OUR BASKETBALL SEASON IS NOW UNDERWAY.   WITH THE START OF THE SEASON, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES AND POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

Conduct of students and fans at the games should be supportive of the players.

WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT WE CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE A “CLASS ACT.” OUR CONDUCT AS A STUDENT BODY AND COMMUNITY ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE BASKETBALL GAMES. INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT GIVES THE WRONG IMPRESSION, AND AS ADMINISTRATORS, WE ARE ASKING OUR STUDENT BODY AND FANS TO PLEASE COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:

By Donnie A. Lucas

The seventh grade girls basketball team and the combined boys B team opened the season on Saturday at the Woodson tournament.

Both groups split games with opponents at the tournament.

The two girls teams and the eighth grade boys will host Cross Plains on Thursday (today) starting at 5:00 p.m. 

The boys will be on the road to Haskell next Monday, Nov. 25, while the girls will host Haskell teams at home. Games will start at 5:30 p.m. at both locations.

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.

Albany seniors Aubrey Moon (l) and Ben West (r) both signed letters of intent for college athletics in separate ceremonies last Thursday. Moon will play softball for Harding University in Arkansas, while West will join the baseball program at Weatherford College. 

By Kathy Thomson

November is Diabetic Awareness Month, and one Moran student is personally aware of dangers and hardships caused by this life-long disease.

According to the 2017 National Diabetes Statistics Report, there are 30.3 million people in the United States living with diabetes, and of those, 90 to 95 percent have type two diabetes, where their bodies do not respond correctly to insulin.

Baylee Orsak has the less common type one, where the pancreas does not make an adequate amount of insulin.

By Kathy Thomson

Moran Independent School District will host its annual Thanksgiving Meal on Friday, Nov. 22 in the school cafeteria from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Parents and other family members are invited to eat with their students.

Moran has a staff comp day and a student holiday on Monday, Nov. 25. The school will be closed the rest of the week, Nov. 26-29, for Thanksgiving.

Classes will resume on Monday, Dec. 2.

By Kathy Thomson

The Lady Bulldogs played in the Baird tournament last week, hosted Blanket on Tuesday, and are entered in the Rising Star tourney Thursday through Saturday.

The varsity boys are also playing in Rising Star, and the teams will travel together for games in Bryson on Tuesday, Nov. 26 starting at 6:00 p.m.

Lady Bulldogs

According to head coach John Hughes, his girls have “raw talent that just needs to be molded together.”

Local residents can help the Abilene Salvation Army with Thanksgiving meals by bringing homemade or purchased pies to the First United Methodist fellowship hall by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26.

FUMC member Lance Thomas said this week that the Salvation Army serves 4,000-6,000 meals a month and is especially busy at Thanksgiving.

“We collected lots of pies a couple of years ago, and they were very grateful,” said Thomas. “I think pies came from every church and many individuals.”

By Kathy Thomson

Once again this year, members of the Albany Ministerial Alliance have organized a Christmas basket drive, and applications for the holiday food boxes are currently available at the Resource Center and at several of the local churches.

Shackelford County residents who wish to be included in the Albany Ministerial Alliance’s annual Christmas basket drive need to turn in their completed applications before Friday, Dec. 6.

By Melinda L. Lucas

Friendship Baptist Church invites everyone to attend their “Harvest Acres” on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The gift and food bazaar will offer baked and craft items for sale. Benches and other larger items will be offered in a silent auction. 

A free-will donation lunch of pulled pork and chips will be served starting at 11:00 a.m., and an evening meal of soups and chili will begin at 5:00 p.m.