The Albany High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes will host a community showing of The Passion of the Christ on Wednesday, April 16, at the Aztec Theater downtown.
The evening will begin with a free supper at 6 p.m. at The Feed Store, provided by FCA. At 6:30 p.m., attendees will walk to the Aztec for the movie showing. Water and popcorn will be available for $1 each, with all proceeds benefiting FCA.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Shackelford County horse judging teams placed well at the District 7 Horse Judging contest held in San Angelo last week, with the senior team qualifying for state for the third consecutive year.
Veteran team members Madailein Beard and Grace Fry were joined by Bradee Stautzenberger for the senior competition, finishing first in the team standings to earn the trip to the state roundup.
Legendary country artist Neal McCoy will perform live in Albany this Saturday, April 5, headlining the latest installment of the Albany Live concert series. Doors at the Aztec Theater will open at 6:00 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:00 p.m.
The show marks the fourth concert of the season presented by Albany Live. Previous concerts have included performances by Cory Morrow, Gary P. Nunn, and the Bellamy Brothers.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Ten out of 17 Albany High students are advancing to the Region II Academic Meet on April 25-26 after placing in the top three at the District 10-2A Academic Meet in Anson last Wednesday.
Albany finished the district competition in fifth place out of seven schools, primarily because of the low participation numbers.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Two Moran High School students will move on to regional UIL academic competition after placing in the top three at the district UIL competition last week in Eula.
Ellis Hise placed first in ready writing out of 12 contestants. He also competed in mathematics.
Ezekiel Henson was second in social studies and was entered in spelling as well.
The two MHS students will travel to San Angelo for the regional contest April 25-26.
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Amy Boyett Price has been named postmaster for Shackelford County and now oversees operations at both the Albany and Moran post offices.
Price, who has worked at the Albany office for the past six years and has ten years of experience with the postal service, officially learned of her new role following an interview held Tuesday, March 11. She received the offer that same afternoon.
By David H. Waller
Sandi Conway was recently honored for 25 years of dedicated service to the Albany Lions Club, receiving a surprise celebration in recognition of her contributions.
“I never expected anything like this,” Conway said. “The Lions Club is very important to me, and it has been for a long time.”
Fourth-grade students from Nancy Smith Elementary visited Frontier Texas on Friday, March 21, as part of their study of Texas history. The field trip coincided with the museum’s grand reopening following a year-long renovation and expansion project.
By Sam Waller
Albany FFA and Shackelford County 4-H are in the final stretch of the winter stock show season with several appearing at both the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and Rodeo Austin with three locals making sales.
In Wave 1 of the barrow show at Houston, Crew Spencer placed third with a spot and made the sale. Creed Spencer exhibited a Poland China.
By Sam Waller
Moran ISD hit the ground running this week in its return from spring break, startng with its Scholastic Book Fair, which concludes Thursday, March 27 (today).
The book fair included a family night on Tuesday, March 25.
On Tuesday and Thursday, Moran had students entered in the District 13-1A UIL Academic meet at Eula. Ellis Hise was in Ready Writing and Mathematics with Zeke Henson in Spelling and Social Studies.
