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Clifton, Texas 76634 VOL. 110, NO. 52 — FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 2005
Clifton Fire Department
Asks For Public’s
Donations Of Beverages
CLIFTON — Members of the Clifton Volun-
teer Fire Department are asking the public to
donate a variety of liquid beverages for use by
the firefighters.
“With all the wildfires we’ve been called to
‘ the past few weeks, our supplies are really de-
pleted,” explained Pat Wilson of the Clifton
Volunteer Fire Department.
Wilson said that while bottled water is always
helpful, other beverages such as Gatorade and
Powerade are even better. Firefighters often
see needed vitamins and other bodily necessi-
ties severely depleted, especially when in the
field for extended periods of time.
Wilson said that anyone willing to donate
beverages can stop by the fire station, on North
Avenue E across from the Police Department.
If no one is at the station, they can be dropped
off at Tha Washhouse, located at the corner of
North Avenue E and West 5th Street.
For more information, contact Wilson at
(254) 675-2115 or Kathy Wilson at Tha
Washhouse at 675-4331.
Clifton Mourns Passing
Of Rev. Lauren Endahl
By Deborah Mathews
STAFF WRITER
CLIFTON — “Everyone at the Clifton Lutheran
Sunset Home felt close to him and loved him,” said
close friend and pastor Glen Kramer, at the loss of
the Rev. Lauren Endahl. The former pastor and
president of the Sunset
Home passed away on
Monday, Dec. 26.
Endahl was born in July
of 1950, in Mitchell, S.D.,
and graduated in 1968
from Washington Senior
High School in Sioux Falls.
He received a Bachelor of
Arts degree from
Augustana College, Sioux
Falls, S.D. in 1972, and a
Master of Divinity degree
from Luther Theological
Seminary, St. Paul, Minn,
in 1976.
He began serving as
Chaplain at Clifton Luth-
eran Sunset Home in Clifton in January of 1980, and
later became president of the Sunset Home, a po-
sition that he held until 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he
served as Pastor of Oak Cliff Lutheran Church in
Dallas. In addition, Endahl served one year of semi-
nary internship at the Home from 1974-75, under
the direction of former CLSH President Elmer F.
Luckenbach.
• See ENDAHL, Page 2
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Looking Back At
2005
By David Anderson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — The Year 2005, as every year, had
been chock-full for the citizens of Clifton and
Bosque County. Follows is just a small sampling of
items that appeared in the past year’s pages of The
Clifton Record:
January
• “City Of Clifton Cited For Three Unsafe Build-
ings” — Code Enforcement Officer Dennis Kruse,
in his written report to the Clifton City Council for
the month of December, stated that the City of Clif-
ton was issued a 10-day notice for two dangerous
buildings and one foundation the city owned lo-
cated on Riverside Drive. All three structures were
damaged in the 1990 flood.
• “Glenn Christian Retires After 30 Years With
TxDOT” — Hamilton County Maintenance Super-
visor Glenn Christian, who retired on Dec. 31,2004,
• See LOOKING BACK, Page 2
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Firefighters Exhausted
From Recent Blazes
Fear More In Store Over New Year’s Weekend
By David Anderson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — Fire department members across
Central Texas, including Bosque County, have spent
much of the past week battling wildfires. One, in par-
ticular, between Valley Mills and China Spring, has
burned hundreds of acres and consumed untold re-
sources in manpower and monetary funds.
And, with the New Year’s weekend upon us,
firefighters are bracing for another holiday in their
bunker gear.
The fire east of China Spring, off Farm Road 1637,
first fired up last Saturday. Nearly two dozen depart-
ments responded to the blaze, whose smoke could
be seen from as far as just south of Meridian. The
fire flared up again this past Monday afternoon, and ‘
more than a dozen departments returned to the
scene.
Volunteer Firefighters Robert and Robin Lanmon
of Valley Mills said Monday evening that the fire
came close to engulfing a house, although it was un-
occupied. Both said that, while there has been no
solid proof found, arson is heavily suspected.
“It’s funny how, when one fire starts, another one
seems to start up in another location,” Robin
Lanmon said.
“I just wonder what goes through an arsonist’s
mind when he sees weather reports of 20 to 30 mile-
per-hour winds and extremely low humidity levels,”
Robert Lanmon pondered.
With so many departments involved in the recent
blazes, its unlikely an accurate total of man-hours
spent at the site could be tallied, but it surely is well
into the hundreds, possibly thousands of hours.
“We’re exhausted,” Clifton firefighter Pat Wilson
said Tuesday morning. “We’re just hoping for a quiet
weekend, but we don’t expect it.”
As of Dec. 20, a total of 156 of Texas’ 254 counties
• See FIRES, Page 9
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New Year’s Revelers
Reminded Of Bosque’s
Aerial Fireworks Ban
By David Anderson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
MERIDIAN — With the county continuing
to be listed as a drought area by the Texas For-
est Service, Bosque County Commissioners’
Court has unanimously passed a ban on cer-
tain aerial fireworks.
Texas’ Local Government Code (§ 352.051)
allows counties to regulate certain fireworks
— commonly describe as those with “sticks
and fins” — in unincorporated areas during
drought conditions. The order states that the
court “has determined that the normal dan-
ger of fire in the unincorporated areas of the
county is greatly enhanced by the extremely
dry conditions now existing.”
The order prohibits the sale or use of “sky-
rockets with sticks” and “missiles with fins.”
It does not affect the sale or use of common
• See FIREWORKS BAN, Page 2
High Winds, Dry Grass, Big Fire ACS Relay For Life 06
Registration Set Jan. 9
FIRE DEPARTMENTS from throughout Central Texas were dispatched to a blaze between Valley Mills and
China Spring on Saturday and again on Monday. Fire department personnel say that high winds made it
difficult to control the grass fire during a dry season for this region of the state.
Among the departments responding were: Coryell City/Osage, West Shore, Valley Mills, Clifton, China Spring,
Oglesby, McGregor, Whitney, Meridian, Lorena, Crawford, Woodway, Morgan, Waco, Bruceville-Eddy,
Turnersville, Steele Creek, Iredell, Walnut Springs, Lakeside Village, and Aquitla. They were assisted by the
Department of Public Safety and officers with the McLennan County Sheriff’s Department and Bosque County
Sheriff’s Department. - Photo By Allen Fisher
Trotter Discusses Illegal
Immigration With Rotary
BCCAD Directors Chosen
MERIDIAN — Five persons have been selected
to serve on the Bosque County Central Appraisal
District’s Board of Directors. The five will serve two-
year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2006, and running
through Dec. 31,2007.
, .-. Selected to the board were (with votes cast in their
favor) Richard Spitzer (1,178) of Clifton, Larry
Musselman (1,021) of Clifton), Mike Domel (950) of
Meridian, Gene Blakley (943) of Iredell, and Mark
Quinters (904) of Valley Mills. Carl Nichols was also
nominated, but received no votes.
Of the entities in the county eligible to vote, a to-
tal of 4,996 votes out of a possible 5,000 were cast.
By Deborah Mathews
“ON — Illegal immigra-
tion, birthright citizenship, and
English as the official American
language were the topics Dr. Bill
Trotter addressed at the weekly
meeting of the Bosque County
(Clifton) Rotary Club, with empha-
sis on the statistics and problems
related to them.
Beginning his presentation by
saying, “These are the things I’m
going to talk about today so if any-
one doesn’t like that, go ahead and
leave now,” Trotter pointed out
that America has no official lan-
guage. Quoting from the book The
Story of English, Trotter said, “Of
all the world’s languages (which
now number some 2,700), it is ar-
guably (English) the richest in vo-
cabulary. . . listing about 500,000
words; and a further half million
technical and scientific terms re-
main uncataloged.”
About 350 million people use the
English vocabulary as a mother
tongue, which is about one-tenth
of the world’s population. “English
has few rivals, but no equals. Nei-
ther Spanish nor Arabic, both in-
ternational languages, have this
global sway.”
Dr. Bill Ttotter
TTotter continued to explain that
the INS spends $120 million annu-
ally to print material in more than
one language, with Texas spend-
ing over $20 million by itself.
He concluded this segment of1
his presentation by saying, “Span-
ish is a second rate language."
Speaking on immigration, Trot-
ter said, “I’m not against immigra-
tion. I’m against illegal
immigration.”
With 1.5 million illegal immi-
grants in Texas and 11 million in
the United States, he explained
that statistics show that last year
alone, illegal immigrants were re-
sponsible for $18 billion being sent
back to Mexico. “They don’t pay
social security, but they still get
the benefits of our country.”
Explaining that illegal immi-
grants historically tended to re-
side in the lower half of the United
States, Trotter explained that
many are making a home as far
away as Mississippi, Tennessee,
Dakotas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Reading from newspaper clip-
pings, Trotter quoted, “If all illegal
workers in America packed up and
left the country tomorrow, busi-
ness wouldn’t come to a halt, but
experts believe that it would be
dramatically affected.”
TVotter addressed the criminal
side of illegal immigrants, stating
that 26,000 were linked to major
crimes in the United States. He
• See TROTTER, Page 8
CLIFTON — Check off three New Year ’s Resolu-
tions: #1, exercise more; #2, have fun with friends
and family; and #3, celebrate life.
The kick-off meeting for the American Cancer
Society Relay for Life will be held at 6 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 9, at the Clifton Civic Center. Participants will
receive information and be able to register a team
for the June 2006 Relay for Life event in Clifton.
Former and current cancer patients, their fami-
lies, businesses, civic organizations, and the gen-
eral public are invited to take part in the second
annual event, set for Friday and Saturday, June 2-3,
at Cub Stadium in Clifton.
“Relay for Life is the ACS’s version of an athletic
relay that combines the camaraderie of a team while
• See RELAY FOR LIFE, Page 2
Record Offices To Be
Closed Friday-Monday
For Holiday Weekend
CLIFTON — Offices of The Clifton Record
and The Bosque Globe will be closed this Fri-
day, Dec. 30, through Monday, Jan. 2. The offices
wifi re-open for normal business hours on Tues-
day, Dec. 3.
Santa Fe Express Site Of
Chamber Ribbon-Cutting
Ceremony Wednesday
CLIFTON — Santa Fe Express, on FM 219 just
east of the railroad tracks in Clifton, will be the site
of a Clifton Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting
ceremony. The event is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 4.
“New owner Scott Sonntag invites everyone to
drop by and say hello,” said TYudy Sheffield, Cham-
ber executive vice-president.
For more information about the event, contact the
Chamber at (254) 675-3720.
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