TheAlbanyAthletic Booster Club will hold its kickoff meeting fortheupcomingschoolyear at 6:00 p.m. ThursdayAug.

WhileAlbany has concluded its summer conditioning program, Lion head football coach Denney Faith said players can continue to prepare for the start of preseason practice. “The weight room will be unlocked,” Faith said.

The Cubs Cheer Camp is scheduled for Monday-Wednesday, July 29-31. Camp sessions will be held 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Albany Golf Course will host two scholarship fundraising tournaments in early August. The Albany Masonic Lodge Scholarship Tournament is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

CareFest, Resource Care’s annual musical event, in its sixth year, is taking place on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Happy Wives, HappyLivesWeddingand Event Venue.

Albanyresidentsshould again note that there is a new time for the next blood drive, which is set for 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The city of Albany’s swimming pool at Webb Park will be open for one more week before closing for the season on Wednesday, July 31. The facility is open from 12:30 p.m.

Shackelford County commissioners voted to extend the county’s burn ban for 45 days at their Monday, July 22 meeting. Under the ban, open flames are not permitted in unincorporated areas of the county.

ResourceCare Summer Day Camp ends Friday after two weeks of fun in the sun, arts and crafts, and several other activities. Monday began with a one-day VBS at Albany Church of Christ where campers studied the story of “Daniel and the Lions Den,” and then constructed their own take-home “Lion.”LaterMondayafternoon, campersweretreated to a movie at the Aztec.

Donald “Don” Gene Clevenger, former longtime Albany pastor, went home to be with the Lord on July 22, 2024. Don was born on April 6, 1959, in Pratt, Kansas, the son of Dallas and Carol Prather Clevenger, stepmotherCharleneClevenger.