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THE CUFTON RECORD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1991, PAGE 2
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ROTARY GOVERNOR VI8ITS - Making an
official visit to the Bosque County (Clifton) Ro-
tary Club Oct. 23-24 was Rotary International
District Govern?? Dr. Harry JL Macey, Jr., of
Temple. From left. Bob Wilson of the Itasca Ro-
tary Club. DG Macey’s group representative for
the Bosque County, Hillsboro, Itasca, and
McGregor clubs; President Lee Sharp of the
Bosque County club; DG Macey, and PDG Wil-
liam T. Jordan, the club's charter president.
—Staff Photo By Terri Barron
Governor Asks Rotarians
To 'Look Beyond Yourself
CLIFTON — Bosque County Rotar-
ians were urged by Rotary Interna-
tional District Governor Dr. Harry B.
Macey, Jr., of Temple to “look beyond
yourself’ in expanding Rotary's Serv-
ice Above Self to their communities,
district, and the world.
Highway Patrol
Investigates 4
Rural Accidents
WACO - The Texas Highway
Patrol investigated four rural traffic
accidents m Kq<H
In an official visit to the Bosque
County (Clifton) Rotary Club Oct. 24
at Peveto's Buffet, DG Macey, a gy-
necologist, said that Rotary service in-
volved “dreaming” and "doing.” He
commended the local Rotarians for
awarding 10 $600 scholarships to
selected Bosque County high school
graduates earlier this year.
DG Macey praised President Lee
Sharp and the rest of the club leader-
ship on plans for membership growth
and for expanding club activities. The
district governor was accompanied to
the club’s weekly luncheon meeting
by his wife, Mary Ann, and Bob Wil-
son of the Itasca Rotary Club, DG
Macey'a group representative for the
Bosque County (Clifton), Hillsboro,
Itasca, and McGregor Rotary clubs.
-Macey also outlined hia 1991-92 dia
trict goals for the Rotarians and their
spouses present. The previous even-
ing, a club assembly, reception, and
buffet dinner honoring DG and Mrs.
Macey and attended by Rotarians and
their wives took place at the home bf
Past President Tim Talley and his
wife, Jeanni.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
September, according to Sergeant
Roger Kucei6t'l4pgMNlMHMMMMll
Highway Patrol Sergeant Area.
These accidents resulted in no
deaths and seven iiguries.
So far, Bosque County has had 98
rural traffic accidents this year,
resulting in six deaths and 62 ii\juriea.
USDA Commodity
Schedule For
November Told
HILLSBORO — Through Jhe
cooperation of Bosque County Com-
missioners, CAUSE, Inc. will distrib-
ute USDA commodities aa follows in
Boaque County during November:
• First Tuesday—Valley Mills at
City Hall, 1:30-2:30 p.m.; and Lagu-
na Park at the DAV Halt, 3-4 p.m.
• Second Tuesday—Cliftonf at, the
VFW Hall, 1-3 p.m..
• Third Tuesday—Meridian at the
CAUSE, Inc. Center, *1-3 p.m.; and’
Cranfills Gap at City Hall, 3:30-4:30
Pm \e
• Fourth Tuesday-Kopperl at the
Fire Station, 1:30-2:30 p.m.; and
Iredell at the Communty Center, 3-4
p.m.
Anyone whose white eligibility card
is dated November 1990 or before
must visit a CAUSE, Inc. office before
Nov. 20, 1991, to be recertified to
receive commodities during and after
November 1991. Proof of family in-
come should be brought to the office.
Redistricting
Hearing Draws
Light Response
MERIDIAN — A public hearing at
the county courthouse Oct. 21 op pro-
posed county redistricting drew small
response. The special session was held
by Commissioners' Court.
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BOX 289, CLIFTON
For a town that is trying to promote
“It’s a great life when you live it in
Clifton,” it ia incomprehensible that
you could make a statement to the ef-
fect that “Joe Bryan wasn’t just a no-
body in the community.” Do you
think some of your residents are no-
bodies?
My first point—everybody it some-
body to themselves, family, and
friends; and certainly should be to the
justice system, I might add. My second
point—do you think just because this
man was somebody, in your opinion,
he should have apace in your paper to
tell his side? (Hasn’t he already done
that in court and been convicted —
more than one#) Would you not give
people of all ages, sex, races, social
status, etc., the same consideration?
I think your choice of words was
very poor or very biased and snobbish.
And, yes, I think your space has
been wasted. After reading your
clever Smithereens, I chose not to read
the interview,
Sincerely
Wilma Dahl
Route 2, Clifton, Texas
(EDITOR’S REPLY - If our words
came across in your interpretation as
being biased or snobbish, then we cer-
tainly apologue, for that was not the
point. I think that the fact that we
cover so many local events and donate
space to juat about every worthwhile
community cause reflects that we
don’t consider local citizens as nobod
ies. Perhaps we should have described
Bryan as being “high profile” or a
“public figure” whose quantitative in-
fluence on the community had been
substantial, rendering him, in a
“straight news value” sense, a perso-
nality with considerable reader in-
terest. That was the point.)
Dear Editor:
Our two* sons recently celebrated
their eighth and fifth birthdays with
“Clifton Cub” football parties. We
wanted to publicly thank four CHS
Cubs for their assistance in this en-
deavor. Garth Dietiker, Chris Sedber
ry, Nathan Benfer, and Chris
Grumbine each gave up some of their
free time to supervise all the young
party-goers in a game of football, and
in punting, kicking, and passing com-
petition.
Thanks again, guys, for devoting
your time to the children, and our beet
wishes to you for the remainder of the
Cub season.
Sincerely,
Don and Arlene Olson
Clifton, Texas
Dear Mr. Smith,
I protest the articles now being
printed in The Record in which you
are interviewing Joe Bryan. He has
been convicted twice of murder.
Now he is allowed to tell his side of
the story. Who will you interview to
hear the other side?
The only other person that could
have told her side lies silent in the
grave. Her chance for an interview
My heart goes out for the family,
friends, and the children taught by
Mrs. Mickey Blue Bryan. They had
more than their share of heartache
and sorrow during the investigation
and trial. Why do those black days
have to be relived in print again?
A Concerned Citizen
Wannie Dahl
Star Route 1, Clifton, Texas
(EDITOR’S REPLY - In some
ways, we agree with you wholeheart-
edly, especially when it comes to open-
ing emotional wounds qf those close
to Mickey Bryan. We feel very badly
about that.
You ask, “Why do those black days
have to be relived in print again?"
After Don Whitley asked us to write
to “Unsolved Mysteries” about the
possibility of their investigating his
daughter's death, we received a phone
call from them. They pressed us for
our “theory” on what had happened
in 1986, and we told them that we did
not have one, because we didn’t.
Soon after that, when Joe Bryan
agreed for us to interview him, we
started our own investigation, aimed
primarily at developing questions for
him, but also aimed at developing
some sort of theory of our own. Dur-
ing the course of substantial inquiry
on our part, we found some former law
enforcement personnel involved in
both the Whitley and Bryan cases tell-
ing us that they thought both inves-
tigations had been severely
“botched.” They described them as a
“joke,” and said that they felt Joe
Bryan had, from the start, been a tar-
get because the community was push
ing for them to make an arrest....any
arrest.
We also found substantiation that
in 1985 The Record had aggressive-
ly been fed, for publication, felse in-
formation by some law enforcement
and City Council personnel regarding
the Whitley case, resulting in what
we now perceive as improper cover-
ups designed not to “protect” the com-
munity .or their investigation, but in-
stead to camouflage possible error and
incompetence.
Too, the passage of years has opened
some new windows of information.
Several previously ignored scenarios
have developed that may or may hot
ultimately lead to an answer of
“why.”
And, even the twisted mind of the
murderer/s cannot erase evidence that
is indelibly etched, awaiting dis-
covery.
The Bryan interviews are to be
taken at face value. The Record is nbt
stating whether or not we think Joe
Bryan is guilty or iilnocent. We are
hoping that what he tells us can help,
in some degree, resolve—once and for
all—the two cases and lay to rest a
multitude of unanswered questions.
Perhaps it it improper to question
Joe Bryan at this juncture. We don't
have a definite answer. However,
there loom important questions that
are in need of answer, and to shut off
an avenue through which to possibly
obtain them did Seem improper to us.)
Tuesday Is Decision Day
THIRTEEN DECISIONS FACE voters in Tuesday's
special state election. The ballot will list that number
of proposed amendments to the state constitution
ELSEWHERE IN THIS issue, the proposals are ex-
plained in detail. In another article, a list of polling
places and the names of election officers are published
THIS EDITORIAL WILL briefly give the
newspaper’s position on each matter. Each proposed
amendment has both pros and cons. These have been
considered in making our decisions
PROPOSITION NO. 1 earns a YES vote from the The
Clifton Record. Passage would permit home-rule cities
with populations of5,000 or less to amend their chart-
ers by popular vote.
FOR PROPOSITION NO. 2, The Clifton Record
favors a NO vote. Approval would allow the Texas
Department of Highways to spend its public money on
turnpikes, toll roads, and toll bridges of the Texas Turn
pike Authority, which is now forbidden.
ON PROPOSITION NO. 3, The Clifton Record urges
a NO vote. Restrictions on limiting Veterans’ Land
Fund and Veterans' Housing Assistance Fund money
to safe investments in bonds or securities of the feder-
al government should continue in effect.
PROPOSITION NO. 4 receives a NO vote from The
Clifton Record. The measure would allow issuance of
$1.1 billion in general obligation bonds for prisons, sub-
stance abuse facilities, mental health and mental
retardation institutions, and youth corrections insti-
tutions. Most of the money would come from state taxes
and fees, which have already been increased tremen
dously by the state administration and the legislature.
Incurring indebtedness of $1.1 billion will not cure re-
habilitation problems facing the state’s criminal justice
system.
ON PROPOSITION NO. 6, The Clifton Record recom-
mends a YES vote. This amendment would allow coun-
ties, junior college districts, and municipalities to
exempt certain personal property from ad valorem tax-
ation if located in an enterprise zone. The purpose is
to encourage economic development.
FOR PROPOSITION NO. 6, a NO vote is favored by
The Clifton Record. If passed, this amendment would
create a new Texas Ethics Commission with power to
recommend salaries for legislators and the lieutenant
governor, with voter approval, and to set daily expense
allowances for these state officials, subject to a limit.
PROPOSITION NO. 7 gets a NO vote from The
Clifton Record. The measure would let statewide pub-
lic retirement systems invest system fends in any way
they consider prudent. The present requirement that
suen boards can only invest funds in securities such
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as stocks and bonds should remain in effect.
ON PROPOSITION NO. 8, The Clifton Record urges
a NO vote. Although this proposal would still require
projects creating debt to be approved by a two-thirds
vote of the legislature and by the majority of voters,
such projects, if passed, would not become part of the
state constitution but would be enacted by statute.
Creating debt for the state means spending money that
the state does not have. Selling bonds is one way that
state debt is created.
FOR PROPOSITION NO. 9, The Clifton Record
recommends a YES vote. This amendment would
authorize the commissioner of the General Land Office
to give legal title to so-called public free school land
to persons who had acquired the property from some-
one other than the state and who did not know that
it was state-owned. If this proposal is accepted, other
requirements are that the present or former owners
must have paid all taxes, interest, and late tax pay-
ment penalties on the land for at least 50 years and
that a recorded deed is on file in the county courthouse.
PROPOSITION NO. 10 wins a YES vote from The
Clifton Record. This proposal would allow the legisla-
ture to exempt certain property of nonprofit water cor-
porations from ad valorem taxation.
ON PROPOSITION NO. 11, The Clifton Record
favors a NO vote. A state lottery would establish yet
another bureaucracy, create moral problems, do little
to solve the state’s financial headaches, and would not’
prevent further tax increases. According to The Bap-
tist Standard, in % out of 33 states where there is a
lottery, there is still a state income tax.
FOR PROPOSITION NO. 12, The Clifton Record
recommends a YES vote. The amendment would in-
crease from 20 to 50 percent the percentage of Texas
water development bonds, authorized in 1989, to be al-
located to economically distressed areas.
PROPOSITION NO. 13 wins a YES vote from The
Clifton Record. This amendment would continue ex-
isting student educational loan programs by permit-
ting the state to issue up to $300,000 in general
obligation bonds. Repayments of student loans vrould
be applied toward retiring the bonds. This newspaper
had opposed a similar measure, which was narrowly
defeated in a special state election Aug. 10, because
detailed information was lacking. Proponents have
since contended that all bonds in this program have,
in the past, been retired through repayments by stu
dent borrowers, and not taxpayers.
THE DECISIONS ARE yours to make on Tuesday.
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