By Melinda L. Lucas
Due to several conflicts, Closet Angels’ “Back to School Bash” has been moved up more than a week to Thursday, Aug. 1. It was originally scheduled on Aug. 10.
According to Closet Angels director Lori Reames, there will be “food, prizes, and fun along with an opportunity to shop for great school clothing” from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. that evening.
First Financial Bank will provide hot dogs and water.
By Kathy Thomson
ResourceCare’s Summer Day Camp is winding down, with only two days of activities left of the three-week schedule.
“We have toured the Albany Volunteer Fire Department, First National Bank, and the Old Jail Art Center,” said program director Mindy Ary. “I want to send out a big thank you to the Feed Store and to Friendship Baptist for allowing us to use their space and keep the kids out of the heat!”
Attendance numbers have been high again this year, though slightly less than last year’s record setting mean of 110 campers per day.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Shackelford County dispatcher Dee Balliew was recognized near the beginning of a regular meeting of commissioners on Monday, July 22.
Balliew, who has been with the local sheriff’s office for almost 14 years, is retiring at the end of this month. She was presented with plaques by county judge Robert Skelton and sheriff Ed Miller.
A reception for the retiree was held Monday afternoon at the Law Enforcement Center.
Health Insurance
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the Big Country Beef Conference on Aug. 22 at the Taylor County Expo Center in the Big Country Hall, 1700 Texas Highway 36, Abilene.
The event will run from 8:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m., with registration and coffee starting at 7:30 a.m. Call the AgriLife Extension office of Taylor County at 325-672-6048 to register. The cost is $15 if registered before Aug. 15, or $20 at the door. Lunch is included.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) nominations for county committee members must be postmarked or received in the local FSA office by Aug. 1.
Agricultural producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program may be nominated for candidacy for the county committee. Individuals may nominate themselves or others as a candidate.
Photographs taken of various teams and individuals by The Albany News since the beginning of the local coach pitch, softball and baseball seasons are available for pickup.
Summer baseball and softball packages are priced at $18 plus tax. Many of the packets have already been paid for, and although many have already been picked up, there are dozens still at the News office.
Graduation photos of the 2019 Albany High School seniors are also in, but several members of the class have not yet placed their orders.
By Kathy Thomson
Ten teams played in the Albany Masonic Lodge Wisdom Foundation Scholasrship Golf Tournament held at the local course last Saturday, July 20, including at least two groups from Abilene.
“James Waters and Tommy Terrell have the course in the best shape I have ever seen it,” said organizer Stephen Kayga, who added that the four-man scramble was a big success. “I don’t have exact figures yet, but I think we made about $4,000 for our scholarships.”
By Melinda L. Lucas
Changes and additions to the student handbooks, along with reviewing the preliminary budget, took up much of Monday’s regular Albany ISD school board meeting.
The trustees also approved the new minimal teacher pay scale and a heard a brief report on the progress of the Graham Memorial Pavilion in honor of AISD employee Melba Graham, who worked for the district for more than 10 years before she and her husband were killed in a highway accident in 2018.
By Kathy Thomson
Intense thunderstorms rolled through Shackelford County on both Sunday and Monday of last week, July 7 and 8, dropping over an inch of rain and creating lightning displays that rivaled a Fourth of July fireworks show.
The official two-day rainfall total was 1.35 inches, but some residents recorded as much as two or two-and-a-half inches in their gauges.
However, lightning was the highlight of the weather event.
By Melinda L. Lucas
An introductory proposal by Stephens Memorial Hospital administrator Matt Kempton concerning ambulance services took much of Monday’s hour-long board meeting of the Shackelford County Hospital District,
Board vice president Janna Ledbetter conducted the session in the absence of president John Ayers.
EMS Proposal
