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By Marc Johnson
Awright! The Y2K has come and
went and most agree it was a “non-
event.” _
This deal cost
bidness’s and us
taxpayers jillions
of dollars and
some of the ex-
perts shore
’nough tell us it
was necessary.
And I ain’t got
enough sense to argue with ’em.
But, hopefully, the hoop-la is over
and the world can git back to
bidness.
Gap Community Chamber of
Commerce will meet Thursday
evenin’, the 13th, down to the Com-
munity Center. Junior class gonna
be puttin’ on the feed. Y’all come
and bring some friends and neigh-
bors. Meetin’ starts at 6 p.m.
Reckon winter finally got here?
It did cool off some and that’s fine
with most folks. Shore could use
some more rain, though. Some folks
say it’s drier now in some ways than
it was back in the 50s. Whew! Hope
it don't git that bad again.
Will wonders never cease? Them
danged Cowboys beat the Giants
and lucked into the play-offs. By the
time you read this; we’ll know how
they fared with them Vikings. I’ve
got my fingers crossed. I really
need ’em to win. I don’t like veg-
etable stew. I really need it with at
least some meat in it. Betty is con-
vinced they be “Super Bowl” bound.
I, fer one, shore ’nough hope they
can ,git lucky and do it. How y’all
bettin’?
Forgot to mention last week
about another new bidness in the
community. I’m talkin’ about
Samples Taxidermy and Processin’
Plant. They be east of town on High-
way 22 at the Mustang Road cut-off.
Got questions? Give ’em a call at
597-8080. They also sell huntin’ sup-
plies, feeders, antiques, etc. Terry
said visitors welcome most any-
time; so stop in and tell ’em howdy.
Roundball season is under way!
Junior high generally plays on
Monday nights and the high school
plays on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Don’t got a schedule? Give ’em a
call up to the school at 597-2225 and
they’ll clue you in. Y’all come on out
and support these young athletes.
They’ll ’predate ya and you’ll have
some fine, family type, entertain-
ment.
No kiddin’; it really helps these
youngsters to have the stands full
of hollerin’ fans; rootin’ ’em on.
Gap "First Responders” gonna
have their annual chili supper and
auction down to the Community
Center on Jan. 29. No charge; just
a free will donation will git ya all
you can eat of some fine diili with
all the trimmin’s.
Got anything you’d like to donate
to the auction9 Give Linda Thiele a
call at 597-2236 and she’ll work it
out with ya. Plan on attending and
show your support fer these very
"community minded” folks who vol-
unteer their time and talents to
savin’ lives Mebbe even yores; or
mine. Supper starts at 5:30 p.m. and
will last till whenever.
Commercials! Y’all been noticin’
them medicine commercials
lately9 Why, they got to spend more
time tellin’ you about all the pos-
sible side-effects than they do about
the good they might do fer ya. Some
of ’em is plumb scary. Take this to
cure this; but it may cause any
number of side effects what sound
worse than what you tryin’ to cure
in the first place.
Well, ain’t New Yorkers a bunch
of lucky son-of-a-guns. Done got
Hillary and “Slick Willie" as bona-
fide citizens Moved into their new
house and busy unpackin' stuff they
ain't seen in years I can imagine it
is quite a chanfe to go from public
housin' in to a home of their own.
First one they ever owned
Like I said, they been in public
housin’ all these years First in the
governor’s mansion in Arkansas
and then to the White House in
Washington Reckon they gonna
hire any "interns" to help 'em run
it9 Got a bet fer ya I just got to be
lieve them New Yorkers gbt more
sense than to elect a carpet-bagger
from Arkansas as their senator
What you think9 As always, it’ll
come down to who can git out the
vote
Well, folks. 2000 is here and I’m
figgenn' we gonna see just a bunch
more changes in the next few years
in all aspects of our lives The last
10 to 15 years have been astoundin'.
Are you ready for the next 10 to 15?
Better git aboard and buckle up. It
could be one wild ride
But if we ll just “Keep smilin’ and
make 'em wonder what we been up
to,” it'll be alright Treat others just
like we'd like to be treated and it’ll
help make the whole world a bet-
ter place to live.
See ya next week.
Marc
Marc at the Gap
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FEATURES EDITOR
CLIFTON - The Clifton Volun-
teer Fire Department is holding a
“patch contest" for a new design to
be the official emblem that will be
embroidered on a patch for the
firefighters.
The contest started Dec. 6, and
will continue until Feb. 29. It is open
to all persons of all ages.
The designs can be hand drawn,
computer generated, painted, or
assembled in any fashion in pen,
pencil, color, etc. The design should
be legible within a 3 Vix3 ‘/2-inch to
4x4-inch area with lettering no
smaller than 1/4 inch.
The design will not be limited to the
shape of the outline. Do not try to crowd
in too many details in a small area If
the design is not completed in color,
label the colors that should be used for
Comptroller Names 19 To e-Texas
Legislative Advisory Committee
AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller
Carole Keeton Rylander is
partnering with 19 legislators who
will advise the e-Texas Commission,
the citizen committee that will trans-
form Texas government from its tra-
ditional bricks and mortar
foundation to a national technologi-
cal leader that uses bytes, chips, and
satellite airwaves to deliver services.
Sen Robert Duncan (R Lubbock) is
the Legislative Advisory
Committee's commissioner.
At the initiative kickoff in Novem-
ber, she also introduced the e-Texas
co-chairmen: Dr Wendy Lee
Gramm, The Honorable Thomas G
Loeffler, and Hector De Leon, in ad
dition to the 13 commissioners who
will lead various e Texas task forces.
The e-Texas commission will hold
public hearings and focus groups in the
coming months to assist with the
Comptroller's goal of having Texas gov
ernment accessible 24 hours a-day.
seven-days a-week. Some committee
meetings were going to be held “behind
closed doors," but concerns were
raised about the legality of such meet
ings. Rylander then reversed the deci
sion on closed meetings.
“All meetings of e-Texas and the 14
task forces will follow the open meet
ings laws. They will be posted and
public, period," Rylander said in a
statement issued last week
Texas 130 Draft Environmental
Study Gets Federal Approval
AUSTIN - The draft environmen-
tal impact statement for Texas 130, a
91 mile planned relief route for Inter
state 35 in Central Texas, has been
approved by the Federal Highway
Administration.
While a final decision on the exact
highway alignment is still months
away, the draft environmental study
recommends a route close- to 1-35 in
both Travis and Williamson counties
The recommendation is based upon
traffic projections indicating that a
western alignment would provide
more traffic relief than the eastern
alignment alternatives under evalu-
ation
The Texas Turnpike Authority
plans to hold a public hearing as early
as next month to give citiz ins an op-
portunity to provide input orvthe pro
posed highway before recommending
a final alignment to the FHWA Plans
for the hearing are still tentative but
should be final within the next few
days
"The primary purpose of the high
way is to relieve congestion on 1-35
and other major transportation Facili-
ties in the Austin-San Antonio corri
dor,” said David Kopp. project
manager Originally proposed in the
mid 1980s, a relief route to 1-35 has
received broad public support
Seventeen public meetings on
Texas 130 have been held since 1994
Equine Passport Keeps Animals ‘Good To
AUSTIN — State livestock health
officials in Texas, Arkansas, Okla-
homa, and Mississippi have forged a
reciprocal livestock health agree-
ment, making it easier for horse en-
thusiasts to travel between and
within these states with their equine.
On Jan. 1, the group ushered in an
"Equine Passport” that is valid for six
months and can be used in lieu of the
certificate of veterinary inspection,
good for only 30 to 45 days, depend-
ing on the state in which it is pre-
sented.
“We spent months working with
the other states to develop the pass-
port, so owners could easily travel
with their animals to rodeos, trail
rides, competitions, and events
within the four states,” said Dr. Terry
Beals, Texas state veterinarian and
executive director for the Texas Ani-
mal Health Commission, the state’s
livestock health regulatory agency.
Lack Of Water Runoff Still A Big
Concern For Texas Cattlemen
Clifton VFD Emblem Design Contest
Continues Through February 29
specific areas or items.
The contest will award the top
three contestants with the follow-
ing prize money: $100 for firstplace,
$50 for second place, and $25 for
third place An official patch will
also be giv^n to the winners once
the fire department receives the
finished items.
All entries should be submitted
to the fire department at T’s Audio
on West 5th Street for display. Judg-
ing will be held at the first fire de-
partment meeting in March.
The winning design will become
the property of Clifton Volunteer
Fire Department.
There is no entry fee or form to
fill out, just submit the entry with a
namfe; address, and phone number
on the back.
For more information, call (254)
675-4043 or 675-8225.
COLLEGE STATION - Cattle
producers rang in the new year hop-
ing for rain to replenish dry tanks
across the state, the Texas Agricul-
tural Extension Service reports. Ex-
tension beef cattle specialist Dr.
Stephen Hammack of Stephenville
said although the severity of the
problem varies across Texas, water
availability is a growing concern for
most producers.
Hammack said tanks that are low
but not completely dry present a dan-
gerous situation to cattle. He said
surface tanks in Central Texas re-
ceived no runoff water in 1999.
“The water is being depleted all
the time, but it is not being replen-
ished,” he said. “Major relief is
needed this spring, not only for
cattle, but for all crops and livestock.”
Hammack said there are not many
options for cattle producers. He said
they can either haul in water, or they
can move the cattle to water.
Jeffrey Osbourn, Extension agent
in Coleman County, said about half
of the producers in his county chose
TDH Launches
Annual Rabies
Vaccine Air War
KINGSVILLE - Three yellow
Twin Otter airplanes recently lifted
off from the Kleberg County Airport
near Kingsville loaded with rabies
vaccine baits to be air-dropped over
15,000 square miles of South Texas
to vaccinate coyotes against rabies
and reduce the risk of humans con-
tracting the deadly disease.
More than one million small fish
meal baits containing a hidden
packet of rabies vaccine will be
dropped over parts of 17 South
Texas counties in a Texas Depart-
ment of Health program to elimi-
nate the canine strain of rabies.
Coyotes are the primary carriers of
canine rabies in South Texas.
The annual baitdrops were
started in 1995 to contain an out-
break of rabies that began in Starr
and Hidalgo counties in 1988 and
spread northward, threatening by
1994 to invade San Antonio and
other major population areas. The
TDH plan was to first halt the
spread of the outbreak and then
gradually eliminate the canine
strain of rabies in South Texas.
Texas Commissi"ner of Heatfh
William R. Archer, M b., said the
plan is working. There were 142 ani-
mal cases of canine rabies recorded
in South Texas in calendar year
1995. Last year, through November,
there were 10. He said no human
cases of canine rabies have been
recorded in Texas since 1994, and
no animal cases of canine rabies
have been recorded outside the
South Texas bait drop containment
zone since the airdrops began.
The Kingsville operations are ex-
pected to take about two weeks.
Crews will then move to
Fredericksburg for a week-long air-
drop of vaccine baits over portio s
of 24 Central Texas counties to vac-
cinate gray foxes against the gray
fox strain of rabies.
to sell their cattle and the other half
are still hauling in water. Osbourn
added that despite the dry weather,
the cattle are in good condition.
“TAHC regulations prohibit the use
of the Equine Passport for entry into
pari-mutuel race tracks. All other
major shows and events welcome ei-
ther the new document or a certifi-
cate of veterinary inspection.”
Dr. Beals explained that one ad-
vantage of the passport is the
stepped-up surveillance for the incur-
able viral disease Equine Infectious
Anemia, or “Coggins.” Equine trav-
eling under a passport must have an
EIA test run every six months, in-
stead of every 12 months, which is the
requirement for a certificate of vet-
erinary inspection. The equine also
must be individually identified with a
permanent tattoo, brand, or micro-
chip-type implant.
Fbr more information, equine own-
ers can contact the TAHC toll-free at
1-800-550-8242, ext 777.
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MARKET REPORT:....DATE:1/3/00...NUMBER OF HEAD 922
No. 1 Steers: Under 300 lb. $110-125 300-400 lb. $105-125 400-500 lb $95-110
500-600 lb. $85-106 600-700 lb $80-94 Feeders and Stockers $3-5 Higher
No. 1 Heifers: Under 300 lb $90-110 300-400 lb $85-104 400-500 lb $84-98
500-600 lb $80-91.600-700 lb $75-86. Feeders and Stockers $3-5 Higher
Slaughter Cows: High Yielding: $36-42. Low Yielding: $30-33 Fats: $35-38 Tffln
& Shelly: $28-32 ($3-4 Higher)
Packer Bulls (1250-2075 lb.): Yield Grade 1 3, 2 $42 53 ($1-2 Lower).
Cow & Calf Pairs: Young Choice: $700-840. Young Fair: $550-650 Aged Pairs:
Split and weighed ($10-20 Higher)
Young Pregnancy Test Stocker Replacement Cows: $500 650 ($20 3&>Higher)
Clifton Livestock Commission Co.
4 MILES SOUTH
OF CLIFTON
ON HWY. 6
675-8657
AUCTION SALE EVERY WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5,2000..........HEAD COUNT 1,715
Steers—No. 1 Medium Flesh: 200-300 lb $110-138 300-400 lb $100-125.400-
500 lb $93 116 500-600 lb $85-106 600-700 lb $82-93
Heifers—No. 1 Medium Flesh: 200 300 lb $90 114 300-400 lb. $90-110 400
500 lb $85-100 500-600 lb $80 95 600-700 lb. $77-85.
Cow & Calf Pairs: $550 725
Choice Bred Cows: $500-700
Packer Cows: High Yielding $34 39 Fat Cows $32-36 Low Yielding $28 31
Old & Shelley: $22-27
Packer Bulls: $44-51
Stocker Steers: $2-5 Higher Feeder Steers: $2 Higher Stocker Heifers: $3-4
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