Clifton City approves CPS electric rate hikes unanimously
Clifton City Council approved a CPS rate increase affecting 17 communities with bills rising in 20 to 60 days. CPS central division manager T. F. Crawford cited higher power costs and a 6.1 to 8 percent return on investment, noting staff cuts and higher pole prices as part of the justification.
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Clifton
CPS
T. F. Crawford
Valley Mills City Council
Hhus
Crawford
Donald Gloff
Will Krueger
Jim B. Smith
Triplets Born at G-W Hospital First Alive Ends
Triplet daughters born to Mr and Mrs Michael Wallace at Goodal-Witcher Hospital Foundation last week mark the first set of triplets born alive at the local hospital. Administrator Jim B Smith confirms the birth and the babies named Michelle Leigh Misty Dawn and Monica Renee.
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Michael Wallace
Hamilton
Goodall- Witcher Hospital Foundation
Clifton
Melba Tabano
Misty Dawn Wallace
Clifton’s Goodal-Witcher Hospital
Wallaces
Monica Renee
Misty Dawn
Michelle Leigh
William F. Key of
Clifton Chamber Banquet to Feature Bob Armstrong Speaker
General Land Office Commissioner Bob Armstrong will speak at the Clifton Chamber of Commerce annual banquet and meeting. The event is set for 7 p.m. Friday April 9 at the Clifton Civic Center with tickets available soon and no door sales.
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Bob Armstrong
Chamber of Commerce
General Land Office
Clifton Chamber of Commerce
Clifton Civic Center
Probation Given in School Break Burglary Case
Two juveniles received probation for a year for breaking into Clifton Elementary School late last year. Juvenile court in Meridian heard their cases. Separate traffic charges against another juvenile will be heard in city court.
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Clifton
Alvin James
Meridian
City Corporation Court
Rotary talent show auditions set for Bosque County
Bosque County residents may audition next week for the Clifton Rotary Club’s first county talent show. Auditions run March 22 23 and 25 at Bettis Auditorium Clifton Elementary School with four divisions elementary junior high high school and open. The April 2 show at 730 p.m. will award trophies and ribbons and proceeds fund scholarships. Joe Bryan Clarence Fields Jr and the Rev Robert Rachirg lead the effort.
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Bosque County
Clifton
Lasane Park
Lake Whitney Area
Bettis
Joe Bryan
Rotary Club
Clifton High School
Talent Snow
Clarence Fields Jr
Robert Rachirg
Rural road crashes injure two. Texas DPS reports
Six motor vehicle accidents on Bosque County rural highways last month left two people hurt. No fatalities occurred. For the first two months of this year 29 such crashes occurred statewide with six injuries and no deaths, per the Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol.
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Bosque County
Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol
Rainfall Total in Clifton Reaches 120 Inches in Two Months
Rainfall in Clifton over January and February totals 120 inches with January at 30 inches and February at 90 inches, per J. B. Darden Jr. The figures reflect a wet start to the year in the region.
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Clifton
J. B. Darden Jr
PTO Variety Show Planned for Clifton April Meeting
The Clifton PTO schedules a variety show for its April meeting on Monday April 12 at 7 30 p m in Bettis Auditorium. Clifton Public Schools students teachers and parents are invited to enter with entries due by April 5 to Mrs Vernon Erickson the program chairman.
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Clifton Pto
Bettis Auditorium
Clifton Public Schools
Vernon Erickson
Clifton Receives 11276 Dollar State Rebate Check
Clifton received an 11276.04 dollar rebate from the state for monthly city sales tax. Comptroller Bob Bullock in Austin mailed 52.8 million dollars in checks to 837 Texas cities and towns. The Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant attracts 18 entrants with finals set for April 30 and May 1 at the Whitney School auditorium.
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Clifton
Bob Bullock
Austin
Texas
Lake Whitney
Whitney School
Bosque County
Tredell
Meridian
Morgan
Valley Mills
Walnut Springs
Bullock
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
el Paso
Clifton FFA barbecue dances Friday with music and tickets
The Clifton Future Farmers sell remaining tickets for a Friday barbecue and dance. Serving hours run from 6 to 8 p.m. The event features Country Western and pop music and goes until midnight. Tickets are available at the Ag shop or from any FFA member.
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Clifton Future
FFA
Pioneer Days at Bosque Memorial Museum Clifton
Bicentennial themed Pioneer Days runs Sundays March 21 and 28 from 2 to 5 pm at Bosque Memorial Museum Clifton with Bosque County Historical Commission co sponsoring. Junior Historians guide. 30 minute rotating demonstrations include quilting spinning weaving ironing soap making cooking and more with period costumes and sales of soap bonnets quilts and the reprinted Lady With the Pen.
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Bosque Memorial Museum
Clifton
Bosque County Historical Commission
Robert B. Lane
Milton Brown
A. M. Tibbs
Howard Johnson
Loyd Swenson
B. I. Dahl
Col Ronin
Sadie Hoel
Edwin Langston
Bosque County
Dan Orbeck
Local accidents cost Bosque County millions
A Park Row News Service report analyzes government vital statistics to show Bosque County residents average 14 fatal accidents yearly with motor vehicle deaths at six per year, yielding a local economic loss around $3,654,000. The study notes national trends include a drop in deaths but 105,000 U.S. fatalities and over 100 injuries per death.
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Bosque County
U.S. Public Health Service
National Safety Council
United States
Park Row
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