Around 100 classic cars and trucks are anticipated to be in the downtown area this Saturday, April 20 for the 13th annual Albany Classic Car Show, and spectators are encouraged to walk among the entrees, visit the auto museum, eat a meal or two from vendors, and see if their picks are also selected by the judges.

The local car show, hosted by members of Albany’s Shifters Car Club, is free for all spectators, and as of press time, the forecast called for mostly sunny skies with temperatures ranging from the low 50s to the upper 80s. 

Albany High School junior Addison Asher will advance in three events to the University Interscholastic League state academic meet to be held at the University of Texas Campus in Austin on Friday, May 3.

Asher and senior Caroline Masters were the only Albany High School students who placed at the regional level competition held in Odessa last weekend.

The state qualifier earned a first place in headline writing, and was third in both news writing and feature writing.

The Albany Chamber of Commerce sponsored Wild West Day is expected to start with a bang at 12:00 noon on Saturday, April 27, according to Chamber director Lisa Barton.

“Folks need to try and be there right at the start,” said Barton. “The bank robbery will only happen once!”

Wild West Day will begin at 12:00 noon and continue all day until 10:30 p.m.

Early voting for the May 4 local elections will begin next Monday, April 22 and run through Tuesday, April 30, with two Albany city council positions and two Albany ISD seats to be decided by voters. A third AISD seat is uncontested, along with the Albany mayor’s post.

The early voting location for both elections is Albany’s City Hall at 425 S. 2nd Street.

Regular hours are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, although the site will be open for required extended hours on the first and last days of the early voting period.

After waiting 20 minutes for a quorum, three members of the Shackelford County Hospital District’s board of directors called a traveling board member on the phone in order to pay bills.

Vice president Janna Ledbetter called the district portion of the meeting to order at 6:19 p.m. on Monday, April 15, with Leslie Belcher and Mike Bean also present. Board president John Ayers, who was on his way home from a business trip, was on speaker.

The directors passed a motion to pay the district bills, then in a separate session, also paid the clinic bills.

AHS counselor Dee Dee Waggoner has scheduled a dual credit meeting for 5:30 p.m. this afternoon, April 18 in the Albany High cafeteria.

“We will host representatives from Cisco College’s dual credit and financial aid departments,” said Waggoner. “Any students interested in taking dual credit classes and their parents should attend.”

Dual credit allows high school students to earn college credit and high school credit concurrently.

Former Albany resident Derrick Henson was awarded four separate commendations in a recent cere-mony by the Aurora-Marionville Police Department in Missouri, where he has been employed as a law enforcement officer for the past five years.

In addition to a Good Conduct Award and a five-year Safe Driving Award, Henson received a Life-Saving Award for his actions at the end of a high speed chase that could have had serious consequences for innocent bystanders. He also earned a Certificate of Valor.

The Albany News office will be closed Good Friday, April 19 in order for the staff to celebrate the Easter holiday weekend.

Laundry needed for the weekend should be picked up by 5:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

The office will be open for regular hours on Monday, April 22.

Alice Bernice Schkade Remmele, 90, a retired lab technician and a homemaker of Paradise, Texas, went to be with our Lord Friday, April 12, 2019 in Plano.

Funeral service was Tuesday, April 16, at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel in Bridgeport with burial in Paradise Cemetery. 

Pastor Chris Baer officiated. 

Pallbearers were Jarrett Blessing, Derek Boyd, Steve Schkade, Ben Schkade, Mark Moody, Sean Harris, Lane Loiselle, Jay Bivin, and Jeremy Massey. 

For four years now, Big Country Electric Cooperative (BCEC) members’ Operation Round Up change contributions have helped families and service organizations locally. 

Since 2015, the Operation Round Up program has contributed more than $240,000 to local communities through organizations who provide charitable and educational services, as well as families with demonstrated financial need. 

Operation Round Up is supported by BCEC members whose electric bills are “Rounded Up” to the nearest dollar.