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The Clifton Record
Friday, March 12, 2004
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SHOWING OFF THEIR PROJECTS from the recent Bosque County 4-H Clothing Workshop are (back row, 4-H FASHON SHOW BLANKET PROJECT participants included (back row, from left) Katrina Jackson,
from left) Katrina Jackson, Kendra Lindsey, Paige Van Winkle, Hayley Burns, Kendra Emmerson, Amber Kendra Lindsey, Leah Shannon; (middle row, from left) Shayla Smith, Megan Klassen, Lindsey Holmes, Katy
Thomas Kelsey Bryant, Leah Shannon; and (front row, from left) Chris Cochran, Charity King, Shayla Smith, Bransom, Katy Hoggard; and (front row, from left) Amber Garibay, Logan Cline, Chase Berry, Garrett Cline,
and Sara Rieke. Blake Harlin, and Mary McFarland.
4-H Club Members Become Blanketeers
MERIDIAN — Several Bosque at the county 4 H Clothing Work colorful fringed fleece blankets
County youth became shop and the 4-H Fashion Show which will be donated to Project
Blanketeers by making blankets contest. The blankets made were Linus.
Bosque County Farm Bureau Releases
Contest, Scholarship Information
Project Linus’ missions is to
provide love, sense of security,
warmth, and comfort to children
from birth to age 18 who are serf
ously ill, traumatized, or otherwise
in need. The organization takes its
name from blanket-toting charac-
ter in the “Peanuts” comic strip.
Bosque County 4-H will be rec-
ognized by Project Linus this Fri-
day, March 12, at John Peter Smith
Hospital for its contribution to
Project Linus, and will also be rec-
ognized in the Project Linus news-
letter.
The county 4-H Clothing Work-
shop coincided with National
Blanket Day on Saturday, Feb 24.
The workshop was hosted and
lead by Iredell 4 H teen leader and
clothing leader Linda Lindsey.
CLIFTON — Texas Farm Bu-
reau recently released a list of
youth contests and scholarships
through its Bosque County office.
Descriptions and deadlines for the
’ scholarships and contests are as
follows:
Free Enterprise Speech
Contest
High school juniors and seniors
attending this year's TFB Citizen-
ship Seminar in June are taking
the first step to enter the Free En-
terprise Speech Contest. The next
step involves giving five local
speeches between four and six
minutes on free enterprise. By
completing this requirement, the
entrant automatically becomes
eligible for the district contest.
Thirteen district winners are
guaranteed a $1,000 scholarship
and will compete.in the state finals
during the 2004 TFB Convention.
The scholarship breakdown is as
follows: winner, $4,000; runner-up,
$2,500; four finalists, $1,500 each;
and the remaining seven district
winners, $1,000.
The deadline for the 2004 Citi-
zenship Seminar is April 30.
Miss Texas Farm Bureau
Contest
Contestants will be judged on
personality, poise, speech, and ap-
pearance. The winner of the
county contest will then compete
at the district level. Each district
winner is awarded a $1,000 schol-
arship and must compete in the
state contest in order to receive
the district level scholarship. The
district winner and one parental
escort receive an expense-paid
trip to compete for the state title
during the TFB state convention.
The teenages crowned Misjs
Texas Farm Bureau will receive a
$2,000 scholarship and a $500 to-
ward a wardrobe of all natural fi-
bers. Miss TFB will also represent
the state at the TFB Citizenship
Seminar and the Texas FFA con-
vention to be held in 2004.
The runner-up for this contest
will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Both the runner-up and the win-
ner will be given a set of luggage
from TFB.
Contestants must be the daugh-
ter or sister of a TFB member. The
TFB membership and
contestant’s residence must be
within the district of competition.
Contestants may enter only one
county level Miss Texas Farm Bu-
reau in a given year.
Contestants must be between
the ages of 16-19, must have never
been married, and have no chil-
dren. Farm Bureau employees,
dealers, and/or servicing agents’
families and previous state win-
ners are not eligible to enter the
contest. No contestant will be al-
lowed to participate at the district
level in the Miss TFB contest
more than two times.
Talent Find Contest
This contest showcases Farm
Bureau Youth between the ages of
16 and 19 and is held in conjunc-
tion with the Miss TFB contest.
Contestants will be judged on au-
dience appeal, performance, ap-
pearance, and professionalism.
The winner of the county con-
test will then compete for the dis-
trict title. Each district winner
receives a $1,000 college scholar-
ship, but must compete at the
state level in order to receive the
district level scholarship. The dis-
trict winner and one parental es-
cort will receive an expense paid
trip to compete at the state level.
The statewide winner receives
a $2,000 college scholarship and
the runner-up will receive a $1,500
college scholarhip.
Contestants must be between
the ages of 16-19. Their perfor-
mance must be confined to a nor-
mal stage setting and not deemed
dangerous in nature to audience
or participant.
Contestants must be TFB mem-
bers or a members of a TFB fam-
ily and be amateurs. An amateur
is one who has not receive direct
remuneration for the perfor-
mances of the talent.
Farm Bureau employees, deal-
ers, and or servicing agents’ fami
lies and previous state Talent Find
winners are not eligible to enter.
No contestant will be allowed to
participate at the district level in
the Talent Find contest more than
two times.
Dick Mitchell Scholarship
This scholarship, started in
1991, is in memory for former field
representative and Field Services
Director Dick Mitchell.
The $1,000 scholarship is
awarded to a high school junior or
senior that has attended the Texas
Farm Bureau High School Citi-
zenship Seminar.
Applications are available at the
Bosque County Farm Bureau of-
fice. All applications must be post-
marked no later than March 31.
Ag Research Scholarship
Graduating seniors who plan to
enter college in the Fall of 2004,
whose families have been TFB
members since at least March 14,
2002, are eligible to apply for the
organizaiton’s seventh annual
Texas Farm Bureau Agriculture
Research and Education Scholar-
ship.
T\vo scholarships in the amount
of $1,000 per year, each renewable
up for four years, will be awarded
by May 2004, on the basis of aca-
demic achievement, extracurricu-
lar activity, involvement and other
considerations, including recom-
mendations and financial need.
Bosque Farm Bureau
Offers Ag Class
To School Teachers
CLIFTON — The Bosque
County Farm Bureau is offering
elementary school teachers the
opportunity to learn agriculture-
related teaching techniques at the
Texas Farm Bureau Summer Ag-
riculture Institute.
This week-long graduate level
course will be held on the campus
of Tarleton State University in
Stephenville, July 5-9.
These techniques combine
hands-on learning activities about
agriculture with practical curricu-
lum development. Teachers en-
rolled will receive three hours of
graduate credit and 45 clock hours
of Continuing Professional Educa-
tion units.
The Bosque County Farm Bu-
reau Board of Directors voted to
grant full scholarships to two
teachers in Bosque County.
For more information and an
application, contact the BCFB at
(254) 675-6456.
The 2004 scholarship recipient
will be selected by'a committee of
college faculty and
administratiors from Baylor Uni-
versity and McLennan Commu-
nity College.
the Foundation, a charitable
organization, was established by
board action in response to the
Blue Ribbon Goals Report for the
purpose of awarding scholarships
and agricultural grants for TFB
youth. Applications for the schol-
arship must be postmarked no
later than March 31.
Young Farmer, Rancher
Scholarships
Multiple $2,000 scholarships will
be awarded to graduating high
school senior planning on pursu-
ing a degree in agriculture. Schol-
arships will be awarded $500 per
semester for four semesters.
Multiple $ 1,000 scholarships are
also available for current college
students who are studying an ag-
riculture curriculum, and have
completed a minimum of 45 se-
mester hours of college credits.
Applicants must be members of
a Farm Bureau family. Father,
mother, or legal guardian mem-
berships qualify. Memberships of
grandparents, siblings, and other
relatives may not be used. Mem-
bership must remain in good
standing for the duration of the
scholarship.
More Information
TFB invests large amounts of
money and time in developing
youth leadership. Annually, schol-
arships totaling $16,000 are given
to one leader in FUture Homemak-
ers, one in the FUture Farmers of
American, and two in the 4-H Club.
For more information, contact
the BCFB office at (254) 675-6456.
Campaign To Restore CHIP
Under Way As Enrollment Lags
AUSTIN — In 2003, the Texas Legislature made
changes to the Children’s Health Insurance Program
that resulted in serious cuts to both eligibility and
services. All 500,000 children already enrolled in
CHIP lost all dental, vision, and hospice services, and
mental health services that were originally cut were
partially restored last October. Some 169,000 children
— one third of the current caseload — will lose cov-
erage as a result of eligibility changes, and $550 mil-
lion in federal matching dollars will be lost and
transferred to other states.
Texas still has one of the highest rates of uninsured
children in the United States. The CHIP cuts, in com
bination with a rise in overall poverty rates and an
increase in families who have lost health insurance
along with their Jobs during the recent economic
downturn create a half-million “victim” children.
The Campaign to Restore CHIP is a broad-based
statewide effort by individuals and organizations to
restore CHIP eligibility and benefits, including men-
tal health, vision, dental, and hospice services to pre-
vious levels and to build a broad-based support
network for children’s health issues. The campaign
will document and publicize the local effects of CHIP
cuts, galvanize local support for the effort to restore
CHIP and identify and educate local leaders and con-
stituency groups that can play a key role in this ef-
fort.
Both nationally and in Texas, the Children’s De-
fense Fimd has been a leader in supporting the CHIP
program as part of its effort to encourage preventive
investments in children. CDF-Texas is joining with
other key organizations to launch a campaign to fund
this ambitious 18-month project.
Fbr more information, contact Patti Everitt at (512)
48<M)990or by e-mail (peveritt(<i childrensdefense.org),
or Barbara Best at (713) 664-4080 or by e-mail
(bbest@duldrensdetense.org).
United Accepting Applications For
’04 Youth Tour To Washington, D.C.
CLEBURNE — Four lucky stu-
dents will win a free trip to fly to
Washington, D.C. from United Coop-
erative Services and spend a week
touring our nation’s capital with
more than 1,300 other teens from
across the country. United, along
with Texas Electric Cooperatives,
Inc., is sponsoring the trip, and has
officially opened up competition for
the 2004 Government in Action
Youth Tour contest.
Every year, United and other elec-
tric cooperatives nationwide send
high school students to Washington,
D.C. to take part in the Youth Tour.
Chet Edwards’ Mobile Office
Coming To Meridian, Valley Mills
WACO — U.S. Representative
Chet Edwards' mobile office will
visit Meridian Tuesday, March 16,
and Valley Mills on Friday, March
18. The mobile office serves some
Girl Scout’s 92nd
Anniversary Friday Partain Completes
USAF Basic Training
WACO — Sunday, March 7,
marked the first day of Girl Scout
Week and the celebration of girls
across the country. Friday. March
12, is the 92nd anniversary of Girl
Scouts. During the week Bluebon-
net Council troops around Central
Texas will be found having cakes
and parties to celebrate the di-
verse and fun spirit of the group.
Founded by Juliette Gordon
Low, who assembled 18 girls from
Savannah, Ga., on March 12,1912,
Low believed that all girls should
be given the opportunity to de-
velop physically, mentally, and
spiritually. Today, there are ap-
proximately four million girls and
adults participating in Girls Scout
Councils around the world, and
approximately 45 million women
in the U.S. are Girl Scout alumnae.
The Girl Scouts-Bluebonnet
Council serves more than 6,000 girls
in 13‘/2 counties in Central Texas.
SAN ANTONIO — Air Force Air-
man Michael I). Partain has
graduated from basic military
training at Lackland Air Force
Base in San Antonio.
During the six weeks of training,
the airman studied the Air Force
mission, organization, and mili-
tary customs and courtesies; per-
formed drill and ceremony
marches, and received physical
training, rifle marksmanship, field
training exercises, and special
training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who com-
plete basic training earn credits
toward an associate degree
through the Community College of
the Air Force.
He is the son of David Partain of
Cranfills Gap and Velinda Allen of
Sulphur Springs. Partain graduated
in 2002 from Royse City High School.
Humane Society Seeks Copier Donor
LAKE WHITNEY — The Lake
Whitney Humane Society is asking
the public for the donation of a plain
paper copier.
“The copier does not need all fea-
tures,” said society spokesman
Nancy Twitty. “We would prefer a
color copier, and preferably a HP
(Hewlett-Packard)-type with small
cartridges that can be purchased
locally. The copier is used for the
copying of medical records of the
animals, pictures to be posted at
adoptions, copying of adoption
agreements, and copies of items for
the board members,” Twitty ex-
plained.
Persons or businesses with a
copier to donate, or willing to pur-
chase a desk top copier for the Hu
mane Society, can contact Twitty at
(254) 874-5430.
30 cities throughout the 11th Congres-
sional District on a rotating basis.
The mobile office brings the ser-
vices of Edwards’ district office to
constituents who are unable to
visit due to time or travel limita-
tions. The office is operated by a
staff member trained to deal with
questions or problems related to
Congress or the Federal Govern-
ment. The office visits will include:
• Bosque County Courthouse,
Meridian — Tuesday, March 16,10
to 11 a.m.
• Valley Mills City Hall, 401
South 5th Street — Thursday,
March 18,10 to 11 a.m.
Jasen McLendon
Completes USAF
Basic Training
SAN ANTONIO — Air Force
Reserve Airman 1st Class Jasen
Z. McLendon has graduated from
basic military training at Lackland
Air Force Base in San Antonio.
During the six weeks of training,
the airman studied the Air Force
mission, organization, and mili-
tary customs and courtesies; per-
formed drill and ceremony
marches, and received physical
training, rifle marksmanship, field
training exercises, and special
training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who com-
plete basic training earn credits
toward an associate degree
through the Community College of
the Air Force.
McLendon is the son of Karen
Wiley of Clifton, and graduated in
2003 from Ocean Spring High
School, Miss.
This year’s tour is scheduled for
June 10-18, and includes visits to the
Washington Monument, the White
House, the U.S. House and Senate
Chambers, the Supreme Court,
presidential memorials, war memo-
rials, the National Cathedral, Arling-
ton National Cemetery, the FBI, the
Holocaust Museum, the
Smithsonian Institution, and a host
of other national sites.
Applicants for the 2004 Govern-
ment-in-Action Youth Tour must be
between 14 and 19 years in age and
while they do not need to be mem-
bers or dependents of members of
the cooperative, the students must
live within United's 14-county ser-
vice territory. United Cooperative
Services will pay for transportation,
lodging, meals, insurance, and ad
mission charges associated with the
tour. The Youth Tour participants
will only be responsible for money
spent on snacks, souvenirs, etc.
FUll-time students wishing to en-
ter the contest must turn in a com-
pleted application form — available
at any United office, most area high
schools, and on United’s website
(www.united-cs.com) — along with
two letters of reference and an origi-
nal submission as outlined in the
application form. Contest entry
deadline is Monday, April 5.
For more information about the
2004 Government in-Action Youth
Tour or for contest guidelines and
application, contact United’s Public
Relations Director Franki Hilton at
(817) 556-4035 or visit United's web-
site.
Kopperl To
Present One-Act
Play March 21st
KOPPERL — Kopperl High
School will give a public presenta-
tion of its one-act play at 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 21. The perfor-
mance will be held in the Whitney
Middle School auditorium. Whit-
ney High School will also perform.
Kopperl will present “Gloria
Mundi” by Patricia Brown, while
Whitney will present “The Glass
Menagerie” by Tennessee Will-
iams. Admission is $5 for adults
and $4 for students.
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