By Kathy Thomson Nancy Smith Elementary School fourth grade students and their teachers traveled to the Abilene Ballet Theatre’s 32nd annual performance of The Nutcracker last week at the Paramount Theatre. “It’s always a really great event,” said NSES fine arts instructor Robbin Westmoreland.

By Melinda L. Lucas Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church will host its third annual Cele-bration of Remembrance on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 6:00 p.m.

By Melinda L. Lucas Friendship Baptist Church members held their fourth annual Harvest Acres on Saturday, Nov. 23.   “The baked goods flew off the table pretty much as soon as they were set down,” said church member Danita Johnston.

By Kathy Thomson Two Shackelford County 4-H members placed well at the District 7 Food Show on Thursday, Nov. 21 in the Big Country Hall located at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene.

By Donnie A. Lucas In a rare second-round loss, the Albany Lions saw their season come to an end earlier than usual with a 24-20 loss to the Windthorst Trojans Friday in Graham.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion basketball team is off to a 3-0 start to the season after a pair of wins over the last week. The varsity also hosted a pair of games this week, suffering the first loss of the season in a tough 27-32 game with Ballinger on Monday.

By Kathy Thomson This Saturday, Nov. 30, is the deadline to register fifth and sixth grade boys and girls to play in the Albany Little Dribblers Association youth basketball league, according to organizer Clint Chapman. Sign-up forms were sent home from the elementary school last week.

Photo packages of local flag football teams and individuals have been printed and are now available. Parents who paid in advance or who have valid accounts can pick up their packages at The Albany News office. Others can be ordered when they are paid.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV boys opened the basketball season at the Woodson tournament last week, winning all three of their games. The varsity boys will not open their season until after the Thanksgiving break, with both boys teams making the trip to Munday on Dec.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Cubs and Lady Cubs started basketball season last week against Cross Plains, with all three teams that played posting wins. All of the junior high teams saw action on Monday against Haskell, but results were not available due to an early deadline.