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Music awards
The AHS band was named as Outstanding
Class 1A Band at a recent festival and three
senior band members were honored at
Sunday's final concert of the year.
See story, pg. 3
State style quarter mile
Sophomore runner Andres Salazar will
make his first trip to the state track meet
this weekend, with hopes of medaling
in the 400 meter run.
See story, pg. 7
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Water co-op funded for upgrades, expansion
Water plant plans
can now progress
Representatives of the Shack-
elford Water Supply Corpora-
tion (SWSC) were presented
with a ceremonial grant check
last week, signalling that plans
for Albany's new water plant
and expansion of the SWSC's
service area can now move for-
ward.
A total of $4,500,000 in fund-
ing is being provided by the
USDA Rural Development, di-
vided into a $1,544,000 grant
and a $2,956,000 loan.
A little over a third of the
funding will be dedicated to the
construction of a new water plant
for the City of Albany, with the
remainder going to expansion.
The City of Albany has already
been awarded a Rural Develop-
ment grant of $ 1.25 million, along
with a $2.39 million loan, total-
ling $3.64 million, to construct
the new plant, estimated at a
total cost of $5,145,000.
In return for its financial stake
in the water plant, SWSC is en-
titled to purchase 35 percent of
the water produced by the plant
at the same price that Albany
residential customer pay.
The water corporation's sys-
tem currently provides water to
rural customers throughout
Shackelford County, including
the City of Moran, as well as
extending into several surround-
ing counties. The new USDA
funds, in addition to helping fund
the water plant, will be used to
expand the system to more cus-
tomers in the Moran area, where
about one-third of the new
meters will be located, as well as
in the Throckmorton area.
The existing system has ap-
proximately 190 miles of pipe-
line, one single pedestal elevated
tank, and three pump stations.
There are currently 828 resi-
dential meters and one whole-
sale meter to the City of Moran.
The proposed project consists
of approximately 70 miles of
pipeline that will provide ser-
vice to an additional 80 meters.
Also, improvements will be
made to the existing pump sta-
tions and storage facilities. One
new pump station and one new
standpipe will be constructed,
and a SCADA system will be
installed.
The city's new water plant is
engineered to produce 2.5 mil-
lion gallons of treated water per
day, almost twice what Albany's
existing plant can realistically
treat in one day.
SWSC board president E.D.
Fincher and City Manager
Bobby Russell are hopeful that
both the SWSC expansion and
city water plant construction can
move forward at a faster pace
now that the projects have been
officially funded.
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Shackelford WSC 1,0
Sheryl Spore / Albany News
Shackelford Water Supply Corporation representatives accept a ceremonial check totaling
$4,500,000 from the USDA Rural Development office in order to expand and upgrade their
system, as well as help fund the city's new water plant. Pictured are (l-r) Mark Gardenhire, Sam
Snyder, USDA Rural Development Manager Max Verzele, Buddy Fincher and Burrell McKelvain.
AHS honor students announced
The list of honor students
in the 2006 graduating class
at Albany High School was
released this week, naming
Jayton Bailey as valedicto-
rian and Rachel Scarbrough
as salutatorian.
Bailey, the son of Bruce
and Jennie, has a four-year
average of 98.08, with a
weighted grade point aver-
age of 37.02.
The salutatorian, daugh-
ter of Lynn and Dan Neff of
Albany and R6y Scarbrough
of Fort Worth, has earned an
overall average of96.03, with
an average of 36.69 weighted
points.
Local students earn the tra-
ditional grade point average
based on numeric grades for
each class. However, it is ac-
tually the weighted grade
point system, which allows
more grade points for more
difficult classes, that is used
to determine class ranking.
The students in the top 25
percent of the class are desig-
nated as honor students. This
year there are eight honor
students in addition to the
top two graduates.
Honor students for the Class
of 2006 are Amelia Johnson,
Leslie Await, Karina Rodri-
guez, Melody Baez, Tom Hill,
Melissa Maurer, Blake Brew-
ster and Candace Leverton.
The graduating class will
be awarded diplomas during
Sheryl Spore / Albany News
Albany's top two students Rachel Scarbrough (I) and Jayton Bailey (c) talk with AHS
Principal Tommy Terrell (r) as he signs diplomas for the Albany Class of 2006. Commence-
ment ceremonies for the local graduates are scheduled for Thursday, May 25.
commencement exercises set for
Thursday, May 25 in the AHS
gymnasium. Baccalaureate ser- ?
vices will be held on Sunday,
May 21 at the high school audi-
torium.
Valedictorian Facts
The valedictorian has lived in
Albany almost all his life and
has attended local schools since
preschool.
Bailey has been involved in a
wide range of activities during
his school career and has also
shown leadership qualities by
serving his class in several ca-
pacities.
He has been class presi-
dent all four years of high
school and was elected stu-
dent council vice president as
a senior.
(See Honor students, pg. 2)
Good turnout anticipated
for local elections May 13
A number of Shackelford
County residents are expected
to show up at two different poll-
ing places on Saturday, May 13
to decide seats on three county
boards.
Early voting, which came to
an end on Tuesday, seemed to
indicate a good turnout, with 47
voting in the city council elec-
tion and 59 in the county-wide
hospital board decision.
In Moran, there were more
early voters than usual, with a
total of 22 casting ballots so far
in the Moran ISD races.
The Albany City Hall will be
the site of the 2006 council elec-
tion, as well as the hospital board
election. The polls will open at
7:00 a.m. on Saturday and close
at 7:00 p.m. that evening.
There are four candidates for
the three Albany council seats,
including Dan Breeden and in-
cumbents Weldon Wright, Terry
Moberley and Don Koch.
The election is held "at-large,"
with the top three vote getters
taking the council seats.
Hospital races are also at-large,
with the ballot listing six names.
Only four seats will be filled.
Candidates are Sue Breeden
and two former board members,
Effie Davis and John Ayers,
along with incumbents Jeff
Davis, Alma Godfrey-Neese and
Stephen Kayga.
Moran Election
There is also one election to
Raymond takes 5th in state spelling
Albany High School freshman Emily
Raymond is among the top six Class 1A
students in the state in UIL spelling
and vocabulary after placing fifth at the
State Academic Meet held in Austin
last weekend.
She and senior Tyler Grimshaw both
competed on Saturday morning, with
Grimshaw coming in 15th out of 31
competitors in current issues and
events.
Raymond, an AHS honor student,
was among 26 qualifiers from the four
regions across the state, including mem-
bers of four different teams. She was
first at district and third at regional
competition, placing behind the same
two sisters from Lindsey who tied for
third at state.
"Of the top six places, four of them
were from our region and the first place
team was from our region," commented
local UIL coordinator Rick Davis.
"Emily's score would have earned her a
fourth place in either 2A or 3A."
The UIL spelling event is a three-
part test, consisting of proofreading,
vocabulary and spelling. About 85 per-
cent of tests came from the UIL list,
with the other 15 percent chosen at
random.
Since Raymond is a freshman, this
was only her first opportunity to com-
pete at the state level, and Davis is
looking forward to a bright future.
"Emily has worked hard since Janu-
ary," Davis continued. "She has scored
a 93 on each of the district, regional and
state tests, but each test has been
harder, so she has actually improved
each time. As a freshman, I am thrilled
to see her medal at the state level and I
have high hopes for her to return to
state the next three years."
This is also Grimshaw's first year to
compete in Austin, although he has
been a frequent visitor to the regional
meet throughout his high school years.
"Tyler has been a wonderful UIL
academic competitor," related Davis.
"He hals competed in literary criticism,
social studies, and current issues and
events, having advanced to regionals in
each of those events at one time or
another.
"I was really happy to see him com-
pete at state his senior year and he
performed very well. The current is-
sues event is graded by checking the
multiple choice first and then taking
the top papers to grade the essay and
place the medalists. Tyler's paper
missed the cutoff by three points. There
was only one person from our region
who outscored him."
Karen Noble was the UIL coach for
both Raymond and Grimshaw.
"I appreciate the work Mrs. Noble
put in preparing these kids for compe-
tition and hauling them to tourna-
ments," Davis concluded.
Photo Provided By Roxanne Raymond
Emily Raymond (r) accepts her f ifth
place state medal from Marcia
Hilsabeck (I), UIL spelling director.
be held Saturday in Moran.
Three full three-year terms
will be decided on the Moran
school board, as well as one two-
year unexpired term.
Candidates for the full terms
are John Adams, Dona Tingle,
Roxanna Stewart, Terry Mc-
Cormack and Patricia Martin.
Adams'name has been inadvert-
ently omitted from the list of
candidates.
Elaine Sanders and board |
appointee Lanham Martin are
on the ballot for the single unex-
pired term.
That election will be held in i
the Moran School auditorium
from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Basi-
cally, the seats are decided at- i
large, although the two- and
three-year terms are separated j
on the ballot.
No Elections
Candidates on the Moran city
council and Albany school board
face no opposition and are not
required to go through the elec-.
tion process.
In Moran, all three incum-
bents will keep their places on
the city council, including coun-
cilmen Alene McCormack,
Jackie Martin and James Crow.
The two expiring terms on
the Albany ISD board of trust-
ees will be filled by newcomers
Doug Neece and Clint Bum-
guardner, who were the only
candidates to file.
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