The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1996 Page: 3 of 34
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The Clifton Record
Stenmark To Attend North Carolina
School Of Arts Summer Session
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Emily
Stenmark, daughter of Don and Dawn
Stenmark of Lagnna Park, has been ac-
cepted for enrollment in the 1996 sum-
mer session, from dime 23 to July 26,
at the North Carolina School of the Ans
where she will participate in the visual
arts program. She is currently a sopho-
more at Clifton High School.
The school of arts prepares talented
students for professional careers in
dance, design and production, drama,
fUmmaking, music, and visual arts. The
school was the first state-assisted resi-
dential arts school of its kind in the
nation, established by the N.C. General
Assembly in 1963. Accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, the school of arts became pan
of the 16-campus University of North
Carolina in 1972.
The school of arts’ annual summer
session is a five-week residential pro-
gram for intensive study in the arts.
Students may study in the discipline of
their choice: dance, drama, filmmaking,
music, or visual arts. Students train
Clifton Elementary Newsletter
News and Views Around the
School
The following stories were written by
members of the fourth-grade TAG class.
UIL Meet Here
By Cason Murphy
Clifton is proud to host the UIL (Uni-
versity Interscholastic League) contest
as we did last year. The schools par-
ticipating are: McGregor, Bruceville-
Eddy, Moody, Valley Mills, Axtell, and
Clifton. The dates, contests, and times
are:
• Wednesday, May 8, 1:30 p.m. —
An, spelling, story telling, creative writ-
ing, number sense, maps, graphs,
charts, calculator, dictionary skills, and
science.
• Thursday, May 9, 3:30 p.m. —
Ready writing.
• Monday, May 13,9 a.m. — Speak-
ing events, music memory and listen-
ing.
I wish all the students participating
good luck!
Feeding Frenzy
By Casey Greer
The UIL events bring hunger and
hunger brings concession stands at the
new outdoor pavilion on the south side
of the playground. This year the 5th
grade will be sponsoring the concession
stand to earn money for Camp Val
Verde.
The menu this year will be: hamburg-
ers, $2; hot dogs, $1; drinks, 50 cents;
nachos, $ 1; candy, 50 cents; chips, 50
cents; and popcorn, 50 cents.
Also, the PTO mothers will host re-
. freshmen ts for the judges and teachers.
Be sure to thank them for this deed.
• Across The Sea
By Jennifer Smith
Run, Forest, run! May sure is flying
on in here. Before you know it, the Little
Cub Relays will be here again as it was
last year at the Cub football stadium.
Cub Relays are not just cub relays.
They’re all different kinds of activities!
The relays will be held on Monday,
May 13. Since the UIL meet is that day,
having the cub relays will free up the
classrooms and give the other students
an activity. First graders will run at 8:45
a.m. Second graders will run at 9:45
a.m. Third graders will run at 10:45
a.m.
The events will be football relay, soft-
ball relay, obstacle relay, sackrace, and
to end it all up, tug of war. (The events
above are only for the 1st through 3rd
grades.) If there is enough time after
all of the other events the 3rd graders
will run a 8 x 400 relay for points. The
class with the most points will receive
a banner from Coach Hall.
The 4th through 6th grades will do
their events with Coach Klienhans be-
ginning around 1 p.m. that afternoon.
The concession stand at Cub Stadium
will be open for refreshments.
We wish you all luck as you run.
Summer’s Coming
By Jacob Bekken
The last day of school is Friday, May
24.
On the same day is awards day. They
will be given away at approximately
8:30 to 9:30 for grade kindergarten to
2nd grade and 9:30 to 11:30 for 3rd to
5th grades.
Parents are invited.
4th Grade Goes To Austin
By Chris Lemmons
Mrs. Kennedy said May 22 the 4th
grade will go to Austin at 8 a.m. They
will be going to three places: Governor’s
Mansion, Capitol Visitors Center, and
the Capitol. All the teachers in the 4th
grade and some moms and dads are
going along with the 4th-grade kids.
So parents, don’t count on picking
your kids up at 3 pirn. They’re coming
back at about 5 p.m.
Special Olympics
Our students have competed in sev-
eral Special Olympics in Hamilton and
Stephenville. We are proud to an-
nounce the winners in the Special
Olympics Area Games held recently in
Killeen.
• Tommy Meador — 1st, 400-meter
walk; 3rd, softball throw.
• Jermaine Sedberry — 1st, softball
throw; 2nd, 100-meter run.
' Vanessa Basham — 1st, 100-meter
run; 4th, softball throw.
• Nicky Alvorez — 3rd, 25-meter
walk; 2nd, softball throw.
• Ashley Watts — 1st, 25-meter
wheelchair race; 2nd, softball throw.
• Darin Watts — 2nd, 25-meter
wheelchair race; 2nd, softball throw.
“Texas Bluebonnet Books”
By Allison Smith
The Texas Bluebonnet Book Commit-
tee chooses several books each year.
Children all over Texas read and vote
for their favorite books. Students who
read five or more Bluebonnet Books got
to vote for their favorite. Our school
participated in voting for their favorite
Bluebonnet Book. The book that got
voted on the most won the Texas Blue-
bonnet Award. That book was called
Time for Andrew. It got 26.053 votes
total.
The Sweetest Fig got the most votes
in Clifton. It got 25,255 votes total.
Even I voted for that one.
Camp Val Verde
On May 21-23, the fifth grade will
be going to Camp Val Verde in
with a distinguished faculty Of profes
sional artists from around the globe,
including some of the school’s regular
teachers and special guest artists.
All-Star Cheerleader
Squad To Hold
Meeting In Whitney
WHITNEY — Persons interested in
cheering on an all-star squad in Waco,
and will be in grades four through 12
next year, are invited to an organiza-
tional meeting in Whitney. The meet
ing is planned for Saturday, May 18.
10 a.m., at the Whitney High School
cafeteria. i
Michael Trythall will coach the
squad.
Practice times, locations, arnd costs
will be explained at the May 18 meet-
ing. For more information, call (817)
694-5734.
By Terrell Miller
CES Principal
McGregor. They have been working
hard raising money for their trip by sell
ing candy, selling food at open house,
selling food at the UIL meet, and some
other projects.
They do all kinds of outdoor learn
ing activities such as studying animals
wildflowers, river life, archaeology, as
tronomy, challenge course, and fossils
Fun activities include swimming, ca
noeing, fishing, and singing songs
around the campfire. The challenge
course teaches the group to work to
gether on activities such as getting from
one platform to another and guiding
each other through a maze.
Have fun, fifth grade!!!
The ’96 Vote In Bosque County
By David Anderson
CLIFTON KCOftO CITY EDITOR
CLIFTON — Voters went to the
polls all across Bosque County Sat-
urday to elect school board and city
council representatives. In addition
to the races in Clifton and Meridian
reported in this issue of The Clifton
Record were these contests:
• Cranfills Gap City Council.
• Cranfills Gap Independent
Community Band Concert Set For Thursday In Waco
WACO — The Waco Community
Band, comprised of some of the finest
amateur and professional musicians in
Central Texas, will present its Spring
Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in
the Bell Performing Arts Center Theatre
on the McLennan Community College
campus.
The event, free and open to the pub-
lic, is one of 10 formal and pops con-
certs the band will perform during its
15th season. In celebration of the an
niversary, the band joined a worldwide
consortium of 30 bands to commission
a new work by noted composer Frank
Meridian
Livestock
Commission
Company
Ticheli. The piece, “Blue Shades,” will
top a program that also includes the
“Tancredi Overture,” by opera com-’
poser Rossini, “The Firebird” by Igor
Stravinsky, and Percy Grainger's
“Theme From Green Bushes."
The second half of the concert fea-
tures light fare, including “Jungle Fan-
tasy" by Japanese composer Naohiro
Iwai, and an arrangement of dance
band tunes from the 1930s and 40s.
For more information, call Waco
Community Band Music Director/Con-
ductor James Popejoy at (817) 750-
3486.
• Sale Every Monday •
Mike & Barbara Domel, Owners
Phone 435-2988
Home 435-2284
MARKET REPORT: Date: 4/29/96 Number of Head 1167
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500-600 lb. $45-52 600-700 lb $47-51.50. ($2 higher.) *
No. 1 Halters: Under 300 lb $40-56 300-400 lb $40-47. 400-500 lb. $40-46
500-600 lb. $42-46.50. 600-700 lb. $40-44. ($2 higher.)
Slaughter Cows: High Yielding $26-31. Low Yielding $22-25. Fats $25-29. Thin
& Shelly $15-24 ($1 higher.)
Packer Bulls (1250-2075 lb.): Yield Grade 1 & 2 $34-42 ($2 higher)
Cow & Calt Pairs: Young Choice $400-475 Young Fair: $325-450 Aged Pairs
Split & Weighed. (Active & Steady.)
Young Pregnancy Test Stocker Replacement Cows: $250-450. (Sluggish.)
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Three Cliftonites To Carry Olympic Torch Thru Waco
WACO — The Olympic Torch Relay
will be in Waco on Monday, May 20,
and Tuesday, May 21, as it winds its
way across the 15,000 miles of the of-
ficial torch relay route. Three Clifton
residents will be among many who will
participate directly in the run — Car-
Ion .and Abbie Lemmons, and Connie
McCrary.
Planning for the arrival of the torch
and its celebration has been a coopera-
tive effort of the City of Waco, the Com
muniiy of Cities participants, the
Neighborhood Associations, the United
Way of Waco-McLennan County, and
schools in the Waco and surrounding
areas.
The torch will arrive in Waco Mon-
Student Council Report r
By Stacy Murphree
tudent Council Reporter
National Student Leadership Week
was recognized the week of April 15-
19. On Monday, student council spon-
sored music at lunch. Tuesday,
members performed a skit. Wednesday,
student council members read the life
stories of famous personalities who had
overcome tragedies. Thursday, CHS
Live, a mini-talent show with live per-
formances by students, was sponsored
and Friday, elections were held for new
student council members for next year's
sophomore, junior, and senior classes.
New members are as follows: Joseph
Blakeney, Jill Chapman, Michelle Clark,
Nicole Crouch, Jackie Gooch, Crystal
Woosley, Sharon West, Adriane Anz,
Katherine Bennett, Justine Brown, Sean
Forkner, Liesl Henrichs, Kyle Simmons,
Lorena Walker, Allen Brown, Riki
Cusik, Carolina Luna, Kristy White, and
Jaime Whitney.
Student council officers for next year
were also elected.
They include Toni
Murphree, presi-
dent; Rachel
Willmann, 1st vice-
president; Robert
Parnell, 2nd vice-
president; Jimmy
Bryant, parliamen-
tarian; Christy Drake, corresponding
secretary; Carla Patterson, recording
secretary; Stacy Murphree, reporter;
Amber Patterson, treasurer; and Jenni-
fer Butler and Ginger Childress, pho-
tographers.
The student council sponsored a food
drive called “Restock the Pantry” in
March. It was completed successfully
with a donation of 403 pounds of food
donated by all grade levels of Clifton
ISD. The food was delivered to the Clif-
ton Food Bank by student council mem
bers.
day night, May 20, at Indian Spring
Park, at approximately 10:30 p.m. it
starts out again on Tuesday morning,
traveling from the McLennan County-
Courthouse through Waco, leaving the
city on a vintage biplane near the Fer-
rell Center.
All plans and preparations for the
relay and a community celebration have
been carefully reviewed by the Atlanta
Committee for the Olympic Games and
Coca-Cola USA, official sponsor of the
Olympic Torch Relay.
The Waco Community Celebration
on Monday, May 20, begins at 7 p.m.
in Indian Spring Park, prior to the
torch’s arrival. Entertainment, food and
beverage, and Olympic souvenirs wil
be available.
For more information, contact the
City of Waco Recreation Department at
(817) 750-5980.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1996, newspaper, May 8, 1996; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788360/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.