Taylor and Callahan counties will host a Wheat Field Day from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Friday, May 3 at various sites throughout the counties, beginning at the Taylor County plots located off Texas Highway 351 on County Road 521, also known as Mesquite Lane.

Albany Sports Center sent a cheer team and two individual performer groups to compete at the Cheer & Dance/Drill Team America competition at SeaWorld, San Antonio last Saturday, April 6, and all three entries won awards in both their age group and in the overall.

By Donnie A. Lucas The seventh grade boys track teams captured the district championship last Saturday in Roscoe, with the eighth grade boys finishing in second. The two girls teams both took third place.

John Reames, age 85 of Albany, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019. Graveside funeral services were held Monday, April 8 in the Albany Cemetery with Rev. Jeff Pleasant officiating. Interment followed under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.

Local business owners will have to come up with more money if they don’t file renditions by mid-April, according to Shackelford County chief appraiser Clayton Snyder. Taxpayers have until Monday, April 15 to file personal property renditions.

The 2019 Shackelford County Youth and Livestock Association Buyer-Seller Banquet will take place this Saturday, April 6, at the Nancy Smith Elementary School cafeteria at 6:00 p.m., and all those  who have not yet paid for their pledges are asked to settle their accounts as soon as possible.

All third through 12th grade students attending public schools in Texas take the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and End of Course (EOC) tests in the spring.

No local organizations have responded to Albany High School’s request to contact Ann Riley in the AHS office about upcoming scholarships to be given to seniors at the May 24 graduation exercises.

High school commencement is less than two months away, and parents of graduating seniors need to attend a planning meeting at The Feed Store on Sunday, April 7 at 6:00 p.m. to organize for the busy weeks ahead for them and their graduates.

Docents at the Old Jail Art Center have planned a spring trip to the Metroplex on April 25-27, and everyone who wants to join them needs to register by the next docents meeting on Tuesday, April 16. “The trip is open to all OJAC members,” said docent Michael Glover.