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Page 10/The BattalionAThursday, January 23, 1986
Beaumont joins
in challenging
utility charges
Associated Press
BEAUMONT — The city of
Beaumont may join a group of other
Southeast Texas communities that
have rolled back the rates Gulf States
Utilities charges local residents for
electricity.
Many local Gulf States customers
are upset because they are paying
more for their power than the utili
ty’s Louisiana taxpayers are charged.
The Beaumont City Council held
a public hearing Tuesday on Gulf
States’ rates. Councilman Joe Desho-
tel said the panel will probably vote
in about two weeks on whether to cut
the rates.
The cities of Port Arthur and Port
Neches Grove have passed rollbacks
to Gulf States rates and Vidor offi
cials are considering similar action.
Gulf States officials have said they
will appeal the rollbacks to the Texas
Public Utility Commission.
Texas residential customers of
Gulf States paid $85.35 for 1,000 ki
lowatt hours of electricity last
month, compared to the $68.42
Louisiana residents paid for the
same amount of power.
Alzie Swearingen, head of the
Texas Senior Citizens Association,
said many Gulf States customers are
cutting back to keep up with the
higher rates. She said some retired
residents cook on outdoor cookers
because electric ranges are too costly
to use.
Beaumont Mayor Bill Neild, who
opposes the rollbacks, said it would
be difficult for council members to
approve the cuts based on emotional
appeals.
Gulf States president E. Linn
Draper said the main reason Texas
customers pay more is because state
utility regulations allow the company
to pass along the cost of construction
projects to customers.
Louisiana law does not allow such
costs to be passed on to ratepayers
until the project is finished, he said.
Gulf States has begun testing at its
$3.8 billion River Bend nuclear
plant near Baton Rouge and has also
built a coal-powered generating
plant near Lake Charles. The com
pany also owns almost half of an
other coal-powered plant in Lous-
iana.
Joseph Donnelly, Gulf States
exeuctive vice president of finance,
said proposed rollbacks in Beau
mont would cost the company more
than $100 million.
One of many const,... p ^oto by GREG BAILEY
— i. .
Oasis House ,
Home helps schizophrenics learn to cope in outside world
Associated Press
SAN ANGELO — “I felt I was lost
and there was no hope for me.”
Joe Carter is a 29-year-old schi
zophrenic living at Oasis House. His
life, filled with hallucinations, bi
zarre behavior, and hospital stays for
nine years, has evened out with drug
therapy.
Carter (whose name has been
changed to protect his privacy) still
has a long way to go.
“I’m establishing myself again,”
he said. “It’s going to take time. I’m
not going to rush. I can’t function if
I rush.’/
Carter is depending on Oasis
House to help — for as long as it
takes.
Oasis House helps people like
Carter cope with life outside a men
tal institution. There is a day pro
gram and the apartment project.
According to director Carol Jeffers,
no member has refurned to a mental
institution directly from Oasis
House since its reorganization in
1982.
Carter was released from the state
mental hospital in Big Spring in Sep
tember. Carter works part-time at a
store in the evenings.
Carter is among 15 former mental
patients who live in apartments on
Magdalen Street. Their expenses are
paid by the Big Spring hospital until
“People have to regain so
cial skills. Most schizoph
renics need that help. ”
— Carol Jeffers, director
of Oasis House.
they are able to move into the com
munity.
Director Carol Jeffers said the
apartment program is not a halfway
house, it is a program of mutual sup
port among the staff and Oasis
House members.
Since the apartments opened in
April 1984, about 20 people have
successfully moved into their own
homes, Jeffers said.
Oasis House also is a mutual sup
port group for people who have
mental health problems and live in
the community. Most are schizoph
renic, according to Jeffers.
“It’s like a club,” she said.
About 60 members connect with
the center on a daily basis. They
learn vocations, such as clerical,
kitchen or maintenance work. They
join group therapy and socialize.
The staff helps members find part-
time jobs, manage money, or help
with problems which arise in mem
bers’ lives, according to Jeffers.
Living away from a hospital is not
easy for a schizophrenic. In a recent
episode of CBS’ “60 Minutes," the
increasing numbers of street people
who are schizophrenic was dis
cussed. Jeffers, a professional coun
selor, said she does not believe San
Angelo has any street people who
are schizophrenic.
“We know who is around,” she
said.
Each day the center buzzes with
activity.
In the morning, members work in
the vocational programs. At noon a
“We deal in reality here.
People have to learn to
live with their hallucina
tions. f hey have to cope
with symptoms the rest of
their lives. ”
— Carol Jeffers
nutritious lunch is served for 50
cents. Afternoons are filled with
classes such as conversational Span
ish, exercise and relaxation tech
niques.
The center aJso runs an active so
cial program for members
People have to r e gain
social
skills. Most schizophrenics need that
help,” Jeffers said.
The members meet once a month
to plan social events such as trips,
games or get-togethers.
For those who are ready for out
side work, the center arranges it.
“We never turn anything down,”
Jeffers said.
Members and staff support one
another for this phase, she added.
The final phase involves outside
part-time jobs for members. The
center helps members find jobs, get
to interviews or any help they may
need.
Some Oasis House members may
never move into the community
They may prefer to restrict them
selves to the center, which is fine
with Jeffers.
“Even if we don’t agree with that
decision, we keep quiet,” she said.
“We will support them. Our goal is
to keep people from returning to the
hospital.”
About 10 similar programs exist
in T exas, Jeffers said.
“We deal in reality here,” Jefe
said. “People have to learn to live
their hallucinations. They have
n cope with symptoms the rest ol
their lives.” r