The annual “Dollars for Bob’s Scholarships” fundraising drive gets underway later this month.
Sponsored by the Albany Ex-Students Association, the campaign traditionally starts the week of Robert Nail’s birth date, Sept. 13. This is the 52nd anniversary of the first scholarship.
Although the annual goal is always set at a minimum of $1,000, fundraising efforts will hopefully bring more in donations.
The Hendrick Regional Blood Center bloodmobile will be at First Baptist Church on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Hendrick Regional Blood Center supplies all of the blood and blood products used for patient care at 17 area hospitals.
Blood center employees urge community members to donate blood to help ensure that patients in the hospitals they serve have a supply of blood ready and waiting before an emergency occurs.
Donors will receive a T-shirt. Those with questions can call 325-670-2880.
Students in the early pre-K group at Stepping Stones Christian School take a break from their studies on their first day of class Tuesday, Sept. 3 in favor of a little outside time. The local private school accepts preschool children from three to five years of age.
By Kathy Thomson
Area churches will once again host the successful and popular after-game fellowships following each of the Albany Lions’ home football games for 2019.
The first “Fifth Quarter” event of the season will be held Friday, Sept. 6 at The Feed Store and will be hosted by Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church and Trinity Lutheran Church.
Chick-fil-A nuggets, chips, water, and cookies will be served at tomorrow’s event, according to MMPC pastor’s assistant Sandy Ingalls.
By Kathy Thomson
Shackelford County has had its share of wildfires in the last week, with local volunteers called out to fight several good-sized pasture fires, including two in the same night.
Last week, the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) cautioned all Texans to use caution outdoors because of the “exceptional” drought conditions.
Shackelford County, along with most of the Big Country, remains under a burn bun.
By Kathy Thomson
The 2019 dove season started on Sunday, Sept. 1 with mixed reviews expressed by those in Shackelford County.
Some hunters saw a lot of dove, and others only a few, according to local game warden Jacob Mort.
“It was an average start to a season,” Mort said. “The hunters I’ve seen have had eight to 10 birds per hunter. There were a lot more birds in the east and northeast parts of the county.”
The game warden said that most hunters have been abiding by the rules, though he’s seen a few unplugged shotguns.
By Donnie A. Lucas
It was a win for the record books, both for Coach Denney Faith and the Albany Lion program in general.
The Lions opened the 2019 season with an 18-3 win over the Colorado Wolves last Friday – avenging last season’s opening loss, giving head coach Denney Faith his 300th career victory and pushing the Albany program one notch closer to setting a program record of 700 wins this year.
The Lions will host Dublin in their home-opener this week, with kickoff on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Robert Nail Stadium.
By Donnie A. Lucas
The Lady Lion volleyball teams traveled to Clyde last week, with all three squads recording losses to the 3A Lady Bulldogs.
Albany hosted Bangs on Tuesday with better results.
The varsity posted a 25-11, 21-25, 25-18, 25-22 win to improve to 9-8 for the season. Complete results will be reported next week.
The Lady Lions will also host Dublin on Friday, with the varsity starting the action at 4:00 p.m. The JV game will be played immediately following at about 5:00 p.m.
By Kathy Thomson
The team of Terrell and Stegall won the Championship Flight at the annual Albany Labor Day Golf Tournament with a two day total of 124 strokes, followed by Windsor and Windsor in second with 125, and Rincon and Rincon with a score of 126 for third place.
Eighty-two players, grouped into 41 teams of two players each, ended up competing.
Scores from Saturday’s rounds were used to divide the teams into four flights on Sunday.
By Donnie A. Lucas
Both junior high football and volleyball programs are slated to start competition on Thursday (today).
Volleyball teams will host Wylie East at 4:30 p.m. with the seventh grade teams playing in the auxiliary gym and the eighth grade in the main gym.
A total of 32 girls have been divided into four groups, with an A and B team for each grade level.
Dakota Fowler coaches the eighth grade teams, while Ginger Norton will handle the seventh graders.
