The Bosque County Record Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1989 Page: 8 of 64
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THE BOSQUE COUNTY RECORD-TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 27,1988, PAGE 8A
Work On Clifton Elementary
School Playground Begins
5-Year-Long Dream of P.T.O. Being Realized
By LANA ROBINSON
ASSISTANT EDITOR
CLIFTON - Clifton P.T.O. Presi-
dent Kimm Dahl is beaming with
excitement concerning the work
currently in progress at the Clifton
Elementary School playground at
the corner of 11th Street and
Avenue J.
Volunteers met there last Satur-
day to begin the dismantling of the
old fence from the school property.
According to the P.T.O. leader, this
is just the beginning of a multi-
staged project that will occur over
the next few years.
‘‘The first step is getting the fence
posts taken down and the wire
rolled to make way for the new
fence, one with a heavier-gauge
wire,” Dahl said. "We have a bor
rowed backhoe and backhoe
operator—provided by a local
business—to pull up the old
playground equipment. The lot will
then be ready for the heavy equip-
ment to move and level it. We're go-
ing to get new pea gravel and new
playground equipment.” She spoke
faster, her enthusiasm gaining
momentum as Dahl shared the
plans for giving Clifton youngsters’
play area a much needed facelift.
“It’s going to be really neat!”
Dahl described the “super-
structure" modular unit that will be
the cornerstone of both present and
future stages of the playground de-
velopment program.
“Other equipment can be added to
it," she said, and with the glow of
a child who just received everything
on her Christmas list, Dahl con-
tinued, "It has a spiral slide, a
straight slide, and this big tic-tac-
toe game," she said, stretching her
arms to show enormity of the wood
blocks that can be turned for mak-
ing “X’s” and "O’s.”
“It’ll have these elevated plat-
forms so kids can play at various
levels.” She sighed, her eyes almost
teary. “It’s going to be so neat!" she
X
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TEARING DOWN FENCE - David Snldar (left) pulls the chain-link
webbing away from Its posts as Don Whitney cuts the wires at the
Clifton Elementary School playground Saturday morning. The
playground is In the process of renovation, and numerous volunteers
converged at the site to help out.
—Staff Photo By W. Leon Smith
THE ROCK PIT — This scene at the Clifton Elementary School ben<
playground Is no longer visible, since old playground equipment has avaj
been removed. Soon, the Infamous playground rock pit (foreground) staj
will be taken out, too. thoi
—Staff Photo By W. Leon Smith cbil,
and work, but it will be a real bar- meti
gain to the school district in terms °f tl
of safety and amusement for Di
elementary school children. p'a3
“Good, safe playground equip- rewi
ment is very expensive,” Dahl said, eclu'
commenting on safety, quality, and saly
durability as being the primary fea- drer
tures the P.T.O. Playground Com- CJ™
mittee used in researching suitable hvit
manufacturers. cern
“Dr. Joe Frost, one of the leading
experts in playground safety and de ty
sign, made an evaluation of our a8r<
present situation and gave us his ®01
suggestions,” she said. S1"81
Frost is a University of Texas was
authority whose articles on 25 j
playground safety have appeared in ^
the New York Times, as well as 8aY<
other prestigious publications. Dahl«
wpus impressed with Frost’s level oft KeN
expertise and valued his guidance y(
in directing the P.T.O. and Terrell ai8fl
Miller, Clifton Elementary School foav
principal, in considerations that led 8eni
to the school’s choice of equipment. eqU
“There is not a single regulatory <u]
agency concerning playground safe- on |
ty,” the P.T.O. president continued, sai(j
spouting off one fact after another mer
in this matter dear to her heart. eqU
“The State has nothing by law that pr0|
requires a playground to conform. \
And this has been the reason that rett
playgrounds often are neglected. wh<
Because the State does require so reg,
many other things to be done in ord- her
er to retain accreditation, schools the
often put playground improvement had
on the back burner because they onC(
simply don’t have the money to do tur<
everything!” jt, «
Dahl praised the local school rail
board for its participation in mak- kep
ing the P.T.O.’s long-awaited dream repi
come true. tem
“The school has been extremely ly p
supportive,” Dahl said. “We are all so, i
really excited to get the playground to I
off and running! The spirit of wel
cooperation is really nice.”
Going back to the subject of dell
playground safety, Dahl’s instant Sep
recall of the potential hazards point- twii
ed out by Dr. Joe Fn»t gave her an ly i
said once more.
Dahl explained how, over the past
four or five years, the Clifton P.T.O.
has saved $7,500 toward the
playground project through its an-
nual Harvest Carnival and period-
ic book fairs.
The Clifton ISD will be picking up
the tab on the $4,000 to $5,000
difference on the initial equipment
REMOVING FENCING — Removing a base wire at the bottom of
fence posts around the elementary playground was hard work Satur-
day morning, but CES Principal Terrell Miller (left) and David Snider
proved It could be done.
—Staff Photo By W. Leon Smith
Hearing Tests Set For Clifton
Hearing tests will be given FREE at Clifton
Community Center on Thursday, August 3,
1989, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. by Beltons.
Licensed Hearing aid specialists will perform
the test.
Those who HEAR but have trouble
UNDERSTANDING conversation are urged to
have this modern electronic test to find out
if their loss is one of many that can be
helped.
Everyone not hearing ciearty should have a
hearing test. Even people who wear aids, or
those who believe nothing can be done for
them, should be tested. Today, most hearing
problems can be helped. No hearing problem
should ever be ignored.
LOADING RAILS — Debbie Meinkowsky, vice president of the
Clifton P.T.O., loads chain-link fence rails onto a trailer aa part of
her volunteer effort In Initiating the renovation of the Clifton Elemen-
tary School playground.
—Staff Photo By W. Leon Smith
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Smith, W. Leon. The Bosque County Record Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1989, newspaper, July 27, 1989; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790494/m1/8/?q=12th%20Armored%20Memorial%20Museum: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.