By Lynsi Musselman
Senior girls from Albany’s Dance Theatre Company will participate in their final recital this Friday night.
The private event, which is open to invited guests only, will be at the Whitney Theatre at 7:00 p.m.
The recital theme and senior song chosen for the 70th year is “We Will Rise.”
Owner and choreographer Betsy Parsons said “We Will Rise” reflects the recent controversies related to COVID-19.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Tax appraisal notices for county property were mailed out recently, according to Clayton Snyder, chief appraiser of the Shackelford County Appraisal District (CAD).
“The appraisal district physically reappraised Albany ISD property outside of the City of Albany for this year,” said Snyder. “The district also updated the cost schedule, provided through Marshall and Swift, used for appraising in 2020 for all taxing jurisdictions within the county boundaries.”
Albany High School junior Amber Leverton was inadvertently left off the list of honor students provided by Albany ISD two weeks ago.
AHS counselor Jenny Scott said on Tuesday that Leverton is among students with a GPA of 90 or above and should have been included in the list of academic honors.
“We would like for her to receive the recognition that she is due,” said Scott, who apologized for the omission.
By Lynsi Musselman
The Old Jail Art Center remains temporarily closed and has yet to announce an opening date.
OJAC has several interactive ways to stay connected to the museum and educate learners from home.
Visit the OJAC Facebook page on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. to view a new demo of an activity called “#StayHomeStudio.”
“#StayHomeStudio” is a virtual workshop celebrating Try-It-Tuesdays at the OJAC. The activity has been created for adults and families to try together.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Local residents will have to wait another week to find out if and when the city pool will be opening this summer, according to city manager Billy Holson.
The item is on the agenda for next Monday’s city council meeting, when council members will discuss whether or not to open and to what level.
Holson said that the governor opened water parks last week as part of the phased-in plan to ease restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Donnie A. Lucas
After almost a three-month lull in activity, local student athletes who will enter grades 7-12 next fall have their first opportunity to start supervised workouts that include both conditioning and limited sport-specific training.
The strength and conditioning sessions start Monday, June 8 with boys and girls divided into separate groups. The workouts will continue until July 30, with two idle weeks along the way.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Five of the eight local senior athletes who were selected to participate in this summer’s FCA All-Star games were presented last week with personalized items they would normally have received as part of the festival events.
Paul Johnston, who is a Big Country FCA representative, met with the Albany graduates at the high school flagpole last Tuesday, May 26.
He gave each all-star a plaque, an FCA Bible and their individual jerseys for the particular sport they were picked for.
By Donnie A. Lucas
More teams have signed up for the annual Fathers Day Golf Tournament set for June 20-21 at the Albany Golf Course.
Activity at the local course has been restricted to members only during the pandemic shutdown, but the easing of restrictions came in time for the club to host the annual tournament and start weekly scrambles.
Starting last week, the local course is now open to both members and non-members on a daily basis. The facility was open to members only for about two months during the COVID-19 restrictions.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Albany Little League games started this week despite a lengthy delay from the original start date due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Both major and minor teams will play three days per week during a shortened season scheduled to end by June 30.
T-ball and coach pitch leagues also started this week, continuing their schedule on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The last set of games for those two leagues is currently set for Wednesday, June 24.
By Lynsi Musselman
The Feed Store reopened Monday for summer hours.
The Feed Store’s normal hours will be Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Thursday hours are 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the facility is closed Wednesday and Sunday.
On Tuesday, there was a kick-off dinner for high school students.
Feed Store youth minister Kathryn Hamilton said Tuesday was a dinner to get high school students gathered again to visit before the weekly dinner and Bible study begins.
