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* Wednesday, May 20,1998
Sticks and Stones
By Joyce Niemeier.
Contributing Writer
The Rules
The following list appeared in an
Ann Landers cotumn several weeks
ago. Landers said
that one of her
readers sent it to
her in a church
bulletin. I have no
idea who wrote it,
but it has been
around for years
_and I have seen it
in several other
publications.
I urge everyone who has, or
knows, a graduating senior to cut
it out or type them up themselves
and hand it to the teenager at
graduation.
Ten Rules
Kids Won’t Learn In School
1. Life is not fair. Get used to it.
The average teenager uses the
phrase “It’s not fair’s 86 times a day.
2. The real world won’t care as
much about your self-esteem as
your school does. This may come
as a shock.
3. Sorry, you won’t make $40,000
a year right out of high school. And
you won’t be a vice president or
have a car phone, either. You may
even have to wear a uniform that
doesn’t have a designer label.
4. If you think your teacher is
tough, wait until you get a boss.
5. Flipping burgers is not beneath
your dignity. Your grandparents
had a different word for burger flip-
ping. They called it opportunity.
6. It’s not your parents’ fault if
you mess up. You’re responsible.
This is the flip side of “It’s my life”
and ‘“You’re not my boss.”
7. Before you were born, your
parents weren’t boring. They got
that way paying your bills and lis-
tening to you.
8. Life is not divided into semes-
ters. And you don’t get summers off.
, Not even spring break. You are ex-
t pected to show up every day for
eight hours, and you don’t get a new
* life every 10 weeks.
9. Smoking does not make you
look cool. Watch an 11-year-old with
. - a butt in his mouth. That’s what you
look like to anyone over 20.
. 10. Your school may be "outcome-
,, based,” but life isn’t. In some
, . schools, you’re given as many times
as you want to get the answer right.
Standards are set low enough so
,, everyone can meet them. This, of
"course bears not the slightest re-
semblance to anything in real life—
as you will find out.
Good luck. You are going to need
it — and the harder you work, the
luckier you will get.
The Clifton Record
\ I am going to add an 11th & 12th
rule of my own. It is what I told my
1 own kids when I sent them off to
their higher education-one to
, technical school and one to college,
i 11. Getting up and getting to class
* on time is now your responsibility.
The professors and instructors
don’t care if you even show up for
class. They, also, don’t care if you
'l do your assignments or not. They
are there to teach, not baby-sit, and
3 wiH draw their salary no matter
0 what you do.
12. Taking advantage of the op-
portunity given to you by your par-
ents, your neighbors, and friends
who are funding your education
through hard work, grants and
scholarships is a sign of maturity;
goofing off isn’t.
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SfiME*T»L OF
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Our Annual Trek Takes find, but rest assured that the
An Unusual Turn
Every year about this time, sev-
eral members of the Bosque
County Institute
and Outreach
Ministry of
Deeply Intense
Thought and
Semi-Factual In-
formation make
their annual trek
to Lake Brown-
wood for renewal
of the body and mind. The seminars
are almost always very informative
and instructional, and quite benefi-
cial.
However, this year, something
much more pressing has occurred
which we will pursue. The mem-
bers of the Institute will engage in
members of the Institute will do
everything we can to help these
people recover from what ap-
pears to be the latest debilitat-
ing human condition.
Onward...thru the deliberately-
set agricultural fires in Mexico
and Central America.
Aaron Jones Completes
Marine Corps Basic Training
SAN DIEGO — Marine Pvt.
Aaron W. Jones, son of Leon and
Nellie A. Kubiak of Clifton, recently
completed basic training at Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego.
Jones successfully completed 12
weeks of training designed to chal-
a road trip to find those suffering *en8® n®w Marine recruits both
from a newly identified disease — physically and mentally.
Normal Person Disorder (NPD).
We have been told there are
people out there who have these
feelings of “being normal,” but so
far these are just unsubstantiated
rumors. Not knowing exactly what
these people look like, we went to
the Institute’s Behavior Sciences
Division for some clues. Therefore,
we were told that when looking for
persons suffering from NPD, look
for these general symptoms:
• Those with a tendency to bore
others easily.
• Persons exhibiting a continuing
behavior of constantly setting and
then meeting goals.
• Anyone with a lack of difficulty
getting organized.
• Someone that knows how to
count without forgetting what num-
ber they are up to.
• An individual who is highly
stimulated by lectures, speeches,
dead cockroaches, and other
normals.
• Any person with a “To-Do” list
which gets done.
We’re not sure how many, if any,
persons suffering from NPD we will
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 Bums, Minister
"You are cordially invited to worship with us.
H.H. (Trey) Gerdes, O.D.
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Jones and fellow recruits began
their training at 5 a.m. by running three
miles and performing calisthenics In
addition to the physical conditioning
program, Jones spent numerous hours
in classroom and field assignments
which included learning first aid, uni-
form regulations, combat water sur-
vival, marksmanship, hand-to-hand
combat, and assorted weapons train-
ing. The recruits performed close-or-
der drill and operated as a small
infantry unit during field training.
Jones and other recruits also re-
ceived instruction on the Marine
Corps’ core values — honor, courage,
and commitment — and what the
words mean in guiding personal and
professional conduct.
The recruits ended the training
MCC Summer
Registration Is
Set May 28-29
WACO — Registration for
McLennan Community College’s
first Summer session .which begins
Monday, June 1, is Thursday and
Friday, May 28-29, at the MCC Stu-
dent Center, Waco.
A special registration period has
been reserved for evening students
— 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 28.
Open registration for all students
will be from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fri-
day, May 29, by appointment only.
To set up an appointment time, call
or come by the Admissions Office
in the MCC Student Services Build-
ing.
Students who have not previ-
ously attended college should bring
official high school transcripts or
GED scores. Students with prior
college work should bring official
transcripts from all colleges at-
tended.
For more information or to make
an appointment, call (254) 299-8662.
This Week In Texas History
To The Clifton Record:
We want to give a big “thank you”
to Brookshire's for donating ice
cream and whipped topping so the
seniors at Clifton High School could
make Sundaes during senior week.
Curt Haley,
CHS Class of 1998
phase with The Crucible, a 54-hour
team effort, problem-solving evolution
which culminated with an emotional
ceremony in which the recruits were
presented the Marine Corps Emblem,
and were addressed as Marines for the
first time since boot camp began.
Jones joins 41,000 men and women
who will enter the Marine Corps this
from all over the country. He is a 1997
graduate of Clifton High School.
Wyatt Completes
Navy Airman
Basic Training
NORFOLK, Va. - Navy Airman
Recruit Leslie E. Wyatt, son of Jennie
E. Allen of Kopperl, recently completed
U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit
Tabling Commend, Great Lakes, 111.
During the eight-week program,
Wtyatt competed a variety of training
which included classroom study and
practical instruction on naval customs,
first aid, fire fighting, water safety and
survival, and shipboard and aircraft
safety.
To reinforce the team concept, Wyatt
and other recruits also were trained in
preventing sexual harassment and
ensuring equal opportunity.
Registration Under
Way For TSTC
Summer Classes
WACO — Registration for Sum-
mer Quarter classes at Texas State
Technical College has begun, and
continues weekdays from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. through Monday, June 1.
Extended registration hours are
offered from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tues-
day, June 2. Classes begin Wednes-
day, June 3.
The registration process for all
new students begins in College Re-
lations, located in the TSTC Stu-
dent Center. For more information
or to receive and enrollment,
packet, call toll-free 1-800-792-8784.
Returning students begin the
registration process in the depart-
ment of their major.
Those in need of financial a; s-
tance should immediately contact
the Financial Aid Office at (254) 867-
4814.
Republic Weathers
Seditious Storm
On May 26,1S36, mutinous troops
at Velasco pre-1
vented the sailing of
the Invincible with
Santa Anna on
board Concerned
the confrontation
could pit Texan
against Texan, |
presidential stand
in David G. Burnet
ordered the prisoner taken ashore
Keeping his end of the bargain
sealed by the freshly signed Treaty
of Velasco, Burnet wanted to send the
Mexican tyrant home. But as he pon
dered his next move, a plot to over-
throw the new government began
brewing in the restless ranks of the
Texas Army
Wearing only a shirt and shorts, the
Napoleon of the West fled the battle-
field at San Jacinto He later com
mandeered the uniform of an
ordinary Mexican infantryman in a
vain escape attempt, a cowardly ruse
which deepened Sam Houston’s dis
gust for the defeated dictator
Resigned to a prolonged recovery
from an ankle wound, Houston re
trained from holding official talks
with Santa Anna. However, the sly
general deliberately exposed the
cringing captive to the Texas troops,
who howled for his head
Hearing the despot had fallen into
enemy hands, President Andrew
Jackson warned against his execu-
tion. But his former protege already
understood the prize prisoner was
more useful to the Lone Star cause
alive than dead. Although Houston
could not resist the temptation to
scare the daylights out of Santa Anna,
he never seriously considered taking
his life.
Yielding to the demands of his doc-
tor, Houston sailed to New Orleans
on May 5 for treatment of his wors-
ening wound. Reliable Thomas Rusk
took charge of the army, and Burnet
opened the peace parley with their
nervous guest.
The two-part Treaty of Velasco
was signed nine days later. In the
public portion Santa Anna agreed to
a complete end to hostilities, the
withdrawal of Mexican forces south
of the Rio Grande, the release of all
Texans in Mexican custody and
never again to raise a hand against
the victorious rebels. In exchange,
Burnet promised to drop him off at
Veracruz.
The secret part of the accord obli-
gated Santa Anna to lobby for diplo-
matic recognition of the
revolutionary regime as well as for-
mal acceptance of Texas indepen
dence and the Rio Grande as the
permanent international boundary.
Under the circumstances, of course,
the prisoner would have signed any-
thing to save his skin
In less than a week, Mexico City
repudiated the pact. Furthermore.
Santa Anna's successors denounced
their formerly infallible leader for
endorsing such disgraceful terms ,
Loaded for bear and itching for a
scrap, American volunteers kept
pouring into Texas Recruiters had
done a bang-up job back in the States,
and there was no easy way to turn off
the tap By late May. more than 2,000
idle soldiers wandered the streets of
Velasco
As the Invincible prepared to sail
with its infamous passenger, a rabble:
rouser named Thomas Jeffersoh
Green incited the angry latecomers
With his own life in jeopardy along
with Santa Anna's, Burnet backed
down. The hysterical Mexican, be-
lieving his execution was imminent,
had to be dragged kicking and
screaming down the gangplank.
Rusk unintentionally added fuel to
the fire in an emotional ceremony at
Goliad, where the burned remains of
the massacred garrison were buried
with military honors. Unable to fin-
ish his eloquent eulogy. Rusk openly-
wept as did the soldiers present. In
the aftermath of the moving episode,
the demand for Santa Anna's death
reached a fever pitch.
A shadowy plot was hatched to
sweep aside civilian rule and install
a military junta. Burnet would face
charges of treason and Santa Anna a
firing squad. To carry out the coup,
Lt. Col. Henry Millard led a band of
conspirators to Velasco.
A thirsty subversive stopped at
nearby Quintana for a drink and
wound up bragging about his mission.
Word of the sinister scheme swiftly
spread, and born-again supporters
rallied around Burnet.
Meanwhile, Millard delegated his
dangerous assignment to Major
Amasa Timer, who was not privy to
the plot. Ordered to seize the interim
president and take over the govern
ment. Timer turned the tables on his
presumptuous superior. In a matter
of hours, the conspiracy collapsed.
In a stirring letter to his fellow Tex-
ans, Houston appealed to their de-
cency and common sense. The
suicidal folly of blind revenge was
grudgingly acknowledged, and the
Republic weathered its first serious
storm.
As for Santa Anna, he stayed in
Texas until November 1836, when
President Houston cleverly dumped
his problem in Old Hickory’s lap. Af-
ter a brief visit to Washington, he fi-
nally went back to Mexico.
Sam Houston noted prophetically
that if Santa Anna were permitted to
return to his native habitat, he “would
keep Mexico in commotion for years,
and Texas will be safe.” Tuer words
were never spoken.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1998, newspaper, May 20, 1998; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788855/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.