The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 19, Ed. 1, Friday, October 27, 1989 Page: 1 of 6
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Students stand
By Katharine Potat
Ofrttahrt Staff
The Students' Association and social club
member went to eight middle and
elementary schools Monday to hand out
red ribbons and speak about drug-free
awareness week said Wes Smith SA
President.
About 30 SA members and 512
members from each social club left at
11:15 a.m. to visit the schools said Smith
senior graphic design major from Gran
buty.
The SA senate members went to Taylor
Elementary School and Project Pass.
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Don Clevengw sophomore business major from DaH
take3 part in a balloon release before ACU's Homecoming
Sugar Land couple to receive recognition
for outstanding Christian service for '90
By Melissa Maxwell
Optimist Staff
Homer O. and Betty Gainer of Sugar
Land have been selected the recipients of
the 1990 Christian Service Awards said
Michelle Morris director of news and in-
formation. The award in its seventh year at ACU
is 'given to one couple each year consid-
ered to be an outstanding example of
Christian service said John Tyson assis-
tant to the president.
Couples must first be nominated by a
friend of ACU he said and the final deci-
sion is made by a special committee.
The recipients usually are involved in a
wide range of activities such as school
church local and community activities
Tyson said.
Mr Gainer has served as a member of
the ACU Board of Trustees since 1976
and prior to that served on the university's
Board of Development for 12 years
He also has Served as a treasurer deacon
or elder for several congregations of the
Churches of Christ. '
A graduate of Eden High School Mr.
World missionaries
conduct workshop
By Chrla Parker
Optimist Staff
AftuW of prayer and fasting was con-
ducted during the 30th onnual World
Mission Workshop said Gaston Tarbet
mlssionary-in-residcnce.
More than 500 people skipped the meal
at noon on Saturday and prayed for dif-
ferent countries around the world during
the one-hour lunch time said Jana Tarbet
sophomore human development and fami-
ly studies major from Abilene.
The participants did not eat again until
supper she said.
The theme of this year's workshop
"Give Me This Mountain" was taken
from the book of Joshua and signified that
"the world needs lo be evangelized just
like Caleb took that mountain" Gaston
Tarbet said.
The workshop was conducted at Har-
ding University to Searcy Ark.
"They were treat hosts and the
In most cases a men's club teamed up
with a women's club to visit the schools
Smith said.
llie students Visited Bonham Elemen-
tary Houston SAC Locust Elementary
Lincoln Middle School Long Elementary
and Reagan Elementary.
Smith said two people went to each
classroom one person to speak to the stu-
dents and one to distribute ribbons. The
children were told to avoid drugs and
asked to wear the ribbons all week.
"All the students that went had a good
time Smith said "It was really a suc-
cessful event."
Candi Pickard senior elementary educa
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footbftH game againet Cameron University Saturday after-
noon at ShotweH Stadium.
Gainer received a degree in business from
Texas A&M University in 1943. After his
graduation he entered the U.S. Army Of-
ficer Candidate School and then joined the
Tank Destroyers a tank fighting unit.
After completing his duties with a
commission the couple were married.
"It was virtually love at first sight" Mr.
Gainer says.
Mr. Gainer worked for the Exxon Cor-
poration for 45 years and through his
work he spent time in various countries
including Libya Malaysia Belgium
Hong Kong Singapore and China.
Despite the many moves the couple
always made time to worship with a local
congregation.
Gainer estimated that about 90 percent
of the couple's activities are
church-related. He is on the board of the
Boles Home; a member of the board of
trustees for Christian Colleges of the
Southwest and a past chairman of the
board of trustees for Christian Schools
Inc. in Dallas.
He also works with the Chaplancy Pro-
gram a hospital program in Houston
Mrs. Gainer Is originally from Melvin
workshop was very challenging" Jana
Tarbet said.
The workshop consisted of keynote
speakers interest meetings informative
classes videos and devotionals Gaston
Tarbet said
The interest meetings gave students the.
chance to meet missionaries from conti-
nents that were of particular interest to the
students he said.
The classes provided opportunities for
students to ask questions about mission
work after short presentations and showed
the students how to get involved at all
levels Gaston Tarbet said.
About 600 out-of-town students attend-
ed the workshop which is affiliated with
the Church of Christ Gaston Tarbet said.
ACU was represented by 61 students
and 10 faculty members he said.
He said he's expecting more ACU stu-
dents to attend next year because the
workshop will not conflict with
Homecoming as it did this year.
against drugs
tion major from Sari Antonio said she told
the students to wear the ribbons to sup-
port each other during drug-free week just
like they would wear ribbons to support
the football team during a pep rally.
Pickard said the students responded well
to the drug-free concept
"The whole school was geared up for
it" Pickard said. "Kids came up to us
asking for ribbons"
Even though the students responded
slowly to what he had to say the whole
event went "amazingly well" said Matt
Duncan Inter-Social Club Council presi-
dent. Duncan senior human communication
and received a degree in home economics
from Southwest Texas State TeachersCol-
lege. She taught for a year and then was
hired as a chemist for the Exxon Corpora-
tion where she worked from 1944-1946.
She has taught Bible classes and presen-
ted inspirational workshops for women in
several cities.
The Gainers also have overcome great
personal difficulties through the years ac-
cording to an ACU press release. After the
birth of her first child she was stricken
with polio which left her paralyzed from
the waist down-
After several months in the hospital
with dally therapy Mrs. Gainer was able
to overcome the paralysis.
"Betty and Homer Gainer are excellent
role models of servant-leadership in a vari-
ety of settings" said Dr. William J.
Teaguc president of the university.
"They arc worthy additions to those who
have previously received this prestigious
award."
The couple has three children: Dell
Anne Kilgore ACU class of 1970; Lucy
Berry ACU class of 1972; and Joe M.
Gainer ACU cjass of 1979.
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their 1970 roles pf The King of Slam and Anna during "A Royal Feast" Id
Sewell Theatre Saturday night.
major from Austin said he is planning to
get a group together from the social clubs
to take out students from Houston SAC
and Protect Pass Saturday night.
He said the students will be taken out to
eat and then to play Putt-Piitt Golf and go
bowling.
Then the students will watch the
Abilene-based band Frenzy rehearse
Duncan said.
"To ask these kids to walk away from
drugs is asking them to walk away from
their friends and fun" Duncan said. "The
idea behind seeing the band is to have
their kind of run and show them it can be
drug-free."
Social club
organizes
SADD
chapter
The women of GATA have begun
organizing the ACU chapter of Students
Against Driving Drunk.
"We were looking for a service project
and this one really hit close to home" said
Amy Hallcy GATA club president.
Two GATA members Melissa Chavei
and Vonda Dietz were killed in alcohol-
related accidents within the last year.
Chavez was killed last Christmas Eve
when a drunk driver hit her car head-on.
Dietz died July 23 from injuries sustained
in a single car accident. Her blood alcohol
level was above legal limits.
The group's first meeting will be con-
ducted Noy. 2 at 7 p;m. in the Main
Room of the Campus Center. Applications
for SADD officers will be taken up at the
meeting.
The applications will be evaluated by
members of ACU's administration who
then will select the officers said Hallcy
senior biologypre-laW major from
Clarksville.
The ACU chapter of SADD will be a
part of the national organization
Revisions had to be made on the con-
tract members must sign due to conflicts
with its wording and school policies. The
original contract asks students to drink
responsibly but the revised copy asks stu-
dents to abstain from alcohol and drugs
entirely.
GATA also will be helping Samuel
Juarez 23 from Abilene who was hit by a
drunk driver when he was 16. Juarez is
confined to a wheelchair and suffers from
severe brain damage Hallcy said.
Members of the social club hope to plan
weekly visits and outings for Juarez
Holley said
"Before Sammy's accident he was very
involved in his high school band" she
said. "A few of our girls know music and
are going to try and help him with his
music."
Juarez's first outing with GATA
members was ACU's football game Satur-
day. "I think the awareness of the students
will be good for the community" said
Betty Prude president of the Abilene
chapter of Mothers Against Driving
Drunk.
Prude's 26-year-old son was killed by a
drunk driver while changing a flat tire on
the side of a road.
"SADD is not going to just have an im-
pact on our group or campus Hi all of
Abilene" Hallcy said.
Students interested in participating in
the SADD program can contact Hallcy at
677-3979.
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Sexual Addiction p. 5
The Marriage and Family Institute
sponsored a sex addiction workshop
October 19.
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Gentleman Farmer p. 3
This 1956 ACU graduate does what
everyone dreams of doing. He does
exactly what he wants to do.
Donation p. 4
An anonymous donor has given
$100000 for an endowment fund for'
men's basketball.
Israel denies link
to South Africa
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir Thursday
denied news reports that Israel pro-
vided technology for a nuclear-capable
missile that reportedly was test-fired
in South Africa in July.
Shamir told Israel Radio there was
"no truth" to the NBC television
news report which said Israel has
been engaged in a partnership with
South Africa to develop nuclear '
missile capability
"We totally denv this story" said
Shamir's media adviser Avi Pazner.'
"There is no nuclear link or coopera
tion between Israel and South4
Africa."
OfficiaTsaisculF
private toll road
LEESBURG Va. (AP) - Trans-
portation officials at home and abroad
arc watching plans for a 15-raik
stretch of road in congested northern
Virginia that the builder says will be
the first private U.S. toll road in 30-
years. "I love a traffic jam" said Ralph L.
Stanley former chief of the federal
Urban Mass Transportation Ad-
ministration and president of the Toll
Road Corp. of Virginia. "They're all
customers to me."
The $155 million road would ex-
tend the existing Dulles Toll Road
adding a third east-west route from
the Leesburg area to the nation's capi-
tal Stanley said.
Exxon moving
to new location
DALLAS (AP) - Exxon Corp. will
move its corporate headquarters from
New York City to the Dallas area
next fall the world's largest oil com-
pany announced Thursday.
Chairman Lawrence Rawl said the
company had considered moving its
headquarters for some time and had
evaluated a number of locations.
"We concluded that on balance
the Dallas area offered the best com-
bination of factors from the stand-
point of our employees' personal and
professional lives and from an overall'''
business standpoint" he said. ;
At least 300 headquarters
employees will be affected by the
relocation.
Exxon is the biggest energy com-
Eany in the world and the third-
irgest U.S. industrial company with
sales of more than $875 billion in
1988.
House fails to halt
veto of abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) - Abortion
lights advocates in Congress say
they're not giving up their bid to
allow Medicaid abortions for rape and
incest Victims despite falling far short
of overriding President Bush's veto.
The House sustained Bush's veto
Wednesday In a 231-191 vote 5J
fewer than the two-thirds majority;
nepderf to overturn a veto.
Rep. Chris Smith R-N.J. called thes
vote "a decisive victory for the pro-
life movement" and evidence the po-
litical ground has not shifted on the
abortion issue as abortion rights ad-
vocates say .
But Democrats and Republicans
who back the more liberal restrictions"'
argued that public sentiment is on
their side and that the vote will yield
far-reaching political damage for Bush
among younger voters.
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