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Page 2 The Albany News Thursday, August 15,1991
GETTIN' IN SHAPE...
While football and volleyball participants are undergoing rigorous two-a-day workouts, members
of the Ragin' Red Band are also in training for the upcoming season, rehearsing almost daily.
Rehearsals begin for AHS band
Although it is still officially
summer, members of the Albany
High School Ragin' Red Band are
already hard at work. And as far as
Kyle Viertel is concerned, the new
school year is getting off to a good
start.
Viertel is director of bands for
the Albany ISD, and is currently
conducting a summer band camp
for all students who plan to par-
ticipate in the 1991 marchingband.
The band will be a little smaller
this year because eighth graders
are no longer a part of the march-
ing squad, as they have been for
the past several years.
"We have a good group of musi-
cians, though it is a little smaller
than I was hoping for," said Vier-
Teacher breakfast slated
The Albany Chamber of Com-
merce and the First National Bank
will sponsor a teachers' breakfast
on Tuesday, August 20 at 7:30 a.m.
The-appreciation hreakfast has
; been an annual event for the past
several,years to kick pff the school
year for local teachers, adminis-
trators and school board members.
The cafeteria at Nancy Smith
Elementary School will be the lo-
cation of the breakfast.
All Chamber directors and
members are invited to attend, but
should call the Chamber office at
76^-2525 for reservations. Faculty
members do not have to call.
tel. The ability level is good,
however, and I'm looking forward
to a successful year."
Band camp officially began
Monday, with close to 40 students
in attendance. Full band rehears-
als and sectional practices are un-
derway, and uniforms were as-
signed Tuesday and Wednesday.
A flute, clarinet and trumpet
sectional is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
Friday, August 16, followed by the
entire band at 7:00 p.m.
The full band will meet again at
7:00 p.m. Monday, August 19.
Viertel had originally planned
practices for Tuesday, but has
cancelled them due to the Albany
Athletic Booster Club's annpal ice
cream supper.
A busload of Albany band stu-
dents will be going to the Drum
Corps International world cham-
pionship competition being held at
the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Sat-
urday, August 17.
School board sets budget hearing
By Donnie A. Lucas
Albany school board members
got their first look at the proposed
budget for the 1991-92 school year,
canvassed the votes from last
Saturday's special election and
hired the final teachers needed for
the new school year during their
Monday, August 12 meeting.
The board also reviewed fuel bids
andtwo board policies and voted to
replace carpet at the grade school.
Proposed Budget
Superintendent Ronnie Kincaid
presented a proposed budget for
the new school year. The budget
includes expenditures totaling
$2,514,143 and proposed revenues
of$2,206,002, for a deficit of $308,141.
The revenue portion of the bud-
tjet is based on the same tax rate as
ast year. In order for the board to
balance the budget a total tax rate
of just over $1 per $100 is needed.
Kincaid explained that the new
Shackelford County Education
District will assess a rate to equal
last year's total local property tax
total. The school district will have
to separately assess any additional
tax directors feel is needed.
The superintendent reported
that the district's surplus funds
have been reduced from $1 million
to $500,000over the past four years,
due primarily to deficit budgeting.
Kincaid stated the proposed
budget didn't include any Trills,"
with few capital expenditures.
The state basically passed on
an 18 cent tax increase to the tax-
payers when they created the
CED," said Kincaid. They man-
dated a 72 cent rate, but reduced
their contribution while mandat-
ing more spending."
A budget workshop has been set
for Monday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m.
The public is invited to attend.
A required budget hearing is set
forThursday, August 29 at 7:30 p.m.
"We have kept the tax rate down
over the last few years by using our
surplus," said Kincaid. "I hope the
public will remember that now that
we are running out of money and
we may have to raise taxes."
Fuel Bids
The board also opened bids for
fuel to be used during the new
school year. Currently the school
alternates between three local
service stations.
The same three stations bid on
fuel for the 1991-92 school year.
Samaza Fina bid 18 cents below
posted pump price, while Albany
Exxon bid seven cents above whole-
sale cost. Conoco Service Center
submitted a bid of five percent be-
low pump price, if the balance due
is paid by the 20th of each month.
Sazama Fina also sent a bid for
bulk delivery at22 cents below posted
retail prices. However, the board
did not seem interested in handling
bulk tanks again due to stringent
federal and state regulations.
After trying to compare the bids,
the board tabled any action until
actual prices can be determined.
The board also discussed a month-
ly bidding process and asked Kin-
caid to explore the possibility.
Teachers Hired
The board went into closed ses-
sion for about one hour at the end
of the meeting to discuss employ-
ing personnel. Upon returning to
open session, Jimmie Wheeler
moved to hire Melanie Anderson
as a grade school teacher.
On a motion by Betsy Parsons
the board hired Renae Allen as a
girls' coach and teacher, complet-
ing the school's staffing.
Health Insurance
Kincaid told the board that the
school's current insurance carrier,
WeCTOGA Insurance Trdst of
Abilene, had to transfer their cus-
tomers to a new company since
self-funded trusts are no longer
allowed in Texas.
Kincaid said that the new com-
pany offered to renew all current
employees and dependents at a
guaranteed one-year rate that in-
cludes a 15 percent increase. The
school could opt to continue to pay
premiums on a month-to-month
basis without an increase, but if
the group were to have poor claims
experience, the rate could be in-
creased with 30 days notice.
The current rates are $97.07 for
an employee and $146.54 for de-
pendents. With the 15 percent in-
crease the rates would increase to
$110.91 and $168.52 respectively.
After discussing the issue, the
board decided to allow Kincaid to
poll teachers during the first day of
in-service next Monday.
Other Business
• School board policy update 39
was approved on the third reading.
• On a motion by Herb Hawkins,
theboard approved purchasingnew
carpeting at a cost of about $3,200
for the four remaining rooms at the
grade school not yet recarpeted.
• The votes cast in Albany dur-
ing the recent CED proposition
election were canvassed.
• The employee complaint policy
was changed to comply with new
regulations and the school's policy
on trustee elections was changed
to correct an error. The policy now
calls for candidates to run for a
specific seat on the board rather
than at-large.
•The currentbudget was amend-
ed by about $15,000 to reflect year-
end figures, including $46,419 for a
new walkway roof at Nancy Smith.
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Lightning causes tank battery fire
SCHOOL STARTS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
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Lightning struck an oil tank
battery just west of Rose Addition
at approximately 7:30 Monday
morning, resulting in the loss of a
metal tank owned by Scott & Son
Oilfield Service.
The explosion caused by the
lightning T)lew the top off" of one
tank which contained only about a
foot, or 15 barrels, of crude oil,
according to Kelly Scott. Flames
worn the burning crude shot 10 to
15 feet above the tank, and black
smoke boiled from the site.
The adjoining tank, almost full,
sustained no damage.
Scott explained that the decision
was made to let the fire "burn itself
out," which it did within about one
hour. "Since there wasn't much oil
in the tank, and the tank itself was
already destroyed, we didn't think
it would take long to burn out."
If the fire h$dJran wdifigvfished
before the oil wastJonsumea,a splfl
would probably have occurred. The
incident, however, resulted in
minimal damage to the land itself.
Scott speculated that the fumes
and gases in the almost empty tank
caused the explosion. "Crude really
isn't very volatile — not like gas."
Albany volunteer firemen stood
by until the danger was past.
"We were really pretty fortu-
' hate,"11 remarked Scott. "It could
have been a Idtwme.1* > " '
The tank battery is located on a
lease belonging to Harold Law.
Quail management meeting set
The public is invited to attend
an in-depth quail management
meeting to be held on Thursday,
August 29 at the Nail and Stasney
August
Cook ranches starting at 3:00 p.m.
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Shackelford County Extension
The meetingwas planned by the
Program Council and USDA Soil
Conservation Service in Shackel-
ford County. Darcy Turner of
Turner Seed Company in Breck-
enridge is the sponsor for the
meeting.
The activities will start at the
Nail Ranch headquarters with A. V.
Jones, local rancher, oilman and
wildlife conservationist, serving as
moderator. Johnnie Hudman and
Darcy Turner will then conduct
tours of quail feed plots. Steve Nelle
and Dale Rollins of San Angelo will
discuss "the 10 most wanted native
plants of quail."
If you can't make the tour at
3:00 p.m., meet us at the Stasney
Cook Ranch headquarters at 5:00
p.m. for a prime rib dinner to be
cooked by Bill Cauble of the
Lambshead Ranch," said County
Extension Agent Mike Gruber.
The evening program will start
at 6:00 p.m. with noted quail bi-
ologist Dr. Fred Bryant of Texas
Tech University, who will speak on
"extensive quail habitat manage-
ment." Extension wildlife special-
ist Dale Rollins will then talk about
"intensive quail management."
Local wildlife managers Johnnie
Hudman, Dan Brady and Pam
Walker will follow, discussing
management perspectives on the
Nail and Cook ranches.
Chip Martin of Quail Unlimited
and David Langford of the Texas
Wildlife Association will visit with
the group about the two organiza-
tions — what they represent and
what they are doing for the good of
wildlife.
The program will conclude with
Roger Buddin of Merkel, profes-
sional dog trainer, who will dem-
onstrate one way to "snake proof
your gun dog." Buddin will use
English pointers in the live dem-
onstration."
This should be a very informa-
tive and timely meeting and we
would encourage everyone who
enjoys hunting quail or who man-
ages ranches or wildlife areas to
attend the meeting," said Gruber.
For more information or to reg-
ister, call Gruber at 762-2232 or
District SCS Conservationist Alan
Heirman at 762-2552.
Reservations for the event
should be made no later than Fri-
day, August 23, so organizers know
how many to expect for the evening
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Lucas, Donnie A. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1991, newspaper, August 15, 1991; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412874/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.