The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 68, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 2003 Page: 4 of 16
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Phone: (254) 675-3336 • Fax: (254) 675-4090
E-mail: nawa@cllftonracord.com • ada@cllftonracord.com
The Clifton Record
Tha Clifton Racord ONLINE:
http://cllftonracord.com
Friday, Aug. 22, 2003
The Clifton Record
Bosque County’s Leading Newspaper
The Clifton Record (USPS-118-100 • ISSN-1086-9352) li published semi-weekly, on
Wednesdays and Fridays, by Progressive Media Communications. Inc., 310 West Fifth Street.
Clifton, Teias 76634-1611. Periodicals postage is paid at Clifton, Texas.
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EDITORIAL
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CIRCULATION
Jack Bruton
Jean Harvey
Pemie Stanford
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2002
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FCC Extends Effective Date Of
Amended Fax Advertising Rules
— New Compliance Date Is Jan. 1,2005 —
WASHINGTON — Due to pres
sure from the National Newspaper
Association, the American Society
of Association Executives, and
other groups around the country,
the Federal Communications
Commission has extended to Jan
1,2005, the effective date of its new
rules requiring written consent
before sending advertising faxes
The regulations repealed the de
cade-old “existing business rela
tionship” exception that allows a
company to assume that its ongo
ing, recent, and potential custom
ers have agreed to receive a fax
was to go into effect Monday, Aug. 25.
“This action does not change the
effective date for the comprehen
sive telemarketing rules, including
other rules regarding faxes,
adopted on June 26,2003. This ac-
tion also does not change the Oc-
tober 1,2003 effective date for the
national do-not-call registry,”
reads a release from the FCC.
“The extension of time permits
entities sending fax advertise-
ments more time to comply with
the new rules and obtain written
consent and signatures from par-
ties to whom they wish to fax. It
will also allow the Commission
time to consider any petitions for
reconsideration and other filings
that may be made on this issue,”
the release continued.
With the extension, those trans-
mitting faxes do not have to obtain
the express written consent, in
eluding signatures, from recipients
with whom they have established
business relationships, ‘at least
until January 2005. Regardless of
the extension, however, fax trans-
mitters still must obtain prior ex-
press permission from fax
recipients with whom they do not
have established business relation
ships.
According to NNA. the FCC had
planned to implement the changes
next week without notice as part of
its recent decision to require Do
Not Call list compliance by
telemarketers. Many national or-
ganizations, including the NNA,
objected to its preemptive action
because of the failure to seek pub-
lic comment in advance.
Outdoor Burning Ban Still
In Effect In Bosque County
By David Anderson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
MERIDIAN — Recent rains
have not proved sufficient
enough for Bosque County
Judge Cole Word to lift an out-
door burning ban put into place
by Bosque County Commission-
ers’ Court on Monday, Aug. 11.
The ban will remain in effect for
90 days (from Aug. 11), unless
lifted sooner by the court or
Bosque County Judge Cole
Word. As of Friday, Aug. 15, 84
Texas counties have bans in ef-
fect.
As during past bans, outdoor
burns conducted illegally in
Bosque County will be extin-
guished by area fire depart-
ments. Bosque County deputies
can, at their discretion, issue a
written warning or a citation.
Failure to adhere to the ban can
result in a fine of up to $1,000
and/or a jail term of up to 180
days.
Those burning illegally can
also be held liable for damages
to other property should the
burn get out of control. In Te^as,
escaped debris burning is
leading cause of wildfires.
To minimize the chance of
wildfires throughout the state,
the Division of Emergency Man-
agement recommends the fol-
lowing precautions be taken:
• Follow bum ban restrictions.
• Put cigarettes out in the ash-
tray, not out the window.
• Don’t drive or park on dry
grass. Vehicle exhaust systems
are hot enough to start a fir^ ,
• Keep weeds and shrubs
trimmed a minimum of 30 ^et
away from structures.
• Keep garden hoses con-
nected to outside faucets .for
emergency use.
• Know emergency exits from
your house and your neighbor-
hood.
To report a burn ban violation
bum or any fire needing atten-
tion of area firefighters, call the
Bosque County Sheriff’s office
dispatcher at (254) 435-2363, or
dial 9-1-1 in an emergency sitp£r
tion.
Bosque County Collection To Host Salute To Civilian Conservation Corps
Deadly Bird Disease Whipped
In Texas, Last Quarantine Lifted
AUSTIN — State and federal
quarantines restricting bird and
poultry movement have been re-
leased in Socorro, in El Paso
County, officially bringing to a
close the Exotic Newcastle Dis-
ease outbreak in Texas that was
first detected April 9,2003.
This spring, nearly 800 flocks in
El Paso and surrounding counties
were tested, and about 2,000 dis-
eased or exposed backyard birds
were euthanized to stop the
spread of the END virus, which
does not affect human health or
food quality, but is deadly to birds.
“In April and May, quarantines
restricted bird movement within
and from El Paso and Hudspeth
Counties in Texas, and from Dona
Anna, Luna, and Otero Counties in
New Mexico, while teams from the
Texas Animal Health Commission,
New Mexico Livestock Board, and
the U S. Department of Agricul-
ture worked to wipe out the dis-
ease,” said Dr. Bob Hillman, Texas
state veterinarian and executive
director for the TAHC, the state’s
livestock and poultry health regu-
latory agency. “By June 5, confi-
dent that the disease had been
wiped out, the state and federal
quarantines were reduced to a few
blocks within Socorro, where the
infection had been detected. As of
Wednesday, Aug. 13, this last quar-
antine was released, and poultry
and birds can be moved without
restriction.”
Dr. Hillman said that, even
though END is officially wiped out
in Texas, it could still affect the
state’s ability to trade internation-
ally, at least for a while. “END is a
foreign animal disease, and al-
though it struck only backyard
birds in Texas and no commercial
operations, some 13 countries ei-
ther placed additional restrictions
on our poultry products or banned
the products until we could prove
Texas was disease-free,” he
pointed out. “Our trading partners
have the prerogative to decide
when they’ll again accept Texas
products. Some countries may ac-
cept poultry within a few weeks;
others may enforce a longer wait-
ing period.”
MERIDIAN —The Bosque
County Collection, in cooperation
with the Texas Historical
Commission’s Texas Archeologi-
cal Month, will be offering a pre-
sentation on the Civilian
Conservation Corps’ (CCC) contri
butions to Bosque County, that in-
cludes construction projects at
Meridian State Park, Clifton Mu-
nicipal Park, and the Valley Mills
Scout Camp.
The event will be held from 2 to
4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the
Bosque County Collection, Lump-
kin Bldg., 101 N. Main, Meridian.
Admission is free, but donations
will be accepted.
Collection curator Doug Stockton
will begin the program with a
PowerPoint presentation of the
CCC which during the Great De-
pression era took America’s over-
abundance of unemployed young
men and matched them with the
natural resources of nature to de-
velop their skills through the con-
struction of parks, trails, dams, etc.
After the PowerPoint presenta-
tion, visitors will be given the op-
portunity to have any 19th Century
and earlier artifacts identified by
Central Texas archeologist Albert
Redder and Red Man Museum Di-
rector David Lintz.
To support this event, Bosque
County Collection Director Eliza-
beth Torrence is seeking vi-
gnettes from Bosque County
residents that tell of personal ex-
periences involving local resi-
dents and members of the CCC.
Persons with such information
they are willing to share are en-
couraged to contact Torrence or
Stockton at (254) 435-6182 or (254)
666-7308, or send e-mail to:
(ldstockton@aol. com) or
(bosquecountycollecfibn
@htcomp.net).
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 68, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 2003, newspaper, August 22, 2003; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789041/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.