By Kathy Thomson
Around 40 people attended the Shackelford County Range and Pasture Tour on Tuesday, June 25.
“We had lots of great speakers,” said local county extension agent Michaela Bradford. “It was a good educational event.”
The AgriLife sponsored event was the first of a three-part Big Country Beef Cattle Improvement Series and was held at the Trail Ranch.
Jerry Donavan Dodson of Fort Worth, TX passed away peacefully on Father’s Day, June 16, 2019 in the presence of those who loved him the most.
Services will be held at The Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery at 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75211 on July 19 at 1:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, you may choose to make a patriotic donation at USO.org or at WoundedWarriorProject.org in his name.
Jerry was born on June 1, 1939 in Albany, Texas. He was an accomplished singer, a father, a grandfather, a brother and was a friend to anyone who met him.
Thomas Scott Holland, age 78, passed away June 24, 2019 at Eastland Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 26, at the Kimbrough Funeral Home Chapel in Cisco, Texas, with Lance Thomas officiating. Interment followed in the Moran Cemetery under the direction of Kimbrough Funeral Home.
Thomas was born in Abilene, Texas on July 19, 1940 to John and Jessie Holland, and since the age of three, he was raised by Ezra and Lowe Weir in Moran, Texas. He graduated from Moran High School in 1959.
Parents are reminded to stop by the Albany News office to pick up photo packets of players in various spring and summer sports league.
Packages that weren’t paid in advance or charged to established accounts can be ordered when paid for.
The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $46,797 from the state this June. The amount is up 31.38 percent from the $35,618 payment received in June of 2018.
Payments to date for the 2019 year to the city of Albany are $299,589, up by 16.80 percent from the comparable time last year, when payments of $256,486 had been made.
The city of Moran will receive a net payment of $1,316 this period for a 2.11 percent increase from the $1,289 received in June 2018.
Special Fandangle activities are on the Old Jail Art Center’s schedule over the next two weeks, starting with a Native American Dance exhibition this Saturday afternoon and ending up a Family Festival “Round Up” on June 29.
Located one block east of the Courthouse, the Old Jail does not charge admission and is open to the public from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Fandangle performance nights.
The Moran Independent School District has filled their two vacant staff positions, according to MISD superintendent Danny Freeman.
“They haven’t been by to sign contracts yet, but we have verbal agreements with both of them,” said Freeman.
John Hughes will be the new football coach for Moran.
Hughes graduated from Venus High School and received his BS from Tarle-ton. He has worked at several schools including Milano, Hubbard, Whitney, Joshua, Morgan, Brookesmith, Maud, and High Island. Most recently he coached in Rochelle.
A monthly country and western musical will continue this month on Saturday, June 22 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Moran Community Center.
Moran singer-songwriter M.L. “Marty” Clifford is coordinating the event, which got underway last month.
Clifford plans to hold the musical on the fourth Saturday of each month.
Proceeds will benefit local organizations such as the fire department, said Clifford.
There is no cover charge, but snacks will be available.
For more information, call 325-668-5084 or 254-631-9777.
By Kathy Thomson
The 81st anniversary edition of the Fort Griffin Fandangle is scheduled to open to a large audience at the Prairie Theater at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow evening.
This year’s script is based on Sallie Reynolds Matthews’ book Interwoven, and the cast includes some cowboys who haven’t been in the show in several years, as well as some members of the author’s family.
The book chronicles the true pioneer adventures of the Reynolds family and their often-times neighbors and eventual relatives, the Matthews family.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Parents of Albany students in grades 3-11 should soon receive reports for state STAAR testing results administered during the spring.
According to AISD testing coordinator Leigh Lowe, individualized “portfolios” or reports were mailed to parents earlier in the week for STAAR testing and 2019 End of Course (EOC) tests in a variety of subject areas.
