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Show Student offenders Assistance pro gram abused? denied as the rules were currently written. However, she also said that the rules would probably be changed by this fall, when applications will again be accepted. HEAT was authorized in Congress on July 29, 1981, and is administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Ser-vics. Ser-vics. It is designed to assist eligible households to meet the rising costs of home-energy. : ' According to a brochure provided by the Social Services Department, "any household in Utah is eligible if the total household income is not more than the maximum annual amount" as established. CEDAR CITY - "It's valuable. I don't know if there's another way to do the same thing and do it any cheaper," said Marsha Perkins. Perkins is a worker at the Cedar City office of the Utah Department of Social Services, and the government assistance program she spoke of is the Utah Home Energy Assistance Target , Program (Heat). She feels the program, which was established to help people on fixed incomes pay their spiraling heat bills and which has come under some local criticism lately, is generally a good program, and that the amount of abuse is really quite small. In fact, she said that probably 95 percent of the money granted in the program "reaches the target," or goes to those deserving of the assistance. Yet, the Cedar City office has experienced ex-perienced this past week a problem which is probably unique to this City. It seems a number of Southern Utah State College students have applied for and received the grants. "That's the only complaint I have," said Perkins, noting that she was sure that some of the' students who received the assistance didn't need it and wouldn't use it to pay heat bills. "I don't think anyone should apply unless they need it." Yet, some students who did apply lor the money felt differently. Several students interviewed by the Record were of the opinion that the money was there, and that they should use it. They spoke of large numbers of students applying lor the money. In fact, one student said that probably have of College Avenue Apartments' tenants had applied. Some of them said they would use the . money to pay heat bills; some ofl hem openly admitted the htoney would be used lor other, luxury items. However, Perkins felt that the group was a definite minority, perhaps as little as 3 percent. She also pointed out that the students met the guidelines and thus couldn't be |