The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 102, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 2003 Page: 2 of 12
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cently incurred health problems
and was unable to attend Friday's
finale.
Kuzenka said when the band
was formed in 1974, it started a
jamboree and dance in Gatesville.
The format became so popular so
quickly the musicians were asked
to begin similar jamborees in
Abilene, Brownwood, Goidthwaite,
Waco, West, Belton, Temple... “way
too many places to name them all,”
he said He said they were filling a
niche that was needed at that time.
“In the 70s, there was nowhere
to go and dance unless you went
to a club,” he explained, “So we
started up these jamborees, and it
was nothing to have 150 to 200 or
more show up.” However, time has
seen each of those dances fall by
the wayside one by one, until
Clifton’s was the only one remain-
ing, and its attendance has fallen
off greatly in recent years.
Kuzenka said he had a chance
to go on the road as a performer
early in his career, but did not want
to leave friend and family behind.
He said he thinks of his band-
mates as his second family, and did
not want to leave them, either. And
while the Clifton performance last
weekend was officially the Coun-
try Sounds’ last, he does not count
out the possibility of getting back
together, even if just on special
occasions.
“Who knows, maybe we will re-
group some of these years,”
Kuzenka concluded.
• TRUSTEES
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not live in the Clifton area,” White
replied. “Recruiting new teachers
is much broader than getting
teachers to drive here. We need to
get families that want to move
here,” she continued.
Copies of the complete report are
available at the district office on the
middle school campus, or through
the Texas Education Agency’s
website (www.tea.state.tx.us).
Annual Audit
John Manning of Patillo, Brown
& Hill, L.L.P, presented the annual
financial audit of the district for
the year ended Aug. 31,2003.
“From a balance sheet stand-
point, your assets and liabilities
are properly stated. From an au-
dit standpoint, everything went
very smoothly," Manning told the
board. He said no major problems
were uncovered even though the
accounting department’s head re-
signed shortly before the end of
the year.
Interim Superintendent Dr.
Kenneth Greene, who was hon
ored with a reception prior to the
board meeting, said the district
owes Kitsy Spitzer a debt of grati-
tude for stepping in and helping
close out the books in an efficient
manner.
Miscellany
In other action, the board ap-
proved membership in the Texas
Association of School Board’s
Policy Services program, and
okayed TASB-prepared forms for
the student and parent complaint
procedures. A bid for property ca-
sualty insurance from TASB was
also okayed.
Minutes of previous meetings,
bills, and personnel issues were
okayed by the board, and reports
from administrative staff were
briefly reviewed.
• TASK FORCE
Continued From Page One
ONE LAST “FAMILY” PORTRAIT — Mike Kunzenka's Country Sounds played their final performance last
Friday night in Clifton at the last Double Nickel Club dance. Band members include (from left) Kuzenka,
Mary Hill, Stanley Jones, Jessie Hamilton, Darren Moore, and Pat Snoddy. Longtime band member Betty
Webb was unable to perform due to health considerations. - staff Photo by David a derson
DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY — Some 75 area resi-
dents filled the Clifton Civic Center one last time for
the final Double Nickel Club dance last Friday night,
featuring the final performance of the popular band,
Mike Kuzenka’s Country Sounds.
Staff Photo By David Anderson
SLIP-SLIDING AWAY — Some six dozen dancers at-
tended last Friday night’s final Double Nickel Club
Dance in Clifton, ending three decades of the activity
in the City. Staff Photo By David Anderson
ONE LAST SONG — Darren Moore (from left) and
Pat Snoddy, fwmbers of Mike Kuzenka’s Country
Sounds, playett «n the band’s coda last Friday night
at the Clifton Civic Center. start Photo By David Anderson
• SADDAM
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Hussein's capture preceded a raid in Adwar
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Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit, on Saturday
night.
EDC ... Continued From Page One
The total allocation is based on
last year’s CEI)C allotment and a
slight increase due to Die accom-
paniment of Clifton Main Street
Manager Damaris Neelley to the
travel shows, she added.
Chamber Report
Sheffield reported that the
Chamber will be holding a wrap up
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meeting for the Norwegian Home
Tour soon and wanted to hear any
comments from the EDC direc
tors.
She reported that on the tour,
there were crowds in some places
but everybody “rolled with the
flow.” Clifton retailers reporled
good sales that day, she said, a'd
one home tourist recently rc
turned and gave his children a
tour of the area.
Director Cal Goerdel stated that
as a volunteer parking cars, he had
a good time meeting with the vari-
ous groups at one of the stops. He
said at one time, four buses were
parked at the Greene House. One
person from Fredericksburg ex
pressed disbelief and excitement
during the tour, Goerdel said, be-
cause they were impressed with
the heritage of the area she had
not known before.
Director Bob Lane suggested
that the bus tour guides be in
eluded in the meeting to give their
reports. He note, that there were
many elderly people taking the
tour that might have needed more
help. Overall, he said, the home
tour is “well worth doing.”
At the end of her report, Shef-
field stated that Bosque County
Judge Cole Word is interested in
reviving the Bosque County Eco-
nomic Development Corporation,
and they are working to set up the
next county EDC meeting.
Miscellany
The directors tentatively sched-
uled a called meeting with Billy
Richardson, president of TSBI
Consulting of Waco, to discuss the
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experts for advice and sugges-
tions on prevention measures.
The task force may conduct opin-
ion surveys or hold public forums
focusing on the substance abuse
issues.
“If you have a public hearing
and no one comes, you don’t say
you have a problem,” noted In-
terim Superintendent Dr. Ken-
neth Greene. “You pursue their
input.”
The school board also charged
the task force with looking into
possible drug testing within the
district and the legal ramifications
and possible district policies re-
lated to such a program.
Task force members have been
asked to compile the report and
present it in March 2004, although
that timetable might be adjusted
slightly. Greene cautioned not to
take too long with the process,
however.
Alternative Education
Program Issues
Also discussed at the board
meeting last Monday was the
district’s Alternative Education
Program, currently housed on the
high school campus but segre-
gated from the main population on
that campus. Clifton High School
Principal Ronnie Prueitt noted
the program has been housed in
five different locations since its in-
ception less than a decade ago, in-
cluding the current site.
“The objective is placement
away from the main body of stu-
dents, but we still have to educate
those students," Prueitt said. He
said he believes the current site
has had few problems, and has
been beneficial to the students in
the program.
“Our teachers are more consis-
tently participating than ever be-
fore to help these kids earn the
credit needed to graduate,”
Prueitt said, noting that participa-
tion was much less when the pro-
gram was located off-campus.
“It’s not unusual to go in and find
a teacher tutoring a student one-
to-one.”
“The program is constantly
changing. It’s changed some even
since I’ve been here,” Dr. Greene
noted. “There are different factors
involved now than even last year.”
Prueitt said the program runs
from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. daily,
and that the students are escorted
onto and off the campus, and es-
corted while on campus.
Board President John Erickson
said the biggest concern parents
appear to have is with the proxim-
ity of the program to the general
population.
“They’re even escorted to the
bathrooms, and their meals are
brought to the room. We’re doing
a lot to minimize any possible con-
tact with the general population,”
Prueitt explained.
Board Vice-President Ronnie
Massey said he was under the im-
pression that the program had to
be located off-campus, but Dr.
Greene said a former principal
assured him he was told by legal
counsel that was not the case.
“I’d be very curious as to what
the law says. I don’t want to go on
what ’somebody said,”’ Massey
said.
Incoming Superintendent Dr.
Greg Stone told the board that dis-
tricts have the flexibility by law to
have the program either on or off
campus.
“The decision is at the local
level,” said Stone.
Massey then asked why the pro-
gram was moved from The Ar-
mory in Clifton City Park to the
high school, a move that took place
during the 2002-03 school year.
Kitsy Spitzer replied that it was
due to logistics. Former teacher
Lee Stanley, who had been in
charge of the program, was also
used as a replacement for a biol-
ogy teacher who left in the middle
of the first semester last school
year, promoting the move. Massey
said it appeared to him the move
was due to monetary factors,
which he said he did not believe
should be a consideration.
“I caution you to look the pro-
gram over over time, and look at
all factors involved. 1 can assure
you every effort is being made not
to have problems,” Dr. Greene told
the board.
“Let’s just keep this open and
out on the table to examine our
alternatives to AEP changes while
remembering we’re trying to re-
habilitate these students rather
than just punish them,” Greene
concluded.
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Map sometime during the second
week in January at a local restau-
rant.
The directors approved a revi-
sion to the procedures manual to
grant the CEDC the ability to keep
confidential record of executive
sessions.
The financial report was ap-
proved unanimously.
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