The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 2009 Page: 1 of 12
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Over the top
Funding for the Albany Chest is up and
over the record $27,195 goal, with all
beneficiaries receiving their full requests.
See story, pg. 2
Holiday court action
District basketball action resumes this week
after the Lions and Lady Lions competed
in a Breck tourney during the holidays.
See story\ pg. 7
the Albany News
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Thursday, January 8, 2009 Albany, Texas 76430
12 Paces in 1 Section Volume Number 133 Number 33 Price 75$
Local volunteers
needed for
response team
A welcome meet and
greet for interested Albany
Community Emergency
Response Team candidates
is set for Thursday, January
15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Shack-
el ford County Courthouse
courtroom.
Plans are being made
to begin CERT training for
Shackelford County volun-
teers in a few weeks. x
"Following a major disas-
ter, first responders who pro-
vide fire and medical services
will not be able to meet the
demand for these services,"
County Emergency Manager
Turn Hart explained; "People
will have to n!y o^'each
other, kind of like the old
Civil Defense Program, for
help in meeting their im-
mediate life saving and life
sustaining needs."
"Under these kinds of
conditions, we expect family
members, fellow employees,
and neighbors will spontane-
ously try to help each other as
they have during past floods
and fires, Hart added.
"We want to organize
teams so that they are an
extension of immediate help
to victims until professional
services arrive," said CERT
organizer ulaudia Skiles.
ue emirse will present
citizens the facts about what
to expect following a major
disaster in terms of imme-
diate services, and train
volunteers in needed life
saving skills with emphasis
on decision making skills,
rescuer safety, and doing t he
greatest good for the greatest
number.
County fire
dept. receives
$25,058 check
Texas Forest Service
TFSt has begun distribu-
t tion of fund-; to more than
900Texas fire departments,
including the Shackelford
County Rural Fire Depart-
ment. Sherry Enloe reported
Tuesday that a check for
<1*25,058.28 has been depos-
ited for that group.
The Albany Volunteer
Fire Department and the
Moran Rural Fire Depart-
ment were on the list of
expected recipients released
earlier this year, but have
not reported any receipts.
Through a legislative
gfcant, TrS is distributing
$5.7 million to departments
that helped (ighi wildfires
during the 2005*06 wildfire
season. House Hill 15 of the
80th Texas Legislature pro-
vided funds to help pay for
t he cost of fighting wildfires
statewide between Decem-
ber 1,2005, and September
18, 2006.
Funds were designated to
help local fire departments
recover some of the expenses
incurred during that time
period that were not already
covered by FEMA or TFS
emergency grants
Texas Forest Service's
role is to verify fire reports
and to distribute payments
to the departments.
High speed chase ends with wrecl
Barton causes
5-car collision
Lisa Barton, 49, of Albany re-
mains in the Taylor County Jail
at press time after a high speed
chase on New Year's Eve started
in Shackelford County and ended
with a five-vehjcle accident well
inside the Abilene city limits.
At about 4:40 p.m. last Wedn-
day, December 31,' DPS trooper
Xavier Perez stopped Barton 14
miles southwest of Albany after
he recorded her speed at close to
100 mph. Although she did pull
over, Perez said that Barton was
uncooperative when he attempted
to conduct field sobriety tests
after tie learned that her license
had been suspended. When he
returned to his unit to obtain a
portable breath test unit, Barton
ran to her vehicle and left the scene
at a high rate of speed, at times
over 100 mph, said Perez.
While in pursuit, the trooper
learned that the two-tone blue
1992 Buick driven by Barton had
been stolen less than an hour
before from Albany resident Eljie
Byrne,*1 who is acquainted with
Barton, but had not given her
permission to take the car.
Shackelford County deputy
Ray Watson, who was patrolling
in the Hamby area at the time,
joined the chase.
According to DPS spokesman
Sparky Dean, officers from both
the DPS and the Abilene Police
Department were unable to deploy
spike strips "due to the high rate
of speed the Buick was traveling
and other traffic.'1
Dean also said that the of-
ficers "began to back away" from
Barton's vehicle as she entered the
Abilene city limits,,still traveling
from 80 to 90 mph.
Ironically, after several near
collisions, the speeding westbound
vehicle hit what was another sto-
len car, a 1999 Lincoln driven hy
Tamara Mitchell, 31, of Stamford,
at the intersection of Crape and
Ambler streets.
Three other vehicles were
involved, including one driven by
Cameron Holson of Albany, with
another Albany resident, Albert
Martinez, as a passenger.
Barton. Mitchell and three otfv
ers were taken to 1 lendrick Medi-
cal Center. However, Perez stayed
LISA BARTON
that Barton
refused treat-
ment and was
released into
the custody
of the Abilene
Police De-
partment
several hours
later.
Barton has been charged wit!
three felony offenses -intoxicate!'
assault, unauthorized useofamo
tor vehicle and evading arrest,
causing serious bodily injury, a
well as one misdemeanor, driving
with license suspended. Her total
bond was set at $24,000.
Mitchell was initially charged
with possession of marijuana,
and autotheft charges are bt
ing pur sued r>< the Dallas Polio
Department.
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Students in an Albany High School ag class reconfigure some of the pens at the expand-
ed County Show Barn earlier this week in preparation for the upcoming stock show on
Jan. 29-31. More than 300 animals are expected to be entered in this year's event.
Funds coming in
for '09 stock show
By Kathrvn Stapp
With show time only three weeks away,
organizers are scrambling to gather the
funds needed to meet this year's projected
goal lor the Shackelford County Youth and
' Livestock Show.
A total of $13,000 had been collected as
of Tuesday, not including the p'roceid.
fall pig sale. Collections are slightly ah' •
of where they were the same time last
with about $5,000 still needed.
"We still have a way to go to get to $ 18,001'
commented Brent Clegg, who serves as trea
surer for the Shackt'lford County Youth o.
Livestock Association.
He added that around $4,000 was netted
at the pig sale last fall, including both conces-
sions and commissions.
Funds raised for the event are used to cover
pri kles, plaques, ai^ards, premium money
and general operating eit^enses A good po
tion is allocated to the biddVs poof
(See Stock Show, pg. 12)
Exhibit to feature OJAC collection
Nrn acquisitions
to be on display
By Kathryn Stapp
A first time exhibition of new
acquisitions will open at the
Old Jail Art Center Saturday,
January 10 and will run through
Saturday, February 14.
The Old Jail Art Center's
permanent collection, which
numbers more than 2,000 works
of art in all media, has grown
largely by gift.
"Since the museum opened in
1980,"explained Margaret Blagg,
executive director, "people have
given us wonderful things. For-
tunately, they are still doing it.
Periodically, the museum turns
over its gallery space to showing
some of the new acquisitions,
rather than holding onto them
until they fit intp the theme for
a particular exhibition. This is
one of those lucky periods when
we have space in our schedule
to bring out some of our new
treasures."
Alice Reynolds
AwatercolorbyAlbany native
Alice Reynolds U912-1984) will
be featured at the head of the
Hooker Gallery. Given recently
by Liuann George, the piece is
a study for the mural Reynolds
did for the Robstown, Texas Post
Office, a 1941 Works Progress
Administration >WPA) commis-
sioned mural. '
In the late 1930s and 1940s
the WPAformed a branch known
as the Federal Art Project that
employed artists and commis-
sioned public works in buildings
such as post offices, schools, and
other public buddings. Many
historically significant Texas and
regional artists participated in
the program, including Xavier
Gonzales, Jerry Bywaters, Tom
Lea, and Peter Hurd, capturing
the essence of dailv life in the
1940s.
The Federal Art Project pro-
vided over 5,000 jobs for art-
ists and produced over 225,000
works of art for. the American
people. "The Ola Jail Art Cen-
ter is pleased to receive such an
historic and significant piece
of Reynolds' work," commented
Registrar Rebecca Bridges, who
researched the piece. The mural
itself remains in good condit ion in
the post office of Robstown, TVxas,
located near Corpus Christi.
(See Old jail, pg. 12)
Pat Kelly levels one of the Old jail Art Center's newer acquisitions
that will be featured in an exhibition opeffipg this Saturday,
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