The Albany Ex-Students Association is preparing for Albany High School’s homecoming, scheduled this year for Friday, Oct. 11.

At a meeting held Sept.13 at the Senior Citizen Center, officers were elected and one board memberaddedtotheSenior Citizens Board. Returning as president will be Annette Harris.

Decorations for the fall season are ongoing in downtown Albany according to Chamber manager Brandi Lehew. “We are nearly finished bundling and putting up the cane,” she said.

First Baptist Church of Albanyhasalreadystarted several series of small group Bible studies, but it’s not too late for others to join. Groups include the following: Sundays 6:00 p.m.

Albany FFA students wrapped up their participation in the West Texas Fair and Rodeo livestock show Saturday, Sept. 14 with three exhibiting animal projects.

♦ Albany Junior/Senior High School students recently electedstudentcouncil representatives that will join officers voted on last May for the 2024-25 school year. The council has adopted an anti-bullying program entitled “Dude.

Albany artist Michael Christopher Matson and his sculpture “This Way Up” will be featured in the 38th biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition in downtown Abilene this weekend, Sept. 20-21.

Members of the Shackelford County sesquicentennial 150 Club are deep in the editing process for the commemorative book which has a Sept. 30 deadline to make it to the printer, according to the committee’s chairman David Waller.

Shackelford County Hospital District directors, after the required public hearing on Monday, Sept. 16, unanimously approvedboththe proposed budget and the tax rate, but the majority of the session was taken upbyadebateonwhether to provide financial aid for a part-time employee to obtain a higher degree.