The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 2006 Page: 8 of 26
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The Clifton Record
Friday, July 14, 2006
• PLAZA
Continued From Page One
will be fun for the whole fam-
ily. Bring your coolers and
your chairs and come out
and enjoyit.”
As an added treat to the
live music, concert-goers
will have the opportunity to
purchase home-made ice
cream during the perfor-
mance provided by the Main
Street directors. The cost
per bowl is $1.50. Bottled
water will be made available
for free.
In its seventh year this
summer, Plaza Nights fea-
tures local talent perform-
ing for the public at no
charge in Heritage Plaza.
The Night is sponsored by
the Clifton Main Street Pro-
gram, which is celebrating
its 10th year of service in
promoting business in the
City of Clifton.
For more information on
participating in Clifton Main
Street activities, contact
Clifton Main Street Manager
Damaris Neelley at 675-
8337.
• CORRIDOR
From Previous Page
"Apparently the Governor
and his transportation chair-
man believe what a foreign
company wants, a foreign com-
pany gets, and Texans have no
say over our freeways and criti-
cal infrastructure,” Strayhorn
continued.
Kinky Friedman, another in-
dependent seeking the
governor’s office, also has re-
peatedly expressed opposition
to the project.
But it isn’t just politicians
that are vocally opposing the
Trans Texas Corridor.
In testimony delivered last
year by Texas Farm Bureau
State Director Albert Thomp-
son on behalf of the Texas
Farm Bureau during a Senate
Committee on Transportation
and Homeland Security hear-
ing on the massive transporta-
tion project, Thompson said
the TFB believes that “this cor-
ridor concept should be
scrapped and future highway
planning be given serious over-
sight by the legislature.”
Thompson said that the lack
of access due to the division of
family farms and ranches is the
major reason for TFB's oppo-
sition. He said that, as pro-
posed, the corridor provides
rights-of-way through rural
Texas of up to 1,200 feet, which
amounts to 146 acres per road
mile.
"Furthermore, the corridor
will negatively affect wildlife
and hunting in many areas of
the state where hunting has be-
come a major part of farm in-
come. We believe the impact
will be devastating to the agri-
cultural industry and rural
communities,” Thompson said.
During the 71st annual con-
vention of the Texas Farm Bu-
reau in San Antonio last fall, the
delegate body overwhelmingly
rejected the Trans Texas Cor-
ridor initiative.
Dick Kallerman, transporta-
tion issuestoordinator with the
Sierra Club\ Lone Star Chap-
ter, said that the corridor “is
not the product of transporta-
tion professionals, urban plan-
ners, sociologists, and
environmentalists hammering
out affordable infrastructure to
meet our 21st Century needs.
Rather, it was hatched in a-
smoke-filled room where no-
body worried about the needs
of ordinary Texans.”
More locally, Hillsboro
Mayor Will Lowrance said ear-
lier this year, “I think we have
more than a transportation
problem. We have a leadership
and integrity problem.”
Bosque County’s
Chance To Be Heard
A statement from Bosque
County Commissioners’ Court
is being prepared to be submit-
ted at the hearing in Clifton,
stating the county’s opposition
to the corridor, and Judge Word
encourages the county’s citi-
zenry to speak out as well.
“We need to be specific in our
areas of concern, not to just say
we’re against the corridor,”
Judge Word told The Record
Wednesday morning.
Rep. Orr said he’s hearing a
lot of concerns, not just from
the rural areas but from the
business communities as well,
and that he believes TxDOT
will take the public’s comments
into consideration when a final
alignment is chosen.
“I think the people will have
a voice, and it’s important to
encourage the citizens to come
out and voice either their sup-
port or opposition,” he said.
The Wednesday, July 19,
hearing will begin with an open
house starting at 5 p.m. at the
Clifton High School cafetorium.
The actual hearing to gather
public comments is slated to
begin at 6:30.
Written public comments can
also be sent to TxDOT (1-69/
TTC or TTC-35), 125 East 11th
Street. Austin, TX 78701.
BARK Issues Call
For Foster Parents
By Deborah Mathews
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — Bosque Ani-
mal Rescue Kennels
(BARK) met last night in its
regular monthly meeting to
discuss the need for animal
foster parents. Every kennel
is full, as well as a number
of members' homes and the
group still has animals com-
ing in.
Citing some of the require-
ments that a foster parent
should be able to meet,
members said that if a per-
son could meet BARK adop-
tion criteria, they certainly
could foster a homeless ani-
mal.
One point that several
members made was that the
animals would eventually be
adopted out. They feared
that there are those who
might be willing to foster,
but believe that they would
then be stuck with the ani-
mal.
All BARK animals are
available for adoption and
this would be the case for
the fostered animals, both
cats and dogs.
In other business, Presi-
dent Roger Mitchell noted
the donation of $500 from
Bank of America (BOA). The
money was given as part of
a Volunteer Grant Program
offered by the bank that
pays on behalf of a bank
employee’s volunteer hours
to a tax exempt entity.
The funds were paid on
behalf of BARK member and
BOA employee Darlene Hall.
BARK members wel-
comed two new members to
their ranks.
Members also recognized
Clifton Record Ad Manager
Melanie Harvey for her vol-
unteer hours given to help
animals of Bosque County.
According to Judy
Gremminger, Harvey gives
countless hours to creating
advertisement, photograph-
ing animals, and just gener-
ally helping.
The club meets evei
me ciud meets every second
Monday of the month at the
Bank of America building on
5th street in Clifton at 6:30 p.m.
Anyone interested in the group
or its work is invited to attend
the meetings.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 2006, newspaper, July 14, 2006; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789164/m1/8/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.