The Albany Chamber of Commerce’s annual membership meeting, normally scheduled on the first Friday of February, is being delayed until the second week because of a conflict with the county stock show.

Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones said this week that the traditional  membership session will take place at the Beehive Restaurant on Friday, Feb. 8 immediately after the noon luncheon.

Several of the current directors have asked to be replaced and there are others whose terms are expiring this year, said Jones.

Albany High senior Jillian Guinn and Moran senior Curry Pendleton were recently named as two of the Lee’s Legion Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution 2019 DAR Good Citizen award winners.

The two Shackelford County students, along with Kelton Wylie from Breckenridge and Clint Petree from Cisco were recognized at a ceremony at the Lord’s Old Time Gospel Church in Breckenridge on Wednesday, Jan. 9.

More information about the local DAR winners will be included in the next edition of The Albany News.

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The Shackelford County Youth and Livestock Show is less than one month away and according to organizers, donations are still needed in order to offset show expenses and provide prizes and premiums to the exhibitors.

“We are only at $12,950 this week after today’s mail,” said SCYLA treasurer Molly Cauble on Monday, Jan. 7. 

A minimum of $18,000 is typically required to fund the show, and the directors had hoped to have that amount raised by Jan. 5 so they could concentrate their efforts on final preparations.

The Shackelford County Youth and Livestock Show is less than one month away and according to organizers, donations are still needed in order to offset show expenses and provide prizes and premiums to the exhibitors.

“We are only at $12,950 this week after today’s mail,” said SCYLA treasurer Molly Cauble on Monday, Jan. 7. 

A minimum of $18,000 is typically required to fund the show, and the directors had hoped to have that amount raised by Jan. 5 so they could concentrate their efforts on final preparations.

A lack of any measurable snow in Albany didn’t prevent two dozen local youth group members and leaders from enjoying winter sports over the Christmas break. 

Seven inches of new snow fell on top of a three-foot deep base at Crested Butte Mountain in Colorado last week, and 21 local high school and junior high students spent the first week in January snow skiing during the day and learning more about God through special programs and small group Bible studies in the evenings.  

During September, on the late Robert Nail’s birth date, and on through the Albany High School homecoming week in October, support was sought during the annual fundraising drive for “Dollars for Bob’s Scholarships.” 

However, the fundraising effort continues all through the year, and members of the Albany Ex-Students Association are asking Albany graduates and others to rememeber the fund in their end-of-year giving.

The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $47,741 from the state this December. The amount is up 34.52 percent from the $35,488 payment received in December of 2017.

Payments to date for the 2018 year to the city of Albany are $543,476, up by 2.49 percent from the comparable time last year, when payments of $530,235 had been made.

The city of Moran will receive a net payment of $1,277 this period, for a 6.42 percent decrease from the $1,365 received in December 2017.

Closet Angels continues to be closed this week so that volunteers can take a break and spend time with their families during the Christmas and New Year’s seasons, according to director Lori Reames.

The facility will open again for regular hours next Monday, Jan. 7 – 5:00 to 6:00 for local students and their families, then 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. for the general public.

Saturday hours are still “on hold” for now, said Reames.

“We will try to let everyone know when the hours change,” said Reames.

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Albany recipients of Shackelford County food commodities should plan to pick up their allotments on Friday morning, Jan. 4 at the back door of the JP office at the Shackelford County Courthouse.

Pickup time has been set for 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.

New applications for beneficiaries of the program are due this month, with forms placed in the January food bags, according to the JP office staff.

With a much earlier sunset than during warm weather star gazing events, the staff at Fort Griffin State Historic Site will host its annual Winter Star Party this Saturday, Jan. 5 at 6:30 p.m.

The program will be held in the astronomy area behind the visitor center, which is on the west side of Hwy. 283 near the fort. In the past, the star parties have been held mostly in the campground area. 

In addition to the night time observation of the skies, hot cocoa will be available, according to program specialist Eric Abercrombie.