By Lynsi Musselman

The previously scheduled decorating of Main Street last weekend will take place this Saturday, Oct. 3. 

Albany residents are invited to help display cut cane and fall leaves down Main Street at 9:00 a.m.

Albany Chamber of Commerce treasurer Lisa Barton said that several Chamber board members and volunteers were not available last weekend so it was decided to postpone one week when there were more people to help make downtown look like fall.

By Lynsi Musselman

Sue Breeden placed first in her class of Pinterest Pinners in the Creative Arts department at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo Sept. 4-19, and her shadowbox featuring hand sewn beadwork was also chosen as Best in Show.

Her project this year was titled “Three Best Friends.”

Breeden explained that she took lessons in beading from Inuit Indians while visiting her daughter in Alaska.

The beadwork project  took Breeden at least 100 hours of work, she said.

By Lynsi Musselman

The annual membership meeting of the Fort Griffin Fandangle Association is scheduled to be held at the Albany Visitors Center on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 6:00 p.m.

Discussion and a motion to hold the Fandangle in 2021 are expected.

Board of directors whose terms are up for election this year are Cody Leech and Lanham Martin.

Other directors are Branch Bartee, John Ayers, Bucky Nail, Lesley Jones, Treca Edington, Shelly Bartee, Dustin Parsons, Henry Musselman, Pam Davis, and Lauren Willen.

By Donnie A. Lucas

The Lion football team got an unexpected week off when last Friday’s game against the Anson Tigers was cancelled the day before the contest due to several positive COVID-19 tests reported among other segments of the Albany student population.

None of the new cases involved the football team, but school officials called a halt Thursday afternoon to all junior high and high school games against Anson.

The non-district games will not be rescheduled.

By Donnie A Lucas

The 2020 volleyball is in the midst of an abrupt “time-out” after several members of the varsity squad tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus late last week, forcing the school to place the varsity and two coaches in quarantine.

Several games on the schedule have been cancelled, with the varsity team slated to get back on the court for practice on Friday, Oct. 9 when the two-week quarantine period ends.

The Lady Lions are holding steady with a season record of 13-2, including a 2-0 mark in District 6-2A.

By Donnie A. Lucas

After taking an unexpected week-long break, both the Cubs football teams and the Lady Cubs volleyball squads are returning to action.

The junior high football teams will both be on the road on Thursday (today) for games, with the seventh graders going to Eastland for a 5:00 p.m. game.

The eighth grade Cubs will play in Meridian with a 5:00 p.m. kickoff.

By Donnie A. Lucas

A trio of cross country runners placed at a meet in Hamlin on Sept. 23, continuing to improve their times.

The Albany High School cross country team will travel to Seymour next Wednesday, Oct. 7 for the next meet.

Brylee Moore took 13th place at the Hamlin meet with a time of 14:23. Maci Hachett finished 17th with a time of 14:48, while Briley Tabor ran a time of 14:50 for 19th place.

By Lynsi Musselman

The 13th annual Albany Kiwanis Charity/John Rose and Jim Law Memorial Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta will take place this Friday, Oct. 2.

Money raised from participants and sponsors will help fund the Albany K Charity Scholarship Fund.

“The sponsors have been great this year,” said Kiwanis Club member Ken Lawrence.

Lawrence explained that the funds raised at the golf tournament not only help fund the scholarships but help provide funds for other Kiwanis Club community outreach programs.

By Lynsi Musselman

Local elementary school age boys and girls began playing in the Albany NFL Flag Football league this past week.

Eleven teams, divided into four divisions with  just under 100 kids, will continue their season through the end of October.

The teams will play against each other at the high school baseball field on Saturdays and some Tuesday afternoons.

Two games, both taking place between teams in the same age group, are held at the same time, each on a 50-yard field.

Kindergarten and 

First United Methodist Church and Friendship Baptist will host  students for the after-game fellowship following the Albany Lions’ home football game this Friday, Oct. 2.

The “Fifth Quarter” will be held at The Feed Store after the game.

The hosts will be feeding the youth pizza on Friday night.

The fellowship begins immediately after the varsity home football game and ends at 12:00 midnight.

All students in grades seventh through 12th are invited to attend.