Midweek Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 1998 Page: 1 of 12
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Zaffirini named
Mr. South Texas'
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Home owners deserve Vaqueros travel to
break from taxes Freer Friday
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Wednesday. September 9. 1998
Occasional rain, windy and
humid, lows the 70s, highs in
the 80s forecast for weekend
Serving Duval and Jim Wells Counties
idWeek Btcture
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*We tell it like it is!” 500
Yol. 13 No. 38
Edition of the Duval County Picture
San Diego, Texas
Molina will donate
bone marrow in effort
to save a stranger's life
Alfredo E. Cardenas
Editor/Publisher
This morning, in a San Anto-
nio hospital, Regino Molina Jr.
was under general anesthesiado-
nating bone marrow in hopes of
saving a young man he does not
know.
"He’s at the end of his rope
and a bone marrow transfusion
is the only thing that will save
him,” Molina said on Tuesday, a
day before the procedure.
Molina is talking about a 22
year-old Hispanic male. He does
not know his name or where he
lives. He could live anywhere in
the world.
All Molina knows is that he
suffers from leukemia. With
Molina’s marrow he has a 65
percent of survival.
“There is no turning back
now,’’ Molina said.
He explained that the recipi-
ent of his marrow had his mar-
row burned with chemotherapy
several days before the trans-
plant would take place.
Molina, who is 36 and works
as a Probation Officer for Duval
County, said he will have his bone
marrow extracted from his pelvic
born;. The procedure involves two
six-inch needles.
“I’m afraid of needles,” Mo-
lina said with a smile.
Fear is what keeps many His-
panics from donating marrow,
Molina said.
The likelihood of matching a
donor is tied to inherited genes.
Twenty five percent of the donors
are from a recipient’s family.
Because of this Molina believes
that he and the recipient may be
related in someway. Perhaps sev-
eral generations back they have
some familial ties.
If a match is not found within
the immediate family, chances are
improved for a match when look-
ing in one’s own ethnic group.
“We’re not aware of the need
until it hits home,” Molina said.
Nationally only 8.7 percent of
bone marrow donors are Hispanic.
Regino Molina Jr.
will donate bone marrow
Molina will be able to commu- will be able to meet in person,
nicate with the recipient in writing If he survives a year his
through the National Marrow Do- chances for a permanent cure are
nor Program. After a year, they greatly increased.
How do I become a marrow donor?
1. You learn about marrow
donation and give a small
blood sample.
NMPD donor center repre-
sentatives inform you about be-
coming a volunteer donor and
the donation process. After you
consent to being listed on the
Registry, you give a small
amount of your blood.
2. Your marrow type is
determined and entered onto
the NMPD Registry.
Your blood is tested to deter-
mine its human leukocyte anti-
gen (HLA) type. The results are
added to NMPD’s main com-
puter, which is searched inter-
nationally on behalf f patients
who need a marrow transplant.
3. You are contacted if a
preliminary match is found.
If the computerized Registry
indicates that you marrow type
may match any of the patients in
need, your donor center coordina-
tor will inform you of your status
and arrange additional testing.
4. A compatible marrow
match is identified.
Further testing may indicate
that your precise HLA-type is com-
patible with the patient. Special
counselors provide you with de-
tailed information about the mar-
row donation process and your
potions as a volunteer donor. You
also receive a thorough physical
examination.
5. You decide whether to
donate.
After being fully informed
about the donor experience, you
make the decision-with the sup-
port of you friends and loved ones-
to become a marrow donor.
6. A small amount of your
marrow is collected.
In the hospital, marrow is ex-
tracted from the back of your pel-
vic bone using a special needle
and syringe. The donor is under
anesthesia during this surgical pro-
cedure.
7. Yod recover quickly from
the procedure.
You may stay overnight in the
hospital or you may be dis-
charged the same day as the col-
lection. After being discharged,
you can resume normal activity,
although you may experience
some soreness for several days,
1-2 weeks or slightly longer.
Your marrow naturally replen-
ishes itself within a few
weeks.You may stay overnight
in the hospital or you may be
discharged the same day as the
collection. After being dis-
charged, you can resume normal
activity, although you may ex-
perience some soreness for sev-
eral days, 1-2 weeks or slightly
longer. Your marrow naturally
replenishes itself within a few
weeks.
Duval County
budget will start
$1 million short
Duval County Commissioners
expect to end the current year
nearly $ 1 million in the red. Under
their proposed budget they will
end next year slightly over$l mil-
lion in the hole.
Commissioners are expected
to hold a budget hearing on Mon-
day, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. at the
county courthouse.
The commissioners will likely
keep the same tax rate thanks to a
$16 million increase in property
values. The current tax rate of
$ 1.09728 is the same proposed for
next year.
The county's fiscal year will
begin Oct. 1.
The proposed tax rate will raise
some $4.5 million after d scounts
and delinquencies. The county has
$3.6 million in delinquent taxes.
The budget calls for $550,000
to be collected from delinquent
taxes. It also estimates that
$392,000 or eight percent of next
year's taxes will become delin-
quent.
Over the last five years, 10
percent of taxes become delin-
quent annually.
In addition to the $1 million
overdraft, the county has a total
debt of $3.8 million. The budget
calls for $ 1,086,000 in scrip war-
rants to balance the budget.
The total budget is for $7.3
million.
While most department bud-
get remained the same, commis-
sioners' precincts all a modest in-
creases. Precinct one will have a
budget increase of 5.8 percent;
precinct two, 1.1 percent; precinct
three, 9.4 percent; and precinct
four, 12.9 percent.
Some Democrats begin
to openly discuss
Clinton’s resignation
Ron Fournier
Ap Political Writer
WASHINGTON (AP)—Gin-
gerly, reflecting their disappoint-
ment and anxiety, some Demo-
cratic leaders across the country
are beginning to discuss the possi-
bility that President Clinton should
resign if the Starr report to Con-
gress threatens the party agenda
and its fall campaigns.'
Though still sticking by the
president, their sentiment was
summed up by New Hampshire
party chairman Jeff Woodbum:
“You can’t be blindly loyal.”
With voices rising in Demo-
cratic ranks, some White House
advisers say a congressional cen-
sure may be a best-case-scenerio
for Clinton after prosecutor Ken-
neth Starr releases his report on
the Monica Lewinsky affair and
alleged cover up.
Iola McGowan, vice chair-
woman of the Illinois Democratic
Party, said the president should at
least be censured. “We do need
something to put this behind us,”
she said.
See DEMOCRATS Page 3
Sen. Zaffirini named 'Mr. South Texas' Mm couU help veselalim
Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-
Laredo) will be honored as the
1999 Mr. South Texas Award
Recipient during the 102nd
Washington’s Birthday Celebra-
tion.
The “Mr. South Texas” award
is granted annually to an individual
who has improved the lives of
South Texans.
Sen. Zaffirini is the first border
resident elected to represent Dis-
trict 21 in 20 years and is the first
Hispanic woman senator in Texas.
The senator has also served as
President Pro Tempore of the
Texas Senate and as Texas Gover-
nor for a Day.
She is the senior senator from
the border and for Bexar County.
This year Lt. Gov. Bob Bul-
lock reappointed her Chair of the
Senate Health and Human Ser-
vices Committee and to the Ap-
propriations Conference Commit-
tee.
The only senator with career-
long 100 percent attendance and
100 percent voting records. Sen.
Zaffirini has cast 18,457 consecu-
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Sen. Judith Zaffirini
... honored by South Texans
tive votes during six regular and
12 special sessions.
She has sponsored and passed
289 bills and 43 substantive reso-
lutions and co-sponsored and
passed another 123 bills.
Her legislative success include
passing bills to immunize 100 per-
cent of Texas children; fund a state-
wide system of emergency medi-
cal services and trauma centers;
suspend the drivers licenses of
drunk drivers; keep radioactive
waste dump sites out of her dis-
trict; stop the proliferation of
colonias; restrict minors’ access
to tobacco; and reform Medicaid,
welfare, nursing homes, adoption
and child support.
Sen. Zaffirini has received
more than 300 awards and honors
for her legislative, public service
and professional work. Among her
awards are:
• “Texas Monthly” named her
one of the “10 Best Legislators”
for 1997;
• she was named Texas Hero-
ine and and Outstanding Legisla-
tor and Friend of Business by the
Texas Chamber of Commerce;
• sh ; was tagged as a Legisla-
tive Crime Fighter of the Year by
the Greater Dallas Crime Com-
mission;
• the South Texas Press Asso-
ciation honored Senator Zaffirini
for her distinguished career in jour-
nalism and public service;
• the Texas Public delations
Association named her Best of
Texas Silver for her Governor for
a Day event;
• the Texas Classroom Teach-
ers Association named her Friend
of Education; and
• the Marine Corps League
honored her for leadership, loy-
alty and patriotism.
Sen. Zaffirini is an award-win-
ning communications specialist
with 13 years of teaching experi-
ence. including at the college and
university levels, and more than
20 years of public speaking expe-
rience. Through her business,
Zaffirini Communications, she
provides professional communi-
cation services, including consult-
ing, workshops and seminars, one-
on-one coaching and keynote ad-
dress.
She holds a bachelor of sci-
ence, master of arts and Phd de-
grees from the University of Texas
at Austin. She and husband
Carlos Zaffirini have been mar-
ried for 33 years and have a 16-
year-old son, Carlos Jr.
— Photo by Ncfl R. Iom
Rains are expected this weekend that could be of help to area
vegetation. Recent rains gave this tree in downtown Alice a healthy
bloom.
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