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Thursday, August 3, 2006
The Albany News
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Band practice to start
'Sheriff's Dept.
7/29/06 6:09 am Chief Wil-
sins responded to a domestic
at the Albany Village Apart-
ments.
07/27/06 7:34 pm Report
of a cow out on Hwy 6 south
of Moran. Deputy Mabry re-
sponded and owner was con-
tacted.
07/27/0612:29 pm Deputy
; Huckabay was dispatched for
[ an animal cruelty call on Hwy
351, Hamby area. Deputy
fspoke to the owner and was
told the animal was 25 years
old and was being fed and
watered.
07/27/0611:05 am Deputy
luckabay responded to a mo-
torist assist on Hwy 180 East.
07/27/06 8:00 am Deputy
Huckabay was dispatched to
WjLueders for a complaint
about gun shots coming from
the Lueders City Park. Spoke
..With subjects.
^ ' 07/26/06 5:29 pm Deputy
luckabay was dispatched for
fa reckless driver on Hwy 180
|W. UTL
07/26/06 4:36 pm Shackel-
ford Co Rural Fire responded'
to a grass fire Hwy 351.
07/24/06 11:46 pm Deputy
Randy Coleman was dis-
patched to Albany Village
Apts on loud music .
07/24/06 8:12 PM Medic It
was dispatched to 617 Bairdl
St. Transported 1 to Abilene J
07/25/06 2:47 pm Deputy
Huckabay was dispatched for
a domestic call on Gordon St,
7/25/06 9:10 am Troope
Perez, Deputy Huckabay an^
Sheriff Wagman responded t
a two vehicle accident on Maii;
St.
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ing bodily injury, family vio-
lence.
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The Sheriff s Department dis*;
patches calls for the sheriff and"
deputies, DPS troopers, city po|
lice, fire department and EMS
Dial 911 for emergency calls.
AHS drill team
to be selected
during week
All eighth grade and high
school students who have signed
up for band will meet each
evening next week for summer
rehearsals.
Practices will be held from
"7:00 until 8:30 p.m. each night,
according to director John
Stockdale.
"It's important that we have
everyone attend so we can start
working on music and practice
marching drills," said the direc-
tor.
Members will also be fitted
for new uniform pants during
the week of rehearsal by local
seamstress Lucretia Jordan. She
will have students try on the
new pants and mark adjust-
ments, including the length.
The band will be outfitted
with new uniform jackets at
some point later in the school
year.
"The pants have arrived, but
the coats and overlays will not
be ready until later," said
Stockdale. "We will start the
season with the band wearing
khakis pants and red polo
shirts."
The director also reported
that four new tubas have ar-
rived. The instruments are
three-quarter size and will be
used by younger players.
Stockdale also stated that he
has sent in the application for
the band to make a trip to Walt
Disney World in Orlando,
Florida during spring break in
March 2007.
"We are hoping to hear some-
thing very soon about our appli-
cation. It will be a great trip for
our kids if we are accepted."
The band will feature a drill
team under the direction of Me-
lissa Bartee Jones. The girls se-
lected for the squad will also
practice next week during
evening rehearsals.
Megan Schooler, a junior, will
again serve as drum major of
the band.
For more information con-
cerning rehearsals, contact
Stockdale at 762-5184, or at the
high school, 762-3974.
Interest explored in dual credit
Donnie Lucas / Albany News
Dual credit may be an option
for local high school students
starting this year if there is
enough interest in the program,
according to secondary princi-
pal Tommy Terrell.
Terrell has contacted West-
ern Texas College in Snyder
about the possibility of offering
several dual credit courses in
the distance learning lab.
i "We have some issues with
scheduling, because the college
courses are usually Monday-
Wednesday-Friday or Tuesday-
Thursday, and we would have to
make that fit with our daily
eight-period schedule," said Ter-
rell. "I think we'll be able to
make it work, but we need to
k'fiow pretty quickly if enough
students are interested."
Several classes are also of-
fered in the evenings, one night
aweek from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The district would also need
to provide a facilitator for the
distance learning lab, related
Terrell, so there would need to
be enough students involved to
make the program economically
practical.
The principal stated that the
primary targets for dual credit
are high school seniors.
"We'll meet with the seniors
on the first day of class after the
opening assembly and see how
many might want to try to ob-
tain dual credit."
Terrell explained that dual
credit courses would give stu-
dents a head start on college
classes, while also giving them
the required high school credits.
There would be a charge for
each course, he added, just the
same as there is for a college class.
"It looks like the cost per
course will run from $200 to
$250 per course for a semester,
including books."
The students also have to
meet several criteria to be eli-
gible for dual credit classes, in-
cluding scoring high enough on
the TAKS tests or passing the
THEA exam.
"The kids who take the dual
credit classes will need to have
some initiative and be pretty
disciplined, because they will be
working with teachers electroni-
cally; they won't be on site to
help them individually," related
Terrell.
In the past, Albany ISD coun-
selors have encouraged local stu-
dents to take CLEP tests to ob-
tain college credit. These exams
are given in Abilene almost on a
weekly basis and can be taken
for about $50 each.
"We've have a ton of kids who
have taken and passed CLEP
Sales tax holiday set this weekend
Consumers across the state
will soon be able to take advan-
tage of the upcoming back-to-
school sales tax holiday, an-
nounced State Representative
Jim Keffer (R-Eastland). The
annual Sales Tax Holiday is set
for the first full weekend in Au-
gust.
'Texans have the opportunity
to save millions of dollars dur-
ing this program," said Repre-
sentative Keffer. "I strongly en-
courage the citizens of District
60 to invest in their community
by shopping locally, and parents
can then focus their resources
on their children's education,
healthcare or whatever they
deem most necessary."
From Friday morning to mid-
night on Sunday, August 4-6,
shoppers will be able to pur-
chase most clothes and shoes
without paying any sales taxes.
The holiday will help expand
parents' spending power to more
easily obtain much needed items
for their children's education.
The tax break will apply to
both state and local sales taxes
adding up to a large amount of
savings. Retailers have seen an
increased number of shoppers
during the holiday comparable
to the days after Thanksgiving
and Christmas.
During the period, clothes and
shoes, including boots that sell
for less than $100 will not be
taxed. However, tax will still be
due on athletic and protective
clothing that is not normally
worn except for their intended
use. For example, items such as
metal baseball cleats, rarely
worn except for when playing
baseball, will still be taxed. Ad-
ditionally, taxes will still be due
on sales of accessories, jewelry,
handbags, luggage, umbrellas,
wallets, watches, and similar
items.
For more information about
the sales tax holiday, please visit
the Texas Comptroller's web site
at www.window.state.tx.us or
call toll free at 1-800-252-5555.
Taplin, Tidwell named to list
Mack Taplin was named on
the A Honor Roll for the spring
2006 semester at Tarleton State
University. He qualified by
maintaining a 4.0 grade point
ratio (GPR) on the 4.0 systems
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tests, so quiet a few of our gradu-
ates have come out of here with
college credits. The dual credit
program will just give them some
other options and can be used
along with the CLEP tests."
Among the dual credit classes
that might be offered are En-
glish, history, government and
several other basics.
The principal encouraged stu-
dents and parents who are in-
terested in the dual credit pro-
gram to visit with him before
the school year starts.
"We want to give our kids
every opportunity we can, and
although there are a lot of de-
tails to work out, we're going to
try hard to make this work,"
Terrell concluded.
Local band director John Stockdale unpacks one of four new
three-quarter size tubas that have arrived for use during the
2006-2007 school year. Band activities will get underway
next Monday evening when summer rehearsals begin.
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■ CITY POOL Z.
Hours to change next week
The Albany City Pool will be
open for its regular hours
through next week, and pool
operator John Stockdale then
plans to keep the facility open
during weekends through La-
bor Day.
Stockdale stated Tuesday
that the pool will be open every
day as usual through Sunday,
August 13, the day before school
begins.
After that, the facility will be
open only on the weekends - ore
Saturdays from 12:00 noon to
5:00 p.m. and on Sundays from
2:00 to 5:00 p.m. - through Sep',
tember 3.
The facility will continue t<£
be available to rent in the eve;
nings for parties, Stockdale said-;
For more information about
renting the pool, call City Half
at 762-3133.
while taking a minimum of 12
hours.
Lee Tidwell earned a place on
the Distinguished Students list by
maintaining a minimum GPR of
3.25 with no grade lower than C.
Joinusjbr
Coffee with
Sen. Kay Battey
Hutchison
Come and greet your US. Senator
Thursday, August tO
8 am - 9 am
In the Courtroom of the
Shackelford County Courthouse
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Coffee, pastry flI
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