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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
The home serves seven counties
— Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon,
Madison, Robertson, and Washing
ton though seemingly few cases
are received at Phoebe’s Home.
“I know there’s a lot more abuse
than what we see,” she says. “I want
everyone to know there is a place to
come . . . and that no one coming
from abuse situations will be turned
away.”
Publicity is only one item on Bla-
therwick’s agenda. She will imple
ment a volunteer program next
week.
The staff also is trying to develop
an interim program to help women
trying to leave Phoebe’s Home and
break out on their own — a process
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“I think a big gap can be filled
even after women leave here,” she
says. “I want them to be able to re
turn for help on a day-to-day basis.”
The shelter relies heavily on do
nations. Church and community aid
have always been generous, but
there is always a need for children’s
toys, clothing and food, Blatherwick
says.
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
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“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
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“We’ll always give the women and
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