Hundreds of pumpkins, a petting zoo, games, children’s activities, a concession stand, and a fall bake sale are just some of the things that will be available at “The Patch” located in the Bank Park this weekend, hosted by Bethel Assembly.
Thirty Albany FFA Greenhands (members who are enrolled in their first year of high school ag science), advisor Chris Beard, chapter officers Madison Wilkins and Cutter Edgar, and district officer Seth Hale all attended the FFA Greenhand Camp held in Abilene at the Taylor County Expo Center last week.
“Our Greenhands got to meet and greet other Greenhands from the Big Country area,” said Beard. “It was a big success, and there were about 700 students participating on each of the two days.”
The staff at The Feed Store have planned a couple of high school student parties to take place this weekend since the Albany varsity Lions have a bye this week.
“Friday night will be for the guys,” said youth minister Levi Herron. “We’ll cook out, play some video games, and play some recreational games.”
The party will start at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, and will end by 7:00 a.m. the following morning, Oct. 6.
“There won’t be any sleeping!” Herron said. “We’re planning on pulling an all-nighter.”
The girls’ party will be on Saturday, Oct. 6.
The fourth annual Fort Griffin BBQ Cook-off “Battle for the Blade & World Championship Dove Competition” took place last weekend and winners were declared in several categories, as well as the overall champion Clinton Ullmann.
The Burnet resident, who headed up the team known as Double U BBQ, was presented with the 2018 fourth generation “Blade of Fort Griffin” on Saturday afternoon after all the judging was completed.
One lucky raffle ticket holder will win a $500 gift card to the bed and breakfast or hotel of their choice in Fredericksburg and an additional $100 gift card that can be used toward gas or food for a trip to the Texas Hill Country, courtesy of Xi Chi Pi sorority’s annual scholarship fundraiser.
This year the sorority has added a second raffle.
A dove hunt on the Belcher Ranch, for up to four hunters, will be awarded. The hunt can take place in 2018 or 2019.
The fourth annual Fort Griffin BBQ Cook-Off “Battle for the Blade & World Championship Dove Cook-Off” will take place in downtown Albany this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28 and 29, and at least two dozen teams are already entered in the International Barbeque Cookers Association sanctioned event.
Partly cloudy skies and highs in the low 80s are forecasted for Friday, with slightly cooler temperatures and a chance of isolated thunderstorms predicted for Saturday.
Prime rib grilled to perfection, Doug Moreland & the Flying Armadillos filling the fresh night air with boot scootin’ music, auctions, and an open bar are all planned as part of the Friends of Fort Griffin 15th Annual Gala on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the site of the Town of Fort Griffin, on Collins Creek Ranch.
Invitations were mailed out earlier this month.However, it is not necessary to receive an invitation to attend.
The University Interscholastic League announced earlier this month that six students from Albany High School have been named to the 2017-2018 All-State Journalism Staff.
AHS 2018 graduates Rylie Scott, Genevieve Stunkard, and Henry Kelly, along with current senior Kade Everitt, and juniors Addison Asher and Alayna Koemel, were recipients of the honor, six of only about 75 student journalists from all classifications across the state.
An Albany junior high runner earned his third top 10 medal in as many meets when local athletes participated in a Haskell event on Sept. 19.
Eighth grader Isaiah Carrillo was sixth of 59 junior high boys in the two-mile course.
Sidney Russell was just out of the medals with a 12th place in the seventh grade girls division.
Local Meet
Local athletes will join a dozen or more other schools in an FCA-sponsored meet here in Albany next Wednesday, Oct. 3.
Kaylin New and Jesse Hawley were crowned as the 2018 Homecoming Queen and King during the halftime festivities in Moran on Friday, Sept. 14, during the Bulldogs’ non-district game with Sidney.
Homecoming Queen
Kaylin New has gone to Moran since the first grade.
The senior played volleyball all four years of high school and was listed as all-district honorable mention her junior year.
She played on the Lady Bulldog varsity tennis team throughout her high school years, and qualified for the regional meet her junior year.
