The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2009 Page: 1 of 16
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Grand jury
indicts 2 on
drug charge
By Kathryn Stapp
Two Shackelford County
men were arrested Friday,
October 16 on felony sealed
indictments handed down
by a Shackelford County
grand jury last week.
Daniel Brian Shimp, 28,
was arrested in Abilene
and charged with delivery
of a controlled substance
(methamphetamine). The
charge was enhanced to a
first degree felony with a
punishment of five years
to life in the Texas Depart-
ment of Criminal Justice
and up to a $10,000 fine
upon conviction.
Toby Wayne Wright,
29, was arrested in Moran
and charged with delivery
of a controlled substance
(methamphetamine). The
charge is a second degree
felony with a punishment
of two years to 20 years
in the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice and
up to a $10,000 fine upon
conviction.
(See Arrests, pg. 8A)
Toddler
found safe
after search
By Kathryn Stapp
Atwo-year-old Shackel-
ford County girl, reported
missing early Monday
afternoon, was reunited
with her parents just over
three and a half hours later
according to Shackelford
County sheriff Ed Miller.
Julianna Cottle was
reported missing by her
father at 1:18 p.m. Miller
said. She is the daughter of
Ben and Lora Cottle.
The toddler and the
family dogs strayed from
the backyard of the family
home located in the 700
block of Farm Road 2408
near Moran.
Officials speculate that
she may have followed the
family's two dogs, a red and
a black Doberman, after
opening a gate.
She was located after
one of the dogs came up
from the east side of the
Cottle property, leading
(See Search, pg. 8A)
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Council hammers out agreement
♦ blew manager
to report Dec. 1
By Melinda L. Lucas
City council members ham-
mered out the details of an
employee agreement with a pro-
spective city manager during
a special meeting on Monday,
October 19, faxing the details
to Dave Ramon of Red Oak fol-
lowing the session.
The agreement, which will
be converted into a legal con-
tract after any changes are
made, calls for Ramon to report
for work on December 1.
Ramon was interviewed in
September and then attended
the October 5 meeting, when
council members decided to
offer him the position.
Longtime city manager
Bobby Russell will retire when
a new manager is in place.
The city officials addressed
such details as insurance ben-
efits for Ramon and his fam-
ily, moving expenses, regular
evaluations, holidays and
payment schedule.
Once Ramon has looked over
the informal document and any
changes are agreed upon by
the council, the agreement will
be given to the city's attorney,
Colton Johnson, who will work
on a legal contract.
Other Business
• The council passed a reso-
lution allowing the Shackelford
Water Supply Corporation an
easement to build a pump sta-
tion adjacent to the new water
plant. Previous action on Octo-
ber 5 approved the resolution
pending legal review by the city
attorney, which has since been
completed.
• Russell explained that the
Clyde school district has de-
cided to nominate a member for
the local tax appraisal board,
leaving the city in the pre-
carious position of not having
enough votes to insure a board
member. Russell is currently
negotiating with the Clyde
CISD and Shackelford County
about casting their extra votes
for a city nominee. The council
passed a resolution to approve
Don Koch as a candidate for the
appraisal board.
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Families invited to festival
DoNNif Lucas / Aibany News
The Old Jail's Junior Docents work on decorations for the
annual Dfa de los Muertos Family Festival planned this Sat-
urday at the local museum. An interactive scavenger hunt
guided by cell phone text messages is the newest activity.
♦ Old Jail to host
Dfa de los Muertos
By Kathryn Stapp
The Di'a de los Muertos Fam-
ily Festival is set for October 24
from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
As in years past, the fes-
tivities will include sugar-skull
decorating, Mexican food and
music, mural painting, face
painting, and a special ap-
pearance by La Catrina, Lady
of the Dead. Several new ac-
tivities will also pique visitors'
interest.
The most innovative ad-
dition to the festival is an
interactive scavenger hunt
guided entirely by cell phone
text messages,
The Di'a de los Muertos Fam-
ily Festival was first initiated
in November 2007 to highlight
the OJAC pre-Columbian col-
lection, because many current
Di'a de los Muertos traditions
have parallels in the pre-His-
panic past.
Amid colorful papel picado
and festive pinatas, families
attending this OJAC festival
may create holiday-inspired
artworks, play traditional
Hispanic games, be entertained
with customary music and sto-
rytelling, and snack on tasty
Mexican food.
A didactic ofrenda display
explains many of the holiday's
traditions and directs families
to view related objects in the
pre-Columbian collection.
Special holiday-inspired
tours of the pre-Columbian
collection are available during
the festival.
Festivities will be held out-
side on the grounds of the mu-
seum, as well as in the Stasney
Center for Education, which
will be adorned with traditional
artworks made by Albany and
Moran students, specially cre-
ated for the event.
(See Old Jail, pg. 8A)
Street work finished, alley rehab ongoing
♦ Annual paving
project completed
Five Albany streets were
resurfaced during the past week
as the paving contractor made
up some time lost to weather
delays by working after hours
and over the weekend.
The streets were earmarked
by the Albany City Council
earlier in the year as part of
the city's annual paving project,
with about $25,000of the budget
set aside for that purpose.
This is the third year that
Albany has joined in with other
small area communities in a
paving coalition put together by
the engineering firm of Hibbs
& Tbdd in order to get better
pricing.
The contractor arrived in
Albany late last week to begin
the local street project, which
covered all of Ellison, Gregg
and Greer streets, along with
portions of South 1st and Wil-
liams streets.
City manager Bobby Russell
explained that the contractor
had to wait for the streets to
dry out from recent rains, but
at the same time, had to work
quickly because of the onset of
cooler weather.
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City workers install new water and sewer lines adjacent to an alley that is scheduled for a
major overhaul in the next few weeks. A concrete valley will be constructed across South
1 st Street and down the alley in order to alleviate ongoing drainage problems.
"Both the surface tempera-
ture and the ground tempera-
ture has to fall in a certain
range in order to lay down the
asphalt," said Russell. "The
ground temperature was barely
warm enough to be able to do the
project, but they worked until
dark and during the weekend
to get it completed."
Gregg and Williams streets
were actually repaved last fall,
but the council, as well as resi-
(See Streets, pg. 8A)
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Lucas, Melinda L. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2009, newspaper, October 22, 2009; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393512/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.