The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 12, 1996 Page: 4 of 32
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Cheerleaders WUl Raffle
0-Speed Bike During FreedomFest
the drawing to win. The bike is do-
nated by First Security State Bank,
Lone Oak Cattle, and Texas-Dakota
Cattle Company.
Proceeds from the raffle will ben-
efit the cheerleaders’ activities dur-
ing the upcoming school year.
CHS cheerleaders for 1996-97 in-
clude Nicole Miller, Rosilyn HaO, Jen-
nifer Burden, Lauren Proper, CJ.
Johnson, Kim Reavis, Tracy Honea,
Erin Hoel, and Lana Covey.
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CLIFTON - The Clifton Middle
School cheerleaders will raffle off a
10-speed bicycle. The winning name
will be drawn during FreedomFest
weekend, the last weekend of the
month.
Tickets are $1 each, or six fo; $5,
and may be purchased from any CMS
cheerleader. Winner will have the
choice of either a boys’or girls’model
The v/inner need not be present at
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP - Heather
Alsobrook (right) is the recipient of the first Pacific Southwest Bank
scholarship of $500. Alsobrook, an honor roll graduate from Clifton
High School, is also an employee at the bank. During high school
she participated in University Interscholastic League events includ-
ing accounting, one-act-play, and computer, and she was also on
the prom committee at school. Kacie Dickens presented Alsobrook
with the scholarship.
- Staff Photo By Carol Moulton
UMHB Seeks Alumni From School
of Nursing For 25th Anniversary
BELTON — The 25th anniversary of
the University of Mary Hardin^Baylor
Scott and White School of Nursing will
be celebrated on April 11-13,1997, at
homecoming.
Alumni are being sought from all
over the state, nation, and world. Some
have been lost from campus records,
while others have gone far in the nurs-
ing field reaching executive status. All
nursing alumni from UMHB are asked
to contact the unviersity to update their
data and fill in their vita.
Nurses who attended UMHB and
have not received alumni mailings in
the last year are urged to contact Betty
Sue Beebe, alumni director, by phone
at 817-939-4599 or fax at 817-933-
5013.
WINNERS IN THE BOSQUE Soil and Water Conservation District's
Essay Contest were recognized recently. Charles Howard of Merid-
ian, a member of the Conservation District's Board of Directors, pre-
sented awards to (from left) Lance Baker, 1st place; Rachel Olson,
2nd place; Thelma Pinon, 3rd place; Valerie Townley, 4th place; and
Sara Jesseph, 5th place, all from Meridian Elementary School. Hon-
orable mention winners included Tonja Light of Valley Mills, Erin
Wagner, Kevin Hinds, Heather McLennan, and Casey Hinds, all of
Meridian.
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CHARLES HOWARD, Bosque Soil and Water Conservation Dis-
trict Board of Directors member, posed with Brazos Cannon (far
left) of Meridian Elementary School, 1st place winner in the kinder-
garten coloring contest, and poster contest winners (left to right)
Lori Rasberry, 1st place; Candice Ferrin, 2nd place; and Laurell
Galindo, 5th place.
At Right...
OtlVIA ALEXANDER (right) of
Valley Mills Elementary School
won 3rd place in the Bosque
District's Poster Contests. She
was awarded a plaque by
Raymond Whitney of Valley
Mills, vice-chairman of the
Bosque Soil and Water Conser-
vation District. Other winners
named were Lori Rasberry of
Meridian, first; Candice Ferrin of
Meridian, second; Jonathan
Lindsey of Iredell, fourth; and
Laurell Galindo of Meridian,
fifth. Honorable mention win-
ners in the poster contest were
A.J. Dunlap of Iredell, Sandra
Caatanon, Johnathan Berner,
and Rhonda Rice, aH of Valley
IviBU •
Driver Education
Students Receive
A Hard Lesson
CLIFTON — “It only takes one sec-
ond, in one day, to change your life
forever,” said Preston McMurray to 32
Clifton High School driver’s ed students
last Thursday.
McMurray told students the story of
how his life was changed because of an
accident in 1987.
While serving in the Navy, McMurray
was stationed on the USS Enterprise in
California in April of that year. He was
riding his motorbike to work in
Alameda when a car turned in front of
him.
Before he could react, his bike hit the
side of the car, putting his head through
the passenger window, while seconds
later, the jolt threw his body in the Op-
posite direction, throwing his bcxjy to
the pavement, his head cennectingwgh
the curb. , <
The helmet he was wearing did little
to protect him from the impact. He
stayed in a coma for 48 days.
The people of Meridian helped his
family raise the money to send his
brother and sister to California to be
with him. While they were there,
McMurray’s eyes moved, showing
some indication that he would come
out of the coma.
He was transferred to Brooks Army
Hospital and then to Audy Murphy VA
Hospital in San Antonio where he re
covered completely from the coma. It
was then they found that he was para
lyzed from the neck down.
The head injury caused not only the
loss of his limbs, but also the loss of
much of his learning.
McMurray had to leam how to walk
andtalkagain.
The learning process has been a slow
one. McMurray has never completely
regained the use of his right side. He
still must wear a brace on his leg and
had to leam to write with his left hand.
He works daily to improve his speech,
in part, by offering his program to stu-
dents.
"When we are young we take
chances,” McMurray said. “But it
doesn’t pay off.”
“God saved my life. He had a pur-
pose for my life,” McMurray said. “I just
had to find out what it was.”
McMurray, now 28, has found his
path and looks forward to the rest of
his life. He became the founder and
President of the Heart of Texas Head
Injury Foundation, a non-profit orga-
nization based at Hillcrest Hospital in
Waco. He is married to Angie
McMurray, a substitute teacher in Me-
ridian, and together they have the
strength to deal with life’s challenges.
For information about the Heart of
Texas Head Injury Support Group, con-
tact McMurray at (817) 675-0075, or
write, 406 S. Ave. N, Clifton, 76634.
Four Bosque
Students Graduate
From MCC, Waco
WACO — Four Bosque County stu
dents were among 241 receiving asso
ciate degrees or certificates of technical
education from McLennan Community
College. Those students were honored
at recent spring graduation exercises.
Students with a 4.0 grade point av-
erage graduate with highest honors.
Those with a 3.8 to 3.99 average gradu-
ate with high honor. Students gradu-
ated with honors if their grade point
average was 3.5 to 3.79.
Local students included in the com-
mencement exercises included:
• Honors graduates — Saundra L.
South, Laguna Park; Kristen D. Foster,
Kopperl.
* Robin Landis, Clifton; Lauri Lynn
Humphries, Valley Mills.
TSTC To Hold Technical ^ ■'
Camp For Womtp Ju4&546 ^
WACO - Texas Staff TeMfcal/Col- \
lege will hold a free Technical Career
Camp, “Surfing Here, Staffing Now,”
for young women on Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 25-26, |rom 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. *- ’ j
The camp, open to the fiat 100 ap-
plicants in the 8th through 11th grades,
is a joint effort of TSTCs Women’s Re-
source Center, the Heart of Texas Tech
Prep consortium, and the Region 12
Education Service Center.
To register or for more information,
call the Women’s Resource Center at
817-867^3634 or the Region 12 Edu-
cation Service Center at 817-666-0707,
ext. 289.
CLIFTON MOULDING AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS - Shiloh ChildroM and Elizabeth Montez (canter, from
left) recently received $500 scholarships from Clifton Moulding Corporation of Clifton. Jim Burton (left)
and Dwight Brewer (right) awarded the scholarships, while Leopaido Montez, Elizabeth's father, stood
with .her.
*—“‘•m ~i Trillffwlen
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Men's Short Sleeve Shirts....................................20% off
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Men's Wrangler Shorts..........................................20% off
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Now.............................*19.96 & *20.76 jbBL. .
BJ’s Western Wear
410 West 5th Street, Clifton • 675-8113
Out of town call 1-800-572-3029
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FREE GIFT
WRAPPING
and their parents want to thank all the businesses,
organizations, and individuals that helped make the “Project
Graduation - All Night - Alcohol Free/Chemical Free Party"
a great success. Because of you, we had 60 kids out of 66
in attendance.
Thank you!
Debbie Stubbs & Helen Henrichs
Prize Committee Co-Chairpersons
Albrecht’s Pharmacy
ALC0 Discount Stores
Association of Texas Educators
B J’s Western Store
Bain Paper, Waco
Bird & Burgers
Bosque Supply
Brookshire’s Food Store
Bruce Greene
Charles E. Hanson, CEO, PillowteK
Chemical Lime Co.
Classic Convenience Store
Cllftview Resort
Clifton Auto Supply
Clifton Civic Society
Clifton Funeral Home
Clifton Lions Club
• Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
„ Clifton Moulding
Clifton Record
Clifton Vet Clinic
Cuttln’ Country
David's Supermarket
Dee Anna Nichols, DOS
Don Behringer
First National Bank
First United Methodist Church
FM 100, Waco
Foosett’s Service Station
Gearench
Gioff Motors
Goodall - Wither Healthcare Foundation
Grelle Studios
Hill- Lindley Realty
Holiday Travel
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Janet Olson
Joyce & Gerald McDowell
Kim Bell
Larry Musselman
Leon’s Root Covering
Lumps
Mr. Chester Posey
NationsBank
Nestle Food Co., Waco
PillowteK, Dallas, TX
Proud Mom
Radio Shack/Clifton Mercantile
Rhonda's Nails
Richard Lundberg, P.C.
RT S Floors
Schlitterbahn Waterpark
Schulman 5,Waco
Texas-New Mexico Power Co
Texas Rangers Baseball
Texas Safari
The Movie Shop
Two Amigos
TX Hwy. Dept. Grant
TX Hwy. Dept
White’s Photography
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 12, 1996, newspaper, June 12, 1996; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788461/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.