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Poge 6-A — The Albany News — Thursday, April 19. 1990
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Basketball fiasco...
Participants in the donkey basketball gamt field at the local gym last Monday evening found, as expected, that they
had little control over their mounts, providing several especially entertaining moments for the numerous spectators.
Albany teachers took on parents of Senior Club members during the game sponsored by the club as a fundraising
proiect. [Staff Photo]
NSES class plants 'space seeds'
Budding student scientists in
Mrs. Gayla Leech's fifth grade
elass at Nancy Smith Elementary
are planting gardens to experi-
ment with tomato seeds from
apace.
During the spring semester,
students will grow and monitor
space-exposed seeds and Earth-
based seeds, searching for dif-
ferences caused by long-term ex-
posure to cosmic radiation. Re-
sults gathered by the students
will be forwarded to NASA by
June 15 for a final report.
For nearly six years the seeds
were exposed to the harsh en-
vironment of space, subjected to
cosmic radiation, temperature ex-
tremes, weightlessness, and the
vacuum of space. Students will be
looking for possible mutations to
the tomato plant, such as changes
in fruit size and cnlnr growth
rate, and leaf, stem and stalk
shapes and sizes. The pink grape-
fruit is a mutation resulting from
irradiating the white grapefruit
seed.
The Space Exposed Experi-
ment Developed for Students
(SEEDS) was one of 57 ex-
periments housed on the recently
recovered 11-ton Long Duration
Exposure Facility satellite. After
a nearly six-year voyage in space,
the 12.5 million tomato seeds
were rescued by the crew of the
Space Shuttle Columbia on
January 12.
SEEDS is a cooperative projcet
between NASA and Park Seed
Company of Greenwood, South
Carolina, offering students a one-
of-a-kind, hands-on experiment to
study the effects of long-term
space exposure on living tissue.
SEEDS has the potential to in-
volve four million students and
40,000 educators.
In March, NASA distributed
180,000 SEEDS kits containing
space-exposed seeds and an equal
number of Earth-based seeds to
teachers from the upper elemen-
tary school to the university level
for experiments and study.
Class eats 'reward'
Mrs. Gayla Leech's fifth grade
class participated in the Pizza
Hut "Book It" reading project for
five months. Each student read
and reported on three books per
month.
As a result, the class reached
its goal and was honored with a
free pizza party at the Pizza Hut
in Breckenridge Monday, April 9.
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I used to live 6 miles and 37
minutes from work. Now it's
an easy 10-minute drive.
Too many people, too many cars. Let's face it, fighting city traffic every day was no
way to start the day. Life is just too short for that kind of hassle.
Since we moved to the country, my drive to work is a time to relax notice
winter change to spring, or summer to fall. Living in the country gives us the
peace and quiet we were looking for.
Country living has another advantage . . . being a member of a rural electric
cooperative. Being part-owners means we have a say in how things are run. But
best of all is the service we get from the cooperative employees. They have an
attitude that just seems to go with folks in the country.
An attitude ot service
Comanche County Electric Cooperative Assn.
COMANCHE, TEXAS
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Brazos
Electric
CtmMTM.
Fandangle rehearsals continue
Weekly rehearsals for the Fort
Griffin Fandangle continue on
Thursday evenings in preparation
for the annual membership picnic
and sampler at Reynolds Bend set
for May 4.
This week's practice will be
held at the Albany Youth Center
at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April
19.
"I want to move outside to the
parking lot behind the bank," said
Fandangle director Marge Bray.
"But we can't until it stops rain-
ing."
Bray stated that there is still a
need for more people at practices.
"Two or three weeks ago w*
had a good cast for rehearsals, but
then with storms and Easter we
have really dropped off."
The director emphasized that
everyone who wants to perform
at the Reynolds Bend sampler
should attend all of the remaining
rehearsals. "We just have a little
over two weeks to get ready for
the Bend show."
Bray added that there is a
"good cast for this year's show —
we just need to get them all
together at the same rehearsals."
Rehearsal will be held at the
Youtn Center again on Thursday,
April 26.
"We will move outside to the
parking lot behind the bank on
Tuesday, May 1," said Bray, "pro-
viding that the weather
cooperates. If it is raining, we will
meet again at the Youth Center."
Dress rehearsal for the sampler
will be held on Thursday, May 3,
at Reynolds Bend.
"We may call some special
rehearsals from small groups, but
we will let those people know
when to meet."
The director again emphasized
the importance of having all cast
members attend all of the remain-
ing rehearsals.
SCS hosts fish stocking program
The Lower Clear Fork of the
Brazos Soil & Water Conserva-
tion District will be hosting a
spring fish stocking program. Re-
cent rains have caused many
ponds to run around, securing
adequate livestock water and
recreation areas.
Although the Lower Clear Fork
of the Brazos SWCD represents
Shackelford and Stephens coun-
ties, anyone may place an order
for fish. Order blanks are
available from both the Albany
and Breckenridge Soil Conser-
vation Service offices and fish
may be ordered through May 11.
Fish will be delivered on May 15
at a location to be announced
later.
Fish species available include
catfish, blue catfish, bass, bluegill,
and minnows.
Eight inch and larger fish can-
not be bagged without barrels,
boxes or trash cans since fins tend
to pierce the bags.
One of the major factors deter-
mining how many and what kinds
of fish needed to stock is the pond
or tank size. Most Texas tanks are
constructed for livestock water-
ing purposes and are about one
acre or less in size.
Although most small tank own-
ers want bass in their tanks, these
small tanks are not well suited for
good bass population. Unless
fishing is highly regulatedT bass
populations in small tanks typical-
ly become unbalanced and require
renovation. Tanks larger than one
surface acre are more suitable for
bass populations.
Catfish stocked either by them-
selves or with fathead minnows
provide excellent fishing recrea-
tion and meat for eating.
Key stocking considerations
are as follows:
Ponds greater than one surface
acre —
•only channel catfish;
• bass and channel cat-
fish—stock 100 channel catfish
per acre (must be bigger than
bass);
•only bass —stock 50 fingerling
bass per acre (must also have
forage species).
•If the pond is muddy, stock 15
adult bluegill longer than three
inches per acre or 250 fingerling
bluegill per acre. If the pond is
clear, stock 30 adult bluegill per
acre or 500 fingerling bluegill per
acre.
In ponds less than one surface
acre the following suggestions
should be considered:
•fish fed only occasionally or
unfed-stock 100 channel catfish
per acre and 500 fathead minnows
•fish fed daily—stock up to
1,000 channel catfish per acre.
For more information call the
Lower Clear Fork of the Brazos
SWCD offices at 762 2552 or
817/559-2333 between 7:00 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Queen candidates named
Western Texas College will
crown a new Rodeo Queen on
April 19 as the annual inter-
collegiate rodeo gets underway in
the Scurry County coliseum.
Candidates for the title are
Tracy Moberley of Albany, Robin
Jones of Aspermont, Sonora Brat-
ton and Robyn Fox of Brady, and
Nicole Overman of Snyder.
Moberley is a sophomore Crimi-
nal Justice major at WTC and is
serving as a representative to the
Student Senate for the second
year. She is a graduate of Albany
High School and the daughter of
Terry and Amanda Moberley of
Albany.
Selection of the rodeo queen is
based on several factors including
ticket sales, academic standing,
poise and grooming, and personal-
ity. The contestants will ride in
the grand entry on opening night
before the name of the new queen
is announced. She will present the
trophy buckles and awards to the
event winners during the final
performance on Sunday after-
noon, April 22.
Rodeo performances will be
held at 8:00 p.m. on April 19, 20
and 21. The short go will start at
2:00 p.m. on April 22. Tickets are
S4 for adults and S3 for students.
Local sales tax rebate increases
The sales tax payment to the
City of Albany in April was up
4.82 percent over last year's
monthly check —from S4.407.29 in
April 1989 to S4,619.81 this
month.
Year-to-date payments were up
10.78 percent over last year.
Statewide, the monthly pay-
ments to cities and counties that
collect local sales tax were up in
April.
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
said recently that his office sent
checks totaling $74 million in local
sales tax rebates to cities and
counties in Texas. "That's a
healthy increase over last April's
payments and good news for the
state's cities and counties,"
Bullock said.
Moran's year-to-date payments
were down 8.27 percent from last
year— from $1,332.13 to $1,221.91.
In Callahan County, the City of
Baird collected $1,794.49, up 65.32
percent over last April's check of
$1,085.46. Year-to-date, the
payments are up 16.55 percent.
The monthly payment for the
City of Breckenridge was up 6.81
percent —from $21,177.37 to
$22,725.63.
April's checks represent taxes
collected on February sales and
reported in March by business fil-
ing monthly tax returns.
Williams birth reported
Larry and Shirley Williams of
Albany are proud to announce the
birth of their son, Clayton
Weldon, at 9:50 p.m. Saturday,
April 7,1990 at Hendrick Medical
Center in Abilene. He weighed
six pounds, 11 Vi ounces, and was
iSJ juciiea tuug.
Grandparents are Bob and
Juanelle Williams of Albany, and
Lena Campbell of Odessa. Great
grandparents are Otis and Zella
Williams of Stanton and Gladys
Campbell of Strasburg, Virginia.
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