Friendswood Journal, The (Newspaper) - June 6, 1986, Friendswood, Texas Entertainment page 9 Milestones pages SESM Religion 5 i Friendswood Locally Independent BANK FDIC Finn Printing Since 1938 4852785 3322 Suite 109 46 L i 250 Library serves big crowd on Monday A record 614 people visited the Friendswood Library borrowing a total of records The first Monday in which usually marks the beginning of the annual Summer Vacation Reading is always a big day at the and even a few stood in some for up to an before the library opened to insure getting children into the arts and crafts and storytime sections for their age Due to space and staff limitations each class must be limited to with a standby cutting off at 40 As the library doors opened at 10 about 75 people surged into the quickly locating the the registration line that served their Long lines had been processed within the but a steady trickle of registrants continued throughout the day and into the By the end of the library day Tuesday at 6 215 children had registered for one of the two reading clubs Childrens Librarian Virginia McKenzie states that children aged three and one half years will now be accepted in the two for four and as there are still a few places These will be held each Tuesday at and Parents may register their preschoolers in person or by calling McKenzie at Arts and crafts classes are currently but short waiting lists indicate that additional children can probably be admitted within two provided they go on a waiting list films will be shown free to children four years and up each Thursday at and in the librarys community Movie tickets are available at the front desk each Friday for the following Thursdays Petes a Disney movie offering a combination of animation and live action will be shown a third time June 12 at 7 This is a family with all members from babes in are It is about a lonely kid whos befriended by a klutzy the three star film features actors Shelly Mickey Red Jim Helen Reddy and Sean It is two hours and 23 minutes in Celebrate Texas is the theme of Republican choices JERRIE AND BARNEY of Edenvale in Wedgewood show off some of their crop of huge grown in their 200 square foot terraced gar Jerrie was chosen Gardner of the Year by the Heritage Garden Club in the but she gives credit for the huge bounty to who maintains the compost Jerrie divides her time between gardening and selling real estate as a with Kitchell Realtors of Friends The Walshes also put up pears and figs from their Photo by Brenda Dickerson There are four contested races in the Republican runoff election June For Lieutenant Governor 1A David Davidson IB Aaron Bullock For Attorney General 2A Ed Walsh 2B Roy Barrera For Commissioner of the General Land Office For Railroad Commissioner John Thomas Henderson Milton Fox All Galveston County Friend swood Republican Precincts and 60 vote in city hall for the from 7 the reading clubs this year with all children encouraged to read at least one Texas book in honor of the Texas The club for four and allows preschoolers to earn a listening certificate through hearing 10 books read to them between the time they register and July The regular reading for children from six to requires that a minimum of 10 at the childs own reading be read between registration in the program and 4 in order to merit a Many additional incentives are offered to encourage children to continue reading once the certificate goal has been All programs are free to all Friendswood now in both Forest Bend and Persons working or owning property in Friendswood are also eligible for a free family library card entitling the children to par in all summer During the summer the library opens at 10 Monday through Saturday and is open Monday and Thursday evenings until 8 Friday and Saturday it closes at 6 Inside Friendswood Fire Department answers 17 calls The Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department spent man hours handling the following nine May 19 Tanker 81 was called to the 500 block of for an automatic fire alarm 70 and Engine 86 to the 100 block of South Friend swood Drive to check on an ac sprinkler Upon arrival it was found a fire in a bathroom had been extinguished by a single sprinkler Engine 86 were called to the intersection of FM 528 near Plymouth Colony Drive for a major automobile The Jaws of were used to remove a car door and one patient was transported by Life officer only was called to the 400 block of North to check on a report of smoke in the Found an illegal brush May 21 86 was called to the 500 block of to check on a malfunctioning fire alarm officer and Am bulance 47 were called to the in of FM 528 and Bay Area Boulevard for a report of an unknown automobile No action was May 22 86 was called to the 500 block of to check on a malfunctioning automatic fire alarm May 23 86 was called to the 400 block of Laurel Drive to check on an automatic fire 86 and the duty officer were called to the 1100 block of Myrtlewood to check on an automatic residential fire The Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department spent man hours during the week of May responding to the following eight May 28 86 was called to the 500 block of to check on a malfunctioning fire fire department was called to stand by to assist the police department in searching for a lost officer only was called to the area of Moore Ranch Road and FM 528 to check for a report of smoke in the May 31 officer only was called to the 17100 block of Friend swood Link to check an electric sign that had been damaged in an ac officer only was called to the 1200 block of Minglewood to check on an in problem in a officer and Tanker 81 were called to Hope Village Road near FM 2351 to check on a possible illegal trash June 1 officer was called to the intersection of Royal Parkway and Blackhawk to check on an automobile 86 was called to the 300 block of Morningside to check on a smoking mail The fire was investigated by the Friendswood Fire Marshals staff and turned over to the postal in should be buckling up I was one of the last holdouts for wearing seat They are a un and for some reason the shoulder harness of my par vehicle cuts across my neck and tries to strangle me each time I take a glance to the left when changing Although its routine for me now to buckle up j ust prior to turning on the I still have to remind passengers to seat belt My younger passengers are fairly but some of my adult passengers have to be con My most persuasive argument includes a litany of wreck reports Ive read at Friendswood Police in which seat belted passengers received cuts and bruises and riders were I always end with the heartfelt clincher If we had a and I came away unscathed and you were Id never get over It I recently came across a wreck report that really disturbed and I thought I d share it with Not too long ago there was an awful wreck on FM A big truck and two smaller cars were in One of the cars was driven by a mother with her child the other by a mother with two ages 3 and According to the in both cases the children were properly restrained in the They were virtually But neither mother used her One of them was taken by am bulance to an area The other was life flighted to a Houston As a mother of five I am intimately acquainted with the attitude of tending to the children first and yourself In many the children get new go to the doctor and get haircuts before the mother tends to her own medical and beauty Mothers familiar with that self sacrificing tendency would surely buckle their children in before starting the car but might forget their own restraints in the hurry to get to the shoe doctor or And everyone knows fathers who will conscientiously buckle up their but leave themselves unrestrained in some pursuit of the macho notion that the force of a wreck wouldnt hurt a real Of in the case of our recent local its great that three little children came through the wreck with a few but imagine the emotional scars they will have from seeing their mothers badly then whisked away by ambulance or If you are a mother or please remember that your health and welfare is every bit as im Brenda Dickerson portant as your childrens when i you are in that Dont leave them to manage without you while you recover from or worse Buckle up and increase your chances of spending many more Mothers Days and Fathers Days with your precious
