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Three Percent Pay Raise OK’d For County Employees
By SHAYNE EMBRY Judge Regina Hanson cast the Bosque’s. “I do not think there is a cost ployees are making more than Billy T Mantooth of Whitney to
Contributing Writer only vote against the raise, voic- “I feel like at this particular of living increase because of in- at other counties?” provide cable television service
MERIDIAN — County Com- ing her opinion that the em time and in this particular year, terest rates and oil prices what “I didn't say they were mak to Bosque County residents at
missioners Monday approved a ployees were already receiving with the situations we are now they are.” ing more; 1 said they’re making Lake Whitney. .
three percent raise in 1987 average pay when compared experiencing, that pay levels Commissioner Calvin Rueter average," the judge answered. Mantooth assured the court
budget pay levels for county em- with counties of similar econom- should remain the same,” she asked, “Are you saying we don’t Cable TV Service that he had sufficient equip-
ployees. ic status and population as said. give a pay raise because our em- The court voted approval for See CABLE, Page 11A
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The Clifton Record
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■Bosque County’s Leading Newspaper—
THURSDAY,
JULY 31, 1986
VOL. 91, NO. 31
TWO SECTIONS
Plus Two Supplements
1986 The Clifton Record. All Rights Reserved
Clifton, Texas 76634
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School Trustees Vote To Join
Lawsuit Against Appraiser
By SHAYNE EMBRY
Contributing Writer
CLIFTON — Trustees of the
Clifton Independent School Dis-
trict voted unanimously last
week to join a lawsuit filed by
the City of Clifton against the
Bosque County Appraisal Dis
tnct and Chief Appraiser David
Cooper
The smt requests a court
ordered deadline for the comple
turn of the 1985 tax rolls
Although the school had
received the preliminary ap
praisal roll for 1985 by the time
of the Monday meeting, board
members felt it necessary to join
the suit on the chance that it
might be amended to include
the 1986 rolls, which were due
Friday
All board members were
present except Phil Robertson
The board also voted unani
mouslv to reject the appraisal
district's proposed budget for
1987 The budget submitted
shows an increase of $9,447 over
the district's 1986 budget.
General expenses on the pro-
posed budget decreased to
$311,700 from $54,300 in 1986.
while salaries and benefits rose
from $67,358 to $96,405 The in
crease included the addition of
an assistant appraiser at a sa
lary of $23,223, and showed sa
I ary increases of 9 5 percent for
the chief appraiser and 4 9 to 9,5
percent for the three deputies
Board president Clarence
Fields told members he did not
think the board should give a
pay increase* to someone it was
suing.
Bread, Milk Bids
Trustees accepted bids for
bread and milk for the 1986-87
school lunch and breakfast
program.
They unanimously chose
quotes submitted from Mrs.
Baird’s Bakeries, Inc., over
Rainbow Baking Company for
the supply of white sandwich
See TRUSTEES, Page 10A
Blown-up Breaker
Leaves Clifton In
Dark Several Hours
CLIFTON — When patrons at
the Cliftex Theater settled in to
see the movie Short Circuit last
Friday. little did they know that
a several-city electrical blackout
would cut short their viewing.
What has been described as a
"blown up breaker" at a Lake
Whitney feeder location was the
culprit in leaving several Cen
tral Texas cities without electri
cal power for almost three hours
July 25, beginning shortly be
fore 8 p.m. and lasting into the
dark of the night
According to officials at Texas
See BLACKOUT, Page 10A
Rodney Barner Seriously
Injured When Struck By Car
Bl'RLESON Clifton
businessman Rodney Barner (of
Barrier's K M Station' was seri-
ously injured follow ing a freak
traffic accident on 135 near
Burleson early Sunday
morning.
According to Cleburne DPS
Trooper Johnny Bekkelund, the
accident occurred on 1-35 West,
3 10 mile south of Burleson, at
12:48 a m. on July 27, involving
three vehicles: a 1983 Dodge
Ramcharger belonging to Steve
and Belinda Prince of Clifton, a
1976 Ford Mustang driven by
Jimmy Ranspot of Cleburne,
and a 1979 Chevrolet Station-
wagon driven by Mark Car
penter, Constable of Precinct 3,
Johnson County.
Trooper Bekkelund said that
the constable had stopped the
Ramcharger (in which Barner
was a passenger) because the
tail lights were not burning.
Bekkelund said that while the
constable was checking on the
driver of the vehicle (Belinda
Prince), Rodney Barner was at-
tempting to repair the fuse and
was lying on the floorboard of
the driver’s side Ranspot, who
was also southbound and was
driving the Mustang, fell asleep,
said Bekkelund, veered off the
interstate, colliding into the
back of the constable’s station-
wagon, glancing off, then com-
See BARNER, Page 10A
ONE I*AST LOOK - Clifton ISD Superintendent Richard
Liardon w as at the Clifton Elementary School last Friday,
July 25, to watch as wrecking crews began destroying the
outer structure of the old gymnasium. Hooking a cable
through the top windows and onto a steel girder, crewmen
used a bulldozer to pull down the front of the building. The
remainder of the budding is scheduled for demolition this
week. See inside this issue for sequential photographs of
the building coming down.
—Record Photo By Lyndell Smith
Volunteers Needed To Help
Prep Fairgrounds For Event
City Accepts Appraisal Roll
At Special Called Meeting
By MRS. T.N. FOSTER
Central Texas Fair Reporter
CLIFTON - Work nights
are underway every Tuesday
from 6 p.m. to dark around
the Central Texas Fair
grounds located on FM 219
east of Clifton, as the annual
Central Texas Fair and
Rodeo is just around the
corner.
Volunteers have been
building the new office build-
ing adjacent to the Show Are
na several weeks and some
work is yet to be done.
Grounds have been mowed
several times and generally
look good. Superintendents
are asked to inspect their
specific departments to make
ready to receive exhibitors
and their livestock or home
economics entries. Directors
do their best to provide for
safety of participants and
cooperation from them and
the visiting public is and has
been very good.
Volunteers are being com-
mitted to the food stand, to
the information desk, to
count points, to clean-up aea,
to night-watch, to direct
traffic to entry gate (south
gate) when livestock arrives,
to collect fees from campers
and sales, and a few other ap-
pointments handled by the
pros in the fair world.
Deadline for entry forms
with fees is the same for all-
Aug. 11. None will be accept-
ed later. This date gives su-
perintendents time to set
pens and tables for the arriv-
ing exhibitors’ livestock or
See FAIR, Page 10A
By SHAYNE EMBRY
Contributing Writer
CLIFTON - City council
members Friday voted unani-
mously to accept the 1985 tax
appraisal rolls as presented by-
Bosque County Chief Appraiser
David Cooper.
City employee Debbie Alls
told the council she had found
only three mistakes on the rolls,
which were delivered to the city
Monday.
Mayor Kent Westley said the
mistakes would be shown to
Cooper, who should correct
them when the final tax roles
are printed.
Westley reported that the ci-
ty's rolls showed a total taxable
value of $64.2 million, an in-
crease of about $13 million over
1984 values. He said the in-
crease would probably result in
a lower tax rate fot the 1985
statements.
The council appointed Alls to
calculate the effective tax rate
for 1985. Once the rate has been
calculated, a hearing and meet-
ing date will be set for approval.
City Secretary Betty Barron
reminded the council that tax
statements for 1985 and 1986
would be mailed close together,
and the city office might need
help from another city worker to
keep track of the incoming
revenue.
"The taxes are going to fall
back to back, and it's going to be
a mess around here for a while,”
Ms Barron said.
Mayor Westley reported that
Schafer Air Craft Modification
had started moving equipment
from its hangar at the airport.
The company is moving its oper-
ation to Madison-Cooper Airport
in Waco.
Westley said the company
See TAXES, Page 10A
VISIT FROM A RANGER - Former
Tex an Hunger Senior Captain Clint People*
Mopped in Clifton laid Thursday to receive
a cheek for proceed* from the *ale of bronze
sculpture* of him and hi* hor*e, Chico. The
money will go to a *chalar*hip fund to a*-
*i*t sheriff*’ children who are intcrcMcd in
a law career. Pictured are, from left. Inter-
fir*t Hank Vice-President Ken Haucom. Peo-
ple*, Starr Claw*on and artiM Cary
ClawMon.
-Record Photo M> Shayne Emhry
U.S. Marshall Visits Clifton
By SHAYNE EMBRY
Contributing Writer
CLIFTON - Clint Peoples,
former senior captain of the/
Texas Rangers and current U S
Marshall for the northern dis
tnet of Texas, stopped at Intel-
first Bank Clifton last Thursday
to receive a $24,500 check for
the Sheriffs Association of
Texas Clint and Donna Peoples
Scholarship Foundation
The money came from the sale
of bronze sculptures of Peoples
and his horse, Chico, created by
Bosque County artist Cary
Claw son Entitled "One Man's
Dream, the bronzes are being
offered m an edition of 150, sym
hold*of the ITXU»Sesquiectllen
mal, at a price of 91,950 each
A donation of $500 is made from
the sale of each bronze to the
Peoples Scholarship Founda
turn, a fund created to award
scholarships to sons or daugh
ters of sheriffs or former sheriffs
who are seeking a career in law
enforcement
Peoples is know worldwide for
his 56 year long career in law
enforcement. After serving as a
Deputy Sheriff in Conroe, Peo
pies joined the Texas Rangers in
1946 When he retired in 1974,
he held the position of senior
captain, the highest rank of the
Texas Rangers, and was onl\
the second ponton to ever hold
that position
He holds nine separate peace
officers commissions more than
anyone in his field and i* the
longest tenured law enforce
ment officer in the nation. He is
currently serving his third term
as U. S. Marshal.
Peoples is famous for encoun-
tering such outlaws as Bonnie
and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd,
and w as involved in the closing
of the La Grange "Chicken
Ranch "
The marshall was also in-
strumental in establishing the
Texas Rangers Hall of Fame in
Waco
Last week’s donation repres
ented the sale of the first 49
bronzes, and was taken by Pea
pies to Kl Paso, where he was to
present it at the State Sheriff*s
Association ('(invention
Tuesday
Clawson said the bronze* are
See PEOPLES, Page BA
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