By Kathy Thomson
Albany High School’s annual Winter Formal will be held this Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Whitney Theatre from 7:30 until 10:00 p.m.
Tickets are $12 individually prior to the event and $15 each at the door. Snacks and water will be available at the dance.
The Winter Formal is sponsored each year by members of the Albany High School student council, and all four high school class presidents have tickets for sale.
By Kathy Thomson
Open registration for the next series of General Education Development (GED) classes in Albany is taking place this month, according to local instructor Kenzie Fairchild.
“Open enrollment will be available on Monday nights in January only,” said Fairchild.
The Albany GED class meets at the county library on Mondays and Tuesdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. throughout the school year, following the AISD holiday schedule.
By Kathy Thomson
John Tate spoke to students at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes morning meeting at the Albany secondary campus on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
“I told them about miracles in my life, specifically those that happened on Nov. 11, 2017, when I was shot in the leg,” said Tate. “We had many miracles happen that day.”
According to Tate, the first miracle was that they were able to call for help after he was shot.
By Kathy Thomson
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is hosting two Weekend of Champions camps at Solid Rock Christian Camp in Eastland this month, and FCA Big Country East representative Paul Johnston would like to see all interested high school youth attend.
“God will change lives at these events,” said Johnston. “If you are in high school, you should come. If you know a high schooler, you should send them.”
The boys camp will be this weekend, Jan. 17-19, and the girls camp will be Jan. 24-26.
A women’s Bible study and fellowship is underway at Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church and is open to all women in the community, according to MMPC office manager Sandy Ingalls.
The group meets on Thursday mornings from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall at MMPC.
By Kathy Thomson
Albany Sports Center sent two cheer teams, one individual performer, and two youth pairs to compete at the American Spirit Championship 2020 West Texas Express Nationals at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center on Sunday, Jan. 12, and brought back the championship banner in the youth level two division.
The youth team, the ASC Black, is made up of 31 second through sixth grade girls. The team includes children from Albany, Abilene, and Breckenridge.
The deadline to signup boys and girls for Little Dribblers basketball is next Wednesday, Jan. 22, and parents of children who are interested in playing this year need to turn in their paperwork soon.
The league is open to local youth from eight years of age (as of Jan. 1) to those currently in fourth grade.
Parents should complete, sign, and return the registration form along with the $30 entry fee to either the elementary office or to organizer Clint Chapman by Wednesday, Jan. 22.
By Kathy Thomson
The fifth and sixth grade youth basketball players opened the 2020 season last Saturday, with three of the local teams playing at home and one team on the road.
5th Grade Boys
The fifth grade boys were on the road in Hawley, where they played Eula White at 12:00 noon and Jim Ned at 1:00 p.m.
“We won our first game 31-30,” said coach Morgan Smith. “The boys played great, working together as a team even though it was our first game of the season. They pulled out a tight win.”
By Kathy Thomson
Local residents who want to run for city council, hospital district, or school board positions in the Saturday, May 2 election may begin filing the required paperwork on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
Filing closes a month later on Friday, Feb. 14 at 5:00 p.m. There is no filing fee.
Albany City Council
Three of the two-year city council positions expire this cycle.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Shackelford County commissioners took care of a single item on the agenda of a special meeting last Thursday morning, Jan. 2, adjourning just a few minutes after they convened.
The elected officials, as they had planned, reinstated the county-wide burn ban, which was only lifted temporarily in order to accommodate a few county citizens who had requested to burn brush piles.
