Levi and Ashlee Herron recently resigned from their positions as youth ministers at The Feed Store, and the local youth ministry is hoping to continue offering as many of the regular events as possible in spite of the vacancy.

“Tuesday lunches are still in full force,” said Feed Store director Tisha Wilkins. “MMPC has us covered this month, and coach (Paul) Johnston, with FCA and Friendship Baptist will be here next month. We are so excited to have a new group join us.”

The annual Trunk or Treat sponsored by the Albany Ministerial Alliance will take place at Nancy Smith Elementary School in conjunction with the PTO Fall Fest on Saturday, Oct. 27 this year, a change from the traditional Wednesday evening gathering by the Bank Park.

Coordinators’ plans call for Trunk or Treat vehicles to be parked in the grassy area between the elementary school and the bus barn, with Trunk or Treat scheduled to be open from 5:00 until 6:30 p.m.

Closet Angels, a local clothing ministry, is run by volunteers, and once again director Lori Reames has adjusted the hours that the ministry will be open to the public in order to try and best accommodate both shoppers and the work staff.

The facility will now close at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays. Shopping times on Monday evenings are being added.

All parents of students attending Albany schools are requested to volunteer and help with the annual Parent-Teacher Organization’s Fall Fest next weekend, and local room mothers are working with coordinator Malarie Sutton to finalize plans for the fundraising event.

The Fall Fest benefits all grades, even through high school, and all parents and teachers are asked to help.

In spite of all the recent rain, as of press time on Tuesday the Albany Golf Club annual membership meeting and Championship Golf Tournament is still set to take place as planned at the local golf course this weekend, Oct. 20 and 21.

“We haven’t changed it yet,” said organizer Randy Walker earlier this week. “Maybe we won’t have to.”

The event begins with a hamburger meal at 12:00 noon on Saturday, and a business meeting.

Directors and officers will be selected, and then the players will tee off at 1:00 p.m.

Long time Albany resident J.M. Moore was honored as a distinguished alumni by the Cisco College Wrangler Belles during their performance in Cisco during halftime of the college’s Homecoming game with Trinity Valley Community College on Sept. 30. 

Moore graduated from Olden High School in 1944 and enlisted in the Navy as soon as he turned 18. He served on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific during World War II.

Weather permitting, the fourth annual Jr. Garcia Memorial Golf Tournament will take place this Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Albany Golf Course, and a few morning tee times are still available.

Proceeds from the tournament, meal, and auctions are used to help support local charities and scholarships for local graduates.

Entry fees are $300 per team for the four-person best ball golf scramble, with tee times at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. However, all of the afternoon tee times have been claimed.

Albany High students Max Balliew and Riley Green, accompanied by adult boat captain Jerry Green, spent Saturday, Oct. 6 at Lake Granbury where the two anglers fished in the season opening tournament of the West Division of the Texas High School Bass Association.

The Albany team hooked three keepers for a total of 4.89 pounds, to snag 53rd place out of the 226 teams entered.

One of three teams from Glen Rose High School ended the day with five bass in their live well, totalling 17.93 pounds, to reel in the first place scholarship award.

An enthusiastic but smaller than normal group enjoyed the 15th annual Friends of Fort Griffin Gala Saturday night at the “Flat” on the Collins Creek Ranch.

The Gala, held the second weekend of October each year, is sponsored by Friends of Fort Griffin as a fundraiser. Proceeds are earmarked to restore buildings at Fort Griffin State Historic Site, where the frontier military post was located.

SPOKEN: Ardon B. Judd Jr. Oral History Project opened to the public this Tuesday, and all visitors to the Old Jail Art Center can now view the recorded stories and life histories of several Albany residents anytime the museum is open, according to archivist Molly Sauder.