By Kathy Thomson Nancy Smith Elementary School fourth grade students and their teachers traveled to the Abilene Ballet Theatre’s 32nd annual performance of The Nutcracker last week at the Paramount Theatre. “It’s always a really great event,” said NSES fine arts instructor Robbin Westmoreland.

By Melinda L. Lucas Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church will host its third annual Cele-bration of Remembrance on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 6:00 p.m.

By Melinda L. Lucas Friendship Baptist Church members held their fourth annual Harvest Acres on Saturday, Nov. 23.   “The baked goods flew off the table pretty much as soon as they were set down,” said church member Danita Johnston.

By Kathy Thomson Two Shackelford County 4-H members placed well at the District 7 Food Show on Thursday, Nov. 21 in the Big Country Hall located at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene.

By Kathy Thomson Moran Independent School District is off this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, and school will resume at the normal time on Monday, Dec. 2. MISD’s annual Thanksgiving Meal took place on Friday, Nov.

By Kathy Thomson Two items that Moran residents may need to put on their calendar for next week include the government commodity pick-up and the annual holiday craft fair. Commodities The pick-up day for Moran commodities has been moved back to Thursdays starting in December.

By Melinda L. Lucas Four local candidates filed their paperwork for placement on the March Republican primary ballot with county chair Lynne Teinert last Wednesday, Nov. 13, according to County and District Clerk Cheri Hawkins. Teinert also submitted an application to continue as county chair.

By Kathy Thomson The Aztec Theater will be filled with music selections from the 1930s through the 1980s this Saturday when local singers and musicians present Road Trip: A Musical Journey. General admission tickets to the one-night-only live performance will be available at the door for $10 each.

By Kathy Thomson Slow cooked barbecue, tasty desserts, friendly servers, and a chance to donate to a good cause await everyone who attends the annual Toys for Tots fundraising luncheon at the Youth Center this Sunday, Nov. 24. The free-will donation meal, which will be served from 11:30 a.m.

Republic Services, trash pickup contractor for the City of Albany, will run on a slightly different schedule for the week of Thanksgiving. Residential trash containers and business and industrial containers normally picked up on Thursday will change to Friday next week.