A forum to discuss the future of Texas communities, in particular Albany and Shackelford County, is set for Tuesday, April 30 at the Courthouse. Allcommunitymembers are invited to attend.

Albany ISD trustees hiredanewgirlsbasketball coach and a new secondary science teacher, as well as renewingteachercontracts at the regular meeting on Monday, April 15. Theyalsoaccepted,with regrets, resignations from William Vaughan, Danna Vaughan, and Brittney Harmon.

Astronomy fans can learn how to take photographs of the night sky this weekend at Fort Griffin State Historic Site. The site will host a Milky Way photography workshop Friday-Saturday, April 5-6.

SCHD directors move to TCDRS A lengthy discussion and then a decision regarding the employees’retirementprogram was the main topic at Monday’s meeting of the Shackelford County Hospital District’s board of directors. Arepresentative of the Texas CountyandDistrictRetirement System had presented a couple of plan options at the February meeting, but the directors stopped short of approving the proposal until they had more feedback from district employees.