By Melinda L. Lucas
A blood drive is scheduled to take place in Albany next Thursday, March 24.
Hendrick Regional Blood Center will park its bloodmobile at First Baptist Church at the usual time from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m.
The blood center depends on volunteer blood donors to supply 100 percent of the blood that is used for patient care at 17 area hospitals.
By Melinda L. Lucas
In conjunction with the celebration of the Old Jail Art Center’s 40th anniversary celebration a couple of weeks ago was the opening of three new exhibitions, which will continue on display at the local museum through Aug. 20.
Although these particular collections were not the ones originally planned to coincide with the beginning of the museum’s fourth decade, OJAC executive director Patrick Kelly was more than pleased with how it all turned out.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Local residents are invited to join a special scripture-based study for those grieving the death of a family member or friend.
According to Jenny Scott, who is helping facilitate the group, “GriefShare” will get the 13-week study underway on Wednesday, March 23, starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Feed Store.
Scott attended a similar study in Abilene and felt that it could help others, too, guiding them to sections of the Bible that are relevant to the emotions and questions they are feeling.
By Sam Waller
Red Sasquatch, a team that included Albany High School volleyball coach M.J. Reneau and players Sarah Cotter and Clara Holson, won the First Baptist Church youth group’s volleyball tournament Saturday, March 12 at the Albany High School gym.
The double-elimination tourney, which raised funds to send FBC youth to summer camps, drew eight teams. Other entries were the Stars, the Tigers, Umizoomi, We Showed Up, Impact, Two Bump Chumps, and One Hit Wonders.
First Baptist youth minister Eduardo San Lucas said the event met its goal.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Three members of the cast and crew of the Albany High School One Act Play received special recognition last week at the district contest held in Haskell.
While the Albany play did not place in the top three to advance to the bi-district contest, senior Brooks Neece was named to the All-Star Cast and senior Avery Kleiner received All-Star Technical Cast. Junior Briley Tabor was given an All-Star Cast Honorable Mention.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Cheerleader tryouts for the 2022-2023 school year were held last Friday, March 11, prior to the early dismissal for spring break.
The varsity high school squad was expanded from eight to 10 members and the JV squad was eliminated for this year.
“We only had six girls sign up for varsity and four for JV, so we just combined them into one squad of 10,” sponsor Nickie Leveridge said. “The tryouts ran very smoothly from what I heard, and the judges from Cisco College did a great job for us.”
By Melinda L. Lucas
Basic information about scholarships being awarded to this year’s graduating class at Albany High School is needed by the first part of next week.
Ann Riley at the AHS office needs to update her list of available scholarships and requirements and would like to be contacted by the end of the day on Monday, March 21.
School offices are closed this week for spring break, but representatives of scholarship boards can go ahead and email Riley at ariley@albany.esc14.net so she will have the information when she returns to work.
By Donnie A. Lucas
A number of high school students placed at the Stamford UIL Practice Meet originally scheduled for Feb. 26. It was switched to a virtual meet due to weather conditions.
Students were administered UIL tests in a variety of categories and submitted using email to Stamford, with final results announced late last week.
“It was difficult catching all the kids to test virtually because they are all so busy,” high school coordinator Rick Davis said. “There were a couple of kids who didn’t get to compete because of scheduling conflicts.”
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Albany Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Membership Drive Crawfish Boil at the depot parking lot at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 7.
All Chamber members are invited to attend without charge, and anyone who isn’t a member is welcome to join the organization at the event.
The meal will include a traditional crawfish boil, as well as fried catfish and the fixings cooked by the group’s board members, along with Ken and Lesley Jones.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Shackelford County residents who want to request ballots by mail for the May 7 statewide amendment election and the county-wide hospital district election can now send in their applications.
The deadline for requests to be received in the clerk’s office is April 26. The application form to request a mail ballot can be found on the county website at www.shackelfordcounty.org.
Voters can also call the clerk’s office at 325-762-9415 in order to receive one through the mail.
