By Melinda L. Lucas

Students at Nancy Smith Elementary School participated in the annual track meet held all day Monday, May 23, with results kept in many of the third through sixth grade competitions.

Third and fourth grade places were reported in the June 9 edition. Continued below are the results from fifth and sixth grade contests.

FIFTH GRADE

Long jump – 1. Hattie Fikes 10-6.5, 1. Tinley Hefner 10-6.5, 3. Hailey Gleitz 9-9, 4. Keeley Britting 9-6, 5. Kynlee Milligan 9-2.5, 6. Mackenzee Roysdon 8-7

By Sam Waller

The field is almost full for the Albany Golf Club’s annual three-person Father’s Day Golf Tournament scheduled Saturday-Sunday, June 18-19 at the Albany Golf Course.

Entry fee is $300 per team. The tournament will have 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. tee times on Saturday. Teams will be flighted after the first round.

For entry information, call Kennith Waters at 325-660-2329.

Albany residents Brenda and Glenn Picquet experienced a thrill of a lifetime this past weekend, as their horse, Mo Donegal, captured first place in the 154th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 11.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual spring cleanup day Saturday, June 11 in advance of the Fort Griffin Fandangle.

“This is the time of year when everybody tries to make their yards along Main Street look good,” Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones said.

Jones said volunteers should meet at the Chamber office at 8:30 a.m., and she asked that participants bring yard tools and implements such as mowers, weedeaters, rakes, and hoes.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The call is being sent out this week to local individuals, families, and organizations to help keep the tradition of the annual Fort Griffin Fandangle parade alive and well.

With just over a week remaining before the Saturday, June 18 event, very few entries or sponsors have signed up.

“We don’t have any Fandangle-themed floats so far,” co-chairman Ragan Riley said. “There have been some tractors and horse riding groups sign up, but not much else.”

The parade is scheduled to roll down Main Street at 5:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas

With dress rehearsal and opening night for the 84th anniversary performances of the Fort Griffin Fandangle a week away, just about everyone involved in the annual outdoor production is rehearsing or preparing on a daily basis.

The show is set to open on Friday, June 17, with additional performances set June 18, June 24, and June 25.

Other local residents and businesses are also preparing to host, feed, or entertain the hundreds of visitors expected in Albany on each show date.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Local businesses and residents are encouraged to join with patriots across the United States next Tuesday, June 14 in the annual cele­bration of Flag Day.

Individuals and business owners who have their own flags are asked to put them up for the day, except in case of inclement weather.

Typically, flags are put out by volunteers on holidays, but it is usually limited to the downtown block.

Flag Day was first observed across the nation in 1877, the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the national symbol.

By Melinda L. Lucas

The next family festival at the Old Jail Art Center is planned on the first Saturday of the Fandangle season, June 18, celebrating sunshine.

The free event will be held from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., with activities mostly in the Marshall R. Young Courtyard, weather permitting, and the Stasney Center

“Inti Raymi” is an Incan “Festival of the Sun” originating in Peru.

The OJAC Education Department, with the help of interns, docents, and other staff members, will host art projects and games, as well as serve traditional Peruvian food.

By Donnie A. Lucas

A wide variety of activities will be offered in Albany during the last two Fridays and Saturdays in June to help entertain the crowds of visitors coming to town for the Fort Griffin Fandangle.

Free events will be offered on all four of those days including a quilt show, organ and  calliope concerts, car museum, viewing the Picket House, longhorns on the Courthouse Square, a film at the Aztec Theater, and exhibits and activities at the Old Jail Art Center.

By Donnie A. Lucas

Local residents are invited to a free concert by the Houston Boychoir next Thursday, June 16 at the Aztec Theater.

The special performance is hosted by Dr. Richard Stasney and the Stasney Cook Ranch starting at 7:30 p.m.

The stop in Albany is part of the 60-year-old group’s summer tour entitled “On the Road Again.”

According to artistic director Carole Nelson, the program will include a variety of music including classical, spiritual, and even some Texas songs.