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onday. August 28, 2000 Monday, August 21, STATE THE BATTALION Page 7 s bodie tk of cai onager who wasstap ouse discovered thel» e children’s mother® vhen the bodies were! i. said Sgt. MikePeny lene Police Departmeit ■y said there is noer so far that any® or locked the chilfe trunk. ce are investigat stances leading but have not made® Helping hand I ysOm 3nt T SF.RlESj STUART VILLANUEVA/The Battalion Texas A&M President Dr. R^y M. Bowen helps students move in the Southside dorms Wednesday as part of the Freshman Welcome Day. Bush puts Crawford in spotlight CRAWFORD (AP) — A Central Texas town is Wrestling with how to best handle the national attention gar nered by its most famous resident, Gov. George W. Bush, who owns a ranch nearby. Mayor Robert Campbell said he thinks some residents are starting to worry the town may be known more for the Republican presidential can didate than its own merits. He doe not want his city to be known just as “Bush country.” Until recently, Crawford, located about 90 miles north of Austin, es chewed the media spotlight. But a year ago, after Bush purchased his ranch near the McLennan County town of fewer than 700 residents, things started to change. The city council voted to support early plans for a Bush celebration on Nov. 4, the Saturday before Election Day. No city funds will pay for the celebration, and Campbell insists it will encourage residents to vote, not to lend support to a select candidate or party. On Tuesday, county commission ers will consider new traffic rules on roads near the Bush ranch. The sug gested changes include a 40 mile- per-hour speed limit and new “no parking” signs. The sheriff’s office and Secret Service officials suggested the new rules. : ®4, : - :: Tv 1 *ii2 MSC OPAS has made it easier than ever for students to purchase season tickets to the best performances in the Brazos Valley. 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On Labor Day, there is ample room for carelessness.” Multiple brush and forest fires burned through East and North Texas on Saturday and Sunday, hreatening homes. No injuries were [reported, however. Bulldozer crews were brought in (to control fires in East Texas, and Past week 15 firefighters from North Carolina, Georgia and Florida were called to control blazes in the pine [forests of East Texas. Texas Air Na tional Guard helicopters with 2,000 gallon water slings also assisted. In Hill County, about 40 miles Southeast of Fort Worth, firefight ers toiled Saturday and Sunday to douse a 105-acre fire that started at boat ramp on the east side of .ake Whitney. The fire, which threatened 55 homes, was fought by a crew of [about 70 from eight fire departments. Another fire that started Friday the brushland of Palo Pinto bounty, about 70 miles south of Wi chita Falls, was contained but still burning Sunday. The fire spread to Adjoining Jack and Young counties, officials said. “It was very rugged terrain and |he crew actually had to use axes and grubbing hoes to make a line fo contain it,” Hammetter said. “It very dangerous when you get [ires in those little canyo-type ar- and it creates a wind tunnel. The fire just races.” In East Texas, firefighters wrked to control a fire that has [aged all week near Nacogdoches pd destroyed 1,800 acres of timber Po far. The fire was contained but [till burning Sunday. In southeast Texas, eight fires de stroyed 21 acres of woodland near mnroe Saturday. Three fires in lontgomery County, two in Hous- County and one each in Harris, Trinity and San Jacinto also de stroyed woodlands Saturday. Forestry officials said the fires re ported only represented a fraction of [he total number burning across the pate. “We only count the ones we [ight,” Hammetter said. “Not the )nes put out by all the fire depart- Tients across the state.” He said Texas firefighters have lot been able to gain reinforce- lent from states farther West, be cause of wildfires raging there. YOU'RE IN COLLEGE, YOU'RE SMART. RIGHT? 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