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Almost 200 people crowded into the Fort Stockton Civic Center on Monday night to com plain about harassment by state law officers. “We have to put up with cocky, power-hungry state cops who are angry because they can’t catch any real crooks,” said Frieda Powers, a business owner from Alpine who gath ered 100 names on a protest petition. Several people told stories about being tailed and pulled over for no reason by officers. Other residents from Alpine, Ozona and Van Horn accused troopers of harassing motorists by tailing them and conducting car searches. DPS Capt. Tom Cummings of Midland and other agency officials attended the 2 1/2-hour West meeting along with State Rep. until they think it’s all ] Pete Gallego, R-Alpine. “We’re here in hopes of at least getting a better understand ing of how folks feel out here,” We have to put up with cocky, power-hungry state cops who are angry because they can y t catch any real crooks. — Frieda Powers Alpine business owner said Cummings, who oversees DPS license and weight officers in 49 West Texas counties. Tom Ingram, a Fort Stockton businessman, organized the meeting. He said he hopes it will bring about some changes. “I just hope that they don’t just pull back for a few weeks over, Ingram told the American in Tuesday'se: Cummings told then there was no excuse fon er behavior and acknoul level of inexperience i troopers in Fort Stockton Gallego, who invite; officials to the meetings concerns must be raised. “It’s important torec; that we work for you,"fi said. “Courtesy, services tection — this is the motto DPS. If the department holding true to it’s missi zens must speak up.” Cummings and DPS David Baker, also d Midland DPS office, sai; were observers at the ik and would not commento individual complaints. After the meeting, hoc they would work with cite resolve the problems. “I know we have some to face,” Baker said duir. meeting. “We’ll work toe those issues. I ask that vk with us.” LTRBOCl •eel Stooges iker Over a peril theft and d variations trio’s fictioi we’ to obta Penker plet m | The r< so it mac Church vandalized by 5 male teens TYLER (AP) — Five Brownsboro teen-agers were sen tenced Tuesday to five years of community supervision for spray-painting racial slurs on the walls of a predominantly black church in April. Racial epithets and references to “White Power” and the Ku Klux Klan were found spray-painted just before Easter along the side of the historic Mount Moriah Baptist Church in the Sand Flat community seven miles north of Athens. Jeffery Matthew Morgan, 19; Jeffrey Wade Cook, 18; Matt Lynn Sanders, 17, and Cody Mitchell Kuykendall, 18, pleaded guilty July 3 to placing graffiti on a place of worship, and state District Judge Jack Holland ordered a pre-sentencing report. The teens appeared before Holland in an Athens courtroom on Tuesday. The judge said he initially contemplated jail time after witnessing pictures of the damage, but felt differently after fur ther review. The defendants were ordered to make restitution to the church, attend the county’s youthful offenders program and complete 250 hours of community service, the Tyler Morning Telegraph report ed in a story for Wednesday editions. Holland noted Henderson County has several minority cemeteries and suggested the youths clean them as part of their community service. Each of the youths and their parents made public apologies to the church and others during Tuesday’s punishment hearing. NEWS IN BRIEf BAMC, Beach Pavilion to be redeveloped leral court tc in operation 'd lompanie: It was John nk in Lubbi rted the FBI Reed said F t year, askin gOTonths ear ssued under “It did seen mej” Reed s mal firm’s m people.” He acknow mdulently u: t Pinker, F )okeut, Denn lation with SAN ANTONIO (AP)-■ Senators Phil Gramm am! - Bailey Hutchinson, :=■ Republicans from Texas® Tuesday announced a pi-jf ship between industry am!« Army that will help preserve old Brooke Army 2 Center and the Beach Pa s Hospital complex. The partnership fli'B TA more than $50 million in restoration r” funds into the redevelopment of the proper The partnership is bet) Orion Partners Inc., a realesa development firm, and Weston, an environmental: neering company, andtheM “This will facilitate the pres vation of history that is soil the part of our great state** allowing us also to look to! future,” Hutchinson said* news conference in front of Brooke Army Medical Centef DEFENSIVE Ibns • us Only when Wireless Continued from Page 1A will help all students by mak ing it easier to do research without being tied to an immo bile computer.” Other on-campus wireless facilities for students with their own laptops include Sbisa Dinning Hall, Rumours Coffee House & Deli, Thompson Hall and Fermier Hall. Wireless Internet access will be available in Hullabaloo! Food Court and Poor Yorick’s Coffee House within the next few months. Jon Gardner, computer sys tems manager for the Department of Food Services, said all students should be able to use the wireless Internet in buildings on campus. The only hardware a sf needs to access the wire fVerii network is an 802.11 wiie. card. Students can down’ the required s0 ^ tware # f http://net.tamu.edu, or cat to http://food.tamu.edu/« •FREE less for an overview ofho« wireless system works if what requirements must met, Gardner said. Al Wn The goal professio enhancei communi communi exciting y Monda For inf< or EMAII