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State & Local The Battalion (USES 045 360) Member of: Associated Press Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Congress Texas Daily Newspaper Association Texas Intercollegiate Press Association The Battalion Editorial Board Editor Timm Doolen aging >dd St Todd Stone City Editor Sean Frerking News Editors Jennifer Jeffus Callie Wilcher Art Director Richard James Lifestyles Editor »tyl 3 N Rob Newberry Sports Editor Jayme Blaschke Opinion Editor mm Kei eith Sartin Editorial Policy The Battalion is published da ily except Saturday, Sunday, holi days, exam periods and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters. Publication is Tuesday through Friday dur ing the summer sessions. The newsroom phone number is 845- 3316. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting newspaper oper ated as a community service to Texas A&M University and Bryan-College Station. The Battalion news depart ment is managed by students at Texas A&M University and is a division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Jour nalism. Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the edito rial board or the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Texas A&M stu dent body, administrators, faculty or the A&M Board of Regents. Comments, questions or com plaints about any of the editorial content of the newspaper should be directed to the managing edi tor at 845-3313. Subscriptions Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year: 845-2611. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-1111. Second class postage paid at Col lege Station, TX 77843. Location: The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1111. Campus mail stop: 1111. Advertising Advertising information can be obtained from the advertising de partment at 845-2696 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by visiting the office at the En glish Annex. Advertising Manager Patricia Heck Battalion Adviser Robert Wegener Production Manager Paige Force BATTIPS The Battalion encourages its readers to contribute story ideas and suggestions by call ing BATTIPS, The Battal ion's phone line designed to improve communication be tween the newspaper and its readers. The BATTIPS number is 845-3315. Ideas can include news sto ries, feature ideas and person ality profiles of interesting people. Readers also are en couraged to offer any other suggestions that could im prove the newspaper. Summer heat leads to high bills Simple tips save money, keep you cool By Melinda Cox The Battalion Rising summertime tempera tures means rising energy bills, but a few simple methods can help keep you cool and your en ergy bill down. Rhonda Snider, the energy editor for the Texas Energy Ex tension Service at Texas A&M, said the most common culprit during these hot months is stu- dents needs for cool air. "The biggest energy con sumer in the summer is the air conditioner," Snider said. "The air conditioner is 50 to 60 per cent of the cost for the summer electricity bill." Snider said the way to reduce a high summer energy bill is to do anything possible to cut down on the use of the air con ditioner. She said there are sev eral simple and easy ways to ac complish a cheaper summer utilities bill. "Setting the thermosat be tween 78 and 80 degrees when you are home, and 80 to 85 de grees when you are gone for several hours will help reduce the cost of your electricity bill," Snider said. If students are gone from the house for more than four hours, turning the air conditioner off is a goodidea, Snider said. Fans are also good way to cut down the use of an air condi tioner, she said. Fans will not lower the tem- prature of the room, but they do circulate air which helps a per son feel cooler. "Running an air conditioner for a day costs $5 or $6 a day, but it only costs around 10 cents a day to operate a fan," Snider said. "People can use ceiling or circulating fans." She said another way to keep a house or apartment cool in the summer is shading. Windows can be shaded from the outside with awnings, solar screens, shades or vegetation. A tree can also provide shade and keep the sun from getting through a window. Snider said curtains are effec tive for keeping some of the sun out but only so much heat is re flected. Taping aluminum foil to the inside of the window pane helps reflect the sun's heat. Snider said it is best to do baking, ironing and other heat- producing jobs in the morning SCOTT 0 WEAVER/The Battalion Escaping the heat during summer months requires students to get creative with their attempts to keep cool. so the air conditioner does not have to work as hard to cool the room. Even the type can play a part in your home, she said. i of lighting used in the cooling of "Fluorescent lights don't put off as much heat as incandes cent lights," Snider said. "They also use less power and last eight to 10 times longer." For more information on ways to cool the house and save money this summer, ask for the free publications "Natural Cool ing, "Shading" and "Save En ergy in the Summer" from the Texas Energy Extension Service at 1-800-643-SAVE. Subcommittee to review psychiatric apprehension laws SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A state Senate subcommittee is planning a hearing here to examine possible abuses of the Texas emer gency apprehension law governing psychi atric patients, officials said. State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, said allegations that mental health laws are be ing violated for profit in Bexar County indi cates such abuses may be widespread. The Senate Health Services Subcommit tee, which Zaffirini chairs, has scheduled the hearing for Wednesday. "I suspect that thus far we have seen just the tip of the iceberg," Zaffirini told the San Antonio Express-News. "What we have seen so far is downright frightening." Economy uncertain without air base FORT WORTH (AP) —City leaders Monday began mapping their strategy for the future of Carswell Air Force Base follow ing confirmation that the base wul be closed. Meanwhile, nervous business owners who depend on the fa cility wonder how they'll get by. "We will be majorly affected," said Jody Simpson, a sales rep resentative at an appliance rental store near the base. She esti mated about 30 percent of the store's business depends on Car- swell. "If it gets bad enough. I'm sure weTl be forced to relocate, like everyone else around here." The Base Closure and Re alignment Commission Sunday recommended that the 50-year- old base be closed along with Bergstrom Air Force Base in Aus tin and Chase Field Naval Air Station in Bee County. Kingsville Naval Air Station was the only Texas military base winner as the independent com mission voted to keep it open. Fort Worth Mayor Kay Gran- g er met Monday with Rep. Pete ieren. Rep. Joe Barton, consul tant James Toal and others to be gin assembling a task force to study alternative uses for the base, said public information of ficer Pat Svacina. Some of the suggested uses for Carswell include turning it into an industrial park, relocating Meacham Airport there or cre ating an international trade zone. Citizens also have sug gested turning the base into a recreation area. "None of those options have been explored yet and that's what the task force will do," Sva cina said. "That's a huge chunk of land. It's not in any iontv that can be converted to civilian use immediately." Part of the task force's goal will be to minimize the economic loss to the region. An Air Force study found that the base pours $212 million into the regional economy every year and affects 12,000 jobs. Mike Rosa, the research direc tor for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, was optimistic that the city would find a way to avert economic disaster in the wake of Carswell's closure. "Some 7,000 of those will be (military) jobs we won't have to worry about since they'll be transferred," Rosa said. 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The two were convicted of murdering Nacogdoches County Constable Darrell Lunsford. Sen tencing is scheduled for July 8. The brothers could be exe cuted under a federal law that provides the death penalty for killing a law enforcement officer while committing a drug of fense. Federal officials said the broth ers' trial was the first in the na tion under the 1988 law. Pros ecutors said the Villarreals and a third occupant in the car were transporting marijuana from Houston to Chicago when they were pulled over. 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