The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 2001 Page: 3 of 28
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Award nominations needed
Several community awards
first given five years ago will
i gain be presented at the up-
y.-'ring Albany Chamber of Com -
v
Chamber executive director
♦
The a wards were added the
annual banquet activities in.
1997 in order to recognize local
• citizens who work for the better-
ment of Albany and this area
The five awards include Out-
standing Citizen of the Year.
Outstanding Business Person of
the Year, Outstanding Farmer/
Rancher of the Year, Outstand-
ing Tea'} <■.• h <A Yea- Al-
bany and Moran.), and Outstand-
,!.■£ '■ oi . .'.v-/-' c-f v <- '/« a ■ T: <.
outstanding teachers are cho-
sen within each district and
nominations are not required.
Members. of the community
are asked to submit nominations
for the other four recognitions.
Each nomination should in-
due* k brief narrative of trie
reason for the selection, qualifi-
cations of the nominee, etc.
Nominations should be limited
to a maximum of one page in
length.
"It doesn't have to be any-
thing complicated," explained
Brockman "It can be as simple
as 'I, (name), nominate (name)
for standing (award) of the
Year, because he/she has...' I
think some people don't make
nominations Decs use they have
to write something. This can be
as short as a sentence or two."
She added that it has become
more difficu 11 over the last couple
of years to get local residents to
make nominations for the
awards. "There are so many
worthy people who deserve rec-
ognition . It's not as though we've
run out of possibilities. J uet give
it a little thought and you may;
be surprised at how many names
you come up w;.th.'
Brockman stated that all
' nominations are kept confiden-
ts 1 and tha t neither the persons
being nomi nated nor thoSe mak -
ing the nominations are required
to be members of the Chan, ber
of Commerce.
All'dominations should be
s ubmitted to the Chamber office
as soon as possible. Forms are
available at the Chamber office,
Chamber luncheons and down-
town stores Th< > can be maileu
to PO Box 185, A1 ban y or emailed
Recipients will be announced
at the banquet in February 23
Sales tax rebate down slightly
Albany received a sales tax
rebate of $16,94^.69 in Decem-
ber^ down 1.47 percent from
$3 7,203 ) !j last year.. Year-to-
date receipts are up 17.47 per-
cent, $253,094.53 com pax eo to
$215,439.29 in 20%
Moran's rebate of $589.18 this
mohth v/s:» up from $585 3€ or
.65 percent, "/ear-to-date rebates
for 2001 are $10,407 66 up2.27
percent from last .year's
$10,17-6,59.
Texas Comptroller Carole
Keeton Hyla/. 'icr sent local gov-
ernments their final salei tax
rebates for 2001. The comp-
troller sent $217 8 million to
cities and cQuiitits, upfive per-
cent compared to December
2000
December sales tax rebates
represent sales taxes collected
in October and reported to the
comptroller in' December. The
state's share of sales tax col-
lected during this , period was
$1.3 billion, up 1.6 percent com-
pared to a year ago.
December's rebates bring the
total sales tax allocated to local
taxing entities in 2001 to $4 bil-
lion, an increase of" four percent
compared to.$3.% billion in sales
tax allocations in 2000.
A ch.eek for $6,018.47 was sen t
to Baird, a 24.41 increase over
the $4,033.70 received last No
vember. Baird has experienced
a 10.43 percent iricr case for the
year 2001 over 2000.
Anson received $9,824.41, a
6 71. percent decrease from last
Ileceruber's $ 10,531.64. Ax'.son's
year-to-date receipts are up 2.21
percent.
Stamford's receipts for De-
cember were $38,530 17, a 2.05
decrease- from .*£>•> 9,339.52 last
year. Year-to-date receipts have
also decreased by 1 .1 8 percent,
A 9.07 percent increase was
enjoyed by Breckenridge with
$56,872.48 this month as com-
pared to $51.900.88 last Decem-
ber. Year-to-date receipts are up
H.41 p<:.".e,o'.
.-. Throckmorton sav^ a 1.47 de-
crease in sales-tfiz rebates, from
$,$92.61 to $4,524 71. Year-to-
date ceipts are dov/n 88 per-
The Comptroller s next sales
tax alio' ation is scheduled for
Friday, January 22, 2002.
Funds requested for stock show
With tiie 2002 Shackelford-
County Youth and Livestock
Show quickly approaching, the
fund raising push is fully under-
way
Response has been slow to
letters that were mailed several
weeks ago, according to Susan
Morrison, secretary in the
County Kxtt nsion Office.'
The letters went to past and
prospective donors in an effort
to raise at least $17,000 lor the
annual event, scheduled- foi
January 24-26.
Historically, there have been
■.around a hundred county yoof.h
involved in the show, but the
fourth year m a row, organizers
are expecting 125 or more
Donations are used for rib-
bons, belt buckles, show sup-
plies, premium monies, and
other expen>;es associated with
hosting tin a/iijuaJ event
Contrib n»ns /bay be left at
County Au . Rocky Vinson's
office at the Courthouse or be
mailed to Rocky Vinson, CEA-
Ag. PO Box 535, Albany TX
76430 Donations may also be
left with tellers at FirstNational
Bank or Peoples State Bank
All checks are ta* deductible
and should be made payable to
the ShaekeifoH County Youth
and Livestock Show.
Members of the livestock
association'# finance committee-
plan to meet soon to start per-
sonal contacts of past donors.
MuiNpA LUCAS / AIHAN* NIWI
Sassy the Clown takes a break from entertaining children at the Old Jail Art Center's
Community Christmas Celebration to let Santa Vnow what she wants for Christmas.
season
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Band and choir members
an the elementary-, jun-
ior high and high school
presented two separate
holiday concerts during
the last week. The AHS
and AJHS choirs per-
formed on Thursday night,
December 13, with the
band concert scheduled
on Sunday afternoon,
December 16. Largecrowds
attended both events.
i u< /.i / a jbany
The
Old Jail
• ^
Art Center
will be closed
Christmas Day &
New Year's Day
THE COOKIE TREE
Order your loved one a Cookie Bouquet today!
Choose from over 100 cookie cutters
Cookie
Bouquets
025
Cookie
Baskets
with'
1 pz.
cookies
$15
CALL TANYA PETREF "T 762-3735
You are
I
cordially invited to a
We will be
closed
Dec. 24 &
Dec. 25
for the
Christmas
Holidays
OPEN
DEC. 26-28
Albany News
With Well
Wishes.
CHRISTMAS
OPEN HOUSE
at the
Shackelford County
Courthouse
r,
A happy and
RX\ healthy holiday
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Lucas, Melinda L. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 2001, newspaper, December 20, 2001; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414849/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.