The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 91, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 13, 2002 Page: 2 of 26
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• ELECTRICITY
Prmect
“TV*
tacel utility (First (.Voice)
Book Signing To Be Held
At The Bosque Collection
cattae of restnctMMM in the law
that uy utilities that serve a aty
MERIDIAN
e joined this araesatioa
t allowed us to take advaa
tage of the hid First Choice gave
ua, said Golden
Golden met with the GAP rep-
resentatives to receive bids from
expected to enter into
on their
Electricity providers TXU or
; «ay cal
• switch
First Choice
GAP was formed so that muma
pal districts, like Round Rock and
Farmer s Brandt, can buy energy
and save money.
The electricity deregulation
laws have been slowly imple-
mented over the years; however,
every Texas city became eligubie
for deregulation on Jan. 1,2001.
Golden stressed that local jobs
will not suffer due to this new con
tract
“I flunk this is a fantastic deal,"
said Golden. “Texas/New
Mexico’s involvment will never
tance service providers Sprint and
AT&T ■
adyta i
but residents can’t ask First
Choice for bids because of state
law
change
Gold*
Golden explained that First
Choice is a separate company
from Texas/New Mexico Power
Company, which is a tranmission
and distribution group that own
the wires that connect from the
pole to a piece of property.
First Choice is one of about 20
to 30 retail electric providers that rell. “We all ei
The council approved bids for
two pieces of playground equip-
ment, along with new swing set
seats and two other accessories
from Little Tikes Commercial
Playground Systems. The esti-
mated cost of the proposed equip-
ment was $24,000
Parks Advisory Board member
Clay Cockrell said from the five
bide brought to the board by the
city administrator, these pieces of
equipment were agreed upon by
the board He added that tne col
ors of the equipment chosen were
khaki, forest green, and black.
The mayor and the council said
they appreciated all the time and
effort tne Parks Advisory Board
took on the playground equipment
project.
“It was rewarding.” said Cock-
11 enjoyed doing it.”
sign copies of the book “Texas
Trilogy Life in a Small Texas
Town ” on Friday Now 15, from 3
to i pm, at the Bosque l olleetion
Trilogy Life in a Small
•n, fell* the story hi both
ad photographs, and m
digitally remastered CD
of tho nrignel “Texas Trilogy” re
corded by Fromhoiz's folk duo on
their 1M9 debut album
Tin book presents a history of
Basque County and Kopperi that
val and modern that not
then
Texas town as it was, and as it
■ now
Singer songwriter Fromholz
and author-guitarist Hillis will
ante at the Bosque County His
torical Collection, located in the
Ijumpkin Building on the Court-
house Square in Meridian
• WEST NILE
Continued From Pegs One
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MORE PLAYGROUND DONATIONS! - Newty-eloctod Pork* Advisory
Board Vice-President Sharon Knutotrom hands now President Kitty
rus, but that no cases have been
confirmed in domestic pets
The Texas Department of
Health notes that the risk of a hu-
man becoming infected with West
Nile is “very low."
“Even in areas where the virus is
circulating, very few mosquitoes are
infected with the virus, and even if the
mosquito is infected, less than one
percent of people who get bitten and
become infected, will get severely ill,”
says a TDH report
Although most people infected
with West Nile will not show any
symptoms, those that do, may
have a fever, headache, body
aches, and swollen lymph nodes
A very small number may develop
encephalitis (inflammation of the
brain) or meningitis (inflamma
tion of the spinal cord). And al-
though rare, death can occur.
The Department of Health does
recommend that people spending
time outside, especially at dawn,
dusk, and early evening, wear
long-sleeved shirts and long pants
and use an insect repellent.
Whether in town or on farms
and ranches, stagnate water that
may hold breeding mosquitoes
should be dumped and replaced
regularly. Typical places for stag-
nate water mclude old tires, flow
erpots, trash containers,
birdbaths, pet bowls, water
HIGH RATES
on Bank C.D.’s
C.D.’s - IRA'S
101K Rollovers
TOLL FREE
l-(800)-359-4940
Local 7724383
Brat Mattson,
Brian Mattson, Blake Mattson
Signal Securities, Inc.
5400 Boaque, 4th Floor
Waco, TX 76710
“Serving Cutomen
All Over Thm”
Ml CXI an ianrM H MM ptt
«•**«•■ hr tk. ra.ic aicjlvm
troughs, and swimming pools, all
of which may breed mosquitoes
Mosquitoes become infected
with West Nile when they feed on
a bird carrying the virus in its
blood. After 10-14 days, the virus
can be transmitted to another bird,
person, or animal that the mos
quito bites During blood feeding,
the mosquito injects the virus, con-
tained in its saliva, into the bird,
animal, or human, where the virus
replicates and may cause illness.
The main role that people play
in contributing to the continuing
cycle of West Nile virus is by main
taining environments in which
mosquitoes can lay eggs.
Confirmed cases m the area
around Bosque County include 12
cases of the virus found in birds;
two in humans, and 62 cases in
horses. At this time, the highest
count has been found in Johnson
County with five, one, and 22, re-
spectively; Erath County with 17
cases confirmed in horses; and
McLennan County with three
cases in birds, one in humans, and
12 in horses.
Across the state, 428 cases have
been confirmed in birds, 148 in hu-
mans, 259 in other animals, and
1,134 in horses, for a total of 1,971,
as of Nov. 5.
For more information about
West Nile Virus, visit the Center
for Disease Control website at
(www.cdc.gov).
Staff Photo Bv Nathan Oiataanow
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 91, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 13, 2002, newspaper, November 13, 2002; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789811/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.