The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1997 Page: 7 of 34
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Wednesday, May 7,1997
The Clifton Record"
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CANO'S MENAGERIE - Biologist Jots Cano of tho Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offered students a
look at aKgator jaws, fox furs, and stuffed 'cats' during an educational look at wildlife in Meridian State Park.
The students inducted sixth-graders from every school in Bosque County.
- Staf< Photo Sy Carol Moulton
• SWCD PROGRAM
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of insects found locally. program also commented that it
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Pollution: Trad Fambrough, of
the Environmental Protection
Agency, spoke on the multitude of
different forms of pollution in the en-
vironment.
• Trees: Renee Burks, of the For-
est Service, offered information about
native trees, aging of trees, and iden-
tification of trees.
• Soil Erosion: Danna Ryan, of the
Texas State Soil and Water Comer
vation Board, taught the students
about the effects of overabundant
rainfall, or droughts, on different
types of soils.
• Seeds and Grasses: Kay Helms
and Kelly Book, of the Texas Depart-
ment of Agriculture, showed the stu-
dents different forms of seeds, nuts,
and roots, and talked about how na-
tive plants are seeded and how they
grow.
• Wildlife: Jose Cano, a biologist
with Texas Parks and Wildlife, of-
fered information about the many
animals which roam Bosque County,
including alligators and mountain li-
ons. He was surprised to learn that
some of the students thought that the
white-tailed deer was on the endan-
gered species list. The students were
equally surprised to learn that alli-
;ators and mountain lions can be
>und in Bosque County.
I • Global Mapping: BtilDonham of
USDA Natural Resouce Conservation
Service, described mapping and the
use of topographical and other types
of maps.
• Boating/Water Safety: David
Shelton and Scott Krueger of Texas
Parks and Wildlife, taught the stu-
dents safety rules for being around
water and boats. Demonstrations,
such as how a too-large life-jacket can
slip off, helped to teach the lessons.
• Arching Demonstration: Johnny
Gaidusek, Roger Mitchell, and Nikki
Glass of Texas-New Mexico Power
Company, gave the grand finale of
the program^ with an arching dem-
onstration. Using the 5,000 watt
arching model, the three showed stu-
dents how electricity will arch to'ev-
erything from aluminum ladders, to
hot-dogs.
•This was perfect timing fix the stu-
dents to be participating in an out-
of-doors educational program,” said
Phillip Munden, chairman of BSWDC.
“They’ve just finished two days of
TAAS testing."
When the programs were finished
around noon, the students were
treated to cold sodas, compliments erf
Level’s Food Center in Meridian, and
cupcakes donated by Mrs. Baird’s
Bakeries, Inc. Some of the students
were able to picnic at the park, with
the sack lunches that they brought
with them.
After all the buses headed bade for
. the individual schools, instructors
and other helpers from the program
were treated to a hamburger lun-
cheon at the Meridian Civic Center
proved by the Bosque Soil and Wa-
ter Conservation District.
The number of students attending
the program from each of the school
districts were as follows:
' •Clifton —82.
• Meridian — 34.
• Valley Mills —40.
• Kopperl — 25.
• Iredell —17.
• Morgan —17.
• Walnut Springs —16.
• Cranfills Gap — 6.
“We hope that this will continue as
an annual project in Bosque County,”
said Schrank. “There are counties
which have provided this type of pro-
gram for close to twenty years, and
■ they report it as being a very success-
ful educational tool for die students.”
Several teachers on hand for the
Compton Named
All-American Scholar
CLIFTON — The United States
Achievement Academy has announced
that Jennifer Compton has been named
an All-American Scholar.
The program recognizes students
who excel in the academic disciplines
and earn a 3.3 or higher grade point
average. !5B§i
Compton, who attends Clifton
would be worthwhile project to offer
to several different age-groups in the
future.
Munden also expressed apprecia-
tion for everyone who helped to make
the field day a success, including:
Betty Wilson and Meridian State
Park; Betty Wallace, school nurse;
Don Brandenberger, field representa-
tive of Texas Soil and Water Conser-
vation Board, Clifton; Bob Allen, Bill
Lancaster, and A.M. Tibbs of the Val-
ley Mills Lions Club; Ed Reedy and
Leonard Radde of the Meridian Lions
dub; Valeria Whitney <rf Valley Mills;
Tommy Compton of levers Food Cen GREENWADE DISCUSSES SOILS
ter; J. Allen Baird Of Mrs. Baird’s Bak- _ James Greenwede of the Texas
eries, Inc.; Ken Schrank and Tim Natural Resource Conservation Ser-
Holland, Natural Resouces Conserva vice talked with sixth-grade students
tion Service, Meridian; Cham about the different kinds of soils, and
Shipman, district bookkeeper; and Di- what some of them are good for dur-
rectors of the BSWC district, Billy Don ing a recent conservation field day
Glass, Raymond Whitney, Earl Royal, held for Bosque Comity students,
and Charles Howard. - ** Photoa» c.ro. Moulton
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STUDENTS CONVERGED ON PARK - Over 200 sixth-grade students from every school in Bosque County
took part in an conservation education field day lest Thursday in Meridian State Perk. One of the areas of study
included the study of mapping offered by BW Donham of the Texes Natural Resource Conservation Service.
- Stiff Photo By Carol Moult or
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SEEDS AND NUTS - Plants, grasses, trees, and where they come from, were a# a part of the lessons taught
to sixth-grade students by Key Heims of the Texes Department of Agriculture during an environmental program
at Meridian State Park last Thursday. , -
- Staff Photo Sv Carol Moulto*
INSECT STUDY - Samples of aquatic insects were a part of the les-
sons taught by Joan Glass of Texes Perks and Wildlife during a recent
conservation education field day at Meridian State Park.
- Staff Photo By Carol Moulton
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GOODALL-WITCHER
HOME HEALTH AGENCY
Is sponsoring a FREE Blood Pressure/Blood Sugar Clinic at the following locations:
Wednesday, May 7 — First Security State Bank, Clifton - 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, May 8 — West Shore Community Center — 11 a.m. -12 Noon
‘Where home delivered care began in 1939.’
For more info, call (817) 675-4101
ALL AGES WELCOME
SOIL EROSION - Danna Ryan {right) of the Texas State Soft and Wa
ter Conservation Board, uses a landscape model to help describe what
happens to the earth when it receives either too much or not enough
rainfaft, as pert of the outdoors education program held for Bosque County
sixth-grade students last Thursday at Meridian State Park.
w » - staff Photo By Carol Moulton
Middle School, w» nominated for this grandparents are Doc and Barbara
award by Carlton Demmons. Johnson of Clifton, J.R. and Terri
Jennifer is the daughter of Tommy Brown of Weatherford, and Frank and
and Roxanna Compton of Clifton. Her Joann Holley of Meridian.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1997, newspaper, May 7, 1997; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788248/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.