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Page 6
THE BATTALION
TuesL «
Swisher County drug
bust raises questions
News in Br
Tue ay, April 2
Tornado tout!
down in Eastl Warm
LUBBOCK (AP) An undercover
drug operation that netted 43 arrests is
raising eyebrows and taxes in a rural
Panhandle county.
Swisher County a fanning area of
about 7,000 people — must spend a big
chunk of its annual budget to deal with
expenses related to the busts last sum
mer in Tulia, the Lubbock Avalanche-
Journal reported Sunday.
Meanw hile, authorities are respond
ing to accusations that racism tainted the
investigation and defending a key wit
ness in the case.
“It’s all around town, they don't
want blacks living around town. The
police have always
targeted my family.
It’s terrible here,”
said Mattie White,
mother of three who
were indicted in
connection with the
investigation.
In a sworn affi
davit, White claims
Sheriff Larry Stew
art told her blacks
w ere to be targeted
in the busts, which
Stew art denies.
The county is
dealing with an
overflowing jail
population and field
ing questions from
“There's going to
be a taxpayers'
revolt before it's
all over. ...It
makes ttie sick to
see the absolute
waste of taxpay
ers' money."
rancher. “1 tell you w hat, it makes me
sick to see the absolute waste of taxpay
ers* money.”
Others say they understand why the
tax increase was necessary.
“As far as getting the drugs off the
streets, they need to be out of here and
aw ay of rm kids,” said Penn) McClurg,
a longtime resident of Tulia, 70 miles
north of Lubbock. “They have no busi
ness being in our society, and if I can pay
a few extra dollars in taxes to get them
out of here, that’s fine.”
Convictions in the cases have rest
ed largely on evidence provided by
Tom Coleman, whom the Swisher
County Sheriff’s
Department hired
in Januan 1998 in
LINDEN (AP) -
hopped across parts oil
ty Sunday, knocking
power lines and
buildings, county officii
There were no reports:
said Gary Stewart, Ci
emergency managemer:
The tornado reportec
down several times afte/
ting the far East Texastc
den, Hughes Springs
glassville.
The area hit is
south of DeKalb, where,
caused major damage
year ago. That May 5
aged 150 houses, inji
pie and obliterated half!
town district.
:ham
Varm-bloc
jnriched b
lave three
axygen to
vas found
tove fast*
somparisc
IWarm-bl<
lOxygen-
I depleted
blood
— Mike Culwell
Swisher County farmer
residents dismayed about a tax increase
stemming from the arrests.
The cost of jailing the defendants
and trying them is expected to run
about S230,00(), about 14 percent of
the county’s annual budget of S3.2 mil
lion. Swisher County Judge Harold
Keefer said.
Prisoners are being housed in neigh
boring Hockley and Hale counties,
which costs about S35 a day. Seven in
mates are in out-of-town jails now, the
judge said.
Because of costs related to the cases,
Swisher County taxpayers saw a 5.8 per
cent property tax increase in October,
Keeler said.
“There’s going to he a taxpayers’ re
volt before it’s all over,” said Mike Cul
well, a Swisher County fanner and
conjunction with
the Panhandle
Narcotics Task
Force in Amarillo.
Soon a tier he
started work in
Swisher County,
Coleman was
charged w ith theft
and abuse of his of
ficial position in
Cochran County,
where he previous
ly worked as a
deputy. records
from the Cochran
County District
Laredo bridge
for inauguratit
C
lerk’s Office show.
Coleman was accused of misusing
property, fuel and money belonging to
the county.
His Lubbock attorney, (iarry Smith,
would not comment. In a copy of a let
ter addressed to Pat Phelan. Hockley
County attorney and special prosecutor
in the case. Smith said Coleman agreed
to pay $6,950 in restitution. The charges
were dismissed Aug. 17.
Coleman, who no longer works in
Swisher County, declined an interview
w ith the Lubbock newspaper.
District Attorney Terry McLachem
said Coleman is in good standing with
local authorities and was named Out
standing Lawman of the Year in 1999,
after the druiz busts.
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1999-2000 University Undergraduate Research Fellows
Symposium Presentations
The University Undergraduate Research Fellows Program is the capstone of the Honors curriculum j
Texas A&M. This program is the most prestigious research opportunity available for undergraduate
the University featuring a close, master-apprentice relationship between student researcher and facuj
advisor.
Shortly after Fellows submit their completed Senior I lonors Theses, they are invited to makefonuali
presentations of their completed research at the annual University Undergraduate Research
Symposium. This year the Fellows have been divided into eight groups of students pursuing
related areas. Each group will conduct a separate Symposium session on the fifth floor of
according to the following schedule:
rews:
Rudder If!
Tuesday, April 25th, 7:00p.m.
Thursday, April 27th, 7:00p.m.
Computer Science, Rudder 504
Michael Audenaert
Leeha Hererra
Tim Pertuit
Jocylin Williams
Cell Biology I, Rudder 502
Ashley Cox
Geoffrey Denny
Jonathan Hommel
Sarah Hutchison
Ana Lyuksyutova
Cultural Studies, Rudder 507
Kathryn Everett
Sarah Forbey
Heather Holcombe
Kim Nguyen
Diana Perez
Stephanie Stanbro
Cell Biology 2, Rudder
Mardelle Atkins
Myra Beshear
Luke Engel king
Stacy Granberg
John Proctor
Engineering, Rudder 501
Amanda Black
Brian Corbett
Kyle Cowen
Paul Meiller
Steven Ortiz
Economics & Political Science, Rudder 501
Marie Au-Young
Joy Brennan
Cass Burton
Meredith Cook
Sarah Spivey
Aaron Tilley
Humanities, Rudder 502
Emily Jackson
Lori Lee
Marcia Murchison
Kate Pennebaker
Molecular Genetics, Rudder 510
Julie Cotton
Jennifer deGraauw
Geoffrey Funk
April Peterson
Physical Sciences, Rudder 510
Jason Hart
Thomas Miller
A$»ta Rapp
Kevin Shea
Psychology I, Rudder 504
Christy Hall
Sara Litzinger
Karen O'Brien
Tara Teeter
Psychology 2, Rudder 402
Amy Pinkham
Conor Seyle
Kelly Smith
Jennifer Tackett
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A reception honoring the 1999-2000 Univeristy Undergraduate Research Fellows will be held inti
on the second floor of Rudder Tower at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 25. Faculty, students, and otherntf’
of the University community are invited to attend the reception and any of the Symposium sessions#
more about what some of Texas A&M University’s most successful, confident, and motivated unde#
ates have been able to achieve. Should you have any questions, please contact Dr. Donald Dickson,
Associate Director of the University Honors Program at 845-6774 or via email donald@aphonors.tai