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Opinion Page
Pace 4
The Albany News
Thursday, June 24, 2004
The Albany News
Since 1875
Oldest journalistic venture west of the Brazos
Publisher Donnie A. Lucas
Editor
Melinda L. Lucas
Advertising Manager
Donna Margrave
Moran Correspondent
Audrev Brooks
Office Manager
Shervl Spore
Typesetter
Betty Viertel
Office Assistant
Jordan Lucas
editorial
Fandangle Time
The 66th annual Fort Griffin Fandan-
gle is underw.ay, with the parade and the
last three performances set this week.
Albany is always at its best during
Fandangle season. The stores are bulging
with new and unique goodies, there is
homemade ice cream and barbecue din-
ners alfresco on each performance day,
visitors are'buzzing around town, the Old
Jail has a new exhibit, the Presbyterian
Church hosts organ concerts there is
really is a. lot to see and do in Albany
during the Fandangle.
The show is a good one this year. Sev-
eral of the songs haven't been performed
in several years and the performance
comes in under two hours.
The only hitch seem to be that ticket
sales are off.
Barring a last-minute Hurry, this Will
be the first year in quite a few without a
sellout.
But Albany folks can help change that
If you haven't been to the Fandangle in
the last few years, this would be a good
year to get "caught up." The Fandangle
does change and evolve. It is not the same
old show each year 'contrary to popular
opinion.
The Fandangle has been good for Al-
bany and has done a lot to help shape the
perception of the entire community. This
year the Fandangle could',use a little
ext ra help, especially in the area of ticket
sales,
It' is no secret that the Fandangle has
been struggling financially in recent years,
and this year could add to'the burden if
ticket sales don't improve for the last
three shows.
If you haven't gotten tickets yet, there
are still plenty of good seats for all three
nights
Do yourself a favor and treat you.yuur
family and a few friends to a special night
under, the stars at the Prairie Theater
You'll be glad you did
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ponderings by Pat
By Pat jones
The Fandangle of 2004 has com-
pleted two of its opening week's per-
formances. Mother Nature inter-
fered on Friday night with rain.
Albany surely wouldn't complain
about that.
The two I saw were good, tight
shows. As always, I loved them.
There were the small glitches that
happen in every show, mostly tech-
nical. They're taken care of - in a
hurry.
Since we have a break between
Fandangle weekends, 1 thought I'd
write a bit about some of my favor-
ite parts and this and that.
I like everything about the show
and having been in it for many years
and been in the audience for many
more, I see clearly when something
goes awry. Because it is, as the
program says, a community project,
we do not have the great theaters'
assets to move an entire new set m,
to divert an audience when there's
trouble in a sweeping fashion, such
as to "send in the clowns."
When something goeswrong, ev-
eryone in the cast knows, and things,
happen. Someone steps in; perhaps
someone steps out. Sometimes cast
members close around the area or
the person where an accident hap-
pens. The alert spotlights go dark or
send light where it is needed. Ev-
eryone is "on point."
In the event there is an accident,
a bad one, the show stops and like
magic, the audience becomes as one
with the cast. Show biz is forgotten
as emergency people come in quickly
or if it is an animal hurt, cowboys
and vets appear. The audience sits
totally silent and watches as the
proper action is taken.
When the dust settles and Betsy
gives the signal, there is a massive
collective sigh of relief from the au-
dience and a loud burst of proud
applause fronv the audience.
And the show goes on.
First off, I love the program. It is
excellent, not only in telling the
story of our area and its history, but
the history of our show and our
town. It's something to inform and
to entertain you, just as the Fan-
dangle seeks to do. Take it home; it
is a treasure. Read and enjoy. And
wonder of wonders, it is free. Not
many programs are - and 'iione is
like ours.
The Flag Parade shivers my tim-
bers and 1 miss having the late
Millie Diller there in the next box to
share the thrill and the dread of
those daring cowboys on horseback,
riding at one another as fast as they
can. We have experienced injuries
and it's like a tightrope walk; the
slightest miscalculation or slip can
be disastrous.
Does anyone breathe normally
until it is done and the music
changes and the riders ease along
on suddenly quiet steeds?
It's terrible to have a huge'cast of
townspeople and be upstaged by a
bunch of animals, but it happens
every show when our herd ofTexas
longhorns appears. They are incred-
ible and the song is so beautiful and
fitting to the scene.
1 always believe that those ani-
mals actually recognize when
Lanham sings their cue to leave
"When it comes my time to go..."
The audience is mesmerized.
I start laughing the minute I see
Gary Fambro and his "Curst Wife"
Missy Willen: I am a longtime Bob
Echols fan and I love the acting in
this number - and, of course, the
"little devils" are pretty cute in their
red long johns.
I could listen, to Sherry Errloe
sing all night. 1 love this number
and the following "Canyon Court-
ing." 1 watch when the audience
sees the sisters and realizes what
the solution to the lovers' dilemma
is going to be. They Jove it .
moran dots and others
I am very touched by the mirror
images in Women's Work of Leslie
Little and Sam Gillespie - and also
the vignettes of mothers and chil-
dren. My dear Winifred Waller is so
tender with the bride, as she is in
another scene with a sick child. It
doesn't take a starring role to cap-
ture an audience.
In the Indian raid scene, Susan
Montgomery's screams over her
dead child strike the audience si-
lent as we realize the pain, the fears,
the danger the pioneers faced. It
becomes closer, more real. That
bravery through sorrow is what
comes through to us. Chilling.
Before I run out of space; I love to
hear Breanne Jones sing- anything.
• the can-can dancers
• the stage presence of Cam
Hargrove, Paul Hens-ley, Rov
Eubanks and John Stockdale
• the menacing Sheriff Howard
Todd in villainous black
• the patience and memory of
Chandler Fields—perfect
• always and ever the Pink In-
dies
• the entire oil field scene with
rigs afire,, gushing and lighted
• Clifford Teinert has a way with
a song and so does Randall Palmore. -
Yes, it's true. I love Fandangle!
By Duston R. Brooks
■ Continued from The Albany
News, Thursday., February 3, 1949:
MYCOl C.MN by Mrs- V.C.
Cads
A small world we live in. Two of
MGraft's boys met in the ArcticCircle
recently. Doran ('line, who entered
the navy about a year ago, was sta-
tioned for awhile in Seattle, and
was then ordered to Adak, Alaska.
While attending a movie there, who
. should he meet but our own Shorty
Brooks of Moran We can imagine
the greeting. ■
J.H.Dbnawiia. our local mail car-
rier, was taken to an Abilene hospi-
tal Monday for a check-up after his
fall on,the ice last. Sunday.
- Mrs. W.E. Cannon ,has been ill
since last weekend. She will return
to the post office on Friday of this
week.
Mrs. Lizzie . Dorsey fell at her
home Monday. Her left arm was
broken. She is reported doing well.
Carrol 11 omider sustained a hard
fall on the ice His glasses were
broken. Carroll is able to be out.
Moran was grieved to hear the
; sad news' of the passing on Tuesday
of our beloved citizen, Mrs. F.M.
Raymond, aged 65, at the home of
her son, William F. Raymond, in
Abilene. Mrs. Raymond had been ill
since suffering a slight stroke Janu-
ary 7. She was a member of the
Baptist Church, a most devoted
mother and homemaker these 58
years in our midst Neighbors and
friends alike mourn her passing and
we extend our sincere sympathy to
her bereaved family.
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luncheon Club
The Moran Luncheon Club met
February 2 for its second meeting of
the new year. Sixty guests and
members were present. Mrs. J. M
Tbwnsend, president of the Moran
Cemetery Association, and her
group of ladies served a delicious
turkey dinner. The new toastmas-
ter, Charles B. Chaney. presided
and called on all members for .talks.
Dr. Stephenson and Mrs. Bodner'
told of how they enjoyed the dinner
and stated they would come again
1. L Walker gave a report of his trip
to Austin where he attended a meet
l'ng of the legislative committee of
the W P
Out of town visitors were Dr. and
Mrs. Stephenson of Cisco; Mr. and
.Mr.--. George Bodner of Fort Worth;
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Basham of
Wichita Falls. Miss Ollie Clarke,
Mr. and Airs. Parker Sears, John
McGaughey, and County Agent W.
C. Vine, all of Albany. The Lun-
cheon Club meets every Wednes-
day.
, -t- ■. ' 't- }
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Luttry.H of
Brpckenridge were .greeting old
friends in Moran Monday.
Kay Wilbanks, riding on a sled at
her home between Moran and Put-
nam, fell off and fract ured her right
arm Dr. Graham at Cisco set her
arm.
Roy E. Reed of Odessa was ma-
rooned in Moran during the ice
storm, Mr. Reed left Moran in 1937.
He is a brother-in-law of AlbertCline
and enjoyed a good visit while here
Jack Rountree came in from Mis
souri to visit his mother, Fffie
Rountree. Jack, who is w.ith West-
ern Union, reports that we don't-
know what cold weather is down
here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rutherford,
parents of Dee Rutherford, our local
telephone operator, will live on the
J. D. Meredith, and Mr. Rutherford
will operate the lease when the
weather gets better. They left Mon-
day for Waco for a short visit.
Lee Weir and son, Edwin, will go
to Dallas February 11 to-see the
new Plymouth car on display. On
February 22 they will go to Kansas
• City, where Mr. Weir will be present
at the silver anniversary of the
Chrysler Corporation . They will
make the trip on a special train out
of Dallas.
. Anna Lou Wil liams, of Denton
and Sue Williams from Abilene have
been guests of their parents, Mr'
and Mrs. Lynn Williams, this week
during mid-term holidays. Other
students ' home were Grafton
Bumpers, Prosper Walker, Allen
Bennett, Edwin hummus, Marvin
Kays. Reagan and Wade Roberts,
and Bobbv Padget, who plans (o go
to Cisco Junior College at Cisco in-
stead of returning to John Tarleton.
Mrs. Carl Luinmus was called
back to Sweetwater last Sunday,
where her mother, Mrs. Lula
Marshall, is seriously ill at the home
of another daughter, Mrs. M.F.Gar-
land. Mr. Lummus, who drove,Mrs.
Luinmus to' Sweetwater, .returned
Sunday night, getting caught m the
sleet and snow, and was on the road
until 10 o'clock the next day."
To be continued next week...
(Write to P.O. Box 248, Moran,
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senior
By Greg Abbott,
Attorney General of Texas
Serving and protecting senior Tex
ans is a top priority of my administ ra-
tion.
Fraud against seniors is more wide-
spread and devastating than most
people realize. My consumer Protec-
tion Division recently filed several
lawsuits to stop companies from us-
ing deceptive practices targeting se-
niors.
The companiessent out letters that
appeared to be official government
documents and demanded a fee fro in:
seniors who wanted to file for an "eld-
erly tax freeze." The service is free
through your local tax office.
We will not tolerate schemes that
target seniors. Scam artists tend to
spend money as fast as they steal it,
so it is hard for seniors to get their
money back once they've been taken.
That is why my office is committed to
communicating with seniors all over
Texas in a number of ways.
My agency issues On-LineSenior
Alerts, writes columns like this one
and works with media across the state
td warn seniors about frauds and
scams.
Con artists threaten, trick and ca-
jole seniors into an ever growing num-
ber of scams, including foreign lotter-
ies, phone sweepstakes and bogus debt
collection schemes. Currently we are,
warning seniors to be extremely cau-
tious about where they obtain infor-
mation about the new Medicare dis-
count cards. Fraudsters are already
trying to swindle senior,s with fake
cards and other unscrupulous at-
tempts to cash in on the new Medi-
care benefits.
My office has also launched a pub-
lic awareness campaign to help teach
seniors how to protect themselves
from the latest scams It's called
"JUST HANG UP." It's a critically
important' message, but easy to re-
member. If a telemarketer calls, don't
even listen to their sales pitch. "JUST
Hang up."
In addition to our outreach to se-
niors, we also have a terrific senior on
our staff, Nancy Gresham, who is our
point person on senior issues. Nancy
travels around the state speaking on
issues of concern to senior Texans.
Nancy partners with law enforcement
to set up local crime prevention pro-
gram such as Triad. A Triad brings
together seniors, law enforcement and
senior providers to share information
about fraud and crime prevention in
local communities.
While outreach is one of our most
import int tools, my office also inves-
tigates and prosecutes criminal abuse
and neglect of residents in nursing
homes. Earlier this year, my Medic-
aid Fraud Control Unit arrested six
nurses in a sweeping nursing home
abuse case. Two others surrendered
to authorit les. The felony charges stem
from conduct investigators unearthed
during a lengthy investigation, in-
cluding severe abuse and neglect of
elderly patients, including two deaths,
and forgery of government records to
obtain controlled prescription, alleg-
edly for personal use,
I am determined to crack down on
fraud, abuse and neglect against se-
niors. I am also committed to prevent-
ing seniors from being victimized in
the first place! Once these crimes have
been perpetrated, the damage is hard
to repair. I hope you will join us in
protecting senior Texans.
— ALBANY —
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
jUNE 24 Lions Club - Icehouse, 12 noon
Gillette Brothers concert - Aztec Theater, 3 pm
Fandangle Parade - Downtown Albany, 6 pm
JUNE 24-26 Fort Griffin Fandangle - Prairie Theater, dusk
JUNE 25 Chamber luncheon - Ft. Griffin Gen. Mdse., 12 noon
JUNE 25-26 Children's Story Hour - Aztec Theater, 2 pm
Horned Toad Canyon children's play - Aztec Theater,
3 pm
JUNE 27 Albany Baseball Assn. meeting - Trinity Lutheran
Church, 7 pm
JUNE 28 Mango Tango Monday - Grades 6-8 at City Park, 5:30-
7 pm; High school at Hilliard home, 7:30-9 pm
JUNE 29 GED classes - Resource Center, 4-6 pm
ESL classes - Resource Center, 6-8 pm
JULY 2 Junior League All-Star Tournament begins - AHS
baseball field, TBA
JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY
JULY 6-8 July for Kids Cultural Connections - Old Jail Art
Center, 10 am-12 noon
JULY 9 Young Audiences of Abilene performances - Old
Jail Art Center, 10 am& 11:15 am
JULY 13-14 July for Kids Puppet Workshop - Old Jail Art Center,
10 am-12 noon
JULY 15-16 July for Kids Mosaic Workshop - Old Jail Art Center,
10 am-12 noon
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