Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 91, Ed. 1 Monday, August 31, 1992 Page: 3 of 12
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Burleson Star. Monday. August 31.1992-3A
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Local bank joins in to help hurricane victims
Another local business is jump-
ing in to help the victims of Hurri-
cane Andrew.
Burleson State Bank is collect-
ing bedding, toiletries, and clothing
to be sent to the victims of last week's
Hurricane, The bank asks that dona-
tions be boxed and labeled and
dropped off to either the main office
on Wilshire Boulevard or the branch
office on Renfro Street. The dona-
tions will be sent to the Salvation
Army, which will be in charge of dis-
tribution.
The bank has also set up a fund—
Hurricane Relief Fund—to raise
money for the American Red Cross.
On the local front, the Johnson County
Chapter of the American Red Cross
is in the reorganization stage.
"We are in the process of reor-
ganizing the chapter to include all of
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beliefs of tbe Burleson Ster.Thf Huriese»$tar prints on Monday
and Thor tday. Monday deadlines are Thursday at 5 p.m. anil
r flj|rsday deadlines are Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Johnson County and are working on
getting board members," KathyGab-
bert said. "Then we will need lots of
volunteers!"
If you are interested in getting
involved on the county level, call
beeper number 792-9116.
As many know, the Red Cross is
facing a disaster of its own. The last
three years have been the most ex-
pensive ever for disaster relief efforts
starting with Hurricane Hugo and the
World Series earthquake of 1989 and
up through the recent tornadoes in
Fritch, Texas, and major storms in
the upper Midwest
The Red Cross responds to more
than 55,000disasters each year. These
may range from single family fires,
which are handled by the local chap-
ters, to major disasters that require
national assistance. In 1991 alone,
the American Red Cross responded
to more than 8,000 major disasters.
Not only is the Disaster Relief
Fund gone, but the Red Cross was
also forced to redirect millions of
dollars from other programs like CPR
and first aid training to cover un-
precedented and unforeseeable dis-
aster costs.
With no money left in the Disas-
ter Relief Fund and no additional
reserves to fall back on, the Ameri-
can Red Cross is faced with the un-
thinkable—the inability to respond
to the next major disaster.
Whether single family fire, trans-
poration accidents, explosions, or
chemical spills, Red Cross workers
mobilize to providehundredsof thou-
sands of victims with food, clothing,
shelter, and other emergency assis-
tance.
If you have any questions about
the donations for Hurricane Andrew
or the fund set up for the Red Cross,
contact Kirsten Brown at Burleson
State Bank at 295-2265.
If you want to vote in Nov
check your registration
Ed Carroll, Johnson County’s tax assessor collector is advising all
Johnson County residents to check (heir mail for a voting certificate.
Without this, they can't vote; % 5." -f; !
igipyou have moved from oat residence to another and haven’t
gotten a bine and White voting certificate, yon ’re one of the ones who
has to update your voter registration, If yon are a new resident of
Johnson County and want to be a registered voter, yon need to fill out
can register to vote at any tone, hut your application must be
metro 447-1031. If you’d like to go by
....... and take care Of it, toe Johnson County Ta* Office is
located at 121W. Chambers St in Qeburne.
■Several victims of burglary will
be asked to rate police service
Mistrial declared in parolee's drug case
A jury trial was held Aug. 17-20
. in the 249th Judicial District Court
j with Judge Wayne Bridewell presid-
ing. James Nelson “Butch” Pike, 44,
of Fort Worth, was accused of manu-
. factoring illegal methamphetamine
on Feb. 27,1992.
However, the foreman for the
jury of four men and eight women
told Bridewell on Friday afternoon
they were hopelessly deadlocked on
the case. The jury had begun their de-
liberations on Thursday afternoon,
Aug. 20, at about 4:20. By Friday af-
ternoon it became obvious they were
not going to reach a unanimous deci-
sion. Bridewell declared a mistrial.
Charges against Pike will remain
pending, and he will face a retrial
soon although a new trial date has not
been set
The testimony showed that at
approximately 1 p.monFeb.27,1992,
officers form the S.T.O.P. (Stop the *
Offenders Program) Narcotics Task
Force executed a drug search warrant
at 156 Rene Court in the northwest
portion of Johnson County near
Crowley. Neel Thomas Smith lived
at the residence along with his wife
and 17-year-old son.
At the time of the search warrant
execution, Richard Owen Davis and
Keiiy Brunson were also at the resi-
dence. In an out building behind the
house was a 3,000 ml. single-neck,
round bottom flask inside a heating
mantle. Inside the flask were approxi-
mately 3.4 pounds ofliquid chemical
in the prodess of being heated.
A Department of Public Safety
chemist and a private chemist both
testified that the liquid was phen-
ylacetone—a chemical that is com-
bined with other chemicals to make
methamphetamine. Methamphetam-
ine has a stimulant effect on the body,
and goes by the street name of“crack”
or crystal.” It is popular among ille-
gal drug users and ean be made by
muting and heating various chemi-
cals.
In the search warrant, Ll Bob
Alford, S.T.OP. director, said the
two informants supplied informa-
tion to him indicating Pike was
making drugs. Pike had been seen
exchanging something with other
persons at a fast food business park-
ing lot on 1-35. Officers followed
Pike to the lab site in Johnson County.
Neel Smith testified that he had not
seen Pike for five years when Pike
first called him in February. Neel
said he and Pike agreed to “cook”
illegal drugs and split the final prod-
uct Pike supplied some of the chemi-
cals and equipment and Smith pro-
vided more chemicals and a place to
make the drugs.
Pike was on parole at the time of
the search warrant for conspiracy to
manufacture illegal drugs from
Johnson County. He was convicted
by a jury in 1986 and received a 99
year sentence anda$ 15, OOOfine. He
was paroled ip November, 1991. Bill
Mason and Jenifer Lawing repre-
sented the Johnson County District
Attorney’s office and Cleburne at-
torney Ken Boyd was court-ap-
pointed to represent Pike.
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more people at random," Douglas
said.
Burglary was the most prevalent
statistic for the police to study.
"We chose burglary because it is
a major crime. We have enough of
them to get some type of fair assess-
ment back. With robbery, we only
have 12-15 robberies per year so that
wouldn't have given us much for a
survey,” Rountree said. "Thefts are
so varied that it's hard to get a true
picture of what the service is. The
same goes for criminal mischief.
We're looking at commercial and resi-
dential burglaries. Vinsen will pick
those out. We're just giving him a list
and he will randomly select people."
Just in case you're like most
people today and tend to be a little
leery of survey phonecalls, Faris said
he and some fellow students will begin
calling residents shortly after Labor
Day.
"We'll call in the afternoon and
early evening and identify ourselves,”
Faris said. "We will verify that the*
person we're talking to is a resident
and then ask if they have received
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one of the written questionnaires be-
cause that is the same survey. The
survey will only take a few minutes
because it's less than 10 questions.
We are somewhat concemd because
some residents have been contacted
by people with a United Way survey
from Tarrant County that's about 30
questions long."
The questions center on the de-
partment's quality of service, from
dispatcher to officer to detective. The
surveys sent to burglary victims go a
few steps further by asking if any of
the property was recovered and if a
suspect was arrested.
"We're asking them to rate our
services," Rountree said.
Faris said they'll be doing sev-
eral comparisons with past surveys,
including the reactions of citizens
who return surveys immediately
(those tend to be more opinionated)
and those that straggle in at the end.
v The surveys are slated to be
mailed out today, Aug. 31. The goal
is to have the results back within two-
three weeks.
Faris said he hoped to have the
tabulations wrapped up by the end of
September.
Last year the department sent
out about 720 surveys and got back
about 28 percent of that.
'"The articles I've read say that
anywhere from 25-27 percent is about
the national average. What we're
trying to do is send out enough, sur-
veys, based on that return pattern,
that we get a 1 percent reporting re-
turn for the population of the city,"
Rountree said.
The results will be used to help
gauge the quality of the services
provided.
"Last year it helped us prioritize
things. This year is unique because
we're making an effort to survey those
who have received services and have
actually called the police," Rountree
said.
The chief said Jte's looking at
two months before the results will be
presented to council.
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