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Friday July 26,1985/The Battalion/Page 3 STATE ANDLOCAL ' -:••••• •' g V - v x ^ 1A#|^^|49q ttr% wWll%(ll 5> Up ALPHA ,m. m lowship. Friday ^ FELLOWSHIP: « m« : e,i„g at 7 the Student PRRjPl members begins at noon. at 2 p.m. in the council room in - A luncheon for council ART FILM SOCIETY: is meeting at 7 p.m. in the MSC lounge. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Heed McDonald, no less than three days prior to de* Cable advisory group elicited by CS council Highway panel kills state wild flower plates Associated Press Wilting under pres- saicl an x corn (knownt Ige, wink, win s. Frankenstei re comfortal ? nudge, nuii! “edited” to tsks the miiit have diarrliei 1 us something e. The good sistant take ) the laboratoi nd Not Igor the he-moni riish, drip,dnf| >. Frankensti i along and o go to the i? nudge, m ry hit the hay her commercii, well devel hurts, are t is that they egs because er. vie. More s, hearts, >p, chop, grit ish AUSTIN sure from legislators who said the motto lacks macho, state highway commissioners Thursday defoliated the 1987 license plates of the pro posed “Wildflower State” slogan. The wildflower plates, OK’d by commissioners in April, also would have carried a faint outline of the state flower, bluebonnets, across the bottom. But the floral motif was deemed too sissy by critics, among them 57 lawmakers who urged the three-man commission to abandon its earlier | decision. “I’m so tired of hearing things on license plates I’m going to spit up,” commission Chairman Robert Lan ier of Houston joked before the quick, 3-0 vote. The decision means the 1987 plates will carry only one word: “Texas.” That word and the little state map outline that separates the numerals from the letters will be red. The nu merals and letters will be blue. The vote was taken in a highway commission room decorated with colorful pictures of the wildflowers that adorn roadsides during some parts of the year. “Let’s face it, as the chairman said earlier, we are going to he coming back in 1987 for another session (of the Legislature),” said aide Bob Neely. “We don’t want to alienate too many people at one time.” Critics claimed the wildflower plate was too sissy a slogan for tough Texans, Neely said. “It centered around the lack of the macho image in Texas; some thing to the effect that it dealt a blow to the Texas mystique, which we must treasure,” he said. By SALLY TAYLOR Reporter At their regular meeting Thurs day night, the College Station City Council recommended the forma tion of a franchise advisory commit tee to act as liaison between local ca ble operations and citizens and to keep city officials up to date on cable regulations. Mayor Pro Tern Bob Runnels said that the duties of the proposed com mittee have not yet been specifically outlined, but he emphasized that the committee only would be an advi sory group. The committee would have no au thority, Runnels said. Also at the meeting, the East By pass Study Committee, comprised of three members of the Planning and Zoning Commission appointed to study the East Bypass area, pre sented their recommendations for land use and zoning for the undevel oped tracts. The committee recommended that a portion of the area north of University Drive remain industrial. It suggested that the area south of University Drive also be zoned in dustrial up to the existing commer cial zoning at the intersection of Highway 30 and the East Bypass. This proposed industrial area in cludes an area currently zoned by the city as office-commercial. Low density residential uses also were recommended for the tracts of land between the Windwood and Raintree subdivisions. Because of the absence of two of the council members, however, the consideration of the approval of these recommendations was tabled until the next meeting. A public hearing also was held at the meeting to consider an appeal of a Planning and Zoning Commission denial of a Conditional Use Permit for an office and meeting place for St. Francis Episcopal Church. The area -the church wanted to use is located on Walton Street, which is zoned residential. The city council unanimously sus tained the Planning and Zoning Commission’s denial. Other eluded: city council actions in- • Discussing progress in the se lection of a new city manager in a closed session. • Awarding a depository contract to University National Bank. • Approving a preliminary re subdivision plat of a subdivision lo cated at the Southeast corner of the intersection of Morgans Lane and Highway 6. GTE planning new area service center it, sew, sew Tankensteinfl I mean? nudj I promising to “rotic. More “t ils that askeiti bout bodily ft girls that wo ooded, Amen mper. By TRENT LEOPOLD Senior Staff Writer General Telephone Co. is plan ning to open a new customer service center in the Village Shopping Cen ter on the Southeast corner of Uni versity Drive and West Tarrow Street to better serve local telephone users. B.D. Drennan, general manager for General Telephone’s South Cen tral Division Operations, says inte rior construction on the new center will begin in September and the fa cility will be opening in November. John Wallace, public affairs man ager for GTE, says Aggies still will have to go to the Aggieland Inn to get their phones connected at the be ginning of the fall semester. “It’s more convenient for students to go to the Aggieland because we ire better able to serve them there,” he says. “This fall we plan to be lo cated at the Aggieland or another lo cation dose to campus so we won’t put too much demand on the stu dent’s time.” Otherwise students will be able to go to the new center for their phone B.D. Drennan. general manager for General Tele phone's South Central Division Operations, says con struction will begin in September and the facility, to be located at the Southeast corner of University Drive and West Tarrow Street, wittopen in November, j ^ ; g fclij-fe • needs, Wallace says. And if students need to get their phones connected in January they will have to go to the new center. “There isn’t as much demand in January for new phone connections because most students leave their phones connected during the Christmas vacation,” Wallace says. “If students need service they can come to the new center.” The new facility will have several advantages over the two existing Phone Marts at Ardan’s Crossing and Culpepper Plaza, Drennan says. “Most noticeably, the new center will have 6,500-square-feet of floor space, more than our existing Phone Marts combined,” he says. When the new center is opened the two existing Phone Marts will be closed, however the company ex pects to continue its operating ar* rangement with Parker-Astin in downtown Bryan, where customers can make their telephone payments, Drennan says. As customers enter the new center they will be greeted by a receptionist ana be assisted in determining their service needs, he says. Those need ing to get phone service or make a change in existing service will be taken by a customer service rep resentative to one of 12 private of fices where their request can be taken care of. Customers needing only to make payments or have repairs done on telephone equipment bought or rented from GTE will be able to go directly to those areas. Direct-line access also will be given to to appropriate GTE departments for customers who need help with a billing inquiry or a repair call, Dren nan-says. Another feature of the new cen ter, Drennan says, will be a tele phone directory library. Customers will be able to use the directories from cities throughout the Southwestern United States to find telephone numbers. In addition to telephones and services for residential customers, the center also will have conference rooms and displays designed for the small business customer. Location of the center in the Vil lage Shopping Center was decided after an extensive study of available sites in the Bryan-College Station area, Drennan says. “Growth patterns indicate the lo cation selected will best serve ex pected future development for both cities,” he says. “The center is readily accessible by University Drive, the East Loop and 29th Street.” , gii.ch | Staff frying to expand^ program Home provides haven for women By H ADDON JOHNSTON Reporter Although Phoebe’s Home pro vides only temporary shelter for bat tered women and their children, the Who and If- P eo P* e w h° sta y there say it works because “it’s like going home.” Phoebe’s Home, once located above the Twin-City Mission in downtown Bryan, now is located in a comfortable, residential-area home in Bryan-College Station. It has all the amenities of a well- cared-for abode: a television, washer and dryer, dining area, several bed rooms and bathrooms. Because bat tered women and their children can go there and take on a “normal” life style, the real problems of physical abuse can be dealt with more effecti vely. Sherry Blatherwick, the new ad ministrator of Phoebe’s Home, knows the atmosphere at the home is a positive force in redirecting the lives of many women who feel totally lost. “It’s good here for women and /hy do these pf ? to cut fronii arhol put inf tason and she* o sell someth Id man whopn Falwell is G ie what he tto a senior m 'oluinnisthr alion 5 360 r of S sedation ini Conference itorial Board cyk, Editor lett, News Editors rial Page Editor aty Editor ngCity Editor ports Editor Policy mlt-supporOng nenirf vice id Texas A&H* Battalion are those of 1 * and do not necessarilr H-M administrators, a i laboratory newspspet' and photography <S& mimications. esday through fridaw ers, except For holidijt criptions arc $J6.75pt r >* and $15 per Full year. 1 fUCSl. on. 216 Reed McDotJ rsity, College Station, ^ imber: (409) $45*3316 ^ College Station, TX Tl$ ess changes to The BfV dlege Station, Texts Tw Sunday Night Special their kids because it can be their home for a while,” Blatherwick says. “But the warmth and security are only half the story.” Because the abused women know they are safe, Phoebe’s Home staff and outside professional counselors are better able to counsel the women. One woman who has been in Phoebe’s Home with her three chil dren for a week, says the exchange between client and staff is essential to overcome the effects of abuse. “The great thing is that they (the staff) treat us with such dignity . . . like maybe I’ve missed out on so far,” she says. “I’ve told Sherry and the staff my problem over and over, and you know, that’s the only way to work it out.” Blatherwick graduated from Texas A&M in 1981 with a psychol ogy degree. For the past four years she has worked with the hand icapped at the Brenham State School. Her job history indicates her strong desire to help the unfortu nate. “I know I can do this job and really help people,” she says. “It’s frustrating sometimes but I always remember the good that I can do he re.” Since she accepted the administra tive job at Phoebe’s Home in May, Blatherwick and her staff have be gun to concentrate on reaching more people and becoming more visible in the community. 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Phoebe’s Home works with other agencies in the area such as Brazos Valley Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority, the Job Training Partnership Act program and the Housing and Urban Devel opment program. “We just got a $20,000 grant from HUD to apply towards our hew ho me,” Blatherwick says. “This one’s great but our new home will have twice the room and will sleep about 50 people.” “We’ll always give the women and children seeking shelter and love, just that,” Blatherwick says. “We help them realize they don’t have to be stuck in a bad situation.” 2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00 The heat is on at Saint Elmo’s Fire. EMILIO ESTEVEZ • ROB LOWE r^r St Elmo’s Fire 2:45-5:Qfl-7:15~ jTEVEN SPIELBERG Presents THeCOONiSS 9:30 Only — - Leg.nd of BUM. J..n (PG-13) 1:20-3:20 5:20 7:20-9:20 FUNNIST FAMILY IN AMERICA INVADES EUROPE. rzrrr—'i from warner bros. lrLr-13| A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY CINEMAS 315 COLLEGE N. g^g'.gges mmmm mnamtaiMronniHiii mmm