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CLIFTON LIONS CLUB MEMBERS and their helpers were among Bosque County Lions serving hot dogs
to campers and counselors at the Texas Lions Camp’s first session on Friday, June 9.
Several Local Lions Serve
Lunch To Special Campers
KERRVILLE — Members of Li- mum personal growth and self-es- Lions Club were Lions Club mem-
ons Clubs from Clifton and Merid- teem. Over 320 campers and coun- bers Jerry Cash, George Foster,
ian teamed up and traveled to selors were in attendance. and Raymond Zuehlke, with Jo
Kerrville on Friday, June 9. The Making the trip from the Clifton • See LIONS, Page 2
Bosque County clubs prepared and
provided hot dogs for campers and
counselors at the First Summer
Camp Session at Texas Lions
Camp.
The Texas Lions Camp is serving
special children by providing a
camp for physically disabled and
diabetic children for the 57th year.
The goal of the camp is to provide
an atmosphere wherein campers
can learn the “can do” philosophy
and be allowed to achieve maxi-
Farm Bureau To Host Annual Ice Cream
Social, Youth Contests Tuesday In Clifton
CLIFTON — Bosque County will be held at the Clifton Civic
Farm Bureau will recognize Center.
June as Dairy Month with a “Bringyour favorite ice cream
county-wide commodity meeting or cookies and we will enjoy fun
on Tuesday, June 27. The gather- and fellowship,” said a Bosque
ing is being billed as an “Ole County Farm Bureau spokesper-
Fashion Ice Cream Social” and • See FARM BUREAU, Page 2
Annual Fireworks Show
Coming This Weekend
CLIFTON — The new name of
the annual FreedomFest Fire-
works Show, The Day of Ameri-
cana, is the only change to the
traditional Clifton event. The spec-
tacular display of fireworks will fill
the night sky in the Clifton City
Park on Saturday, June 24, at ap-
proximately 9:30 p.m.
Mike Bernhardt of Atlas Enter-
prises, Inc. will be in charge of the
fireworks exhibition, working
alongside the Main Street Project.
There is no admission charge for
the fireworks show. Donations will
be accepted, though, which go di-
rectly to the funding of next year’s
show. In case of a rain-out, the
show will be rescheduled to Satur-
day, July 1.
In its lfith vear of existence, the
fireworks show began in the sum- scaled back last year, promotes the
mer following the Persian Gulf War. City of Clifton and its surrounding
The annual festival, which was . See FIREWORKS, Page 2
‘The Day Of Americana’
Begins Saturday in Clifton
CLIFTON — Launching with softball and a swap meet, the Clifton
Main Street Project is beginning what organizers hope will become
a favorite annual tradition in Clifton — The Day of Americana.
Set in Clifton City Park on Saturday, June 24, a men’s slow-pitch
ASA sanctioned softball tournament is planned. Participation is open
to all men’s teams at a cost of $180 per team. The tournament is a
continuation of the traditional FreedomFest competition, this year
included in The Day of Americana. Contact Kathy Wilson at 675-4331
for additional information.
For the first time, an auto swap meet will be included in the activi-
See AMERICANA, Page 2
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Clifton ISD Trustees Looking To
Expansion Of Drug Testing Program
By David Anderson the district’s drug testing policy at
associate editor Monday’s monthly Board of Trust-
CLIFTON — Clifton Indepen- ees meeting. Superintendent Greg
dent School District board mem- Stone said he would study the topic
bers discussed possible changes in and bring details to next month’s
Trifecta Of Building Permit
Violations Brings Warnings
By David Anderson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
.CLIFTON — An issue that has
plagued the Clifton City Council and
the City of Clifton Planning and
Zdning Commission in recent
mpnths has surfaced once again.
City of Clifton Code Enforcement
Official Dennis Kruse recently
fojind three local residents per-
forming improvements on their
properties without valid building
permits.
"Two of those were extremely
dangerous situations,” Kruse said.
Tfie incidents have prompted
Kfiuse once again to remind Clifton
residents that a set of building
codes are in place, and that even
mffior remodeling and reconstruc-
tkjn require residents to obtain a
building permit.
In part, the city’s Buildings and
Building Regulations (Sec. 18-36)
state, “No building shall be built,
enlarged, or altered... except in ac-
• See WARNINGS, Page 2
meeting.
Administrators reported that of
the estimated 80 to 90 students
tested at random last year, only four
or five actually failed the test, with
one student failing twice.
Stone said he was told by newly-
appointed Clifton High School Prin-
cipal Sharon Bergman that as the
drug testing program was initiated,
that campus saw seizures of drug-
related paraphernalia from student
vehicled steadily decline when drug
dog sweeps were done.
“Just the threat of drug testing is
a deterrent,” said Trustee Vicki
• See TRUSTEES, Page 2
BEGINNING THE NEXT ERA of what is already a remarkable ministry, Reverend Jerry Smith of the First
Baptist Church of Clifton will be honored with a public reception on Sunday, June 25, from 1 to 3 p.m., at
the church. Smith is celebrating 20 years with the congregation. ~ staff Photo By Deborah Mathews
Artistic Passion Enhances
Pastor’s 20-Year Service
Rev: Smith To Be Honored With Public Reception
By Deborah Mathews
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — Surrounded by a lifetime of photos,
exquisite works of art, and countless volumes of
books, the Reverend Jerry Smith just smiles as he
sits behind his desk at the First Baptist Church of
Clifton and points out a photo marking a special
event in his church or family life. Smith is being hon-
ored with a public reception this Sunday, June 25,
from 1 to 3 p.m., in the fellowship hall of the church,
to recognize him for his 20-year-long ministry with
the congregation.
The first Sunday of May, 1986, is when Smith was
called to the Clifton church. Now beginning the next
generation of his ministry, Smith considers himself
blessed to be a part of his church and community.
Bom in Kerrville and growing up in Nocona, Smith
was raised by his maternal grandparents. He gradu-
ated from Nocona High School in 1969, and then at-
tended Baylor University and majored in Art,
graduating in 1973. He went on to Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and
mastered Divinity there in 1976.
He explained that he was “called into the minis-
try” while in his sophomore year at Baylor at the
7th and James Baptist Church in Waco. The first
church he served while a student at Baylor was First
Baptist Church of China Spring. It was there that he
met his wife, Brenda.
He came back to Waco in 1975, where he served as
associate pastor, primarily in charge of youth, at Cal-
vary Baptist in Waco', where he remained until mov-
ing to Red River, N.M. in 1977.
As a bi-vocational preacher, he worked as a man-
ager of a ski lodge there and helped start a protes-
tant-evangelical church called Faith Mountain
Fellowship. The small church is still active and strong
today.
“One of the first group I became a part of when I
got here to Clifton was the Lions because I wanted to
be active in the community,” said Smith. His grand-
father, “the groceryman,” had been a Lion and grow-
ing up in Nocona and playing Lions-sponsored
baseball, Smith said that he has a special fondness
for the club. <
When Smith spoke of the grandparents who had
raised him, he proudly displayed an old black-and-
white photo of Hubert and Ruby Painter in front of
Painter Food Market. Recalling times working in the
grocery store with them, he said that they were
deeply loved people and were extremely active in
their community.
“I did both of their funerals years ago,” said Smith
• See SMITH, Page 3
Public Invited To Attend Saturday’s Ringness
Restoration Cornerstone Ceremony In Norse
NORSE — The Ringness Com-
mittee has consolidated plans for
the upcoming laying of the corner-
stone at the Jens Ringness Home
Restoration Project. Everyone is
welcome to attend the cornerstone
ceremony at the Ringness site.
All persons wishing to participate
in the placement of the cornerstone
should meet at Our Savior’s Luth-
eran Church at Norse by 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 24. A bus will be pro-
vided to take everyone to the house
site for the ceremony.
Because parking space at the
Ringness site is limited and the
danger involved in numerous cars
being parked along the winding
road where visibility is short, it has
been decided to provide a shuttle
from the church to the site for all
persons who wish to attend the cor-
nerstone installation ceremony.
Clifton Ftineral Home has agrefd
to provide a tent, and chairs will be
set up for those who are unable to
stand. After the laying of the cor-
nerstone and a brief program, ev-
eryone will be bussed back to the
• See RINGNESS, Page 2
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Optimists 1st Kite Day,
Dance This Saturday
CLIFTON—Gearing up for its youth to participate in the activi-
first “Make Your Own Kite” day, ties.
set to be held on Saturday, June Refreshments will be avail-
24, at the Central Texas Fair- able to those attending, with all
grounds Home Economics build- proceeds going to benefit other
ing, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the youth activities.
Clifton Optimist Club welcomes • See OPTIMISTS, Page 2
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