Parents of Albany High School graduating seniors are reminded to gather baby pictures for The Albany News’ upcoming graduation section. Pictures are due by the end of next week, on Thursday, May 6, if possible.

By Sandy Morris Parents and family members are reminded that the Nancy Smith Elementary School Scholastic Book Fair is in progress though Sunday, May 2. The book fair is sponsored by the PTO and is being held virtually this year with a goal of selling 647 books.

By Sandy Morris Registration for Head Start classes will continue and a pre-registration process for kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year will get underway at Nancy Smith Elementary School next week on Tuesday, May 4.

By Sandy Morris Members of the local 4-H club participated in a Prairie Polo clinic on Saturday, April 24 with 12 in attendance, according to Shackelford County extension agent and 4-H sponsor Kloey Painter.

Albany High School graduate Megan Anderson Jimenez was recently honored as the Edwin and Agnes Jennings Teaching Excellence TLC Elementary Teacher of the Year for Abilene Independent School District.

Volunteer crawfish cook Ken Jones dips a steaming basket of the southern delicacies from a styrofoam container to spread out on the serving tables during last week’s crawfish boil and membership drive dinner hosted by the Albany Chamber of Commerce.

By Sandy Morris Fandangle rehearsals will kick off for the yearly production on Tuesday, May 4 at the Prairie Theater. Artistic director Lorna Ayers said the show is open to anyone who would like to participate and prospective cast members should plan to attend the first castings.

By Melinda L. Lucas Only a couple more responses are needed before Shackelford County organizers reach the goals they set for a special broadband initiative that began in mid-March, with the intent of expanding access of high speed internet in this area.

 By Sandy Morris Shackelford County voters have the opportunity to participate in the local hospital board election this coming Saturday, May 1. A total of 84 early voters had already cast ballots by the end of the early voting period at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27.

By Sandy Morris The list of honor students in the 2021 Albany High School senior class was released last week, naming Hannah Trail as valedictorian and Sidney Bartee as salutatorian. Trail, daughter of Justin Trail and Tamara Trail, has a four-year average of 98.74.