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The Clifton Record
Friday, April 9, 2004
The Clifton Record
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Courthouse Records
By
Adrienne Cumins
Deeds Recorded
In Bosque County
Frances Seljos, the surviving
spouse of Clyde Seljos, deceased,
and owning, occupying, and claim-
ing other property as her home-
stead, and Marcie Janelle (Seljos)
Gillaspie, only child of Clyde Seljos,
Deceased, owning, occupying, and
claiming other property as her
homestead, Clifton, to James Pitts
and wife, Carol Ann Pitts, Clifton —
37 acres, N. Larson pre-emption sur-
vey of 160 acres.
Richard L. Dill and Dianne Gill to
Richard Collins and wife, Linda Col-
lins, Morgan — 41.04 acres, BCR
Farm Bureaus Want
WTO Rules, Trade
Laws To Coincide
CLIFTON — U S. farmers and
ranchers are faced with losing mil-
lions of dollars due to European
sanctions that will raise tariffs on
their exports. The American Farm
Bureau Federation has requested
that Congress reconcile U S. laws
with World Trade Organization
rules.
“These sanctions are unfair and
must be stopped,” said Alan Day,
president of the Bosque County
Farm Bureau. “U.S. farmers and
ranchers will suffer if this situation
is not resolved.”
The EU sanctions began March 1.
Now the Farm Bureau has urged
Congress to bring the Extraterrito-
rial Income Exclusion, an act used
to figure the gross income exclusion
for transactions that affect foreign
trade gross receipts, into compli-
ance with WTO rules. The WTO con-
cluded in 2000 that the ETI
amounted to illegal funding.
“U.S. farmers and ranchers will
be faced with unfair competition
from other producers and products
from other countries,” Day said.
“These other countries will have
lower tariffs, and in the end our
farmers and ranchers will face seri-
ous financial setbacks."
These sanctions make it more
expensive for U.S. producers to sell
their products to Europe. U.S. com-
panies would lose approximately
$315 million dollars annually in ex-
tra levies on exports.
The EU has said the sanctions
would be lifted if Congress repeals
the tax breaks.
Bosque Farm Bureau
Supports New Free
Trade Agreement
CLIFTON — The American Farm
Bureau Federation supports the
proposed free trade agreement in-
volving the United States and Cen-
tral American nations.
Supporters believe the proposed
U.S.-Central American Free Trade
Agreement, also known as CAFTA,
will bring increased trade opportu-
nities between the U.S. and Central
America.
According to AFBF’s economic
analysis, CAFTA would increase
U.S. agricultural exports by nearly
$900 million. Other AFBF studies
show that possible losses in some
sectors would be offset by gains in
other commodity areas.
“We believe there is substantial
trade opportunity in this agree-
ment,” said Alan Day, president of
the Bosque County Farm Bureau.
“CAFTA will give U.S. agricultural
exports a level playing field. After
implementation, tariffs on products
exported to CAFTA nations will de-
crease significantly.”
Day said the agreement will give
the U.S. some competitive advan-
tages over South America, the Eu-
ropean Union and Canada.”
1410, William Fisher Survey, A-4.
Charlie Otis Williams and wife.
Patsy Ruth Williams, Meridian, to
Donald W. Hyatt and wife, Norma J.
Hyatt, Adkins — part of block 16,
Scott's Addition. Meridian.
Gail R Hogan, Meridian, to John
William Stovall and Della T. Stovall,
Irving — Lot S-2, a resubdivision of
Lots 9-12, Shore Acres.
Danny Joseph Barr and wife,
Beth Barr, Clifton, to Jeff Houghlin
and wife, Connie Houghlin, Clifton
'— 13.777 acres, Andres Broten Sur-
vey A-81.
Jimmy F Todd and wife, Elizabeth
M. Todd, Kaufman, to Richard L. Gill
and wife, Dianne Gill, Meridian
15.18 acres, William Fisher Survey
A-4, CR 1410, CR 1416.
Eric Hensley, Marlin, to Arvin H
Dutschmann, Robinson West 50
feet of Lot 43, all of Lot 44.
Beachland Subdivision.
Richard L. Gill and wife, Dianne
Gill, Meridian, to Jack T. Veal and
wife, Vickie L. Higgins, Sugarland
Lot 6, Gill Estates Subdivision.
Addie Marquita Belcher, a.k.a.
Addie Marquita Bateman, Meridian,
to Ruby Stephens — 1.903 acres,
Edward Pierce Survey A-650, State
Highway 22, Meridian
Janet Lea Linthicum and Foy
Daniel Light, Waco, to Nohemi
Dominguez, Valley Mills — 1.11
acres, Shubael Marsh Survey A-518,
FM 217.
Forrest Gregg Jernigan and wife.
Annetta Sue Jernigan, Valley Mills,
to Charlie Williams and wife, Patsy
Williams, Meridian 0.343 acres.
Lot 4, Block 91, Scott's Addition,
Meridian
Marriages Recorded
In Bosque County
Benjamin H. Chism and Linda
Gayle Erickson — Saturday. March
20, 2002.
Texas Land Bank
Pays $1.3 Million
Patronage Refund
WACO — Texas Land Bank
(FLCA), a local rural mortgage co
operative, recently distributed $1.3
million in patronage payments to its
customers as a result of its good fi
nancial performance in 2003. Over
3,100 customers who had loans with
the co-op during 2003 shared in the
patronage refund, said Charles
Gant, TLB's chief executive officer.
“As a cooperative, we take pride
in sharing our earnings with our
customers, who are also the stock
holders and owners of Texas Land
Bank," said Gant. “That is just one
of the many benefits of doing busi-
ness with a co-op.”
Over the past 10 years, the coop
erative lending association has dis
tributed refounds of more than $17
million to its customers.
Texas Land Bank provides rural
mortgage financing to farmers, ranch
ers, country homeowners, agribusi-
nesses, and other rural landowners in
16 Central Texas counties.
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By Marc Johnson
Cany all believe it’s done April?
Where the cat-hair do the time go?
And can ya be-.
lieve this
weather?
Couldn’t have
ordered it to be
no purtier. Few
gentle showers,
most stock
tanks might |
nigh full, pas-
tures and crops lookin’ shore
'nough super, and the blue-bon-
nets is startin' to show. Still don’t
know what happened to all the
blue-bonnets some us planted
down to the Old Rock Church sev-
eral years ago. Seems lak just a
few showed up, but, they do call
'em a “wild-flower,” and I believe
it. Them what is wild just seem to
do better year after year, and them
ya plant don’t do near so good.
Reckon it’s true that ya just cain’t
mess with Mother Nature.
All the fine papers through this
neck of the woods do a great job of
talkin' about all our athletes up to
the schools, so I seldom mention
any of ’em.
But, I just got to mention this
one l'il senior gal we got up here
to The Gap. Ya might see her
workin’ part-time as a cashier
down to Ace Hardware in Clilton.
She’s cuter’n a bug, blonde, and
shore ’nough a not very big gal. In
fact, I wouldn't be surprised if’n
she didn't have to run around in
the shower just to git wet. So, if’n
ya happen to git the chance, ya
might offer yore congratulations...
she won “State" in, of all things,
“Powerlifting.” What? This was in
the 97 pound class. So, congratu-
lations Samantha Yates. Y’all
heard the expression “little but
loud?" She’s little, but her winnin’
state is loud. So, ya might not want
to mess with this gal much, ’cause
she shore nough “little but loud,”
and stout.
Congratulations to Mrs. E.A.
(Laura) Burreson on her 93rd
birthday couple of weeks ago.
They had a big birthday dinner ter
her over to Lake Whitney at Gene
and Jeanette Burreson’s house.
Had a whole bunch of family and
friends there to wish her well. Her
deceased husband was known as
“Fat Burreson” out here to The
(tap, and I’d never known him by
any other name. 1 found out after
his death that he didn’t like that
nick name. Said his name was
Ervin. Strange, ain’t it, how them
nick names stick. But, nobody
meant anything derogatory when
they called him “Fat.” I, ter one,
thought it was his name.
Another example of this is a
feller named Herman Blue here in
The Gap. I didn’t have a clue his
name was Herman until me and
Bet tried to find him down to Provi-
dence Hospital. They swore they
didn't have no “Harry" Blue down
there, but we told them we knew
he was there, ’cause some other
friends visited him that very morn-
ing, and we knowed he wasn’t let'
out yet. They ’d done been workin’
on his heart plumbing. They
looked again in their smart-aleck
computer and said they had a
“Herman" Blue from Cranfills
Gap, and we tol’ ’em we’d go look
and see if n that was him. Shore
nough, it was, and I’d knowed him
all my life as “Harry." Never
knowed his real name, ’til then.
Gap Community Clean-Up set ter
Sattidy the 17th of April. Directors
of the Chamber, and other folks, is
gonna try and git everything lined
out. If’n y’all never helped with this
deal, ya probably don’t realize them
amount of work and coordination
what goes into it. It don’t just hap-
pen. However, anything worthwhile
always seems to take a lot of work
by somebody. A big “thanks” need
to go to all them what help with
projects of this magnitude. It’s
called “community service.”
Ya reckon all them credit card
companies wantin’ all us citizens
to spend la our Federal Guvimint
folks do? Borrow, borrow, borrow,
and hope to heck ya can someday
pay it all back. With interest, of
course. Seems lak it can work for
a while, til it come the day of
“reckonin’” — somebody, some
time, got to pay it all back. In the
case of the Guvimint, reckon it’ll
be our grand-kids and great-
grand-kids what got to pay it back.
Reckon they ’ll be proud of us when
they grow up and see what the
prior generations done? They’ll
probably be askin’ “What the cat-
hair did we do to ’em? "
See ya next week,
Marc,
Marc at The Gap
Phone 675-3693
Box 289, Clifton
MASONIC
meets 4th Monday
each month at 7 p.m.
Ken Williams, Worshipful Matter
Clyde BHHngtoi), Secretary
www.htcomp.nel/cliftonmasons/clifton.htm
Business / Industry
Clifton Area Hermann Sons Agent
Among 2003’s Top Producers
SAN ANTONIO — A Hermann
Sons fraternal insurance agent
from the Clifton area from the Clif-
ton area is among the 32 agents
who have qualified for recognition
based on their performance in
2003.
Grand Vice President-Market-
ing Robert Buffington, Order of
the Sons of the Hermann in the
State of Texas has announced that
Edwin Conrad has qualified for the
Executive Club.
The agents were recognized
Feb. 28 during the 13th annual
Agents’ Awards Banquet held at
the Holiday Inn North in Fort
Worth.
First-time Executive Club quali-
fiers receive a briefcase and
plaque. Those who qualify more
than once receive a cash award.
While 10 agents qualified for
the Grand President’s Club, an-
other 14 qualified for the Execu
tive Club and seven qualified for
the Million Dollar Club. A Mem-
bership Award also was awarded
along with the 100-percent Fam-
ily Award.
This is the fourth time Conrad
has qualified for an award. He was
a member of the Executive Club
in 1992 and 2002 and received an
award for Most Premium Income
in 1996.
Hermann Sons is a fraternal in-
surance society. It offers its mem-
bers a variety of life insurance
plans, annuity and IRA products
HERMANN SONS AGENT EDWIN CONRAD (left) receives
congradulations from Grand Vice President-Marketing Robert Buffington
during the Agents' Award Banquet. Conrad was recognized as a mem-
ber of the Executive during the banquet.
plus other services.
The more than 76,000 members
belong to one of the 148 local
lodges across Texas and have ac-
cess to a wide range of fraternal
benefits. The Grand Lodge, which
was formed in 1890, is located in
San Antonio. The order operates
34 tuition-free dance schools and
two youth camps for its junior
members and a retirement home.
For more information about
Hermann Sons life insurance
membership products, contac the
Grand Lodge Marketing Depart
mentat 1 (877) HERMANN.
Bosque County Farm Bureau Opposes Grassley Amendment
CLIFTON — Senator Charles
Grassley’s (R-Iowa) proposed
amendment to lower payment lim
its on farm programs has caused
concern among American farmers.
Grassley, chairman of the Finance
Committee and member of the Ag-
riculture Committee, continues to
work to include payment limitations
in the budget. Agricultural interests
will focus their efforts on the House
version of the budget resolution.
The amendment would remove
approximately $1,398 billion from
farm programs that would be trans-
ferred to the Conservation Security
Program.
Farmers and ranchers said the
farm bill’s benefits should reflect
production.
“During tight budget times, farm
programs remain a target for law
makers,” said Alan Day, president of
the Bosque County Farm Bureau
“We believe Senator Grassley's ac-
tion would hurt family farmers —
the very group he claims he is try-
ing to help.”
According to Grassley, the "sav
ings” are intended to fully fund the
Conservation Security Program and
increase funds for value-added ag-
riculture. Any additional savings are
intended to fund nutrition programs,
such as food stamps and school
lunches.
USDA statistics show that 38 per
cent of farming families produce 92
percent of America’s food and fiber.
“Senator Grassley's amendment
is strongly opposed by the Bosque
County Farm Bureau," Day said.
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Election Day - April 13
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J.B. Leutwyler
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Larrv Connallv
Former McLennan County deputy
PREVIOUS LAW
ENFORCEMENT
None listed in literature
Management - Aerojet 4 years
Management - Brown & Root 17 years
Management - Thiokol Client. 14 years
Supervised up to 80 employees
Owned several small businesses
PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPERIENCE
None listed in literature
Graduate Midway High School
Bachelor's of Arts Degree
Rollins University, Winter Park, Florida
EDUCATION
Graduate McGregor High School
Presently attending Hill Jr. College
U.S. Navy 5 years
MILITARY SERVICE
None listed in literature
Lifelong Republican Voter
VOTING HISTORY
Not a registered voter until 1-8-2003
McLennan County Republican Club
LOCAL
REPUBLICAN
AFFILIATIONS
None listed in literature
Volunteers At Supports Republican
Party and Republican Candidates
Delegate to State, County and
Precinct Conventions
REPUBLICAN
ACTIVITIES
None listed in literature
Married Oneta Buice 1950
4 Adult Children
8 Grandchildren
FAMILY STATUS
Married Betty Smith
3 Adult Children
6 Grandchildren
Rep. County Chairman, M A. Taylor
Sheriff Larry Lynch
Local Republican Leaders
COUNSEL SOUGHT
BEFORE FILING
Democrat Dewy Howze
The following people have endorsed J B Leutwyler
PRECINCT CHAIRMEN Marvin Dameron
Josh Tetens, Pet. 3,
President Young Republieans
Jon Gimble, Pet. 20
Viee Chair Baylor YCT
Nancy Bradley, Pet. 23
Wayne Purselley, Pet. 31
Robert Glinski, Pet. 63
Trevor Wardlaw, Pet. 78
Beverly Denton, Pet. 79
Bill Davis
Bill Denton
Ramsey Farley
Jary Gansky
Wanda Glaze
Kenneth Glaze
Jim Briffith
Kathy Horton
JB Owen
Lil Owen
TG MeWilliams
Jim Parten
Linda Parten
Diane Smith
Wayne Smith
Mollie Smith
Ann Speed
Don Speed
Joe Walker
Anne Whin
Jo Bob Whitl
Election Day
April 13
Vote for
JB Leutwyler
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788 Leutwyler Lane, Waco, Texas 76712, 254-420-3770, E-mail JB4constable@att.net
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