Last week’s Chamber of Commerce sponsored FamilyFest was declared a success by manager Mary Beth Jones, who is already hard at work on a new Chamber-sponsored Wild West Day planned April 27. “I’m guessing that we had at least 150 people at the golf course,” Jones said.

A blood drive is scheduled to take place in Albany this afternoon, March 14, and Hendrick Regional Blood Center (formerly Meek Blood Center) will park its bloodmobile at First Baptist Church from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.

There will be no Chamber of Commerce luncheon this Friday, March 15 because of Spring Break and other conflicts, according to Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones. The regular weekly meal and meeting will resume on Friday, March 22 in the back room of the Icehouse Restaurant, starting at 12:00 noon.

The Moran junior high and high school track teams traveled to Gordon last Thursday, March 7 to begin their 2019 track season, and each of the MISD teams brought back several ribbons from the event.

The Lions’ varsity track team stepped up their level of competition last week with a fourth place finish at the Breckenridge meet, while the varsity girls were still working short-handed. Both track coaches are looking forward to the Hamlin track meet on Saturday, which starts at 9:00 a.m.

The “weather’s turning pretty and fair,” which means spring can’t be far behind, and Fandangle season is just ahead. Fandangle practice starts next Monday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Aztec Theater.

The 2019 Grand Champion Junior Market Barrow at the Houston Stock Show will be chosen at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the NRG Center East Arena and Connor Smith’s pig, already selected Champion Poland China Barrow on Sunday, March 10, will be among only nine animals in the ring vying for the honor.

By Kathy Thomson Students tried out for the chance to become Albany school cheerleaders on Friday, March 8, before spring break. “We performed in front of three judges, both individually for jumps and cheers, and in small groups for dance and chant,” said new head cheerleader Alayna Koemel.

Technology questions and updates, covering everything from unpaid IT invoices to a new lease for copiers, was the emphasis of Monday’s business session of the Shackelford County commissioners.

Randall Palmore started playing the steel guitar almost 30 years ago and the acoustic guitar a decade or so before that, and this spring his musical skills are being acknowledged by his peers, who have selected him to be inducted into the Cowtown Society of Western Music’s “Heroes of Western Swing”...