The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, October 2, 1987 Page: 1 of 6
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By THOMAS GRAHAM
Senior Staff Wtiter
Police began painting a gruesome
picture of the events surrounding
Lori Michelle Barrett's death after
her body was discovered earlier this
week.
The search for Barrett ended
abruptly Wednesday morning after
Eathologists positively identified a
adly decomposed body found
Tuesday afternoon near Lake Fort
Phantom as the missing Hawley
schoolteacher.
A preliminary autopsy conducted
by pathologists at the Southwest In-
stitute of Forensic Science in Dallas
revealed that Barrett had been shot
several times in the head and torso
said Lt. Jim Diekcn of the Abilene
Police Department.
Merge spurs
lower fares
CANDY HOLCOMBE
Editor In Chief
The merger of Chaparral Airlines
Inc. of Abilene and Metro Airlines
of Dallas has provided several
changes in Abilene air service in-
cluding cheaper rates.
The airline merged with Metro
the world's largest regional carrier
almost four weeks ago and Metro
proceeded to work with American
Airlines to offer cheaper fares.
Round-trip airline tickets from
Abilene to DallasFort Worth pur-
chased in advance and connecting
with American Airlines can cost as
little as $10 in a new super-saver
package said Clark Stevens presi-
dent of Chaparral.
Stevens said the round-trip tickets
are not actually $10 but are the
equivalent because customers can
fly round trip from Abilene to
Dallas and connect with American
Airlines for'onh$10 more than the
price to fly round trip from Dallas.
He said although this arrange-
ment is not good for businessmen
who can't always buy tickets in ad-
vance it is great for the excursion
traveler.
"That's generally exactly what a
college student would be looking
for" Stevens said.
The special rates package is not
the only one that has gone down in
price Stevens said.
The regular airline ticket far a
round trip from Abilene connecting
with American Airlines is only $30.
He said the lower airfares will
make flying to Dallas cheaper than
driving.
Chaparral which is now a sub-
sidiary of Metro will continue to
operate out of Abilene. The
management has not changed ex-
cept for the fact that one of Metro's
companies is merging into Chapar-
ral Stevens said.
The management of Metro Ex-
Kress II which operates nearly 100
ights a day between DallasFort
Worth and various points in Texas
and Louisiana will move its offices
to Abilene he said.
The merger however will not af-
fect the number of flights from
Abilene to Dallas at least not right
away Stevens said.
He said the number of flights
could increase by next summer if
business increases enough to war-
rant it.
La Quinta Inn
awards scholar
La Quinta Motor Inns Inc. reach-
ed a "milestone" Wednesday giv-
ing the first La Quinta scholarship
to an ACU student said Betty
Stone manager of La Quin-ta-Abilene.
Susan Roberts senior art history
major from Princeton N.J. re-
ceived the $925 in Chapel.
The La Quinta Scholarship is
funded when alumni parents or
friends or students of the university
make reservations at La Quinta and
specify that the trip is ACU-related.
Ten percent of the guest's total bill
is donated to ACU.
"This generous provision by La
Quinta Motor Inns is a demonstra-
tion of the type of support that
business should have for education
in general and quality students in
particular" said Dr. William J.
Teague president of the university.
Guests must mention at the desk
"We're here in affiliation with
ACU" Stone said.
Stone then requests a check for
the amount from the corporate of-
fice in San Antonio.
Barrett's feet and hands had been
tied with electrical cords and she
had been gagged with a cloth
Pieken said. A curling iron cord
was missing from her home and
Dieken said he thought it matched
one of the cords used to bind her
hands and feet.
He said the case against James E.
Clayton a former ACU student
charged only with unauthorized use
of Barrett's car grew stronger after
a Wednesday afternoon search of
his apartment produced several
handguns and rifles.
He said police are awaiting the
return of several tests including
ballistics tests of the guns found
to decide whether Clayton will be
charged with Barrett's murder.
Dieken said additional evidence
I been found Wednesday evening
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Lt. Jim Dieken of the Abilene Police Department confirms that the body found near Lake Fort Phantom
Tuesday is that of Lori Barrett the missing Hawley schoolteacher. "We're sad that It had to end up
this way" he said at a press conference Wednesday. Pathologists positively identified the body with
dental records and a ring that was on one finger.
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The check is sent to the scholar-
ship fund.
The fund was started in 1985
with a seed gift of $2500 from La
Quinta.
Within two years the fund sur-
passed the $10000 endowment
goal making it a permanent schol-
arship fund at ACU Stone said.
"It will continue to grow" she
said.
Stone said La Quinta has declared
Homecoming Sing Song and grad-
uation as special events.
During these dates guests must
pay the full rate to stay in the hotel.
Because no discounts are offered
the cost is higher and the fund
receives more money with each
ACU-related guest Stone said.
Anyone affiliated with ACU and
staying at any of the 197 La Quinta
Inns across the nation also can add
to the fund Stone said.
Those guests should bring their
receipts back to an ACU repre-
sentative who will in turn send
l'em to the corporate office in San
Antonio.
case
that could become important to the
case but he refused to comment on
what role it may have played in
Barrett's death.
"We found something and we
described it to the lab and they
said 'Send it up' and they're going
to make some comparisons"
Dieken said. "They're so painstak-
ing and thorough that we're kind of
at their mercy.'
Barrett's body has been sent from
Dallas to Temple for funeral ar-
rangements but Dieken said patho-
logical tests could continue for
another week.
Barrett had been missing since
9:15 p.m. Sept. 23 when she was
seen driving away from the Mall of
Abilene where she worked part-
time at Dillard's department store.
Several hundred students and
Jeff Nelson resigns from university
By CINDY LEEPER
Friday Nowa Editor
Jeff Nelson has resigned as direc-
tor of university events effective
Nov. 2.
Dr. Ted Stornes associate pro-
fessor of drama will replace
Nelson as director of university
events.
Nelson has accepted the posi-
tion of minister of assimilation
and music at Preston Road
Church of Christ in Dallas.
One of the reasons for the
change was his work as song
leader at Highland Church of
Christ for four years he said.
"My dream is to see Churches
of Christ implement a program
with a minister of music"
Nelson said. "This ministry
would include more participation
from the congregation and a
more thematic assembly"
He has begun this approach at
Highland and proposed the idea
of a minister of music to the el-
ders. Because of financial
reasons the elders decided to
against Clayton
local residents joined the Barrett
family in a massive yet fruitless
search last weekend.
However Tuesday afternoon a
volunteer searcher stopped to exam-
ine a caliche pile along a farm-to-market
road near Lake Fort Phan-
tom. His curiosity and digging
unearthed Barrett's body partially
covered with plastic brush and
caliche.
Initially police said the body was
not Barrett's because decomposition
rendered the partially skeletal corp-
se unidentifiable. "It's too decom-
posed to determine sex" one officer
said. The body was thought to have
been in place for several months.
However pathologists matched
Barrett's dental records with those
of the body to make a positive iden-
tification Dieken said. The iden-
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wait until the beginning of next
year to begin the program.
Nelson decided to accept the
position at Preston Road rather
than wait.
He has been director of univer-
sity events since 1982. He served
as assistant director of alumni ac-
tivities in 1982-83.
He has directed ACU's annual
Sing Song Summerstage and
Freshman Follies productions.
"Doors have opened and al-
though I love my job at ACU
and have been very happy I
think maybe the Lord was saying
He can use me somewhere else"
Nelson said.
Nelson said Starnes will fit the
position well.
"He will add a nice dimen-
sion" Nelson said. "My lack of
knowledge in the technical areas
will be much improved wjttpthe
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Starnes currently serves) as
technical director for Dinner
Theatre productions HomeconP
ing Musicals and other drama
productions
tification was further validated after
family members identified a class
ring on Barrett's right hand.
Dieken said recent rains and high
temperatures coupled with a ther-
mal blanket in which the body was
wrapped caused decomposition to
occur at a much more rapid pace
than normal.
Police also thought the body to be
much taller than the 5-3 Barrett
and hair color was thought to be
wrong.
"A lot of body fluids escaped and
saturation occurred" Dieken said
explaining the discoloration of Bar-
rett's sandy-brown hair. The height
estimation was wrong he added
because the body was wrapped in a
blanket.
See Volunteer p.6
Enrollment lines
to be eliminated
ByKRISTIBUCHART
Wednesday Edition Editor
Students returning for the spring
semester may have an extra two
days to ski the slopes if they meet
all of the advance final enrollment
procedures said Dr. Don Stafford
registrar and chairman of the Final
Enrollment Committee.
In an effort to "streamline" the
final enrollment process the tradi-
tional Sunday enrollment period has
been eliminated. This will allow
students to return to campus Jan.
11 the first day of classes to
finalize spring enrollment Stafford
said.
Only first semester freshmen
transfer students and those students
who do not meet all of the require-
mentswill be required tc appear for
final enrollment Jan. 8.
Students will be considered of-
ficially enrolled after completing the
following requirements by Dec. 4:
preregistration for spring classes
being clear of restrictions in the
Registrar's Office Graduate Office
Student Services Office or Business
Office a paid fall 1987 bill approv-
ed financial aid and a paid enroll-
ment deposit Stafford said.
Enrollment deposits are to be
made at the Business Office accor-
ding to this scale: students taking
one to six hours pay $200; students
taking seven to 1 1 hours pay $400;
and students taking 12 hours or
more pay $600.
Students who do not preregister
for classes by Dec. 4 must do so
Jan. 7. Those who miss the Friday
final enrollment deadline will be re-
quired to pay a late fee. The late fee
will remain the same as the fall
semester Stafford said.
Students who receive financial
assistance must request that their
financial aid be considered as an ad-
vance payment and they must have
at least a $600 credit. Stafford said
however that credit balances will
be affected if students purchase
their books prior to Christmas vaca-
tion. "If a student buys $175 worth of
books his balance will show up
$425" he said. "Students should
not charge their books to their ac-
counts unless their deposits will
Jeff Nelson
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Memorial Service
A memorial service for Lori
Michelle Barrett who was found
dead Tuesday will be conducted
at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest
Church of Christ.
Her family members are mak-
ing funeral arrangements in their
hometown of Temple and will
not be able to attend the Abilene
services.
"The people in this town have
been tremendously supportive"
Hank Barrett said Wednesday
evening. "I'd just be driving
around town and people would
wave and give me the thumb's
up or the victory sign."
cover it. Charges made the week be-
fore classes won't get in the system
but charges made before Christmas
vacation will and then there will be
problems. We won't cancel a stu-
dent's enrollment but they need to
be careful."
Stafford advised students to buy
their books when they return from
vacation.
The Registration Steering Com-
mittee began revamping the final
enrollment process last spring. The
vice presidents of the university met
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Don Stafford
with Stafford Sept. 18 to discuss
possible modifications in the
system and the new plan was ap-
proved Wednesday by the Final
Enrollment Committee. The com-
mittee now is discussing improve-
ments for the fall final enrollment
process Stafford said.
"Our objective is to streamline
the process as much as possible to
eliminate the lines and Sunday
enrollment so people don't have to
come back until classes start" he
said.
Students who complete advance
final enrollment will receive a spr-
ing 1988 confirmation card in their
ACU boxes by Dec. 10.
Included with the notice will be a
copy of the student's class schedule
and personal and student data
forms. Students are to check the
data sheets for errors and enter the
correct information if necessary.
Students then ore to return the data
sheets to the Registrar's Office.
Forms not returned will be assumed
to be correct as printed Stafford
said.
Signups for spring classes began
Thursday and will continue
through Oct. 30. Students can pick
up the 1988 spring catalog in the
Registrar's Office
Ted Starnes
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