By Lynsi Musselman
It is homecoming week in Moran, and the students and faculty have been gearing up for the game on Friday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. against the Three Way Braves.
Each day this week, the school has had a designated spirit dress day, with Friday being “get into school spirit and wear purple and gold.”
There will be a pep rally on Friday at 3:15 p.m. at the football field, with awards being handed for the best dressed during spirit week.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Albany ISD administrators decided to step back and take a day to regroup last week after three student cases of -COVID-19 were confirmed Thursday on the secondary campus, all within the volleyball program.
Members of the varsity, along with two coaches, were quarantined, and junior high players who rode on a bus with them were being monitored this week.
By Donnie A. Lucas
This Friday is the deadline for organizations that plan to apply for 2021 funding from the Albany Chest.
Applications need to be finished and submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Oct. 3.
Board vice chair Melinda Lucas said Monday that only a few applications had been received so far, and she emphasized that all organizations wishing to receive an allocation from the Albany Chest must submit a written request by the deadline.
By Melinda L. Lucas
After a delay of a little more than a week, members of the Albany city council met last Wednesday night, Sept. 23 to adopt the proposed tax rate and work through several other items of business, including the sale of the Albany Youth Center to ResourceCare (RC) and a new franchise agreement with Atmos Energy.
By Melinda L. Lucas
After holding the required public hearing prior to their 9:00 a.m. session, Shackelford County commissioners adopted the proposed budget and tax rate at their regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 28.
There was no one from the general public to voice any opposition or comment on the proposals.
Elected officials also acted on a number of other routine items in a fairly long agenda on Monday morning.
Budget Okayed
By Lynsi Musselman
With a few days until the Oct. 5 deadline, Census Bureau representatives are trying to wrap up their nationwide count of every resident in the United States.
As of the end of September, the count for Shackelford County is only showing a 45.5 percent response rate, which is a 9.8 percent decrease from the 2010 count.
By Lynsi Musselman
Pick-up dates for the October distribution of the commodity food program will be Thursday, Oct. 1 and Friday, Oct. 2, with no restrictions.
Shackelford County Justice of the Peace James Breeden, who oversees the program, said that if October commodities are not picked up, those individuals will not be eligible for the Thanksgiving bag in November.
The Thanksgiving bag is in addition to the regular November commodities.
By Lynsi Musselman
The last day to register to vote in person or by mail is this coming Monday, Oct. 5.
Your Vote Matters campaign volunteer and deputy registrar Amy Kelly said all those who still need to register to vote can visit the first floor of the Shackelford County Courthouse.
Residents have this Thursday, Friday, and Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to get registered.
The last day to apply to vote by mail is Friday, Oct. 23, and voting by mail will require ballots be received by Tuesday, Nov. 3.
By Lynsi Musselman
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released September state sales tax revenue amounts for counties across the state of Texas, including Shackelford County.
The City of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $34,785 from the state this month. The amount is down 8.14 percent from the $37,868 payment received this time last year.
Payments to date for the 2020 year to the City of Albany are $348,177 down by 15.84 percent from the comparable time last year, when payments of $413,711 had been made.
By Lynsi Musselman
Homecoming 2020, scheduled for this Friday, Oct. 2 has been postponed and will take place Friday, Oct. 16 when the Albany Lions take on the Ranger Bulldogs.
Albany Junior/Senior High School principal Glen Hill said with the spike in COVID-19 cases,the district did not think it was a good idea to bring everyone together in the setting that homecoming produces.
In addition, Hill explained that with the number of students in quarantine, many of the homecoming candidates would not be available to participate this week.
