The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1985 Page: 1 of 26
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1985, ALBANY, TEXAS 76430
18 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS
VOLUME NUMBER 110 NUMBER 20 PRICE 29« PLUS TAX
Albany Chest drive goal set at $12,000
By David Love
The goal for the 1986 Albany
Chest fund drive, to benefit 14
local non profit and youth
organizations, was set at $12,000
on Monday night, October 28 by
the directors of the Albany Chest.
The goal for 1980 is slightly lower
than the 1985 goal of $12,230.
The Monday meeting was the
deadline for local organizations to
make their submittals, either
written or personal, to the board.
"The submittals came in very
well," stated Betty Law, publicity
chairman for the Chest. During a
meeting one week prior to the Oc
tober 28 meeting, only three sub
mittals came in, and the deadline
for the submittals was set for Oc-
tober 28.
The local organizations which
presented submittals, and the
amounts which were agreed upon
by the board as follows: The
Albany Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, $1,000; Texas United Ser
vices, $50; American Red Cross,
$250; Salvation Army, $400;
Shackelford County Library,
$2000; Boy Scouts, $50; and the
Albany Youth Center, $2000.
The other submittals were:
West Texas Rehabilitation
Center, $250; the Albany United
Girls Softball Association, $800;
the Albany Youth Soccer Associa
tion, $750; Shackelford County
Rural Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, $750; Albany Baseball
Association, $2200; Albany Girl
Scouts, $500; and the Cub Scouts,
$750.
According to Randall Palmore,
chairman of the Chest, the drive
kick off has been set for tomor
row, Friday, November 1, and let-
ters will be sent out within the
week to previous donors, asking
for their support again this year.
Door to door campaigning is
not conducted by the Albany
Chest, instead they rely on the
correspondence with previous
donors and news stories and
publicity ads in the Albany News.
Two organizations whose sub
mittals were significantly higher
than the previous year were the
Albany United Girls Softball
Association and the Albany Youth
Soccer Association. The 1985 sub
mittals for each of the organiza
tions was $400, while this year's
figures have been set at $800 and
$750, respectively.
According to board member
Danny Neff, the Albany Chest
has, historically, tried "to com
plete the campaign by December
31." Again this year, that date has
been set as the end of the cam
paign. "I feel it will be a good
drive," added Neff. He said, too,
that contributions were already
being received at the First Na
tional Bank of Albany.
"I want to encourage everyone
who has given in previous years,
people who are new to Albany
and those people who have never
given before to make a contribu
tion to the Chest this year,"
stated I'alrnore. "That is our
number one deal.
He added that "we'd like to be
able to close the drive again on
December 31 in order to disperse
the money as quickly as possible
to the organizations after the first
of the year, so they can get their
projects started and going."
Anyone wanting to make a con
tribution may do so at the First
National Bank of Albany. Jana
Law and Judy Harrison will han
die the contributions. Checks may
be made out to the Albany Chest,
and sent to First National Bank,
Albany, Box 157.
General election slated Tuesday
Dressed for the job...
Tory Dean, suited up in Number 54, tries his luck at the football throw
during the PTO Fall Fe t Carnival held Saturday night, October 26 at
Nancy Smith Elementary School. Dean was not alone in football attire, as
most of the members of the Albany Saints team came straight to the car
nival from their 6:00 p.m. game in Breckenridge. (Staff Photol
By Donna Barranger
Tomorrow, November 1 is the
last date to cast an absentee
ballot for the November 5 general
election.
Voters may vote from 8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. except during the
lunch hour of 12:00 noon to 1:00
p.m., at the County Clerk's office
in the Shackelford County Court-
house.
On November 5, the polls will
open at 7:00 a.m. and remain open
until 7:00 p.m. The polling place
for Precinct One will be at the
American Legion Hall in Albany;
Precinct Two voters will cast
their ballots at the Albany City
Hall. Precinct Three voting will
be at the Moran Community Cen
ter. Precinct Four is located at
the Hastings Voting Box in
Lueders and Precinct Five is the
Rockhill voting box, located in
Hamby.
It is preferable, but not man-
datory, that voters bring their
voter registration cards with
them when casting their ballots.
The ballot includes
14 Constitutional Amendments,
with topics ranging from water
conservation to veterans benefits
and sale of farm and ranch lands.
Amendment 1
Amendment 1 states its pur
pose would be to authorize the is-
suance of an additional $980
million of Texas Water Develop
ment Bonds to create special
water funds for water conserva
tion, water development, water
quality enhancement, flood con
trol, drainage, subsidence control,
recharge, chloride control, agri
cultural soil and water conserva
tion, and desalinization, to autho-
rize a bond insurance program
and to clarify the purposes for
which Texas Water Development
Bonds may be issued.
This amendment has been sup
ported by various groups, in-
cluding the American Association
of Retired Persons and the West
Central Texas Chamber of Com
merce. The bill was sponsored by
State Senator from District 28,
John Montford and Rep. Tom
Craddick of Midland.
Amendment 2
Proposition 2 is related and
tied to the first proposed amend
ment, and represents the second
part of the most comprehensive
water package which has ever
been put before the voters, ac-
cording to Senator Montford. The
proposal calls for the authoriza
tion to issue and sell agricultural
water conservation bonds worth
$200 million.
Amendments One and Two
represent a comprehensive bi
partisan water package that was
passed by the Texas legislature in
May, 1985. Legislators, experts
and writers have cautioned for
decades that the state of Texas
has too little water in the right
places to support its continued
population and economic growth.
These two amendments, if passed,
would provide the state govern
ment with the authority, funding
and programs to meet the chal
lenge of the Lone Star State's
water problems, according to a
publication entitled "A Water
Program For Texas" issued by
the office of Senator Montford
Amendment 3
Amendment 3 is the proposal
that will authorize the legislature
to enact laws permitting a city or
town to spend public funds and
levy assessments for the reloca
tion or replacement of water
laterals on private property. This
amendment is similar to one that
was approved in 1984, which
authorized the replacement or
relocation of sanitation sewer
laterals.
Amendment 4
Amendment 4 proposes to use
proceeds from the sale of land
dedicated to the permanent
school fund to be used to acquire
other land for that fund.
The Constitution of Texas has
created the permanent school
fund to provide a trust fund for
the support of public schools
within the state. This fund in
eludes approximately 13 million
acres of land. The supporters of
this legislation contend that the
proceeds from the fund used to ac
quire other land might provide a
greater flexibility in investment.
Opponents argue that if the
percentage of the permanent
school fund invested in real estate
is increased, the liquidity of the
fund will be decreased.
Amendment 5
Amendment 5 would authorize
the legislature to regulate the
provision of health care by
hospital districts. Under the pro
posal the legislature would esta
blish the services a hospital dis
trict must provide and the re
quirements that a resident must
meet in order to qualify for ser
vices within that district. Cur
rently, under the state constitu
tion, hospital districts assume full
responsibility for providing medi
cal and hospital care for the dis
trict's residents. Advocates of the
amendment assert that the pro
posal would allow the legislature
to regulate the provision of ser
vices to the needy so that hospital
districts are aware of what pro
grams they must provide. Oppo
nerits of this amendment contend
(See Amendments, pg. 7 A)
Part 1: School officials tell of need for new gym
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By Donnie A. Lueas
Part One of a Series
The Albany Independent
School District's Board of
Trustees has set a $350,000 Bond
Election for Saturday, November
23, to let local voters decide the
fate of the proposed construction
of a new competition gym at the
high school campus.
In this article, the first of a
series dealing with various
aspects of the gym and the bond
issue, the News will present the
background of how the idea for
building a new gym began and
school officials' reasoning of why
the facility is needed.
Why the Board Voted
to Build New Gym
"Last year when the district
was making plans to meet the
demands caused by increased
enrollment and state regulation
changes implemented by House
Bill 72, I presented a plan to the
board to build additional class-
rooms at the high school campus
and move the Junior High School
to reorganize our instructional ar-
rangement," said Superintendent
Terry Harlow.
Additional classrooms were
necessary at one of the two cam-
puses to comply with the 22 to 1
ratio of students to teachers that
began this year in grades K-2.
Harlow stated that he recom
mended that the junior high
students be moved, rather than
enlarging the Nancy Smith
Elementary Campus, which al
ready housed three times as many
students as the high school cam
pus.
With the planning of the new
classrooms came the idea for a
multi-purpose room at the new
junior high building, which would
serve as a practice gym, cafe
teria/snack bar, and assembly
room.
Harlow stated that the multi-
purpose room was estimated to
cost the district $300,000 above
the cost of the classrooms them
selves.
"As the preliminary drawings
were developed and presented to
the board, some of the board
members began to question the
adequacy of the present competi
tion gym."
The board begain tossing
around the idea of building a new
competition gym rather than
spending $300,000 on a practice
facility. "Some of the members of
the board felt it would be better
for the school to upgrade the prac
tice gym to a new competition
gym which could serve the stu
dents and the community better."
Thus, the board separated the
new junior high building project
from the proposed gym, going
ahead with the construction of the
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gym to present it to the public in
form of a bond election.
"The board has received com
ments about the present gym hav
ing problems all during the time
that I have been in Albany," said
Harlow. "In fact, when I first
came here the board was looking
into expanding the gym but the
cost of just adding 20 feet was go
ing to cost $120,000 back then."
Harlow pointed out that the
current gym only has two toilet
facilities, one for women and one
for men. and that there are times
that 300 to 400 spectators attend
local basketball games. The
visitor's side of the gym is also
cramped for space, since both
teams have their benches directly
in front of the bleachers. Pro-
blems have also occurred because
the bleachers are on court level
and there is less than three feet of
space between the out-of-bounds
line and the first row of seats.
Need for Additional Space
The real reason, however, that
the board became united on the
issue, was not due to the inade
quacy of the present facility, but
the need for additional practice
space for both athletic teams and
physical education classes.
"There is a definite need for
another facility, whether it be a
competitive gym or a practice
gym." explained Harlow. "Our
(See Bond •(•ction, pg. 8-A)
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