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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
When you think of healthcare, do you think of Brazos Valley Medical Center?
We’d like to know.
Brazos Valley Medical Center, a Columbia/HCA healthcare facility, has served this
community as an investor-owned hospital since 1970 and for many years before that
under private physician ownership. Our reputation is based on our demonstrated
commitment to the values of quality, compassion, corporate citizenship, and customer
satisfaction.
In our continuing efforts to improve the delivery of healthcare services in the Brazos
Valley, we need to know how we can better understand and more fully meet the needs
of the community and the people we serve.
Please tell us what you think. How are we doing? What could we do better? How
can we at Brazos Valley Medical Center improve our services and relationships in
College Station, Bryan and the surrounding area?
Give us a call at 690-WELL
Brazos Valley Medical Center
Attention: Community Health Programs
Post Office Box 10000
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Thanks for thinking of us.
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center, said the center has pro
vided for 16 years a specialized
service unique to agriculture.
“We provide information like
soil temperature and relative hu
midity, as well as general weath
er information,” Zeitler said.
“What’s more important to farm
ers though, is timing. Farmers
need to know things like if today
is a good day to cut hay or if to
morrow would be better.”
The weather center also pro
vides information through the
Internet, broadcasts weather
advisories in small agricultural
communities and broadcasts re
ports over the Texas State Ra
dio Network.
In addition to the center in
College Station, there are agricul
tural weather centers in Indiana,
Alabama and Mississippi. The
College Station facility provides
weather information for Texas,
Oklahoma and New Mexico.
If Congress passes the bill,
the weather center will close
Sept. 30.
Zeitler said the Si.7 million
it costs to accommodate all four
centers is minute compared to
the amount of money that can
be saved as a result of the
weather center’s reports.
“There is about S800 million
in farm revenue lost each year
in the state of Texas alone for
reasons we call avoidable loss
es,” he said. “This includes
things like not being prepared
for storms, transporting live
stock in extreme heat and cut
ting hay in too-high humidity.
“If we can save the farmers
of Texas even a fraction of that
$800 million, then the program
is worth keeping.”
The National Weather Ser
vice is also a target of proposed
legislation which will be relo
cated from the Department of
Commerce to the Departs
the Interior.
Private weather comt.
will probably take overa
ized services if Congress;
the bills, Zeitler said,bt
availability of weathers:
is not really the issue.
“The private comparue
be able to provide their!;
tion, “ he said, “butthefc
will now have to pay!;
same service that thef.
ment currently offers.”
The weather cen,
staffed by six full-time:;
rolegists. If the cet:
closed, the employees:
relocated to a nationals
service central office.
James Nelson, a me:
gist at the weather cente
the most loss from the;
gressional actions willbt
by the farmers.
“A lot of the person:
vice that we give will be;
Nelson said. “It’s kind;
the government is abano
the public.”
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can have central nervous system
damage without the abnormal
facial features,” West said. “This
could be the tip of the iceberg.
There may be a lot more.”
Another factor increasing
the chances of the development
of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is if
a women is sick or has liver
damage.
West’s research, which began
at the University of Iowa in
1978, also shows that genetic
factors influence a child’s devel
opment of Fetal Alcohol Syn
drome, because some women me
tabolize alcohol faster.
“Some women can get drunk
on less alcohol faster than oth
ers,” he said. “For them, the
amount of safe level of alcohol
consumption would be a lot less.”
Further studies have shown
that during the third trimester,
when the brain is being devel
oped, the combination of alcohol
with cocaine is not as harmful as
alcohol with aspirin.
“F*utting all these factors to
gether, we can say it is hard to
figure what the effecto:
is going to be,” he sa:
cause of that, it isk
women refrain fromi-
alcohol completely.”
Linda Band, a resear
ciate in the Depart:
Anatomy and Neuroi
hopes the research she
with West will be a fc
for future research.
“I am particularlyir.t
in how alcohol affects
mune system,” Ban:
“Children subjected tc
during the early stage:
have a long-lasting a:
immune system.”
Corrections & Clarificatons:
A Page 1 story in The Battalion July 20 incor
rectly presented part of the current status of
available student financial aid. Assistant Direc
tor of Student Financial Aid Robert Lawson pro
vided these clarifications.
• If a student applies for financial aid today,
that student would most likely receive only a
Federal Pell Grant, if eligible, and a Federal
Stafford Loan. However, there is a possibility
that additional grant funds will be made avail
able, and most students are eligible for several
alternative loans.
* The maximum Federal Pell Grant is
$2,340. The maximum single grant amount of
fered by the financial aid office is $2,500. How
ever, students may receive a combination of
grants exceeding $2,500.
• There is a grant and loan imbalance
means that students are borrowing!:
meet the cost of education in relation:
used to be granted. For example, in 1985
dent may have met most of his or her fn
need with grants, and now meets mosto!
her need in loans.
* One out of four students at Texas M
a scholarship, which includes scholarshir
outside the Department of Student Finan:
A July 20 Page 1 story in The Battalior
MSC Council’s artwork recommendations
have stated that Jimmy Chamey, theCc
executive president, said raising the Uni:
Center Complex fee by $1 would provie
funds to carry out the recommendations.
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closure on July 24, 1995. Alternate
parking sites during this time are PA
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campus for fire school. Parking
areas around the MSC and Rudder
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