Jaime Limas, district executive of the western part of the Texas Trails Council of the Boy Scouts will host a Cub Scout meeting at the Nancy Smith Elementary School cafeteria at 6:00 p.m. tonight, Sept. 20.

Boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade who are interested in joining the Cub Scouts are encouraged to attend.

“They will need a parent or guardian along with them to fill out paperwork, pay dues, and sign the forms,” Limas said. 

An Albany Senior “bowl” making the rounds in Albany will be hard to miss and will help keep local seniors from “flushing” away their graduation night. 

All proceeds from the lighthearted fundraiser will be used to provide a safe graduation night at Project Graduation 2019. 

“Project Graduation provides our seniors a secured after-graduation event that lasts all night,” said parent Tami Masters. 

Albany seniors helping with the fundraiser will flush out donations by placing the toilet in unsuspecting Albany residents’ yards. 

Albany alumni, students, and fans should make plans to join in the many Homecoming preparations and activities that will take place over the next few weeks.

Current Albany students will elect the homecoming court next week.

The theme for the parade this year was not yet known at press time.

Classes can spend up to $200 on their parade float, and can start working on floats on Oct. 7.

Oct. 7 will be the traditional street painting day, according to secondary principal Edward Morales.

The Albany Ministerial Alliance has decided to try combining “Trunk or Treat” with the PTO Fall Fest at Nancy Smith Elementary School next month, with both events scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27. The majority of voting members at the meeting decided to “see how it works, and adjust as needed for 2019.”

Proposed Schedule

Trunk or Treat will be set up between NSES and the bus barn, and take place from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27.

As it is scheduled now, the NSES cafeteria will begin serving at 5:00 p.m., and Fall Fest booths will open at 5:30 p.m.

The 28th annual See You at the Pole is set for Wednesday, Sept. 26, with separate events planned for local elementary and secondary students.

The 2018 theme is “Broken.” 

Ephesians 3:14, I fall on my knees before the Father, is the scripture selected for 2018.

See You at the Pole, a student-initiated, student-organized, and student-led event, is a global movement of prayer where students meet at the school flagpole before school to lift up their friends, families, teachers, school, and nation to God. 

Campbell Terry was recently hired to be the youth minister at First Baptist Church and he began his new duties on Sunday, Sept. 2.

When asked how he ended up as the new youth minister at FBC, Terry did not hesitate with his answer.

“This job?” Terry said. “It was God!” 

Jeff Turner, pastor at FBC, has known Terry for several years, ever since Turner was the youth pastor in Odessa and Terry was one of the high school students in his congregation.

Former Albany youth minister Thomas Aly with Live Missions will host an informational meeting this Sunday, Sept. 23, at 3:00 p.m. at The Feed Store, for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the non-profit’s upcoming Uganda mission trips.

Aly has a trip planned for March 5 through March 15, 2019 and another trip in the works for July 9 to July 20.

“If you’re at all interested, mark your calendars and come join us,” Aly said. “Go and like our Live Missions page to stay updated.”

Erick Thomas Lakey, 26, of Albany, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Funeral services were Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at the Bailey-Howard Funeral Home Chapel in Clyde. 

Erick was born Sept. 9, 1992, in Abilene to Cheryl Fowler and Rick Lakey. Erick was a fun, big hearted, son, grandson, brother, nephew, cousin, and friend. His sense of humor and larger than life attitude, smile and warmth brightened everyone around him. 

Robert Gayle Howe, 66 of Clyde, TX, affectionately known to all as Bobby, passed away on Sunday Sept. 9, 2018 along with his son Daniel Justin Howe in a motor vehicle accident.

Bobby was born in Blanket, TX on Sept. 15, 1951 to James Edward and Doris Bonita Petross. He graduated in the Class of 1970 from Clyde High School.

DANIEL HOWE

Daniel Justin Howe, 34 of Clyde, TX, passed away on Sunday Sept. 9, 2018 along with his father Robert Gayle Howe in a motor vehicle accident.

Daniel graduated in the Class of 2003 from Clyde High School, and continued his education at Texas A&M Galveston and Cisco Junior College.

To provide for his family, Daniel worked hard in the oil fields or alongside his dad. No matter what the job was, it was always outdoors, and he was never afraid to get his hands dirty.