By Nolan Davis The summer reading program sponsored by the Albany Study Club has one session remaining for the 2019 program. Children from the ages of two to four and kindergarten to fourth grade are encouraged to attend the final program on Tuesday, June 25 at the Shackelford County Library.

Appraisal notices for real property and business personal property have been mailed out during the past few weeks, according to Clayton Snyder, chief appraiser of the Shackelford County Appraisal District.  About 2,000 notices were sent to property owners in the county.

Drive Across Texas recently posted an eight-and-a-half minute segment about Albany on their website and their Youtube channel. The show’s host, Pat Walker, interviewed Chamber of Commerce office manager Mary Beth Jones outside the Old Jail Art Center on Wednesday, April 17.

This Saturday’s annual city-wide cleanup will start promptly at 8:00 a.m., with volunteers encouraged to pitch in and help polish the town in preparation for Fandangle visitors. The local Chamber of Commerce, along with the City of Albany, is sponsoring the June 15 campaign.

The staff at the Old Jail Art Center has four special events scheduled during June in addition to new summer art exhibits, the continuing exhibition of Rene Trevino: A New Codex, and various displays featuring items from the museum’s own collection and archives.

Four days in a row without rain allowed the stage and warm-up areas to dry out enough for horses, mules, and wagons to join the cast for rehearsals at the Prairie Theater on Monday.  Artistic director Lorna Ayers was pleased to see so many riders in the show this year.

Local businesses and residents are encouraged to join with patriots across the United States next Friday, June 14 in the annual cele-bration of Flag Day. Individuals and business owners who have their own flags are asked to put them up for the day, except in case of inclement weather.

Fandangle Parade co-chair John Ayers has already had a few out-of-town groups call to confirm that they will be in the parade this year, and he is hoping to get quite a few locals signed up as well. “I’m always looking for a lot of local participants,” said Ayers.

A recent unannounced jail inspection at the Shackelford County Law Enforcement Center (LEC) revealed a few deficiencies, but overall, county commissioners at Monday’s regular meeting felt that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards had released a positive report.

For the first time in several years, the subject of golf carts resurfaced during an Albany city council meeting, requiring a big chunk of time during the hour-long session on Monday, June 10.