The Moran Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs competed at the Albany Roaring Lions Invitational track meet on Thursday, March 28, and Kobee Lapp won first place in boys varsity triple jump with a distance of 43 feet two inches.

Also earning medals for Moran were Sondra O’Keefe with gold in JV girls pole vault (6-06), Johnnie Hise with bronze in JV girls triple jump (29-06.25), and Lyric Huskey with a bronze in JV boys triple jump (38-06).

Addison Asher qualified for regional in four journalism events at the University Interscholastic League District 8 Academic Spring Meet held at Hawley High School on Tuesday, March 26, and eight of her peers, including Sidney Bartee who earned first place in Science and also won the Top Biology award, will also advance to regional.

“I am very pleased and proud of our students,” said UIL coordinator Rick Davis. “They did great! We have five students who advanced and/or placed in multiple contests!”

This week Fandangle rehearsals moved outside to the lot next to the Bank Park and began a twice-a-week schedule, with practices at 7:30 p.m. on both Monday and Thursday evenings.

“The outside rehearsal on Monday was great,” said artistic director Lorna Ayers. “Transitioning to a new location is nothing to this group of professional Fandanglers.”

The next rehearsal is scheduled to take place this evening, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the lot next to the Bank Park.

A Monday morning special meeting scheduled for Shackelford County elected officials to travel to Abilene in order to look at a seven-passenger van was spent instead at the Courthouse planning a strategy for a vehicle purchase.

The commissioners hope to find inexpensive transportation for a work crew from the Walker--Sayle Unit in Breckenridge.

Judge Robert Skelton explained that the deal on the van that he had found “fell through” last week.

Pick-up dates for the April distribution of the commodity food program are April 4 and 5.

On Thursday, April 4, certified eligible families in Moran should pick up their monthly commodity food at the Moran City Hall between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

Albany families who have been certified eligible for the April food distribution program can pick up their commodity food Friday, April 5, at the rear door of the JP office (the former county jail) from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. 

The City of Albany will test the emergency warning siren at 12:00 noon next Wednesday, April 10, as it does the second Wednesday of every month, depending on the weather.

The tests keep citizens familiar with the three warning sounds, and they are also used to make sure that the siren, computer, software, and radios are working correctly.

The siren should sound one of the three emergency tones at noon on that day, but the siren is not tested if the weather is questionable, according to local fire chief Kyle Tischler. 

SEVERE WEATHER

The local spring turkey hunting season looks promising, according to Stasney’s Cook Ranch wildlife manager Billy Hill.

“There are not quite as many birds as we’ve had the last two years, but there are still an adequate number,” Hill said. “The first morning (of the season) we got three. It should be a good spring.”

Hill added that they do not plan to harvest as many birds as normal on the Stasney.

“We want to make sure to leave enough birds so the population can rebuild,” said the wildlife manager.

Season Dates

Mariana Green was born Nov. 16, 1959 and grew up on the Green Ranch, just east of Albany, Texas; she was the youngest of the three children of Bob and Nancy Green. Mariana died on March 26, 2019, after a short but vicious fight with cancer.

A memorial service was held at The Old Jail Art Center at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

The Lion baseball team picked another pair of wins last week, with the most significant being the district opener in Stamford.

Albany hosted Baird on Tuesday, earning a 16-6 victory to keep the streak going and improving the overall mark to 8-4. Details will be reported next week.

The Lions will stay at home again on Friday, with a game against the Hawley Bearcats as the hunt for the district title continues. The opening pitch is set for 5:00 p.m.

The local team will once more be at the local field Tuesday, April 2 to host the Eula Pirates starting at 5:00 p.m.

The girls track team finished as the fourth place team at the Eastland track meet last week, while the varsity boys placed sixth out of eight teams present.

The JV boys had the best team total of the day for Albany, placing third overall with 83 points. 

The girls garnered 61 points and the varsity boys scored a total of 36 points.

Albany will host a meet Thursday (today) starting at 3:00 p.m. with field events. Running events will follow at about 5:30 p.m.