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Thursday, April 1, 1999
The Albany News
PACE J - A
Nancy Smith Elementary
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LUNCH MENU
April 5-9
N< AVAILABLE
2 PRINCIPAL'S POINTS
Congratulations to all of
the NSES students who par-
ticipated in the UIL contests
held at Eula last week. A list
of students who placed in the
events is listed elsewhere in
the paper. Our thanks to all
of the teachers who coached
events and provided practice
time, for the students. We ap-
preciate parents who support
their children in UIL by get-
ting them to school early or
picking them up after school
so that they can be involved
in practice.
Parents, remember that
ther /ill be no school on Fri -
day, April 2 and on Monday,
April 5. Friday is a scheduled
holida and Monday is desig-
nated a "Bad. Weather Day,"
which we do not need to use.
Also remember to set clocks
forward this weekend as Day-
light Savings Time begins on
Sunday morning.
1 RELAY FOR LIFE
' A teamof teachers and staff
will be articipating in the
5th Annual Relay for Life,
sponsored by Hendrick Can-
' cer Center, benefiting the
American Cancer Society, on
May 14 and 15. The Albany,
team will be walking on the .
track here at Albany High
School, beginning Friday at
7:.00 p.m. a id continuing un-
til 11:00 m. on Saturday
morning
•/ This devastating, disease
has affected, so much of our
community that we want to
show our support by helping
raise money for finding a cure.
All donations from, this event,
go directly to the ACS* for re-
search .'ducatien and patient
jer/tce programs.
If you would .like to con-
tribute to this worthy cause.
- you .may do so by sponsoring
a team member, making a
fla-: donation >r by purchas-
ing a luminary for $5 00 to
memorialize friends or rela-
iv.es who have lost the battle
with'cahcer. or to honor those .
who have survived.cancer in;
a special candlelight cer-
emony If anyone would like
to participate in the eventror
make a donation. "please.con-
Vendors register for'
tact Monica Cleveland at the
Elementary School.
Sixth grade UIL partici-
pants in spelling were Stormi
Hare, Jeff Martin, Tyler
George and David Seyfried.
Stormi placed 4th and Jeff 5 th.
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The morning and afternoon
preschool' classes had their
Easter parties and egg hunts
on Wednesday. We found
many surprises in the new
courtyard area outside the
cafeteria.
We've begun our study of
Texas. We'll learn many Texas
songs and will have a "cowboy
day" at Ft. Griffin State Park
on Friday, April 30 for all pre-
school students.
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Leonard, Raphael, Dona-
tello and Michelangelo —
Ninja Turtles? No! In Mrs.
Leech's social studies class,
the sixth graders have been
studying about these artists
of the Renaissance. They have
learned about the literature of
that era also. Shakespeare was
the most interesting writer
they studied. New vocabulary
words included Machiavel-
lian and quixotic. Other words
or phrases we use today that
came from the Renaissance are
leapfrog, tongue-tied, and
melted into thin air.
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The students and, teachers
of NSES appreciate the PTO
for bringing the Book Fair each
year to our campus. Volun-
teers spend many hours work-
ing at the elementary cafete-
ria to let students choose
books, teachers are i*cite?f»
too when they have th^oppor-
tuhity to select books for "eagji i
homeroom. Please attend Wk .
next PTO program at scigoe1
on April 8 atf uW Jj.m and*.-
support our local TPTvJ
il
Fifth graders ,n -oc: \2HMF
ies classes are learning about
the Civil War Thus week they
learned ahout Johnny Clem,
known as the "drummer boy of
Chickamauga" and also as
"johnny.Shiloh,' He.joined-the
Union Army when he wasnine
,. years Old and was the last Civil
: War. veteran when he. died in
Sari Antonio. at the age of 85.
M^re than 10,000 soldiers
under 18 served in the Union
Army alone.
Reservations for booths for
"Rediscover Albany" day on Sat-
urday, April 17 are starting to
pick up, and organizers said
Tuesday that around 20 ven-
dors have already signed up.
Old-fashioned family fun will
be the hallmark of the April
event, which is now just a little
over two weeks away.
Along with planning a water-
melon seed srpitting contest, pet-
ting zoo, board branding and
spur making, the local "Mer-
chants Committee of the I 'ham-
ber of Commerce is in the pro-
cess of attracting some of the
top crafters in the state.
Local vendors are also being
encouraged to register, and more <
food booths will be needed for
the spring sidewalk fair event.
Anyone interested in reserv-
ing a booth should contact event
chairman Bobbie Cox at 762-
2014 or the Chamber of Com-
merce offide at 762-2525
The cost to reserve a space is
$20.
The day will end with a com-
munity fish fry organized by
members of the First Baptist
Church
To prepare for the event, or-
ganizers, are urging local mer-
chantsand residents to »pr „
up for spring by planting g< ,
niums.
Orde--s for the geratiiunisy j
be placed at the t 'haniL- r uffu
or Buds for You Th six-incl .
pots will come in > -,ri • is col r:
for $4 apiece and will be a.aii
able at the Albany Vi ,r., cs Cen
ter on April 8 . ;
One-act play advances to distii. I
Seven students were re99g-
nized and Albany's one-act play
advanced to the district contest
after the judge at last week's
zone competition selected the
AHS entry as one of the top two
entries.
The district contest, which
will pit the four winners from
the two zones in District 8-2A is
set for today, April 1. in the high
school auditorium in Anson. In
addition to Albany, other schools
advancing are Anson, Stamford
and Eula.
AHS senior Keren Liming
was chosen as Best Actress at
the zo^ie competition, while Rob
Waller and Tim Miler were
picked for the all-star cast:
Ragan Riley and Kacey Kazda
received honorable mention
The local one-act play cast is
performing Arthur Miller's, The
Crucible as their entry this year.
Michael Moore from Lubbik-k
served as the judge. "He was
very complimentary of the per-'
formance as well the many par-
ents ind supporters in atten-
said "Danita Johnston,
R NOTES
Geramupii for sale
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Debbt H adman
UnmifceT of Commerce
Secretary
• Geraruumj^r Sale
Orders can be placed now for
■geraniums The plants will sell
for $4 each and ean be picked up
at the Chamber office April 8
• Forts Trail
The Texas Forts Trail and -
Texas Hi stone a I Commission
will be in Albany on. April 8 cor'
a visit. The group is' an on-site
committee and will tie here to •
e;vaiiiatc Fc ,-t GriiTjr. and oth - .*
. places of interest. Please join us
for lunch it Fort Griffin Gei •
era! Merchandise that day at 12
;noon.
• Chamber Lunch
The Chamber office will be
closed on Friday. April 2- There
will be no Chamber lunch thai--
day. We will see you next week;
Have a safe.and happy, holiday.
Local speakers win area contest
Albany speakers swept the
area competition for Toastmas-
ters International last weekend
when two local, residents won in
both categories of the annual
speech contest held in Abilene.
In its V' ry first year to enter,
the newly chartered Albany
Toastmasters organization
came home wii>h the top prizes;
competing against about 12
other club winner^ from around
the Big Country
During the Saturday after-
noon competition at the Abilene
Public Library, Carol Gates and
John Bernard represented the
local chapter and.will now ad-
vance to the Div ision So uth west
Contest scheduled for April 17,
also in Abilene.
In the International Speech
category, Gates presented her
address entitled "My Tu rn." She
encouraged ordinary citizens to
lead by doing the right thing
creating an effect that "trickles
up'' to influence a political lead-
ership.that may be performing
poorly
Bernard told a vintage tale
entitled "Shortmeet" in the Tall
Tales category, a story with a
Cajun flavor treasured by gen-
erations of his family.
Toastmasters provides a fo-
rum for developing speech, com
munication and leadership
skills through the practice of
public speaking.
The Albany Toastmasters
Club meets »i3kly it 6 30 ,; ;
on Monday nights in-the Shack-
elford County Courtroom and is
open to all who are interested.
Esfandiary visits class
Mrs. Com pton's Career Stud-
ies class Was visited by Ah Es -
fandiary recently Esfandiary,
owner of a local restaurant, ex-
plained some of the necessary
skills in the restaurant business.
Emphas iz.i tig the. i n i po rt a nee
of willingness to learn, he also
stressed that hard work and
dedication are important in be-
ing successful in any career
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TQHN WARNE
For School Board Trustee
PLACE TWO
I am eager to serve and represent the citizens
in the Albany Independent School District.
Young minds are our area's most precious resource
For the questions that should be asked arid the answers
that must be found, elect business experience into, the
serious business of educating our young citizens.
Paid for by lohn Warne, PQ Box 24 S, Albany, Texas 704 U)
faculty director for the one-act
play. .
At the district contest, the
first of the four plays will begin
at 4:00 p m Albany's entry will
'be the last of those performed
and should start around 6:00
p.m. *
, Anyone interested in seeing
the show in Anson should be
there before 6:00 p.m.. said
Johnston Once, a play has be-
gun, no one is allowed to enter
the auditorium
. - There will be a charge of $3
for adults and $2 for children
If the Albany play is selected
as one of the top two olavs in the
district, the.cast Will advance to ^ , , , , ,, ,
the area contest in post on April One-act play honorees include (front, l-r) Rob Waller, Kere
10. ' . • . ' Limifig, Tirn Miler, (back)-Kacey Kazda and K v . , Kile;
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Lucas, Donnie A. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1999, newspaper, April 1, 1999; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414672/m1/3/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.