The 2019 Fort Griffin Fandangle Membership Sampler will be presented at the site of the historic Town of Fort Griffin next Saturday, April 20 at 6:00 p.m. and although the first wave of invitations to the Sampler were mailed out to members this week, there is still time for everyone to pay association dues and attend the event.
Adult participants are invited to bring their favorite bottle of wine or beverage to the Old Jail Art Center next Thursday, April 18, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., and leave with an encaustic painting that they create during the workshop.
Each third Thursday of the school year, adult visitors are invited to try out a new art medium in a casual workshop environment under the instruction of an experienced art educator.
Encaustic painting is also known as “hot wax painting.”
All Shackelford County senior adults (50 and up) are invited to attend the Shackelford County Resource Center’s April senior luncheon to be held on Friday, April 12 at the Albany Youth Center beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Members of First Baptist Church are hosting this month.
“The theme is ‘Carnival,’ and we will actually be having a carnival including game booths, cotton candy, popcorn, and prizes,” said program assistant Ragan Riley.
The meal will be hamburgers, French fries, baked beans, and desserts.
The wild west will come back to life, at least for a day, in downtown Albany this month at the first annual Chamber of Commerce Wild West Day on Saturday, April 27, and a host of activities will provide a multitude of entertainment options for all ages.
Main Street will be shut down to regular traffic from 11:45 until 1:15 p.m., and people dressed in period costumes will take to the street while Louann George plays a half-hour concert on the calliope.
The Albany School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) are individuals working together to improve the health of students and families in the school district through coordinated health programs, and according to school nurse Lisa Russell, the organization welcomes more volunteers.
“We are always looking for new members, and we only meet four times per year,” said Russell. “We accept monetary donations to help purchase snacks for testing days at the AJSH campus and for splash/field day at the elementary.”
Nine Albany High School students will compete in a total of nine different contests, many of them in multiple events, at the Region 1-2A University Interscholastic League academic meet in Odessa on Saturday, April 13.
“We have several students competing in more than one event,” said UIL coordinator Rick Davis. “Addison Asher is in four of the five journalism events, Alayna Koemel is in three journalism events, and there are two other students, Tana Thompson and Hannah Trail, who will compete in two separate journalism events.”
Yesterday, April 10, the sixth grade students at Nancy Smith Elementary School spent the day touring downtown Albany while fourth and fifth graders were taking STAAR exams.
“It is nice for them to have a special day away from school,” said NSES counselor Leigh Lowe. “And we needed their classrooms for testing.”
The sixth graders met with several elected county officers at the Shackelford County Courthouse beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The Albany High School band earned a 3 in concert and a 2 in sightreading at the UIL Region 6, East Zone band contest held at Cooper High School in Abilene on Wednesday, April 3.
The band played The Challenger by Kinyon, Courtlandt County Festival by Owens, and Russian Sailor’s Dance by Gliere/Williams for concert judges Rob Hartman, Matt Daily, and Matt Knight.
Knight awarded the local band a 2, but 3s from both Hartman and Daily brought the average down to 3.
Albany churches are observing Holy Week with a special midweek community service on Wednesday, sponsored by the Albany Ministerial Alliance, as well as special activities for some of the individual congregations.
Holy Week Service
This year, instead of hosting multiple mid-day services, the Ministerial Alliance is sponsoring a community worship time on Wednesday evening.
The 6:30 p.m. service will be at the Aztec Theater on April 17, and everyone in the community is welcome to attend.
Local day care and Albany ISD early learning classes are in the midst of celebrating the Week of the Young Child, which will culminate with a downtown parade on Friday.
The Week of the Young Child April 8-12 features activities as part of a national event to honor those who make a difference in children’s lives.
Participating centers include MMPC Mothers Day Out, Nancy Smith Elementary Pre-K and Head Start classes, Stepping Stones Christian School, First Love Day Care, and Lakey’s Day Care.
