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PTO Plans Fall Carnival
CLIFTON - The Chton PTO hu set fit 1993 fill arrival lor
Sunday. Oct 31 from 130 to 130 pm, at Cliftoe Elementary School in
the cafeteria area The public is invited
Tickets are 25<eacs each, or five for $L AM proceeds will be divided
among the PTO and each participating grade. K-12
“The homeroom moms and dads are working hard to make our 1993
carnival a fun afternoon for everyone, regardless of your age.' reports
PTO President Karen Murphy “There will be many of the traditional
favorites at the booths, phis some new crowd pleaaers.*.'
Among the new additions will be the Human Slot Machine, the
Spooksville Haunted House, the Super Soaker Shoot, face painting, a
costume contest, a silent auction, the crowning of the Harvest King and
Queen, and Pop* Take Out.
‘Pop*’ Take Out or the PTO diner, will feature grilled hamburgers,
prepared and served by a group of our best male chefs.' says Murphy
The traditional favorites wUl include the cake walk. skeebaU
See CARNIVAL, Page 5
Balloon Rallye Begins
Saturday At Sunrise
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CLIFTON — Hot air balloons and a
day of entertainment for all ages
arrives Saturday at sunrise as the
Bosque County Tourism Councils
second annual Hot Air Balloon Rallye
and Multi-Cultural Festival gets
underway at Clifton Municipal
Airport Twelve of the aircraft have
been booked for competitive flights at
sunrise (7:34 a m ) and 4 p m
All activities will take place at the
airport, located about three miles
northwest of Clifton off FM 199L
Admission to the grounds is $1 per
person, or $5 per carload
A variety of entertainment is
planned throughout the day. both on
stage inside the Clifton Aero hangar,
and outside on Isenhower Field
Singers, dancers, and bands are
slated to perform as spectators browse
the antique and craft booths, or
experience foods from other cultures
at the ethnic food booths inside the
hangar
Outside, an expanded children’s
area will include a fossil pit. a Texas
history wax museum, pony rides,
camel rides, a petting zoo. a seven foot
"dinosaur." ditto-barrel train rides, and
go-carts
See RALLYE, Page 5
‘ BRIGHT. INFLATED COLORS marked tha Clifton Municipal
Airport last year during the Hot Air Balloon RaRye. Tha same
is expected this year, when a whole new list of
accompanying activities get under way this weekend.
- Staff Photo By W Laon Smith
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VOL. 98, NO. 41 • WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1993
City To Pursue
Planning For
Water Tank
By WILLIAM T. JORDAN
CLIFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON - An Austin engineer
will meet with the City Council
Thursday. Oct. 21. to pursue further
the installation of a 200,000-gallon
elevated municipal water storage
tank. Chase Baromeo, Jr, of Travi9
Associates Consulting Engineers,
Inc, will be asked at the 6 pm
special session at City Hall about
possibly acquiring a used tank,
rather than a new one, to reduce
the project’s estimated cost.
Alderman Truman Blum told his
colleagues Oct. 12 that installing a
tank could accomplish two goals:
1. Resolve water pressure
problems
2. Bring the city into compliance
with Texas Natural Resource
ConservationCommission(TNRCC)
requirements.
Blum said that a $483,330
estimate does not include unfigured
costs for several items.
City Secretary/Treasurer ME.
(Betty) Barron said that the city
"could come up within the
neighborhood of $300,000" before
seeking additional funding. The
council unanimously agreed that
the used tank idea for the project
would be pressed forward through
Baromeo.
Baromeo had suggested to the
council Sept. 30 possibly obtaining
money from a private lender on an
interim basis, rather than waiting
for governmental grants or loans
before beginning the project.
Tutor Train Grant Sought
The council unanimously agreed
that the city would be the
sponsoring governmental entity for
the Clifton Independent School
District’s (CISD) Tutor Train
project. A $33,000 grant will be
See COUNCIL, Page 6
Court Tables $271,515
Computer System Buy
To Study Proposal More
THEY DID IT AGAIN! - Clifton High School Band brought
home three Division One ratings from the area competition
held Oct. 13 at Midway High School. Band officers and drum
majors including (back, from left) Chad Olson, Amy
Rutherford, Angie Johnson, Natssha Culum, and (seated)
Jason Whitney and Gloria Vega got together last Thursday in
front of the newly-decorated door of the band hall to show
off their trophy.
-Stall Photo By Debra O. Brown
By WILLIAM T. JORDAN
CLIFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
MERIDIAN - Bosque County
Commissioners' Court unanimously
table&for further study Oct. 14 the
proposed purchase of a $271,515
data processing system for the
county. County department heads
attending the session had remained
unconvinced that the buy should be
made now.
1% Softwear Group, Inc, Plano,
"#? id computer wystefn,
complete with hardware, software,
and peripheral equipment, for
$229J76. However, five annual
payments of $54,303, under a lease-
purchase agreement, would have
brought the actual total to $271,515.
Among equipment which would
have been included were 14 IBM
Model 3151 CRT’s; 3 personal
printers, 1 Genicom system printer,
plus several other peripheral items.
The hardware used would have
been an IBM RISO system 6000
Model 340.
The offer included 70 days of on-
site training. It also provided for
five years of no-charge maintenance
service on all products, plus all new
updates.
The proposal was first presented
to the court in October, 1992, Brent
B. Berry of the company recalled at
the court's Oct. 11 session.
Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace
Bennett Morrow suggested that the
court table the matter “until
department heads can gather
together and give input" Judge
Morrow said that he did not think
that the program was “as good as
the one I've got in my office now ”
County Treasurer Randy Outlaw
Pullin indicated that she did not
want to change her system.
District Clerk Diana Wellborn
told Berry and the court that she
was "happy with the Apollo
program “ she has.
"I think we ought to be
considered. We haven’t been
See COUNTY, Page 4
Patsy Owen Ui/c To Seek He-eleetion As ( ounty ( In k
— See Story Inside —
Band Gets 1st Division Rating At
Regional Competition — Again!
By DEBRA D. BROWN
CLIFTON RECORD EDUCATION EDITOR
CLIFTON - They did it again!
The Clifton High School Marching
Band came away from the Region 8
University Interscholastic League
Marching Contest on Wednesday, Oct.
13. with three first division ratings.
Of the 15 bands on hand for the
competition, Clifton. China Spring, and
Centerville were the only three to
receive top ratings All three will now
move on to the area contest, set for
Saturday, Oct. 30, at Baylor stadium.
Bands in division 1-A will begin
marching at 1 p.m, followed by 2-A
bands at 2:30. Band Director Don
Thoede said bands are scheduled to
perform every 13 minutes, and Clifton
is set to march fifth in the 2-A
division.
Thoede explained that bands will
be ranked at the area contest, going
“head to head" with each other. Bands
ranked first and second will advance
to the state competition, set for Nov 8
in Austin.
See BAND, Page 4
Driving Miss
Daisy Gets
Rave Review...
*See ARTS &
ENTERTAINMENT
Section Inside
This Issue
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL - Sergeant Kristi
Bleything (left), a 1989 CHS graduate, shook
hands with President Bill Clinton following an
Army demonstration during the National Highways
Wireless .Technology Fair held on the White House
lawn July 21 and 22.
’89 CHS Grad Shakes
Hands With President
WASHINGTON, DC. - Sergeant
Kristi Bleything, a 1989 Clifton High
School graduate, was a participant in
Harmon Gives Cruiser
Video Camera To City
By WILLIAM T. JORDAN
CLIFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — Clifton businessman
Phil Harmon has donated a patrol
car video camera to the Clifton
Police Department. Harmon
requested and unanimously received
City Council permission Oct. 12 to
make the gift.
Harmon, who was a certified
police officer in South Carolina for
14*4 years, told the council that he
believed that the device would be
particularly beneficial in providing
some safety to officers working the
second and third shifts.
“I think it would help officers in
their cases in court. It can also be
used in training," Harmon explained.
“Some Department of Public
Safety cars have these units,”
See DONATION, Page 7
DONATION OF MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA - Philip Harmon recently provided funding for
the purchase of a video camera to be mounted for use in a police squad car, to enhance the
ability of policemen during the traffic stops. Harmon is pictured (second from right)
presehting the camera to Clifton Police Chief Jim Vanderhoof (second from left). Also shown
are Clifton Mayor Paul Hollingsworth (far left) and Officer Rex Childress (far^right).
an Army demonstration held on the
White House lawn on July 21-22
According to an article, written by
Jerry Meridith, published during the
week of July 30 in Stripe, a Walter
Reed Army Medical Center
publication, the Walter Reed soldiers,
including Sgt Bleything, were at the
White House to support the National
Highways Wireless Technology Fair
“The soldiers were invited by
InterDigital Communications
Corporation to help show the
President how radio waves may be
used during emergency medical
situations," noted the article.
Bleything, the daughter of Susan
McBride and sister of Robert
Bleything, both of Clifton, is a newly
graduated R.N who works at the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in
Washington D C.
Through the maneuver, the Stripe
article stated, Sgt. Bleything held the
video camera during the simulated
treatment of a wounded soldier
“The soldiers used wireless
technology to contact a doctor at a
nearby field hospital. Through a hand
held camera and transmitter, the
medics were able to send the doctor a
still video image of the injury in
addition to the patient’s vital signs,"
See CLINTON, Page 5
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 20, 1993, newspaper, October 20, 1993; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788813/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.