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The Clifton Record
Friday, April 2, 2004
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THE STAVANGER CATHEDRAL YOUTH CHOIR filled the altar area of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Norse with bodies and song during a special visit and performance Monday
evening. Staff l*huto By David Aoderson
VIOLIN VIRTUOSO — A member of the Stavanger Cathedral Youth
Choir accompanied the choir's performance while dressed in authentic
Norwegian costume Monday evening at Our Savior's Lutheran Church.
Striff Photo By David Anderson
• CHOIR
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outside the country. Concert sights
have included Sweden, Denmark,
Iceland, Germany, Spain, England,
and Wales. The choir also makes
regular visits to the United States
and Canada.
The choir is comprised of twice
as many females and males, and
many of the members are study
ing music. All have talented voices
as the choir performs many selec-
tions a-Capella, while other selec-
tions are accompanied by equally
talented musicians on piano, vio
lin, and brass.
Music performed Monday, as
well as at their other concerts
throughout Texas, included Nor-
wegian folklore and sacral, as well
as music from some of the “great
composers." The girls performed
dressed in their national att ire.
The City
Stavanger and its 110,000 resi-
dents make up the fourth-largest
city in Norway. The Gulf Stream
flowing from the west gives the
area a mild climate, and the region
is also considered to be the most
important agricultural area in Nor-
way.
Located on the southwestern
coast of Norway, the North Sea has
always key to the city’s fortunes.
The “big three” — fishing, boat
building, and oil — have defined
the city over the years. Through
most of the 20th Century,
Stavanger’s economy was buoyed
by its canning and fishing city.
Now, oil has taken center stage in
the community’s economy.
Mayor Sevland told the crowd
gathered in Norse that'Stavanger
was created “quite in reverse”
from most cities in Europe. While
a cathedral usually follows the es-
tablishment of a community,
Stavanger took an opposite direc-
tion.
Stavanger’s St. Svithun’s Cathe-
dral (I)omkirke) was built between
1123 and 1128, prior to a commu-
nity being settled. Adjacent to the
church is the Kongsgard, an upper
secondary school. The building
has served as a school for over 150
years, but originally was used as
the residence of kings, bishops,
and district governors.
The area played an important
part in the early history of Norway.
In 872, the first king of Norway,
Harald Fair Hair, fought and won
a ferocious battle near Stavanger.
King Hair’s victory united Norway
permanently under one ruler. A
monument to Erling Skjalgsson,
who freed his slaves a thousand
years before the practice became
the norm, is located in Stavanger.
For over three decades,
Stavanger has served as the pe
troleum industry’s administrative
center on the Norwegian Conti
nental Shelf. Home of Norway’s
richest oil preserves, the country
has attracted thousands of “innni
grants” from over 90 countries
who now call Stavanger home.
The Trip To Norse
The Norse Historical District
has historically not been on the
choir’s tour itinerary during pre
vious visits to Texas. However, a
natural bond was created in 2000
when Laerdal Medical, based in
Stavanger, bought Medical Plas
tics Laboratory in Gatesville, a
manufacturer and distributor of
patient simulators for EMS, nurs-
ing, and CPIl use, as well as ana
tomical reproductions and
skeletons.
Laerdal Texas President/CEO
David Broussard invited the choir
to make a side-trip to Gatesville to
tour the medical production facil-
ity in Gatesville and then tour the
Norse Historical District as well.
On arriving in Norse, the stu-
dents visited the cemetery adja-
cent to Our Savior's Lutheran
Church, and stopped to pay hom-
age at Peerson’s graveside as
Stavanger Mayor Sevland laid a
floral arrangement at the base of
the stone monument.
Before departing Clifton and the
Norse Historical District, the choir
toured the Bosque Memorial Mu
seum, and was treated to an au
thentic Texas barbecue dinner.
Norse.
STAVANGER (NORWAY) MAYOR LEIF JOHAN SEVLAND laid a wreath of flowers at the base of Cleng
Peerson’s grave-site as members of the Stavanger Cathedral Youth Choir looked on last Monday evening in
Staff Photo By David Anderson
• BIG EVENT
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The evening will open with a buf-
fet meal from 7 - 8 p.m., followed
by an awards presentation.
The live auction will include fine
art from Bosque County artists,
jewelry, trips and get way pack
ages, studio tours of two Cowboy
artists—Bruce Greene and
George Hallmark, custom-made
furniture, and other unique good-
ies.
All proceeds from the Big
Event’s auction benefit the annual
operating budget of the Bosque
Conservatory. For updates on
growing list of auction items, visit
(www.bosqueconservatory.com). ‘
Throughout the evening, “dona-
tion tickets” will be on sale for a
drawing for two American Airlines
tickets.
The first opportunity to sign up
in person for a Western Dance
Class sponsored by the Bosque
Conservatory will be at the Big
Event this Saturday.
The class slated for Saturday,
Sept. 25, will consist of live music
by the Charles Nemec Band of
West and dance instructions by
Betty Hogue-Flores, as well as a
barbeque dinner. The cost is $75
per couple and $40 per person.
On display in the the theatre will
be the selections and winners of
Viewpoint 2004 Photography Com
petition, while upstairs will house
more selections for the digital,
Bosque wide, and student con-
tests.
Although the Big Event sold out
of its original 184 seats, there is
additional seating in the Art Gal-
lery on the second floor. As of last
Friday, 211 guests were expected.
For more information or to sign
up for the dance class, contact the
Conservatory office at (254) 675-
3724.
A NORWEGIAN MUSIC STUDENT performs on the piano at Our
Savior's Lutheran Church in Norse during the Stavanger Cathedral Youth
Choir’s visit to Bosque County Monday. si.iii i’imic, bv uafei Amiursnn
HEAD START
TAKINC; APPLICATIONS
Clifton Head Start is now accepting applications for the 2004-2005 school
year. Head Start is a pre-school oITmnn excellent educational
opportunities along with medical, dental, developmental, and nutritional
benefits at no cost. The Head Start approach of individualized care and
guidance is well suited to helping children with disabilities. Children
between the ages of 3 and 5 may he eligible.
There is no charge for participation in Head Start.
I’ick up your application now at the Head Start ( enter at
803 West 13th street. For more information,
call your local center at 254/675-4076 or
Hill ( ountrv Community Action Association at 325/372-5167.
HEAD START
ESTA ACEPTANDO APEIC ACIONES
Clifton Head Start esta aceplando aplicaciones para el ano 2004-2005.
Head Start es una escuelita para ninos de edad 3-5 anos que ealifiean.
Head Start olrece oportunidades excelentcs para educaeion y tumhien
henetlcos de medico, dental, desarrollo, y de alimento. Head Start ofrece
niucha ayuda para ninos y familias. No cuesla nada para que su nino
atiende el programa de Head Start. I’uede usted rocojer aliora una
aplicacion para solicitar tin puesto en Head Start.
I'ara mas informaeion Name a la Head Start, 803 West 13th street,
# del lelefono: 254/675-4076 or
> Hill Country Community Action Association at 325/372-5167.
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Body Shop
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Frank Smith, Owner
Same Place Since 1968
120 N. Ave. G, Clifton
(254) 675-8237
• DST
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history in the United States. The
idea of Daylight Savings Time was
mentioned in a whimsical essay in
1784 by Benjamin Franklin It was
first advocated seriously by a Brit
ish builder, William Willett, in the
pamphlet Waste of Daylight.
In the United States, clocks
change at 2 a m. local time,
“springing” forward to 3 a m The
2 a m change over time was arbi-
trarily chosen as it is a time when
most people are at home, minimiz
ing disruption
Daylight Saving Time, for the
U.S. and its territories, is not ob
served in Hawaii, American Sa-
moa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, most of the East-
ern Time Zone portion of the State
of Indiana, and the state of Arizona
(except for the Navajo Indian Res-
ervation, which does observe).
Many fire departments encour
age changing batteries in smoke
detectors when changing clocks. A
working smoke detector has been
shown to more than doubles a
person’s chances of surviving a
home fire. More than 90 percent of
homes in the United States have
smoke detectors, but one third are
estimated to have worn out or
missing batteries.
There are many schools of
thought on Daylight Savings Time.
. The only thing definite right now
is that if you forget to set your
clocks ahead one hour by this Sun
day at 2 a m., you will be one hour
behind, or operating on Mountain
Standard Time.
• WALL
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ing the school’s long history.
“If you have any information
on a student or team that should
be included, please contact us
and let us know," Prueitt said. In-
formation needed includes
names, approximate dates, and
events.
Prueitt can be contacted at the
high school office at (254) 675-2827
(option D.
• STUDENTS
Continued From Page One
the Bosque Memorial Museum for
a tour of that facility, then head to
the Bosque Conservatory for a tour
there as well.
At 11 a.m., the group will head to
Clifton High School to view those
facilities and lunch with local high
school students.
At lp.m., the tour heads to Our
Savior’s Lutheran Church in
Norse, where the students will tour
the historic buildings and visit the
cemetery, the location of Cleng
Peerson’s gravesite. After a tour of
a working Bosque County ranch,
the students will depart Bosque
County.
From the 13th century, Bergen
was Norway’s first proper city
capital and, up until the 1830s,
Norway’s biggest town. As far back
as the year 1100, Bergen was an es-
tablished town of size and renown
by European standards, and busy
with trading ships from any coun-
tries.
Bergen is often referred to as the
gateway to the fjords. It is also the
starting point for “Hurtigruten,”
the coastal steamer service which
plies all along this scenic coast to
the Land of the Midnight Sun in the
very north of Norway.
Life in Bergen was centered
around fishing and shipping up
until the present time when, dur-
ing the 1980s, oil was discovered off
the North Sea. With this discovery,
Bergen entered an age of new
prosperity and industry.
Today, Bergen is still a center for
oil exploration, shipping, and fish-
ing, but it has also grown into a
center for environmental and
oceanographic research in Nor-
way.
For more information about the
tour, as well as volunteer opportuni-
ties still available, contact the office
of the Clifton Chamber of Commerce
at (254) 675-3720 or via e-mail
(clifton.chambers htcomp.net).
• GARAGE SALE
Continued From Page One
what or need. Participants are en-
couraged to give a good general
list of things they will have for
sale,” Edwards continued. “Avoid
using the term miscellaneous’ as
a description of your items.”
Edwards added that the sale
can be beneficial to businesses as
well as individuals. As a market-
ing technique all businesses are
also encouraged to have special
promotions or sales that week-
end.
For more information about the
sale, contact one of the coordina-
tors above or the Extension Ser-
vice at (254) 435-2331.
MASONIC LI
meets 4th Monday
each month at 7 p.m.
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