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City approves restoration

Available on holidays and any time out of gas emergency calls!

Report from New CareFlight hub at Whitney presented

Good eating

The ClifTon ReCoRd

Thomas explains Affordable Care Act

Cambodia & Cards

Former ambassador, magic tricks at Rotary

County Democrats present Montoya

County-wide Garage Sale offers ‘Pit Stop’

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

The Bosque County Democratic Club, represented by (from left) Jer-ry Pierce, Greg Kauffman, Albert Hunter, Montoya, and John Hastings, Bosque County Democratic Chairman presents Dr. Marco Montoya with two checks towards his campaign fund.

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

Acting Rotary President Sammy Tremillo expressed the club’s appreciation to former Ambassador Sichan Siv, following a program at the Rotary Club meeting last week.

Annual spaghetti supper supports Goodall-Witcher

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

Mary Ellen Boren and Joann Gloff enjoy a laugh at a past Good-all-Witcher Spaghetti Supper. see SPAGHETTI, page 5

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

Sammy Leach, Harold Leigh talked to the city council about restoring and leasing the Old Santa Fe Depot to the county.

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

During Tuesday’s regular session of the Clifton City Council, the council ap-proved a tentative 50-year lease to the County of the Old Santa Fe Depot build-ing for a Justice of the Peace #2 office and courtroom.

The agreement hinges on the actual restoration plans for the building being

presented to the council. Commissioner Sammy Leach was on hand to represent the County, and the engineer for the project Harold Leigh spoke about the plans to gut, renovate and restore the old building so that it will be a high-light in downtown Clifton. Leigh fig-ures that the restoration will cost around $180,000, which is why the county re-quested the 50-year lease at one dollar a year.

“We need to be conservative and we have a budget,” said Leight before high-lighting the need for new siding, a new roof, and a complete overhaul to the in-terior the building.

Jim Swartz of CareFlight was on hand to talk to the Council about signing up with CareFlight for their medical care flight helicopters to serve Clifton since

see CITY, page 16

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

Kicking off the Bosque Coun-ty (Clifton) Rotary Club meeting last week, Curtis Weithorn was introduced for a presentation to the club. Weithorn said that as a long-time Director of the HOT Independent Grocers Association, which recently disbanded, he was given a portion of the funds left over in the coffers of the associa-tion, to use in any way he wished. He then presented a check for $2,888 to the Rotary Scholar-ship Fund for students in Bosque

County. A standing ovation greet-ed the announcement.

All friends of Rotarian Tim Tal-ley, who brought the program for the meeting, David Marshall of San Antonio introduced Richard Tuner as a “card shark.”

Turner, who has been blind since he was young, realized that as his sight disappeared, his other senses got stronger, including his sense of touch – especially with cards. After spending many years and many hours a day, of working on “tricks” with cards, he current-ly makes a living off his ability to work with cards.

Even though it was never men-tioned that he was blind at the meeting, he astonished the mem-bers with several slight-of-hand tricks in a brief performance.

Turner and his wife, Kim start-ed the Good Choices program for kids, because he believes that anything is possible for anyone.

Following Turner’s entertain-ment, Marshall introduced for-mer UN Ambassador Sichan Siv, the bestselling author of Golden Bones, and a survivor of the Kill-ing Fields of Cambodia.

see ROTARY, page 2

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

Speaking at the Bosque County Democrat Club’s meeting in Clif-ton last week, Dr. Marco Montoya said, “We have a great election in front of us. There are many dem-ocrats in this county, but it seems to be kept a secret. It’s time for a change – we must commit now.”

Montoya is running for Texas Congressional District 25 which covers Bosque, and the counties be-tween Travis and Tarrant counties.

Montoya spoke briefly about his background saying that he is a resi-dent of Travis County, and feels his background will serve the Hispan-ics in the district well. His back-ground also includes Public Health Service, from which he retired; and an after being brought up as the son of a truck driver, he understands the challenges of small businesses.

Montoya said he came to Texas

after a career starting as a US Army Private and ending as a US Public Health Service Captain. During one point in his career, at the request of the Chairman of the US House Ap-propriations Committee, he served a six-month tour with Congress.

Besides military courses, he has degrees in BA Sociology, MA Ed-ucational Psychology, and an MPH in Health Administration, as well as a doctorate from South Dakota State University in the field of So-cio-Demography.

He said that he feels Roger Wil-liams has been unfair to the citizens of the district, in that he doesn’t even live in the district – instead lives in Parker County and keeps only an apartment in Austin.

In speaking of the upcoming election, he said, “We have to have educated voters in the next elec-tion.”

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The Goodall-Witcher Auxiliary will be holding its annual Spaghetti Supper on Thursday, March 20, at the Clifton Civic Center.

Serving will be from 5-7 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the hospital front desk, from auxiliary members and at the door. Prices are adults $7, children ages 3-10 are $4, and under age 3 are free.

The menu will be the traditional, homemade meat sauce and spaghetti with salad, breadsticks, dessert, tea and coffee.

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Hungry garage sale shop-pers can take a “Pit Stop” as they race around Bosque County during the annual County-wide Garage Sale and enjoy a quick treat from the kitchen of the West Shore Community Center.

The WS Civic Associa-tion will host their annual fund-raiser April 4-5, from 10-3 each day offering hot dogs, Frito pie, and refreshing drinks all for bargain prices.

The proceeds will be used for community improvements.

The WSCA is also offering indoor and outdoor garage sale spaces to folks who want a high traffic area to sell their treasures. Spaces inside are only $15 for both days, or large areas outside for just $10 for both days.

For more information, call Sandra Morrison at 254-622-3740 to reserve a space.

The WSCA is located at 560 FM 3118 just a mile northeast of SH 22 west of Laguna Park.

see DEMOCRATS, page 12

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MARCH19 • The Bosque Coun-ty Retired Teachers’ As-sociation will meet at Johnny’s Place at 11:30 AM for lunch, a meeting and a program. All re-tired pubic school em-ployees are invited to join the group

20 • Bosque County Rotary Club meets at noon at the Clifton Civic Center for a weekly lun-cheon and program ev-ery Thursday.• Annual G-W Spaget-ti Supper will be held from 5-7 PM, at the Civic Center. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for chil-dren 3-10, under 3 free. Tickets are available at the hospital, from auxil-iary members and at the door.

21 • Pickers’ Circle will bring music to down-town Clifton at Some-thin’s Brewing starting at 6:30 PM. Everyone welcome to come and join in or just listen.

22 • Meridian Library’s Jewels & Jeans fundrais-ing gala, “Texas, A state of mind,” will open at 6 PM with good food, lo-cal entertainment, and live and silent auctions. For tickets call 254-425-9100.

24 • Melissa Moody to speak at NSDAR meet-ing to be held at First Presbyterian Church in Clifton.

25 • Clifton Lions Club meets every second and fourth Tuesday at noon for a lunch, meeting, and a program at the American Legion Hall in Clifton City Park.

27• Bosque County Rotary Club meets at noon at the Clifton Civic Center for a weekly lun-cheon and program ev-ery Thursday.• The annual Cub and Lady Cub Relays will be held at Cub Stadium – volunteers are always needed.

APRIL 3 • Bosque Chorale will offer a spring concert at 7:30 PM at the First Bap-tist Church of Clifton. The concert will high-light some 200 years of American music. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students. For more information, call the BAC 254-675-3724.

4-5 • 23rd annual Bosque County-Wide Garage Sales will be held from 8 AM to 5 PM both Friday and Satur-day.

5 • Bill Nebeker will be the featured art show and will hold an Art Talk at the BAC at PM.• Bosque Valley Texas Exes will meet from 5-8 PM, at the Thompson’s home at 804 Hamilton Road, CR 235 in Fairy, for a beer and burger meeting.

6 • Bosque County Rotary Club meets at noon at the Clifton Civic Center for a weekly lun-cheon and program ev-ery Thursday.

10 • Clifton Lions Club meets every second and fourth Tuesday at noon for a lunch, meeting, and a program at the American Legion Hall in Clifton City Park.

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ROTARYFrom Page 1

April 4-5: 8am-5pm GARAGE SALE

23rd Annual Bosque County-Wide

Registration & Listings may be found at: Local Convenience Stores Email: bosque@ag.tamu.edu

Website: bosque.agrilife.org Phone: 254.435.2331 Community Coordinators

Sponsored by the County Development Committee for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Bosque County. Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, religion, disability or national origin. In cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

It’s time for Spring Cleaning!

State wide visitors will come and Shop.

REGISTRATION INFORMATIONDeadline: March 24th

Fee: $10.00Register online or by phone.

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“Fifty years ago and half a world away, I was born in a small village near the Pochentong International Airport in Cambodia,” said Siv. “I was taught French, since the country was under French occupation, and was sent to the best schools, be-cause my mother was willing to sell lotus leaves to pay for it.”

“My mother taught me to never give up hope,” said Siv. “What I have learned is that force ties for a time – but ideas bind forever.”

When the Vietnam war spilled over into Cambodia in April 1975, he was sup-posed to leave on the last US Embassy plane out of the country – but was unable to get there in time. “Five days later the Khmer Rouge took over the country. My mother gave me her wedding ring, a bag of rice and a scarf and told to run – and never give up hope.”

In those days, everyone with an education – even just those who wore eye glasses – were killed by the Khmer Rouge. They wanted only people they could control.

Siv was captured near the border of Thialand, but in-stead of being killed, a truck driver spoke up for him tell-ing the soldiers he was in-nocent – only looking for his family. Instead of being killed he was sent to the “kill-ing fields” – a work camp.

After some time there, he told them that he could oper-ate a crane to move the tim-ber they harvested near the border of Thialand. He was able to escape by crawling off the top of the timber load near the border and running.

“I ran for three days, at one point falling into a bob-by trap pit with pungi sticks which punctured my legs, but did not kill me,” said Siv. “I made it across the border, but then got jailed for illegal entry. I was put in a refugee camp, where I started En-glish classes for others in the camp.”

Under the sponsorship of an American family, he found himself in Walling-ford, CT on June 4, 1976 – “exhausted, sick, and still full of hope.”

He spoke about picking apples in Connecticut and then working in an ice cream store where he learned what a hamburger was – and what it meant to “hold the lettuce.”

In 1977, he traveled to

New York City and became a cab driver. “I was amazed at how many New Yorkers could communicate in sign language – sometimes with only one finger,” he said bringing a laugh.

With his educational back-ground, and being interested in politics, he managed to get a full scholarship to Colum-bia where he received a Mas-ters Degree in International Affairs.

He was in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 13, 1988, when he volun-teered for the George H.W. Bush campaign. The follow-ing February, Bush called him to work at the White House. From 1989 to 1993, he served as Deputy Assis-tant to President Bush and at the State Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary. During this time, he also held private sector positions in social services, educational exchange, financial manage-ment and investment bank-ing.

Within a few years, there were huge changes all around the world,” said Siv. “I nev-er imagined going from the jungles of Cambodia to the White House in 13 years.”

In 2001, he was unani-mously confirmed by the Senate as an Ambassador to the U.N., serving until 2006. In 2004, he was asked to rep-resent the United States in Cambodia at the cornation of the King. In 2005, Ambassa-dor Siv represented the Unit-ed States at the 60th anniver-sary of the U.N.

“It wasn’t until 2005 that my wife and I returned to Texas,” said Siv. He added that his wife, the former Mar-tha Patillo is from Pampa.

“It’s been an honor to serve two presidents, both named Bush, and both from Texas,” said Siv.

Speaking only briefly of

his book, Golden Bones, he said that it has been translat-ed into Portuguese, Cambo-dian and Spanish (in Colum-bia). He had about a dozen books available with him at the meeting, which he of-fered to sign.

He closed by saying words that he lives by – “Be well, be wise, be worthy. Be flex-ible and adapt to difficult circumstances. Follow your passion. When you do well – don’t forget to do good.”

Many of the Rotarians stayed to talk with both Ambassador Siv and Turner following the meeting – and quickly bought out all the books he had with him.

By Carol Spicer / The Clifton RecordExpressing his appreciation for the card-trick entertainment showed by Richard Turner (right), acting President Sammy Tremillo, gave him a Rotary coffee cup.

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53+/- Acres Great View just off FM 203 ................................................................................................. $223,813

77+/- Acres TBD FM 219 Improved Pasture-Community Water................................................$3500/Acre

70+/- Acres, 2100 sq. ft. Home with Studio/Shop, Livestock Barn and 2 Ponds-

89+/- Acres, 3800 sq. ft. 9yr.old Home with Barn-4353 FM 56 Clifton.................................. $ 648,000.00

934+ Acres +/- CR 3110 Clifton, 2 miles river frontage, cattle ranch, hunting....................$3,500/Acre

96+/- Restored cabin, 2 ponds, great views, deer hunting...........................................................$369,000

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50+/- Acres 153 CR 2139 Unique Home, Horse Facility.................................................................... $649,000

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1421 CR 4145- Historical Norse District- 3BR, 2.5 BA, Custom Jim Walters, 45x30 Barn......$ 134,50010+/-Acres 1454 E. Lake Road Riesel 2100 sq ft 3 BR, 2BA .............................................................$144,4005± Acres - 256 PR 1408 Morgan - 3BR, 2BA, Cedron Creek - WBFP - Horse Barn....................$147,5001.2 Acres-Clifton(Walling Bend)-3BR,2BA,Brick-Large Circle Patio--2 Extra Lots....................$150,0001.9+/- Acres - 1434 FM 219 Clifton - 3BR, 2BA, Game Room - 3 stall garage - storage ........$150,0001.1+/- acres - 951 Cap Fisk Rd., Valley Mills- 3BR, 2½ BA, addidtional acre avail......... .......... .$197,5001.5 +/- acres - 117 CR 1505 - Lake Whitney- 2 BR, 2BA, cutom log home..................................$275,0004.845 Acres-196 CR 4265 - 3BR, 2½BA, open living dining, 40X50 shop ...................................$279,00015 +/- Acres - 175 CR 1270 - 2BR, 1½BA - Views of Lake ........................................................ $295,000

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Ratliff sworn in as interim judge

County student photo contest deadline nears

German Society meets

Pickers’ Circle set March 21

Library’s Jewels & Jeans Sat.

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The Heart of Texas Chapter of the Texas German So-ciety will meet March 25 at 7 p.m. at

(new meeting place) Crestview Church of Christ at 7129 Delhi Rd. The program will feature the winner of the Texas German Society’s Special Award and other excellent entries from the Regional History Fair held at Baylor University on Feb. 21. The public is invited to attend. Contact Betty Hubbard, 254-662-0116 or email hubbardbetty@earthlink.net.

Serving members in Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Hill and McLennan Counties.

The monthly Pickers’ Circle at Somethin’s Brewing will be held March 21, starting at 6:30 p.m. Anyone with an instrument to play or who loves to sing is welcome to come in and join the music.

Everyone else is welcome to come and listen to good hometown music.

Meridian Public Library’s annual fundraiser theme this year is “Texas, A State of Mind,” which is tied into the fun Jewels and Jeans gala theme. The annual event will begin at 6 p.m. with good food, local entertainment and live and silent auctions.

One top art item in the live auction this year, is an ex-quisite sculpture of a young girl in cowboy hat designed and sculpted by Bobbie Gentry. Todd Clift will have the honor of auctioning off other art items by Mike Windsor, George Boutwell, Teddi Marks, and George Hallmark.

There will be many diverse silent auction items to choose from such as an oil change, a ladies spa day, gift baskets, and gift certificates.

Library Director Sarita Ellis’ auction contribution is an antique “Wedding Band” quilt in a Cedar Chest from Meyer’s Cedar Yard.

Throughout the evening, DJ Jarett will keep the music going. The event starts with a social hour supplied by the ladies from Meridian City Hall, Marie Garland and Kristina Taylor. They will be serving delicious Reata’s steak tamales.

Tickets cost only $25, and support the local library – a priceless public service to Meridian. Tickets are avail-able at the library and at the door.

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Deadline for entries for the Bosque County Student Photo Contest is April 1 for postmarked entries, and April 5 for those that are hand-de-livered to the Bosque Arts Center.

All Bosque County stu-dents were given information in January concerning the contest. Additional forms are available at the Arts Center.

There are cash awards for those placing in first, second and third places. Up to five photos may be submit by the students and must be either 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 with no borders. Each should be labeled on the back with student’s name, ad-dress, phone number, name of school and grade level.

There will be awards and ribbons given at the opening reception at 5 p.m. on April 26. Sponsors for the event are Promit and Gearench, Inc.

By Simone Wichers-VossThe ClifTon ReCoRd

With Bosque County Judge Cole Word retiring before the end of his term, the Bosque County Commissioners ap-pointed Judge-elect Dewey Ratliff as interim judge on Monday, March 10.

Ratliff is the first Repub-lican judge since the estab-lishment of Bosque County in 1854.

Winning the primary elec-tions last week, and not hav-ing a Democratic opponent in the November elections, did not automatically qualify Ratliff to become the acting judge until his official term starts Jan. 1, 2015.

It is at the commissioners’ discretion to appoint any-body they feel qualified to fill the office on a temporary basis.

Both Commissioners Sammy Leach and Jimmy Schmidt felt that the people of Bosque County had spo-ken in electing Ratliff in the March 4 election, and ex-pressed the desire to honor that by appointing Ratliff as interim judge.

“It is our job as elected of-ficials to listen to what our taxpayers want,” Schmidt said. Commissioner Doug Day followed their motion, but Commissioner Durwood Koonsman opposed. He felt the court needed to think the issue over some more, and he felt there were other candidates, including and ex-county judge that could

do the job in the meantime. District Judge for the 220th

District Phil Robertson per-formed Ratliff’s Oath of Office in which Ratliff sol-emnly swore to “faithfully execute the duties of the of-fice of County Judge of the State of Texas and will to the best of my ability pre-serve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, so help me God.”

The first order of busi-ness Monday for the newly sworn-in judge was a pre-set meeting with Hilltop on Main nursing home and se-nior assisted living facility.

Another short-term item to be dealt with is finding a suitable candidate to replace Ratliff as the Bosque Coun-ty Emergency Management Coordinator.

Regulations state a coun-ty judge is a county’s emer-gency management director, who often delegates those duties to a separate EMC.

Even before posting the position, Ratliff already had 14 applicants - of which sev-en are well qualified. With so much interest in the EMC position, Ratliff is confident he will not have to have to wear both judge and EMC hats for a long time.

Judge Ratliff’s first train-ing is expected this spring, and he expects to attend classes on probates. Because Judge Ratliff is filling an unexpired term, he will not be attending a “new judge” training till January.

It is important for Judge Ratliff that a new county auditor will be appointed by the summer and the planning the next budget cycle can be started.

It is District Judge Robert-son’s task to find a substitute for Elizabeth Dieterich who resigned from her post in January. As yet, postings on several web sites have not generated enough suitable candidates.

Besides statutory require-ments, Robertson insists the candidates are a certified public accountant.

In principle, Texas gov-ernment has independent de-partment heads. Judge Ratliff would like to develop a team mind-set among the different departments.

To achieve that Judge Rat-liff is planning to set com-mon goals and objectives as

a fundament for the county’s government officials.

“That is a long term goal,” Ratliff said. “I don’t expect it to happen from one day to the next.”

Lewis, as Coordinator for the Bosque County Judge’s Office and Court Collections on the other hand has a series of busy days ahead chang-ing over nameplates, stamps and such to the new judge’s name.

“This is truly a humbling experience,” Ratliff said after being sworn in. “I am bless-ed to live in Bosque County, I am blessed to have had the best job for the last 10 years, but I am ready for this new opportunity to serve the peo-ple of Bosque County. I see it as a service, which is not a hard thing, because I have a lot of good people to help me out in my task. I love y’all.”

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Lindbergh lucky even before historic solo

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT• City of Clifton Economic Development Corporation Thursday, March 20, 6 p.m. Clifton Chamber Board Room Chamber of CommerceCOMMISSIONERS’ COURT• Bosque County Commissioners’ Court Monday, March. 24, 9 a.m. Bosque County Courthouse MeridianCOMMISSIONERS’ COURT• Bosque County Commissioners’ Court Monday, April 14. 10, 9 a.m. Bosque County Courthouse MeridianCLIFTON CITY COUNCIL• Clifton City Council Tuesday, April, 15, 6 p.m. Council Chambers Clifton Civic CenterCLIFTON ISD BOARD• Clifton Independent School District Board of Trustees Monday, April,.21, 6 p.m. CISD Board Room Administration Building Clifton Middle School

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Voting proved to be light turnout for Texas primaries

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AUSTIN — Looking back at the March 4 pri-maries, Texas boasted 13,601,324 voters regis-tered in time to cast a ballot. An estimated nine percent of the overall number of registered voters (about 1.3 million) voted in the Re-publican primary and four percent (500,000) voted in the Democratic primary.

Runoffs between the top two vote-getting candidates in a number of contests are scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, the day after the federal holiday, Memorial Day.

Votes count big in any

election, but as historic par-ticipation records reveal, the portion of the elector-ate that actually votes in runoffs is an even thinner slice of the whole. And vot-er turnout is especially low in mid-term (non-presiden-tial election year) runoffs, as those set for May 27 will be.

Usually about two per-cent of registered voters cast a ballot in those.

Next, let’s look at the fi-nal component of the March 4 primary ballot - proposi-tions - reflecting interests of the Texas Democratic and Texas Republican par-ties. Propositions and per-centages of votes in favor or against each, as posted by Office of the Texas Sec-retary of State’s Elections

Division, are as follows:Republican Prop. 1: Abil-

ity to freely express reli-gious beliefs and prayer in public.

- In Favor: 1,311,353 (97.24%)

- Against: 37,117 (2.75%)Republican Prop. 2: Ex-

panding locations where concealed handgun-permit holders may carry.

- In Favor: 1,160,360 (86.92%)

- Against: 174,594 (13.07%)

Republican Prop. 3: Abolish the state franchise tax to encourage business growth.

- In Favor: 1,152,521 (88.47%)

- Against: 150,132 (11.52%)

Republican Prop. 4: Wel-

fare recipients to be tested for drugs before receiving benefits.

- In Favor: 1,280,839 (94.90%)

- Against: 68,729 (5.09%)Republican Prop. 5:

Elected officials and staff be subject to same laws as constituents.

- In Favor: 1,344,230 (99.36%)

- Against: 8,583 (0.63%)Republican Prop 6: Re-

peal The Affordable Care Act.

In Favor: 1,253,915 (93.00%)

Against: 94,310 (6.99%)Democratic Prop. 1: Im-

migration reform.- In Favor: 477,578

(86.46%)

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Things have a way or working out. One way or the other. It took de-cades to learn this lesson and stop becoming so upset and overwhelmed when things go wrong – and they will.

I worry less because Zack shares this burden. I wish he wouldn’t wor-ry so much, but it earns him lots of brownie points.

Maybe I’m less upset these days because I’m older. Gertrude Stein said, “Don’t sweat the small stuff – it’s all small stuff.” Well, yes, until you hit the really big stuff. She was mostly right.

It helps having no small children. I questioned if I’d survive that stage, but I did. And so did they. For two de-cades, I lived in fear of not doing things right, not doing enough or doing too much. I finally accepted that any action could contain some degree of wrong.

One day they’ll be in a therapist’s office blaming me, no matter what. I have other concerns, less immense than shaping unformed personalities – as much as nur-ture can override or enhance nature. I don’t feel so indis-pensable now.

Sometimes I become overwhelmed, even without children. It can sneak up on me. Occasionally the sky seems to fall on us all at once. Take the last couple of weeks for instance. Nothing tragic, but one concern or expense after another.

Rapid fire, like a machine gun.My printer failed. We don’t realize how dependent we

are on technology until a piece of it heads south. Franti-cally I searched Amazon reviews for the perfect printer. The more I read, the more confused I became. This hap-pens a lot.

A local store offered three good brands, with one on sale. Standing there comparing features, it dawned on me that I hadn’t asked Google if I might repair the old printer myself. You can ask Google anything, you know. And Google will answer.

Turned out it was an easy fix, and I was immensely proud of myself for accomplishing it. Dodged the bullet on that one. But it all took time.

Enter the next problem. A change in any variety of in-surance looms before me with catastrophic, apocalyptic proportions. I could be overstating that. Comparing new policies and options is complicated. Gone are the days when the agent told you what to do. Not even doctors do

“Slim” Lindbergh re-ported for pilot training at Brooks Field in San Anto-nio on March 18, 1924 just three years before the skin-ny college dropout became the most famous man in the world

To the dismay of his fa-ther, a Minnesota congress-man, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. gave up his engineering studies in 1920 to become a barnstormer. The youth spent the next two years risking his neck for pocket change and having the time of his life.

However, by the summer of 1922 stiff competition was sucking the profit out of the barnstorming busi-ness. A massive influx of hungry thrill-seekers drove the price for a close-up gan-der at the clouds down from five bucks a head to a mere $2.50. Finding it hard to make ends meet, Lindbergh decided to learn to fly by the book instead of the seat of his pants.

A stranger suggested the U.S. Army, which offered the best training in the lat-est aircraft. Although the

course consumed an entire year and required an up-front commitment of three more in uniform, Lindbergh could swing a transfer to the Army Air Reserve with only three weeks notice and re-sume his civilian career.

Convinced this was too good a bargain to pass up, Slim took the entrance exam on New Year’s Day 1924. Brimming with confidence after acing the test, he had three months to kill before the aviation school opened at Brooks Field in San An-tonio.

With a pal named Leon Klink, who happened to own a Canuck he did not know how to fly, Lindbergh made the rounds of the southern air shows. Death-defying stunts kept the pair in meal money and provided the footloose volunteer with a final fling before facing the strict disci-pline of military life.

The acceptance notice from the Army was waiting at the Pensacola, Florida post office in mid-February. Enrollment in the air acade-my was still a month away, so Slim talked his willing sidekick into a cross-country jaunt.

An embarrassing mishap the very next morning de-layed their departure for sun-ny California. The engine of

Klink’s airplane died over the ocean at an altitude of 200 feet, and the cool-head-ed pilot barely reached the shore, where the crippled craft plowed into a tower-ing sand hill. Though not his first crash and far from his last, the accident was surely Lindbergh’s most humiliat-ing as a convoy of emergen-cy vehicles unnecessarily converged on the scene.

After patching up the plane, the daredevils headed west, and the adventure con-tinued without a hitch until halfway across Texas. Run-ning low on fuel and unable to spot a safe place to land in Real County, Lindbergh parked on the town square in the small community of Camp Wood.

The following day, he se-lected a local street as a sub-stitute runway in spite of the fact that telegraph poles al-lowed less than a three-foot clearance. As Lucky Lindy recalled decades later, “After all, one drove a car regularly through objects with only a few inches clearance. Why shouldn’t one do it with an airplane?”

Sound as the logic seemed, a sudden gust of wind caused the Canuck to clip one of the poles and spin propeller first into a hardware store. Refusing Lindbergh’s offer

to pay for the damages, the proprietor took the intrusion in stride but the cursed plane did not.

By the time the materials arrived from Houston and the extensive repairs were completed, the duo had lost three more days on their tight timetable. California was simply out of the ques-tion after another aborted take-off ended in an encoun-ter with a giant cactus that tore a wing to shreds.

The comical collision put the Canuck out of commis-sion for a week. Klink caught a train for the West Coast, and Lindbergh limped to San Antonio in the battered craft to keep his appointment with the Army.

Touching down at Brooks Field on March 18, 1924, Lindbergh was met by a mob of mechanics amazed that anyone could get such a piti-ful specimen off the ground. The officer in charge was not nearly so genial and ordered him to clear the runway.

Coaxing his airborne wreck to a nearby com-mercial airport, Lindbergh stored the Canuck in a han-gar. He eventually put the pitiful plane back together and spent his free time ca-vorting in the clear Texas

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With the April 15 federal income tax filing deadline fast approaching, many Texans will undoubtedly encounter billboards, emails and direct mail that advertises tax preparation services. As with any contractual agreement, Tex-ans should carefully read the fine print before entering into a financial transac-tion involving their income taxes.

Taxpayers who understand the nature of these agreements are more likely to make informed decisions that just might save some of their hard-earned money.

For example, Texans should always avoid tax preparation services that “guarantee” the largest possible tax re-turn. Under federal law, any deductions tax preparers make for their clients must be accurate and legally permissi-ble.

Tax preparers that submit false infor-mation in order to obtain larger refunds for a client (and higher fees for the pre-parer), put their clients in legal jeopar-dy. Competent, legitimate tax preparers will not hesitate to sign their clients’ tax return, so Texans should always avoid preparation services that refuse to sign their clients’ tax returns.

Taxpayers who believe a tax preparer is not complying with the law should file a complaint with the Attorney Gen-eral’s Office.

Many businesses market “instant cash” to taxpayers seeking quick ac-cess to their income tax refunds. Tax

preparation services, automobile deal-erships, furniture outlets and other vendors typically market tax refund anticipation loans as an “instant cash advance” against a borrower’s expect-ed tax refund.

Frequently, the “instant cash” is ac-tually a loan that the taxpayer must repay. Refund anticipation loans often carry processing fees and high interest rates, so the amount of advance cash

the taxpayer receives is typically less than the refund they are owed by the federal government.

Under Texas law, refund anticipation loans are legal as long as lenders fully and clearly disclose certain details to borrowers. Refund anticipation lend-ers must provide the estimated fees charged for the loan, the annual interest

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Recent arrests made by var-ious law enforcement agen-cies in Bosque County include (alphabetically) and made be-tween 3/7/14 and 3/14/14.

• Drakus Demon Armstead, DOB 6/29/87, of Carroll-ton, charged with criminal nonsupport, fail to indentify fugitive intent to give false information, possession of marijuana under two ounces, arrested March8.

• James Elliotte Bryan, DOB 6/18/71, of Austin, charged with public intoxi-cation, criminal nonsupport, arrested March 13.

• Stephen Thomas Byrd, DOB 11/29/94, of Grand Prairie, charged with minor in consumption, arrested March 12.

• Holly Daugherty, DOB 9/24/92, of Kerrville, charged with driving while license invalid with previous convic-tion, suspension, without fi-nancial responsibility; public intoxication; failure to main-tain financial responsibility; arrested March 11.

• James David Dunlap, DOB 9/30/63, of Clifton, charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces/ motion to revoke, arrested March 13.

• Waldorf Jonathan Eyman, DOB 1/31/83, of Whitney, charged with possession of controlled substance PG 1, under one gram; possession of marijuana under two ounces; possession of drug parapher-nalia; arrested March 11.

• Chad Edward Foley, DOB

6/2/81, of Dallas, charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces; no driver’s license, manufacture or deliv-ery of controlled substance PG 1, under one gram, arrest-ed March 11.

• Beverly Ann Fox, DOB 2/15/58, of Clifton, charged with driving while intoxicat-ed, arrested March 11.

• Lisa Graves, DOB 3/11/73, of Granbury, charged with theft of property over $20, under $500 by check/BF, arrested March 13.

• Jeremy Steuart Hagen, DOB 6/3/74, of Whitney, charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces; possession of controlled sub-stance PG 1 under one gram; possession of drug parapher-nalia; arrested March 11.

• David Christopher Noles, DOB 1/25/94, of Clifton, charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces; no valid driver’s license, ar-rested March 8.

• Larry Dean Saippa, DOB 4/6/60, of Meridian, charged with driving while license invalid with previous convic-tion, suspension, without fi-nancial responsibility, arrest-ed March 12.

• Joe Allen Watley, Jr., DOB 5/24/73, of Clifton, charged with no driver’s li-cense, criminal nonsupport, arrested March 13.

• Meghan M. Watson, DOB 8/24/95, of Clifton, charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces, arrested March 8.

Forty-seven grand jury in-dictments were handed down March 7, 2014, in the 220th Judicial District Court. There were two non-arrests.

The indictments returned by the grand jury and report-ed by Bosque County District Clerk Juanita Miller includ-ed:

• Thomas Jay Allen, 21, of Walnut Springs – tampering with evidence, third degree felony.

• Damian Blain Allen, 21, of Meridian – possession of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• Derrick Donnell Warren, 22, of Clifton – possession of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• Ricardo Alvarez, 23, of Waco – burglary of building, State jail felony.

• Franklin Joseph Bowers, 43, of Clifton – illegal dump-ing 1,000 pounds or more, State jail Felony.

• Jerod Miguel Cardona, 32, of Killeen – possession of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• Amanda Dawn Chamber-lain, 35, of Waco – posses-sion of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• Juan Ramond Contreras, 47, of Morgan – possession of controlled substance, PG 1, less than one gram, drug free zone, third degree felo-ny.

• Phillip Lane Crosthwaite, 19, of Jonesboro – delivery of a controlled substance, one gram or more but less than four grams, first degree felony.

• Hugh Benjamin Culp, 52, of Clifton – attempted rob-bery, third degree felony.

• Krista Nicole Cummings, 21, of Valley Mills – burglary of a building, State jail felo-ny.

• Teddy Cunningham, 26, of Meridian – injury to a child, third degree felony.

• Cole Harrison Deegan, 22, of Meridian – possession of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• William Arlon Defer II, 28, of San Antonio – assault family violence by strangula-tion, third degree felony.

• Cole Adam Dell, 21, of Valley Mills – possession of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• Robert Gerard Frantz, 29, of Waco – evading arrest with vehicle, third degree felony.

• Eric Anthony Guerrero, 23, of Meridian – possession of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• Paul Dean Hayes, 36, of Cleburne – burglary of hab-itation with intent to commit assault, first degree felony.

• Paul Dean Hayes, 36, of Cleburne – unauthorized use of motor vehicle, State jail felony.

• Curtis Wayne Hefelfin-ger, 55, of Riesel – deadly conduct discharge firearm, third degree felony.

• John Daniel Hubbard, 27, of Laguna Park – aggravat-ed kidnapping bodily injury, first degree felony.

• John Daniel Hubbard, 27, of Laguna Park – aggravated assault causes serious bodily injury, second degree felony.

• John Daniel Hubbard, 27, of Laguna Park – possession

of controlled substance, State jail felony.

• Rusty Lynn Ireland, 28, of Meridian – possession of controlled substance, less than one gram, drug free zone, third degree felony.

• Richard Wesley Jablo-nowski, 54, of Valley Mills – driving while intoxicated third or more, third degree felony.

• Kurt Merrill Jenson, 40, of Meridian – diversion of controlled substance for per-sonal use, State jail felony.

• Melissa Drake Maddox, 34, of Morgan – burglary of habitation, first degree felo-ny.

• Natasha Claridy, 32, of Morgan – burglary of habita-tion, first degree felony.

• Jared Lee Maddox, 26, of Waco – assault family vi-olence by strangulation, third degree felony.

• Christopher David Mc-Lennan, 45, of Meridian – assault dating violence with previous conviction, third degree felony.

• Ricky Dale Meador Sr., 53, of Hillsboro – theft of material, less than $20,000, State jail felony.

• Alfonso Moncibais, IV, 28 of Granbury – evading arrest or detention with pre-vious conviction, State jail felony.

• Tracy Lynn Newman, 42, of Kopperl – hindering apprehension, third degree felony.

• Franklin Wayne Oldham, 38, of Jonesboro – theft of property, State jail felony.

• Alfred Renfrom Pavlas, 44, of Valley Mills – driving while intoxicated with child under 15, State jail felony.

• Pedro Perez, Jr., 30, of Donnas – unlawful posses-sion of firearm by felon, third degree felony.

• Zaiquery Phillips, 19, of Clifton – criminal mischief, State jail felony.

• Vincent Reyna, 25, of Meridian – possession of controlled substance, one gram or more but less than four grams, third degree fel-ony.

• Wanda Williams Ran-som, 61, of Meridian – hin-dering apprehension, third degree felony.

• Corey Steven Spence, 23, of Clifton – burglary of habi-tation, second degree felony.

• Raymon Mendoza Tor-res, 49, of Morgan – failure to comply with sex offender registration, third degree fel-ony.

• Jennifer Usher, 58, of Temple – aggravated assault with deadly weapon, second degree felony.

• David Hollis Vestal, 53, of Clifton – forgery of fi-nancial instrument, State jail felony.

• Paul Wesley Wilson, 53, of Waco – fraudulent use or possession of identifying in-formation, enhanced, second degree felony.

• Paul Wesley Wilson, 53, of Waco – fraudulent use or possession of identifying in-formation, enhanced, second degree felony.

Indictments are not a de-termination of guilt. An in-dividual’s innocence or guilt will be determined in a court of law.

- Against: 74,744 (13.53%)

Democratic Prop. 2: A living wage for all Texans.

- In Favor: 498,360 (89.09%)

- Against: 60,977 (10.90%)

Democratic Prop. 3: Medicaid expansion.

In Favor: 495,788 (88.95%)

Against: 61,567 (11.04%)Democratic Prop. 4: On

non-discrimination legisla-tion.

- In Favor: 488,148 (88.11%)

- Against: 65,850 (11.88%)

Tax revenue increasesState sales tax revenue in

February was $2.2 billion, up 5.8 percent compared to February 2013, State Comptroller Susan Combs said last week.

“Sales tax revenue con-tinues its growth streak and has now increased for 47 consecutive months,” Combs said. “Growth in tax collections was seen across all major economic sec-tors including oil and gas, wholesale trade and the ser-vices sector.”

Combs said the state would send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts their March local sales tax allocations totaling $553 million, up 4.1 percent compared to March 2013.Protection ruling to come

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to pro-tect the lesser prairie-chick-en as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A ruling on the bird’s status is expected March 30.

The bird’s Texas habitat includes short grass and

mixed grass prairies in 24 counties of the Panhandle region, where energy com-panies have interests.

A lesser prairie-chicken advisory committee that first met in February 2010 produced a list of recom-mendations, and one was that industries operating in lesser prairie-chicken hab-itat develop best manage-ment practices to minimize impact.

Many oil and gas compa-nies responded, saying they voluntarily would enroll acreage in a habitat conser-vation plan for the bird.

In 2012, a conservation compromise was struck between the State of Tex-as and the federal govern-ment over the listing and proposed protection of the dune sagebrush lizard and its West Texas shinnery oak dunes habitat where oil, gas and wind energy develop-ment operations are sited.DWI enforcement steps up

Texas Department of Public Safety on March 6 announced a planned in-crease of DWI patrols, be-fore, during and after spring break, running from March 7 to March 23.

For the duration of the enforcement period, state troopers’ focus has been on “high-risk locations” at times when alcohol-related crashes are most frequent.

During last year’s spring break enforcement period, the agency reported, more than 1,000 DWI arrests with enforcement also were made, resulting in more than 11,400 speeding cita-tions, 1,600 seat belt/child safety seat tickets, 552 fugi-tive arrests and 463 felony arrests during the period.

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Mr. & Mrs. Roger KrauseMs. Linda MillsEmily Neal & Bob MillerMr. & Mrs. John MitchellMr. & Mrs. John ThomasMr. & Mrs. Buck Thomason

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Brianna PrescherThrivent Financial for Lu-therans, Waco Area Chapter, will be providing supple-mental funding.

Raffle tickets are also on sale for a “Goodie Basket” of donated items that will be given away that night. Tickets may be purchased at the hospital front desk, from auxiliary members or at the spaghetti supper.

Funds from the event will continue to support Good-all-Witcher Hospital Author-ity.

Everyone is urged to come out and support the local hospital and enjoy a good dinner with friends and fam-ily.

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Joyce McDowell tended to the spaghetti sauce being cooked up at a previous G-W spaghetti supper.

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INmemoryThe Clifton Record Obituaries

Bessie Jewel Allen, age 81, of Burleson and a former longtime res-ident of the Lakeside Village area on Lake Whitney, passed away Thurs-day afternoon, March 6, 2014, in a Burleson care facility.

Funeral services were held Tues-day, March 11, 2014, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Meridi-an with Rev. Brian Jacobs offici-

ating. Burial was in the Hillcrest Garden of Memories on SH#22 between Whitney and Hillsboro. Pallbearers were Chase Allen, Dale Kimbrell, Donnie Erickson, Marcus Carlson, Matt Castillo, and Tyler Kimbrell, and an honorary pallbearer was Daniel Phillips.

Bessie was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Krum, Texas. She moved to Bosque County as a young child and was raised in the Steiner community of Bosque County.

On Aug. 14, 1948, she was united in marriage to Earnie Edward Allen in Hillsboro, Texas. The couple lived in Dal-las and Mesquite for several years before moving to Lake-side Village on Lake Whitney where her husband operated Allen Custom Mill and Cabinet until retiring in 1995. He passed away on October 13, 1997.

Bessie was a Senior Regent for the Moose Lodge and was a member of the Eastern Star. She was a member of the Lakeside Baptist Church. Bessie was married for a time with Ralph Ottinger.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Mary Cummins Sanders; her husband, Earnie E. Allen, and all of her 8 siblings.

She is survived by her children, Gwendolyn Allen Mey-er and husband, John, of Lakeside Village, Jerry Allen and wife, Bonnie, of Burleson, Gaylon Allen and wife, Deb-bie, of Lakeside Village and Jackie Allen and wife, Kathy, of Sachse; 13 grandchildren 18 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Betty Joyce Allen Snelson of Kyle; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Thoughts and memories may be sent to the family at lawsonfuneralhome.net. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home of Meridian.

Bessie Jewel Allen

James Jay Argabright, age 91, of Clifton, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014, in a Clifton care fa-cility.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Zion United Church near Clifton. Inter-ment was in the Clifton Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were Mi-chael Miller, Kenneth Miller, Bruce

Miller, Joe Miller, James Miller and Blaine Bryant; Hon-orary pallbearers were Everett Passon, Dave Stallard, and Clyde Duke.

Jay was born Jan. 20, 1923, in Bellview, Texas. He was raised at Antelope near Jacksboro. He served with the U. S. Army from 1942 until 1945.

On Oct. 12, 1971, he was united in marriage to Wan-da Taylor. Jay and his wife lived in Fort Worth for sever-al years before moving to Clifton in 1978. He owned and operated an automotive repair business in Laguna Park for several years.

He attended Zion United Church.He is survived by his wife, Wanda, of Clifton; children,

Michael Miller and wife, Stella, of Ft. Worth, Kenneth Miller and wife, Marjorie, of Valley Mills, Bruce Miller and wife, Kim, of Clifton and Joe Miller of Cranfills Gap; 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Stephens, of Jacksboro; number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Memorials may be made to the Zion United Church, 1411 FM 219, Clifton, Texas, 76634, or Hospice Sunset, 113 S. Ave. D, Clifton, Texas, 76634.

Thoughts and memories may be sent to the family at lawsonfuneralhome.net. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home of Meridian.

James Jay Argbright

Ethelyn “Lee” Damron, 91, of Walnut Springs, passed away Sunday evening, March 9, 2014, at a Clif-ton nursing facility. Funeral services were held Thursday, March 13, at the Walnut Springs Baptist Church with Brady Dempsey officiating. A visi-tation was held at Lawson Memori-al Chapel, 6th and Norway, Walnut Springs, on Wednesday, March 12.

Interment was in the Fulton Cemetery, near Walnut Springs. Pallbearers were Lonnie Halbert, Bruce McCombs, Tommy Speer, William Offutt, Jarell Sutherland, and Brady Dempsey.

Mrs. Damron was born Sept. 13, 1922 in Walnut Springs to John Bunyon Mounce, Sr. and Bonnie Fay Baucom Mounce. She attended school in Walnut Springs and after high school attended college.

On Oct. 8, 1948, she married Joe Bob Damron in Me-ridian, and the couple made their home in Walnut Springs throughout their married life. Mr. Damron preceded her in death on June 30, 1985. She was a homemaker, a member of the Iredell Ladies VFW Auxillary, and a very faithful mem-ber of the Walnut Springs Baptist Church.

Survivors include her children, Bonnie Dempsey, and her husband, Perry, of Walnut Springs and Benny Damron and his wife, Rosemary, of Walnut Springs; 8 Grandchildren, 12 Great-grandchildren, and 1 Great-great-grandchild; sis-ter, Faye Finley, of Walnut Springs; and sister-in-law, Jean Mounce, of Walnut Springs; a number of other relatives and many friends.

She was also preceded in death by her mother, Bonnie Fay Mounce, in 1973, and her father, John Bunyon Mounce, Sr., in 1988; and a son, Billy Marshall Damron, in 1973.

Memories and words of sympathy may be sent to Mrs. Damron’s family at lawsonfuneralhome.net. Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home of Meridian.

Ethelyn Damron

James Stanley Orbeck was born Aug. 7, 1923, in Clifton, Texas, to Otto C. and Esther Valborg Estrem Orbeck. He was the fifth child of five children born to this couple. His Mother died when he was eighteen months old and his Father passed away when he was six, leaving him and his siblings to live together at the Orbeck home with the mothering influence of their aunt, Miss Anna Estrem. James was Baptized and Confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, a few blocks south of the family home. He remained a Lutheran all of his life .

James graduated from Clifton High School in 1941 having played quarterback for the Clifton Cubs and continued his education at Clifton Junior College before volunteering for service in WWII.

All four brothers served in the armed services during WWII, with James joining the Navy in 1943.

Upon returning from the South Pacific and serving as a Pharmacists Mate after his discharge in 1946, James re-turned to Clifton College for his education and transferred to The University of Texas at Austin to earn his BA degree and his Masters degree in Education.

His first teaching position was at Killeen, where he taught two years before moving to Odessa, with Ector County In-dependent School District. He taught at Odessa High School and later at Permian High School for a total of 37 years. He taught Texas History and found pleasure in knowing and teaching about the progress of this great state, and also taught Science and Chemistry. In addition to teaching, he sold life insurance for American Amicable Co. as an agent and de-veloped a business career which he enjoyed. He especially appreciated interacting with clients and made many friends.

James was a fan of good music and studied piano under the direction of Mrs. Travis Bass. He learned to play the classics and played quite beautifully. It was usually for his own pleasure but others enjoyed his music when they were fortunate to hear him at the piano.

James married Betty Wingate in Austin, Dec. 25, 1951 at First English Lutheran Church. They had one child, Mark Lindsley Orbeck. They were members of Redeemer Luther-an Church where James was very pleased to be a part of Church activities. He and his wife Betty, were actively in-volved with the Permian Basin Historical Society.

His one true hobby, carpentry, enabled James to build his first home with the help of two carpenters. James was also involved in the American Legion and Veterans Of Foreign Wars. He was a promoter of “Texas Boy’s State”, offered by the American Legion which sponsored this program that enabled High School boys to attend the Legislature to gain first hand knowledge of the workings of the State Capitol, for one week each summer. During this work in Odessa, he was responsible for sending several hundred qualified boys to Austin for this honor.

Later, when he moved to Clifton, he continued this volun-teering and sponsorship of a number of boys along with the local American Legion to give this opportunity to a limited group, for several years. He was most proud of this achieve-ment and gained the admiration and appreciation from the students and the parents, as well.

In the Veteran’s groups, James was often Chaplain and also proudly spoke at the annual Memorial Day services at the cemetery in Clifton.

After retirement from teaching, James moved back to his hometown, Clifton, and met and married Jewel Lambert Norris in September 1990, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. They lived in the Oak Run addition until her death in 2006. James moved to Mansfield, Texas to be near his son and re-sided in a retirement home until his death Monday Feb. 3, 2014.

Preceding him in death were: First wife, Betty, second wife, Jewel, sister, Evelyn Orbeck Jackson, brothers, Joe, Lloyd and Dan.

To mourn his passing: son, Mark Orbeck, grandsons, Richard Orbeck, Travis Orbeck; Jewel’s children, Linda Fehler, Randy Smith, sister-in law Mary Orbeck, nephews, J.R. Jackson, Joe Orbeck, Morris Jackson and Dan Orbeck, Jr.; and nieces: Dianne Orbeck Duvic and Dale Orbeck Van Sickle.

Serving as Pall Bearers were Doyle Fehler, Zack Fehler, Brandon Hoff, Dan Orbeck,Jr., Travis Orbeck, Richard Or-beck and Mark Orbeck.

Funeral services were at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Clif-ton, Texas with Brian McQuiggin officiating. Organist and soloist was Mrs. Deborah Canuteson. Interment was at the Norse cemetery, Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Arrange-ments by Clifton Funeral Home of Clifton.

James Stanley Orbeck

Johney A. Verzwyvelt, Jr., also known as “Hippie Johney,” age 67, of Morgan, passed away early Fri-day morning, March 7, 2014, in a Whitney care facility.

A memorial service was held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at 3:00 P. M., at the Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney, Texas.

Johney was born March 16, 1946, in Chula Vista, California, a son of the late Johney A. Ver-zwyvelt, Sr. and Mary Alice VanNewkirk Verzwyvelt. He had lived in Kopperl for several years where he worked as an automotive mechanic.

He had no survivors but a very good friend, Mary Katie Archer of Morgan.

Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home of Meridian.

Johney A. Verzwyvelt

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that now. We’re all supposed to make our own decisions so nobody gets sued.

There are too many choic-es; hence Internet research until my head aches. Finally I’ll settle on one choice or another. Until I do, I’m in a tailspin. If I feel the need to read labels in the supermar-ket for almost every product to determine the best deal, you know I’ll make myself crazy finding the right insur-ance. So I did that.

The annual ritual of IRS prep happened. This head-ache begins in February each year and plods along into March. This year it be-gan earlier as we considered a replacement CPA when our previous accounting office closed. Which was almost as nerve-racking as choosing new insurance.

I input data into Quick-en, gathered things together and delivered the forms and papers to the accountant. Ticked that one off my list with a sigh of relief, even knowing I’ll receive at least one call regarding whatever I forgot. It never fails.

Repairs of various kinds plagued us, mostly expen-sive. What isn’t these days? Two trucks, broken pipes, one Deerborn heater with murder on its mind, a hot

tub – with several accom-panying failed repairs after months of visits and parts. Had to find a new spa guy. I hate change.

There’ve been doctor and dentist visits, mostly what I consider middle-aged main-tenance. Some meant trips out of town and extra gaso-line.

Insurance wouldn’t cover a $300 prescription – which I decided to live without. Another cost over $200, and there was no choice but to buy it.

Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this picture?

The cold winter caused the price of propane to rise. And we’ve used more than usual. Darn this global warming. The heating costs are kill-ing us now that things are so much warmer.

And we need rain. My latest challenge was

finding a “mother of the bride” dress – classic, ele-gant but not over the top, neither frumpy nor slutty. I tried over twenty blue dress-es before that harsh, triptych mirror from which there was no escape in any angle. I still require two things; more ex-ercise and less chocolate.

May all your problems be small ones.

RAMBLINGSFrom page 4

skies.The Army training course

proved so demanding that 86 of the 104 cadets bailed out before graduation. Slim Lindbergh not only survived the ordeal but finished at the top of his class. In March 1925, he was officially cer-tified as an aviator.

Impressed as they were by the uncanny ability and unparalleled performance

of lanky Lindbergh, neither instructors nor classmates could have dreamed he was fated to be the immortal Lone Eagle, the greatest hero of the twentieth century.

Yet the successful New York-to-Paris flight in May 1927 that earned Charles Lindbergh a unique place in history also unleashed an avalanche of adulation that almost ruined his life.

TEXASFrom page 4

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Bosque Valley Baptist Church

90141 FM 219, Clifton

254-675-6141

Bosque County Cowboy Church

Pastor: Tater Paschal7023 SH6 Clifton, TX.

76634

Church of Christ203 S. Ave. G, Clifton

254-675-3801

Church of ChristLaguna Park

254-622-8207

Church of ChristValley Mills

254-932-6448

Clifton Bible Church414 W. 5th Steet, CLifton

254-675-3422

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

90121 S. Hwy. 6, Clifton254-675-4121

First Baptist Church207 S. Ave. F, Clifton

254-675-3811

First Baptist Church13372 SH 22, Cranfills Gap

254-597-2780

First Baptist ChurchValley Mills

254-932-6273

First Baptist Church Laguna Park

137 CR 1813, Laguna Park254-622-3226

First United Methodist Church302 S. Ave. E, Clifton

254-675-3984

First United Methodist ChurchHwy. 6, Valley Mills

254-932-2842

211 S. Ave. G, Clifton254-675-8105

Grace Memorial Baptist Church107 S. Ave. M, Clifton

254- 675-3289

Grace Memorial Baptist ChurchValley Mills

254-932-5377

Grand Old Gospel Lighthouse3653 S. Hwy. 6, Clifton

254-675-2021

Holy Angels Catholic Church1915 W. 5th, Clifton

254-675-8877

Immanuel Lutheran Church911 W. 3rd, Clifton

254-675-4281

Laguna Park Community Church137 CR 1813, Laguna Park

254-622-322

First Baptist Church of Lakeside Village

156 CR 13077 mi. East of Morgan

254-775-4488

Lake Whitney Baptist Church254-622-8339

Our Lady of the Lake

Episcopal Church658 SH 22, Laguna Park

254-622-8496

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church152 CR 4145, Clifton

254-675-3962

Patton Baptist Church656750 Chisholm Trail,

Valley Mills254-934-5421

Peace Lutheran Church330 W. 5th Street, Clifton

254-675-8927

River of Life Christian Fellowship

108 CR 3625, Clifton254-622-8555

Searsville Country ChurchFM 217, Valley Mills

Shiloh Baptist Church414 N. Ave. M, Clifton

254-675-3867

St. Olaf Lutheran Church402 Meridian St.,

Cranfills Gap254-597-2738

Trinity Lutheran Church803 W. 3rd, Clifton

254-675-8815

Pentecostal Church of God507 W. Hackberry, Clifton

254-675-4552

Zion United Church1411 FM 219, Clifton

254-675-3599

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Weekly Scripture Reading

Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society

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1 Kings 8.1-21

1 Kings8.22-53

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1 Kings3.1-15

Psalm11

Psalm12

Psalm16

It’s spring and the earth awakens once more! Crocus and daffodils sprout from chilly beds; birds lay their eggs and welcome new life. Spring is a time to emerge from the darkness that may be clouding your happiness and celebrate the newness of life. Wouldn’t it be even more glorious if every day could feel like the first day of spring? It can…the light of God can give you a perpetual glow no matter the season. Walk into the light of God’s love at your house of worship this week.

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Lydia Hoel, at 92, of Clifton was recently honored as the old-est celebrant at the 2014 Hoel Family Reunion.

Dr. Marco Montoya, candidate for US Congressional District 25, spoke at last week’s county Democrats meeting.

Pat Toons, president of the Bosque County Democrat Club, hosted last week’s meeting in the Clifton Civic Center.

Greg Kauffman of Crowley, candidate for Dist. 58, attend-ed last week’s Bosque County Democrat Club’s meeting in Clifton.

John Hastings, Bosque County Democrat chairman, was on hand for the BCDC meeting in Clifton last week.

George Larson introduced the fourth annual Wildflower Art Show at the Bosque Museum on Sunday.

Sally Douglas visited with artists and friends at the 11th an-nual High School Art Show at the Bosque Arts Center.

Tori Esquivel, a sophomore at Whitney, painted the very cre-ative “Mother of Dragons” for the high school art show.

Neal McDowell visited with student artists at the annual High School Art Show at the Bosque Arts Center Sunday.

John Sitler took time to look at some of the museum trea-sures during the art show on Sunday at the Bosque Museum.

Artists Jack Walker and Tom Paulson visited during the an-nual art show held Sunday at the Bosque Museum.

Pam Sitler and Elaine Bell visited at the refreshment table at the Bosque Museum during the annual wildflower art show.

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Texas hosts NCAA Final Four in Arlington

Smell The GrassBy Brett Voss

Publisher

Lady Cubs split two games with league leaders

Clifton knocks off Troy, Bruceville-EddyCubs baseball grabs early district lead

see VOSS, page 10

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

Cub junior starting pitcher Hunter Harris struck out 12, and allowed only three hits by the Trojans on Friday night at Clifton.

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

In a district showdown for first place against Troy Fri-day night, Junior Zach Potts delivered a clutch two-out RBI single to put the Cubs ahead 1-0.

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

Lady Cub Karlee Kleibrink sends a shot to the opposite field against Troy in a key district game at Clifton Ballpark.

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

The Clifton Cubs moved to 3-0 in District with a 12-1 run-rule win over the Bruceville-Eddy Eagles. The Cubs jumped on the Eagles in the first inning with a lead-off single by Jaren Brooks. He would later score the first run of the game on a RBI single by Brayden Wise, reported Coach Brian Slater.

The Cubs would open up the game by scoring five in the second inning. The big hits of the inning were a Hunter Pitts a two-run single and a Raymond Sadler two-run single. After Bruceville scored their only run in the bottom of the second inning, the Cubs would scratch across three more in the third inning. Jaren Brooks and Sadler had RBI singles to extend the lead to 9-1.

That was all Junior Zach Potts would need as he improved to 3-1 on the season while striking out 13 in his five innings of work. The leading hitters for the Cubs were: Raymond Sadler 2-3, 3 RBI; Jaren Brooks 2-4; Zach Thiele 2-4; and Zach Potts 2-3.

The win improved the Cubs to 9-8-1 overall.On Friday, March 14, the Clifton Cubs hosted

District rival Troy Trojans in a battle for first place. Behind the strong left arm of Junior Hunter Har-

ris, the Cubs were able to prevail in eight innings 2-1. Harris was masterful going all eight innings striking out 12 and allowing only three hits improv-ing his record to 4-0. It was a pitching duel from the outset as neither team could muster a rally, said Coach Slater.

Finally in the fourth inning the Cubs would get on the board. Jordan Larance started the rally with a lead-off double. Hunter Harris walked to put runners on first and second with no outs. Troy was able to get two outs, but left runners on first and third for Junior Zach Potts.

Potts delivered a clutch two out RBI single to put the Cubs ahead 1-0.

The score stayed that way until the sixth when Troy finally answered with a two-out RBI double to tie the score at one all.

The game would go extra innings and the Cubs would finally put an end to the contest in the bot-tom of the eighth. Zach Thiele would start the rally with a one out single. Brayden Wise hit a double

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

Despite Marti Hanson’s 3-3 performance at the plate on Monday, March 10, Clif-ton took a 15-7 loss at the hands of the Lady Trojans of Troy at Clifton.

Kennadi Strawser was able to keep it over the plate, allowing no walks. Clifton’s pitcher worked four innings, allowing one earned run and six hits while striking out two.

Jordan Woosley was the game’s losing pitcher. She allowed nine runs in three innings, walked two and struck out three.

Troy never surrendered the lead after the first inning, scoring seven runs on two doubles and a two-run home run by Adams.

Two runs in the bottom of the second helped Clif-ton close its deficit to 6-5. A walk by Strawser and a field-er’s choice sparked Clifton’s rally. Finally, Troy induced an inning-ending strike out from Ally Reel.

After pushing across one

run in the bottom of the third, Clifton faced just a 9-6 deficit. An RBI double by Emily Brewer fueled Clifton’s comeback. Finally, Troy got Karlee Kleibrink to fly out to end the threat.

After pushing across one run in the bottom of the fifth, Clifton faced just a 11-7 deficit. An RBI single by Woosley gave Clifton life. Strawser struck out to end the Clifton threat.

Dual-threat carries Lady Cubs past Bruceville-Eddy

Bruceville-Eddy was ranked #1 in the state prior to the Lady Cubs’ game vic-tory, said Coach Jonathan Shaw.

Emily Brewer was strong at the plate and on the rubber in carrying Clifton to a 3-1 victory over Bruceville-Ed-dy on Tuesday at Brucev-ille-Eddy.

Emily did her best to jump start the offense for Clifton, reaching base two times. She doubled in the fourth inning.

Emily worked out of four difficult moments for Clif-

down the right field line to put runners on second and third.

After an intentional walk to Larance loaded the bases, Hunter Harris hit a walk off RBI single down the right field line to win it.

Leading hitters for the Cubs were: Zach Thiele 3-4; Jordan Larance 2-3; and Hunter Harris 1-2.

The Cubs’ win improved them to 10-8-1 overall and 4-0 in District 21AA play.

They next take the field Tuesday, March 18, at Moody in another district contest.

see SOFTBALL, page 10

With the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four set to begin April 5 in Arlington, March Madness descends on Texas. But when the fi-nal buzzer sounds in the na-tional championship game at AT&T Stadium April 7, it won’t be a team from the

Lone Star State cutting down the net.This year, the Sunshine State will grab the spotlight at

the dance.The Florida Gators earned the No. 1 overall seed in the

NCAA Tournament for just the second time in school his-tory. And the other time the Gators entered the tournament with the top seed, they won the national championship in 2007.

Of course, the choice became easy for the selection committee Sunday after the Gators defeated Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference tournament final to bring

their winning streak to 26 games.Florida (32-2) will open tournament play Thursday in

Orlando, Fla., in the South Region against the winner of Albany (18-14) and Mount St. Mary’s (16-16), two 16 seeds that play Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio.

Florida’s road to Dallas could get considerably tougher after that with No. 2 seed Kansas, No. 3 seed Syracuse and No. 4 seed UCLA all in the South. The Jayhawks, Or-ange and Bruins have a combined for 15 national titles and plenty of experience on college basketball’s biggest stage.

Wichita State finally got the nod as the top seed in the Midwest after finishing No. 2 in the AP poll. The Shockers will play the winner of the play-in game between Big West tournament winner Cal Poly and Texas Southern.

Last year’s national champion, Louisville, was seeded fourth in the Midwest despite playing well enough to be considered a No. 1 by many. With Wichita State and Mich-igan there as well, the Midwest holds three of last year’s Final Four participants all vying for one spot this year.

Arizona got top billing in the West despite losing to

UCLA in the Pac-12 final Saturday. The Wildcats will open Friday against Weber State.

Upstart Virginia earned the top seed in the East after beating Duke to win the ACC tournament title for the first time since 1976. The Cavaliers will face Coastal Carolina.

The Cavaliers face a rugged path if they want to reach the Final Four for the first time since 1984: Big East reg-ular-season champion Villanova is the No. 2 seed, Big 12 tournament champion Iowa State is No. 3, Big 10 tourna-ment champ Michigan State is No. 4.

Disappointingly, SMU, the team led on a renaissance by coaching lifer Larry Brown, did not make the cut.

The tournament begins Tuesday with a pair of First Four games, and things get going in earnest Thursday when 32 of the 64 teams in the main draw take to the floor.

Two of the First Four games involve bubble teams: No. 12 seeds North Carolina State and Xavier will play for the right to face No. 5 seed Saint Louis, and No. 11

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Hunter Pitts, a hard hitter in the Bruceville-Eddy game, makes a dash for third against Troy on Friday night (top); Sophomore Brayden Wise hit a single down the right field line (middle); Cubs celebrate between innings (bottom).

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ton. She pitched seven in-nings and allowed no earned runs on six hits. Emily faced her toughest moment in the sixth inning.

The lead stayed with Clif-ton after the fifth, when they

scored two runs on two sin-gles.

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seeds Iowa and Tennessee will meet in Dayton, Ohio, for a shot at No. 6 seed Massachusetts, and Texas Southern will take on Cal Poly for the honor to take on top-seed Wichita State in the Midwest.

Other Lone Star State teams in the tournament will be Midwest seventh-seeded Texas will face No. 10 seed Arizona State, Stephen F. Austin seeded 12th in the South facing No. 5 VCU, Baylor seeded sixth in the West drawing 11th seed Ne-braska,

So hang onto your arm-chair and get ready for a wild ride through this year’s March Madness, Tex-as-style.

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rate, and the loan fee sched-ule in writing.

Lenders who advertise in Spanish must provide the same required disclosures in Spanish.

Refund anticipation lend-ers must also inform bor-rowers about the average time it takes to receive a re-fund directly from the IRS, which now offers electronic tax filing and direct deposit refunds. Both options sig-nificantly speed up the re-fund process.

According to the IRS’ website, refunds generally are processed and depos-ited into taxpayers’ bank accounts within 21 days or less. With that in mind, taxpayers should carefully consider which option is in their best interest: instant cash refunds reduced by in-terest and lender fees – or a full refund from the IRS at a slightly later date.

Although many Texans would prefer not to pay their taxes, it is well settled

law that federal income tax-es are NOT voluntary. Any tax professional claiming to uniformly exempt taxpay-ers from their federal in-come tax liability should be viewed with caution. U.S. courts have repeatedly re-jected the argument that tax-es are voluntary or optional.

Finally, taxpayers should beware of unsolicited tele-phone calls and emails from individuals claiming to be IRS agents. During these fraudulent telephone calls, fake federal agents may claim tax refunds are avail-able via direct deposit. The scam artists’ goal is to trick Texans into providing their bank account information and Social Security num-bers.

Texans who receive calls or emails from these im-posters claiming to be IRS employees must recognize that the callers are just at-tempting to steal taxpayers’ identities. The IRS does not unexpectedly call taxpayers

to demand their personal in-formation. Taxpayers solicit-ed in this manner should just hang up or delete the emails.

Additional information on tax-related scams and ques-tions is available directly from the IRS at www.irs.gov or by calling 1-800-829-1040.

To report a tax preparer who is not complying with the law, or to report fraudu-lent telephone solicitations, file a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office online at www.texasattor-neygeneral.gov or by calling 1-800-252-8011.

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

During Monday night’s meeting of the CISD Board of Trustees, the school approved changing the policy for hiring substitutes in reaction to the Affordable Care Act; as well as raising salaries for substitute teachers.

Superintendent Rhoda White brought news to the trustees regarding the impact of the ACA and substitutes working for over 130 hours a month having to be offered ben-efits.

“I would like to try and manage it so we can hire more retired teachers, since they have their healthcare covered, rather than having to have substitutes pay for premiums up front, and maybe not get called back to work,” said White. “TASBE recommends capping substitutes at 129 hours a month to save on all the work of dealing with the extra benefit payments.”

Board President Kenneth Lowrance rec-ommended that White come up with a new policy on hiring substitute teachers and come back with it at the next meeting.

The next item addressed raising the pay rate for substitutes. The school currently pays $60 a day, but approved raising the pay to $70 for long term substitutes; $75 for cer-tified substitutes; and $80 for long-term cer-tified substitutes.

A financial report from Gary Faunce noted that it is almost time to start building a bud-get for the upcoming year.

“We have about 20 more kids on an aver-age daily basis which has brought the state funding up from last year, which is helping.

But, we have to also deal with the fact that the power lines and poles will depreciate by 50-percent after the first year.

“We’re looking at a deficit budget of about a half million,” said Faunce, noting that the school is running basically on local funds.

“Technically, we are a Robin Hood district (Chapter 41), but we do not send any tax dol-lars to the State,” said Faunce. “The bottom line is we are in good shape – but with the power plant, anything beyond next year is just speculation – we must have a conserva-tive budget year.”

The annual renewal of a contract with In-terquest Detection Canines for the 2014-15 year was approved.

White reported that the City is working with the school to chip seal the parking lot at the stadium. She also reported that she had signed up CISD with the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System Pilot – “so that we can get in on the ground floor.”

Business manager Kitsy Spitzer reported that the City of Clifton would handle the school’s board election.

Following an executive session on admin-istrative contracts for assistant principals and program directors, the following three were offered new one-year contracts: Asst. Princi-pal Paul Booth, Asst. principal Corey McAd-ams, and Band Director Keith Zuehlke.

Supt. White reported that the district has received resignations from the following personnel: Joe Etheredge, Dodd Carmichael, Allan Nance, Jon Shaw, Lyndsey Shaw and Elizabeth Holman. The resignations have been accepted and will be effective at the end of the school year.

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

Weston Schasteen and Hayden Horn led the school board in the pledges to the American flag and the Texas flag at the beginning of the board meeting.

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

Mackenzie Malone, a Bosque County resident and student at Texas Tech Univer-sity, will perform at the Bosque Arts Center on Sunday, March 23, at 2 p.m., as a fund-raiser to support her summer music studies in Italy

Mackenzie has been accepted to study abroad in Mondavio, Italy at the Music in the Marche program this summer. This pro-gram will offer immense opportunities to work with the top vocal professionals in the country as well as provide wonderful cul-tural exposure in one of the most musically influential places in the world.

Mackenzie Malone is originally from Belle Fourche, SD and moved to Texas in 2008. She currently studies at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where she is in her fourth year of studies. She studies under Dr. Gregory Brookes, a Canadian Baritone, who is an international singer.

Mackenzie is in the top choir at Tech, Texas Tech University Choir, and will be going on tour to Houston and Chicago this year.

She has competed in solo and ensemble in high school, NATS, and many choral competitions.She has also been involved in many large choral works such as: The Ex-ecution of Stephan Razin by Shostakovich (the Texas premier), The Resurrection Sym-phony by Mahler, Rejoice in the Lamb by Britten, Mass in C and Der Geist Hilft by

Bosque County’s Malone returns to perform at BAC

J.S. Bach, and many more.During her time in Italy, she will be per-

forming in various scenes from different operas as well as gaining an Italian lan-guage credit. She is currently fundraising for this program, which will be her first in-ternational experience as a soloist.

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Mackenzie Malone to perform at the BAC.

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Zander awarded Best of Show

Talent on display at BAC’s 11th Annual High School Art Show

By Carol SpicerThe ClifTon ReCoRd

The 11th annual High School Art Show hosted by the Bosque Arts Center Art Council opened with its award ceremony on Sun-day afternoon with a full house on hand.

Art Council members John Thomas and Neal McDdowell spoke to the group of students and adults at the show, saying “We would like all of the students who entered the show, and a special thank you to Bruce Greene for judging the show.”

Thomas went on to speak briefly about the Art Coun-cil, saying it “promotes and nurtures art in Bosque and throughout the surrounding area. We truly wish to pass our passion for art on to the young people in this area.

“I was very impressed with the amount of talent and creativity in this year’s show – it gets better every year,” Thomas said before handing over the speaking to Neal McDowell to pres-ent the awards.

The Best of Show award went to Tori Zander of Clif-ton for “Butter Knife Flow-ers,” in the oil and acrylic division of the show.

Other winners in each di-vision are as follows:

• Charcoal, pencil and ink: First - “Long Hair, Don’t Care” by Jeb Eu-bank of Whitney; Second - “Down Goes Phoenix” by Jeb Eubank of Whitney; Third - “Benjamin Harris” by Quinton Frank of Clif-ton; Hon. Men.- “Brave” by Hector Frias of Whit-ney.

• Pastel: First - “Zebra” by Tristen Robertson of Clifton; Second -”Illumi-nate” by Kayla Thompson of Whitney; Third - “Hal-loween Cat” by Layla Cole of Whitney; Hon. Men. - “Soldier” by Tristan Moli-na of Whitney.

• Watercolor: First - “Horse” by Angel Torres of Whitney; Second - “Oz” by Amber James of Whitney; Third - “Fire Bringer” by Jeffrey Stockstill of Whit-ney; Hon. Men. - “Beach” by Guillermo Villalpando of Clifton.

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

Winners in the annual High School Art School at the Bosque Arts Center included (from left) Amber James, Whitney; Jeb Eubank, Whitney; Quinton Frank, Clifton; Kayla Thompson, Whitney; Layla Cole, Whitney; Angel Torres, Whitney; Hector Frias, Whitney (top); Best of Show winner, Tori Zander of Clifton was congratulated by Show Director John Thomas (below).

• Oil and acrylic: First - “Butter Knife Flowers” by Tori Zander of Clifton; Second - “Shake” by Lay-la Cole of Whitney; Third - “Aftermath” by Kayla Thompson of Whitney; Hon. Men.-”Kid” by Tori Zander of Clifton.

• Mixed media: First - “Impact” by Brandon Leita & Brett Gilchrist of Whitney; Second - “Melt-ed Heart” by Anne Ma-rie Wageneck of Clifton; Third - “Crayola” by Ty Sanders of Clifton; Hon. Men. - “DWI” by Sanjuana Delgado of Whitney.

Speaking of the Affordable Care Act, Mon-toya noted that it’s “the private insurance companies that set the rates for physicians – this act is supposed to work at getting the rates more balanced.”

“I would like to see dental care added to the act,” said Montoya. “For the technical schools and universities, we deserve better medical care and dental care. There is only one dental school in Texas.”

“Did you know that the benefits for 40,000 unemployed in our district ended in Janu-ary?”

“We must strive for more higher educa-tion for all. In many high schools they have dropped Algebra II and yet that is a require-ment for college. The Pell Grants make a dif-ference, but we must work to better the edu-cation for all,” he said.

“This is not my campaign – this is our campaign,” said Montoya. “My principals in-

clude the freedom of choice and the legalities of our Constitution.”

Speaking on other subjects that he feels are priorities, Montoya said that water is a pri-ority in the district yet Williams has not ad-dressed this, or tried to get funding for water projects in the district.

“There are 80-percent of Texans without healthcare. We must expand Medicare – the State has the money – but it seems our state policy is to not do anything.”

Montoya asked everyone at the meeting to start working on a list of priorities for whom-ever goes to Congress. “We need to find out what we can do together – there are so many representatives of the state that are outsiders – and out of touch.”

Quoting Lincoln, Montoya said “What are we doing to ‘form a more perfect union?’”

The second speaker at the meeting was Jessica Thomas, an ACA navigator with the

Pecan Valley Centers Healthcare, which cov-ers Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Erath, Johnson, and Somervell. When introduced, Toons not-ed that Bosque County did not have a naviga-tor to help people sign up for the Affordable Care Act – “We’re on our own here.”

Thomas explained that many people find the website difficult to understand, and noted that it does not tell everyone what they need to know – which is why talking to a navigator is important.

“You can only buy (ACA) health insurance during the open enrollment period which ends March 31,” said Thomas. But she did in-form everyone that the next open enrollment will be from Nov. 15, 2014 to Jan. 15, 2015.

She spoke about the premium tax credits that are available, and noted that in Texas one is exempt if they make less than $11,490, since Texas does not offer open Medicaid.

“There are actually 34 plan options avail-

able,” said Thomas, but added that most of the people who she has worked with have chosen the Silver plan.

She told the group that she would be in Glen Rose on Wednesday, March 26, and would be glad to talk with anyone who needs help.

In answer to several questions, she said that one is considered covered if they have Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, job-based plans, TRICARE, COBRA, retiree coverage, or VA health benefits.

“I never thought I’d be doing this job, but it has been my pleasure to assist people and families that need help,” said Thomas in clos-ing.

At the end of the meeting, it was announced that the Bosque County Democratic Party Convention will be held Saturday, March 22, at 1:30 p.m. at the District Courtroom of the courthouse in Meridian.

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6841 Texas Ave. Walnut Springs, 3/2, 1+Acres...........................$149,5001137 Tweedy Rd, Valley Mills, 3/2, 11+Acres, barn, Live Oaks..................................................................................................$189,0001045 N. Brice, Meridian, 3/2. brick on 1 Acre...............................$235,000328 Cresthill Circle, Valley Mills, 3/2 brick on 1.77 AC, VIEWS!........................................................................................................$299,900244 PR 4297, Clifton, 4/3 on 1+Acre................................................$389,000 249 Quail Meadow, China Springs, 4/2 on 11+ Acres...............$529,0005/3 Executive home on 28.47 Acres, Meridian.............................$659,000FM 56, Cayote, 4/3 Home on 200 Acres..........................................$799,999129 PR 1608 Mediterranean luxury estate on 3 Acres at Lake Whitney........................................................................................CALL CLAY

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By David Winkler, Karen Thomasy, Kate Whitney & Christi Hillin

Bosque County Extension Office

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Saddle up for horse show project & garage sales

Ranch Tails by Genie & Zack Zacharias

Positive youth development is the founda-tion of 4-H. Extension agents and volunteers help create environments in which young people can belong to a group, master skills, develop responsibility, practice generosity, learn leadership skills and become more in-dependent.

Using the horse project to accomplish these goals can be a very rewarding project for families. Everyone in the family has to be engaged, as a horse project will require some adult supervision and help (hauling horses, helping care for the horses, feed costs, fuel costs, etc.).

This is a great opportunity for the family to work together.

4-H Horse shows offer a wide array of disciplines, so there are many opportunities for youth within this project. The qualify-ing divisions offered at 4-H Horse Shows are Judged Western, Halter, Speed (poles, barrels, stakes), Hunter – Flat, and Futurity.

There are also Open/Invitational divisions that you do not need to qualify for in order to enter. These include, Roping (tie-down calf, breakaway, team roping), Stock horse, Hunter over fences, and Drill/Precision.

Bosque County 4-H is lucky to have a great Horse Show Project Leader, Rachel War-nock-Richards of Valley Mills. Rachel has a lifelong experience of successfully show-

ing horses, as she grew up competing in 4-H horse shows, and in open association shows. Rachel is very energetic about this project and loves to share her knowledge with youth and see them succeed in the show ring.

If you are interested in the 4-H Horse Show Project, there are a few things you need to do:

• Have a profile established on 4-H Con-nect and be a current member. The cost is $25/year.

• Own a horse. The horse owner must be the youth, parent (biological or stepparent), brother, sister, grandparent, or legal guardian. Horses cannot be leased, rented, borrowed, or loaned. Horses are not required to be reg-istered. Grade (unregistered) horses can be shown.

• Validate your horses. The early horse val-idation period is March 1 – April 15 and the cost is $10 per horse. The late and final horse validation period is April 16 – May 1 and the cost is $20 per horse. Validation and payment is required for ALL horses that you may wish to compete on at a 4-H horse show. Validation consists of uploading digital photos of your horses, along with a copy of registration pa-pers, if registered.

Upcoming 4-H Horse Shows:• District 8 Horse Show: June 16-17 in

Belton.• State Horse Show: July 19-25 in Abilene.

There are also lots of local horse shows, clinics and schools put on throughout the year by nearby counties, from basic horsemanship to roping. These can be found on our website.

For more information, contact the Bosque County AgriLife Extension Office at 254-435-2331.

County-wide Garage Sales upcomingRegistration for the Annual County-Wide

Garage Sale is in full swing at the AgriLife Extension! You may quickly and easily regis-

ter online in under 10 minutes or stop by the office at 104 S Fuller in Meridian and let us do it for you.

Keep reading to learn our web address. Please register and pay your fee by March 24, 2014. Any registration forms received after March 24, 2014 will only be included in the online listing.

April 4 and 5 are the dates you will want to

see AGRILIFE, page 16

The Back PagePage 16 s March 19, 2014 The ClifTon ReCoRd • cliftonrecord.com

AGRILIFEFrom page 15

CITYFrom Page 1

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www.barronsautoent.com

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2004 Honda Accord $9,995 /35mo

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2001 Dodge Ram$7,995/ 31mo

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2002 Toyota Camry$8,995/ 33mo

2002 Chevy Sub$7,995/ 31mo

2001 GMC Yukon$8,995/ 33mo

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Grant Dietiker, Agency Manager Ronald Penn, Agent Samantha Lush, Agent

set aside to sell those things you no longer need and to hunt for treasures in your neck of the woods from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

The fee to register is $10. This fee includes promotion of your sale on websites and in newspapers all over Texas, and includes two yard signs for your garage sale.

You may pick up your yard signs from your community

coordinator starting March 31.

Find your copy of sales and locations April 1, on our web-site at http://bosque.agrilife.org/ or email us at bosque@ag.tamu.edu. The sale list-ings will also be available in The Clifton Record and Me-ridian Tribune. One may also find extra listings at local convenience stores the week of the sale.

they now have a base at Whitney.

They offered the plan at $1 per household in Clifton, with the billing put on the water bill to all households – with the exception that one could opt out of the plan.

Swartz gave a PowerPoint presentation about Care-Flight, their upcoming 35 year anniversary in May, and some of the services they of-fer. He told the council that Meridian, Cranfills Gap, Walnut Springs and Valley Mills have all signed up with them.

Mayor Richard Spitzer said that he didn’t like the idea of simply billing on the water bill – “it feels like a tax.” City Administrator Sammy Ragsdale reported that he had talked with the City Attorney about the idea, and that the attorney told him that the city can not bill any-thing on a water bill that is not a “City service.” He also stated that it would open the city up to liability if someone who opted out of the service needed the service and said that they had not opted out – “It would end up being our word against them.”

Mayor Spitzer told Swartz that AirEvac had send out all the information to possible customers, accepted appli-cations for the service and membership to AirEvac, and then turned a list of members in to the City for reference.

Swartz said that they might consider that, however the cost would then go up from the $1 a month membership cost.

Ragsdale also spoke on

the need for the City to ac-cept complete control of the Nellie Pederson Civic Li-brary, rescinding the previ-ous agreement, adding that the Clifton Civic Improve-ment Society is completely behind the new agreement. He said that there have been some problems, and part of it stems from the city employ-ees at the library not having to report or get permission for spending from the city.

“There have been no dis-tinct lines between the City and the Civic funds being used,” and that is not legal explained Ragsdale. He add-ed that even if the city takes complete control, the name of the library will always remain the same. “It is their (Civic) child.”

The council approved the change and also approved the new hours of the library, which will be Monday-Fri-day from 10-5. Hopefully in the near future the library will also be open for several hours on Saturdays.

Ashley Able, Main Street director, spoke to the council about the need to reinstate the City’s certification as a Retirement Community. She explained that she recently found out the city’s certifi-cation had lapsed at the five year mark, and she feels the city needs the certification. She said there is a new di-rector who is building the program up from what it was and adding more links and leads on its website, offering more marketing opportuni-ties to certified cities. She added that the cost to rein-state will be $5,000.

When Mayor Pro Tem J.W. Thiele asked what the city gets for the $5,000, Al-derman Raymond Zuehlke offered his opinion, saying that he feels the city bene-fits from the program and he believes it helps the three nursing homes in Clifton. He added that the $1,000 a year is returned many times with the good exposure.

Chamber Executive Vice-President Paige Kay also noted that she receives many calls every month for

more information from peo-ple who have seen Clifton on the website or at the travel information centers which carry brochures. A motion to approve was unanimously approved.

In other business, the council approved the con-sent agenda which included approval of Bosque Valley Antique Tractor hosting a tractor pull May 31 in City Park; and Brookshire’s host-ing the annual Easter in the Park event on April 19 from

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.The council approved

an ordinance granting Tex-as-New Mexico non-exclu-sive right, privilege and fran-chise for a term of 25 years.

They also approved a new ordinance for setting fees and terms for the RV Park located in City Park.

During his financial report to the council, Ragsdale re-ported that the City’s cash-on-hand is growing, and is

actually up approximately $87,000 from this time last year.

In final action, the city cancelled the May 10 general election due to having only two persons file for the three vacant seats. The council ap-proved, and J.W. Thiele and Stacy Sadler were appoint-ed seats on the council. The final seat will be filled by the new council appointing some to fill a one-year term.

By Carol SpiCer / The ClifTon reCord

With a full house on hand, the city council meeting focused on CareFlight and the Old Santa Fe Depot building.