By Lynsi Musselman
Beverly Rogers, with help from friends and the Albany Chamber of Commerce, held “Give Alzheimer’s the Boot” last Saturday, Sept. 27 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in connection with the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s usually held in Abilene.
Rogers raised $5,531 this year for a grand total of $85,000 over the past 18 years.
“I never dreamed it would be this successful with the pandemic going on,” Rogers reported.
By Lynsi Musselman
The Shackelford County 4-H Club hosted its first sewing clinic on Sunday, Sept. 20.
Shackelford County extension agent Kloey Painter said the class was led by Johnnie Hise, the Texas 4-H Fashion and Interior Design Ambassador and Shackelford County club secretary.
“Johnnie is an incredible teacher and the 4-H club is blessed to have her,” Painter said.
Hise showed participants three different types of sewing machines and how they worked, as well as tools and supplies used to sew.
By Lynsi Musselman
This time of year several hundred area elementary and middle school students and teachers normally prepare to make the annual trip to Living History School Day at Fort Griffin State Historic Site for a reenactment of day-to-day life in the real Old West.
However, with the lingering pandemic, Fort Griffin site manager Mitch Baird said the staff has decided it’s not a good idea to bring in 800 kids and 100 reenactors who are usually on site for the event.
By Lynsi Musselman
The previously scheduled decorating of Main Street last weekend will take place this Saturday, Oct. 3.
Albany residents are invited to help display cut cane and fall leaves down Main Street at 9:00 a.m.
Albany Chamber of Commerce treasurer Lisa Barton said that several Chamber board members and volunteers were not available last weekend so it was decided to postpone one week when there were more people to help make downtown look like fall.
By Lynsi Musselman
Sue Breeden placed first in her class of Pinterest Pinners in the Creative Arts department at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo Sept. 4-19, and her shadowbox featuring hand sewn beadwork was also chosen as Best in Show.
Her project this year was titled “Three Best Friends.”
Breeden explained that she took lessons in beading from Inuit Indians while visiting her daughter in Alaska.
The beadwork project took Breeden at least 100 hours of work, she said.
By Lynsi Musselman
The annual membership meeting of the Fort Griffin Fandangle Association is scheduled to be held at the Albany Visitors Center on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 6:00 p.m.
Discussion and a motion to hold the Fandangle in 2021 are expected.
Board of directors whose terms are up for election this year are Cody Leech and Lanham Martin.
Other directors are Branch Bartee, John Ayers, Bucky Nail, Lesley Jones, Treca Edington, Shelly Bartee, Dustin Parsons, Henry Musselman, Pam Davis, and Lauren Willen.
By Lynsi Musselman
The 13th annual Albany Kiwanis Charity/John Rose and Jim Law Memorial Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta will take place this Friday, Oct. 2.
Money raised from participants and sponsors will help fund the Albany K Charity Scholarship Fund.
“The sponsors have been great this year,” said Kiwanis Club member Ken Lawrence.
Lawrence explained that the funds raised at the golf tournament not only help fund the scholarships but help provide funds for other Kiwanis Club community outreach programs.
By Lynsi Musselman
Local elementary school age boys and girls began playing in the Albany NFL Flag Football league this past week.
Eleven teams, divided into four divisions with just under 100 kids, will continue their season through the end of October.
The teams will play against each other at the high school baseball field on Saturdays and some Tuesday afternoons.
Two games, both taking place between teams in the same age group, are held at the same time, each on a 50-yard field.
Kindergarten and
First United Methodist Church and Friendship Baptist will host students for the after-game fellowship following the Albany Lions’ home football game this Friday, Oct. 2.
The “Fifth Quarter” will be held at The Feed Store after the game.
The hosts will be feeding the youth pizza on Friday night.
The fellowship begins immediately after the varsity home football game and ends at 12:00 midnight.
All students in grades seventh through 12th are invited to attend.
By Lynsi Musselman
With COVID-19 being front and center in the news, the upcoming flu season is not getting as much attention as in previous years.
Because of the pandemic, reducing the spread of any respiratory illness is more important than ever, according to the Center for Disease Control.
The CDC reports that 87.5 million doses of the flu vaccine have been distributed across the nation.
