University Daily Kansan, July 8, 1983
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Program aids residents in paying cooling bills
By MARY ANN COSTELLO Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
When temperatures reach the 90s in Kansas, it can be uncomfortable at best.
Many people retreat into the comfort of air-conditioned surroundings, but many low-income residents cannot afford to keep cool.
HOWEVER FOR two years now the Low Income Energy Assistance Program has been helping people meet the needs of cooling and heating their homes.
The program is funded through the Low Income Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and is administered at the state level for participation of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
About $8.1 million in aid was distributed in Kansas this past winter, but only about $3.1 million is available for aid this summer, Julia Lambert, program coordinator in Topeka, said yesterday.
She said that all low-income residents could apply for the winter assistance program, but that the 1983 federal law limited to disabled and elderly people.
Application for aid must be made by Aug. 31, but people should apply as soon as possible, Lambert said.
She said that last summer the funds were depleted by the end of July.
*WINTER IS GIVEN more priority because nobody can do without heat in winter.*
"But in the summer, the elderly and disabled are more susceptible to heat than other people in terms of heat-stroke and heat-related illnesses."
Applications for summer aid are available from the local SRS office, 319 Perry St., and local social service agencies.
Local social service agencies include Ballard Community Center, Inc., 708 Elm St.; Council on Aging, 745 Vernont St.; Independence, Inc., 1910 Haskell St.; American Red Cross, 155 W. 11th St.; Indianapolis Indian Center, 2336 Louisiana St.
Employees of the SRS department and the Council on Aging will help people complete applications by phone or in the applicant's home if necessary.
TO BE ELIGIBLE for summer aid, at least one household member must be 65 or older, or determined blind or visually impaired. Institutions standards, Lambert said.
A lot of the people we work with are not eligible for the program because they are not disabled according to Social Security Administration standards, or their disability status has been denied. An outreach director of Independence Inc., an outreach agency for severely handicapped adults who live alone.
To be eligible for the program, an applicant must pay at least part of the cooling expenses where he lives. Lambert said. The payment can be to a utility company or included as part of the payment. An applicant must show proof of payment.
Lambert said the amount of money an applicant received would vary by need, which is determined by his address and the size and location of his residence.
RESIDENTS OF THE warmest regions of Kansas, based on National Weather Service statistics, would be eligible for more money, she said.
Last year 1,600 people applied for aid in Douglas and Shawnee counties, Lambert said. About 1,400 of the applicants received aid.
Recipients get a single check, she said. The average check last summer.
"I was a n little star struck, overwhelmed," said Kathy Roberts after Jack Nicholson walked into the Kane County Union Bookstore yesterday.
Oscar winners pay KU unexpected visit
By MICHAEL PAUL Staff Reporter
Jack Nicholson? The Jack Nicholson?
Staff Reporter
"He said he needed some help and then he began pillaging clothes into my arms." Roberts, a clerk in the gift shon.
"CLOTHES WERE BEING PIPED so fast into my arms that I didn't know what Nicholson was buying or what Hutton was buying."
Hutton? Timothy Hutton?
Actors Nicholson and Hutton stopped in Lawrence for about an hour on their tour of sites for a movie, and took a spokeswoman for MGM in Topeka.
The spokesman said that they would return to Los Angeles tomorrow. They had been staying in Topeka, but she would not say exactly where.
NICOLSON WON an Academy Award for best actor in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest." and Button won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in "Ordinary People."
Roberts did recall that Nicholson bought a floor mat that had the Javawk on it.
"He kept saying how much he lifted it," she said.
Roberts said that Nicholson bought several KU sweat shirts and T-shirts and two hats.
Clara Young, a cashier in the bookstore, said that Nicholson said he was buying the clothes as gifts for friends.
She said his bill was $200.88.
"HE PAID CASH: two $100 bills and 88 cents of change." she said.
She said his bill was about $100.
He paid in cash too, she said, with two $90 bills.
Fern Bunce, the cashier who waited on Hutton, said that he bought not only sweat shirts but also mugs, glasses, and other small items.
Juana Simons, a clerk, said that
Nicholson was dressed in old white jeans, a blue shirt and was wearing a "wird-looking straw hat" that had a visor built into it. She said the hat was pulled low over his face. He had Walkman earphones around his neck.
SHE SAID TRAT Hutton was wearing a cap and a three-fourths length T-shirt and looked as if he had not shaved.
But Roberts said that Nicholson seemed to enjoy the attention.
Simons said that a bodyguard accompanied the actors and Bunce said that there were two photographers.
Macrobiotics guru promotes simple, natural diet
"He was not trying too hard not to be noticed." she said.
By ANN REGAN
By ANN REGAN Staff Regent
Staff Reporter
Cooking with macrobiotic foods is cheaper than using processed foods.
Although many students rely on alcohol to reduce tension and on junk foods to provide nutrition, David thinks he may have a better idea.
Briscoe, 1423 Kentucky St., is director of the East West Center. His house doubles as home for the student who promotes the use of diet for health and healing.
If students would apply macrobiotic nutritional principles to their lives,
MACROBIOTICS EMPIHASIZES simple, natural foods such as whole grains, seeds, sprouts, fresh fruits and vegetables, common to the area, Briscoe said.
besides, being easier to store and prepare, he said.
Briscoe also conducts classes about macrobiotics at the center, which
He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1978 with a degree in English and taught at West Junior High School for two years.
The foundation is the major organization in the world for teaching and counseling in macrobiotic nutrition, lifestyle and medication, Briscoe said.
The Lawrence center is a branch of the East West Foundation in Boston, Mass., which Briscoe learned of while reading about macrobiotics.
Its purpose is to bridge the traditional wisdom of the East with the modern scientific techniques of the West, he said.
"There is an enormous amount of pressure on students in college to
conform, to succeed and to concentrate. They become very tight and controlled, then they use alcohol to control them. The students must learn to reduce extremes.
REDUCING TENSION ALSO would reduce illness caused by stress, ac-
The theory of macrobiotics, which means "big life," promotes three basic food groups. Briscoe said, which could be pictured as balancing on a seasaw
On each end are foods that are either expansive or contractive, terms that refer to their effect on the body and mind
Expansive foods – sugar, sugar,
alcohol and drugs – create flabbiness.
Contractive foods — meats, fish, eggs and dairy products — cause rigidity.
In the center of the seasweat are the most highly balanced foods, grains, and legumes.
The idea behind macrobiotics is to eat foods that are closest to the center of the seaswax. This will create physical mental balance, according to Briscoe.
IN WINTER, PEOPLE should eat foods that will help keep them warm; in the spring, they might eat more.
Students should also keep the cycles of the seasons in mind when they eat,
In summer, people should eat light foods such as fruits and vegetables
Although Briscoe says microbiotics is not a "southern California health spa approach to diet," more believers than doctors value it as a medical tool.
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Jeff Nichols, a Topeka physician familiar with macrobiotics, said he would not necessarily recommend a macrobiotic diet to his patients because each person should find a diet to suit his individual needs.
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