Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 116, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1991 Page: 14 of 20
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14A-Burlcson Star. Thursday. September 12. If91
Burleson City Hall sponsors Sept. 19 Carter blood drive
A mobile bus from Carter Blood
Center will be at Burleson City Hall
on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 2-5 p.m.
for the annual blood drive.
The city has sponsored a blood
drive since 1983-1984. For each city
employee who gives blood, a credit
.s ill be made to the city of Burleson
account. Non-city employeescan es-
tablish an account of their own.
When an individual donates
blood, that blood "credit" lasts for
jne year and covers the donor, the
donor's spouse, and all tax depend-
ents. Whole blood only lasts 46 days
so the need for blood is great. The
whole blood is also fractioned for
tilings such as platelets and red blood
(eight weeks).
—Any person with a history of
viral hepatitis, a positive test for
Hepatitis B a positive test for anti-
body to Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (AIE i virus), or a history of
drug addiction or coronary artery di-
sease are permanently excluded as
donors.
—Anyone with the antibody to
Hepatitis B Core Antigen, Hepatitis
C, elevated liver enzyme (ALT), or
antibody to HTLV-I are deferred as
donors at this time.
—A donor must have gone three
years without symptoms of malaria
or medication for the disease. A donor
will be deferred six months if he is
shots, Hepatitis B vaccines, tetanus
shots, or polio shots.
—Donors \yho are taking vita-
mins, hormones, thyroid hormones,
or oral contraceptives are not dis-
qualified.
—Most donors on medication
are accepted except for those on
medications to control heart func-
tion, Accutane tor acne, blood thin-
ners (Heparin, Coumadin), or antibi-
otics for infections. Controlled dia-
letics may be accepted.
A donor's temperature, blood
pressure, pulse, hemoglobin level,
end detailed medical history will be
checked before being accepted as a
blood donor.
t ells. Platelets only last five days but out of the country in an endemic ma-
red cells can be frozen for several larial area.
/cars.
The following is criteria for
blood donor selection:
—B lood donors must be between
17-66 years old. All 17 year olds
must have written consent of their
parent or guardian. In general, all
donors who are past 66 years old
must go to the main Carter Blood
Center in Arlington or theHEB where
blood can be drawn with the medical
dir ector's approval.
—Fasting is not recommended.
A donor should have consumed food
and drink within four-six hours be-
fore donating.
- -A donor must weigh a mini-
mum of 110 pounds (100 pounds at
the main center).
--The interval between blood
donations must be at least 56 days
—Inmates of penal or mental
institutions, anyone who has had ma-
jor surgery which required a blood
transfusion, has tattoos, or has re-
ceived the gamma globulin shot in
the last 12 months will be deferred.
Ear piercing and electrolysis are cause
for deferral only if they weren't done
in a medical setting.
—Donors who have terminated
a pregnancy are deferred for six
weeks.
—There is a two week waiting
period for donors who have had a
measles, mumps, or oral vaccine and
a four week waiting period for those
who have had a Rubella (German
measles) vaccine. Those who are past
the waiting period for reading the re-
action of a TB skin test may jpve.
There is no waiting period after flu
Give From The Heart
GIVE BLOOD
I
Approximately 60,000 units
(pints) of blood must be collected
annually to meet the needs of the pa-
tients ill Carter Blood Center's ser-
vice area.
The center supplies the complete
blood needs of 48 hospitals. Blood of
the proper type and in sufficient
quantity must be on hand when an
emergency patient arrives at the
hospital and before surgery can be
stalled. Blood procurements can't be
left to the possibility that perhaps 250
donors of the correct blood type will
walk in to the center each day. *
Conforming to the best medical
practices, many of the patients in the
area are treated with blood fractions
such as fresh frozen plasma, plate-
lets, and cryoprecipitated AHG.
Because freshly collected blood is
required for the preparation of these
components, donors must be sched-
uled daily.
Blood for the blood drive can
only be taken until 5 p.m. in order to
get the donations back to the center.
Don't forget to "give from the heart."
—Voting boxes must be
added due to realignment
Four arrested after buying 65 pounds of pot
In NANCY HUCKABY
Re vie w Editor Often the most difficult part of
1 aw enforcement people don’t setting up an undercover operaton is
call it a "sting operation" anymore— having patience. Task Force officers
it’s now a "reversal operation." But
whatever the name, such an opera-
tion gave three Louisiana men and
one Kennedale man a nasty bite last
Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Working with the Crowley Po-
lice Department, members of the
South Tarrant County Task Force on
Narcotics were able to con the four-
some into buyin* 65 pounds of mari-
juana lor a tidy su.nof $30,000. Then
four Crowley officers—Chief Robert
Moo* e, Sgt. Don Mathis, Sgt Chuck
Talbot, and Officer Eric Rhone—
joined the nine others from the Task
Force and moved in and placed die
would-be consumers under arrest As
one officer put it they now call it a
reversal because, "we take back the
money and the dope."
The action took place at a local
mini storage facility in Crowley.
Officers praised the owner of the
business for his cooperation. He had.
agreed to let undercover officers use
ou> of the storage units as a front.
And although the officers con-
fiscated the $30,000 cash, plus a
handgun recovered from one of the
• which makes the charge even
, (. se v e re, i t was not quite as sweet
as they had hoped. Originally the
'oursome had agreed to buy 208
(undsoi marijuana ataprice of over
$100,000.
iMUTH. FREEWAY
I.H. 35 and F.M. 1187 295-8339
had been working on the deal for
about four months, and had tried un-
successfully two other times to setup
a buy with the suspects—one of which
was also supposed to take place in
Crowley. "Finally, everything went
like it was supposed to go," one of the
officers stated.
The four were arrested on aggra-
vated illegal investment of a con-
trolled substance. The presence of
the firearm caused the chaige to carry
the aggravated definition, and a much
stiffer penalty if convicted.
The four black male suspects
were identified as: Johnny Bennett,
32, Warded Bracey, 28, and Karem
Sareem, 38, all of Louisiana, and
Milton Ray Polley, 41, of Kennedale.
Moore stated that in addition to
the penalty for the first degree felony
charges, which carries a prison term
of 10 years to life, against the four,
they may also face a $206,383.45
fine to the State for taxes on the
illegal drug purchase. The dope .did
not bear the "tax stamp" which was
approved last year by the state legis-
lature. The tax is figured at $3.50 per
gram, plus apenalty of $3.50 making
the total chaige $7 per gram. Sixty-
five pounds is equal to 29,483.35
Please see OFFICERS, Page 16A
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
mon expects that up to 12 of those
could be from surrounding counties.
Commissioners also heard a re-
port from Robby Goodnight, County
Clerk, concerning the realignment of
voter box boundaries in the county.
Because of recentredistricting in both
the senate and congressional district
lines, five additional voting boxes
have been added. Johnson County is
now split between Congressional dis-
tricts 12 and 6. Goodnight explained
that federal law. prohibits precinct
box lines from crossing a congre-
sional district line.
Two additional voting places will
be added to the northern portion of
Precinct 2 (north of the Joshua city
limits) and three will be added in the
Burleson area. Other voting areas
were realigned to correspond with
the lines used in municipal elections
in Cleburne.
Goodnight told the commission-
ers that he still needs to locate polling
places for five of the boxes. Because
much of the area is rural, it is often
hard to locate a polling place. Adop-
tion of the plans was on the commis-
sioners agenda, but because all of the
voting precincts must have a location
locked in, it was necessary to delay
approval until a special meeting
scheduled for Friday, Sept. 13. The
voting precincts map must be ap-
proved by the Justice Department in
Washington D.C.
The county had recieved two
answers to their bid proposals from
construction managementcompanies
and nine from engineers to remodel
the Districts Courts Building. Be-
cause of the large number of engi-
neers answering the bid request, it
was suggested by Judge Joe Durham
that a committee made up of himself,
Commissioners Benny Bricoe and
Jack Hewlett, plus public works di-
rector Ken Ketron and county pur-
chasing agent Karen Brown review
the proposals. It was agreed the
committee will narrow down the
choices and bring a recommendation
back to the the commissioners court
at the Oct 14 meeting.
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OUR PLACE RESTAURANT
Burleson's Family Restaurant
(R) Terminator II
1:30* 4:15*7:009:45
(P.) Hailey Davidson A the
Mcrlbono Man
1.30* 3.20*5:107.00900
(RG-13) Doc Holywood
1.00* 305*5:107:15 920
IPG-131 HotShots
1 45x 3:45 * 5:45 745 945
(PG) Pure Luck
100* 3:00*5.00 700900
(R) Freddie's Dead
1:30* 3:30* 5:30 700 900
(R) Child’s Play 3
1:10* 3:15*520 725 900
(ft) Thelma & Louise
1:10* 4:15 * 5:30 700 945
‘Matrices Sat. & Sun. Only
matinees S3.00
■ Steak* ■ Seafood ■ Italian Dishe*
BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAYI
Available
For
Private
Parties
'225 Exchange
Burleson
{Behind Braum's)
447-0921
Mon.-Sat.
7 a.m.-9 p.m.
Sun.
7 a.m,-3 p.m.
REGISTER TO WIN $100.00
Our Place
Restaurant
_ Name.
- Address.
Phons #.
&
Our Place prepares wonderful soups and wi|l serve a
complete breakfast anytime of day! Owners Chris and
Otto Arslanorski invite you to discover “Their Place”
if you haven’t already tried Our Place Restaurant.
Located at 225 Exchange in Burleson the restaurant is
open Monday thru Saturday 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Sunday
7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Drawing hald Sspt. 30. 1991
Sr. Citizen Special
mM 6 oz. Filet 6*900
^ 8 oz. Sirloin
Mahi Mahi_M Fo, 2
This Week's
Entertainment
"Oldies But Goodies"
FasTacq
Quality Mexican Food
$$OOLLARDAYS$$
2 TACOS $1.00
2 BURRITOS $1.00
2TOSTADAS $1.00
2 BOWLS OF
BEANS &
CHEESE $1.00
2 CINNAMON
STYX $1.00
2.BREAKFAST
TACOS $1.00
OPEN
7 a.m.- 11 pm Mon.-Thurs.
7 am lo 1 pm Fit
8 am to 1 am Sal.
8 am-11 pm. Sun.
mmc
VJmerica’s favorite drire-in
708 S.W. Wilshire, Burleson T "
Happy Hour
Mon.-Fri. 3-5 p.m.
Soft Drinks
1/2 Price
295-3681
ARLINGTON *
1004 E. DIVISION
861-0144
THE
RIG
FORT WORTH
6308 S. FREEWAY
293-7027
1-36 0 ALTA MESA
No Waiting
Call In Advance
MEXICAN RESTAURANT
425 S. W. Wilshire
For Catering Or Reservations Call
447-3703
LUNCH SPECIALS
(11-2) Mon.-Fri.
$4.15
(5 lo choose from)
AMIGOS SPECIALS
Buy Ona Gel One Free
Tuaaday All Day
$6.25
FAJITA DINNER
SPECIAL
All Day Wednesday
$4.15
FIESTA BUFFET All-You-Can-Eat
MONDAY A THURSDAY (112 and 54) $5.25
SUNDAY (11-3 Only) $5.75
; 5 & under FREE
Passbook Coupons accepted only off menu entrees. All orders to go at regular price.
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Ellertson, Sally. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 116, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1991, newspaper, September 12, 1991; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth762366/m1/14/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.