Educators at Albany ISD were provided snacks, meals, and gifts during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-10, courtesy of the Albany Parent Teacher Organization, parents of local students, Brookshire’s, and the Albany Masons.

High school graduation is only two weeks away, and seniors and their parents are making plans for the celebration, including the traditional Project Graduation party.

Six members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department spent all of last weekend at the 46th annual Wichita Falls Fire School training in fire fighting, fire company operations, fire hydraulics, search and rescue in a structure fire, ropes and knots, and lpg fires.

The Old Jail Art Museum won the Mitchell A. Wilder Award for excellence in publication and media design in the Marketing Materials, Supplementary Materials, and Posters category at the 40th annual meeting of the Texas Association of Museums.

Red Steagall will tell viewers about the Fort Griffin Fandangle on the RFD TV show “Red Steagall is Somewhere West of Wall Street” at 8:30 p.m. (Central) on Monday, May 13. Steagall filmed the segment in Albany at the Old Jail Art Center on Oct. 31.

Parents of students and prospective students at Moran Independent School District have been asked to look over possible changes to the 2019-2020 school year calendar and then fill out an online survey. Both the calendar and the survey can be accessed from the MISD website home page at www.moran.

Rain gauges across Shackelford County measured well above average rainfall during 2018, and that trend is continuing in 2019.

Albany ISD will release at 3:00 p.m. today, May 9, and students have a holiday tomorrow, May 10. Friday, May 10 is designated as a staff comp day, and it is the last student holiday before the school year ends on May 22. Teachers will still report for work days on May 23 and 24.

In February, the Alzheimer’s Association – North Central Texas Chapter launched meetings for a new caregiver support group in Abilene.  The Memories Matter group meets the last Thursday of each month from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Lyndale Abilene – Memory Care, located at 6568 Central Park Boulevard.

County voters have the opportunity to cast ballots in three separate elections this Saturday, May 4, with contested races being decided for the Albany Independent School District board of trustees, Albany city council, and Fort Griffin Special Utility District (SUD).