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Thursday, May 29, 1997, Albany, Texas 76430
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39 Albany seniors to graduate Friday
More than $30,000 in local scholarships to be given
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Thirty-nine Albany High
School seniors, along with their
family and friends, will be mak-
ing their way to Robert Nail
Memorial Stadium on Friday,
May 30 to receive their gradua-
tion diplomas.
Commencement exercises are
set to begin at 8:00 p.m. at the
stadium, with a reception
planned afterwards at the Old
Jail Art Center.
Incase of bad weather on Fri-
day, the commencement exer-
cises will be moved indoors to
the Albany High School audito-
rium.
Friday nitwit's ceremony will
begin with aqj ia*^i|ation by se-
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Amber Sanders, I iffany Shac k and Nicole ( rossland (l-r) c heckcap positioning just before-the
1997 Albany High Sc hool senior graduating (lass made its. way into the AHS auditorium fdr
.bac c alaunate servic es Sunday night. Commencement is set for this I riday, [Staff Photo]
nior class presi
4 man
It High, school pfTnciptd I
Penn wHlintroduce tne
valedictorrfK and salutatonah,
Lara J|^o(Ws and^fijghelle Pic-
f]inet who will in ftmn deliver
theifflodresses.
Following the speeches, P®nn
\\tA announce the recipients of
thei^local scholarships.
lEraduates will be given by
Superintendent Ronnie Kincaid
and Aibany ISD board member
Bobbie Cauble. After the bene-
diction by Christi Huffman, the
senior class will join their voices
in the school's alma mater, ac-
companied by Matt Stapp on the
tuba.
Choir director Shawna Sarten
will serve as pianist for both the
processional and recessional.
Everyone is encouraged to at-
tend the graduation ceremony
and the reception following at
the Old Jail Art Center.
Head usher and usherette will
be Brandon Parsons and Shelle
Hawkins. Others are Amanda
Edgar, George Harvick, Wade
Jones and Lee Tidwell.
The 1997 class motto is "I am
the master of my own fate; the
captain of my soul."
Class colors are red and white,
and the class flower is the mag-
nolia.
Class sponsors are Danita
Johnson, Ken Hill and Karen
Noble.
In addition to Woods and Pic-
quet, honor students of the Class
of 1997 include Zach Kincaid,
Kim Leech, Josh McComas,
LoreeSkiles, BlessingSchkade,
Jeff Merrell, Doris Martinez and
Danny Bowman.
Scholarship Awards
Thirty-six scholarships pro-
vided by organizations, clubs and
foundations will be awarded at
this year's ceremony.
The 1997 scholafship recipi-
. ents will receive over $30,000 in
scholarship monies this Friday.
Athletic, band and other such
organizational scholarships that
were awarded earlier in the year
will not be repeated in the Fri-
day night exercises.
Burglaries reported
Local law enforcement offic-
ers released information this
week concerning a "rash"ofbur-
glaries that have plagued the
downtown area and other Al-
bany businesses during the last
month.
City police officer Lynn
Wilkins stated Tuesday that
cash and "other items" have been
. taken from several businesses
during the night, the most re-
cent burglary occurring early
Tuesday morning at Movie De-
pot.
Halbert's Emporium and the
Albany Golf Course have also
been burglarised in recent
weeks, but Wilkins declined to
name any of the other victims.
According to the police officer,
one or more individuals have
forced their way into the estab-
lishments by prying open doors
or finding other means of ac-
cess. Cash seems to be the prime
(See Burglaries, pg. 12)
10th Project Graduation to start at 11 pm
Albany High School's stu-
dents, teachers, friends and
families will gather on Friday
night at the high school gym for
the 10th annual Project Gradu-
ation festivities, scheduled to
begin at around 11:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Albany Task
Force on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
in cooperation with the local
school district, the all-night
graduation party is designed to
provide a drug and alcohol-free
celebration for AHS seniors and
other students.
iiiach student involved in
Project Graduation, along with
every adult sponsor, is required
to sign a contract promising to
remain chemical-free during the
party.
Student contracts inform the
students of their responsibili-
ties through the evening, with
110 drugs and alcohol listed as
the foremost.rule. Students are
also informed of the conse-
quences should they not comply
withIhe terms stated, and their
signatures show that they agree
to the conditions.
Seniors and their guests are
allowed into the Project .Gradu-
ation party for free, with all other
students having to purchase
entrance tickets at $5 per per-
son.
Tickets to the party have been
available at the-.high school for
several weeks now, and tickets
will also be available at the door.
The party will begin at 11:00
p.m. oh graduation night follow-
ing the reception at the Old .Jail
Art Center. It will continue
t hrough the morning, but no one
will be allowed to enter after
11:30 p.m.
Should any student decide to
leave once he has arrived, par-
ents will be contacted, regard-
less of time or reason.
The theme for the 10th an-
nual celebration will be "Show
Me the Money Vegas Style.".
Numerous activities and games
have been planned, with gilts
and prize give-aways planned
throughout the evening.
Each of the local graduates
who attend the party will be
given a special graduation gift
during the May 30 celebration,
but publicity director Brenda
Picquet emphasized that seniors
must attend and participate in
Project Graduation in order to
receive their gifts.
Any adult volunteers inter-
ested in helping out with "the
Project Graduation activities are
encouraged to stop by the event
and help out. The night will be
split into shifts for the workers,
but Picquet stressed that all stu-
dents and adults have signed
contracts.
Two lucky seniors, one boy
and one girl, will he awarded a
$500 gift certificate from the
Albany Task Force during the
evening's activities.
Several activities have been
planned for the celebration, in-
cluding a few Las Vegas Shows
starring the faculty of AHS, a
(See Party, pg. 12)
l J
AHS senior Melissa Steddum checks out a few "I as Vegas"
tuxes that will be used in the photography booth during
Project Graduation I riday night. IStaff Photo]
9
City-wide clean-up set next week
Clients from the Walker Sayle Unit in Breckenridge dig out
the path for a new sidewalk around the gazebo that will be
lined with memorial and honorary engraved stones pur-
chased as a part of the Courthouse Restoration fundraising
project. In the background, roofers work to complete the new
copper roof on the courthouse before ^Fandangle season.
A city-wide clean-up cam-
paign has been set for June 2-8
in preparation for the arrival of
thousands of visitors expected
(iyjiiig the Fort Griffin Fan-
dangle.
The Albany Chamber of'Com-
merce and the City of Albany
are again joining together to
sponsor the clean-up week,
which will include a special
clean-up day on Saturday, June
7.
Volunteers are being asked
to gather at 8:00 a.m.. on Satur-
day at the Chamber office to
clean the downtown area and
Main Street throughout town.
The city has once again ar-
ranged for BFI, the local gar-
bage contractor, to provide large
dumpsters at the Chamber
parking lot without charge to
residents.
City Manager Bobby Russell
stated that the dumpsters will
be available on June 5-8 and be
used to dispose of any trash ex-
cept prohibited items. Tree
limbs and other clippings will
also be accepted, but at a special
area on the vacant lot just to the
west of the depot. The city's wood
chipper will used to provide
niulch for any local gardeners.
Dumpsters to be provided by city, BFI
throughout week for free trash disposal
Clean-up Day
While Albany residents are
being asked to clean up around
their own homes and businesses
next week, the clean-up day on
Saturday will focus volunteer
efforts on public areas.
Individuals and groups will
be assigned various "trouble
spots" that need attention.
Trash bags will be provided by
the Chamber, but workers are
urged to bring any equipment
available such as lawn movers,
gas-powered weed eaters, clip-
pers, rakes and yo-yos.
Chamber officials stated this
week that there are more weeds
than usual just starting to pop
out due to the wet spring Al-
bany has had.
"All these weeds are going to
be at their prime right at Fan-
dangle time if we don't get them
cut down," said Chamber Presi-
dent Randall Palmore. "We are
going to need even more help
than we normally have to do
everything that needs to be done
before Fandangle."
The Chamber will also pro-
vide volunteers with cold drinks
during the workday.
The clean-up will start at 8:00
a.m. and last until about noon.
However, volunteers are encour-
aged to work when it is most
convenient for them.
Anyone who is not able to
work during the Saturday clean-
upis urged to contact the Cham-
ber office to receive a list of sites
that need cleaning.
Local groups, clubs and
churches are invited to orga-
nize teams of volunteers to send
to the Chamber office as part of
the clean-up effort.
"We are hoping that people
will clean up around their own
property during the week, then
join us on Saturday to work on
the town."
For more information on how
to help with the clean-up, con-
tact the Chamber office at 762-
2525.
Dumpsters Provided*
, i q|i(^eats.will alsohave, ^ i
the rhmirni^pi. riii^f any tnish
they have around their prop-
erty in the dumpsters provided
by BFI on Thursday; June 5
through Sunday, June 8.
The dumpsters will be avail-
able for use without charge only
during the clean-up Campaign.
Normally, residents are re-
quired to take loads of trash to a
convenience center and pay ac-
cording to the size of the load.
"There will not be any charge
to use the dumpsters during the
clean-up campaign," said
Russell. "We are just asking that
the public not put any prohib-
ited items in the containers."
It is illegal to dump such items
as paint cans, tires, batteries or
dead animals.
Residents are also urged not
to place tree limbs in the
dumpsters.
"We will put limbs through
our chipper. We don't want, to
fill up the dumpsters with limbs
when we can recycle that mate-
rial ourselves." i
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