Winter Formal set Jan. 27
The high school Winter Formal is set for Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Whitney Theatre from 7:30 p.m.
Chest board allocates $ 50,014
24 organizations benefit from funding
Even though there were times that it looked as if the Albany Chest would fall short of its 2023 goal, donations poured in at the end of the year, surpassing the$45,000goalandclosing outtheyearwithcollections of $51,857.
Board members met Wednesday, Jan. 10 and decided to give the 24 beneficiaries the amounts they requested up to the $3,000 limit.
Filing period gets underway
♦ The filing period for local elections opened Wednesday for several entities such as the school board, city council, and hospital board and will continue until Friday, Feb. 16.
Project Grad meeting set Monday
Parents of Albany High School students in the senior class of 2024 are invited to a meeting for Project Graduation. The meeting is at 5:30 p.m.
District to use generator at clinic
With three members absent because of illness, a quorum of the Shackelford County Hospital District’s board of directors met Monday, Jan. 15 and worked quickly through both the district and clinic agendas.
Firefighter recognized
Department newcomer Rob Bennett has been selected the Albany Volunteer Fire Department’s 2023 Firefighter of the Year. “Rob is a unique guy,” Albany VFD Chief Joel Viertel said.
Energy contract to start in 2025
After tabling the item a couple of times in recent meetings, Shackelford County commissioners approved a 48-month energy contractwithTXUthrough Tradition Energy starting in 2025, locking in a price of .0647 cents per kilowatt hour.
Wind farm settlement finalized
An agreement has been reached and final judgment issued in a lawsuit by the Hackberry Wind Farm seeking a reduction in property taxes assessed for 2022 and 2023, according to the Shackelford County Appraisal District’s chief appraiser Clayton Snyder. The agreement, which was presented to the wind farm by the appraisial district, reduced the assessed value of the wind farm by 10.44 percent for 2022 and 22.22 percent for 2023.
AMP play to be on Aztec stage Feb. 9-11
Savannah Sipping Society Members of the Albany Mainstreet Playhouse are currently in rehearsals for the comedy“TheSavannahSipping Society” to be presented Feb. 9-11 at the Aztec Theater.
Preparations continue for stock show
The Shackelford Youth and LivestockAssociation is moving right along with preparations forthe2024ShackelfordCounty Stock Show. Thisyear’sshowisscheduled for Thursday-Saturday, Jan.
