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Hundreds To Fill Cranfills Gap
Saturday For Septemberfest ’03
By Bryan Davis
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
CRANFILLS GAP — The town
of Cranfills Gap is expected to
overflow this weekend as hun-
dreds of locals, natives, and visi-
tors from near and far descend on
the rural Bosque County commu-
nity to mark the 26th annual Sep-
temberfest. The all-day event of
“fun, food, and fellowship for the
entire family” begins Saturday,
Sept. 13, with a 10 a.m. parade, and
runs until midnight.
Preparations for the event have
been under way since last year’s
CHS Student Council To
Host 9-11 Memorial Thursday
CLIFTON —- The Clifton High School Student Council will lead
the student body in a memorial ceremony to remember the vic-
tims, friends, and family members of the 9/11 tragedy. The cer-
emony will take place this Thursday, Sept. 11, at 9 am., and will be
located by the flag pole in front of the high school.
The community is invited and encouraged to attend the memo-
rial.
Septemberfest ended, and include
a workforce of Gap residents and
friends of all ages. The day’s mul-
titude of offerings will include arts
and craft booths, homemade
foods, family and Gap school re-
unions, entertainment featuring
local and area talent, a classic car
show, an old-time Main Street pa-
rade, children’s activities,
lawnmower races, basketball,
washer, and horseshoe tourna-
ments, a quilt exhibit, a pictorial
history of Cranfills Gap, and the
famous “Gap Street Dance.”
Gap, Septemberfest History
Cranfills Gap is nestled in the
picturesque, historic valley
founded primarily by Norwegian
immigrants in the late 1800s. That
rich Norwegian heritage will be
• See SEPT-FEST, Page 2
Texans To Decide On 22 Proposed
Constitutional Amendments Saturday
By David Anderson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — With the early vot-
ing period concluding this past
Tuesday, Texas voters have one
more opportunity to cast their
votes on 22 proposed amend-
Sunset Home
To Host Patriotic
Sept. 11 Service
CLIFTON—A patriotic service
in memory of the United States
tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001, will be
held at the Clifton Lutheran Sun-
set Home tomorrow, Sept. 11, at 3
p.m., in the front living room.
The community is invited to at-
tend. For more information, call
Pastor Pat Dietrich at 675-8637.
ments to the Texas Constitution.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and remain
open until 7 p.m. throughout the
county and throughout the state.
“During this election, Texans
will be making tremendously im-
portant choices which will impact
the future of our state for years to
come,” said Secretary of State
Geoffrey S. Connor. “By not voting,
you are letting someone else de-
cide your future for you.” Pro-
posed amendments on the ballot
include:
• Proposition 1 — Authorizes
the Veterans’ Land Board to use
excess receipts in the Veterans’
Land and Veterans’ Housing As-
sistance funds for payment of rev-
enue bonds' and use excess assets
in those funds to provide veterans
homes.
• Proposition 2 — Expands from
six months to two years the period
in which the former owner of a
mineral interest that was sold for
unpaid property taxes may buy
• See AMENDMENTS, Page 3
WITH ROMNEY LUNA PROVIDING PROTECTION, Kyle Schulze gets off a pass during last Friday’s 40-12
loss at West. The varsity Cub quarterback threw tor 188 yards In the season opener. The Cubs play host to
Academy this Friday night at Cub Stadium. - sta« Photo By w. Leon smith
‘The Top Answers Are On The Board...’
‘Faculty Feud,’ Election Of Officers
Planned During Sept. 16 PTO Meeting
By David Anderson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
CLIFTON — Clifton’s anony-
mous versions of Richard Dawson
and Vanna White will be on hand
for the Tuesday, Sept. 16, meeting
of the Clifton Parent ^ icher Or-
ganization, as faculty from Clifton
Elementary Schoolchallenge rep-
resentatives of Clifton Intermedi-
ate School in “The Faculty Feud,”
a local version of the popular game
show “Family Feud.” Teams an-
chored by CES Principal Rhoda
White and CIS Principal Bert
Maddux will battle it out over a
series of survey questions which
have been answered by CIS and
CES students.
The class with the highest atten-
dance at the event will receive a
special surprise.
Also that night, the election of
officers for the 2003-04 school year
will be held. The PTO has been
seeking nominations for the of-
fices of president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer, and reporter/
box-top chairman.
The PTO offers a variety of ser-
vices to the local school district,
including providing quality books
and supplies to the elementary
Texas Chisholm Trail Heritage
Celebration Slated Sept. 26-28
MERIDIAN — The non-profit
Texas Chisholm 'frail Association,
Inc. will present the Texas Chish-
olm frail Heritage Celebration
2003 at Kimball Bend Park Friday
through Sunday, Sept. 26-28. The
event will be located at the park,
situated at the junction of Texas
Highway 174 and the Brazos River
Crossing, the location of the his-
toric village of Kimball.
Spokesmen for the event said
that participants will honor the
history, heritage, and traditions of
the Texas pioneer culture by re-
enacting the Cattle Drive Era
along the Texas Chisholm frail.
Non-profit organizations or indi-
viduals interested in participating
in the authentic cattle drive era
themes are invited to apply for
participation.
Feeder trails to the Chisholm
frail developed following the Civil
War, and allowed Texas cattle to be
driven to railheads in Kansas for
shipment to eastern markets.
From approximately 1867 to
nearly 1900, the celebrated route
reached from the Rio Grande
River and Matagorda County at
the southern tip of Texas, and ex-
tended through 34 counties in
Texas to the Red River crossing
at the Oklahoma border.
“This exciting, entertaining, and
educational event has grown from
a Bosque-Countywide event into a
regional event embracing Bosque,
Hill, and Johnson counties, and
now reaches statewide as the offi-
cial annual event of the Texas Ch-
isholm frail Association, Inc. The
• See CHISHOLM, Page 2
DIRECTING THE CHOIR — Belinda Honea (center) will be at the helm of the proposed Clifton Community
Chorus, with assistance from Ann Forbis (far right). An organizational meeting with the Intent of exploring
community interest will be held Sunday, Sept. 14, at First Presbyterian Church In Clifton.
Honea To Direct Clifton Community Chorus
Melvin Robinson To Perform At
Final Plaza Nights 2003 Sept. 20
CLIFTON — Clifton native
Belinda Honea will serve as direc-
tor of Clifton Community Chorus,
a non-denominational choir sched-
uled to hold an organizational
meeting on Sunday, Sept. 14, at
1:30 p.m. in Clifton’s First Presby-
terian Church, 211 South Avenue
G. All interested individuals ages
12 and older are encouraged to at-
tend.
Honea, a 1984 graduate of Clif-
ton High School, has been study-
ing music most of her life. She
grew up attending the Baptist
church, where she was involved in
children’s choir. There, Honea dis-
covered the ‘joy of coming before
His presence through singing, ”
and Honea’s discovery has been
evident ever since. Her music edu-
cation has been sporadically inter-
rupted by 16 years of marriage (to
high school sweetheart Tim Ho-
nea), raising children (daughters
Ciara, 11, and Carigan, seven), and
a myriad of work experience which
only adds to her musical talent.
She is 12 hours shy of completing
her music education degree after
studying at McLennan Commu-
nity College in Waco and later
Mary Hardm-Baylor at Belton.
Origins for the Clifton Commu-
nity Chorus began with the Pres-
byterian Church Evangelism
Committee. The Presbyterian
Church Choir has long been ad-
• St* CHORUS, Pag* 2
CLIFTON — Storyteller, poet,
songwriter, and musician Mel
Robinson, formerly of Cranfills
Gap, will be performing at this
year’s final installment ofthe Clif-
ton Main Street Plaza Nights con-
cert series. The free concert will
be held Saturday, Sept. 20.
Robinson has a deep respect for
the cowboy way of life and Lone
Star histoiy, which is evident in his
lively performances. A descendant
of some of the earliest settlers of
Bosque County, he has deep roots
in frontier Texas. As a retired
rancher, he identifies with the
challenges and rewards that
brought so many to this land of op-
portunity in the 1800s.
“From a historical standpoint,
the time of the cowboy is unique
to Texas, and something I feel we
should preserve as part of our
heritage,” said Robinson “I-try to
capture that in my music, poetry,
and tales and present them in
such a way that it is etched in the
minds of children and others so
they, too, will hold the Texas tradi-
tion dear. My goal is to reveal the
past in a meaningful, memorable
way.”
Robinson has presented his
• See PLAZA, Page 2
and intermediate campuses.
Membership dues are set at $5 per
family.
“We’re really looking forward to
this night,” said a PTO spokes-
man. “The survey questions are
very funny, but also very appli-
cable to these school children.”
Some of the survey questions
include “Reasons to ride a school
bus,” “Reasons to visit the Princi-
pal,” and “Favorite food served in
the school cafeteria,” to name a
few.
The night’s activities will be held
in Bettis Auditorium on the el-
ementary school campus, starting
at 6 p.m. There is no admission
charge, and the public — whether
PTO members or not — are en-
couraged to attend.
MELVIN ROBINSON, former
Cranfills Gap resident, will bring
his Cowboy storyteller, poet,
songwriter, and musician talents to
Clifton Main Street's Plaza Nights
concert series on Saturday, Sept.
20.
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