By Jillian Lucas
Parents who need to pre-register their children for Head Start or pre-kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year are encouraged to start the process.
New and returning Head Start families need to pick up applications at the Nancy Smith Elementary School office and return the forms as quickly as possible.
By Sidney Bartee
The First Baptist Church of Albany is offering multiple summer programs for students, including a large group of youth that will be gone next week for a five-day camp.
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On Monday, June 28, 47 students leave to go to Latham Springs teen camp in Aquila, Texas.
Participants will go on a charter bus and spend the week in study groups, worship, and outdoor activities.
By Jillian Lucas
A team of 12 from First Baptist Church is set to head to Del Rio Sunday morning, June 27, to help with a construction project.
The group has traveled to this same area roughly half a dozen times to help work on various buildings and churches in several surrounding locations, according to team member Kyle Viertel.
“We will actually be staying at a mission site that we helped work on several years ago,” said Viertel. “This was a house that was donated to be used to help provide housing for mission groups.”
By Jillian Lucas
Local ministries Closet Angels and Neighbors in Need will be closed June 28 through July 18.
“Closet Angels will be closed for three weeks to allow volunteers to take vacations and also to catch up on processing a massive amount of donations,” said coordinator Lori Reames.
While Closet Angels is set to reopen on July 19, Neighbors in Need will be closing indefinitely.
By Melinda L. Lucas
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.
By Jillian Lucas
Children lined the streets of downtown Albany Saturday afternoon in anticipation of catching heaps of candy thrown from the floats and wagons of the 2021 Fort Griffin Fandangle Parade participants.
The annual parade was held this last Saturday, June 19, following its usual route down Main Street.
Those in attendance seemed to enjoy themselves; however, participation this year was lower than in years past.
By Sandy Morris
ResourceCare has announced the date for the third annual CareFest fundraiser that benefits six Big Country communities.
The one-day music festival is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 28 beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Happy Wife Happy Life Weddings and Events venue located just outside Albany.
Bands that have committed to appear include Roger Creager, Stoney Larue, Giovannie and The Hired Guns, Dylan Wheeler, Cole Barnhill, and the 360 Band.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Both the 10U and 12U Albany Little League All-Star teams moved into the consolation bracket of the District 5 tournament after losses on Monday.
Both teams were scheduled to play on Wednesday, with the winner advancing in the consolation backet of the single elimination consolation portion of the tournament. The 10U team was scheduled to play Merkel All-Stars at Abilene Northern at 6:00 p.m., while the 12U team would follow also at Northern at 8:00 p.m. against the Northern All-Stars.
By Sidney Bartee
Members of the Albany Athletic Booster Club invite all junior high and high school athlete parents and interested community members to attend a meeting on Monday, June 28 at the Feed Store at 6:00 p.m.
The Booster Club supports all sports by using fundraisers and concession stand sale proceeds. There is no fee associated with being a member.
Those present at the meeting will discuss fall plans, the football program, and elect new officers for the 2021-2022 school year.
By Jillian Lucas
The previously postponed Father’s Day golf tournament has been cancelled until next year.
With the new greens currently under construction, the Albany Golf Club had no choice but to initially postpone and now cancel the annual event, according to club representative James Waters.
“With the recent freeze, it has been very difficult to find the sod we need to finish the construction on the greens,” Waters said. “We have reached out to every place we know of, and as of right now we don’t know when we will be able to finish.”
