The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 Page: 2 of 28
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• THREAT
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more severe.
Individuals convicted of issu-
ing a bomb threat face felony
criminal prosecution, as well as
a possible one-year suspension
of their driver’s license. Per-
sons may face youthful offender
or juvenile delinquency adjudi-
cation.
Related legislation was
passed permitting municipali-
ties, fire districts, and other
emergency service providers to
seek restitution costs associ-
ated with their response to a
bomb threat on school grounds.
The legislation can allow for a
set sum of restitution to be paid
by the parents of a child who
makes a false report. The finan-
cial costs to the police, sheriff,
and fire departments, and to
the school will run into thou-
sands of dollars — perhaps
tens of thousands.
Only speculation can calcu-
late the financial impact on Clif-
ton and its residents. When
taken into account the cost of
parents’ lost wages, fuel,
daycare, employers’ lost hours,
etc., the overall result across
the district could stand in the
hundreds of thousands.
No amount can be placed on
the scare itself, both to stu-
dents and parents.
Superintendent Stone issued
the following statement Mon-
day morning: “On behalf of Clif-
ton ISDI would like to thank all
Wednesday, Oct. 25,2006
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• VOTING
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sioner, and Pet. 2 Justice of the
Peace.
Area Races include that for
District 17 U.S. Representative,
District 22 State Senator, and
District . 58 State
Representative.
A wide list of statewide races
are also contested, including
those for U.S. Senator, Gover-
nor, Lieutenant Governor, At-
torney General, Comptroller of
Public Accounts seat, and
many others.
Early voting is being held in
the County Clerk’s office in Me-
ridian, Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office is
open through the lunch hour.
For more information on vot-
ing details, contact County
Clerk Betty Outlaw at (254) 435-
2201.
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Air Combat Returning
To West Texas Skies
CONCLUDING THE INITIAL SWEEP of the Clifton High School
building, Clifton Volunteer firefighters aided in the search for a
“device.” None was recovered. — Staff Photo By Deborah Mathews
• TRICK-OR-TREAT
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roes.”
The annual Brookshire’s
Halloween Costume Contest
will also be held in conjunction
with the other activities of the
evening. Prizes will be awarded
in several age groups up to 10
years of age. Judging is
planned at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 31.
For more information on the
event, or to sign up to participate,
contact Neelley at City Hall at
(254) 675-8337 or by e-mail
< cliftonmainstreet@htcomp.
net>.
emergency services personnel
in regards to our recent bomb
threat. Clifton PD, City of Clif-
ton, Clifton Fire Department,
Bosque County Sheriff’s Office,
Bosque County Emergency
Management Services, and
Texas Department of Public
Safety are to be commended on
their collaborative efforts in
helping the school manage and
resolve this issue.”
The superintendent’s state-
ment concluded: “Clifton ISD is
fortunate to have this wonder-
ful network of emergency ser-
vices and we are grateful for
the support that was provided
to us. Additionally, we appreci-
ate the parents for remaining
calm and supportive during the
evacuation process.”
Clifton Mayor Raymond Zue-
hlke added that “Overall, it ap-
pears the city and school
emergency plans and opera-
tions strategies were carried
off smoothly, although we are
analyzing to see what improve-
ments need to be made.” Zue-
hlke also thanked the police
and fire personnel who headed
the operation in and around the
school property, and com-
mended school officials for
their handling of the student
evacuation.
Police are still investigating
to determine who wrote the
note that set off the situation,
and Mayor Zuehlke said Clifton
intends to prosecute the mat-
• ROBBERY
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Within seconds of the rob-
bery, witnesses saw a white
pickup pull onto Highway 22 in
front of the store and head east
into Hill County.
• Mabry said the clerk was
treated, requiring several
stitches, in what Mabry said
was an “unprovoked, unneces-
sary, and brutal beating.”
The investigation is being
conducted by Detective/Sgt.
Adam Sowder, Jr., who was fol-
lowing up several leads late
last week. Persons with any
pertinent information are
asked to contact Sowder imme-
diately at (254) 435-2362.
• TRUSTEES
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are now much more visible.
Classroom doors are closed and
secured when class-beginning
bells ring.
“We know we can’t ever cover
everything, but we are trying
some new things,” Bergman
continued.
Clifton Elementary School
Principal Rhoda White said her
campus presents unusual prob-
lems for lock-downs, but said
they are looking at new ideas for
security measures, particularly
as related to classroom doors.
Maintenance and Operations
Supervisor Wade Anderson said
that procedures for outside con-
tractors to gain access to the
various campuses has been
tightened.
“They have to come into our
office, sign in, and obtain a
visitor’s badge. When they fin-
ish, they have to come back and
sign out,” Anderson said.
Contractors are accompa-
nied to the appropriate campus
by operations’ staff to be
checked in there as well, but
only after the campus has been
notified the visitor is on the way.
West said all these changes,
and many others, are part of an
ongoing effort to secure the
safety of the students and the
district’s personnel as well.
“We want the community to
be able to trust that when they
drop off their kids in the morn-
ing, they’ll be safe until they
pick them up,” West noted.
CISD Survey
Board members discussed at
length implementation of an
employee and staff survey to be
prepared for district use by the
Texas Association of School
Boards. The survey, which will
allow participants to remain
completely anonymous, will be
web-based, with TASB compil-
ing the results and presenting
them to the board in a workshop
setting.
“The survey can be custom-
ized to what tne board wants to
ter to the fullest “when the per-
petrator or perpetrators are
caught.”
“This is very serious stuff,”
said Mayor Zuehlke, “and we
intend to treat it that way. This
is no childish prank, and it most
certainly isn’t funny.”
• FLU SHOTS
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those issues have been re-
solved,” said Kenneth Low-
rance, RN, FNP-C,
Goodall-Witcher Healthcare
Foundation’s vice-president of
Patient Care Services.
DSHS recommends that
those at increased risk of se-
vere flu complications get their
flu shot as early as possible in
October and November. The flu
shot takes about two weeks to
become effective.
Flu season typically runs Oc-
tober through March, and vac-
cinations can be given at any
time during this period. A na-
sal-spray flu vaccine is an op-
tion for healthy people age five
years to 49 years who are not
pregnant.
Flu is a viral respiratory ill-
ness. Symptoms include a sud-
den, often high, fever; headache;
extreme tiredness; dry cough;
sore throat; runny or stuffy nose;
and muscle aches. The illness is
spread when an infected person
coughs, sneezes or talks, releas-
ing the contagious virus into the
air.
Complications of flu can in-
clude bacterial pneumonia, ear
and sinus infections, dehydra-
tion, and worsening of chronic
conditions such as congestive
heart failure, asthma, or diabe-
tes.
At Clifton Medical Clinic, flu
vaccines can be received on a
walk-in basis from 8 to 12 noon
and again from 1 to 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday. On Saturday
morning, flu shots can be re-
ceived between 8 and 11:30 a.m..
Flu vaccines are available at
Meridian Medical Clinic on a
walk-in basis Monday through
Thursday between the hours of
8 a.m. and 12 noon and 1 to 6 p.m.
On Friday, flu shotrwill be avail-
able between 8 a.m. and 12 noon
at the clinic.
FORT HOOD — West Tex-
ans will again see helicopters
and military vehicles in the sky
and on the roads as the 21st
Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat)
returns to train the 4th Squad-
ron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regi-
ment. The unit has recently
been equipped with the world’s
most lethal attack helicopter,
the AH-64D Apache Longbow.
The 21st Cavalry Bde. is re-
sponsible for training all Army
aviation units as well as those
of allied countries transitioning
to the Apache Longbow.
Training will be conducted by
Fort Hood’s 21st Cavalry Bde.
and involve frequent flights in
Brown, McCulloch, Mason,
Menard, Llano, Coleman,
Concho, Tom Green, Kimble,
Runnels, San Saba, and Mills
counties during two periods
from 17-30 Oct. 17 - 30 and Nov.
12 - 22. Those counties, along
with several neighboring coun-
ties, make up what Fort Hood
officials calls the Western
Training Area.
“The realistic training con-
ducted by the 21st Cavalry
helps units function as a team
and operate over the distances
which they will encounter in
actual combat conditions,” a
unit training officer explained.
“This intense training pro-
gram lasts about nine months
and culminates with a series of
exercises in West Texas areas
where land and airspace pro-
vide the extended maneuver
space that can’t be replicated
within the boundaries of the
Fort Hood Military Reserva-
tion.”
As part of the training, visu-
ally modified vehicles - de-
signed to imitate an “enemy”
force - will be traveling
throughout the training area
and may be seen parked in the
Western Training Area while
the Apache crews search for
them.
No live ammunition is used
in the training exercise. How-
ever, in an effort to add more
realism to the training, smoke
may be employed to simulate
a “kill” when a vehicle has been
located and “destroyed” by the
Longbows.
“This smoke may be of vari-
ous colors,” a Fort Hood
spokesperson said. “It’s non-
toxic, and won’t pose a threat
to local residents or livestock.”
Most of the helicopter flight
activities during the period will
be staged out of the Camp
Bowie National Guard TY-aining
Center near Brownwood. Heli-
copter crews will be flying both
day and night training mis-
sions.
Military convoys will be en-
countered along Texas Hwys.
190, 183, and 84, between Fort
Hood lnd Brownwood prior to
and Mowing each training pe-
riod.
The 4/3 ACR, nicknamed
find out,” West said in present-
ing a sample survey to the
trustees.
“We could do this in-house,
but I think it is much better to
have it done by an outside
firm,” said Board President
John Erickson.
Vice-President Kenneth
Lowrance said he liked the idea
of the survey, and said it will
gather good, usable informa-
tion “while showing our 165-
plus employees that we care
what they think.”
Each question will offer a
chance for the participant to
add their own comments. CES
Principal White and Clifton In-
termediate School Principal
Bert Maddux each said they
believe there will be no problem
getting employees to partici-
pate.
“Our employees want their
views known,” White said.
A final decision on the survey
was postponed until the next
board meeting to allow for re-
view by the fuff board. Trustees
Jim Canuteson and Greg Gloff
were absent from the October
meeting.
Miscellany
In other action, the board re-
viewed the district’s vehicle
situations, but tabled decisions
on most changes and any pos-
sible purchases until the No-
vember meeting.
Board members reviewed
and approved campus and dis-
trict plans for the 2006-07
school year as presented.
Business Manager Kitsy
Spitzer reported that the
district’s annual audit had been
completed, and results will be
presented to the board during
the December meeting. Copies
of the audit will be made avail-
able for review prior to that
meeting.
The next board session is set
for 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in
the board room on the CMS
campus.
alcoholic beverages within the
city limits, including^mixed bev-
erages. A total of 327 verifiable
registered voters were required
to sign the petitions in order to
call for the election.
The petitions were returned
on July 31, and taken to the Tax
Assessor/Collector’s Office for
verification. Of the 489 signa-
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eluded in the Central time zone.
At 2 a.m. this Sunday, Oct. 29,
time reverts from Central Day-
light Time to Central Standard
Time. Persons are reminded
that all timepieces should be
turned back one hour before re-
tiring Saturday night to insure
proper settings Sunday morn-
ing upon awakening.
Citizens will be “regaining” the
hour they “lost” when we
changed to Daylight Savings
Time in April After the change this
weekend, the sun will set one hour
earlier in the evening, and will rise
one hour earlier in the morning.
Beginning in 2007, Daylight
Saving Time will begin on the
second Sunday in March and
end the first Sunday in Novem-
ber. The original bill would have
extended Daylight Saving Time
by two months.
“Longknife” will be stationed
at Fort Hood upon completion
of their training. The newest
Longbow unit will continue to
train in preparation for the
possibility of deployment at
some future date. As in the
past, this training in the WTA
may involve larger numbers of
Army aircraft - including UH-
1 Hueys, UH-60 Blackhawks
and CH-47 Chinook helicop-
ters.
“With the increased num-
bers of larger aircraft, there
comes an increased chance
crews may fly over buildings or
livestock,” a flight training spe-
cialist pointed out.
“It’s the aircrew’s responsi-
bility to make every effort to
avoid direct over-flight of build-
ings and livestock. Aviation
crews are briefed on such
avoidance prior to every mis-
sion flown.”
Col. Gregory Brockman,
commander of the 21st Cavalry
Bde. expressed his apprecia-
tion - and that of the Army - to
residents of the Western 'fram-
ing Area “for their continued
support of the brigade during
these training exercises so that
training can be conducted in
the most realistic scenarios
possible.
“Your reputation for support-
ing our mission is known
throughout the Army and your
continued support allows us to
train the finest attack helicop-
ter crews and units in the
world.”
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election to legalize the sale of all tures, 385 were verified as le-
gitimate, almost 20 percent
more than necessary.
Proponents for the election
had hoped the proposal would
appear on the ballot on Tues-
day, Nov. 7, However, changes
in state laws regulating such
elections caused the deadline
for inclusion on that ballot to be
missed, pushing the election to
May of next year.
Early voting will be held in
the clerk’s office in Meridian,
while voters on May 12, 2007,
will cast their ballots at the Clif-
ton Civic Center.
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