By Lynsi Musselman
Members of the National Honor Society have met to elect officers to lead their organization over the next nine months.
Hannah Trail will serve as president, with Tana Thompson elected as vice president, Blanton Belcher as secretary, Morgan Garcia as treasurer, and Jackson Chapman as reporter.
By Lynsi Musselman
Albany Independent School District will deliver electronic report cards only, starting with the end of this upcoming six weeks on Thursday, Oct. 1.
The online report cards will be made available through the Ascender Parent Portal program using the primary parent’s account.
AISD director of student services Leigh Lowe said this change will be new to everyone this first six weeks, and there will be a learning curve.
Lowe added the time of day when the grades will be available online will vary.
By Lynsi Musselman
ASPIRE will get underway at Nancy Smith Elementary School on Monday, Sept. 28 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
ASPIRE, standing for Active Student Participation Inspires Real Engagement, is for third and fourth grade students and is held weekly Monday through Wednesday.
Nickie Leveridge will be running the ASPIRE program this year.
Funding is provided by the United Way of Abilene through Resource Care, Albany Community Chest, and other local fundraising efforts.
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By Lynsi Musselman
This Sunday, Sept. 27 at 5:00 p.m., members of the Ministerial Alliance invite Albany residents to an all-community prayer event at the Feed Store.
Ministerial Alliance president Jeff Turner said there will be a national call to prayer in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Sept. 26, and the Ministerial Alliance felt led to host one for the community of Albany.
“This is a no frills event, just prayer,” Turner said.
He added that all are welcome and every effort will be made to social distance.
By Lynsi Musselman
FBC will host a lunch and auction after church on Sunday, Sept. 27.
There will be a silent auction of items that were collected by local youth during Camp Jam in July. The items will be displayed and available for bidding while lunch is served in the fellowship hall.
All proceeds collected from the silent auction go to benefit First Baptist Church Aspermont.
FBC Aspermont’s church building, along with everything inside, was destroyed after it caught fire in June.
By Lynsi Musselman
Bethel Assembly’s ‘The Patch’ will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3 in downtown Albany at the Bank Park from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Church member Betsy Spraberry said the event will have the traditional pumpkin market with various sizes of pumpkins available for purchase.
There will also be fall photo opportunities and a bake sale, all with organizers being aware and cautious of COVID-19 concerns.
By Lynsi Musselman
Another West Texas Fair and Rodeo in Abilene has come and gone after running from Sept. 4-19, with an extra week added to spread out events this year.
This past Friday and Saturday and last weekend of the fair included several Shackelford County youth participating in the junior steer show and in the youth open swine show.
“The kids did a great job preparing their animals for the shows,” said Chris Beard, FFA advisor. “All the exhibitors represented Shackelford County well during the span of the fair this year.”
By Donnie A. Lucas
Racking up almost 500 yards of offense while holding the Haskell Indians to just six yards of offense, the Albany Lions got right back on the winning track last Friday with a 43-0 win in Haskell.
Albany (3-1) will be on the road again this week in Anson to play the Tigers (3-1), who are coming off a big loss to Hamlin, similar to the loss Albany suffered at the hands of the Pipers the week before.
Tickets are available for Friday night’s game only at the Albany superintendent’s office – $5 for adults and $3 for students.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion volleyball team split games last week, but the game they won was critically important.
Albany lost in three sets to the visiting 4A Graham Lady Blue, but defeated district rival Hawley in four sets on Saturday to lead the 2A bracket of District 6-2A.
The Lady Lions were on the road Tuesday in Rising Star, finishing the first half of play against district teams with a 25-1, 25-4, 25-5 win. Complete results will be printed next week.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The JV Lion football team improved to 3-0 for the season with a 28-0 shutout of the Haskell Indians last Thursday in their first home game of the season.
The JV will host Anson this Thursday (today) at about 6:30 p.m. after the two junior high games
Albany churned out the offense behind the protection of the line.
“I was very pleased with our offensive line,” coach David Fairchild said. “I also saw a lot of second-effort blocking down the field.”
