American Red Cross assistance, blood drive

Vernon and June Franklin were called to Texas last month by the American Red Cross National Headquarters to assist with flooding. With much prior experience (in the past 12 years, they have responded to about 30 nationally declared disasters), the two were assigned as managers at the Dallas ARC headquarters office. They helped fill needed positions when requests came from different chapters of the Texas ARC. "It rained at least three times a day, heavily," they said. "We nicknamed the area