in the Marines and be in the re serves because he couldn’t wait un til after graduation. Heard’s drill instructor recalled the student as kind of a prankster who would fill your boots with shaving cream and smear creamy peanut butter on your telephone. Others remembered his love of hunting and fishing. His parents, Les and Andrea Heard, said they still feel their son’s presence because they have seen a lone goose on their morning walks the past two days and it is not cry ing like it is lost. They also spoke of being “un equivocally in favor of continuing the Aggie bonfire tradition.” In Bellaire, Scott West was re membered for his devotion to A&M. “He was an Aggie,” Reverend Mark H. Young said at the funeral, held at Bellaire United Methodist Church near Houston. “Well, that about says it right there, doesn’t it?” Young led the 1,000 mourners in remembering West, 19, whom friends described as a quiet, pon derous and fiercely loyal cadet. A&M cadets flooded the pews, lined the church walls and filled the choir section behind the pulpit. “I was passing people on the way down here who had no idea who he was,” Steve Morrison, who oversaw Scott’s Corps of Cadets company, said. “They just saw that an Aggie had fallen, and they wanted.to be here.” At another morning worship ser vice, Dwight Edwards, senior pastor of Grace Bible Church, tried to pro vide an explanation to people who helped construct the huge bonfire — a venerated tradition on the A&M campus for 90 years — and may be wondering why escaped harm. “The reason you are here this morning is not luck,” he said. “He [God] has something for you to do. God is not through using you for his purpose.” At the end of the service, students and other churchgoers took up an offer to pray and made their way to the altar to. comfort each other. At First Baptist Church in Bryan, about 50 students knelt around the altar and prayed during a moment of silence. At least eight of the students killed in the accident attended the church in the last month, minister Tim Owens said. Christopher Lee Heard Services were at 2 p.m. yester day at Kingsland Baptist Church, 2555 Kingsland Blvd., Katy. Memorials to a scholarship fund in care of Institutional Advance ment Department, Marine Mili tary Academy, 320 Iwo Jima Blvd., Harlingen, Texas 78550. Jamie Lynn Hand Services were at 2 p.m. yes terday at Crawford-Crim Funeral Home in Henderson. Timothy Doran Kerlee Memorial service was at 4 .m. yesterday at A&M United ethodist Church. Funeral date is pending. Michael Steven Ebanks Vigil was at 7 p.m. yesterday at R.L. Turner High School, 1600 Josey Lane, Carrollton; Funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 1705 E. Peters Colony Road, Carrollton. iny Funeral will be at 2 p.m. to day at First Baptist Church, 300 S. Center, Arlington. Memori als can be made to the youth ministry at Mid-Cities Bible Church in Bedford. Chad Anthony Powell Services will be at 10 a.m. to day, Harvest Baptist Church, 7200 Denton Highway, Watauga. ft Bryan Allan McClain Visitation was at 6:30 p.m. esterday at Porter-Loring 'orfh Chapel in San Antonio; Funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, 825 E. Basse Road, San Antonio. Jeremy Richard Frampton Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church in Turlock, Calif. Lucas John Kimmel Funeral will be at 11 a.m Tuesday at St. Anthony’s Church in Violet, Calif. Miranda Adams Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Gloria Dei Luther an Church, 18220 Upper Bay Road, Nasau Bay. r~i r~j r~f J *“ r 4 | J \ | r-j rf r 4 I I ^1 ^ -f liUM Wings Lady John D. 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