By Sam Waller
Albany’s junior high 7-on-7 team wrapped up its summer season Monday, June 26 with a pair of victories against opponents from Anson and Hamlin.
Throughout its brief schedule, the team regularly competed against older opponents from larger cities. Anthony Ceder, who coached the team with Clint Chapman, said most of the teams Albany faced were select teams from places like Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio with players as old as 15.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Albany’s municipal swimming pool at Webb Park will close for the season at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, July 30.
The popular “cooling off” spot is still open for another three-plus weeks on Tuesdays through Sundays unless scheduling conflicts with lifeguards force more closures.
The pool was closed last Friday and Saturday because manager Meg Walser wasn’t able to line up enough workers. Most of the lifeguards are high school and college students who have camps and other activities during the summer months.
By Sam Waller
New officers for the Albany Athletic Booster Club are gearing up for another school year with a kickoff meeting scheduled for later this month.
The Booster Club is in the process of beginning ad sales for football programs for the 2023 season.
“We’ve been hashing that out this past week,” president Cari Heatly said. “We haven’t set a definite date yet, but we’re going to start ad sales around July 15.”
By Sam Waller
Preregistration for Albany Community Vacation Bible School is underway.
The event, sponsored by the Albany Ministerial Alliance, is for children age 4 through those who have completed sixth grade and is scheduled for Sunday-Wednesday, July 30-Aug.. 2. Preschoolers must be 4 years old by Aug. 1.
Preregistration may be done by scanning a QR code included on promotional posters or the ad in this week’s Albany News. Organizer Betsy Spraberry said there has been a handful of children preregister already.
By Sam Waller
A mission team from First Baptist Church of Albany returned home Saturday, July 1, after spending a week helping install a bathroom being added to a home in Del Rio.
The six-member team of Sue Brown of Breckenridge and local residents Ricky Davis, Shane Fields, Nan Herrell, John Ross Reames, and Kyle Viertel departed Sunday, June 25 to assist with the project.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Pick-up dates for the July distribution of the commodity food program provided by Shackelford County are July 6-7.
Certified eligible families in Moran should pick up their monthly commodity food at the Moran City Hall between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 6.
Albany families who have been certified as eligible for the June food distribution program may pick up their food on Friday, July 7 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the rear door of the JP office.
By Sam Waller
Albany’s 2022 Annual Drinking Water Report showed one violation, the city’s first in some time.
Albany water superintendent Michael Graham said the violation occurred Sept. 8 when an equipment failure prevented testing for chlorine dioxide and chlorite. Public water systems are required to collect and submit chemical samples of water provided to their customers and report the results of those samples to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on a regular basis.
“A piece of equipment went down, and it was just for one day,” Graham said.
By Sam Waller
Two Albany teens are again taking part in the Texas Brigades programs.
Riley Reames attended the North Texas Buckskin Brigade camp after taking part in the Ranch Brigade and Bobwhite Brigade camps the past two years.
Reames was selected as a Junior Director for the Texas Society for Range Management for its 70th annual Youth Workshop.
Connor Smith is attending the Bass Brigade camp as an assistant leader after being a cadet attendee last year. He will attend Coastal Brigade camp as a cadet.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Ragin’ Red Lion Band will start preparing for the 2023 marching season on Monday, July 24 in the band hall with rehearsals for the percussion section including the pit crew.
The percussionists who stand on the sideline, as known as the pit, will meet 12:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, with the drum line scheduled for 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
By Sam Waller
What started as a class fundraising project and went on to gain a certain notoriety on the local art scene gained a new home earlier this year.
In January, Albany’s Jennifer Carlile took possession of a sculpture created more than 50 years ago by her late father, Steve Carlile.
The piece had been owned by A.V. and Pat Jones since they purchased it as part of a fundraiser.
