By Donnie A. Lucas

With the end of the school year, students might be looking for something to keep them busy this summer.

There are several options including a host of sports camps during the summer break, including one that starts next week.

The first is the All-Sports camp which is set for June 1-3. The camp combines three sports - football, baseball and basketball - with one day of instruction dedicated to each.

The multiple sport camp is open to both boys and girls.

By Donnie A. Lucas

While the school year is ending today for local classes, a couple of summer programs for junior high and high school students are scheduled to start in June.

Prospective female athletes who want to stay or get in shape this summer will be able to participate in a strength and conditioning program that starts Monday, June 7, plus practicing some sport specific drills as well.

A program for male athletes will wait an extra week due to the baseball playoffs, starting on June 14.

By Sandy Morris

Moran Independent School District will present six seniors with high school diplomas on Friday, May 28.

Commencement exercises will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the MISD gymnasium.

Dariann Hawley is the valedictorian for the class, and Corey Miller is the salutatorian.

Other members of the Moran High Class of 2021 are Aspen Box, Corley Hendricks, Sondra O’Keefe, and Tiffany Wade.

The ceremony will begin with the invocation given by Wade, followed by a welcome from retiring superintendent Danny Freeman.

By Sandy Morris

Moran students wrap up the school year this week with an elementary field day Thursday followed by an awards ceremony.

Kindergarten and eighth grade graduations also will be held Thursday.

Eighth grade valedictorian is Ellis Hise and salutatorian is Aydan Moreno.

The last day of school and graduation will be on Friday, May 28. Graduation will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the gymnasium. 

Fundraiser

Ella Bullard, age 80 of Albany, passed away Friday, May 21, 2021. Graveside funeral services were held Tuesday, May 25 at Admiral Cemetery, in Admiral, Texas with Bishop W.C. Roach officiating.  Interment followed under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.  

Ella Faye Turner was born June 9, 1940 in Marfa, Texas to Aaron A. Turner and Bertha T. Schoolcraft Turner. She married Curtis “Bill” Bullard in Odessa on June 7, 1969. Mrs. Bullard was a homemaker, a member of the Eastern Star and enjoyed genealogy. 

Marvin James Schkade passed away peacefully on May 22, 2021 at the age of 83 in Forney, Texas. 

He was born on Nov. 22, 1937 to Bernharde Herman Schkade and Alma Marie Handrick Schkade in Albany, Texas. He graduated from High School in Albany Tx. He played tennis for the University of Oklahoma and finished up his Bachelor and Masters degrees at the University of North Texas. 

He married Helen Jones, and they had three children, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 

William Alvice Parrish of Moran, passed away Friday, May 21, 2021, a week shy of his 91st birthday.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 29 at First Baptist Church in Moran with Bro. Larry Briley and Bro. John Tunnell officiating. Interment will follow in the Moran Cemetery under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.  Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 28, at Morehart Mortuary of Albany.

Billie Ann Edgar Glenn, age 88, of Albany passed away Sunday, May 16, 2021 in Weatherford, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 12 at Albany Cemetery.

Billie Ann Edgar Glenn was born May 21, 1932 in Jacksboro, Texas to parents W.T. and Olishie Edgar. She moved to Lue­ders, Texas at a young age where she graduated in 1949. While attending school, she met Bill Glenn, and they married in 1950.

Bill and Billie lived in Tuxedo, then Baird until 1957 when they moved to Albany, Texas, where they raised their family.

By Sandy Morris

Moran Independent School District students have a host of activities during their last week of school next week. 

MISD students and staff participated in the ResourceCare spring Health Fair last Friday, and there have also been several other field trips in recent weeks.

This Week

On Monday, May 17, the Moran ISD school board met to officially hire a new superintendent and to elect officers. 

a birder’s

eye view

By Brad McBee

Perhaps no other bird captures the imagination like that of a hummingbird. Beating their wings some 60-80 times a second, hummingbirds can move in any direction or just stand still in the air. 

Their heart rate is also through the roof and has been measured at up to 1,263 beats per-minute. At night they enter “torpor” a hibernation-like state which permits their heart rate to drop to 50 beats a minute to conserve energy.