Jaime Limas, district executive of the western part of the Texas Trails Council of the Boy Scouts will host a Cub Scout meeting at the Nancy Smith Elementary School cafeteria at 6:00 p.m. tonight, Sept. 20.

An Albany Senior “bowl” making the rounds in Albany will be hard to miss and will help keep local seniors from “flushing” away their graduation night.  All proceeds from the lighthearted fundraiser will be used to provide a safe graduation night at Project Graduation 2019.

Albany alumni, students, and fans should make plans to join in the many Homecoming preparations and activities that will take place over the next few weeks. Current Albany students will elect the homecoming court next week. The theme for the parade this year was not yet known at press time.

The Albany Ministerial Alliance has decided to try combining “Trunk or Treat” with the PTO Fall Fest at Nancy Smith Elementary School next month, with both events scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27.

The 28th annual See You at the Pole is set for Wednesday, Sept. 26, with separate events planned for local elementary and secondary students. The 2018 theme is “Broken.”  Ephesians 3:14, I fall on my knees before the Father, is the scripture selected for 2018.

Campbell Terry was recently hired to be the youth minister at First Baptist Church and he began his new duties on Sunday, Sept. 2. When asked how he ended up as the new youth minister at FBC, Terry did not hesitate with his answer. “This job?” Terry said. “It was God!

Former Albany youth minister Thomas Aly with Live Missions will host an informational meeting this Sunday, Sept. 23, at 3:00 p.m. at The Feed Store, for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the non-profit’s upcoming Uganda mission trips.

Erick Thomas Lakey, 26, of Albany, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Funeral services were Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at the Bailey-Howard Funeral Home Chapel in Clyde.  Erick was born Sept. 9, 1992, in Abilene to Cheryl Fowler and Rick Lakey.

Robert Gayle Howe, 66 of Clyde, TX, affectionately known to all as Bobby, passed away on Sunday Sept. 9, 2018 along with his son Daniel Justin Howe in a motor vehicle accident. Bobby was born in Blanket, TX on Sept. 15, 1951 to James Edward and Doris Bonita Petross.

DANIEL HOWE Daniel Justin Howe, 34 of Clyde, TX, passed away on Sunday Sept. 9, 2018 along with his father Robert Gayle Howe in a motor vehicle accident. Daniel graduated in the Class of 2003 from Clyde High School, and continued his education at Texas A&M Galveston and Cisco Junior College.