The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 68, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 2003 Page: 2 of 16
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Friday, Aug. 22, 2002
• TRUSTEES
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■package with a heavy-duty trans-
mission, a heavy-duty rear end,
and 10-ply tires. He said such a
model would be sufficient to pull
stock trailers to shows in San An-
tonio, Austin, Dallas, and other lo-
cales. The truck would be a
four-door model to allow for trans-
port of up to six students.
When asked whether a diesel
engine should be considered,
Anderson said he opted for a gaso-
line model for convenience as it
often is difficult finding suitable
diesel fuel when on the road.
Some board members ex-
pressed concerns that the truck
might be used by other depart-
ments. but Anderson said it will
only be signed out to members of
the ag department. Board mem-
bers approved purchasing the ve-
hicle, with an expected cost not to
exceed $28,000.
Miscellany-
In other action, the board ap-
proved the purchase of new pole
vault pits for the track facilities at
Cub Stadium, and appointed
Trustee Kenneth Lowrance to
serve on the Clifton Education
Foundation’s board of directors as
the district’s representative on
that board.
The board convened in execu-
tive session to discuss the vacant
position of director of special
populations but took no official ac-
tion upon returning to open ses-
sion.
• BARBECUE
Continued From Page One
Activities on Saturday include a
celebrity cookoff, live entertain-
ment, a visit from Miss Texas, an
arts and crafts show, a classic car
show, a four wheel-drive rock-
crawling activity, and more. Tally’s
F\in and Games will bring its car-
nival and midway to the event,
opening Thursday and running
through Saturday night. And, as al-
ways, the popular parade winds it
way through downtown Meridian
starting at 10 a.m.
Profits from the cookoff are
used for the Scholarship Program,
local charitable organizations, im-
provements, and operations.
Gates at the cookoff grounds open
at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Two-day (Friday and Saturday)
admission to the grounds is $10
per person, and Saturday-only ad-
mission is set at $5.
For more information, contact
the National Championship Bar-
becue Cookoff office at (254) 435-
6113 or visit the website (bbq.
htcomp.net). ..
HANDLING CLANDESTINE DRUG LABORATORIES like these was
the main focus of a recent training school attended recently by Clifton
Police Officer Mark Wilcox and Bosque County Constable Scott Fergu-
son. The officers learned how to recognize and deal with a wide vari-
ety of types of drug labs in the program funded by the Drug Enforcement
Administration.
• TRAINING
Continued From Page One
gate, dismantle, and dispose of
such labs appropriately.
The school, developed in 2000,
is designed for special agents and
narcotics officers who are in-
volved in clandestine laboratory
raids but may have limited tacti-
cal training and experience.
Among the extensive subjects
covered in the 40-hour week-long
school were field hazards (includ-
ing toxicology, chemical hazards,
and physical hazards), air moni-
toring, chemical handling, site
control and assessment, decon-
tamination. Safety of the officers
is key in the training, with per-
sonal protective equipment in-
cluding respiratory protection
covered in depth. The training in-
cludes the full use of issued equip-
ment including air purifying
respirators and self contained
breathing apparatus.
“Not only was the school, housing,
meals, and transportation paid by
the DEA, but they gave us a lot of
equipment for our use,” Ferguson
said. That equipment included
Level III Nomex fire-resistant bal-
listic vests; Nomex fire-resistant
jackets, pants, and gloves; chemical
resistant boots; air purified respira-
tors; combat retention holsters; spe-
cial flashlights; chemical resistant
clothing for conducting hazard as-
sessments and processing drug
labs; and goggles to prevent eye in-
juries.
Upon completion of the training,
Wilcox and Ferguson were pre-
sented with certificates showing
each has been certified by the
DEA to enter and seize clandes-
tine drug manufacturing laborato-
ries.
• BLUE-RIBBON
Continued From Page One
20- or 30-year general plan that can
be revisable every year or two.”
Commission members agreed,
and suggested that a directive for
periodic review every two years
might even be written into the plan
itself.
“It needs to be recharged peri
odically. I don’t mind if this is a
monumental task, as long as it is
basic enough for people in the fu-
ture to at least look at it and
change it if it needs changing,”
agreed Chairman Langston.
Letters were to be sent to sev-
eral organizations and entities late
this week by Secretary David
Anderson, inviting the groups to
name a represe’ itative to serve on
the blue-ribbon panel and asking
those appointees to attend next
month’s commission meeting.
Langston said that while 18 to 20
persons may serve on the commit-
tee, they likely will be broken into
smaller subcommittees to facili-
tate prouuctivity.
There also likely will be a few
spots on the committee open for
persons “at large” to serve. Those
interested can contact Chairman
Langston by leaving a message at
City Hall at (254) 675-8337.
In other business, the commis-
sion approved minutes from the
July 15 regular meeting, and noted
Commissioner Joan Ross’ notice
to Chairman Langston of her in-
tent to resign due to employment
corTicts.
The commission’s next monthly
meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 16, in the City Council Cham-
bers at the municipal complex on
West 3rd Street.
maximum fine increases to $500. If
the violation results in bodily injury,
the offense is enhanced to a Class
B misdemeanor.
• Having a video display that is
visible Irom the driver’s seat is ille-
gal. SB 209 expands the definition
of video receiving equipment to in-
clude digital videodisc players, vid-
eocassette players or similar
equipment. This equipment may be
used only if it is located so that the
video display is not visible from the
operator’s seat.
• House Bill 1326 automatically
suspends for one year the driver li-
cense of anyone convicted of ille-
gally racing on a public roadway.
Before the license can be rein-
stated, the driver would have to
complete 10 hours of community
service. The law increases the pun-
ishment for drivers who are racing
drunk, who have open containers of
alcohol in the vehicle when racing,
who seriously injure someone dur-
ing the race or who have been con-
victed multiple times of illegal
racing. The offenses range from a
state jail felony to a second-degree
felony. The penalty for racing while
intoxicated or having an open con-
tainer of alcohol in the vehicle while
racing is a Class A misdemeanor.
• SB 439 makes it illegal to add
reflective material, lights, emblems
or anything else that changes the
color of the license plate or makes
it difficult to read the letters on the
license plate. The name of the state
where the vehicle is registered
must be visible.
• SB 613 suspends the driver li-
cense of anyone under the age of 21
who is convicted of the manufac-
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• LAWS
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ture, delivery, possession, transpor-
tation or use of an abusable volatile!
chemical.
• HB 2096 makes human traffick-i
ing a second-degree felony; if the!
person trafficked is younger than 14
years of age or the commission of
the offense results in the death, the
offense is a fu st-degree felony. The
bill also makes it a Class B misde-
meanor to transport a person in a
trailer or semitrailer.
• HB 292 strengthens an existing
law and allows a police office to have
a blood or breath alcohol sample
taken from a driver involved in an
alcohol-related crash that kills or
seriously injures another person,
either in a motor vehicle or a boat.
• SB 895 requires that a parent or
family member participating in the
Parent-Taught Driver Education
Program have a valid license for the:
previous three years. The license
cannot have been suspended, re-
voke , or forfeited during the past
th ree years for traffic-related viola-
tions.
• SB 1445 amends the current law
to allow limited use of electronic in
formation from the magnetic strip
on the back of driver licenses by
banks-and Texas Parks and Wildlife:
and its vendors.
• HB 148 makes it a Class A misde-
meanor to manufacture, sell or pos-
sess a placard that is deceptively
similar to a disabled parking placard
without proper authorization. A per-
son also commits a Class B misde-
meanor if they knowingly park in a
space designated for persons with dis-
abilities using a counterfeit placard.
• HB 1784 makes it an offense for
a person to park their vehicle where
it blocks a disabled access aisle that
is designed to aid persons with dis-
abilities.
• HB 1330 allows an applicant to
voluntarily list on their driver license
or identification card any health con-
dition that might impede communica
tion with peace officers. The applicant
must supply DPS with a written state-
ment from a licensed physician (This
law takes effect Jan. 1,2004).
• HB 3588 increases the penalty
for seriously injuring someone when
illegally passing a school bus that is'
loading or unloading students to
Class A misdemeanor. An erroneous
e-mail has been circulating the In-
ternet, claiming that HB 281, which
putlawed talking on a cell phone
While driving-or without using a
hands-free device-had passed and
will take effect Sept. 1. The bill did
not pass and will not take effect.
• OMARS
Continued From Page One
nolias,” and “Fiona and the
Dreams of Goody Posey.”
Nominations are compiled by
the season's directors and assis-
t a n t
directors. The final ballot is then
mailed to the voting body made up
of artists and technicians from the
season,- as well as patrons, and
kept secret by the ballot chairper-
son until the opening of the enve-
lope on the set awards night.
The following is a complete list
of this years nominees:
Best Play— All I Really Need
to Know I Learned in Kindergar-
ten, Anything Goes, Brothers,
Fiona & the Dreams of Goody
Posey, and Mischief in the Magno-
lias.
Best Actor — Chris Eastland
for Anything Goes, Kevin Paris for
All I Really Need to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten, Jake
Powers for Brothers, Tony
. Quinlan for Brothers, Walt Lewis
for Mischief in the Magnolias, and
Dave Verdery for Anything Goes.
Best Actress — Gwen
Burnham for All I Really Need to
Know I Learned in Kindergarten,
Veronica Flores for Mischief in the
Magnolias, Cindy Parks for All I
Really Need to Know I Learned in
Kindergarten, Chanda Robertson
for Anything Goes, and Whitney
Robertson for All I Really Need to
Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
Best Supporting Actor —
Curtis Cannon for Anything Goes,
Chris Eastland for All I Really
Need to Know I Learned in Kin-
dergarten, Jordan Grelle for
Mishchief in the Magnolias, Josh
Grelle for Brothers, and Jason
Sorely for Mishchief in the Mag-
nolias.
Best Supporting Actress —
Elisa Abbe for Anything Goes, Jan
Derrickson for Mischief in the
Magnolias, Janet Dowden for All
I Really Need to Know I Learned
in Kindergarten, Veronica Flores
for All I Really Need to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten, Chanda
Robertson for All I Really Need to
Know I Learned in Kindergarten,
and Hanna Rose for Anything
Goes.
Best Cam. o by an Actor —, J.
David Cox II for Anything Goes,
Chris Eastland for Mishchief in
the Magnolias, Jordan Grelle for
Anything Goes, Josh Grelle for
Anything Goes, Bill Pruett for
Anything Goes, and Bobby Hurst
for Anything Goes.
Best Cameo by an Actress —
Laura Booth for Anything Goes,
Debra Canuteson for Anything
Goes, Janet Dowden for Anyting
Goes, and Whitney Robertson for
Anything Goes.
Best Director — Kevin Paris
for Brothers, Kevin Paris for Fiona
& the Dreams of Goody Posey,
Jake Powers for Mischief in the
Magnolias, Rebecca Strange for
All I Really Need to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten, and
Parker Willson for Anything Goes.
Best Assistant Director
Chris Eastland for All I Really
Need to Know I Learned in Kin-
dergarten, Cindy Parks for Any-
thing Goes, Cindy Parks for
Brothers, and Elton Watley Jr. for
Fiona & the Dreams of Goody
Posey
Best Set Design — Annie
Hurlburt & Kevin Paris for Fiona
& the Dreams of Goody Posey,
Kevin Paris for Brothers, Whitney
Robertson & Jason Sorely for
Mishchief in the Magnolias,
Rebecca Strange for All I Really
Need to Know I Learned in Kin-
dergarten, and Parker Willson for
Anything Goes
Best Costumes — Laura
Booth, Frances Rose, Chanda
Robertson, & Rosalyn White
for Anything Goes, Kevin Paris
& Chanda Robertson for Fiona
& the Dreams of Goody Posey,
Kevin Paris & Cindy Parks for
Brothers, Jake Powers for Mis-
chief in the Magnolias, and
Rebecca Strange for All I Re-
ally Need to Know I Learned in
Kindergarten.
Best Technical Achieve-
ment — Jordan Grelle, Cindy
Parks, Mary Rivera, & Elton
Watley Jr., Stage Crew, for
Brothers, Kevin Paris, Original
Script, for Fiona & the Dreams
of Goody Posey, Steve Schmidt,
Lights & Sound, for All I Really
Need to Know I Learned in Kin-
dergarten, Rebecca Strange,
Stagecraft, for Brothers, and
Rebecca Strange, Stagecraft
for Anything Goes
For more information, call
the Tin Building Theatre man-
aging director, Jan Derrickson,
at (254) 675-CAST.
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• LITTER
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rodents, vermin, or disease-car-
rying pests: and allowing weeds
to grow on premises in a neigh-
borhood if the weeds are located
within 300 feet of another resi-
dence or commercial establish-
ment,” according to the
statutes.
Kruse, who has been in law
enforcement in various capaci-
ties for almost 30 years, cur-
rently is a state-licensed private
investigator. He will work each
case from the initial contact to
issuing citations, if necessary.
“I plan to make as many first
contacts face-to-face as pos-
sible,” Kruse said. “I hope that
by doing so we’ll be able to come
to an agreement for the resident
to have the refuse removed
within a reasonable period of
time.” He said that time frame
could vary depending on the
type of rubbish and the amount
on-site.
“After the reasonable amount
of time, if I don’t see progress,
I’ll pay a second visit. After that,
the 30-day notice wall have to be
issued,” he explained.
Under the state statues, the
problem is considered legally
unabated after the 30th day af-
ter the date the person was no-
tified by citation to abate the
nuisance.
One violation some residents
of unincorporated areas of the
county may not see as problem-
atic is high grass and weeds.
However, such vegetation that
has grown to a height of 36
inches or more can be a viola-
tion. Shorter growth can also be
considered a nuisance, accord-
ing to the statutes, if it “may cre-
ate an unsanitary condition 6’f ”
become a harborage for rodents;
vermin, or other disease-carry-"
ing pests.”
If convicted of an unabated
nuisance, a resident can be fined
between $50 and $200 for a mis- ’
demeanor offense. If previously
convicted wan offense under the
same nuisance statutes, the Of-
fender can be fined between $2(>p
and $1,000, and/or confined in jail *
for up to six months. Under the
statutes, each day the violation.
continues to exist is considered,
a separate offense. 1K.,
Kruse said one problem he,,
knows he will encounter is the in-
ability for some property owners
to remove the nuisances. To that
end, he has begun compiling a
list of vendors who will haul
appliances, old vehicles, and.,
other items and minimal or np,,
cost to the property owner. 0; t
Kruse also said he plans to go;
after persons illegally dumping
on county roads, a problem that
has plagued the area for a long .-,
time. ,.1M
“When I catch them, I plan tp,
ask the judge to get into their,
wallets pretty hard,” he said,,,
noting that sometimes the best!
deterrent is for a few violators to-.
receive the maximum fines afc’«
lowed.
“Once word of mouth get?,,
around, hopefully they’ll stqp
dumping trash on our roads,”
Kruse said.
Persons wanting to contact.
Kruse about the program can.
leaVe a message at the Bosque,,
County Judge’s office in thq,;
County Courthouse by calling/
(254) 435-2382.
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Aug.30,2003
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