The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1987 Page: 3 of 38
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Thursday October 8, 1907 — The Albany News — Poy 3-A
PTO organizers plan Fall Fest
Last Tuesday night, September
29 a room mothers meeting was
held by the Parent Teacher
Organization to plan this year's
Fall Fest carnival slated for Oc
tober 31.
According to Rene Bailey, this
year's Fall Fest carnival chair
man. there was "a good turnout,
and we had at least one represen
tative from each grade."
During the meeting, the room
mothers were given their
assignments for the carnival.
This year, the carnival will be
held from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00
p.m. on the campus of the Nancy
Smith Klementary School.
The costume judging will begin
at 7:30 p.m. and will follow the
same format as in past years, with
contestants divided into age cate
gories and the top three winner
recognized. All participants will
receive ribbons.
Kindergarten room mothers
Tina Riley and Annette Harris
will be manning the electric cars.
•JoAnn Hebel and Nona Prince
will be in charge of the wagon
ride.
First grade room mothers Min
dy Skelton and Sherry Skinner
will be in the fishing pond booth.
Leslie Pittman and Kareen Lively
will organize the duck pond booth.
Betsy Edgar and Rene Bailey will
be in the orange tree booth.
Barbara Edgar and Dee
Balliew, second grade room
mothers, will be coordinating the
lollipop tree booth. Cheri
Hawkins and Debbie Walker will
be selling helium balloons, and
the second grade room mothers
will be assisting Mr. Pockets.
Third grade room mothers Lin
da Davis and Carol Huffman will
be setting up the bean bag toss ac-
tivity booth. Deidra Shack and
Becky Hebel will be organizing
the pull a string booth.
Wanda Waters, Karma Nixon,
Lana Clift and Delores
Londerholm will be coordinating
the bingo booth for the fourth
grade contribution.
Fifth grade room mothers
Helon Norman and Shelley
Cleveland will organize the
pingpong throw. Ginger Bartee
and Charlotte Taggart will be set
ting up the color wheel booth. The
fifth grade room mothers will also
be responsible for the turkey raf
fie.
Jana McCoy and Mary Heirman
will be organizing the ring toss,
and Vicki Fizgibbons and Debra
Ruff will have the krazy kats
booth.
Seventh grade room mothers
Betsy Parsons. Prissy Harvick.
Lana Clift, and Judy Harrison will
be coordinating the rope ladder
and number dart throw
Betsy Edgar, Joyce Wilfong.
Betty Balliew and Arlene Farmer
will be setting up the balloon dart
and basketball throw booth for
the eighth grade room mothers.
Susan Morrison, Eleyce Cauble
and Sherry Bowman will be
organizing the pie walk.
Tenth grade room mothers
Sissy Shimp, Sylvia Browning,
Jackie Snyder and Annette Har
ris will be responsible for the milk
bottle throw game.
Debbe Hudman, Ann Riley,
Sheri Mitchell, and Connie
Meason will be organizing the
football throw booth. Sheila
Boland is the alternate room
mother helping with that event.
For the senior class, Darleene
Sims, Joyce Tabor, Amanda
Moberley, and Sissy Shimp will
provide pies in the cafeteria. Al
ternate room mother for that
activity is Sandy Mayes.
According to PTO president
Debra Ruff, the next meeting of
the organization will be held on
November 10 at the elementary
school cafeteria The program will
be presented by the third grade
class.
Anyone interested in helping
with the Fall Fest carnival is in
vited to call Debra Ruff or Rene
Bailey.
CARD OF THANKS
Thank you to all my friends and
loved ones who visited, called,
sent cards and letters, brought
delicious food and gifts during my
recent illness and long stay in the
hospital. I wish to express a spe
cial thank you to Rev. and Mrs.
Hardy Cole for their presence and
prayerful support.
My thank you also goes to the
Albany and Moran Masonic Lod
ges and to the Albany and Moran
Order of Eastern Star Chapters.
The Shackelford County Blood
Bank is to be commended for
releasing blood for me.
During this time, many of you
offered special assistance which
was greatly needed and appre
ciated. Sincerely,
Bessie Lou Drake
Nail campaign brings in $3,250
"Dollars for Bob's
Scholarships" have now reached
$3,250, as the annual Scholarship
Fund drive winds down.
As of last Tuesday, 56 ex
students and friends of the fund
had donated $2,940. This week's
total represents a $310 increase
in the amount.
Albany's high school graduates
have been the recipients of the
funds during the scholarship's 20
year history, and 55 students
have received a total of $37,475.
Sponsored by the Albany Ex
Students Association, the fund
begins its campaign on Septem
ber 13, and will continue through
the end of the year, even though
the major emphasis is centered on
the Homecoming weekend.
The scholarships represent the
earned interest from the fund's
accounts, which currently total
$65,822.63.
As the fund has grown during
the years, so have the annual
grants paid to each student. In
1967, one student received a
grant of $100 from the fund to
help toward college expenses, and
last year four AHS graduates
(Leigh Heatly, Michael Beard,
Clint Duggan. and Magda Delgado
Ramos' received grants of $1000
each.
Members of the Robert Nail
Scholarship Committee include
Barbara Miller, president; Bar
bara Bray, vice president; Pollye
Wheeler, secretary, Sam Webb,
treasurer; Joan Farmer. Helen
Lieb and Terry Harlow, ex officio
member.
Even though the main thrust of
the 1987 scholarship drive is over
for this year, donations are
accepted at any time throughout
the year Webb commented that
many contributions are sent in
memory of deceased classmates,
and other types are memorials
are received as well.
The donations are tax deduct!
ble and may be made at any time
to The Robert Nail Scholarship
Fund. P.O. Box 428. Albany.
Texas 76430.
AHS students nominated
Four Albany High School
seniors have been nominated by
faculty members for two different
scholarship programs, recipients
of which will be named during the
next year.
Elizabeth Pittman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pittman. was
chosen as a nominee for the Min
nie Stevens Piper Foundation
scholarships, which give $200,000
to 10 15 students as four year
awards.
The purpose of the program, ac-
cording to AHS Counsellor Ann
Keefer, is to provide four year
scholarships for academically
superior high school seniors who
will need financial aid to attend
college.
The other three local students
were nominated for the Fina Aca
demic All State Football Team,
said Mrs. Keefer.
Joel Scott. Ronald Holson and
Jeff Mayes all qualified for selec
tion to this team.
College scholarships of $2,000
each will be awarded to the 11
Texas high school football players
named to the Fina team.
Selection, according to informa
tion sent by Fina Oil and Chemi
cal Company, is based on aca
demic achievement, participation
in meaningful activities and de-
monstrated leadership capabili
ties.
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Exhibit opening ...
Joy Clack of Moran studies several of the pieces of an important Pre Columbian collection currently on exhibit at
the Old Jail Art Center in Albany Around 200 locol and area residents attended a gala opening last Saturday at
the museum which was preceded by an organ concert at the Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church The new
exhibit, donated to the OJAC by W O Gross of Miner al WeMswill be on display until December [Staff Photo,
Picquet named to TCDP board
By Donna Barranger
Glenn Ficquet of Albany has
been appointed by Governor Hill
Clements to the Regional Keview
Committee for the Texas Com
munity Development Program.
The program allocates funding
returned to the State of Texas
from the federal government
totalling $35.6 million this year.
Governor Clements, who has
jurisdiction over the monies, has
set up several committees in dif
ferent locations in the state to
evaluate and study the applica
tions for allocation of these funds.
Each of the 24 regions in Texas
is allocated a percentage of the
total $35.6 million, based upon the
total population, and levels of un
employment and poverty. West
Central Texas' share this year
totals $1,282,162.
The money will be used to im
prove cities and counties
wherever it is needed the most.
and to aid areas with large pro
jects such as water and sewer
systems.
The committee consists mainly
of elected officials in the West
Central Texas area.
"Our task is to review and
score the applications for 1987 88
funding under the Texas Com
munity Development program,"
Picquet explained
"There are 12 of us on the com
mittee. primarily elected officials,
city councilmen. mayors, and
judges," he said. I was recom
mended for the job by the West
Central Texas Council of Govern
ments in Abilene, which is a ser
vice organization that aids local
government."
He stated that the committee
met last week in Abilene for an
orientation session to set up the
ground rules for evaluating the
applications.
There are over 50 cities in our
area which are eligible for this
funding." he added. "Approx-
imately 30 will apply. Then the
applications will be heard by the
committee and probably only four
or five awards of approximately
$300,000 will be made from the
original 30 application*."
the applications will be rated
and studied on the basis of severi-
ty of need, project efficiency,
level of community match (how
much funding will come from the
local community) and level of ser-
vice Ihow many people the project
will benefit).
There is a chance that Albany
could participate in this
program." said Picquet. "But we
are nearing the deadline for ap-
plication."
Picquet mentioned that the
next meeting of the committee
will be held in Februrary, at
which time the committee will
hear the applications for funding.
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