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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1984)
I ♦ . ' .ik Wednesday. August 22. 1964AThe B«ttai»cx%4>age 3 College Station asks consumers to voluntarily .cut electricial use ft? KARI FLUECEl ert, chr * hv r»| (^iltrgr Station mi he able «o wvr > <MI0 to S500.000 am m 79 mew* <rCA) cfearer <*« thr Mt The PCA cKargr m fonmt ■» i glcqnt bal H n added onto the . perie* bnxjun Auf Consumers are being ?<». ihe c*v of CaMegr asked to ujt fans instead “We*te for ■ 4 and M p m The city u taom whacti cl MMMDUon during the peak ■aid Valerie Bauer, et for the cmv of t xjttrgr of air conditioning and if ^ Kl prgr he- they use air conditioning. The rt.A charge, which the erai at keep the thermostat at 78 degrees. feo Jan I, IthS. The Under tracts. Gulf ! the current of Gulf to purchase eh the new c eiB have to pay part of the dectnc tul In lanuarr, the Tt.A Gulf U« fans instead of aar condition mg and bdi the oty 75 if they use air condauontng. keep the of the peak ■ u used nr can do a lot January, the PtA to urer energy and cut eiertmav bdh three cents per lo> aM the tune Pamphlets about energy van hour. vavtng ideas, such as cauttung and weather stripping, are available Even if consumers cut back, they from the CoBegr Station Energy De- aot expect electnt Place to gather with thotr friends Community teen center planned with By CARL RECUR A center for CoRege Scat km agert. designed to give the a place to so and get together thru friends, u m hrduied lo opi early October The center. 10 be named Shenanigans, is totaled next 10 the coaunututy center on Jersey Street “Thr purpose of the center n to provide a pace for teem to gather. p nup ty censer director. “The center wiM provide a place for the teem lo go instead of hanging out at the mati or at P'rpe » It will give them a place to dance and meet people, kind of bkr what the BoxZ and leasers are doing now by hav ing spec ial nights where thev let only kids from IS- IN years old m. It's ob vious thr kids want this kind of place because those clubs are tuM on those Thr idea of < “About 10 io It y tried lo open a tee off the git of the reasons it faded was that adults planned it and made aN the decisions — the teenagers never got to input any ideas into the center Thu teen censer u not going to be bkr that." that to help the cm L, phmarri came up with a supervisory and four ahrraates from grades 6 through 17 were selected to com pose the Tern Center Advisory Cninnuttee GaBaham and Parks Pro gram Supervisor Susie Dashncr are the two adults on the committee f sBih sni smd the board has had three meetings so far and has accom- phshed many thangs “At the first meeting, the comm li tre members got to know each other and set up the philosophy and goals of the teen censer.'* she said “At the second, they set up fees, determined "At the first meeting, the committee members got to know each other and set up the philosophy and goals of the teen center,” Calliham said "At the second, they set up fees, determined days and hours oi operation, elected officers and discussed programs ” nights” KmBKmswsssKwwm^mKwwwvi*i*mwi Besides having the support of adults They then went to the jumoi teenagers. Caihham said. *he censer and senior high schools to encour- • lo apply for the poasuom people ap ' ' also has the support of the commu nM> A t'jrwy was conducted bat Station and the se- a need for such a cen- Forty people appbed and 3H were srmewed by members of thr Community Censer Advisory Board, the parks board and community ad- days and hours of operation, eiecied officers and discussed programs Right non. they’ re trying lo get the funds to furnish the center with the bowses” Chuck Benethrt. a 12th-grader at AJcM Consobdated High School elected chairman of the md thr committee sent out fetters So local dubs and busi nesses askmg for support So far. Bryan Paint and Glass has offered to draw m mural of the tom mu tee's choice on one wail and help them paint «. Another business WIrW Gederal Contractors Inc. of Bryan, offered to sell them solar film for the censer s windows at cost, show them how to apply M and lend them the Benedict said working on the comnuttee u teaching the students a lot “We are learning how much things cost because we had to price aN the items we need to get the cen ter started* he said “We also learned about parbamentars proce dure and how the city council oper ates when we went to a city council meeting" Benedict said he believes the cen ter wtU succeed Groups wishing to become in volved with the teen center are en couraged to contact Peggy Cathham at the community center at 764- 3766. Cutting it down to size fere finishing up the Issthit of hit across from the Memorial Cruler. Only a portion of the lot has undergone change. The parking slots were repainted so that the width will be 8 feet 6 inches rather than 9 feet. The reserved slots will remain 9 feet. Budget seminars help students control cosh By JAN WUTHRICH krpnrtct When Ben Franklin said a penny saved n a penny earned, he must have had toBege students in mind Budget seminars, designed to help students save money, will be of fered this fall by the Office of Stu dent Financial Aid, says administra tor Lynda Gilbert Thr srmma rs will be Sept. I 1 -1S and Oct. 25-25, and each will be open to about 55 students The financial aid office will begin each seminar by explaining how k distributes grams ana loans When students receive a large ung ot a they often have dinitultv in making a but. Gilbert says. The best way to keep track of cash flow u with a checking account, she savs. Therefore the next step covered at the semmai u how to open and maintain a checking account. T he financial advisers at the semi nar will offer additional hints on sav ing money and catching bargains, she says. Socking to a budget u hard for students because it requires self-dis cipline. she says. 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