The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 63, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 6, 1997 Page: 5 of 22
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The Clifton Record
Editorial Pagi
• Opinions
Viewpoints
Each season has its own rhythm
Fall is the season of relief after scorch
[tag summer heat
and the promise of
| the cold, chilling
| winter when nature
[ rests. Spring is all
| fuzzy and warm,
like a teddy bear,
with a little grizzly
bear thrown in for
good measure.
A lot of people hate summers and
although 1 suffer with the heat just
like anyone else, 1 enjoy them. I call
summer my “Popside Days." Some
days call for a red one Some days
are purple or orange. And those days
that are so Wight and hot that it feels
as if the sun is trying to bum your
eyes right out of their sockets, even
though you are wearing sunglasses,
well, those days are my lime green
popside days.
With our Texas summers, we know
just what to expect, high tempera
tures with very little relief in sight,
which makes a lot of people miser-
able. However, if you will take the
time, you can find your senses envel-
oped in summer delights.....
• Driving past a field that is freshly
mowed, the smell is incredible. Noth-
ing ever smells as good unless it's the
bluebonnets of spring.
• The buzz of insects as they fly
lazily in and out of the trees, missing
your head by inches. They’ve come
to investigate the invasion of their
turf. They And no threat and go about
their business.
• The whirl of the wings of hum-
mingbirds as they drink from their
feeders and they chatter to each
other, and you, as they fly away to
rest in the trees.
• The sounds the tree locust makes
during the hottest part of the day that
brings big^yed awe and joy to chil-
dren as you explain the sound that is
so strange to them.
• The sight of marigolds, zinnias,
and moss rose challenging the sun’s
rays for life and winning. Such tough
little guys.
• Cliche roads throwing up their
smoke. You can always tell if some-
one is coming or going. Driving with
windows down, you become gritty
with the swirling powder, but there’s
something about the smell that is dis-
tinctly pleasant.
• The sunsets. There’s nowhere else
I I’d rather be in the summertime than
Texas, just for the way our sky gets
painted nearly every evening.
• At night, hundreds of frogs all
talking at once out on the pond. Some
louder than others, trying to be heard.
Reminds me of our family reunions.
• The birds long before daybreak
calling to one another. A haunting
sound. Is it roll call for the living or a
memorial song for their dead?
• Lightning during sudden thunder
storms. It’s awesome, frightening, and
beautiful.
• The sound that comes from the
creek on still, hot nights. There’s no
way to describe it, but I’ve heard it
more than once iff the 30-plus years
we’ve lived here. Some say it’s a pan-
ther and they’ve seen it. That it trav-
els up and down the creek. A myth?
Maybe. But there is something there
and I hope it always will be, for when
I hear its call, I’m transported to an-
other time and it soothes ray restless
sleep.
Summer is my favorite season.
What I like best about r ummertime
is that it is bold and brassy and un-
like the other seasons, never pretends
to be anything other than just what
it is.
Expanding Horizons
Letters To The €ditor
Dear Editor:
I am writing to express my thanks
to all those who helped make the
reading dubs a success at the Nellie
Pederson Civic Library this summer.
More than 60 youngsters registered
and made books a pan of their vaca-
tion activities during June and July.
Special thanks go to Thk Clifton
Record for introducing the dubs to the
community and for continuing cov-
erage and generous editorial support.
We feel fortunate to be included
among die many worthwhile commu-
nity activities which your paper al-
ways supports whole-heartedly.
We also thank tbe Clifton Elemen-
tary School, and the Methodist and
Trinity Lutheran Pre-Schools, whose
staffs made sure that children in each
class learned about the summer dubs.
Merchants who provided incentive
prizes to young readers included
Dan’s Dairy Queen, Brookshire’s Food
Stores, David’s Supermarket, and
Family Dollar Sic .e. Leon’s Floor Cov-
ering donated carpet samples for
small children to sit (Mi during Story
Hour.
As director of pfanning for the
dubs, it was my privilege to work
with adult volunteers Mary Bergman,
Roslyn Dahl, Jennie Gilliam, Essie
Green, Jean Holmes, Nell Jenson,
Faye Jorgenson, Juanita Smith,
Maxine Bakke, Mary Gossett, Librar-
ian Alice Brandenberger, and guest
entertainers Pete and Ann Jorgensen
from the Republic of Panama.
The local library is sponsored by
the Clifton Civic Improvement Sod-
ety, whose members provided finan-
cial support and helped conduct Story
Hours. The Texas Library Association
provided useful ideas for activities.
TLA co-sponsors summer reading
dubs with local libraries throughout
the state. Finally, special thank.' also
go to the parents who brought their
enthusiastic children to the Library,
so they could take part.
Sincerely,
Ellen Henderson
Clifton
Clarifications, Correc iion
Name Incorrect
Under Photo
A name line In the July 30 issup of*,
The Record, on page 8, under the f>ho-“
tos from the Dairy Show at the Cen-
tral Texas Fair carried an incorrect
name for the Reserve Champion of
Show.
The name line identified Jessica
Seago. Instead it should have read
Bret Burgess, Reserve Champion of
Show. Jessica Seago did receive the
brown Swiss heifer breed champion
award at the fair.
Our apologies to the Burgesses.
Norwegian Society
Membership Error
In the Friday, Aug. 1, issue of The
Record, a page 10 story stated that
“All 13 members 'of the Bosque
County Chapter...” in error. The
Bosque County Chapter of the Nor-
wegian Society of Texas, in fact, has
13? members. ______
The Rboord apologizes for the error
and any problems it may have caused.
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Laguna Park
Church of Christ
Sunday Services
Bible Study 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday Services 7 p.m.
James Burns, Minister
'‘You ate cordially invited to worship with us.
Dear Editor:
A couple of months ago I went to
the unveiling of the cowboy statue to
be put in the downtown park of Clif-
ton. It is beautiful; however, on the
way home, I thought of nothing but
that a big Viking should be there for
visitors who turn off Highway 6 and
come up into Clifton. My dear-think-
ing husband, Mark, said both could
be there, because the Viking became
a Cowboy.
So, please, Leon, have the sculptor
sculpt a Viking for the Norwegian
capital of Texas, and put appropriate
signs at the base of each.
You got the Velkommen sign I
wanted put up, and you can do this
too. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Margaret Summers P.B.B.C.
Promoter for the Beauty of
Bosque County, Cranfills Gap
Dear Editor:
This is an open letter to the person
who dumped the young male dog
(looked like part Chow) out on FM 219
west on Wednesday or Thursday, July
30-31, morning (very early).
You thought you would just drop this
poor little dog off, and we who live in
the country would take him in and love
him. How wrong you are!
What makes you think we want what
you yourself don’t want?
He now lies in a back field with a
bullet between his eyes. This may
sound very cruel, but 1 still have fresh
memories from a few years back when
another dog was “dropped" out. This
dog (someone’! old pet) got into my
chicken house and killed 46 out of SO
pullets. These pullets (young chickens)
were within a month of starting to lay
eggs. Needless to say that dog was shot
and killed because someone thought He
would have a better life in the country.
They were wrong, too.
I don’t mean to sound uncaring be-
cause I do care. Anyone who knows me
knows I love animals, but there has to
be limit.
1 already have two dogs, one large
and one little; big dog is outside, little
dog is inside. I also have 10-plus cats. I
don’t need any more animals.
Next time, people, stop and think,
will it (dog or cat) starve to death, will
it get into the road and be run over, or
will it be shot and killed?
This letter is to wake up whoever has,
is, or wants to dump their animals out
in the country. Please don’t.
Most of the time one of the above
happens to them.
We don’t want, nor do we ne *d, your
throw away animals.
Thank you,
Edith Lancaster
Clifton
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Your Participation
rp* Clifton Record is in tile process of producing a very special
I edition that will benefit newcomers and visitors to Bosque
X County. Advertising space remains in this edition and our staff
is in the process of calling on businesses to let their owners aware of the
edition
These are exciting times in the growth and progress of Bosque County,
and we think this edition will prove valuable not only to those who
read the section, but to those who are included in it.
With this in mind, we encourage your participation.
In the event our staff has not contacted you, or has tried unsuccess-
fully to make the appropriate contact, we ask you — if you are a Bosque
County business establishment — to call our office at 675-3336 and
reserve space. The final deadline for submission into this special edi-
tion is this Friday, Aug. 8. We hope to hear from'you.
— W. Leon Smith
Onward thru the (Fog
By David Anderson,
Stall Writer
AUSTIN — Gov. George W. Bush
and Secretary of State Tony Garza are
touring the state, urging Texans to the
polls Aug. 9 for the constitutional
amendment election.
^Th|e proposed amendment, if
passed, will reduce school property
axes by an average $140 a year and
increase the homestead exemption
from $5,000 to $15,000.
The amendment also could free up
funding for a 5 percent pay raise for
about 60,000 of the state’s 240,000
teachers.
Texas’ largest teacher group, the
Texas Sate Teachers Association, is
mounting its own effort to urge teach-
ers to the polls. The group, which has
90,000 members, plans to operate
phone banks in the sate s five larg-
est metropolian areas.
“Texas teachers rank 37th in the
nation in pay, “ said Annette Cootes
ofTSTA. “We want our teachers’ pay
increased at least to the national av-
erage so we can recruit and maintain
quality teachers.”
In May, the Texas Legislature re-
jected a plan endorsed by Gov. Bush
that would have substantially cut
school property taxes. Lawmakers
instead opted for a scaled-down $1
billion tax relief proposal that would
give property owners an added
$10,000 tax exemption.
Sharp Stumps for
Military Bases
State Comptroller John Sharp
called on Texas to develop a strategy
for keeping its military bases to word
off contemplated closures and cut-
backs by the federal government.
“About 167,000 Texans work di-
rectly for the military," Sharp said last
week. “By contrast, the top 10 corpo-
rations in Texas employ 123,000
people. But if any one of those busi-
nesses decided to pack up and move,
sMibuld shower them with abate-
ment offers or other reason? to
say...”
Sharp said Texas should work to
Looking Backward...
Thru The Fog
Several people have asked recently
just how the Institute got sorted. At
the same time, the controversy of the
Texas Rangers’ need to sign Pudge
Rodriguez was exploding. So, with
both of those topics indelibly etched
in my mind, I felt it time to address
the first question, which ties loosely
into the Rangers, too.
In the Oct. 6, 1993, issue of The
Clifton Record, a new column began,
called Jim Bob Doodle Sez.... Actu-
ally a fictitious employee of the news-
paper since early September of that
year, Jim Bob derided it was time to
pull his weight, penning a column
called “A Rose By Any Other Name...”
Jim Bob’s column focused on the
naming of the new sadium which
was to become home to the Rangers.
It read, in part...
“The Ball Park in Arlington. THE
Ball Park in Arlington. The BALL
PARK in Arlington. No matter how
you say it, the new name for the home
of the Texas Rangers is steeped in
controversy.
“The real reason for the name, in
my humble opinion, is very complex.
You see, if! ail in an effort to sub
stantially decrease monetary ex-
penses in the day of sky-high players’
salaries. With a field called “The Ball
Park,” a massive simplification could
be imminent,” Doodle doodled.
The column went on to explain thai
players’ names no longer need adorn
the back of uniforms. Simply label-
ing them “The Pitcher,” “The
Catcher,” and “The Pitcher Guys”
would save a bundle.
Doodle went on to prognosticate
the renaming of other sadia in the
Metroplex:
• Texas Sadium was to become
Hie Football Stadium In Irving.
*
• The Cotton
Bowl would be-
come The Football
Stadium in Fair
Park.
• Reunion
Arena would be-
come The Basket-
ball, Ice Hockey,
Rock Concert, and
Tractor Pull Arena Across the Trinity
River, near Downtown Dallas.
Of course, we all know how long
and drawn-out the lobbying process
can be, but the Institute is still work-
ing on instituting those changes.
Jim Bob’s next column, focusing on
the idiotic World Cup Soccer pairing
of Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia and the en-
suing melee, appeared Nov. 3,1993.
Rboord Editor-In-Chief called a staff
meeting shortly afterward. He in-
formed Doodle that the column was
a runaway success, and that it was
time for Jim Bob’s picture to appear
along with his writings.
Apparently Doodle was either a fu-
gitive from justice or participating in
the Federal Witness Protection Pro-
gram, because he refused to have his
photo raken, and in early December
1993, disappeared from the office.
So, the job fell to me, and as heatd
of the Institute, it is a task that has
not been taken lightly, I can assure
you. We’ve tackled all kinds of sub-
jects, non-subjects, would-be subjects,
and whatever else crops (yes, crops)
up from time to time, and with the
world we live in today, there will
never be any shortage of new mate-
rial.
Oh, and yes, I do hear from Jim Bob
once in a while. A late-night phone
call, an anonymously addressed e-
mail. I’m not sure where he is, but
rest assured, he’s out there some-
where, traveling Onward...thru the
Fog.
be viewed by the Pentagon as the
most military-friendly state in the
nation. And, he made proposals to-
ward that goal, including:
• Improve roads and railways run-
ning from bases to seaports and air-
ports to reduce deployment time.
• Offer sate incentives to builders
of affordable housing near military
bases and to businesses that locate
near bases and employ military
spouses and other family members.
• Designate military bases as
wholesale electricity customers, free-
ing them to negotiate for lower rates
for power.
• Provide affordable higher educa-
tion opportunities to miliary person-
nel and their families.
Bullock: Bush Unbeatable
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock predicted last
week that no Democrat — not even
four-term Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro — would be able to unseat
Republican Gov. George W. Bush in
the 1998 election.
A day after Bullock spoke to the
Houston Chronicle, Mauro, who an-
nounced in mid-July he was contem-
plating a run for governor, said, “As I
listen to people around the sate, no-
body talks about George Bush being
unbeaable. “If I made the decision
today, I would be inclined to run.”
Bullock, Texas’ highest-ranking
Democrat, said, “(Mauro’s) a fine
man, but he can’t win that race. He
can’t do it. “
Mauro said, however, he has
“learned a lot from Bob Bullock, but
the last time he told me a guy named
Bush couldn’t be beaten was when I
asked him to help elect my friend Bill
Clinton president.”
Mauro said he would announce his
decision whether to run or not in the
fall.
Patterson Seeks
Ag Post
State Rep. LP. “Pete” Patterson, a
20-year House veteran, last week be-
came the first Democratic contender
for the state agriculture post being
vacated by Republican Rick Perry.
A four-term chairman of the House
Agriculture and Livestock Committee,
Patterson said he wants to continue
finding ways to make sure young
people and small fanners keep a place
in agriculture.
“From the time I chopped cotton
on my family’s farm to today I have
believed agriculture is the backbone
of our society, “ said Patterson, who
lives and farms in Brookston in North-
east Texas.
Other Capital Highlights
• Sate law says Lt. Gov. Bullock
will have six years to parcel out his
unspent campaign funds. The 68-
year-old Bullock, who has derided not
to seek re-election, will leave office
in January 1999. Ethics Commission
files show about $3 million in the se-
nipf statesman’s campaign coffr
• Comptroller Sharp 1 an-
nounced that the Texas Tomorrow
Fund, the sate’s prepaid tuition plan
that allows families to lock in the cost
of their children’s future college tu-
ition, will be offered beginning in
October by agents who market life
and health insurance in Texas.
Ernest J. Erickson, D.D.S.
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