The week of April 28 through May 5 has been proclaimed as Soil & Water Stewardship Week in Shackelford County, with anofficialdocumentsigned at the end of Monday’s regular county commissioners meeting by county judge John Viertel.

Work has begun on Albany’scommunitygarden for this year with organizer RambyAnderson invitinglocalresidentsto join in the activity. The garden occupies approximately 4,000 square feet behind the Ramco Insurance building at 9 S.

ShackelfordCounty4-H will hold its final meeting of the school year at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, May 5 at The Feed Store with officer elections for next year the main order of business.

The sixth grade bands earned three Division I ratings from the judges for concert selections played at the Clyde Band Festival last Friday. “The band got straight Division I ratings across the board,” assistant director Danna Vaughan said.

Outstanding Student Holden Sanchez, Albany High School junior, received the President’s Outstanding StudentAwardin the English Department of Cisco College at an awards banquet Monday at the Cisco campus. He was presented a certificate and a medallion by college president Dr.

Anyone interested in adding a veteran’s name to the newest veteran’s marker that will soon be added to those already installed on the Shackelford CountyCourthousesquare should contact Mary Kay O’Connor by Wednesday, May 15.

The Feed Store is winding down its activities for the school year with the final combined youth worship night of the semester held Wednesday, April 24. Executive director Tisha Wilkins said the Tuesday lunches for high school juniors and seniors are the only items on the schedule.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11) For congregations that follow a church-year calendar, the fourth Sunday of the Easter season is called “Good Shepherd Sunday.” The image of Jesus as a shepherd is one of the most important and endearing ones in the Bible.

On April 28 Trinity Episcopal Church will celebrate the 114th anniversary of its recognition as an established, official congregation. Even though there was a small congregation of Episcopalians in Albany in the early 1870s, the church was not officially recognized until 1910.

Local supporters of Ben Richey Boys Ranch are making plans for a workday to install irrigation equipment for the facility’s orchard. OrganizerAliciaBurton said the group has decided to plant a fall garden this year instead of the usual spring and summer garden, but volunteers will work on the orchard in the next week or two.