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SAN ANTONIO - Thousands
of Bexar County children and
teen-agers who need mental
health care are going without
treatment partly because little
public help exists, officials say.
Meanwhile, officials say, pri
vate psychiatric hospitals have
plenty of space available but still
seek only those patients who can
pay.
Ruben R. Cardenas, executive
director of the Center for Health
Care Services in San Antonio, has
called for a 24-hour mental emer
gency center designed for chil
dren and teen-agers.
His tax-funded mental health
agency was built to serve adults
only, he said.
“The center has estimated that
7,181 youth in Bexar County are
in need of public mental health
services," Cardenas said in a re
port to the state House Human
Services Committee.
That number included 1,152
children and teen-agers who
sought help at the center's adult
crisis center; 664 patients put on a
waiting list at the children ser
vices division; 778 families who
sought in-home support; and an
estimated 2,000 pregnant teen
agers needing substance-abuse
counseling or other emotional
support.
Cardenas' agency has had to
turn away hundreds of children
and teen-agers who sought help
for mental and emotional prob
lems, he said. Many had been
treated at private hospitals until
their insurance benefits ran out
and then were "dumped," Carde
nas said.
Volunteers head effort to restore
Austin's first blacks-only cemetery
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AUSTIN — East Austin's Bethany Cemetery for
decades has been used as a schoolyard shortcut,
dump site and drug dealers' haven.
But volunteers now want to restore the neglected
grounds where thousands are buried.
Bethany Cemetery, established in 1893, is thought
to be Austin's first blacks-only cemetery.
"Something this historic should be kept up," said
Robert Jackson, one of the effort's leaders. "It should
not be abandoned.
"One of the most symbolic things is that they were
born slaves and died free persons," he said. "The
community should undertake this and preserve
this."
Volunteers have cleared about half the 10 acres,
unveiling at least one grave dating to 1893. They've
also found graves of leaders of pioneer black church
es and World War I veterans.
Bethany, established when blacks were banned
from burial in Oakwood Cemetery, was a private
cemetery the original owners maintained until the
1930s. Its care was placed into the hands of a now-
inactive cemetery association.
Some of the historical graves have sunk. Parts of
the cemetery are choked by weeds and thorns.
Cleanup crews have found furniture, bicycles and
even an abandoned car amid the liquor bottles.
"I was concerned about the neighborhood — the
rats, the snakes," Karen Bennett said about some of
her motivation to help. "We're trying to get trash
down and help beautify our community. We want to
bring our community back up."
Area volunteers since the 1970s have tried to keep
the grounds, with help from people working off
community-service court requirements,
Bennett said she will start asking churches for
their support. Veterans groups also will be asked.
Jackson and others fear Bethany Cemetery might
be a part of Austin's past that could be lost in the
name of progress.
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Texas goes chile to chili
with New Mexico peppers
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AUSTIN — The zesty guests
of honor at a produce party Sat
urday were the hot, haute, chile
peppers.
"Peppers are a really fun
food," explained Jean Andrews,
an Austin author and artist of
an illustrated book on chiles.
"Who ever saw people getting
excited about black-eyed peas
or squash or onions like they do
for peppers?"
"It's a
strange phe
nomena," she
admits, "but
people seem
to get carried
away with
their pep
pers."
The festival
at the Travis
County Farm
ers' Market
was part of a
But politics were put aside
during 15 mouth-burning min
utes of sampling Texas entries.
"A pepper is mysterious/'
said judge Amal Naj, who
wrote a book on chiles. "You
can't tell until you bite into it
whether it will give you a light
little pleasant nip, or whether it
will whack you across the face,
Pepper lovers savor that mo
ment of suspense." ^
The judges' expressions left
little doubt which was the case,
"Who's
"A pepper is mysterious.
You can't tell until you
bite into it whether it will
give you a light little
pleasant nip, or whether
it will whack you across
the face. Pepper lovers
savor that moment of
suspense."
-Amal Naj, author
jab at New Mexico, which has
been considered the leader in
the chile-growing market. Texas
wants to challenge that posi
tion.
There's even disagreement
about the hot seasoning should
be spelled. Many Texans say it
is "chili" while New Mexico
residents say the correct
spelling is "chile."
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poblano pep
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County
agricultural
e x tension
agent Ted
Fisher made sure he finished
judging with his taste buds in
tact.
"I concentrated more on the
color and uniformity and the
appearance of the peppers than
the taste," he said. "1 let some
of the other judges with more
experience do most of the tast
ing."
U.S. government
poisons grackles
Audubon Society claims method is risky
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HOUSTON — The great-tailed
grackle, the shiny black curse of
Valley citrus growers, has become
the target of a U.S. government
poison campaign.
Even though the pesky fowl
have been known to ruin whole
orchards, animal lovers say the
logic behind the poisoning just
doesn't fly.
Government biologists estimate
as many as 5 million grackles
thrive in Harlingen in some sea
sons of the year.
"Just a handful can do a lot of
damage," says Ray Prewitt, direc
tor of Texas Citrus Mutual in
McAllen. "There's not a whole lot
we can do; we certainly can't
shoot enough of them to prevent
the damage."
Citrus growers recovering from
killer freezes in 1983 and 1989 say
their remaining trees have been
increasingly targeted by the hun
gry grackle, or Quiscalus mexi-
canus.
The grackles are known to eat
grapefruit, peaches, pecans, or
anges, sweet peppers and toma
toes.
So, at the prodding of citrus
growers, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture used a $504,OC
search grant to learn the best way
to kill grackles. The government
began using lethal and non-lethal
techniques two years ago.
The most controversial tech
nique is the use of a government-
developed poison specific to
blackbirds. The USDA places poi
soned dog-Jj&od pellets on the
ground in groves around slices ot
watermelon.
Originally, the government said
it planned to place the poisoned
dog food on platforms.
Members of the National
Audubon Society said they fear
the bait could attract other species
of birds and wildlife.
"The problem with grackle con
trol with poison is you run the
risk of non-target killing," says
Dede Armentrout, regional vice-
president of the National
Audubon Society.
"We believe that poison should
be used the very last resort, if at
all, and designed to deliver not
only to the species but the individ
ual. Poison is just such a bad ap
proach to the problem," Armen
trout said.
Lively debate opens heated
congressional race in El Paso
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EL PASO — Republican Con
gressional hopeful Chip Taberski
wrapped up a Sunday debate
with a tirade against incumbent
Rep. Ron Coleman's ethics, but
neither emerged a clear winner.
The debate, sponsored by the El
Paso Association of Hispanic
Journalists, frequently deteriorat
ed into shouting, much by Tabers
ki and some from members of the
more than 300 in the audience.
Taberski, a former sportscaster,
is seeking to unseat five-term in
cumbent Coleman, D-El Paso in
the Nov. 3 elections for Congres
sional District 16.
Taberski said the agenda he'll
take to Washington would in-
"Look at what experience has
given us right now," Taberski
said. "Mr. Coleman has been up
there for 10 years if he hasn't been
able to get it done in 10 years, I
don't think he can do it in another
two to four years."
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elude pushing for term limitations
and reducing free mailing by
Congress members. Coleman said
one of his priorities was health
care reform because many of his
mostly Hispanic constituents did
not have access to it.
Taberski won loud applause
when he was asked why El Pa
soans should elect him consider
ing Coleman's 10 years experi
ence and membership on the
House Appropriations and Trans
portation committees.
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