By Sandy Morris
The Albany Athletic Booster Club is making plans for upcoming fundraisers during the month of March.
AABC will host the concession stand for three upcoming track meets scheduled in Albany.
A junior high track meet is scheduled for Monday, March 8, and the district junior high track meet will be held on Saturday, March 27.
Albany will host the high school district track meet on Wednesday, March 31.
By Sandy Morris
The Albany High School’s One Act Play cast and crew gave a public performance of The Love of Three Oranges on Monday, March 1 at the Albany High School auditorium.
District competition was scheduled for Wednesday, March 3 at the new performing arts center in Haskell and results were not available at press time.
Monday’s performance gave the students the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience before competing at district.
By Sandy Morris
Local FFA and 4-H members returned to the San Antonio Livestock Show last week to show their projects.
Albany FFA sponsor and ag instructor Chris Beard said 17 exhibitors showed barrows Feb. 19-26 during the second week of the show.
Callan Edgar placed second with her middle weight cross in class 53 and made the sale.
Carli Edgar’s entry in the class 59 heavy weights was selected third.
Hannah Snyder won second with a cross in class 95.
Tatum Grady earned 10th place with her Hampshire.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has announced that the waiver on expiration dates for driver licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) will end April 14, 2021. Customers who need to renew are urged to make an appointment soon.
The waiver, granted by Gov. Greg Abbott last March due to the pandemic, applied to DLs, commercial DLs, commercial learner permits, ID cards and election identification certificates that expired on or after March 13, 2020.
Expanded Hours
By Sandy Morris
The Project Graduation organizers for the senior class held another successful fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 28 at The Feed Store.
Students and parents served a ‘To Go’ lunch featuring chicken spaghetti, salad, bread stick, and dessert for a donation.
Class parent Tisha Wilkins said the fundraiser was ‘fantastic.”
Beginning Monday, March 8, the KDYX or DYESS WSR-88D operated by NOAA’s National Weather Service in San Angelo, Texas will be down for approximately two weeks for an important upgrade.
Technicians will refurbish and replace the pedestal, one of the most critical components of the radar, which is necessary for antenna rotation and positioning to capture data in all directions.
The components are extremely heavy and will require the radome to be removed by crane and replaced when the work is completed.
By Sandy Morris
Representatives of local organizations and boards that award scholarships to Albany High School graduates are asked to contact Ann Riley at the AHS office by Monday, March 22.
The office will be open next week, but will be closed the following week for spring break and will reopen for regular hours on Monday, March 22.
Riley added that the scholarship list will be uploaded to the district’s website and distributed to local seniors by Friday, March 26 informing them of the requirements for specific scholarships.
By Sandy Morris
Nancy Smith Elementary School students are observing the nationally celebrated Read Across America this week.
The National Education Association began Read Across America Day in 1998 in conjunction with children’s author Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2.
The year-round program focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources that are about everyone, for everyone.
By Sandy Morris
Despite the beginning of spring sports, other extra-curricular activities, and bad weather, Albany High School had a total of 23 students compete in last week’s Holliday High School virtual academic meet.
Individual Winners
Tana Thompson was second and Paige Picquet fourth in Ready Writing.
Hannah Trail placed second and Susie Cormack sixth in Editorial Writing.
In Feature Writing, Cormack earned fifth and Thompson sixth.
Ashley Richards placed sixth in Headline Writing.
By Sandy Morris
Senior musician Sidney Bartee competed at the UIL Region 6 East Zone Band Solo and Ensemble competition at Abilene Wylie High School on Saturday, Feb. 27.
Bartee earned a Division 1 rating with her tuba solo of Nocturno.
Bartee was accompanied by Sandy Abel on the piano.
Albany band director Will Vaughan said Bartee did an excellent job.
“To advance to state, Sidney would have needed to play her solo from memory,” said Vaughan. “We didn’t have time to accomplish that, but she did an amazing job.”
