The 2019 Grand Champion Junior Market Barrow at the Houston Stock Show will be chosen at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the NRG Center East Arena and Connor Smith’s pig, already selected Champion Poland China Barrow on Sunday, March 10, will be among only nine animals in the ring vying for the honor.
In addition, the Nancy Smith Elementary student is not the only local youth who has qualified for the Houston Stock Show Premium Auction this year.
By Kathy Thomson
Students tried out for the chance to become Albany school cheerleaders on Friday, March 8, before spring break.
“We performed in front of three judges, both individually for jumps and cheers, and in small groups for dance and chant,” said new head cheerleader Alayna Koemel. “Then we went in front of the entire student body. Each of our teachers was also asked if we were keeping our grades up in our classes.”
According to cheer sponsor Lindsey Vaughn, Albany will also have a full JV squad this year.
Technology questions and updates, covering everything from unpaid IT invoices to a new lease for copiers, was the emphasis of Monday’s business session of the Shackelford County commissioners.
The elected officials met with IT consultant Sam Goldsmith, who first introduced a proposal from Hilliard Office Solutions to replace all owned and older leased copiers and printers at the Courthouse and LEC with leased equipment, except for the three units leased just last year.
Randall Palmore started playing the steel guitar almost 30 years ago and the acoustic guitar a decade or so before that, and this spring his musical skills are being acknowledged by his peers, who have selected him to be inducted into the Cowtown Society of Western Music’s “Heroes of Western Swing” at the non-profit’s 21st Annual Western Swing Fest on May 4.
Classes in the Albany schools will resume on Monday morning, March 18 following a week-long spring break.
The tardy bells will ring as usual at 7:55 a.m. at Nancy Smith Elementary School and at the secondary campus.
The remainder of the semester will include mandatory state testing, interrupted by two holidays.
The next scheduled break is the Easter holiday, and students will be off on Good Friday, April 19, and Easter Monday, April 22.
State Testing
State STAAR testing occurs April 9-12 and May 13-17.
Photographs taken at the Shackelford County Youth & Livestock Show will be ready for purchasers to pick up at the Shackelford County Courthouse early next week.
The photos are taken by the News staff, but proceeds benefit the stock show association.
The packages should be picked up from Jeannie Balliew on the second floor of the Courthouse.
No single event signals the beginning of the warm weather season more than the act of “springing forward.”
Daylight Saving Time returns this Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 a.m., when Albany residents, along with most of the rest of the U.S., will have to set their clocks ahead by an hour, stealing sleep that might not be restored until clocks “fall back” on Nov. 3.
Daylight Saving Time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, which in 2019 is Nov. 3.
Fandangle performers, especially those that will be out of pocket over spring break, need to note that artistic director Lorna Ayers has rescheduled rehearsals to try and decrease conflicts.
“I have changed the days of Sampler rehearsals for March to Mondays, to get rehearsals off baseball/softball game days,” Ayers said. “All rehearsals will start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise specified, and we will be at the Aztec.”
Starting in April, two rehearsals will be held every week, she added.
A community blood drive will take place in Albany on Thursday, March 14, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club. The Hendrick Regional Blood Center bloodmobile will be parked at First Baptist Church from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
At the most recent blood drive just before Christmas, local residents gave 21 pints of blood.
There were actually 28 donors, but some weren’t able to give for various reasons, according to donor recruiter Frances Baker.
By Kathy Thomson
The Albany High School 2019 competition one-act play The Fourth Ward was performed in front of a live local audience at the high school auditorium on Sunday, March 3, to prepare for the district competition that took place yesterday.
“I was impressed with the amount of community members who came to support our kids,” co-director Jenny Scott said on Tuesday. “I am very proud of the students and the efforts they have put forth with this play. The performance went well, and I am excited to see how we do at district.”
