By Kathy Thomson Around 40 people attended the Shackelford County Range and Pasture Tour on Tuesday, June 25. “We had lots of great speakers,” said local county extension agent Michaela Bradford. “It was a good educational event.

The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $46,797 from the state this June. The amount is up 31.38 percent from the $35,618 payment received in June of 2018. Payments to date for the 2019 year to the city of Albany are $299,589, up by 16.

Special Fandangle activities are on the Old Jail Art Center’s schedule over the next two weeks, starting with a Native American Dance exhibition this Saturday afternoon and ending up a Family Festival “Round Up” on June 29.

The Moran Independent School District has filled their two vacant staff positions, according to MISD superintendent Danny Freeman. “They haven’t been by to sign contracts yet, but we have verbal agreements with both of them,” said Freeman.  John Hughes will be the new football coach for Moran.

A monthly country and western musical will continue this month on Saturday, June 22 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Moran Community Center. Moran singer-songwriter M.L. “Marty” Clifford is coordinating the event, which got underway last month.

By Kathy Thomson The 81st anniversary edition of the Fort Griffin Fandangle is scheduled to open to a large audience at the Prairie Theater at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow evening.

By Donnie A. Lucas Parents of Albany students in grades 3-11 should soon receive reports for state STAAR testing results administered during the spring.

By Melinda L. Lucas Seven positions were filled with five new hires and two reassignments during Monday’s regular Albany school board meeting. Also on the agenda was an explanation of recently received STAAR and EOC test scores from district testing coordinator Leigh Lowe.

By Kathy Thomson The Fort Griffin Fandangle starts tomorrow, and special activities in Albany will begin several hours before the bugler sounds the opening of the Friday and Saturday night shows.

The Woodlands High School Band, under the direction of Joni Viertel Perez, was recently recognized as one of four nationwide recipients of the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s 2018 Sudler Shield Award.