The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 1993 Page: 1 of 18
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5 Area Homes Hosting
Christmas Home Tour
CLIFTON - The first Christmas
Home Tour, sponsored by the Clifton
Chamber of Commerce, is set for
Saturday. Dec 4. from 1 pm. to 5 p.m
Five homes will be represented on the
tour, including the Jim and Deborah
Canuteson home; Harry and O’Belle
Polete’s Norway Mills, the Joe and
Cindy Fry home; the Etta Mae
Bertlesen home, and the home of Sam
and Terri Wells
Refreshments will be served at
Courtney House, which will also be
available to tour.
Tickets are $5 per person, and will
be available from any Chamber
director, at the Chamber office.
Bosque Emporium, and Clifton
Antique Mall
See TOUR, Page 3
Santa’s Angels Soliciting Applicants
CLIFTON — Individuals interested
in applying to the Clifton Santa's
Angels program should write to
Clifton Santa's Angels. PO Box 50L
Clifton. 76634
.Program officials ask that
applicants include parent's name(s)
and placets) of employment, all
children's names and ages, and
current address and phone number (or
the phone number of a neighbor or
relative who can contact you).
All requests are confidential
Acceptance into the Clifton Santa's
Angels program is based on economic
need
See ANGELS, Page 5
The Clifton Record
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CUFTON, TEXAS 7W34
VOL. 98, NO. 44 • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1993
Bosque Population
Increasing More
Rapidly Than Nation’s
BCCAD Directors Pass
Slightly Reduced Budget
By T.P. CRUMP
STATISTICS EXPERT /FREELANCE WRITER
SKOAL TO THE CUFTON HECOM
WASHINGTON, DC. - The
Census Bureau has recently
released its newest set of estimates
on changes in the national
population, which indicates that the
Bosque County population is
increasing more rapidly than the
national population.
The report .Population Projections
of the United States by Age, Sex,
Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1999-
2060, estimates that the population
of the United States increased from
248.7 million persons in 1990, to
approximately 257.9 million persons
by 1993, or by 3.7 percent.
The Census Bureau projects that
by the year 2000,the population of
the US. will have increased to
approxhnately 276 million persons,
or by 10i percent over the decade.
Utilizing similar data, it is
estimated that the population of
Bosque County increased by 42
percent, from 15,125 persons in 1990
to 15, 767 persons by 1993. This
indicates that the local population is
increasing more rapidly than the
national population.
-t*- Vast differences in population
shifts have been noted over the
years.
For instance, during the peak
See POPULATION, Page 5
By WILLIAM T. JORDAN
CUFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
MERIDIAN - The Bosque
County Central Appraisal District
(BCCAD) Board of Directors made
small reductions in the BCCAD’s
proposed budget for 1994 before
approving it at a public hearing
Nov. 4.
* Director Roger Bushee cast the
only vote against adopting the
budget. He said that it should have
been given to the board in June and
acted upon by Sept. 15.
Also approved by the board was a
plan to reappraise all county
property in 1995. Director Bushee
again cast the sole dissenting vote.
The budget, as originally
presented by Chief Appraiser Don
Whitney, totaled $286,680. The
revised figure amounted to
$280,980
Of that total, $279,380 will come
from allocations from the BCCAD’s
16 taxing entities . The remaining
$1,600 will be contributed from
interest income.
Reductions in estimated
expenditures were made in several
categories. These included
automotive expenses
reimbursement. $200; postage,
$2,000; computer forms, $1,500;
See BCCAD, Page 4
18% Of Local Voters Went
To Polls In Nov. 2 Election
Williamson Transferred
To Huntsville By County
By WILLIAM T. JORDAN
CUFTON RECORD ASSOCIATE EDITOR
MERIDIAN - Tommy Joe
Williamson, 57, of Dublin, was
transferred from Bosque County
Jail, Meridian, to the institutional
division, Texas Department of
Criminal Justice (TDCJ), Huntsville,
Nov. 2. Williamson had been
sentenced to life imprisonment after
pleading guilty to a charge of
felony escape from the county jail.
A second prisoner was also
transported from the county jail to
the Huntsville penitentiary. He is
Steven Page, who, according to
Jailer Cheryl G. Niemeier, had been
convicted of a charge of aggravated
assault.
Accompanying the two prisoners
on the transfer trip were Jailer Jim
Turner and Dispatcher Judy
Nichols, Jailer Niemeier reported.
Due to space limitations, the
TDCJ had been limiting intake of
inmates from the Bosque County
Sheriffs Department to one a
month, Sheriff Tim S. Gage had
noted earlier. However, during
October and November, the TDCJ
accepted two prisoners each month.
Judge James E. Morgan of the
220th Judicial District Court had
sentenced Williamson to life.
Morgan had also assessed
Williamson court costs of $13150
and court-appointed attorney’s fees
of $300.
Williamson had also been
sentenced June 30 by Judge Morgan,
after pleading guilty Jane 1 to a
charge of aggravated robbery, with
two prior felony convictions and
with a deadly weapon finding. In
that case, Williamson was assessed
a 40-year jail term; $250, restitution;
$300, court-appointed attorney’s
fees, and $131.50, court costs, with
411 balances to be paid as a condition
of parole or early release.
A native of Clifton and a former
Iredell resident, Williamson had
walked away from the county jail
June 17. Following a telephoned tip
to the sheriff’s department,
Williamson had been taken into
custody in Meridian on June 24.
The man had been arrested
March 19, following an investigation
See WILLIAMSON, Page 2
By DEBRA D. BROWN
CLIFTON RECORD EDUCATION EDITOR
MERIDIAN— According to Bosque
County Clerk Patsy Owen Mize, 18
percent of the 8,783 registered voters
in the county participated in the Nov
2 election. On the ballot were 16
proposed amendments to the Texas
Constitution.
On election day, L526 voters
personally visited Bosque County
precincts, while 86 participated in
early voting, for a total of L612 voters
Election officials had predicted a 10
percent turnout statewide.
The local results of the 16
amendments follows, as provided by
the County Clerk’s office
• Proposition One — Job bonds: 281
in favor; 1293 against. Statewide, the
amendment failed.
• Proposition Two -Pollution
exemptions: 738 in favor; 842 against.
Statewide, the amendment passed.
• PropositionThree- Clearing land
titles 1091 in favor; 456 against.
Statewide, the amendment passed
• PropositionFour- Voterapproval
of state income tax; 1,032 in favor; 567
against. Statewide, the proposition
passed.
• Proposition Five — Sheriff
qualifications: 966 in favor; 611
against. Statewide, the amendment
passed.
• Proposition Six- Abolish Jackson
County surveyor office L281 in favor;
See AMENDMENTS, Page 2
Same 'Time' - Same Place
CLIFTON CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER CHAD OLSON takes
a breather at the conclusion of the three-mile Regional run at
Arlington's Vandergriff Park last Saturday. Olson placed 6th
in a time of 17:26 to qualify for this Saturday's UIL State
Cross Country Meet to be held in Georgetown.
Olson finished the Arlington meet in exactly the same time
he finished the same meet last year.....to the second,
although last year he placed 5th. The top 10 runners, out of
about 100, advanced to the state meet. For more details, see
the sports section in this issue of The Record.
K -Staff Photo By Halen Olson
Cavazos Is In Meridian
Awaiting State Litigation
MERIDIAN - A former Clifton
man, Delfido Cavazos, Jr., is in Bosque
County jail awaiting legal action on a
county grand jury indictment on a
charge of engaging in organized
criminal activity, a third degree
felony.
According to the Bosque County
Sheriff’s Department. Cavazos has
been serving a 12-year sentence on
drug and firearms charges at the
Englewood federal penitentiary in
Littleton, Colo.
Sheriff Tim S. Gage and Deputy
Sheriff Wallace Dees recently
transported Cavazos from the
Colorado institution to the county jail
in Meridian. Following disposition of
Cavazos’ case here, he will be
returned to Colorado to complete his
prison sentence, the sheriff s
department reported.
The state’s original indictment
charging Cavazos with engaging in
organized criminal activity was
dismissed. A Bosque County grand
jury issued a second, reworded
indictment against Cavazos on the
same charge on May 28, according to
Assistant District Attorney Ben Stool.
At that time, Cavazos was under
deferred adjudication, charged with
aggravated assault, two counts, first
and third degree felony charges. He
had appeared before Judge James E.
Morgan of the 220th Judicial District
Court in Meridian on Dec 29, 1992.
Stool stated
When the Cavazos case comes
before the court again in the near
future, Assistant District Attorney
Stool said that the state is expected to
file a motion to adjudicate on the
aggravated assault charges The
defense is expected to file a plea on
the charge of engaging in organized
criminal activity, rather than allowing
the case to go to trial, Stool
anticipates
Cavazos’ federal legal troubles
began when he was arrested in Waco
Feb. 8 on drug and weapon charges by
officers from the W aco Police
Department (WPD) drug enforcement
unit. Originally, he had been detained
without bond in the downtown Waco
facilities of McLennan County Jail on
a federal charge of possession of
cocaine with intent to distribute.
He was also held under a $2,000
bond on a WPD charge of unlawfully
carrying a weapon. In addition, he had
been placed under a $50,000 bond on a
WPD charge of aggravated possession
of a controlled substance, cocaine,
with intent to deliver
Sergeant Malissa Sims of the WPD
had reported that Cavazos had been
arrested Feb 8 when WPD narcotics
See CAVAZOS, Page 2
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 1993, newspaper, November 10, 1993; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788403/m1/1/?q=%22Texas+Press+Association%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.