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Bosque County Economic Development Corporation Begun
CLIFTON - Enhancing life in
Boeque County through economic
development is the goal of a re-
organised non-profit corporation,
which underwent a name change
and amended its articles of incorpo-
ration in a June 13 meeting in the
Community Room of NCNB Texas
Clifton Banking Cento’.
The former Clifton Industrial
Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corpo-
ration which had been dormant for
several years, had its articles restat-
ed and has now become Boeque
County Economic Development
Corporation, with its scope expand-
ed to encompass the entire county.
Purpose of the reorganised corpo-
ration is to promote “the principal
interest of Boeque County, Texas,
and its immediate environs through
iu economic development, or with
a view toward enhancing the eco-
nomic well being of Boeque County,
Texas and its citizens ”
In its articles, the corporation pro-
poses to promote the ownership and
management of industrial develop-
ment projects, including the pur-
chase and acquisition of real estate
and the construction, maintenance,
and leasing of buildings and facili-
ties to be used for industrial pur-
poses thereon; to furnish
managerial and counseling serv-
ices; cooperate in the training and
re-training of workers for new
skills; provide utilities, roads, and
services not presently available;
provide housing; and formulate a
county-wide economic development
strategy utilising all available
sources.
The approximately 26 Bosque
County reorganisers present at the
meeting, unanimously voted the fol-
lowing as members of the Board of
Directors: Ken Baucom, Jim B.
Smith. T.F. Crawford, Rick Lund-
berg, Don McMahon, Bill Law, Er-
nest Reinks, Don Lawson, and
Ernest Cheyne.
Baucom, who chaired the meet
ing, introduced a series of speakers
who have offered to assist Boeque
County in structuring and meeting
its economic development goals.
Bruce Gaines, executive director
of the Central Texas Economic De-
velopment District (CETDD), Waco,
told the group that Boeque County
residents would benefit most from
s countywide economic plan, rather
than cities individually developing
plans, due to population consider-
ations.
He explained various forms of
public sector financing for projects
and said that having a countywide
foundation “will help you pool your
resources.” He prediked that when
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VOL 96, NO. 26 ☆ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991
Activities To Honor Armed Forces
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FREEDOM FE8T ’91 will feature, among at-
tractions, the first NCNB Freedom Float, an
inner-tube race down the Boeque River. Several
individuals are preparing colorful and strange-
looking floatation crafts known as yatches, in
which to race. Pictured are a group of inner-tube
floatera as they enjoy the scenic Boeque River
during a recent trial run. For more on the Free-
dom Float, read accompanying articles in this
publication.
—8taff Photo By W. Laon Smith
State Court Grants Bryan
Petition For Case Review
Austin Judges To Examine Records Of Murder Trial
•y WILLIAM T. IORDAN
CLIFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — The Court of Crimi-
nal Appeals in Austin has agreed to
a discretionary review of the case of
Joe D. Bryan, former principal of
Clifton High school. Bryan was
found guilty of the Oct. 16, 1986,
Clifton murder of his wife, Mickey,
in a 220th Judicial District Court
trial in Comanche, on June 29,
1989.
Bryan's law firm, McDonald, Har-
mon, and Malone of Waco, had sub-
mitted the review petition. District
Attorney Andrew J. McMullen had
filed a state response opposing the
review.
Earlier, a three-judge panel of the
11th Court of Appeals in Eastland
had overruled the appellant’s mo-
tion for a rehearing of Bryan’s lost
appeal of his conviction. Bryan had
been sentenced to 99 years’ im-
prisonment in the Texas Depart-
ment of Corrections and fined
Former Meridian Chief
Given 20-Year Sentence
MERIDIAN - Former Police Chief
”urtis McGlothlin has bean convict
id of ths aggravated sexual assault of
114-year-old girl and sentenced to 20
rears in prison. He was also fined
110,000.
A Jury at 220th District Count in
Comanche took 20 minutes June 18
o reach s guilty verdict. Ths jury
hen deliberated for two hours and 26
ninutes before determining McGloth-
in's punishment.
District Attorney Andrew J.
McMullen, who prosecuted ths csss,
said that McGlothlin would be con-
fined for at least five years before be-
coming eligible for parols. Hs will not
receive credit for serving any “good
time” because of ths type of convic-
tion, McMullen explained.
Otherwise, considering time already
served, McGlothlin could have been
considered for parols within 14 or 16
See MCGLOTHLIN, page 4A
Valley Mills Police Chiefs
Pre-Trial Hearing July 24
WACO - A pretrial hearing will be
held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, at
McLennan County Courthouse for
Valley Mills Polka Chief HF. Wester
man. Westerman was arraigned on a
driving while intoxicated charge June
19.
Ths Valley Mills City Council
unanimously voted June 4 to suspend
Chief Westerman with pay, until the
matter has been cleared.
Robinson Police Department records
show that Westerman was arrested on
ths charge April 24 in Robinson.
Westerman was held In ths McLen-
nan County Jail on a 91,000 bond, set
by McLennan County Court Judge
David Hodgss.
McLennan County Jail records in-
dicate that ths polks chiefs bond was
posted that evening by Mayor Howard
Hillin of Valley Mills.
Ths matter was reviewed by McLtn-
8ee VM CHIEF, Page 4A
Freedom Fest ’91
Set This Saturday
Freedom Run, Freedom Float, Aerial Events Are Headliners
•y W. liON SMITH
CLIFTON RECORD EDITOR
CLIFTON — “On the land and sea
and air" might well be descriptive
of the various armed forces in
America, but they also describe the
range of events slated for this Satur
day’s first Freedom Fest.
Clifton Chamber of Commerce
personnel are hoping that Clifton’s
Riverside Park will be abuzz with
activity and visitors, as the region-
al Frewlom Fest honors America’s
wmed forces while providing a wide
jferiety of entertainment oppartua*-
* ties for the general public.
A Freedom Run/Fun Run will
start off the day, after which live
musical entertainment from the
park’s gazebo will begin and con-
tinue throughout the day.
There will be a tennis fun day,
softball tournament, horseshoes
and washer pitches, a children’s ac-
tivity area, arts and crafts booths,
and food concessions in the park.
Beginning at 11 a.m., there will
be helicopter rides available
originating from Cub Stadium, and
at 1 p.m., a skydiver will put on a
show.
A series of races down the Bosque
River on colorfiil and creative con-
traptions dubbed yatches will start
at 3 p.m. as the NCNB Freedom
Float is held, and a 4-H duck race
will follow.
Maps, photographs, and separate
stories on several of the events and
offerings of Freedom Fest appear
elsewhere in this issue of the
newspaper.
910,000.
This was Bryan’s second convic-
tion on the charge. In 1986, a
Bosque County jury had also found
Bryan guilty and had assessed the
same punishment.
See BRYAN, Page 2A
Lawsuit Against
Former Sheriff
Moving Forward
CLIFTON - The jury trial of
former Boeque County Sheriff Den
ny Proffitt and Bosque County will
be held in the U.S. Diatrict Court,
Waco, on Monday, July 29, having
bean delayed from it* original June
‘3 date.
The trial result* from a lawsuit
brought by former Deputy Sheriff
James Corpier of Clifton against
Bosque County and Sheriff Proffitt
after Corpier was fired as a deputy
on Sept. 1, 1988.
In two separate claims, Corpier al-
leged that the former sheriff violat-
ed procedural due proceaa in the
deputy's dismissal and that mali
cioua prosecution occurred when
Corpier was subsequently indicted
for theft but later vindicated.
U.S. Diatrict Judge Walter S.
Smith, Jr., at the urging of defense
attorneys, on March 22 issued a
summary judgment in favor of
Proffitt and Bosque County on the
portion of the lawsuit alleging vio
lation of procedural due process, but
denied their motion for summary
judgment on ths malicious prosscu
tion allegation.
Proffitt’* attorneys than aaked the
court to reconsider its order, sug
gssting that the court did not cor
rsctly aooly ths aummary judgment
See CORPIER, Page 4A
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City Park.
Map Of Activity
County Population Hike
Is Unlikely To Require
Redistricting Measures
Two Unrelated Precinct Changes Made
■y WILLIAM T. IORDAN
CLIFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
MERIDIAN - Although Bosque
County’s population increased
12.87 percent in the decade between
the 1980 and 1990 United States
Bureau of the Census tabulations,
the addition of 1,724 persons is un-
likely to require redistricting
changes.
That was the meaaage given
Bosque County Commiseioners’
Court and the Bosque County Tri-
Ethnic Committee June 17 by At-
torney David Guinn of Guinn and
Morrison, a Waco legal firm em-
ployed by the county as a redistrict-
ing consultant. Guinn, a professor
■t Baylor Law School, Waco, waa as-
sisted in his presentation by Shane
BCCFA Theatre Sponsoring
Fourth Of July Celebration
CLIFTON - Plans for the July
Fourth Celebration at the Bosque
County Conservatory of Fine Arts
were completed this week as rehear-
sals continue for the annuel BCCFA
Theatre melodrama.
Door* to the Tin Building Theatre
will open at 6 p.m. for an afternoon
of fiin and food for the entire family.
The BCCFA Children’* Choir, un-
der the direction of Joy Jouraeay, will
kick off the program with a medley of
patriotk songs, after which Joe and
Roaalyn Whit* will lead a sing-along
of old favorites.
Ths melodrama, Curse You, Jack
Dalton by Wilbur Braun, will feature
Brian Martin of Valley Mill* In the
title role. The caat of the one-act play
includes Carol Duncan of Iredell as
Mrs. Donna Dalton; Sheri* Ana of
Clifton as Anna Alvarado; Staoey
Lundbtrg of Clifton as Bertha Blair;
See MELODRAMA, Pag* SA
Scott, legal assistant with Guinn
and Morrison.
Two minor voting precinct
changes, unrelated to population in-
crease, won approval from the court
and the committee in individual
meetings at the county courthouse.
, One change will affect voters in
the Allen Rd. area of Norway Mills.
They have been included in Com-
missioners’ Precinct 3 for the past
10 years and have been casting bal-
lots at Moeheim.
They will be restored to their
former precinct, 4, and vote at
Norse. Not more than 15 to 20
voters are expected to be involved
in this transfer,
The second alteration concerns a
small area within the city of Merid-
ian, north of Highway 22, up the
Bosque River to Comanche Croas-
ing Rd., and down Main St. Voters
living in this locality, described by
Guinn as not “a subetantial num-
ber of people," will be transferred
from Commissioners’ Precinct 1 to
Precinct 2.
Guinn quoted an estimate that
the national population had been
undercounted by 5 million persons
in the 1990 federal census. The un-
dercounting figure for Texas, fifth
among states affected, was sat at
664,000 people.
This information, if confirmed and
acted upon, is expected to have a
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