Special Events

More than 25 runners and walkers were welcomed downtown in Albion on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28, for the annual Turkey Trot sponsored by the Albion Chamber of Commerce.

Country music star Aaron Watson, with special guest Bryce Leatherwood, will be performing at the Boone County Fair Concert on July 15, 2025. Tickets for this concert went on sale Monday, Dec.

Boone County 4-H families enjoyed an ice cream social, compliments of the Boone County 4-H Council at the Annual 4-H Achievement Party held on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Albion, said Steve Pritchard, Extension educator in Boone and Nance Counties.

A first Albion Toy Show was held Sunday, Nov. 10, at the Cardinal Inn Event Center in Albion. The show was organized and staged by Linda, Aaron and Dan Hamling, and they are hoping to make it an annual event in Albion. This year’s show featured 14 exhibitors, with many collectors attending. The show next year will be held Nov. 9.

Every year during Christmas season, Samaritan’s Purse, a global evangelical Christian ministry, provides “Christmas Shoeboxes” for needy children worldwide. Since 1993, the ministry has collected and delivered over 220 million shoeboxes, to children in over 170 countries.

Beulah Chapter #40, Order of Eastern Star, Norfolk, honored Fern Medlin (right) for 75 years of membership recently. Fern was initiated Dec. 29, 1949 at Areme Chapter #124, Coleridge, NE when she was on Christmas break from college. She had just turned 18. She affiliated Jan. 19, 1960 with Rose Chapter #102 Albion. Fern affiliated with Beulah #40 Norfolk, on May 6, 2021. She held many offices during her years of membership. She was Worthy Matron in 1966 and Secretary from 1990 to 2008 (19 years). Associate Matron Elaine Hulse of Albion (left) performed the ceremony and honored Fern with her 75-year pin.

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Albion community will observe Veterans Day next Monday, Nov. 11, with a special program at the Boone Central High School Gym starting at 9 a.m.