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tacts you at the completion of
their work. V
“In all instances code enforeH,
ment officer for the City of Clifton
has visited MVP dozens of times
to follow up on complaints issued
to the city. It is my understand-
ing that for the last year all of
these complaints were from the
same source that complained to
the TCEQ.
“Please understand that the
intent of this company is to try
not to offend anyone. MVP will
continue working with city and
state officials to make sure that
we are in complete compliance
with the governing entities.”
Following Orwig’s statement,
Alderman Gloff opened the dis-
cussion by saying, “There have
been other complaints - not just
one. I have even smelled the odor
at my house and some days it has
been pretty strong downtown.
There have been other com-,
plaints about breathing, burning
eyes, and nausea — that is why I
chose to speak”
In answer to a question by Al-
derman Rick Wimmer regarding
what is put into the molasses,
Orwig said that vitamins and
non-chemical substances are
added before the molasses cools
and that Altosid, an insect growth
inhibitor, is added after it is
cooled. Wimmer said that he had
visited with the owner of White
Horse Station in the downtown
sector and that the owner had
told him that, although they could
sometimes smell it, “It has not
been a deterrent to business.”
W. Leon Smith spoke next, say-
ing that even though the council
was asked to abate the problem
over a year ago, there continues
to be a problem. He noted a por-
........ i that,
tion of the city’s ordinance
when enforced, protects citizens.
He said it pertains to: “Any other
act or thing done or suffered
within the city limits, which may
interfere with the enjoyment by
any member of the city, or any
person who may be deprived of
his right to be free from foul, nox-
ious, or offensive or unpleasant
odors or vapors, and to breathe
fresh air and to be free from the
sight of foul or offensive objects
or substances.” He explained
that the ordinance goes on to ex-
plain how abatement, by law, is
supposed to occur.
“The council met a year ago
and gave Orwig until Feb. 14,
2008, to abate the issue,” said
Smith, who noted that following
his contacting the TCEQ after
the problem was not abated, he
was told to contact the state
agency whenever there was a
problem.
. Smith said that between Au-
gust and December 2008, there
were 27 complaints logged for the
TCEQ,, “when some of our staff
members (of the Clifton Record)
had to go home early due to the
effects of breathing the vapors.
When MVP first mentioned locat-
ing here, they represented them-
selves then saying there would
not be any problems — bilt there
have been,” said Smith.
Smith reported that City Ad-
ministrator Charles McLean had
urged him to call State Senior
Environmental Toxicologist Dr.
Keller ThormShlen, Texas De-
partment of State Health Ser-
vices.
“We spoke for 2(4 hours one
day and he said that it is most
likelv the copper sulfate in the
additive or nitrogen sulfate in the
molasses which is breaking down
and going into the air where the
properties change resulting in
noxious acid gases,” said Smith.
Withe ‘ — -
JLqut being in Clifton, Dr.
Thormafrien was unable to ex-
plain why the gases are concen-
trating so heavily at low levels,
said Smith, but he did suggest
that it’s possible that it might be
due to inversion causing the
gases to drop back down in cer-
tain areas.
Smith said he thought it would
“behoove the city to do some-
thing to help him (Orwig) come
into compliance.”
“The newspaper has been in
the same building for 104 years,
but if we can’t function there, we
may be forced to move,” added
Smith.
Mayor Zuehlke said that it was
on the advice of the city attorney
to not enforce the ordinance,
since to do so might be costly to
the city if the money that the city
might expend at the plant is not
repaid.
The mayor mentioned a June
5, 2006 letter sent from the City
of Clifton and Mayor Zuehlke to
ProTubs, Inc., following research
by former City Administrator
Jerry Golden, who had inquired
about similar facilities in other
cities.
According to the letter, from
which Zuehlke read excerpts,
this type of facility “typically pro-
duces noticeable odors as well as
the prospect and difficulty in
managing waste streams. We en-
courage you to be certain that is-
sues such as water usage,
wastewater management, solid
waste disposal, runoff control,
odor control, and resulting regu-
MVP is in compliance. He said
that he can not understand why
one business is having so much
trouble.
Alderman Gloff reiterated that
there have been other com-
plaints, not just from the newspa-
per office.
Alderman Fred Volcansek said
that he had spent a couple of
hours in the newspaper office one
afternoon when cooking was tak-
ing place and the steam was
blowing toward that office and
found that it got to him, too.
“You have to be down there for
awhile,” said Volcansek. “And the
one thing that people are getting
hung up on is the odor. The odor
is a blessing. Within a couple of
hours in the building my throat
was shutting down and my eyes
were burning. Whatever it was it
got me. Having said that I don’t
know what to do. Something is
not right, and we don’t know what
the problem is, but these people
do have a problem.”
McLean said that ,the Region 9
TCEQ office in Waco is not
equipped to measure the air qual-
ity at the stack and that the city
is not competent to abate it.
Michelle McLemore, a former
employee of the Recorb, who quit
her job because of becoming ill
when breathing the steam, said,
“Some bodies just can’t fight it'off
I asked a doctor why one person
reacts strongly to it and others
don’t, and was told that it is more
or less an allergic reaction. Some
people are affected, while others
are not. I would like to open a day
care center, but can’t without
knowing who it will affect.”
Mayor Zuehlke said, “Abate-
ment is the only answer. We’re at
the same place we were a year
ago. But we are an agricultural
community and you’re going to
have some smells.”
Zuehlke went on to say that he
would encourage everyone who
has any problem with odors from
steam coming from MVP to let
the city know — whether it is a
physical problem or simply a dis-
like of the odor. “We must hear
from more people.”
The city’s phone number is
254-675-8337 and the police de-
partment number is 254-675-6620.
It was noted by McLean that
for TCEQ to come in from the
state level in Austin, to actually
test the air quality and run com-
plete tests at MVR there must be
more involvement — “it has to
reach critical mass.”
The mayor, when pressed by
Smith to provide a timeline for
the improvements, declined to do
so, but said that the code enforce-
ment officer will continue to work
with MVP toward abating the air
quality problems.
Other Business
In other business, but relating
to the environmental issue, Smith
had addressed the Clifton Plan-
ning and Zoning Commission
several weeks ago, requesting
da
latory and city utility issues that
could result in added costs to you,
are addressed at the outset.’
Orwig said that MVP is in the
middle of building a radiator sys-
tem to improve the efficiency of
eliminating organic contami-
nants and is researching a stain-
less steel scrubbing system to
add more water jets. “There’s no
exact science to this,” he said. “I
am playing a lot by ear.”
Alderman Leslie Burk said
that as far as TCEQ is concerned,
with the insurance.
The council also approved set-
rkshops and
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ing my son here, The schools are
great and so are the people,” said
Fastnacht.
She looks forward to meeting
all the business owners in Clifton,
as well as members in the com-
munity.
“Feel free to stop by the office
and visit, ask questions, or just to
talk about Clifton. My number
one priority is to promote the
businesses, as well as help all the
community and visitors to the
community,” added Fastnacht.
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that the newspaper be classified
as a local business, not a general
business. He explained that all
offices should be classified as lo-
cal, which would allow offices to
legally locate in a larger portion
of the city
Alderman Wimmer, president
of the Planning and Zoning Com-
mission, said that the board had
agreedwith the request to move
all offices to the local business
category.
Following a motion by Alder-
‘ Thie’ ‘
man Jay Thiele, the council ap-
proved the request.
Regarding an agenda item re-
lating to the division of a lot in
Oak Run Addition #2, Mayor
Zuehlke said that the city attor-
ney reported just prior to the
council meeting that all condi-
tions have not been met for the
council to act on the request.
He also asked the numerous
persons oh hand, both for and
against the request, to try and
resolve this controversy before it
has to come before the city coun-
cil again.
Gallery owner An Thompson
addressed the council regarding
the upcoming Sculpture 2009 on-
going “sidewalk” snow in Clifton,
requesting the Tity to cover the
insurance rider with the Texas
Municipal League at a cost of
approximately $429. The council
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SPECIAL MAIN STREET HONORS — Julie Conley, a 12-plus year
member of the Main Street Board of Directors, and the person who
has taken care of the plants in downtown Clifton for years, was hon-
ored Tuesday, Jah. 13, during the Clifton City Council meeting and
presented a “Master Gardener” post honoring her many years with
Main Street. Mayor Raymond Zuehlke presented the award.
— Staff Photo By Carol Spicer
approved a motion by Alderman
Volcansek to support the project
ting up public workshops and
educational meetings supporting
the passage of the upcoming
Groundwater Conservation Dis-
trict and the joining of the Middle
Trinity GCD.
The council approved the
nomination of three new mem-
bers to fill three-year terms on
the Main Street Board of Direc-
tors. The new members are
Bridget Durham, Julie Simpson,
and Brenda Eubanks. The offic-
ers for the Main Street Board of
Directors for 2009 were also ap-
proved as follows: Julie Conley,
chairman; Cecil Peters* vice-
chairman; Leanne Donner, trea-
surer; and Bridget Durham,
secretary.
At the beginning of the meet-
ing, Mayor Zuehlke honored Julie
Conley for her many years with
the Main Street Board of Direc-
tors, as well as commenting fa-
vorably on Walter Langston’s
eight years with the EDC.
“The heart and soul of Clifton
are its volunteers,” said Zuehlke.
this era. Despite the heritage of
the Chisholm Trail, strong argu-
ments still persist about the
proper name of the trail.
Harman worked closely with
the Texas Historic Commission
in 2002 in the publication of a bro-
chure entitled “The Chisholm
Trail: Exploring the Folklore and
Legacy.”
The museum cordially invites
everyone to come spend an enter-
taining Sunday afternoon and
enjoy an entertaining and knowl-
edgeable lecturer, said Director
George Larson. The presentation
is free to the public but any dona-
tions would be appreciated to
help defray lecture expenses.
Museum docents will serve re-
freshments after the lecture.
CLIFTON — Deborah Moody
(MS, RN, and FNP-C) began serv-
ing the local community at Clifton
Medical Clinic (CMC) on Monday,
Jan. 5, and has steadily been in-
tegrating with the healthcare
‘ staff at that facility.
“Goodall-Witcher Healthcare
Foundation is very excited about
the addition of Mrs. Moody to our
staff,” said President/CEO
Clarence Fields, Jr. (FACHE).
“We believe she will help us meet
the needs of our patients by pro-
viding the outstanding care they
have come to expect from our fa-
cilities?”
A native Dallasite, she spent
most of her married life in Hous-
ton, moving to Mosheim in 2005.
“I’ve been a nurse all my ca-
reer, and became a nurse practi-
tioner a little over three years
ago,” Moody said in a Tuesday,
Jan. 13, interview. She graduated
from Texas Woman’s University
in 2005.
As a Registered Nurse, Moody
has worked in several locations
around Houston, and gained a wealth
of experience with children’s health
issues while at Ttexas Children’s Hos-
pital in Houston.
Moving to Bosque County as a
new nurse practitioner, she be-
gan work at the Family Health
Clinics in Waco and McLennan
County in 2005, and has served a
wide variety of patient ages and
conditions.
The couple moved to Mosheim
to property that’s been in her
husband’s family since the 1960s.
Her husband, John, retired from
Exxon, and they decided it was
time to relocate.
"He used to spend his sum-
mers up here, and we spent many
weekends here with our three
sons, Andrew, Michael, and
Daniel,” Moody explained.
"We’ve just always loved it here.”
Moody said she likes the com-
munity, and attends church in
Clifton. But living in Mosheim
and working in Waco, she didn’t
really feel a part of either place.
She’s a member of the Bosque
Conservatory, and helped with
some decorating there during the
holidays, but she wants to be
more active there as well.
“I just wanted to get more in-
volved, and work closer to home,
so this is a nice fit,” she noted.
Moody’s mother will soon be
moving into the assisted living
facilities at Lutheran Sunset Min-
istries, which she said will be very
convenient.
Moody said her goals here are
pressed with the knowledge that
the people here have of their
medical conditions and seem ea-
ger to gain control.
Dr Richard G. Spitzer is her
supervising physician., and she’s
been working closely with nurse
practitioners Kenneth W
Lowrance, RN, FNP (Goodall-
Witcher Vice-President, Clinical
MOODY JOINS CLINIC STAFF
— Deborah Moody, a family nurse
practitioner, recently joined the
staff at Clifton Medical Clinic and
is available to see patients Mon-
day through Friday during normal
business hours.
those of a nurse practitioner in
general - education and preven-
tive care.
“It has always been my goals
to help prevent problems by edu-
cating people, so that down the
line they’ll have fewer health is-
sues and those problems will be
less severe,” explained Moody.
Since she began seeing pa-
tients at CMC, she said she’s im-
Services) and Mary L. Werlinger,
RN, FNP
“My first week has been good,
and everyone’s been very helpful,
especially Kenneth. He’s great -
very knowledgeable, very help-
ful,” Moody remarked.
As for her free time, Moody
said she stays very busy enjoying
the country life — fishing, “mess-
ing with my horses, cows, and
goats, and attempting to garden.”
“My husband and sons love to
hunt, and we are in the process
of cultivating the deer on our
property for prospective hunters
in the future,” she added.
Moody currently sees patients
in the clinic during normal oper-
ating hours Monday through Fri-
day, but added that as time goes
on, that may be adjusted.
“I’m glad to be here,” she said,
“and I’m happy to see new pa-
tients.”
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an appointment, contact the
clinic at 254-675-8621.
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