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President Bush Trots Into Crawford,
VA Protestors To Roll In Saturday
CRa «VFORD—After starting his working-vacation
with a clean bill of health last week, President Bush
hasn’t stopped to exactly smell the yellow roses of
Texas, although he has had plenty of time to “rub
heads” with the local town folk.
Last Wednesday, Bush trotted into town to eat lunch
at the Coffee Station with his wife, Laura, Secretary
of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma, and national
security adviser, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, along with a
fleet of journalists.
Afterwards, Crawford’s resident president signed
autographs and batted down claims that his secre-
tary of state was bowing out after next year’s elec-
tions.
On Friday, Aug. 8, Bush met with his military strat-
egists and spoke again to the media, this time along-
side Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, claiming that progress
in Iraq was gaining ground, but he mourned the
steady loss of American lives after he declared an end
to major combat over 100 days ago.
The press conference ended with no answered
questions on the financial cost of American’s contin-
ued presence in Iraq, or estimations of future troop
casualties; however. Bush pointed out that Iraqi banks
were reopening, its infrastructure was improving, and
democracy was stirring.
The president also praised Germany’s efforts with
stabilizing Afghanistan, and said Israel was showing
positive willingness in rerouting its security barrier
in Palestinian areas.
Although Bush remained officially neutral on
California’s chaotic recall campaign, he said that
movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger would make a
good governor.
Last Saturday, Stan and Kathy Hickey hosted a bar-
becue at their nearby Hickey Broken Spoke Ranch
as a way to thank Bush’s top fund-raisers.
Tomorrow and Friday, Bush will be in California,
scheduled to visit troops near San Diego, to raise cam-
paign money, and to tour the Santa Monica Mountains.
When Saturday morning rolls around so will mo-
bile protestors hoping to persuade federal leaders to
not shut the doors of Waco’s 70-year-old Veterans Af-
fairs Hospital.
Meridian Firefighters Complete School
COLLEGE STATION — Alex
Medina and Chris Barree of the
Meridian Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment recently completed training
during the 74th annual Municipal
Texas Fire Training School held
July 20-25.
Each summer, the annual
school enrolls more than 2,500 fire
prevention, suppression, control,
and safety personnel from munici-
palities, industries, state and fed-
eral agencies, and the armed ser-
vices representing over 775 cities
from 25 states and numerous prov-
inces and countries.
The school delivers five days
of rigorous classroom lectures
and hands-on field exercises at
one of the largest fire training
facilities in the world, and is
sponsored by the Texas Engi-
neering Extension Service, a
member of the Texas A&M Uni-
versity System.
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Bosque County Republicans
To Gathe/ In Clifton Thursday
CLIFTON — The Bosque
County Republican Club will meet
Thursday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. The
meeting will be held at the Veter-
ans of Fbreign Wars post home lo-
cated at 215 North Ave. D in
Clifton. Dot Snyder, who plans to
run for Congress, will be the guest
speaker.
Dinner will be catered by Bunk-
house Barbecue at a cost of $7 per
person. Reservations for the meal
are required.
To make reservations, contact
Mattie Derryberry at (254) 435-
2115, Walt or Jean Lewis at 675-
2105, or Helen Dozier at 797-8191
as soon as possible.
Cranfills Gap Sewer Complaints
To Be Reported To Mid State
CRANFILLS GAP - At its regu-
lar meeting on Monday, July 14,
the Cranfills Gap City Council dis-
cussed the warranty procedures
with Mid State. The council was
informed that all sewer complaints
were to be turned over to Mid
State, and they would decide
whether they would come do the
repairs or have Gene Lee do them,
unless it is an emergency and then
Gene Lee Contract Services would
do the work
Bennie Wright requested that
the council consider spraying the
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creek by her house for mosquitos.
The council said that the creek
was private property, and the city
was therefore not responsible.
Alderman Gary Anderson made
a motion to accept the financial
statements as presented. Aider-
man Jim Bingaman seconded, and
the motion carried.
Alderman Barbara Lee made a
motion to pay Waistline Engineers
$3,465, the balance of the original
contract. Alderman Rita Ash sec-
onded, and the motion carried.
The council encouraged that
Gene Lee complete the papers
necessary for him to receive pay-
ment for his work his company did
on the sewer through the grant.
Bingaman made a motion to
adopt the Health, Sanitation, and
Nuisence ordinance. Ash sec-
onded, and it carried.
The Brazos River Authority sur-
vey was discussed, and Mayor
David Witte explained the impor-
tance of the city participating in
the survey.
Anderson reported that Mr.
Murphy has been in town working
on a few ditches and will be back
full time in a couple of weeks.
The park project was discussed
for getting the community started
preparing to get the grounds
ready for improvements.
The council was informed that
Misti Glass would be working dur-
ing the week of July 21-25 while the
city secretary goes to Austin for
court clerk certification classes.
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CenTex Fair Review Meeting
CLIFTON — The Central Texas Fair Associa- All persons interested in'the events of the
tion will meet at 7 p.m. Tliesday, Aug. 19, to review fair are welcome to attend aftd express their
the recently-completed 2003 version of the fair. views.
The meeting will be held at the ag shop at Clif- For more information, contact David Bevels at
ton High School. (254) 675-4695.
New Legislation Puts Teeth Into
Current Property Rendition Laws
MOURNING THE LOSS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS,
President Bush faced reporters in the driveway of
his ranch home with national security adviser Dr.
Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Dick Cheney, De-
fense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard
Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Spot,
the president's 11-year old English Springer Span-
iel, on Friday, Aug. 8.
— Press Pool Photos By Rod Aydelotte, Waco Tribune Herald
The motorcycle and automobile rally is set to
start at the hospital, head through Crawford, and
disperse. The protest originally had been planned
at the Crawford football stadium, but the facilities
were said to be not capable to handle the antici-
pated crowd.
AUSTIN — Senate Bill 340, au-
thored by Senator Tbdd Staples (R-
Palestine), passed during the
regular session of the 78th State
Legislature, amends the Tax Code
to penalize those who are not abid-
ing by current rendition require-
ments. Most of the act takes effect
January 2004, with some excep-
tions.
“Senate Bill 340 addresses the
issues of tax fairness and tax eq-
uity. Businesses and individuals
who fail to render or disclose tax-
able personal property are break-
ing the law,” said Staples.
“Taxpayers deserve to be treated
fairly. It is not right for the major-
ity of taxpayers to be footing the
bill for those who fail to comply
with Texas laws.”
Current law requires owners of
Waco Red Cross
To Hold First Aid
Course Aug. 23
WACO — The Heart of Texas
Chapter of the American Red
Cross will have a Community First
Aid and Safety Course on Satur-
day, Aug. 23, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Participants will be certified in
Adult, Child, and Infant CPR and
First Aid. Enrollment is on a first-
come-first-serve basis. Payment is
due before the class date.
For more information, call (254)
776-8362 or toll-free at 1-888-776-
9226.
3rd Fleet Reunion
Slated Later This
Month In New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The
United States Seagoing Marine As-
sociation, Inc., will hold its third an-
nual Fleet Review Thursday
through Sunday, Aug. 21-24. The re-
union will be held in Albuquerque,
N.M.
For fleet review details, contact
Don R. Hill at (505) 299-4123. For
membership details, write USSMA,
PO. Box 463, Stockton, Iowa 52769.
More information on either sub-
ject can also be obtained locally by
contacting Bill Prince in China
Spring at (254) 836-1540.
personal property used or held for
the production of income to ren-
der their property for tax pur-
poses; however, the law does not
provide any sanctions for failing to
render property. A number of chief
appraisers have estimated that
billions in property value are miss-
ing from tax rolls because busi-
nesses fail to render.
The bill contains an amnesty
provision that is expected to en-
courage early compliance, with a
result that will bring in new rev-
enues during the 2005 fiscal year.
While establishing penalties for
those who refuse to render prop-
erty, the legislation also provides
significant incentives to render ac-
curately and on time.
“Senate Bill 340 will provide im-
portant tools to ensure all property
that should be included on the tax
roll is included,” continued
Staples. “It will accomplish this in
a way that is administratively effi-
cient for both appraisers and tax-
payers, and has garnered the
support of both. It will provide
some short-term benefit to state
and local revenue and will provide
substantial long-term benefits.”
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 65, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 13, 2003, newspaper, August 13, 2003; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790322/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.