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Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. © 2004 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 C31472 Green Thumb — iti| IHE "atiJ Sharon Aeschbach • THE MHO Junior horticulture major Alicia Bonds plants Copper Plant in the flowerbeds at the Texas A&MHbrtai' Gardens located on Hensel Drive Monday afternoon. Bonds' next project is to create a maroonaiWi flower bed toward the front entrance of the gardens. Weather Continued from page 1 chemical engineering major, said those who par ticipate will be encouraged to become part of the local storm spotting network. According to the NWS Web site, SKYWARN is a program sponsored by the NWS office in con junction with the local Emergency Management Organization. It is a group of trained volunteers that watches the skies during severe weather and relays reports back to the local Emergency Management Official or the NWS. Brian Hilton, College Station Emergency Management coordinator, said people who are interested in this program generally show up to educate themselves about severe weather and to become “storm spotters.” Storm spotters chase severe storms around the state during the spring and summer months, Herzog said. Hilton said emergency management coordi nates with NWS by providing feedback whenever a state of warning is declared and they need storm spotters to help them. “There are about 20 weather spotters, and they must be certified (via the SKYWARN program) every year,” Hilton said. The class held at the Texas Ai! Oceanography and Meteorology Building will reserved for A&M students and will takeplacf room I 12 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The off-campus program will beheldinroi 101 of the College Station Convention Ceis from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and again from 1 pi 4 p.m. The class held at the convention center* be open to the general public, Hilton said. Herzog said those who attend the class will sa valuable insight into all sorts of severe weather|i nomena, including floods, hail, super cells (ap# ularly violent type of thunderstonnlandtomadre “You’ll learn what the difference is betweer (storm) watch and a warning and how to usevi# clues to assess the severity of a storm,'’he said. Herzog said that an extensive background meteorology is not necessary to attend norunds stand the material presented in the class. Everyone who completes the training fromi class will receive a certificate of completion I will be eligible to collaborate in storm spoE during severe weather events. Herzog said. There is no fee to participate in the SKYWAi 1 program or to receive the certificate of complete Another SKYWARN seminar will be held) April 22 at the College Station Convent Center, room 101 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ai# 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. keep it real. Italian...Fresh & Fast.™ Real fresh. Real affordable. 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