The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 261, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 2, 1987 Page: 2 of 24
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BOMB THREATS
At 2:5b pm Tuesday, home
threats were called to noth
Kroger stores M Baytown.
In both calls the caller told
store employee* that they had a
short period of time untii a homb
WOUld gO Oil
Customers were evacuated
from the store at 4533 Garth
Both stores were searched by
store personnel but there was no
sign of a bomb
BURGLARIES AND THEFTS
■e Between Monday and Tues
day sorneofie took the stereo
system from a vehicle parked in
the Ibb block of Graham
4 A stereo |p also taken'
Monday from a residence in the
abb block of Ashby
tA 1983 Chevrolet pickup
truck was stolen late Monday or
early Tuesday from the parking
kit of San Jacinto Methodist
Hospital, 1 lbi Decker
+ A 1985 Chevrolet pickup
truck was stolen Tuesday iron,
city owned facilities in the 1200
block of Lee
t Between Aug 23 and Mon
day, someone took a
refrigerator, washer, dryer
ceiling fan, freezer air condi-
tioner and porch swing fyorn a
residence in the 3100 block of 11-
tinpis.
-»The stereo system was
stolen Tuesday from a vehicle
parked in the 1400 block of
Nevada
Harris County
Harm County sheriff’s
deputies are investigating the
possibility of foul play in the
death of a 52-year-old Cast Har
ns County woman
Joans Posey was found
covered with a bedspread in the
bedroom of tier residence in the
17800 block of Chapman Street
west of Crosby about. IJ a m
Tuesday, officers said
Deputies said the victim may
have sustained a gunshot wound
to the chest
Officers, were cailed to the
woman’s residence to check on
f 427-TIPS
her after she nadn t been sees
for a lew days
investigators oeiieve the vk-
um bac bees dead for several
days when she w as found
Court update
Dennis Avon Shaffer IB. of
46bi Guajioohow has been giver,
a four-year probated sentence
with oeierred adjudication and
assessed a VWO fine for posses
sion of a controlled substance a
spoxesmar, for the Harris Coun
ty District Clerk's Office said
Monday
Shaffer was arrested last June
wber, police were called to a
fight at an aparmtment complex
in the 996 block of North wooc
Snaffer was arrested and
wnile police were booking him,
they found a bag containing a
white substance they believed to
be cocaine
Charges of possession of a con
trolled substance were filed in
the 338th District Court against
Shaffer
TWO SENTENCED
Lila Mae Geters 27. and
Douglas Raymond Getens. 25,
both of Baytown have been
sentenced to the Texas Depart
merit of Corrections for credit
card abuse a spokesman lor the
Harm County District Clerk’s
Office said
The coupie were arrested last
June in connection with a credit
card abuse case which occurred
at San Jacinto Mali
Mrs Geters was sentenced to
serve lour years in the Texas
Department of Corrections while
Geters received an eight-year
sentence to prison
At tiie time of her arrest
police found a bag of white
powder and several white
tablets in Mrs Geters vehicle
She was also charged with
possession of a controlled
substance
The drug charges were drop-
ped in a piea bargain arrange-
ment with the district attorney's
office an assistant district at
torney said Monday
FORGERY CHARGE
. -Thomas Lee Connelly, 26. ad-
dress unknown, has been
sentenced to serve eight months
in the Harris County jail for
forgery, according to a
spokesman for the Harris Coun-
ty District Attorney ’s Office.
Connelly was arrested Aug 12
when he allegedly paid for
several items at Kmart in
Baytown with a forged check
I
MICHAEL TURNER preMdcot of tt* Baytown U» Chk sfe* an
organ donor card a**—1 the program pranked Tuesday by Joyce
Riley, rtgbt Ms. Riley is *hh the Methodist Hospital t organ pro-
curement department
Son staff photo by Amy Earns)
More transplant donors
needed, Lions Club told
By AMY KEMS
About one-third of those who
need an organ transplant die
while waiting lor a suitable
donor Joyce Riley of Houston s
Methodist Hospital organ pro-
curement department told the
Baytown Lions Club Tuesday
Although the number of donors
has increased in recent years
and more patients than ever are
surviving transplant operations
additional hearts lungs, liveri,
kidneys, corneas; among other
organs are always m high de-
mand. said Ms Riley, a
registered nurse
Approval from the Food and
Drug Administration in 1884 for
the use of the anti-rejection drug
Cyclosporine greatly extended
the survival of transplant pa
tients About 85 percent of donor
heart recipients, for example
cap now expect to live at least a
year following surgery. Ms
Riiey said. *
She also pointed out trim
donating is a very personal deci-
sion
Only you can make the deci
sion whether to donate or not,"
she said "And the most impor-
tant thing is to talk to your fami-
ly so they will know your
wishes”
Organ donation is not allowed
without permission of the
donor’s legal next of km, even if
a donor card was signed she
pointed oat.
In July 1885 the Methodist
Hospital-Baylor College of
Medicine Multi-Organ
Transplant Center was officially
established Michael E
DeBakey, M.D pioneer heart
surgeon is executive director of
the transplant center chancellor
of the college of medicine and
director of the DeBakey Heart
Center there
"The most inspiring thug 1 do
it work with people wbo ve been
given a second chance at life."
Ms Riley said. These people
live life one day at a time and
are appreciative that someone
looked beyond their gnef and
donated,”
The nurse works with both pre
and post-operative transplant
patients,
Often times, she said, the only
thing that the donor family has
to hang onto in such a traumatic
situation is that someone else is
able to live as the result of their
loved one s death
Methodist Transplant Center
performs a variety of transplant
operations but heart, fiver, lung
and kidney transplants make up
the majority!
For more informant® about
organ donation or to obtain an
organ donor card, call the
Transplant Center at 790-2781
SARA i
i Title UJ of the
and
Act Of 1886 Will
be bekf twice on Sept 3 The
workshop is set for 2 p.m and 7
p m at Chambers County’s
Cedar Bayou Community
Buiidmg. 7711 Stale Highway
146 Open to the general public,
the workshop will detail re
quirements on emergency plan
rung and notification commun;
ty ngbt-to-know reporting and
toxic chemical release repor-
ting
T ecu reporters
APPLICATIONS ARE still being
lakes for leer reporters in
terested students are asked to
send letters of application to Sun
Managing Editor Wanda Orton
P.0 Box » Baytown Texas
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Cancer support group
JOHN EATWELL. MJ L PC,
will spear on ’Coping with a
terminal Illness" when
members of the Dialogue sup-
port group for cancer patients
them families and caregivers
meet at 7 p m Sep’ 3 at the
Plaza Classroom of San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital The public is
invited
Kiwanis meeting
THE KIWANIS Club of Baytown
will meet at noon Sept 3 at Holi-
day Inn 300 S Highway 146
Members are asked to bring can-
ned goods and other non-
penshabie items to this meeting
Board meeting
CHURCH WOMEN United
Board of Managers will meet at
8:* a m Sept 4 in the snack
area at Grace Methodist Church
3M N. Pruett
THE CITY of Mort Bei vies will
have a public hearing at 7 p m
Sept 3 at city hall on a proposed
Ksent tax increase
SOS breakfast
SOS SINGLES Outreach Service
will have breakfast at 6:3b a m
Sept 3 at International House of
Pancakes, Highway 146 at I-io m
Mont Belvieu For noon- ®-
forroatiori call 421-2811
Baugh at library
ARTIST DARLENE Diehl
Baugh who currently has works
on display at Sterling Municipal
Library, will be at the library
from 7-8 p.m each Thursday m
September
Fitness Friday
HUMANA SENIORS Aasocia
two is sponsoring Fitness Fri-
day” from 8-11 am Sept 4 m the
cafeteria at Humana Hospital
Baytown Free blood pressure
and blood sugar screening is be-
ing offered for anyone 65 or
older
GoepeJ luncheon
THE REVS Keith and Ruth
Jackson of Lake Charles. La.,
will speak at noon Sept 3 at
Wyatt’s Cafeteria The luncheon
is sponsored by Redeemed by
His Blood Ministries ft is open
to the public
Grandmother meeting
THE ANNUAL business meeting
of the Baytown Grandmothers
Club No 346 will meet at 7 p m
Sept 3 at the Community
Building, 2407 Market, lor elec-
tion of 1987-88 officers and a
memorial serv ice
Blood donations scheduled
The Blood Center of Houston
will be in Baytown several times
during the month of September
to collect bi bod
Blood is collected every
Wednesday in September at San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital Col-
lection times are from noon to,
2:38 p.m and from 3 30 to 7 p m
To make an appointment for
donating call the hospital at 426-
8666
Blood will be collected from 8
to 10 a m and from 11 a m to 2
p m Sunday at Memorial Bap
tist Church, 600 W Sterling
People who want to donate
blood may call Stan Suliinger at
427-1725 Walk-in donors will, be
welcomed
Gulf Coast Hospital has set up
a blood drive from noon to
2:30pm and3:30to7pm Sept
14 at the hospital, 2800Garth
For a donation appointment
call Louise Talen at 425-9296
St John Catholic Church has
also scheduled a blood drive this
month Donations of blood will
be taken from 8 to 11 a m and
from noon to 2 pin Sept 20
C L Miller at 432-5275 is the
person to contact for an appoint-
ment *
Rites set for Baytoniaris father
Only minor problems in
transportation reported
By DAVID MOHLMAN
Transportation employees in
the school district here eoped
with a few broken windshields,
minor electrical problems and a
flat tire, but overall “nothing
major’,' happened on the first
day of school, according to Mar
vln Guy, transportation director
”1 think for the first day it
went very well,” said Guy He
said 123 buses are covering more
than 7,000 miles per day for the
district
Three buses couldn't be used
because someone threw rocks
through the windshields Monday
night or Tuesday morning, said
Guy. The first day was an
especially bad day for this to
happen because students and
parents don’t yet know the bus
driver and look only for a par
ticular bus number, he noted.
Another bus couldn’t be used
after an infant inside a pickup
truck at the bus lot Tuesday
morning caused the truck to roll
backward into the bus, said Guy •
Such “unusual” incidents "ave
things we have no control over,"
Guy noted "It’s like a baseball
or football game you can have
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10 you’re going to have to change
it” '
Minor electrical problems are
normal because buses have so
many lights and switches, said
Guy Moisture, which can ac-
cumulate on electrical contacts
as buses aren't used during sum-
mer, can create a small amount
of smoke the first few times swit
ches are used in the fall, he said
“Sometimes it can lie a pro-
blem where there is no pro-
blem,” Guy said, noting drivers
are told to stop the bus and call
lor help whenever they suspect
something might be wrong
Another normal problem
relates to unincorporated areas
or areas where few people live,
said Guy Each year, a few
families move in and out of these
areas and routes must be ad-
justed accordingly, tie said
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• HOUSTON Services for
Tom L Ashcraft, 78, father of
Tom Ashcraft Jr of Baytown,
will be held at noon Friday at the
Forest Park Westheimer
Funeral Chapel with the Rev
John Osteen officiating
Ashcraft died Tuesday in a
Houston hospital
He had been a Houston area
resident since 1940 He is former
part owner of Ashcraft Bakery
and executive vice president of
Full Gospel Business Men’s
Fellowship International
In addition to his son in
Baytown, he is survived by his
wife, M Elizabeth Ashcraft of
Stafford; daughter, Shirley
Ashcraft Jones of Stafford;
sisters, Ann Haynes of Little
Rock, Ark , Jo Olney, Charleston
S.C„ brother T Frank Ashcraft,
Houston; and grandchildren,
Diana Louise Ashcraft, Thomas
Grayson Ashcraft and Lee
Steven Ashcraft, all of Baytown.
Merry Jones Sexton of Hunt-:
sville.
Burial will be in Forest Park
Westheimer Cemetery In
Houston
Services are under the direc-
tion of Westheimer Funeral
Home in Houston
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sant/monica, Calif <api
Lome Greene, the white-
haired patriarch of television’s
“Bonanza,” is’ responding to
treatment for pneumonia
developed after ulcer surgery, a
hospital spokesman said.
‘He is continuing to Improve,
but his condition remains
serious,” Armen Markarian of
St. John’s Hospital, said Tues-
day
The 72-year-old actor was
hospitalized Aug. 19 for surgery,
and his condition deteriorated
last weekend, hospital officials
said.
Greene starred as Ben Cart-
wright In the TV Western
“Bonanza,” which ran from 1959
to 1973
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
i AP) - Valerie Harper says she
didn’t walk out on her hit series
“Valerie" - she was fired.
Miss Harper, breaking into
tears several times as she-
described losing a show she call-
ed “my baby,” said Tuesday she
wanted fans to know she isn't
"the greedy actress with a lust
for money who walked off the
show."
“That is patently untrue,” she
said. “The basic thing you need
to know is I was fired. I was forc-
ed off the show and told not to
come back."
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 261, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 2, 1987, newspaper, September 2, 1987; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1020824/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.