The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 2000 Page: 1 of 16
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That's entertainment!
f andangle visitors, along with local
residents, will have the opportunity to
hear western musicians and youth
chorales this weekend at the Aztec.
See story, pg 2
Taking care of business
School board members reviewed progress
on the new field house, hired three new
teachers and heard reports on numerous
other projects during Monday's meeting
_ See story, pg 3
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2000 Fandangle season to end this weekend
Thursday, Saturday
nearly sold out;
tickets left for Friday
The final performances oif the Ft. Griffin Fan-
dangle start tonight at the Prairie Theater, with
good seats still available for all three shows.
Fandangle ticket office personnel have re-
ported that sales have been good this season, but
are lower than last season when four of the six
shows were sold out.
"Tickets are going really well," said Debbe
Hudman, Fandangle secretary. "We only have a
few tickets left, for parade day (Thursday) and
the final performance on Saturday, but there are
plenty of seats remaining for the Friday night
show."
While sales have been stronger for Thursday
and Saturday, there are $10, $7 and $5 bleacher
seats still available.
"Our best selection at this point is on Friday
night," said Hudman. "We still have some really
good $10 seats left, as well as the $7 and $5
seats."
The Fandangle did record a sold-out perfor-
mance last Saturday, and good crowds for the
other two shows.
"We had a great opening night crowd and the
Friday night show, was very close to being a
sellout. Sales for the first weekend are very close
to last year's, so we were real pleased "
In case of a sold-out performance, general
adp^ission tickets will be sold for $5 each, with a
specific seating area up on the hill overlooking
the, stage. Standing-room-only ticket holders
are required to bring their own seating.
The ticket office, located in the Albany Visi-
tors Center, is open from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00
p.m. during the week and from 10:00 a.m. until
2:00 p.m. on Saturday
The ticket office at the theater opens at 7:00
p.m. each day of the performance.
Hudman stated that tickets ordered over the
phone will be held at the "will call" window at the
theater, or can be picked up at the visitors
centi r.
"Anyone who has purchased box seats for all
six shows who is not planning to usi- them all can
contact us so we can try to upgrade other tickets."
(See 1 andangle, pg. 10)
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Donnie I uCas / Aibany News
Showtime
again!!
Performers in the 2000 I an
dangle, inc luding (top photo,
l-r) Brawner Reed and I )ebbe
Hudman in the Griffin street
sc ene, ai i the "littlest danc -
ers" (lower photo), are gear-
ing up for the sec ond week-
end of performances starting
tonight after the fandangle
Parade is history. At least two
of the three shows are Hear-
ing sell-out status.
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Parad? set today;
Clayton to serve as
grand marshal
Local residents and Fandangle guests will
line the streets of Albany on Thursday, June 29
to observe the 2000 Fandangle Parade and help
kick off the second week of performances in the
62nd annual Fort Griffin Fandangle.
Parade participants will wind their way from
the Nancy Smith Elementary School down Main
Street, circling the courthouse square and re-
turning along the same route. The parade wiH
begin at 6:00 p.m. this afternoon (Thursday).
According to parade chairman John Ayers,
this year's caravan of cowboys, Indians, floats,
wagons, antique cars and other special attrac-
tions, including a few "surprises," isshaping up
to be a good parade.
' "We've had quite a few entries come in this
last week, and 1 think we're looking at a good
sized parade," he stated Tuesday.
Normally, there are around 100 individuals
and group entries in the annual event
"We could si ill use a few floats and other
entries, but overall, there it. a lot of variety and
i think everyone will be entertained."
Ayers urged prospective participants to con-
tact his office by noon Thursday if they haven't
already signed up for the parade
All participants should begin the lining up
process 5:00 p.m. in front of the elementary
school
"Everyone will be lining up on Griffin Koad
and on the side streets,' aid Ayers. "Ifyou have
trouble finding your spot, look for me or someone
with a clipboard."
For information about entering the parade,
contact Ayers at 762-2516 or 762-2639, or leave
a message for him at the Fandangle office, 762-
3838.
Parade Personalities
Lawrence Clayton of Abilene, who will be
accompanied by his wife Sonja, will serve as Uus
year's Grand Marshal The Claytons, who have
numerous Shackelford County ties, have been
longtime paradejudges and have published sev
(See Parade, pg 10)
Albany News receives sweepstakes award
For the third time in a de-
cade, The Albany News has been
awarded the coveted Sweep-
stakes Award by the Texas Press
Association.
The News was presented the
award — the highest honor a
newspaper can earn from the
statewide organization! during
the annual summer contention
of the TPA held in Arlington last
weekend.
The local newspaper won two
first place plaques, a second and
two fourth place certificates in
various contests to tally enough
overall ooints to take home the
sweepstakes award.
Competing in the mid-sized
division for weekly newspapers
from across the state with a paid
circulation of 1,201 to 2,000, the
News earned a total of325 points
to top its division.
The local newspaper won
sweepstakes awards in 19B9 and
again in 1997.
"Tphis was very pleasant sur-
prise for us this year," said pub-
lisher Donnie Lucas. "You never
know how well you will compete
against ijdl the other papers your
size throughout the state, but it
is sure gratifying to know that
maybe you are on the right track
as far as your peers are con-
cerned."
Lucas added that it was par-
ticularly reassuring to receive
tl e sweepstakes for 1999 in spite
of cutbacks in staff and budget
made in response to local eco-
nomic conditions.
"This has charged our batter-
ies and we will strive to continue
to improve our product to better
serve our readers and advertis-
ers."
Entries for most of Uie 1999
contest categories had t o be pub-
lit ed during the months of
March or November, months
which were pi( ked at random by
the TPA Better Newspaper Con-
test Comnhtte. arlier this year.
The News won first place in
both advertising and page de-
sign
"The paper has nice flow, with
good use of space and typogra-
phy. Photos are all of good qual-
ity," said the judges in page de-
sign.
The front page, sports page,
editorial page and church page
were submitted for consider-
ation.
Three individual ads were
entered in the advertising con-
test including the first color ad
and photograph published in the
local paper during the Christ-
mas issue. The full page ad an-
nouncing the opening of the new
motor baak built by First Nil
tional Bank, a Mexican Fiesta
ad sponsored by the Resource
Center and a full page ad com-
memorating the 20th anniver
sary of the Shackelford Water
Supply were sent in forjudging
The judges cited the bank
opening ad for its originality,
appearance and use of color, stat-
ing it "grabs your attention."The
Resource Center ad was cred'-
ited with original use of art work,
while the water co-op ad was
prai sed for original use of photo-
graphs.
The local paper also took sec-
ond place in editorial writing for
entries focusing on the need for
keeping the local doctors' clinic
and concern over improper pro-
cedure for adopting of hospital
budget.
The News took fourth place in
sports coverage. "Good action
shots. I found myself examining
each photo as to not miss any-
thing with the photo," said the
judge. "Good layout -1 liked the
inserts within the lead,stories."
Two local features written by
the news staff also took fourth
place in the judging, including
one on the opening of a local boot
company and another about a
(See Newspaper, pg. 10)
Albany News staff members (l-r) Melinda Luc as, jilliah Lucas and Donnie Lucas hold the
plaques retefved by the paper during an awards presentation Saturday morning in Arlington.
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