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THE CLIFTON RECORD, THURSDAY, JULY 14,1983 PAGE 2A
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Editorial
An Antsy Situation
THOSE WHO BELIEVE that the
space program promises unlimited
future returns, and who believe that
NASA is underfunded, may have
received invaluable support for their
position, thanks to a group of New
Jersey high school students.
THE ASTRONAUTS WERE NOT
the only passengers aboard the space
shuttle “Challenger” last June, it
seems. In fact, they were accomp-
anied by more than 100 passengers
— all ants.
ON THE SURFACE, it may sound
like rather silly cargo to carry into
space, but the object of the experi-
ment was to see how the insects
behaved in weightlessness. Well, in
the best serendipitous tradition of
science, the young researchers found
out — the ants all died, in all
fairness, it should be pointed out that
as part of the experiment the ants
were alternately exposed to the heat
of the unfiltered sun and the icy
darkness of the cosmos. Not exactly
Hilton living, but then the astronauts
were in cramped quarters, too.
SOME OF THE greatest discov-
eries of science have come about by
accident, of course. What would we
know about the laws of gravity, for
instance, had not Newton chosen [so
legend tells] to snooze beneath an
apple tree? But in this summer
season of picnics and outdoor barbe-
cues, the New Jersey prodigies may
have given us the best present of all.
NOW IF WE can just figure out
how to get the ants on our picnic
blankets to crawl into rocket ships
and blast off into space, insecticide
company stocks may begin plummet-
ing as fast as their would be victims
are taking off. The students have
discovered the theory. It’s up to us to
put into practice this great next step
forward for mankind, and boldly go
where no ant has gone before!
—Mike Reeder
Dear Editor:
On July 7, I received this letter
from Carol Preston, co-director of
donor resources for the American
Red Cross in Waco. I’d like to share it
with all the great people here in
Clifton who helped make our last
drive and previous drives a success.
Preston had this to say:
"Congratulations! We collected
105 units of blood at your drawing in
June. That was absolutely fantastic.
Yawl really helped to save the day.
Becauseof Clifton we were all able to
breathe a lot easier over the Fourth of
July weekend.
“Please thank everyone for us.
June is always a difficult month to
collect blood, but Clifton will serve as
an example to everyone that it can be
done.
“I appreciate so very much your
continued enthusiasm and dedica-
tion. I will look forward to working
with you in the very near future. ’ ’
Let me just echo Carol’s thanks
one last time, and conaratulate the
peopleof Clifton for helping us in this
all-important task.
Sincerely,
Butch Kettler
THERE’S NO
BUSINESS
LIKE SMALL
BUSINESS
Wi
Meridian School
Board Schedules
July 14 Meeting
MERIDIAN — The Meridian Pub-
lic School Board of Trustees plans to
meet in regular session Thursday,
July 14, at 7:30 p.m., at the high
school.
Action items included under new
business are bills, bank depository,
PTO, new building, the budget of the
Bosque County Appraisal Board, and
a coach.
The meeting isopen to the public.
You're center stage, in the spotlight,
doing a juggling act for sixteen hours a day.
When the curtain comes down, you
worry about dropping a ball tomorrow.
But the act is all yours and you want it
that ^ay. 560,000 small businesses like
yours incorporated during a tough 1982.
There are 13 million of you now,
providing 3 out of 5 new jobs.
That’s a cast of 50 million workers.
Take a bow, small business.
Encore!
Xy ELECTION
Cont.From Page One
July 25-August 9, and the election
scheduled for August 13.
The unexpired term runs through
April, 1984.
(Editor's note: Last week's story
contained two errors that require
correction. Dr. Dickerson’s full name
was Patrick Lee, not Donald Patrick,
as it appeared. A typographical error
incorrectly listed Mrs. Dickerson’s
middle Initial as "L” instead of the
correct "C.”)
L Ruminations-
By Mike Reeder
Anyone too closely watching the
latest decisions of the U.S. Supreme
Court might be excused for thinking
they were viewing some judicial
version of "Breakfast at Wimble-
dom," instead of the more appro-
priate “First Monday in October.”
Just as tennis fans may develop a
crick in the neck after repeated
swiveling of heads to follow a long
volley, so might court-watchers be
forgiven for feeling a bit dizzy in
wake of the court’s late penchent for
swerving first left, and then right,
and then back again to the left.
Five recent cases in point. One
week the court totally ignores a
precedent established only three
years earlier, based on innumerable
prior decisions, and decides that
Minnesota's automatic life sentence
for repeat felony offenders consti-
tutes "cruel and unusual punish-
ment,” and is therefore unconstitu-
tional.
Second, the court upholds the
validity of tuition tax credits for those
who desire to send their children to
private schools.
Third, the court, by a slim
majority, chunks out a whole body of
laws written by several states to
regulate abortions within their
boundaries, effectively broadening
their 1973 decision that abortion is a
constitutional right; a right which for
some 150-plus years, prior to 1973,
had escaped the attention of previous
justices.
Next, the court in one swoop
disposes of over 200 laws whose
statutory authority flowed from the
principal of the congressional veto,-
which had provided congress with
the right to review and/or reject
certain acts and regulations propos-
ed by the executive branch.
Finally, in complete disregard of
that Warren Court decision which
banned prayers in school, and the
Burger Court’s recent opinion con-
firming that ban in the state of
Virginia, the court upholds the
consitutionality of taxpayer support-
ed chaplains for legislative bodies,
including t h e United States
Congress.
Now in case you're wondering
about where I stand on these
decisions, I approve of number two
and number five, disapprove of
number one and number three, and
reserve judgement on number four.
If, after rechecking the list, you
determine that I: one, am in favor of
tough penalties for repeat offenders;
two, believe that educational diver-
sity should be encouraged; three, am
opposed to abortion; four, am
insufficiently aware of the complex-
ities of the congressional veto to feel
competent about reaching an opin-
ion; and five, approve of public
prayer, you could be right.
Then again, you could be wrong.
The point is, and the point shoud
be, that neither my opinion, nor
yours, nor the judges, should enter
into the question of constitutionality,
if we are indeed to observe the
principal of constitutional law. And
yet, like opposing fans at some
quasi-sporting event, that is precisly
the way we all too often view
Supreme Court decisions. And, like
participants in a sporting event, that
is far too often the way the justices
seem to determine the constitution-
ality of a case — that is. whose side
does it best serve?
Writing in National Review in
1968, Bill Buckley once opined that,
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"If one had to name the single
greatest subversion of the Warren
Court, it is this: that, typically, it has
brought people around to where they
approve, or disapprove of it, depend-
ing on whether they like or do not
like, the policies it endorses. It has
thus contributed to the decline of
constitutional government.”
Precisely so. Without saying what
my opinions are of the actual issues
in question, I approve of those
decisions I cited because I feel they
are well grounded in the Constitu-
tion, and reflect the intentions of the
founders. I disapprove of those I
cited because they represent, I feel,
the tendency of the majority justices
to claim Constitutional support for
what is really nothing more than
their own personal beliefs about the
way things should be. Things are not
nearly so bad now as in the days of
Warren, but the rule of men still too
often prevails among the very
individuals most entrusted with
preserving the rule of law.
What the Supreme Court needs is
eight more William Rehnquists. The
next best thing would be seven more
Sandra Day O'Connors, and the
Rehnquist we have. Until that balmy
day dawns forth, we shall, I am
afraid, be forced to acknowledge the
accuracy of that truism historically
offered when someone asks, "What
is the Constitution?”
The answer, of course, is, "What
the judges say it is.”
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RECORD as the city’s official news-
paper, now that Smith, the news-
paper’s publisher, is no longer a
member of the council; and corrected
the city ordinance which established
a motel-hotel tax to redirect all
receipts to the Clifton Chamber of
Commerce for promotion of tourism.
Three items on the agenda were
not acted on, due to insufficient
information. Specifications to be
used for soliciting bids on a used
garbage truck were not supplied, as
expected, from a Fort Worth dealer,
and forced the second delay on that
matter in two weeks.
An agenda item to appoint a new
member of the Clifton Housing
Authority Committee was delayed
one week, Rummel said, in order to
allow committee members more time
to come up with a recommendation.
Should they fail to recommend a
candidate by Thursday, June 14,
Rummel said, the council would
select its own candidate to fill the
position left open by the recent death
of Mrs. Charles Isenhower.
Also passed by was a discussion on
a lease agreement with Tim Talley
concerning a gasoline and small
plane maintentance concession at
the airport, until such time as Talley
and his attorney can determine that
the proposed agreement will not
conflict with the established lease-
holder.
The council also voted unani-
mously to approve a replat of three
lotsintheWhiteAddition#2that had
been requested by developer Bob
Sauer, and previously approved by
the planning and zoning commis-
sion. The changes simply increase
the size of the lots by incorporating
part of one lot into the others, in
order, Sauer said, to allow for the
construction of a larger home.
The final action item was also
passed unanimously, and creates a
formal logo for the city’s non-
emergency vehicles. The logo con-
sistsof a circular design containing a
picture of the Old Mill, the name of
the city, and the name of the city
department.
During general discussion, Mayor
Rummel suggested that the city
advertise the availability of a con-
crete slab owned by the city at 9th
and D Streets for possible lease.
Rummel said the slab would provide
a good foundation for someone to
build a skating rink, adding, "I feel
like our kids deserve some sort of
place to go.”
Also during general discussion,
Womack said that land now leased by
the city to Payne's Gin Feed &
Fertilizers has been discovered to
actually belong to the railroad, and
that a new lease will be needed to
correct the mistake.
The city secretary/administrator
also commended the people of
Clifton for "their cooperation and
patience with us as we tried to pick
up the debris from the recent
storms.”
"I’m very appreciative of their
patience. . . and they should be
commended,” he said.
Salado Art Fair
Set For Aug. 6-7
SALADO — The 17th annual
Salado Art Fair will be Aug. 6-7 in
Pace Park. Pace Park is situated
between the eastern most of the 10
traffic lanes that serve the unincor-
porated village of Salado, and
spring-fed Salado Creek.
Salado is on I-35 about 50 miles
north of Austin.
Last year almost 18,000 people
came to the fair. Ample parking
space is provided, and 181 exhibitors
will displayavariety of art.
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