Parents and students in the Shackelford County Homeschool Co-op are hosting a Christmas party on Thursday, Dec. 19, with everyoneinthecommunity invited to attend.

Lueders-Avoca 31-30 The Moran Bulldogs boys basketball team pickeduptheirsecondwin of the season last week, opening the Moran tournament Thursday, Dec. 5 with a 31-30 victory over Lueders-Avoca.

Moran junior high and elementary students exhibited their skills over the last week in district UIL academic contests. Junior high students competed Wednesday, Dec.

Final deliveries for this year’s Toys for Tots campaign are being made this week with pickup of gifts scheduled for next week. The Toys for Tots program provides gifts for Albany children from infants through sixth grade.

readers and advertisers are reminded that therewillbenopaperpublished on Dec. 26.

Richard Petree, Interim ChiefAppraiserfortheShackelford County Appraisal District, recentlyreleasedinformationon theamountofdelinquenttaxaccounts within the Tax District. Petree said that low collection rates in some of the jurisdictions prompted the investigation into the amounts due and indicated that over a million dollars in delinquent taxes are owed across all years.

For the fifth year, volunteers will gather Saturday to honor veterans buried at the Albany Cemetery with a memorial wreath for the holiday season as part of the National Wreaths Across America Day observance. Family members and other local residents will meet at 10 a.m.

OLD The biennial presentation of the Albany Nativity is set for two performancesFridayandSaturday, Dec. 13-14, at the Aztec Theater.

WhenCindyParsonsstarted her Christmas village collection in 1993, she couldn’t have imagined how large the magical display would grow to be today.Inspired by the charm of miniature villages, she began building her own with her late mother Tootie Rhoads for many years. Now, the tradition continuesasamother-daughter project with Cindy and her daughter, Ashley.