Kobee Lapp earned gold at the area track meet in Dublin on Monday in the triple jump with a distance of 42 feet six inches, outdistancing both his nearest rival at area by over a foot, and his own winning jump at district by almost three feet to advance to regional competition.

Lapp also qualified for the regional meet in high jump and long jump, taking the fourth place medal in each of those field events.

Johnnie Hise took bronze in the 800 meter run to earn a spot of her own at the upcoming Region 3 meet.

Children are invited to the Moran City Park this Saturday, April 19 at 10:00 a.m. for the third annual City of Moran Volunteer Fire Department sponsored Egg Hunt.

“We are hoping for as many kids as possible,” said fire chief Steve Taggart. “It is open to everyone from infants up to those who are 13 years of age. We will divide the children into three different age groups for the hunt.”

Over 4,000 eggs, lots of toys, and 30 free child’s meal vouchers to Texas Roadhouse will be given away.

Resignations were accepted, contracts renewed, and a teacher hired at Monday’s AISD board meeting.

Longtime local band director John Stockdale, who has been in Albany 20 years and in  music education for close to 60, submitted his resignation, and along with second grade teacher Lindsey Edgar’s resignation, it was accepted with regrets.

Also after the closed session came renewal of current term and probationary faculty contracts, along with approval of letters of assurance for the support staff.

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At 6:00 p.m. this Saturday, April 19, the cast of the Fort Griffin Fandangle will present the 2019 membership Sampler at the site of the Town of Fort Griffin on Lynne and Clifford Teinert’s Collins Creek Ranch. 

Gates at the ranch will open at 5:30 p.m., and seating will be ready for Fandangle Association members who send in their RSVP by today, April 18.

Around 100 classic cars and trucks are anticipated to be in the downtown area this Saturday, April 20 for the 13th annual Albany Classic Car Show, and spectators are encouraged to walk among the entrees, visit the auto museum, eat a meal or two from vendors, and see if their picks are also selected by the judges.

The local car show, hosted by members of Albany’s Shifters Car Club, is free for all spectators, and as of press time, the forecast called for mostly sunny skies with temperatures ranging from the low 50s to the upper 80s. 

Albany High School junior Addison Asher will advance in three events to the University Interscholastic League state academic meet to be held at the University of Texas Campus in Austin on Friday, May 3.

Asher and senior Caroline Masters were the only Albany High School students who placed at the regional level competition held in Odessa last weekend.

The state qualifier earned a first place in headline writing, and was third in both news writing and feature writing.

The Albany Chamber of Commerce sponsored Wild West Day is expected to start with a bang at 12:00 noon on Saturday, April 27, according to Chamber director Lisa Barton.

“Folks need to try and be there right at the start,” said Barton. “The bank robbery will only happen once!”

Wild West Day will begin at 12:00 noon and continue all day until 10:30 p.m.

Early voting for the May 4 local elections will begin next Monday, April 22 and run through Tuesday, April 30, with two Albany city council positions and two Albany ISD seats to be decided by voters. A third AISD seat is uncontested, along with the Albany mayor’s post.

The early voting location for both elections is Albany’s City Hall at 425 S. 2nd Street.

Regular hours are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, although the site will be open for required extended hours on the first and last days of the early voting period.

After waiting 20 minutes for a quorum, three members of the Shackelford County Hospital District’s board of directors called a traveling board member on the phone in order to pay bills.

Vice president Janna Ledbetter called the district portion of the meeting to order at 6:19 p.m. on Monday, April 15, with Leslie Belcher and Mike Bean also present. Board president John Ayers, who was on his way home from a business trip, was on speaker.

The directors passed a motion to pay the district bills, then in a separate session, also paid the clinic bills.

AHS counselor Dee Dee Waggoner has scheduled a dual credit meeting for 5:30 p.m. this afternoon, April 18 in the Albany High cafeteria.

“We will host representatives from Cisco College’s dual credit and financial aid departments,” said Waggoner. “Any students interested in taking dual credit classes and their parents should attend.”

Dual credit allows high school students to earn college credit and high school credit concurrently.