The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 21, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 29, 1997 Page: 3 of 8
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1 Robert taitley
Student Reporter
Money deposited in blue
piggy banks arourid campus will
help Habitat for Humanity
rebuild houses Tor less fortunate
families.
The money collected from the
piggy banks will be supplement-
ed Nov. 19 when Habitat for
Humanity Is scheduled to take a
collection during Chapel said
J.R Conway chairman of the Ha-
bitat for Humanity Committee.
The Students' Association is
planning to begin work on a
Habitat for Humanity house in
February and continue work
through March and April said
Conway sophomore Bible major
from Lavergne Tenn.
Students are encouraged to
help not only financially but with
their time as well Conway said.
"They (Habitat for Humanity!
have contractors that do the
building and then on weekends
they'll get 20 or 30 college stu-
dents to come out and help do
the siding or roofing" Conway
said.
The average cost to rebuild a
house for Habitat for Humanity
is $30000 Conway said.
In addition to the Nov. 19
Chapel collection he said anoth-
er Chapel collection Is planned
for next semester.
SA is also trying to work with
the El Chico restaurant in the
Mall of Abilene to generate
funds Conway said. Last year El
Chico sponsored Habitat for
Humanity by donating 10 per-
cent of their profits one night to
Habitat for Humanity he said.
Conway said his committee
has new goals this year for the
Habitat for Humanity program.
He said among them are
working together with Hardin-
Slmmons and McMurry universi-
ties to work on a tri-collcge
house for Habitat for Humanity.
Students from SA spoke with
the chaplain of McMurry
University Friday and are opti-
mistic about McMurry's possible
involvement with the project
Conway said.
Efforts are being made to con-
tact Hardin-Simmons University
Conway said but the project has
not been mentioned to them yet.
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Remembering the Golden Years i. .
At Shotwcll Stadium Saturday Stan Lambert presents an honorec award to the football
team of 1 977 during half-time of the Homecoming game.
Club promotes walking for exercise community bonding
By Michael Hagerty
Staff Writer
The Endurance Walking Club
will conduct its inaugural walk
to attract potential members
Saturday at 7:15 a.m. in front of
the Hardin Administration
Building.
The waltts coordinator Steve
Willis said the event Is open to
anyone regardless of age
who Is interested in getting a
low-impact workout through
walking.
The group encourages walk
ers to go only as far and as fast
as they want to.
Willis therapist at Pastoral
Care Counseling Center said the
organization is based upon sever-
al principals: walking to empha-
size a health improvement
encouraging each other through
mentoring and bonding within
the community.
Although walking is already a
preferred exercise for many peo-
ple on campus Willis said he
wants to increase the sports pop-
ularity even more.
"Just look around at night or
in the morning at ACU and you
will sec so many people walk-
ing" Willis said. "We are hoping
to get people of all ages walking
from freshmen on up and fac-
ulty as well."
Willis said he believes walk-
ing has several physical and
social values that activities like
running do not possess.
"Not everybody can run" he
said. "We want people to know
that there is a lower impact exer-
cise that can still make them
healthy. You use different muscles
when you walk than when you
arc running. Also unlike run-
ning your body Is occupied with
For The Record
:.CAMPUS.i
Hemo the Bloodmobile from the Meek Blood
Center will be on campus to conduct a blood
drive Thursday from 11-5 p.m. in the Hilton
Room of the Campus Center. Free T-shirts Juice
and cookies will be given to blood donors.
Departments needing extra Hello Books may
order them by calling the Department of
Journalism and Mass Communication at Ext
2296 or coming by Don H. Morris Center Room
301. The cost Is $10 per copy and can be charged
to the departmental
account.
The 1997 Welcome Week Videos arc avail-
able at $15 per video. To order a video students
can call KUF-TV at 674-2026.
Interviews for Sing Song 1998 Production
Staff will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Nov. 6.
Those interested can sign up for a time in the
Chapel Office In McKlnzle Hall. Dance Team
auditions for Sing Song 1998 will be held on Nov.
13 at 9 p.m. LeighAnn Hell can be contacted for
more information at Ext. 2767 or In the Campus
Life Office.
The Metroplcx Area Consortium of Career
Centers is sponsoring die Metro Job Fair '97: A
Job Seekers Paradise from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov.
5 at the Arlington Convention Center at 1200
Ballpark Way in Arlington. More than 200
employers will gather to recruit entry level and
experienced candidates for permanent full-time
and part-time employment Employer representa-
tives will be present to accept resumes and speak
with prospective candidates regarding potential
Job opportunities. The event Is open to the public
and admission for job seekers Is free.
$2600 worth of equipment. Some of the items
taken' were a HotMUtpush mower a Stihl back-
pack leaf blower three hand-held Stihrblowcrs
and two Maruama gas-powered weedeaters.
Crime Stoppers in Conjunction with the Taylor
County Sheriffs Department Is asking for your
help in solving this burglary. Abilene Crime
Stoppers will pay a $1000 reward for Information
that leads to the arrest and Indictment of the per-
son or persons responsible for the crime.
National
Thousands of women converged in
Philadelphia for Saturdays Million Women
March the first gathering of its kind celebrating
the sisterhood of African descendants. Organizers
of the event said they had more than two million
participants at the march which featured remarks
from South African activist Winnie Madikizcla-
Mandela U.S. Rep. Maxlne Waters D-Callf. rap
artist Sister Souljah and Dorothy Height presi-
dent of the National Council of Negro Women.
Police meanwhile would only estimate that the
spirited crowd of women and men ranged from
300000 to one million.
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Local
Abilene first trolley bus chugged into town
Sunday. CilyLtnk will officially unveil its two new
old-timey vehicles Dec. 2 at the annual down-
town Christmas parade and festival. The vehicles
.will be used as a convenient downtown trans-
portation. Two years have passed since the
Abilene City Council approved the purchase of
two trolleys. At the time debate raged over
whether the city should be spending federal funds
on gimmicky transportation.
Some time between 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16 and 7
a.m. Sept. 17 an unknown person or persons
broke into the Master Scapes landscaping busi-
ness located on Bacacita farms road approxi-
mately one mile south of FM 707. The suspects
broke into a storage building and stole over
U.S. stock
markets
soared
back Tues-
day with
both the
Dow Jones
industrial
average
and Nas-
daq post
ing their biggest point gains In history amid
record volume. It was a remarkable turn of events
as the market came back triumphantly only a day
after suffering its worst point losses ever. Volume
soared on the New York Stock Exchange setdng a
record for the second day In a row. Some 1.21 bil-
lion shares changed hands up from Mondayls 685
million. Tuesday rally restored about $384 bil-
lion of the $663 billion in market capitalization
lost by U.S. stocks Monday. Buoyed by the
strength of U.S. economy investors shrugged off
a global market meltdown and flocked back to
Wall Street to gobble up stocks. The Dow pulled
broader markets up as well with the Nasdaq gain-
ing a record 67.93 to 1603.02 as a record 1.23
billion shares changed hands there as well.
Earlier President Clinton said the market roller-
coaster should not take investors' attention away
from the country solid economic performance.
Sources: ACU Inside Abilene Reporter-News
Washington Post
Newsbriefs by Shelly Weed
walking but your mind is free to
run. I enjoy getting out to meet
people and having the most
interesting conversations with
them while we're exercising."
Willis said people arc too
often in their house in front of a
television or computer not inter-
acting with other people. That
can be unhealthy he said.
Willis said he sees walking as
a way to remedy that situation
and he knows what will generate
more interest in walking as a way
to get serious exercise.
"More people need to realize
that walking can be aerobic" he
said. "It can elevate your heart
rate and it not just a stroll in
the park."
He said he has a special plan
In mind to keep the walkers'
motivation strong over time.
"We had thought about bring-
ing in some more experienced
walkers to go walk with a begin-
ning walker" Willis said. "That
would help them to feel more
responsible because they feel that
since someone is going to be there
with them they arc more likely to
get up and go. We want people to
push themselves get beyond that
three miles per hour pace get it
up to four five and six."
Setting up community walking
routes in neighborhoods and
establishing neighborhood times
to go walking are some of the
group ideas to promote commu-
nity bonding.
Willis said they would
encourage people In the bad areas
of town to reclaim their neigh-
borhoods by stepping out for a
walk and getting to know their
neighbors.
Those interested in more
information about the Endurance
Walking Club can contact Willis
at 672-5683.
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