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Groups Meet To Map Out Plans;
Anyone Wishing To Help Encouraged
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VOL. 111, NO. 34 — FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2006
CISD Adopts $6.7 Million ’06-07 Budget
Former County Judge
Pete Page Dead At 86
OLD GLORY IN A NEW LOCATION — The entrance area into Clifton from
North Highway 6 got an added bonus earlier this week as a new flag and flag
pole were Installed. The addition to the entrance signage is a project of Clif-
ton Main Street and the City of Clifton. — Staff Photo By David Anderson
CLIFTON — Former Bosque County
Judge Earl W. (Pete) Page died Monday
morning, Aug. 14, in Clifton. Rineral services
for the 86-year-old Page were held Wednes-
day, Aug. 16.
Bom in Kopperl on April 3, 1920, he was
raised in Walnut Springs, graduating from
high school there. He worked for Timco Air-
craft Manufacturing in Dallas before enlist-
ing in the U.S. Nayy.^age served two years
on the USS Lunga Point during World War II.
He married the former Maxie Ruth
Dawson in 1947, and in 1958, the couple
moved to Bosque County, where he farmed
and ranched.
Page was elected to the Bosque County
Commissioners’ Court as a precinct com-
missioner, and served 20 years. In 1982, he
won a run-off against Regina Hanson for the
Democratic nomination for county judge,
and was unopposed on the November gen-
eral ballot. He took office in January 1983.
While serving as judge, Page worked with
an architect with Texas Historical Commis-
sion to make plans for an elevator to the
third floor. However, an agreement was
never reached, and the plans were scrapped.
• See PAGE, Page 2
Earl W. (Pete) Page
By Deborah Mathews for the 2006-07 school year to the CISD Stone explained that 79 percent of cent add-on, be considered for the en- I think a raise is important.”
associate editor Board of Trustees that included an the total budget goes to salary and ben tire support staff at CISD. Teachers will The budget calls for a deficit of just
CLIFTON — Clifton Independent increase of $270,000 from the 2005-06 efits, which he outlined to the Board receive the $2,500 mandated increase, over $62,000 which, according to Stone,
School District Superintendent Greg budget. This jump is primarily due to through graphs and pie charts. With plus the yearly step increase. can easily be absorbed through proper
Stone presented a proposed budget salary increases. this year’s state mandated educator “We’ve all heard the old saying that management.
_ pay increase already in place, he pro- it takes a village to raise a child,” said “It’s a very easy figure to work with,”
posed that a $500 base, with a two per- Stone. “That’s what we have here and • See TRUSTEES, Page 2
National Championship BBQ Cookoff
^ Fires Up This Weekend In Meridian
MERIDIAN — On Friday and Satur- The cookoff is one of the most pres- ings include a celebrity cookoff, a con-
day, Aug. 25-26, the grounds of the tigious in the state. cert, a visit from Miss Texas, a dance,
Bosque Bottoms in Meridian will be It is an invitational cookoff, and cooks a fish fry, an auction, an arts and crafts
filled with barbecue enthusiasts, cook- must have won or placed in a qualify- show, and a car show,
ers, and fans, as the 19th annual Na- ing regional cookoff to receive an invi- Children under 12 are admitted
tional Championship Barbecue Cookoff tation to participate. free, and parking is free, too.
returns to Bosque County. The two-day This year’s cookoff should boast For more information about the
event features a wide array of activi- more than $17,000 in prize money, and cookoff, contact the cookoff office at
ties complementing the cookoff itself, cookers also help raise funds for na- (254) 435-6113 or by e-mail
The stage will be jamming with well- tional and local charities. <bbq@htcomp.net>, or visit the
known'fexas-known music talents. Throughout the event, other offer- website <bbq.htcomp.net>.
TBT Productions Split Annual Omar Awards
CLIFTON — It was a
horserace down to the final
award on Aug. 19, when the
Bosque Conservatory Tin
Building Theatre handed out
trophies at the group’s 24th An-
nual Awards for Excellence —
also known as the Omars —
during festivities held at the
Clifton VFW.
The nostalgic and fun-filled
evening showcased the hard
work and outstanding efforts of
the TBT’s two productions of
the past season; the comedy
Dearly Departed and the
thriller Deathtrap. The two
shows were tied at nine and
nine when the final award of the
evening, best play, was pre-
sented by Conservatory Presi-
dent Cleon Flanagan to Dearly
Departed.
Dearly Departed, a comedy
about a dysfunctional Southern
family, all but swept the acting
awards, headed by Vikki
Garland’s best actress turn as
Aunt Margarite. Stage veterans
Bryan Davis and Sissy Zander
took home best supporting ac-
tor and actress as bickering
Junior and Suzanne Turpin.
Best cameo performances
went to Debra Embry for her
• See OMARS, Page 2
Cubs Season Tickets Will
Be Offered To Public Sept. 1
CLIFTON—Season’s tickets
for the five varsity Cub home
games will go on sale Wednes-
day, Aug. 16. Ticket holders
from last season have the op-
portunity to purchase their
same seats until Thursday, Aug.
31, at which time all remaining
season ticket seats will be made
available to the general public.
The tickets will be good for
• See TICKETS, Pago 2
CIS State Flag
Corps Set To
Mark 15 Years
By Deborah Mathews
associate editor
CLIFTON— The Clifton In-
termediate State Flag Corps
will host its traditions! march
around the track at the first
football game of the season, to
be played against Dublin, on
Friday, Sept. 1. This year, the
Corps’ first march will have
some additional marchers
helping to recognize 15 years of
the Corps.
Established in 1992 by fourth-
grade teacher Celia Kennedy
and counselor Jerry Stephens,
the Clifton Intermediate State
Flag Corps began as an ex-
change of a Texas flag to an out-
of-state city. Requests were
mailed to other states having a
community named Clifton. If
there wasn’t one, the request
was sent to a city of about the
same population as Clifton. The
Colorado flag was the first flag
received.
After three years of collect-
ing, the Corps today marches
with all 50 state flags, and a
• Sm FLAG CORPS, Pag* 2
CLIFTON INTERMEDIATE STATE FLAGS CORPS will mark 15
yaars on Sept. 1. Displaying the first flag received by th* Corps
— the Colorado state flag — and th* Texas flag are fourth-grad-
ers (from left) Stacey Thompson and Kayla* Slnderud.
—Staff Photo By DMtorah Mothows
24th OMAR WINNERS — The 24th Annual Bosque Conservatory Tin Building Theatre Omar
Awards were held Saturday, Aug. 19, at the VFW Building In Clifton. Results were split between
the fall production of the comedy Dearly Departed and the spring production of the thriller Death-
trap. Pictured are Omar winners (front, from left) Debra Embry, Jan Derrlckson, Tiffany Swanson,
and Stacey Derrickson, (second, from left) Debra Evans, Judi Boston, Sissy Zander, Vikki Gar-
land, Cleon Flanagan, (back, from left) Steve Schmidt, Shayne Embry, Tucker Peterson, Bryan
Davis, Doug Fehler, and Ty Evans. _ photo courtesy ot sieve Schmidt
Lecture Series Coming To
Bosque Memorial Museum
Epic Lewis & Clark Expedition Explored
By Deborah Mathews
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — Starting Sept.
13, the Bosque Memorial Mu-
seum will open a new lecture
series, beginning with the leg-
endary journey of Lewis and
Clark and the Corps of Discov-
ery. Historian and author Rex
Ziak, will begin the series, de-
tailing how the journey opened
the western United States for
colonization.
Aug. 22 marked the opening
of the exhibit, which includes
maps, photos, and other de-
scriptive material about the
journey that changed America.
It is set to run through Septem-
• Se* MUSEUM, Page 3
JUST OPENED at the Bosque Memorial Museum Is the Lewis
and Clark exhibit. The Informative display Is to accompany the
lecture series set to begin Sept. 13, with historian and author
RSX Zlak. — sun Photo By Deborah MONm
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