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Olsen Park Walking Trail,
Tennis Court Installation,
Awarded To Emory Firm
■y WILLIAM T. IORDAN bidder, for handicapped-accessible
CLIFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR water fountain equipment for the
CLIFTON — KW Construction of walking trail and five exercise sta-
Emory, lowest bidder, has been tions, to be installed by municipal
awarded a $137,678 contract by the employees.
City Council to construct a walking The concrete walking trail, one-
trail and three tennis courts at 01- third of a mile long, will have seven
sen Park. The Council also granted time-set indirect lights, besides the
a $4,508 contract to Modlin Recre- water fountain and exercise
ation Equipment, Lewisville, sole stations.
Spring Band Concert May 9
Barbecue Dinner To Be Served
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CLIFTON — The highly-acclaimed, award-winning Clifton In-
dependent School District bands will be featured in their annual
Spring Concert and Barbecue Supper which will be held Thursday,
May 9, in the National Guard Armory in Riverside Park.
The public is invited to attend the event, which will begin at 6
p.m. with the barbecue supper. It will be catered by Peveto’s Buffet
of Clifton. Tickets are $5.50 for adults and $3 for children under age
See CONCERT, Page 2A
In addition to KW Construction's
winning bid, five other bids were
received by the Council. The bids,
opened April 9, had been tabled un-
til April 23.
Mark Spencer of The C-T. Bran-
non Corp., Tyler engineering and
urban planning firm, attended the
bid opening as the city's architect
for the project.
Superintendent of Parks Robert
M. West, Jr., reported progress
April 23 on Olsen Park construction
and preparations for municipal
swimming pool operations. Park
area seeding and sodding around
the pool have both been completed.
Sand has been ordered for the
volleyball court. Chairs and picnic
tables will be purchased for place-
ment about the pool.
Following an executive session
during which three applicants for
pool positions were interviewed, the
Council voted to employ Jennifer
See CITY, Page 3A
A CLOUD OF DUST hovers around home plate stretched arms of Gage’s Exxon catcher Dustin
as a Clifton Livestock Commission Co. base run- Gage who is poised for the out.
ner slides in, attempting to avoid the out- —Stafi Photo By W Leon Smith
Youth Baseball Schedule For The Week.....See SPORTS, Page 1B
1990
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VOL. 96, NO. 18 ☆ WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1991
City, School Elections
Will Be Held Saturday
CLIFTON — Bosque County
voters will choose city officials and
- independent school district trustees
Saturday. Polls will be open ih all
eight of the county’s cities from 7
a m. to 7 p.m.
By cities, the candidates are:
Clifton
City
Mayor—Paul Hollingsworth, un-
opposed incumbent, two-year term.
City Council—Incumbent Mary
MADD Monitoring
DWI Prosecutions
In Bosque County
Sue CrawBon, Don A. Foster, incum-
bent Brent Powers, two two-year
terns. .
Clifton I8D
Board of Trustees—Donald For-
son, incumbent Phil Robertson, in-
cumbent Lawrence Zuehlke, two
three-year terms.
CranfUla Gap
City
Mayor—Marc Johnson, unopposed
incumbent, two-year term.
City Council—Ray Hollingsworth,
David Witte, unopposed incum-
bents, two two-year terms.
Cranfills Gap ISD
Board of Trustees—Eda New,
Jeffrey Rose, unopposed, two three-
year terms; Mike Ybarra, unop-
posed, unexpired two-year term.
Iredell
City
City Council—Mike Gillentine,
unopposed incumbent; Royce At-
kins; two two-year terms.
Iredell ISD
Board of Trustees—Nettie Davis,
Don Reid, unopposed incumbents,
two three-year terms; Tom Robin-
son, unopposed, unexpired two-year
term; Jo H. Woody, unopposed, un-
expired one-year term.
Kopperl
City
Since Kopperl is unincorporated,
no municipal election is held.
See ELECTIONS, Page 3A
TNP ONE, Texas-New Mexico Power Company’s lignite-fueled power plant.
'Clean Coal’ Technology
Now Available In Clifton
New TNP Plant To Offer Long-Term Benefits To Customers
CLIFTON — Texas-New Mexico
Power Company’s new power plant
unit in Central Texas recently be-
gan providing electricity to the
Clifton area using an innovative
“clean coal” technology.
The new plant will offer long-term
rate stability to customers, despite
initially higher rates, according to
officials of TNP.
The first of two 150-megawatt
units of the lignite-fueled plant —
named TNP One — began commer-
cial operation in September 1990. In
February of this year, the Public
Utility Commission of Texas ap-
proved an 11.66 percent rate in-
crease to help pay for the cost of the
plant.
“Our customers will initially have
higher rates, but projections show
that they will pay less over the
project’s life than they would if we
continued to purchase power from
other utilities,” said Jack Cham-
bers, TNP sector vice president -
revenue production.
Prior to constructing the plant,
the company purchased virtually all
of its power from wholesale suppli-
ers. Many of those suppliers had be-
gun building solid or nudear-fueled
plants at much higher costa, and the
average age of generating units
owned by its suppliers was 18 years.
Since the expected lifetime of a
plant is 40 years, more new
plants—and hence more price
increases—seemed imminent,
Chambers said.
Another factor leading to TNP’s
decision to build a plant was the fact
that wholesale rates the company
paid for purchased power increased
by between 436 and 662 percent be-
tween 1973 and 1984.
The new plant will give TNP bet-
ter protection against such in-
creases in the future by balancing
the amount of power purchased
with self-generation, Chambers
said. When both units are in com-
mercial operation, the plant will
replace about 30 percent of TNP’s
total system needs in Texas.
Both units of the plant have sever-
al features built in to ftirther ensure
long-term rate stability. The abili-
ty to use a variety of fuels is one of
CANYON - The 1901 TEXAS
souvenir program will feature 44
color prints by nationally-acclaimed
cowboy artist from Bosque County,
Melvin C. Warren.
Warren is one of 23 “Cowboy Ar-
tists of America” who work to per-
petuate the culture of Western
America. Their art is recognized
across the world. Warren was select-
ed as one of the 10 best western ar-
tists by this esteemed group.
For 25 years, TEXAS has select-
ed cowboy artists to display in the
program. Full color art was added
two years ago. The 1987 souvenir
program also featured Warren, but
this is the first time his works will
appear in the program in color.
Collectors and fans of Warren’s
paintings include: former Gov. John
Connally and the late President
Lyndon Baines Johnson. Johnson
these features. Currently, the plant
is using Texas lignite, but the plant
can also use natural gas or Western
coal.
“This fuel flexibility will heln in-
sulate our customers from wild fluc-
tuations in the energy markets, and
we'll be better able to negotiate
favorable fuel contracts,” Chambers
said.
Another cost-efficient feature is
its use of an innovative “clean coal”
See ELECTRICITY, Page 6A
said, “There is no man’s talent that
gives me more comfort and satisfac-
tion than that of Melvin Warren.”
Warren resides between Clifton
and Meridian in the northern part
of the Texas Hill Country on the
Broken W. Ranch.
Born in Los Angeles, Calif, in
1920, he moved to West Texas at
the age of 10. His father was a cow-
boy, and his early life was spent
moving from ranch to ranch in the
Southwest. Much of his work rev-
eals early memories of adobe vil-
lages, Indians, and life on the range.
Although he paints largely in oil
and watercolor and sculpts for
bronzes, Warren also uses some
pastels and charcoals. Noted for his
extensive research, Warren
thoroughly studies and incorporates
every historical detail in his work.
See WARREN, Page 3A
HARKER HEIGHTS - Grace Mar
tin, victims assistant coordinator, Bell
County Chapter of Mothers Against
Drunk Drivers (MADD), says that
MADD is monitoring periodic driving-
while-intoxicated (DWI) trials in
Bosque County, as an ongoing push
to assure that offenders are adequate-
ly punished.
According to Martin, laxity in
prosecuting DWI cases is a "problem
statewide,” with the courts often be-
ing lenient in punishment of these
cases.
She noted that since Bosque County
does not have a MADD chapter, this
monitoring is being handled by Bell
County’s chapter.
County Attorney B.J. Shepherd
received a letter from the Texas State
Office of MADD on April 9, listing
three cases which a MADD represen-
tative would attend on April 11, plus
other cases to be monitored later.
The letter ssid, in pert, “Mothers
Against Drunk Driving, Texas State,
periodically does court monitoring in
counties which do not have an active
See MADD, Page SA
Melvin C. Warren
'TEXAS’ Souvenir Program
To Feature Bosque Artist
Commissioners Offering
Court’s Full Support Of
Lake Bosque Water Plan
By WILLIAM T. IORDAN
CLIFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
MERIDIAN — Bosque County
Commissioners’ Court haB unani-
mously voted to fully support the
proposed Lake Bosque project. At a
special session April 22 at the
county courthouse, the court autho-
rized County Judge Ernest W.
Reinke, Jr., to hire legal counsel to
represent the county at a Texas
Water Commission meeting in
Austin Wednesday, May 8.
The court’s action followed an
April 18 luncheon meeting at Rose
Hill Terrace, Meridian, attended by
over 20 area business, professional,
' and governmental officials. State
Senator Bob Glasgow told the
gathering that he was not optimis-
tic about Texas Water Commission
approval of the Lake Bosque project.
Some of those attending had origi-
nally planned to meet with Sen.
Glasgow at his Austin office April
17 on the Lake Bosque proposal.
The meeting's date and location was
changed after Sen. Glasgow’s office
advised that the legislator would be
in Meridian Apr. 18.
Judge Reinke told Commission-
ers’ Court that he believed that At-
torney Phil Robertson of Clifton
would be willing to represent the
county at the May 8 meeting. The
judge said that he intended to ask
Attorney Robertson to do so.
The Lake Bosque County proposal
was described by Judge Reinke as
"probably the most important
project to come along here in many,
many years.”
While ftilly supporting the plan,
he described himself as “very sym-
pathetic" to owners who might lose
land, should construction get under
way. Many of these individuals
have sentimental regard for their
property, Judge Reinke noted.
County Commissioner J.E. (Jim)
McDowell of Precinct 1 described
himself as "totally convinced” that
the Lake Bosque project would help
the county. He pointed out that the
county could not win plan approval
alone.
Bosque County "needs to counter-
act the argument that Lake Bosque
would be a mudhole,” County Com-
missioner Calvin Rueter of Ptecinct
3 told his colleagues.
The court unanimously approved
a motion by County Commissioner
Steve McCoy of Precinct 2 that the
court authorize Judge Reinke to
hire an attorney to represent the
county and that the court fully back
the Lake Bosque proposal.
County officials planning to at-
tend the May 8 Texas Water Com-
mission meeting also intend to seek
Texas Historical Commission ap-
proval for some county courthouse
restoration project proposals that
day.
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Emergency Medical Grant
County emergency medical officials
advised the court of plans to seek a
grant. Funds, which could range from
$150,000 to $300,000, will be sought
through the federal Rural Health and
Outreach Graah Program.
The court named Commissioner
McCoy to represent it in discussions
concerning the grant, which has a
Wednesday, May 8, application dead-
line. McCoy is serving as chairman of
the consortium, which includes
representatives of all county emergen
cy medical organizations The group’s
first meeting was scheduled for Satur-
day, April 27.
J. Robert Allen, a Valley Mills bus-
iness and engineering consultant who
heads Valley Mills’ Emergency Med-
ical Services, told the court that the
grant, if obtained, would be distribut
ed by the consortium.
Kenneth W. Lowrance, director of
nurses for Goodall-Witcher Hospital
See COUNTY, Page 3A
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