Members of the Albany Church of Christ will hold a celebration this Sunday, April 28, at 6:00 p.m. at The Feed Store in honor of the graduating seniors who have been active in the Church of Christ.
“We do this every year for the Youth in Action teenagers who are graduating,” said pastor Sonny McCauley. “We are inviting the seniors, their families, and our church family.”
Cameron Dacus, Kade Everitt, and Haley Stewart are the honorees this year.
A total of 25 Albany FFA students competed on seven Career Development Event teams at the Tarleton Area IV CDE contest at Stephenville on Wednesday, April 17.
District winners for CDEs were also named at the TSU Area IV event.
None of the Albany teams advanced from area competition to the state level, but other Albany CDE teams are headed to a state level contest at TSU today and two contests at Texas Tech on Friday.
The Shackelford County Youth and Livestock Association met twice during April to begin making plans for next year’s county livestock show.
The first meeting was the regularly scheduled annual meeting held on April 9 to elect directors, elect officers, and listen to any concerns or issues from the public about the 2019 county show.
The additional directors meeting was held the following week on April 16 to allow the directors time to confirm that judges would be available for the proposed new show schedule.
Directors & Officers
One hundred and ten vehicles entered the 2019 Albany Classic Car Show hosted by members of Albany’s Shifters Car Club last Saturday, April 20, and the judges awarded prizes in 26 classes and also in several specialty categories.
“The car show was awesome,” said show coordinator Robert Snyder. “We had a good turnout with a lot of vehicles that we hadn’t seen before. The weather was nice, and we had plenty of good help.”
The event started on Friday evening with a hamburger supper, a downtown cruise, and the burnout.
Fort Griffin State Historic Site will hold a Stars and Skies party this Saturday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m.
The forecast calls for a low around 61 degrees, mostly clear skies, and a slight south wind. The sun should set at 8:15 p.m. and the moon won’t rise until way after midnight, leaving the late evening perfect for a star party.
Stars & Skies of Texas
Melba Graham had worked at Albany High School for 11 years before she and her husband Jim died in an automobile accident last June.
Now, due to fundraising efforts by her co-workers and students, and donations from many in the community, including the Albany High senior class, a memorial pavilion in honor of the Grahams will soon be built at the secondary campus.
One of the major forces behind the successful fundraising drive is senior Jillian Guinn.
Everyone is invited to a May Day Family Festival hosted by the Old Jail Art Center on Saturday, May 4, from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m.
“Bring the whole family and explore the ancient and contemporary May Day Celebration of Spring,” invited education director Erin Whitmore.
She encouraged local residents to investigate collection artifacts and enjoy traditional crafts, games, food, and music inspired by May Day tradition.
Student artwork from Region 14 will be on view in the Stasney Center for Education.
The family festival is free and open to the public.
The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $33,565 from the state this April. The amount is down 10.54 percent from the $37,522 payment received in April 2018.
Payments to date for 2019 to the city of Albany are $206,214, up by 16.38 percent from last year, when payments of $177,177 had been made.
The city of Moran will receive a net payment of $1,194, for a 7.95 percent decrease from the $1,297 received in April 2018.
This is basically for the seniors in our community because we seem to be the few ones who still have AT&T land lines and use them. For some reason, we seem to get any and many 800# calls.
This happens even if we’ve signed on to the “DO NOT CALL LIST.” I know that most of these calls are asking you for information that they should not know and should not be asking for.
They are also trying to either sell you something (like a back brace) that you do not need, or they are asking for money that you should not give them.
A number of Albany track athletes are advancing to the Region I-2A Track and Field Meet Friday and Saturday in Levelland, with the chance to punch their ticket to the state track in May.
The Lady Lions are sending both the sprint and mile relays to the regional meet, along with five girls in individual events.
The Lions are also advancing two relays, including the 4x200 relay and the mile relay, and five individuals in three events.
