Texas City Sun (Newspaper) - March 17, 2002, Texas City, Texas Happy St. Patrick's Day GOOD IT'S MARCH 17,2002 NEWS Lit ISi sends six to jail Cheney's mission Vice President Dick Cheney more resistance Saturday to American action against Iraq See story on Page 10a TEXAS Cops snag 95-pounds of pot that was headed to Florida By Michael Smith Texas City Sun Six people trying to ship drugs half way across the country got themselves shipped all the way to jail Texas City Police Special Crimes assisted by the Houston Police Department's narcotics arrested four people from Galveston County and two from suspected of using rental cars to transport drugs to The location in Florida was hot released by but according to at least 95 pounds of marijuana were seized in the arrest that concluded on Highway 146 after a surveillance operation that included members of the Houston Some details were not available at press but the six people arrested Phillip 40, and his wife 36, both of Texas Javier 21, Miguel 19, both of Bennet 38 and Deanna 40, both of Sandra O'Day is the only one who has been released as of press as she was bonded from the Texas City jail at 4 The rest of the group is being held at the Galveston County Please see Page 10A Celebrating St. Patrick's Day mission Israel backtracked from a statement claiming that at a meeting See story on Page 11a Sports SUN PHOTO BY JEFF MORRIS A small crowd of Texas City residents lined the downtown streets Saturday morning for the ninth annual parade that featured Patrick Doyle as Grand The float above was one of the best of this year's For more pictures of Saturday's please turn to page 6A. March Madness 20 No. 10 Kent State upset No. 2 Alabama on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA mens tournament See story on Page IB Today's weather Partly high of 76, low of 66. Page 2A Inspiration Dear bless all the homeless people around the Show them Your love and give them Amen Inside ANN LANDERS 2A PUZZLES 5B CLASSIFIED 6-10B CROSSWORD 5B DEATHS 5A BULLETIN BOARD 5A MOVIES PERSPECTIVES 4A SPORTS 1-5B STOCKS 8A 76 Galveston Printed County Mainland recycled since 1912 By Michael Smith Texas City Sun TEXAS the only thing 11 men looking to pay for sex bought themselves Friday night was a ticket to Texas City Police officers assigned to the Galveston County Narcotics Task with the help of Galveston police vice and Department of Public Safety narcotics and the Galveston County sheriff's Department arrested 11. potential customers or Friday night during a prostitution The were each charged with solicitation of Their bonds ranged from to depending on criminal ' Excluding one individual who bonded out of the Texas City all the other arrestees have been transferred to the Galveston County jail for The sting was conducted in the 1900 Block of Texas Avenue between 7 p.m. and Officers from the DPS narcotics and sheriff's deputies posed as the Two suspected prostitutes also were arrested in the 700 Block of Fourth Avenue just past 8 p.m. One woman was given a city charge of solicitation of a She posted bail on a The other woman was given a county charge of interference with public She was transferred to county jail Saturday afternoon as of press she was still being Her bond is set at Officer Felix who is assigned to the task said a sting like this every so depending on He continued that because of different factors including the amount of out-of-town workers Texas City a prostitution sting should be put on them under Michael Smith is a Texas City Sun He may be reached at 945-3441 or by email at michael smith Second sting nails nine suspects for crack TEXAS Officers from all over Galveston County assisted in second sting By Michael Smith Texas City Sun Officers from local agencies participated in a drug sting to rid the streets of people looking to buy crack Friday Texas City Police officers assigned to the Galveston County Narcotics Task with the help of Galveston police vice tend Public Safety narcotics and the Galveston County Sheriff's Department put on the sting between 7 p.m. and midnight in the 400 Block of 7th Street Undercover officers were placed on the street to pose as crack Nine people were arrested because of tile Four were charged with solicitation of with bonds of Five charged with interfering with a public with bonds of All nine people were sent to the Galveston County jail DPS narcotics officers and sheriff's deputies posed as the dealers and were approached by individuals looking to buy Texas City Police Officer Felix who is assigned to the task like the prostitution a drug sting like this is done at random times depending on the number of complaints and severity the Michael Smith is a Texas City Sun He can be reached at 945-3441 or by email at Level 3 Alert TEXAS Sirens were not sounded Jeff Morris Texas City Sun Shortly after local residents cheered for the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sixth Texas City experienced its second Level 3 Alert in as many weeks Saturday when officials declared a Level 3 alert due to an incident at Marathon one of the three refineries located in Texas according to various emergency management and fire department no alarms were sounded because the Level 3 Alert was a personnel responded to an early alarm and wound up being the first responders to the location at prompting the upgrade to Level 3 when Marathon apparently had problems with its dispatching system and response responded this morning after the parade because we had an emergency in one of the Capt. David Teverbaugh Please see Page 10A Deadline less than a month away for MMC 1 1 SUN PHOTO BY JEFF MORRIS Hospital's Mainland Medical located In Texas is one of the affected TEXAS April 15 is the day circled on hospital and insurance company calendars By Bernard Texas City Sun Hospitals officials said they remain somewhat optimistic that negotiations between themselves and representatives could be settled by the April 15 but also said patients should have another hospital in mind if the deal falls In February officials of which includes Mainland Medical sent notice to Aetna members and physicians that the hospital's contract would be terminated if agreements could not be reached on issues surrounding claim case management and payment said Scott chief finance officer for Mainland Medical On officials said they will continue to negotiate with Aetna but they don't expect discussion to become intense until the final days before the Mainland Medical Center patients who use Aetna insurance should remain aware of the situation and have backup plans if they need a hospital after April 15, Bentley though you are very involved and are affected by the my advice would be to sit and wait and be aware of what is Bentley something has happened and you have elective surgery or need for a bed or anything planned after April 15,1 would say that you do need to look for other But between now and April 15, we can still get you the care you Aetna members that typically use Mainland Medical Center can use the University of Texas Medical Branch or St. John's Other hospitals that are affected in the metro Houston network Bayshore Medical Clear Lake Regional Medical Conroe Regional Medical East Houston Regional Medical Kingwood Medical Spring Branch Medical Center and West Houston Medical Please see Page 11A
