The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1995 Page: 3 of 18
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By FRANK 'BO' KRAMPITZ________
When Atlanta, Ga. decided in
1987 to make a run for hosting the
1996 Summer Olympic Games,
everyone knew it was a long shot.
For one thing, these would be
the Centennial Games and
Athens, Greece, where it all
started 100 years ago was, in
some people's minds, the logical
place to hold them.
Then again, this would be At-
lanta's first try and no city had
ever won the honor the first time
around.
But the nay-sayers weren't used
to contending with the likes of
William Porter Payne. The .old
Georgia Bulldog All American,
with the help of a bunch of volun-
teers, had just gotten through with
-building a new church and was
looking around for another chal-
lenge. So he took on bringing the
, 1996 Games to Atlanta; made it
his dream.
The process began with an ap-
plication to the U.S. Olympic
Committee. And when the com-
mittee came calling to see what
Atlanta had to offer, it was liter-
ally smothered in southern hospi-
tality. And when in April of 1988
the committee met in Washington
to decide which U.S. city would
compete with comparable cities
in 88 other countries, Atlanta
won.
So now maybe it was time to
sit back and take a serious look at
what these upstarts had taken on
for themselves.
•Building additional facilities
for the various sporting events.
•Accomodations for two million
visitors.
•Housing and facilities for
10,500 athletes.
•Accomodations for 15,000
journalists.
•Representatives of 198 coun-
tries, 42 more than at the last
games.
Now it was really time to get
busy. The final selection would be
made in Sept. 1990, and the In-
ternational Committee would
come calling soon enough.
So William Porter Payne gath-
ered about him his original 200
volunteers and began planning for
another "Southern Hospitality" at-
tack. And it worked. When the
votes were counted, Atlanta had
beaten Athens 51-35.
Donna Brown was one of the
"old 200" and she must have done
a pretty good job because she
ended up with a full time job as
recruiter and assignment manager
for the estimated 45,000 volun-
teers it will take to run the big
show.
She was at the Sealy Rotary
Club meeting last Friday and .old
us all about it.
"We organized the Olympic
Force," she explained. "It’s a huge
alliance of public service groups
dedicated to sprucing the place
up. We call it getting ready for
'Company Coming.' all over the
state.'"
She described public accep-
tance of the project and willing-
ness to volunteer as phenomenal.
"We know we'll be ready when
they come," she said.
The 1996 Summer Olympic
Games will kick off in Atlanta on
July 19 and run through August 4.
Questioned about the cost of
building and enlarging facilities
to accommodate the games and
attending activities, Brown said
their approach is unique in that it
wont depend upon governmental
subsidies. Rather, their financing
will come from corporate sponsor-
ships at $40 million each.
Donna Brown lives in Atlanta
with her husband and two small
sons. She is a native Houstonian,
the daughter of Clarence and Eve-
lyn McMurrey of the Mixville
community, and spent many
summers there on her grandfa-
ther's (Walter Haedge) farm.
Friday's program was arranged
by Rotarian William K. Schaer.
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ACCT will present 'The Merchant of Venice1
Austin County Community
Theater will present The Mer-
chant of Venice, by William
Shakespeare, at the Historic
Town Hall of San Felipe, on Sat-
urday, July 30, at 2 p.m., and at
Bellville High School, on Friday
and Saturday, August 4 and 5 at 8
p.m., and Sunday, August 6, at 2
p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.
Merchant is one of Shake-
speare's most enduring master-
pieces. The play is best described
as a dark comedy, and its plot is
easy to follow, even for modern
audiences.
Antonio (the merchant) played
by Dennis Wells, who also directs
the show, borrows three thousand
ducats from Shylock (David
Kehlenbeck) a sinister moneylen-
der, at a time when Antonio's own
’wealth is tied up in several sea
voyages.
His purpose in borrowing so
much is to assist his friend, Bas-
sanio (Peter Murphy) in his suit
to win the hand of the beautiful
heiress, Portia (Julie Morgan).
Shylock's terms for the loan are
that, if Antonio fails to pay, Shy-
lock is to be entitled to the fa-
mous pound of Antonio's flesh—
the transaction which made "a
pound of flesh" a common English
expression.
When Antonio's ships are lost
at sea, and the bond becomes due
Portia, who is as clever as she is
rich and beautiful, saves the day,
ably abetted by her maid, Nerissa
(Maryann Schulz). To find out
how, and to enjoy the many hilar-
ious side plots involving Bassan-
io’s suit to Portia, the wooing of
Nerissa by Bassanio's servant.
Gratiano (Sherri Broome) and the
stealing of Shylock's daughter,
Jessica (Heather Ondruch) by
Lorenzo (her real-life husband,
Russell) you will have to come
and see the show.
There* are outstanding perfor-
mances, also, by two newcomers
to ACCT, Rev. Dale Leland, pas-
tor of Trinity Lutheran Church in
Sealy, as the Doge (Duke) of
Venice, and Chad Hintz as Shy-
lock's servant, Lancelot.
In other ACCT news, the group
recently completed the air condi-
tioning of their home theater, the
Historic Town Hall of San Felipe.
This project was completed just
in time for the group's last show,
the highly acclaimed the Glass
Menagerie. "The air-conditioning
was welcomed by audience and
actors alike", said ACCT Presi-
dent, Peter Murphy. "I was going
to say warmly welcomed, but
perhaps coolly welcomed would
be nearer the mark."
DONNA BROWN WORKs ON OLYMPIC GAMES
Woman winds up with full-time job as recruiter and
ACCT is also about to conduct
its summer acting workshop for ,
children, which begins on July 17.
There are still one or two places
available for children ages 6
through 10. Anyone interested
should call Chris Murphy at 865-
8669.
assignment manager for the 45,000 volunteers It will
take to run the games in Atlanta. — Bo photo
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- Auditions set for ‘Ten Little Indians'
Anyone interested in keeping
up with ACCT's activities, includ-
ing forthcoming auditions, and the
children's acting workshop, may
receive the group's periodic
newsletter on becoming a mem-
ber.
ACCT welcomes local resi-
dents, whether members or not, to
work both on stage and backstage.
Anyone interested in helping, or
learning more about membership,
subscriptions, or sponsorship is
warmly invited to call 865 8669.
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: Theater is pleased to announce invited to audition. The cast will
: open auditions for it's forthcoming comprise eleven actors, ideally
: production of Ten Little Indians.
: Agatha Christie's greatest murder
‘ mystery will be performed at the
Historic Town Hall of San Felipe
and at Bellville High School dur-
ing November, and will be the fi-
eight men and three women,
though two of the male roles may
be made into female characters.
The female roles include the
butler's wife, an efficient young
social secretary, and a very supe-
rior, caustic older lady.'
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nal show of ACCTs 1995 season.
, The auditions will be held at the
: Historic Town Hall of San Felipe
' on Tuesday, July 18, at 7 p.m.
The male roles include two
young, dashing but irresponsible
upper-class types, a retired mili-
tary officer, a retired judge, a sur-
geon who drinks too much, a but-
ler, a rather slimy middle-aged
man, and a mysterious ferryman.
No previous acting experience
is required, and membership in
ACCT is optional. Director Den-
nis Wells emphasizes that the
most important thing is to be pre-
pared to have fun being on-stage.
For further information; call Den-
nis at (409) 865-8128.
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: Martin, Novosad are named winners of $1,000 scholarships
: by Guaranty Federal Bank and Temple-Inland Foundation
: Ian Bader of Guaranty Federal
’.Bank's Bellville banking center
presented two Temple-Inland
Foundation scholastic achieve-
• ment awards for $1,000 each to
: the two highest ranking graduates
: of Sealy High School. In present-
• ing the checks on behalf of guar-
; anty and guaranty's parent com-
' pany, Temple-Inland Inc., Bader
stated, "the scholastic achieve-
: ment awards represent our institu-
tion's continuing commitment to
education and academic
achievement.”
Recipients of the $1,000
scholastic achievement awards at
Sealy High School are Rachel
Martin and Heath Novosad, the
Valedictorian and Salutatorian of
Sealy's class of '95.
For the seventh consecutive
year, the Temple-Inland founda-
tion has honored top graduates in
the communities where employ-
ees live and work. This year, over
390 deserving students in 195 se-
lect public high schools in com-
munities served by guaranty will
receive the •awards. Overall, Tem-
ple-Inland foundation will award
nearly $992,000 to top ranking
students through its 1995 scholas-
tic achievement award program.
"At Guaranty, we value this op-
portunity to honor these young
people, and we congratulate them
. on their outstanding achieve-
; ment," Bader said.
The Temple-Inland Foundation
' provided awards are not scholar-
ships but one time cash awards to
high school seniors recognized by
their schools for outstanding aca-
. demic performance.
The scholastic achievement
awards program is designed to
serve the smaller communities
within which Temple-Inland has
traditionally operated, and is re-
stricted to public high schools be-
cause of the original IRS non-
profit registration of the founda-
tion.
Guaranty Federal Bank, F.S.B.,
operates 114 banking centers in
71 Texas cities, servicing approx-
imately $6.6 billion in deposits.
Owned by Texas based Temple-
Inland Inc., Guaranty is one the
largest financial institutions oper-
ating in the state.
Temple-Inland Inc., A fortune
500 company, with interests in
paper, packaging and building
products, has been in the finan-
cial services business for more
than 30 years.
Temple-Inland has made a
strong commitment to the banking
industry with acquisitions of more
than 20 financial institutions in
the past four years. Based in Di-
boll, Temple-Inland's stock is
traded on the New York stock ex-
change and the Pacific stock ex-
change under the symbol of TIN.
Austin County Fair 'tagging
dates' for swine and lambs
All lambs and swine must be
properly identified with ear tags
by Saturday, Aug. 12. Family tag-
ging will be allowed in 1995. This
will be interpreted as immediate
family living in the same house-
hold. This rule applies to the
steer, lamb and swine divisions.
Tagging dates are Tuesday,
July 25 in Sealy from 7 a.m. to
8:30 a.m. at the Ag. Building and
in Wallis from 9 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. at the Brazos High School;
Saturday, Aug. 5 for West End
from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Industry
Hall; Saturday, Aug. 12 in Bel-
lville from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the
fairgrounds. Exhibitors will be
charged $1 per animal that is
tagged.
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PRAYER OF ST. JUDE
NOVENA
May the sacred heart of
Jesus be adored, glorified,
and preserve love aow
and forever.
Sacred heart of Jesus
pray for us, St. Jude
helper of the hopeless
pray for us, St. Jude
worker of mirades prey
for us. Amen
Pray for nine days.
LG.
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