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Thursday. September'29. 1994
The Albany News
The Albany New
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Since ! .^75;
Oldest louni.iltstic ventu
re w m: of the Bra. ■- s '.
'Editor Publisher .
. Do,nnie A. Lucas
Managing Editor
■ Melinda ! Lucas
Advertising'^*. Business Manager l-V'tty Yiertei
Composition
Betty Baiiiew
Moran Correspondent
Audfe\ Bt »oks
<)fh< e Assistant
,•■*■■ Bettv Unv
Office Assistant
Stephanie Heatle*-'
Office Vssist ant
ShetJa Sijnnu !:^
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Successful Trip
Fandanc'f cast member-. luCal tin rohants
.-1". I " • "|! ■ • ttv' F *: I ;/iiV;r: Meiw. rial
Regiment packed up their gear and mcved to
Irv;- t; Vensp1 rarily-te h- ; >r ' , leg- :> 1 W att
Matthews anc) d'< a little 'showing off w --stern
Th. Albany contingent presented a *ta-t- of
Albany" for patrons of the Irving Arts Center in
conjunction with the np< nuig.of a colh • 11 tv of
photograph,- chronicling'life on Matthews' his
u rtc Lambshead Raru h
The trip was a tremendous sucfress The 600
Or,so Metroplex residents who were lucky enough
to get tickets to .'the Fandangle sampler; chuck
wagon dinner and the sampling of Albany's
uni'.qu- -pecialu -tor- - .vere weli tmpri --<d
.T.H---e who took the rents and did th;e foot
wr r)< r. mak» the trip possible are tc> 1>< com
rriHtid.-d It was a real public relation- coup-for
Ali-.irn Of •'•--irr-e. !wa>- re'-iricn.t- are alwa.V-
eager, jo shovv their appreciation of Matthews,
95, whq is stiJl chairman of-the Fandangle board
of directors.
...Thanks for the hard work and prnm.otinn.
\Jbany >-.• weli .
OctoberWest
Around The Corner
■ The Albany Chamber of' 'omm-rre will again
.-pun ■-1 • tlii annual ((rtnU-rW. -t. - lated for Sat
urda>. October lf> in downtown Alban>
< )i */il>erVVe-t has U-cnme a tradition fhrAl.ba.nv
folks It is a. Hay of bargain-, food, music and
activities
This is the "big" homecoming year, so .there
will-be ,i lot of 'people in town over the wt i• k* n 1
However, for the October We-.t to be -inV.
fill more craft and food booth- are need < >nl\
about 1 0 -pace- have been reserved so far '1 hi re
are usually 10 plus
This is ,i great opport unity for local,groups to
earn money and have fun doing it.
■Please- help make this the be-1 fest vet In
participating in any and even. was possible'
Also, don t forget the annual Great Pumpkin
Coe-l< off Details wij|,;be released soon, but start,
looking for that 'perfect recipe
policy
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AFFILIATIONS
1994 MEMBIiR': Texas Press Association, West
'Fc' •« Press Association.
By Pat Lidia Jones
• 1 ama-1 hnny-come' lati ly - a* i-Oprah
Winfrey fan My - -ter at i my daughter
k> pt mentioning how go, d'h.er show
ho'' 1 watc' • d - ap ..-pi • -.- their..and 1
already felt guilts about that Who could
add'.still another hour of indolence0
"... Time-marches'on, and-we were av\ay
. from home for almost a month, Ralph
Akin taped my>oap>e\ t r\ day 1 v. as gone
■ And you know.w'hat"That M as the end
df my soap opera stage I didn't know .
what wa- going on currently, and I could
never find time to catch up by matching
t hi big-tack ofuipi d soap - k;o\'1-upand'
replaced it \<-it.h ()pra:h ..
I find her't.o he a grand mix of oom-
ph \itie- Shi - open; but pttvat< ..serious
yet .-funny. sophisticate d and down home,
inquisitive but not prying I just like her
— and her shov.
Last week, -he/anni unced that it was
"Thank-you Day on the Oprah Winfrey
Show " Sure enough, she. had persons
from.all walks oflife. there in her Chicago
studio, to say a special thanks to someone
v\ho'd made a difference to them.
It wa- heartwarmir.gt hear and see .
a young girl thank a t> ac.her who'd en
Couraged her. a \ a ig' woman expri .--
her love and-gratitude to her mother in-
law, and so many -others-■ .'l cried, and
Oprah, who ha - pr iiabH heard more sad
-torii s than any.!:, in the, world-, ill
could firtd the sympathy and feeling- to
let tears roll dow n her own cheek-.
It set me to thinkinu about people
right here ;n Albany h whom I ought to
he saying', "thank.-" 1 could no\ er sa>
them all; a vw pop t- the top (>f my mine!
Thank ■ ;i. Ma..--: ■ Key The morn-'
in.g paper -tarts myda\ off right And I've
neverboon up so early that nn newsp.a
pi r wasn't alreads: there. - right' by my
front door, packaged, carefully - >o that
neither dew nor rain spoil- my morning
reading The one or. iwfy times m'y paper
wasn't there, I knew it was because you
hadn't received it. and not Ix-cause you
failed tojeaye it. * . ,
Th'ankyou. llp'wardTodd Then have
not been many t mie- when 'I. have needed,
above-and-bi yorid -.-nace,hut tlierehav(>
bee.ri a few times when you-opened the
drug strife to fill an emergency prescrip-
tion, and even to deliver it'-. The majn
thing is, ! know that w!ie.nyou're,needed,
sou.'ll be there And that rn(*an> a lot.
Thank \ou, Annette Harris and your
fellow workers in the Albany Post Office
Mail is one of the h igh point- of one's day,
even if it turns out to be all hills, adver
11 -e'm'entc, catalogues,, and mass mail
Out's from politicians And y -u'even serve
up th e frui t - - f- the - men th w it h a grin
;Thank you. I'u.litN \Vorker-. I never
think of you until my wat< ' or electricit>
or telex i-ion or telephone sc rvi'ces go hay
win That'- pot ofteni so'thanks for,.the
ongoing good ,job.you do. ; . , '
.Thank you', Botihie and Melinda Lu-
ca - for the finrjohyoti do. a;long withydur.
staff, of providing our town withfhe best
,w 11 kly new spaper in T ex as * Show them
your awafd- And 1 appreciate your
gr.rntihg n^ > t rum for ( x prosing a: ft w
.thoughts .Thursday, when the Albany
A\'U s come- in th'e. mail, is.alw ay- a, Ked
Letter Day in this town. ,
Thank you,.Charlotte Tagga'rt. Each
wa • k. you t\ i • niy column so I can.meet •
'■ my deadline You do extra .-peeial favors-
for me all the '.inie. and you always make
me feel that "it w as no trouble " I know it
is. and I thank you for your time and atten-
tion, for your patience and good humor.
Thank you.. Sin riff Bonner and your
deputies and dispatchers Thank you. DPS
troopers Bob SkeltOn and Xavier Perez
Th; i n kyp u. I\ a 1 e i gh B r eed( • n Th a n k y o u,
EMS person- • 1 our doctor.- and hospital;
staff Thank you. 911 people Thank you,
m.(n of our Volunteer Fire Department
That .- a whole lot of people to thank in
.-one big wad, Kach de-i rve- moi e .-pace
But I thank \ ou togi t her because you are
. thi pi pie that make the. fit:/! !..- of
A1 bare. , breath> easier, sleep sounder, and
fe<*l -.iter because you're on call
!'• nk \ i. Rev Tom Anthpnj Sfdce
yuucanie to All)an\ . > ou havi-been present
througJi ev;er\ crisis in my life You were
there w hen ■ knew our-• «n \'an was-dy
mi; Vo;u wa f0 in Houston b< -ide me w hen
he.died You've listened to me cr\ and
ra>'e and rant .You've laughed with' me;
At id I'm not the '.only one. Beside.-, you're
always good for a hug And .in this old
World, that - a \cry important attribute.
Thank you, first National Bank, for
pope rh on i ndays. and candy ever\ day
of the w eek. .
Thank you. Bob Dav is. Larry Shoe- _
laaker. Lut! ■ r Key, (Ir.ife Lec-oh, Nancy
a rid II wai Pusev, NViilcy "Hol-otr, Pat
Henrirhsoi LaDoima and W •). W'hitt,
andall the < tiers who have lost children
— thank yoa for helping mv part ner and
rue to go (hi With our lives.
No,list "f thank- is ever complete! St ill
I can't fim-h this feeble.at tempt, without
saying "Thank you" to my. family and
friends. I. wouldn't irtinl to have to get
.along witiiout yon
And t hanks to Oprah, for prodding me
to sav, "Thank vou."
PA'ALLYI A
POREiGNl
POLICY
VICTORY!!
By A.C. (Ireenc
S/iicinl to tlir Xi'ti .-
I ha\ e lieen attending the Fort (Iriffin
Fandangle off and on since 1957, have
seen half a dozen or more Samplers at
Reynolds Bend, and I have never known
a presentation to get the-reception the
Sampler received last Saturday at the
Irving Art Center It was exciting, and it
got some of the Albany old-timers who
thought th ey'd grown weary of Fan dangle
to come bolt, awake. The singers and
darners all of a sudden realized, hey . . .
we've got somethinghere' Before the last
strains of "Prairie Land" had ended the
capacity audience from all over North
Texas was on its feet cheering
Leading to the theater was "Albany's
Main Streeta seriesofboot.hsfeaturing
20 shops and the works of at least se ven
Albany artisans. The Dupree Theater's
excellent acoustics (it is a true theater,
not just an auditorium with lights) gave
added pungency to the familiar Fan-
dangle songs-and the sight-lines, which
put every seat onstage, proved Albany's
reputation, for having talented, lovely
and handsome performers. The voices
projected beautifully and some veteran
Fandangle players swore that for the
first time they heard all the words. The
Singers and dancers quickly got into the
excited mood of the crowd. There was a
whole lot of whoopin' and hollerin' goin'
on — off stage and on, Harold Law, the
M0, got things going with "Other states
were carved or born..." and Bob Green,
while not, chronologically eligible, nar-
rated history as The Old Timer. It may
be unfair to list only soloists for praise
but there's no room to add every name
that deserves it. Sara Maxey I lead's duet
with banker Randall Palmore had the
audience giving, "These guys are great"
looks, and Midge Nail, as always, belted
'em back in their seats, pouring it on
Lanham Martin. Marilyn Caldwell
Vletas played the coy maiden to the hilt,
pulling the wool (or cowhide) over the
eyes of suspicious K.C. Jones who kept
questioning his true love's fidelity, while
Gary Fambro, hi^ rival, stood by bash-
fully. Jim Law did the intoxicated rat
song so persuasively that he wobbled for
30 minutes afterward. Louann George
die' a superb job accom panying th e singers
on her well-tempered organ.
But the star of the show, as always,
was Watt Matthews. When he was
brought onstage for recognition, the 95-
year-old rancher got a reception worthy
of a r&\\ tar I wall bo forgiven if I add
' that Jtist before the evening's filial song,
I was called onstage to present two Ad-
vance Proof copies of my October book.
900Milesori the liuttrrficldStage, which
has a substantial amount of pages devot-
ed to the counties of Shackelford, Th rock
morton and Jones The first of t he rare
copies (only 40 were printed) went to
Watt, across .whose Larnbshead Ranch
the actual 18fVK fil Trail went and which
Watt, ha permanently marked. The
second copy went to Bob Green, to whom
the book i- dedicated: "For Bob Green;
brother, not of flesh but of spirit."
Albany Day at the Irving Art ("enter
was built around the beautifully pre-
sented exhibition of Laura Wilson's pho-
tosfroni In r classic book, Watt Matthews
of Lambshead. It was hung in the spa
cious Man Gallery of the Art, Center
where Ms Wilson and Watt were con-
stantly photographed or interviewed on
television Both the Laura Wilson photo
exhibit and the Streets of Albany area
were full of people all Saturday: the
latter becoming almost difficult to walk
through at. times for all the booted and
spurred feet — a goodly number of the
cowboys from local "ranches."The people
of Albany can be proud. It was both
entertaining and historically informa-
tive. One SMU professor put i,t well when
he told me, "Albany holds onto its past
but knows it has to move with the future,"
Albany's participation was dreamed
up and developed by Sandra A. Connell
of Irving, a powerhouse of a producer.
Watching the Fandangle Sampler .and
seeing audience response, I envisioned a
permanent series of Albany Days, with
exhibits and a made-for-theater Sampler
playing such houses as the Paramount .
Theater in Abilene, the Paramount in
Austin, the Majestic in Dallas and the-
atrical facilities in Fort Worth and Hous-
ton. As BobGreen explained to the Irving
audience, "We can't bring the longhorn
herd or the stagecoach teams or the cow-
boys on horseback on the theater stage
as we do outdoors — but we can bring the
spirit of the Fandangle and of Albany:
and that's what we hereby present!"
(P.S. Watt Matthews, after the show,
asked to be taken to the western club at
the hotel where the Albany delegation
was staying, and except that the disc
jockey couldn't find any Patsy Cline tapes,
thoroughly enjoyed theevening, nursing
his glass of tea among the "youngsters"
until nearly 11 o'clock.)
By Lvndcll Williams
and Ed Sterling
State Oomptroller .)• hn, Sharp say s
casino gambling proponents w ill have a
"rough row' to'hoe" m the. Legislature
because lawmakers are not faced with a
money crunch that helped prompt pas
sage.of a state 1'ot.ten
. State leaders recently announced a
$2,2. billion surplus following the fir-t
half of the t wo-year budget period.
. Avoiding a tax'.increase in the next
legislative session should he "a piece of
l ake." Shar"p-aid.
But Jim Lee. president of the Texas
Association for Casino Entertainment,
-aid: "I'm certain they can use a'n extra
billion dollars per biennium, which i-
What casinos' will produce,"
Lee said casinogambli.ng would bring
$500 million "to the state annually and'
create 70,000 direct and indirect jobs
Last month, stati Attorney General
Dan Morale- ruled that a constitutional
amendment would be required before,
casino gambling is allowed m 'I'exa-.
Comptroller 'Liens' on Lawyers
M ea n while, the c.<) nipt roll • • r h a -begti 11,
filing lieqs against the property of Tex as
lawyers W'ho have not paid their $200
annual occupation tax.
Sharp's "Operation: Make 'Em Pay"
targets some .$50 lawyers,who .have re
fused to pay the tax for at least a three
year period and have ignored six past
due statements mailed to them since
May Hi. _
Records show ,that 8,590 of the esti-
iiiated -13.000 lawyer- are not current on
their occiipat ion tax payments, and other
tax-dodging lawyers may find -liens.
against their property or freeze son their
bank accounts if they don't pay up. Sharp
said.
Sharp said the state is due an est i
mated $650,000.
DA Requests Probe of Truan
State Sen. Carlos Truan, D Corpus
Christi, is denying wrong doing after
allegations were made that he illegally
solicited his home county to become its
insurance agent.
Nueces County District Attorney
Carlos Valdez said he has asked the
Texas Rangers to find out whether
Truan.'s solicitation of Nueces County
Judge Robert Barm - con-tituted official
misconduct or conflict of interest, ac-
cording to a report in the Austin
rn erican; State s m an,
The state's official misconduct law
went into effect in January 19.93, after
Truan had been named Nueces County'-
agent of record, Truan pointed out. and
called the allegat ions "Republican smear
tactics." Truan, an incumbent, is being
challenged by Republican Rex.Moses on
the November 8 ballot
After receiving a freedom of infor-
mation request fromMoses, Barnes ac-
knowledged the receipt of an unsigned
letter dated September 1990, typed on
Truan's official Senate stationery and
bearing the name of a Truan aide -
Truan said the u-e of the1 stationery
by an aide was inadvertent and a polo
gized for the error.
Other Highlights
•The state consumer advocate for
insurance has recommended a 5.7 per-
cent reduction in standard auto insur-
ance rates. Public Insurance Counsel
Mark Kincaid also challenged the rate
proposals filed earlier by Farmers In
-urance Group and the Texas Automo-
bile Insurance Service Office. Farmers
proposed a 9.8 percent boost, while
TAISO requested a .1 7.7 percent increase.
Political Listings
The following candidates have au-
thorized The Albany News to announce
their candidacy in the November Gen- '
era! Election.
Fur U.S. Congress. 17th District
CHARLES STENHOLM
Chief Just ice,
11th Court of Appeals
BUD ARNOT
For Shackelford County
Commissioner, Precinct 1
VERNON MeDANIEL
(Political Advertising paid for by
candidates listed.)
SEPT. 2l) Community At tion program - Depot, 10 am-3 pm
Nutrition Program Meal - Youth Center, 11:30 am
Lions Club -1 one Star Eatery, 1 2 noon
SEPT. 30 Chamber luncheon - Ft. Griffin, 12 noon
Pep rally - AHS gym, 3 pm
Lions vs. Roscoe - Nail Stadium, 8 pm
OCT. 1 Membership preview & artist's lecture - Old Jail
Art Center, 5:30 pm
OCT. 3 Task Force meeting - First Christian Church,
12 noon
Shackelford County Range & Wildlife Assn.
meeting - Nail Ranch, 5 pm
OCT. 4 Nutrition program meal - Youth Center, 11:30 am
Hospital board - Clinic board room, 6 pm
OCT. 5 Nutrition program meal - Youth Center, 11:30 am
Kiwanis Club meeting - Ft. Griffin, l 2 noon
Noah Project Outreach - Courthouse, 1:30-4 pm
OCT. 10 Commissioners court - Courthouse, 9 am
OCT. 14-15 AHS Homecoming
OCT. 15 OctoberWest - Downtown Albany
OCT. 17 Deadline for Albany Chest funding requests
Albany Chest meeting - Jones Co Ltd, 5:30 pm
School board - Supt.'s office, 7:30 pm
"A PEOPLE'S HERITAGE CENTER" - American Legion Hall
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