Boys head coach Harley Ethridge and girls head coach Dakota Fowler have scheduled meets for the Moran high school and junior high tracksters.
The first meet of the year for all four teams will be next Thursday, Feb. 28 in Hico, followed by a Monday, March 4 meet in Gordon.
The teams will take off for spring break, and then fit in a couple more meets before the district contest in Dublin on April 3.
The Albany Independent School District and the City of Albany will both hold elections on May 4, while the other three local governing bodies, the Shackelford County hospital district, the Moran city council, and the Moran school board do not have any contested races and are expected to cancel their elections.
Six new candidates joined various local races before last week’s 5:00 p.m. Friday cut-off.
Don Taggart is the newest candidate for a seat on the Albany city council.
Rodney Alexander filed to return as mayor of Albany.
Two new exhibitions open Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Old Jail Art Center and will remain on display at the local museum until May 18.
OJAC members who sent in their RSVP before the Feb. 18 deadline will be able to attend the artist’s reception and special members’ opening event this Saturday, Feb. 23 for an early viewing of the artwork.
Allied: The Tia and OJAC Collections, as well as the next installment in The Cell Series, titled Matthew Bourbon: Waiting for Now, are the featured exhibits.
A unanimous vote by the Albany ISD board of trustees named the football field at Robert Nail Stadium “Faith Field,” surprising longtime Albany coach Denney Faith with the honor near the end of Monday’s regular meeting.
Board president Betsy Parsons presented the proposal, following up a suggestion made by Albany High School alumna Holly Harvick Cauble.
After the decision was made, Faith and his wife Angelyn were called to the meeting so he could be formally notified.
A quorum of Shackelford County Hospital District (SCHD) directors voted to order a new ambulance at a cost of $199,775, a purchase that has been discussed for several months and which is included in the 2019 budget.
The board members settled on a 2019 Dodge Ram 3500 diesel chassis furnished with a Stryker “Powerload” mechanism from Frazer Ltd. in Houston, the company that has supplied the last three units owned by the district.
The new ambulance will replace one of the two 2009 models owned by the district. A 2013 ambulance will remain in service.
Several new directors were elected to the Albany Chamber of Commerce board at the organization’s annual membership meeting on Feb. 8.
Local residents who are new to the board are Chris Beard, Megaen Birdwell, Susan Montgomery, Jonathan Scott, Clayton Snyder, and Tracy Sullivan.
“We had a lot of interest in board positions this year, and we are thrilled,” said Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones.
She added that several directors had asked to go off the board, at least for now.
Shackelford County 4-H and FFA members brought back an assortment of prizes from the San Angelo Stock Show recently.
“It was a stellar outing for Shackelford County, especially following the wins at Fort Worth,” said Albany ag instructor Chris Beard. “It’s pretty exciting to see all the successes.”
Breed reserve champion banners were won by Hannah Snyder and Huffman Heatly, Tyler Beard earned a belt buckle and scholarship money, and other local youth also placed well.
Junior Heifers
Three juniors at Albany High School are looking for ideas for an award worthy community service project and the funding needed to complete the task.
Taylor Scott, Tyler Beard, and Brayden Sullivan, along with mentor Chris Beard, each need to raise $150 to participate in the Texas Midwest Community Network (TMCN) training sessions and scholarship competition.
The TMCN scholarship contest has been held for several years, but this is the first time that Albany students have participated.
The Albany Chamber of Commerce will host a Family Funfest for Chamber members, their families, and invited guests from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7 at the Albany Golf Course.
“This is an appreciation dinner for current Chamber members,” said Chamber office manager Mary Beth Jones. “And we are encouraging them to invite others to join. We are trying to include more families, not just businesses, in the Chamber.”
Current Chamber members are encouraged to invite friends who might want to join the Chamber to attend the event with them.
The Texas Junior Livestock Association held its 39th annual year end awards at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium during the Fort Worth livestock show, and two local youth placed in the cattle divisions.
Albany eighth grader Gracie Price, a junior director of the organization, led the pledge of allegiance at the heifer presentation on Friday, Jan. 25 and the invocation at the steer presentation on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
Price won year-end awards in the heifer cate-gory.
Both Price and Moran junior JT Holland placed in the steer division.
