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2 Sections • Voi. 117, No 22 • 75 cents
---— Serving Bosque County Since 1895 -
Court signs Farm Bureau resolution regarding surface water
By Carol Spicer
The Clifton Record
During regular session of
the Bosque County Com-
missioners' Court, a resolu-
tion was presented by the
Bosque County Famr Bu-
reau against a “draft guid-
ance on identifying waters
protected by the Clean Wa-
ter Act,” which takes the
Act to extreme measures.
"We have concerns about
the direction the govern-
ment is going," said County
Judge Cole Word, “and we
helped prepare the resolu-
tion, along with the Farm
Bureau.”
"We have worked with
the EPA and the Clean Wa-
ter Act for 39 years - but
now they want jurisdiction
over all waters in the coun-
try - including bar ditches.”
Alan Day, president of
the Bosque County Farm
Bureau said that the Farm
Bureau has been fighting
the EPA for four years on
the new “guidance” issues.
“The EPA has given us a
comment period from May
2 to July 1, and we know that
it will affect all landowners
and property rights of all
landowners, this resolution
is just a start," said Ned
Meister, Director, Com-
modity & Regulatory Ac-
tivities of the Farm Bureau.
“We need all Farm Bureaus
in Texas and across the
country to participate - it's
the biggest crime of power
I’ve ever seen.”
Jay Bragg, associate di-
rector, Commodity & Regu-
latory Activities, said, “This
is an over reach of the fed-
eral government. This is not
a formal rule making and
the public comment period
is just a formality. What this
is, is the hope that we can
legally make changes."
He explained that it will
affect all water - including
anything that can be con-
strued as recreational wa-
ter (i.e. stock ponds, small
creeks, and even ditches).
"It twists the system and
notes that ditches are ‘tribu-
taries' for the Corps of En-
gineers to regulate in the
future,” added Bragg.
“'Adjacent waters' will
include all private wetlands,
creeks, and stock ponds,
see COURT, page A-2
Tractor Pull
slated June 11
The National Championship
Barbecue cookoff and the City
of Meridian are reminding
everyone that Saturday, June
11, will be the second obser-
vance in Meridian of Duncan
Seawright Day. Duncan Sea-
j wright was a long time resi-
dent of Meridian and in 2010
his home town proclaimed, in
recognition of his effort to pre-
serve the old tractors and gaso-
line engines of time gone by,
to be Duncan Seawright Day.
On each second Saturday in
June, Meridian welcomes the
arrival of trucks and trailers
loaded with antique and not
so antique tractors, the people
who bring them to compete
and those who come to watch
the Duncan Seawright Memo-
rial Antique Tractor Show and
Pull. —_ ...
This year, the second to be
held, is expected to be bet-
ter than last year. The tractor
show is expected to have many
more tractors competing for
its six trophies and more trac-
tors are expected in the pull
competition's weight classes.
Gates open at 8 a.m. Tractor
looking starts then and pull ac-
tivities get underway about 10
a.m. Gate admission is $3 for
each person over 12.
For visitors wanting a little
diversion from tractors they
can find food and merchandise
vendors along with two bar-
beque cookoff competitions
on the grounds.
Mr. Seawright found time in
late 1971 to become one of the
founders of the Texas Early
Day Tractor and Engine Asso-
ciation, forming the first chap-
ter of the association south of
Kansas. Earlier that same year
Seawright and his friend Eulis
Jones decided to have a tractor
show and on June 24 the Sea-
wright fann hosted a collection
of tractors dating back almost
60 years. Shows the follow-
see TRACTOR, page A-11
Graduates ring the bell
By Carol Spicer / The Cufton Record
The rush for the Bell, saw over 70 graduating seniors racing to get to the bell tower first on Friday night follow-
ing Clifton High School's commencement ceremony.
Silvia Chavez, CHS valedictorian
Mark Alan New, CHS salutatorlan
By Carol Spicer
The Cufton Record
On Friday night, shortly alter
the last tasses were moved and the
school song sung, 74 Clifton High
School graduates and family and
friends, trooped across the road and
parking lot to ring the school bell
that now hangs at the north end of
the football field.
The processional was brought to
the guests in the gymnasium and
entering graduates by members
of the CHS Band under the direc-
tion of Keith Zuehlke. The invoca-
tion was offered by Senior Reagan
Newman, and a welcome by Prin-
cipal Sharon Bergman. Ushers for
the evening were Alyssa Rueter
and Zach Gamer, of the Class of
2012.
First to speak during commence-
ment, was Mark Alan New, saluta-
torian, who said, “After 13 years.
we finally made it. It seems like
forever since our first days together
at kindergarten.” Keeping a light-
hearted touch to an emotional eve-
ning, New noted that “as I made
friends and memories along the
way I understood that school was
much more than just learning, that
it was a place to make your first set
of true friends and make memories
you’d never forget.”
“Though sch(X)l and sports,
through victories and defeats,
all these things have led us to the
point we’re at now, graduation,”
said New. "We all know w'e like
to think we're independent, but we
rarely know true independence be-
cause the fact of the matter is, none
of us got here on our own. We may
think we did it all by ourselves, but
somewhere along the line, we got
help. Whether it be parents, grand-
see GRADUATION, page A-3
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Clifton Blood
Drive June 21
Special to the Cufton Record
Even though it's summer and
your routine might change, the
need for blood is constant. Carter
BloodCare encourages all eligi-
ble blood donors to pick at least
one month during the summer to
give blood. If you have a teen-
ager who regularly gives blood at
a high school blood drive, bring
him/her w ith you too.
C ioodal I-Witcher I lealthcare
Auxiliary Group is hosting a
community blood drive to benefit
Carter BloodCare on Tuesday,
June 21. The drive will be held
at the Clifton Civic Center from
norm to 6 p.m. For more informa-
tion and to register for an appoint-
ment time, contact Monica Phil-
lips-Bry ant at (254) 675-8322.
Typically, Memorial Day
through Labor Day marks a
tough time span for maintaining
the community blood supply at
essential levels for patient care.
More importantly, the demand
for blood increases during sum-
mer months as people schedule
surgeries or are prone to accidents
resulting in unplanned emer-
gency room visits. Additionally,
medical treatments for cancer
and sickle cell disease must con-
tinue during the summer.
Potential donors can lx1 16
years old with a parent's con-
sent; 17-year-olds may donate
independently. There is no upper
age limit for donating blood. All
donors must weigh at least 110
pounds, be in good general health
and present a photo ID. Ideally,
a donor should also eat a good
meal and drink plenty of lluids
before giving blood.
Clifton Police Department monthly report for April
Clifton police arrested 27 persons fol-
lowing traffic stops and warrant service
during the month of April, according to
a report from Clifton Police Chief Steve
Adcock, presented to Clifton City Coun-
cil on May 10.
There were 28 offenses/incidents in-
vestigated during the month, including:
public intoxication (1), driving while
license invalid (1), Possession of con-
trolled substance PG1 under one gram
(1), assault by contact (4), possession of
drug paraphernalia (1), assault by threat
(1), theft of property $500 to $ 1,500 (1),
minor in consumption (2), disorderly
conduct (3), open container (1), dog bite
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(1), out of county warrants (2), county
warrants (1), Clifton Municipal warrants
(8).
There were 27 arrests made during the
month of April, including: public intoxi-
cation (1), driving while license invalid
(1), Possession of controlled substance
PG1 under one gram (1), assault by con-
$3.99
each burger
plus tax
tact (4), possession of drug parapher-
nalia (1), assault by threat (I), theft ol
property $500 to $1,500 (I), minor in
consumption (2), disorderly conduct (3),
open container (I), out of county war-
rants (2), county warrants (I), Clifton
see PD, page A■ 10
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