By Sam Waller
The Feed Store’s second annual Powder Puff flag football game took some juggling of schedules to get in after being delayed because of wet grounds earlier this month, but eventually accomplished its task.
Senior Briley Tabor was involved in four touchdowns as the Pink team (seniors and freshmen) defeated the Purple (juniors and sophomores) 42-31 on Wednesday, May 17 at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.
Albany High School graduating senior Ella Webb has been awarded the Nancy and Ted Paup Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship. This scholarship fund is managed by the Community Foundation of Abilene.
The Community Foundation awarded a combined $14,000 in scholarships to area students during an awards ceremony Sunday, May 7 at the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame Museum located in the Mall of Abilene.
By Sam Waller
Moran ISD will put the finishing touches on the 2022-23 school year at 6:00 p.m. Friday, May 26, with high school graduation at Cisco College Auditorium.
Eight seniors will receive their diplomas, doubling last year’s senior class.
Chloe Hendricks has been named valedictorian, with Emily Murk named salutatorian.
Other members of the Class of 2023 are Alyssa Allred, Alayna Baker, Daphani Crews, Samantha Hinkle, Alli Scott, and Tyler Waddell.
By Sam Waller
After months of planning and fundraising, members of the Albany High School Class of 2023 will enjoy the fruits of their Labors Friday, May 26 with the annual Project Graduation party.
The final touches are being applied this week by parents and community members in charge of the event.
By Donnie A. Lucas
A crowd of over 360 students, parents, and staff attended the annual Academic Banquet on Monday to honor academic excellence of students in a variety of activities including academic UIL events, journalism, band, FFA, one-act play, and FCCLA.
Sponsored by The Feed Store, Albany Academic Booster Club, and Albany ISD, the event recapped the academic and co-curricular successes of the school year.
The group was welcomed by superintendent Jonathan Scott, proceeding to the buffet line for the meal prepared by Joe Allen’s Barbecue of Abilene.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The annual Baccalaureate service for the Albany High School Class of 2023 is set for Sunday, May 21 at 4:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
Albany librarian Jenny Scott will be the featured speaker. She will be introduced by class valedictorian Ella Webb.
A total of 32 seniors are expected to participate in the service, which is one of several events that will culminate with graduation on Friday, May 26.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Annexation of Phase II of the Clarke Estates (CEII) development and engine problems with the volunteer fire department’s newly purchased rescue truck were the main items of discussion at Monday’s Albany city council meeting.
During the session, council members started the process of posting bid opportunities for a property exchange and also looked at proposals for pavement and purchase of property around the Albany Volunteer Fire Department building.
Clarke Estates Annexation
By Donnie A. Lucas
The names of 13 veterans who were killed in action have not been added to the list on the veterans stone memorials on the courthouse square, according to Mary Kay O’Connor, who has been researching names of deceased veterans who are not included on the monument.
She is now seeking sponsors for a list of 13 county servicemen killed in action, mostly during World War II, that have never been added to the monument.
By Melinda L. Lucas
The Albany City pool will open to the general public on Thursday, June 1 with a one-day-only, free-admittance Splash Day.
Meg Walser, who helped with the operation of the facility last summer, is the pool manager this summer. Her main duty will be to coordinate the lifeguards’ schedule. The city will operate the concession stand this summer, with lifeguards rotating through to make the sales.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Rehearsals are continuing almost daily for the June performances of the Fort Griffin Fandangle, with scene practices being held on Sunday through Thursday evenings at the Prairie Theater.
The dates for the 85th anniversary show are June 16-17 and June 23-24.
“Rehearsals are still going really well,” the show’s director Lorna Ayers said. “There have been some conflicts with the end of the school year activities, but that will also be over next week. We are expecting that everyone will come more consistently.”
