ProjectGraduationconducted its third fundraiser of the spring on Sunday, March 3, serving takeout lunches at The Feed Store. “Sunday went great, and we sold out in about an hour and a half,” coorganizer Tisha Wilkins said.

Grandparents Week at Nancy Smith Elementary continuestodayandtomorrow, along with the Book Fair at the school cafeteria. Grandparents are invited to bring a lunch to eat with students throughout the week.

Albany ISD is already preparing for its upcoming board election on May 4, while the Fort Griffin Special Utilities District directors were meeting on Wednesday, March 6 to consider options for their contested race.

History buffs have two chances to learn about a pivotal frontier military action Saturday, March 9 at Fort Griffin State Historic Site. Todd Smith will speak at 10:00 a.m.

Closet Angels will depart from the practice of past years and be open for business during spring break, director Lori Reames said. The clothing ministry will conduct regular hours of noon to 6:00 p.m.

McLennan Jones of Albany graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Abilene Christian University. Jones was among 496 students who received degrees at ACU’s December Commencement.

Albany ISD students, facultyand staff are scheduled to be dismissed at the regular times on Friday, March 8 for the week-long spring break holiday. The preschool classes will release at 2:30 p.m.

The Ragin’ Red Band is preparing for concert and sight reading competition set for March 26 at Cooper High School in Abilene, hoping to earn a third straight Sweepstakes Award with Division I ratings in both contests.

Albany High’s one-act playcastandcrewpresented two local performance s of “Oz” on Monday, March 4 at the high school auditorium, preparing for district competition that was held Wednesday, March 6 in Haskell. Resultsfromthecontest were not available at press time.

Several students at Nancy Smith Elementary in grades 3-5 have placed well in academic contests in science and math, while four of seven sixth graders taking part in the in-person meets are advancing to compete at the state level competition.