By Sandy Morris All residents from around the Shackelford County area are invited to attend the Albany Lions Club sponsored Memorial Day service set for 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 31 at the Aztec Theater.

After a lapse of more than a year, Moran’s monthly country and western musical will resume this month on Saturday, May 22 from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Moran Community Center. Moran singer-songwriter M.L. “Marty” Clifford is again coordinating the event, which was first held in the spring of 2019.

By Sandy Morris The Albany City pool will open to the general public on Tuesday, June 1,  with a one-day-only, free-admittance, Splash Day.  Albany City pool co-managers this summer are Jennifer Bowman and Dakota Fowler, who have both previously run the facility.

By Sandy Morris Moran Independent School District students have a host of activities during their last week of school next week.  MISD students and staff participated in the ResourceCare spring Health Fair last Friday, and there have also been several other field trips in recent weeks.

By Melinda L. Lucas After several game cancellations and delays because of rain and wet field conditions, photos of all but one local team have been completed by the Albany News staff. Albany’s 10U softball players are scheduled to have their pictures made at 5:00 p.m.

By Sandy Morris Tickets are available for the 2021 Clay Break Classic Gun Raffle benefitting the Ben Richey Boys Ranch and Family Program.  Four guns have been donated by Beverley and Buford Salters and include two Zenith Tedna SE12Ts, a Weatherby PA-08, and a  Marlin XS7 bolt-action .

By Sandy Morris The annual Father’s Day golf tournament hosted by the Albany Golf Club has been postponed, according to Albany Golf Club representative James Waters, because new greens currently under construction won’t be ready in time.

By Sandy Morris Several Albany residents competed at the 36th annual Western Heritage Classic in Abilene earlier this month after last year’s event was cancelled due to COVID concerns. Ranch Rodeo Matthews/Nail Ranch of Albany won first place in the Ranch Rodeo division.

By Sandy Morris Shackelford County ResourceCare hosted the 17th annual spring health fair at the Bank Park last Friday, May 14. “We had students from Nancy Smith Elementary School and Mother’s Day Out here in Albany, and Moran brought 60 students,” said ResourceCare program director Mindy Ary.

Taylor Scott of Albany was listed on the Dean’s List at Midwestern State University for the spring 2021  semester. She completed 12 or more hours with a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.74. Taylor Scott is the daughter of Jonathan and Jenny Scott and is studying Radiologic Technology.