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Page 8AThe Battalion/Thursday, April 21, 1988
B-CS temporary shelter offers
aid to abused women, children
By Elissa Grossman
Reporter
I’hoebe’s Home is a temporary shelter where
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Brazos Valley women who have been abused by
their husbands or boyfriends can turn for help.
The home provides information and temporary
care to the victims of family violence.
Liz Jackson, director of Phoebe’s Home, said
the home’s overall purpose is to provide tempo
rary shelter to women in physical danger or to
those who have been emotionally abused. The lo
cation of Phoebe’s Home is kept confidential to
protect the women who stay there.
Phoebe’s Home was established in 1979 as a
project, of Twin City Mission. The mission is a
private organization that offers shelter for aban
doned children, the homeless and battered
women. Twin City Mission had received many
phone calls- from women requesting help and
needing a place to stay. Joanne Sebesta, assistant
director when the home began, drafted the pro
posal for the grant that established Phoebe’s
Home.
Phoebe’s Home is a private, non-profit organi
zation. The home is f unded by the state of Texas,
the cities of Bryan and College Station, the
United Way and Twin City Mission. Service orga
nizations from Texas A&M University help col
lect donations for Phoebe’s Home. The home re
lies on donations of food, clothing, toys and
toiletry items.
Women from Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon,
Madison, Robertson and Washington counties
are eligible to go to Phoebe’s Home. Women who
wish to relocate into the Brazos Valley are ac
cepted at the home if room is available.
Phoebe’s Home has the capacity to house 17
women and children. In an emergency, the shel
ter can hold up to 2 1 people. The four bedroom,
15-bed home is a free service to those women
who qualify.
When a woman calls the hotline number, she is
screened by the staff to determine if Phoebe's
Home is the right service for her. She must be ei
ther the victim of family violence — physical or
emotional — or have been threatened by vio
lence.
“A woman does not have to be physically
beaten to come in,” Jackson said.
Fear is a just cause for a woman to call the
home for help, she said; if a woman is being men
tally battered she can suffer just as much as a
physically abused woman.
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of only five members. However, graduatt
dents and volunteers also help. Three staffing
hers work alternate weekends. The
staff members work a 48-hour shift. Thtreisii
ways at least one member of the staff at|
home. If an emergency occurs and no staff im.
hers are at the home, they can be
beeper.
Group counseling is conducted once
two counselors for women staying at
Home. Individual counseling is givenbyjadjj
when needed.
Because many women take theirc
them when they go to Phoebe’s Home,tfie^
dren also are counseled. The children’scou^
is done by a graduate student from Tun
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A brochure distributed by the home says that
every 12 seconds a woman is abused, and be
tween 4,000 and 5,000 women die annually f rom
abuse.
Jackson said if a woman comes to Phoebe's
Home it does not necessarily mean the termi
nation of her relationship with her husband or
boyfriend. Women are free to leave when they
feel they are ready. The women are encouraged
to get their own apartments and begin taking
care of themselves. It is up to the woman whether
she returns to her husband or goes out on her
own. The women are permitted to stay at
Phoebe’s Home up to 30 days.
The staff that works with these women consists
ing
A&M
Although Phoebe’s Horne counsels
victims of f amily violence, the men who
also are encouraged to get help.
After a woman moves out ol Phoebe's Hi
non-resident counseling groups are availaH
those who wish to attend. It is encouraged)
not mandatory. Currently there is onenoiuj
dent group, but more groups can be adidl
needed.
Along with psychological counseling, li
home also provides referral services
vocational counseling. The staff helps thew
live independently by assisting them in fii
jobs and housing.
For battered women in the Brazos fail
Phoebe’s Home can be reached by callingtfe
hour hotline number: 775-5355.
DI/C9VER
Grand jury clears 3 men of tampering
with case of actress’s alleged attacker
EL PASO (AP) — An El Paso
County grand jury cleared three
men of wrongdoing in the setting of
$100 bail for a man accused of trying
to sexually assault actress Tracy
Scoggins the weekend of the Miss
USA pageant.
But the man who was arrested in
connection with the attack, Pedro
Concepcion Padilla, still faces the
possibility of indictment for the al
leged F'ch. 25 attack in a hotel eleva
tor.
The grand jury investigated Pa
dilla, Municipal Judge Rodolfo Ro
mero and former Assistant City At
torney Enrique Medrano on charges
of tampering with government re
cords, and looked into charges of of
ficial misconduct by Romero, Assis
tant District Attorney Gonzalo
Garcia said.
“They considered all the evidence
before issuing a no bill,” he said.
Garcia refused to comment fur
ther about the April 7 grand jury ac
tion, citing state law compelling se
crecy in grand jury proceedings.
guests and employees untilpo
rived.
Scoggins, who was in El Paso to
co-host the Miss USA Pageant
March 1, said Padilla got in a hotel
elevator with her, ripped her dress
and tried to push her to the elevator
floor.
She said she fought the man off ,
and Padilla was detained by hotel
Padilla at first gave an ak
was released on $100bailseib
mero and paid by Medrano,
Police lx*gari an investigate
receiving re|x>rts that Padi
Romero are longtime friend
meaning that Romero migk
known Padilla had providedu
lor himself.
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JL looking piece of real estate. But today
it is hallowed ground. And to honor the
spirit of Aggies who died so that liberty
might live, the Muster Committee has
created a rare and unique series of com
memorative coins.
Each coin actually contains soil from
the exact spot where 25 Aggies mustered
at Malinta Tunnel on April 21, 1942.
TO PROVIDE CONTINUING
SUPPORT FOR MUSTER
TRADITION, WE STARTED
FROM THE GROUND UP.
In the center of each coin is an inlaid
dot containing hallowed soil from Cor-
regidor. It is the most tangible symbol of
Aggie Muster tradition available in the
world today. And it can be shared by all
Aggies. You can actually hold history in
your hand while simultaneously support
ing the Muster Committee with proceeds
from the sale. These stunningly minted
coins are available in nickel, bronze, .999
silver and 14K Gold.
That same side also bears an anonymous
inscription:
“When I am finally alone in the shadow
o f my days, I’ll hear a mustering of
Aggies and the echo of my name.”
More than ten years otVj
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ticity of the elements sealed ir jlY
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