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Wednesday. August 22. 1964AThe B«ttai»cx%4>age 3
College Station asks consumers
to voluntarily .cut electricial use
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. perie* bnxjun Auf Consumers are being
?<». ihe c*v of CaMegr asked to ujt fans instead “We*te
for
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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.
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to purchase
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part of the dectnc tul
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fans instead of aar condition mg and bdi the oty 75
if they use air condauontng. keep the
of the peak
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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 ”
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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.
Students interested m the seminar
can contact the Office ot Student Fi
nancial Aid at 845-3981.
RET BACK IN THE
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