Parents of boys and girls at Nancy Smith Elementary only have one more day to sign their children up to participate in the Albany NFL Flag Football league before tomorrow’s registration deadline.

Pick-up dates for the September distribution of the commodity food program are Sept. 6 and Sept. 7. Thursday, Sept. 6, certified eligible families in Moran should pick up their monthly commodity food at the Moran City Hall between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

Albany sisters Lexie and Molly Lee both graduated from Texas Tech University during ceremonies held in Lubbock last month.

Pickup trucks were parked in front of every door of the Hereford Motel last Saturday night, most of them undoubtedly owned by some of the many dove hunters that flocked to Shackelford County for the opening weekend of dove season, normally the best bird hunting time of the year.

Eight members of the Houston Grand Opera Studio sing the Star Spangled Banner to open the 2018 football season at Nail Stadium last Friday night. The group was in town for an annual retreat at Stasney’s Cook Ranch.

The team of Barton and Hughes won the Championship Flight at the annual Albany Labor Day Golf Tournament with a two day total of 124 strokes, followed by Mitchell and Holson in second with 130, and Echols and Echols with a score of 136 for third place.

The First Baptist Church in Moran is hosting a community prayer meeting on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 5:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and join in prayers for the community of Moran, including the school, teachers, students, and individual needs. The church is located at 616 Post Oak Street. — —

The opening day of dove season is typically busy around Albany, and members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department have decided to take advantage of the increased activity by hosting a fundraising luncheon at the fire station, located at 609 Railroad Street.

Staff members from the Kindred Home Health office in Albany are gathering food donations as part of the company’s 14th Annual Food Drive.

Area churches will once again host the successful and popular after-game fellowships following each of the Albany Lions’ home football games for 2018, according to Brad McBee, president of the Albany Ministerial Alliance. The first “Fifth Quarter” event of the season will be held Friday, Aug.