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District track meet
Several dozen Albany athletes will be
competing in the district track meet this
Thursday, with hopes of taking the team
championships and advancing to regional.
See story, pg. 7
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Still undefeated
The Albany Lions are still undefeated
in district action as they near the end
of the first half of the district schedule.
They will travel to Eula this Friday.
See story, pg. 7
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Party reservations needed by April 13
Fandangle members
invited to barbecue
at Frontier Texas
With just a little over a week
remaining before the annual
membership sampler and party
at Frontier Texas in Abilene and
less than a week before the final
RSVP deadline, Fandangle sec-
retary Susan Waller is encour-
aging all local residents to re-
turn their membership forms as
soon as possible.
The 2005 membership festivi-
ties are being held in conjunc-
tion with a special Frontier
Texas event on Saturday, April
16, which will be highlighted by
a Fandangle sampler.
According to Waller, ftTe sam-
pler itself is open to the public
and will be held outdoors at the
Frontier Texas facility, starting
with a calliope concert about 6:00
p.m.
However, only members of the
Fandangle Association and
Frontier Texas are invited to
attend the private barbecue,
which will follow the sampler.
"There is limited seating, for
the barbecue and I have to get
our reservations in by 5:00 p.m.
on Wednesday, April 13," stated
Waller. "If I hear from you on
Thursday morning, it will be too
late and I won't be able to do
anything about it. It's out of my
hands at that point."
All Fandangle Association
members are invited to tour
Frontier Texas and attend the
barbecue that evening at no
charge, courtesy of the associa-
tion. *
"The board decided, since
there were so many conflicts,
that we would join with F rontier
Texas in place of our own mem-
bership party," explained Fan-
dangle executive director Chuck
Senter. "This event will serve
the dual purpose of entertaining
and honoring those who lend
financial support to the Fan-
dangle, and will also cement a
growing relationship between
the association and Frontier
Texas."
A fair amount of history told
at the new Abilene facility is
drawn from Shackelford Coun-
ty's past, including an exhibit
about the Beehive Saloon at Fort
Griffin.
Also, several of the scenes
shown in the video segments
were filmed on local ranches,
using county cowboys and other
residents, and historian Bob
Green was a consultant for much
of the narrative.
"If you haven't been to Fron-
tier Texas, this will be a great
opportunity to go, since the as-
sociation will be paying the en-
trance fee," said Senter. "And
the exhibits go hand-in-hand
with the philosophy of the Fan-
dangle, which is to tell and pre-
serve the history of this part of
the country."
Membership Information
The Fandangle's board of di-
rectors is again emphasizing
that the association membership
is essential to the show's sur-
vival, and according to Waller,
response to the annual member-
ship drive has been good so far.
_ "We've added about 200
people to the membership list
that have never been members
before, but there are still a lot of
former members who haven't
sent in their dues yet."
Waller is expecting a busy
week prior to the membership
party, as well as in response to
the membership list being pub-
lished in this week's paper. "The
ad alwaysjogs people's memory,"
she said.
Also, one of the benefits to
Fandangle membership is early
purchase of tickets for the sum-
mer shows. Ticket sales to the
public won't be available until
May 2.
In addition to early ticket
purchase and admittance to the
sampler, Fandangle members
are credited with assuring the
continuation of the 67-year-old
Fandangle tradition.
Types of Membership
Several levels of membership
(See Fandangle, pg. 2)
Melinda Lucas / Albany News
Jeff Davis, John Stockdale and Brian Cope rehearse one of
the cowboy songs as the Fandangle cast prepares for a
sampler to be presented at Frontier Texas on April 16. The
Fandangle Association membership is invited to the event,
which will include a barbecue meal.
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13 advance to UIL regional meet
Melinda Lucas / Albany News
Among the winners at last week's district UIL academic meet were (front, l-r) Kirstin Noble,
JoLea Sanders, Kari Preston, (middle) Rachel Scarbrough, Amelia Johnson, Karina Rodriguez,
Laci Norton, (back) Marcos Chavira, Caleb Howell, Tom Hill, Tyler Grimshaw, Brit Hudson,
Jake Williams, and (not pictured) Derrid Green.
Thirteen Albany High School
students will advance to the re-
gional UIL academic meet after
taking top spots in the district
competition held in Winters last
week.
That number includes mem-
bers of three first place teams,
according to local UIL coordina-
tor Rick Davis. In team events,
all members of the highest scor-
ing group advance to the regional
meet, regardless of individual
placement.
Albany was ranked fourth in
the overall standings among the
11 District 10-A schools with
127 points.
Forsan ended the competition
in first place with. 282 points,
followed by Winters with 218 and
Miles with 208. Other point to-
tals ranged from 116 down to 43.
Albany won the meet in 2003
and ran a strong second last
year. t
"We really did better than we
Commodities to be distributed
Any Shackelford County residents
interested in continuing to receive bi-
monthly commodities need to make sure
their 2005 applications are on file at the
Courthouse before the end of this week.
The next distribution date is next
Thursday, April 14, and those without
renewed applications will not be al-
lowed to pick up their foods.
The applications can be picked up on
the first floor at the tax office window,
according to Jeannie Balliew, who helps
coordinate the program for the county.
Moran commodities participants can
pick up a new form at Moran City Hall
from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
The completed forms can be turned
in at the Courthouse or Moran City
Hall, or by faxing them to 762-3966.
The state is now requiring that re-
cipients of commodities fill out new
papers every year instead of on a one-
time basis or when changes in income
occur.
Most of the local participants filled
out the simple one-page forms when
they picked up their foods in February,
said Balliew, and several have turned
in the forms since that time. However,
there are still some of the regular par-
ticipants who don't yet have a new form
on file.
For more information about the com-
modities program, contact Balliew,
Twyla Harris or Sherry Enloe at the
Courthouse, 762-2232.
Eligibility Requirements
The chart below provides the income
limits for households applying to par-
ticipate in the Texas Commodity Assis-
tance Program.
Gross income is used to determine
eligibility, except for farmers and self-
employed households who can qualify
based on net income (total income mi-
nus expenses).
Also, a family that experiences unex-
pected and unavoidable expenses may
qualify for temporary, emergency food
assistance without regard to the
household's regular gross or net in-
come.
INCOME GUIDELINES
Household Size Annual Monthly
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
$16,613
$22,422
$28,231
$34,040
$39,849
$45,658
$51,467
$57,276
$1,385
$1,869
$2,353
$2,837
$3,321
$3,805
$4,289
$4,773
had anticipated," said Davis.
"We didn't have a period to pre-
pare for UIL like we have the
last few years, so the kids just
didn't have as much time as they
were.used to having.
"Also, we lost some experi-
--'enced competitors in the speak-
^-"'ing events with last year's se-
nior class and we were a little
light in those events," he contin-
ued. "Other than that, though,
we pretty much had a full slate
in the events we normally com-
pete in."
Davis was pleased with the
results of the spring meet.
"Overall, the teams did really
well, and almost everyone who
placed is advancing on to re-
gional."
Theregionalmeetwill beheld
at Hardin-Simmons University
in Abilene Saturday, April 23.
Individual Winners
Only one of the 13 students
advancing to regionals placed in
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the top three in more than one
event, which gives Albany's aca-
demic talent a fairly broad base.
Junior Tyler Grimshaw
placed first in social studies, the
second year for this event and
the first time an Albany student
has participated.
There was a strong AHS show-
ing in current issues and events.
Grimshaw earned his second
gold medal of the meet, with
Brit Hudson placing second and
Jake Williams fourth. The en-
tire team will compete at re-
gional. Hudson and Williams are
both seniors.
For the second straight year,
junior Derrid Green came in sec-
ond in science and will lead the
first place team at regional.
Other team members are senior
Laci Norton, junior Karina
Rodriguez and sophomore JoLea
Sanders.
(See UIL, pg. 2)
Local man dies iri one-vehicle accident
Javiel Garcia, a 21-year-old Al-
bany resident, died over the week-
endln a one-vehicle accident at what
is commonly known as "Nine-Mile
Hill," his body and 1995 Chevrolet
pickup discovered just after day-
break on Monday morning, April 4.
DPS trooper Xavier Perez stated
on Tuesday that the preliminary
autopsy report showed that Garcia
died of "severe head trauma," but
did not reveal the time of death.
Full autopsy details will not be avail-
able for two to three weeks.
Perez feels that the accident oc-
curred late Sunday night or very
early Monday morning as Garcia
was returning to Albany from Abi-
lene, but as of press time, he had not
yet spoken to anyone who could place
Garcia on the highway at a specific
tipie.
The DPS trooper said that speed
was a factor in the accident. Judg-
ing from tracks and skid marks at
the scene, Perez speculated that
Garcia lost control of his northbound
vehicle as he began to make the
curve at the junction of Hwy, 351
and Hwy. 180. The single-cab
JAVIEL GARCIA
Silverado pickup left the roadway, trav-
eled up the embankment, rolling sev-
eral times, and ended up on top of the
hill that separates the northbound and
southbound lanes.
Garcia, who was apparently not
wearing a seat belt, according to the
trooper, was ejected from the vehicle
and landed some distance from the
wreckage. Perez believes that he
died on impact. "An accident of that
magnitude was probably not surviv-
able even if he had been wearing a
seat belt," said the officer.
There were no witnesses to the
incident, and since the wreckage
was above the highway, it was not
visible to passersby during the night.
Even after daylight, the vehicle
wouldn't have been readily appar-
ent to motorists, said Perez. Sunrise
on Monday, which was also an over-
cast morning, occurred at about 7:25
a.m., and at 7:47 a.m., a work crew
traveling from Abilene to Albany
spotted Garcia's pickup and after
investigating, made the 911 call to
the Shackclford County Sheriffs De-
partment.
According to standard procedure,
Garcia's body was sent to the Tarrant
County Medical Examiners' office
for an autopsy.
Funeral services for Garcia, a
2002 graduate of Albany High
School, have been set for Friday
afternoon, April 8, starting at 2:00
p.m. at the First Assembly of God.
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