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Burleson Relay
For Life to hold
kickoff event
Two big events are kicking off Thursday, Jan. 7. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Burleson kickoff will be at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Hampton Inn behind Chili’s restaurant.
The relay will be held April 16-17 at Kerr Middle School.
The event will begin with a reception and enrollment time and be followed by a welcome by co-Chairwomen Donyelle Allen and Dianne Janusch Arcement.
A 5-minute video that explains why so many join Relay For Life will be shown, and the theme, goals, and vital statistics of Relay For Life 2010 will be unveiled.
Attendees can learn more about the American Cancer Society’s mission, luminarias and the purpose behind them, survivorship, and sponsorship of the event.
A catered dinner will start shortly before 7:30 p.m., and the event will wrap by 8:30 p.m.
For more information about the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Burleson 2010, call Allen at 817-648-2554 or Arcement at 817-992-9823.
— Special to the Connection
Left turns restricted near shopping center
Drivers may turn right but not left into the alley behind the Burleson Town Center retail shopping center at Alsbury Boulevard and the railroad tracks.
The city’s public works department recently installed yellow diagonal stripes in the center turn lane to keep drivers from turning left from Alsbury into the alley behind Arby’s restaurant.
Drivers who try to turn left into the alley can back up traffic on to the railroad tracks, risking a potentially fatal collision between a train and a vehicle that gets struck on the tracks.
The diagonal yellow stripes make it illegal to turn left from Alsbury into the alley and to turn left from the alley onto Alsbury.
The stripes make the alley a right in, right out drive.
The striped median may become a concrete median in the near future.
— Special to the Connection
Wal-Mart Foundation donates money to help fund breast equipment
The Wal-Mart Foundation donated $25,000 to the Huguley Imaging Center to assist in the purchase of stereotactic breast biopsy equipment.
“We are more than thrilled to donate the money to Huguley because they are centrally located and serve a broad range of cities and counties,” said Paul Skinner Walmart district manager.
“Huguley Hospital, our physicians, and the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Huguley are extremely fortunate to have community partners like the Wal-Mart Foundation. The purchase of this equipment will significantly reduce the wait time for women who are undergoing diagnostic evaluations,” said Ken Finch, president and CEO of Huguley Memorial Medical Center.
Also present for the check presentation were Lyn Walsh and Beverly Branch from the Cariety Foundation.
The Cariety Foundation has joined with Huguley in the past to help uninsured and underinsured women receive free mammograms.
— Special to the Connection
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