This week’s Fifth Quarter fellowship will be held at the Feed Store Friday night. Oct. 26, following the Albany-Cross Plains football game. The party continues a series of fellowships hosted by local churches after home football games.

With rain expected to continue through the end of the week and possibly re-enter the picture again as soon as next Wednesday, the Albany area is already far above the October rainfall average of 2.99”, with 7.28” recorded as of press time on Wednesday morning.

Early voting for the Nov. 6 general election starts next Monday, Oct. 22, and continues through Nov. 2.

Two directors were re-elected to another term, three new board members put in place, and plans made for the 2019 show during the annual membership meeting of the Fort Griffin Fandangle Association held Monday night, Oct. 15. A new part-time marketing director was also named during the meeting.

Albany ISD trustees continue to work their way through the list of applicants for the post of AISD superintendent with another special meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10 and a closed session at the end of the regular business meeting on Monday, Oct. 15.

The annual Albany Chest campaign is underway, with directors setting a goal of $42,000 for the 2018 campaign.  Twenty-six different organizations, including two new applicants, submitted requests for this year’s funding, all of which were considered by the board.

Albany residents will soon be seeing red as the annual Red Ribbon anti-drug campaign kicks off next Monday morning. The annual “Red Ribbon Campaign” has been officially set for Oct. 22-26 at the Albany school district.

Members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will help educate local school children about fire safety this Friday, Oct. 19.

Closet Angels, a local clothing ministry, is run by volunteers, and once again director Lori Reames has adjusted the hours that the ministry will be open to the public in order to try and best accommodate both shoppers and the work staff. The facility will now close at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.

The Albany News’ 13th annual holiday recipe section will be published in just a little less than a month, with favorite recipes being solicited from all ages of current and former Albany and Moran chefs and bakers.