By Lynsi Musselman

Teri Lucas, Cub Scout leader for Albany, will hold a meeting for current Scout members and any youth that would like to sign up to be a Cub Scout at 6:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28 at the Scout building.

Children from kindergarten through fifth grade who are interested in joining the Cub Scouts are elgible to join and encouraged to attend the Monday meeting.

Annual popcorn sales will get underway soon, and Lucas will make a website available for online purchases.

By Lynsi Musselman

Members of the National Honor Society have met to elect officers to lead their organization over the next nine months.

Hannah Trail will serve as president, with Tana Thompson elected as vice president, Blanton Belcher as secretary, Morgan Garcia as treasurer, and Jackson Chapman as reporter.

By Lynsi Musselman

Albany Independent School District will deliver electronic report cards only, starting with the end of this upcoming six weeks on Thursday, Oct. 1.

The online report cards will be made available through the Ascender Parent Portal program using the primary parent’s account.

AISD director of student services Leigh Lowe said this change will be new to everyone this first six weeks, and there will be a learning curve.

Lowe added the time of day when the grades will be available online will vary.

By Lynsi Musselman

ASPIRE  will get underway at Nancy Smith Elementary School on Monday, Sept. 28 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

ASPIRE, standing for Active Student Participation Inspires Real Engagement, is for third and fourth grade students and is held weekly Monday through Wednesday.

Nickie Leveridge will be running the ASPIRE program this year.

Funding is provided by the United Way of Abilene through Resource Care, Albany Community Chest, and other local fundraising efforts.

Cub Academy

By Lynsi Musselman

This Sunday, Sept. 27 at 5:00 p.m., members of the Ministerial Alliance invite Albany residents to an all-community prayer event at the Feed Store. 

Ministerial Alliance president Jeff Turner said there will be a national call to prayer in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Sept. 26, and the Ministerial Alliance felt led to host one for the community of Albany.

“This is a no frills event, just prayer,” Turner said.

He added that all are welcome and every effort will be made to social distance.

By Lynsi Musselman

FBC will host a lunch and auction after church on Sunday, Sept. 27.

There will be a silent auction of items that were collected by local youth during Camp Jam in July. The items will be displayed and available for bidding while lunch is served in the fellowship hall.

All proceeds collected from the silent auction go to benefit First Baptist Church Aspermont.

FBC Aspermont’s church building, along with everything inside, was destroyed after it caught fire in June.

By Lynsi Musselman

Bethel Assembly’s ‘The Patch’ will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3 in downtown Albany at the Bank Park from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Church member Betsy Spraberry said the event will have the traditional pumpkin market with various sizes of pumpkins available for purchase. 

There will also be fall photo opportunities and a bake sale, all with organizers being aware and cautious of COVID-19 concerns.

By Lynsi Musselman

Another West Texas Fair and Rodeo in Abilene has come and gone after running from Sept. 4-19, with an extra week added to spread out events this year.

This past Friday and Saturday and last weekend of the fair included several Shackelford County youth participating in the junior steer show and in the youth open swine show.

“The kids did a great job preparing their animals for the shows,” said Chris Beard, FFA advisor. “All the exhibitors represented Shackelford County well during the span of the fair this year.”

By Melinda L. Lucas

Color photo packets taken of junior high and high school football and volleyball players by The Albany News are ready for pickup, along with those of all cheerleaders. 

Junior high football packages arrived this week. 

Only packages that have already been paid or could be charged to an account in good standing were printed. Others can be ordered when paid.

By Lynsi Musselman

The 13th Annual Albany Kiwanis Charity/John Rose & Jim Law Memorial Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta will take place at the Albany Golf Course on Friday, Oct. 2.

Organizer Jim Nobles said there are several partcipants so far, and he expects the tournament to fill up.

“If anyone still would like to sign up, they better to do it quick,” Nobles added.

The four-person scramble is $50 per golfer, with the fee to include a Fajita Fiesta meal provided by Albany Kiwanis Club on Friday before the start of the tournament.