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PAGE FOUR THE ARCHER COUNTY NEWS-THURSDAY, MARCH 50, 1997
Texas Baseball Legend To
Pitch For Texas Dairy Queen
Kerri Sheppard
Ricky Rater
Sheppard Grandchildren
All On Dean’s List
Cindy (Quaid) Armstrong is a
student at Oklahoma Univer-
sity in Norman, Oklahoma
where she is majoring in Early
Childhood Development. She
was on the Dean's List with a
GPA of 3.46. She has a hus-
band, Gariy, and a 14 month
old son. She is the daughter of
Cindy (Quaid) Armstrong
Linda Quaid of Altas. Oklahoma
and Beauford Quaid of New
Castle.
Kerri Sheppard is a student at
Texas Women's University in
Denton where she is majoring
in Sports Therapy and was on
the Dean’s list with a GPA of
3.72. She is the daughter of
Jimmy and Pat Sheppard of
Graham.
Kelli Sheppard is a student at
Vernon Regional Junior Col-
lege at Wichita Falls where she
is majoring in Cosmetology. She
was on the Dean's List with a
GPA of 3.6. She is also the
daughter of Jimmy and Pat
Sheppard of Graham.
Ricky Rater is a student at
Texas A&M University where
he is majoring in Agriculture
and is a member of the Corp.
He was on the Dean's List with
a GPA of 3.74. He is the son of
JoAnn and David Rater of
Jacksboro.
Keith Sheppard is a student
at Vernon Regional College in
Kellii Sheppard
Keith Sheppard
Vernon where he is majoring in
Auto Mechanics. He was on the
Dean's List with a GPA of 3.61.
He is the son of Pat and Judy
Sheppard of Archer City.
These students are all grand-
children of the proud grand-
mother, Juanita Sheppard and
the late Jake Sheppard and the
great-grandcliildren of Tennes-
see Purcell of Archer City.
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Celebrating their 50th year of
business in Texas, officials of
the Texas Dairy Queen Opera-
tors' Council (TDQOC) an-
nounced today that baseball
legend and future Hall of Famer
Nolan Ryan will be a new Texas
dairy Queen spokesman. Ryan
will endorse Texas Daily Queen
stores through 1999.
"Dairy Queen is a part of
Texas." said Ryan, "and I know
Dairy Queen has a special place
in the hearts of Texans. So
working with the Dairy Queen
folks seemed like a natural fit
for me."
The agreement between Ryan
and TDQOC stipulates that
Ryan will promote Texas Dairy
Queen products in a variety of
print and broadcast materials.
Texas Dairy Queen stores will
offer a Nolan Ryan premium
during each year of the three
year agreement. Ryan joins
Bob Phillips as a Texas Dairy
Queen spokesman. Phillips,
host of the television's "Texas
Country Reporter." has been a
DQ spokesman for more than
10 years.
"Dairy Queen was founded in
Texas in 1947, the same year
Nolan was born," said Robert
Lozano, president of TDQOC.
"So as we each commemorate
our 50 years, Nolan thought it
would be exciting to do a com-
bined celebration."
Ryan said he first approached
TDQOC officials with the idea
of pitching their products be-
cause he is a big fan of the
company and appreciates their
dedication to marketing to fami-
lies.
"Growing up in Texas, Dairy
Queen was a part of my basic
diet," said Ryan. "I spent many
afternoons hanging out at our
local DQ. And after all these
years, I take my own family
their. They all tease me that I
can still find a DQ Blizzard
anywhere in the state!"
"We're honored that Nolan
Ryan wants to work with our
organization," said Wesley
It takes a great man to make
a good listener.
—Arthur Helps
Howard, chairman of the
TDQOC marketing committee.
"We have always taken great
pride in the products and ser
vices we offer Texans, and as -
sociating ourselves with Nolan
will continue our 50 year tradi
tion of excellence."
"We believe this is a great
match-up." Lozano agreed. "As
we find more ways to improve
our speed of service, who better
to learn from the 'Ryan Ex-
press’!"
GregRegian. chairman of Fort
Worth - based Regian & Wilson
Advertising & Public Relations,
the long-time agency of record
for TDQOC, negotiated the con-
tract on behalf of Dairy Queen.
"Nolan is a great fit for Dairy
queen." said Regian. "His
strength of character, consis-
tency in performance And dedi-
cation to his family all coincide
with the many great things
about Dairy Queen. We've
worked with Bob Phillips for so
many years for those very rea-
sons, and Nolan will be a great
addition to our team. We look
forward to combining Bob and
Nolan's talents."
Ryan, 50, broke into the big
leagues with the New York Mets
in 1968, moved to the Califor-
nia Angels in 1972, the Hous-
ton Astors in 1980. and to the
Texas Rangers in 1988. He
ended his 27 year career in
baseball holding or sharing
more than 50 major league,
American League and National
League records. Ryan is the
major league's career leader
with 5,714 strike outs. During
his career, he went 324-292
with a 3.19 ERA and ranked
among the leaders in starts,
innings, shutouts and victo-
ries.
The Dairy Queen system origi-
nated in Joliet. Illinois, with a
single walk-up store that served
soft-serve cones and sundaes.
The first Dairy Queen store in
Texas opened a few years later,
in 1947. in Austin. Today, the
system includes more than 750
stores in Texas and 5,400 fran-
chises worldwide, offering a
variety of treats and hot food
items.
NEW PITCHER-Archer City Dair Queen owner Doris
Richeson congratulates baseball legend Nolan Ryan on
being named spokesman for The Texas Dairy Queen
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