By Kathy Thomson
The 12th Annual Albany Kiwanis Charity/John Rose & Jim Law Memorial Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta will take place at the Albany Golf Course on Friday, Sept. 27.
Individuals and businesses can help sponsor the Albany K Charity Scholarship Fund.
The four-person scramble is $50 per golfer, with the fee to include a Fajita Fiesta meal provided by Albany Kiwanians on Friday before the start of the tournament.
By Kathy Thomson
The playing field at Robert Nail Stadium will officially be known as “Faith Field” after a ceremony tomorrow, Sept. 6, at 7:15 p.m., shortly before the Albany Lions’ first home football game of the 2019 season.
A large crowd is expected to purchase tickets for the Dublin game and arrive a few minutes early so they can be there for the special dedication.
Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. football game are $5 for adults and $2 for students and can be purchased at the gate for those who do not have season tickets or a senior pass.
By Melinda L. Lucas
Visitors are invited to enjoy an afternoon lecture about “Law & Order in Depression Era Texas,” followed by light refreshments at the Old Jail Art Center’s Focus Lecture scheduled to take place from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 7.
Texas author Dr. Jody Ginn will be the speaker, recounting sensational headline news events from the 1930s.
By Kathy Thomson
With the fall stock show season already underway, Shackelford County 4-H, Albany FFA, and Moran FFA students have a workday scheduled this Saturday, Sept. 7, starting at 8:00 a.m. to prepare the local show barn for upcoming events.
The Shackelford County Youth and Livestock show barn, located at 8470 US Highway 283 North, just outside of the Albany city limits, needs to be ready to welcome visitors and around 100 show pigs prospects at the facility’s first event of the year next weekend.
The annual “Dollars for Bob’s Scholarships” fundraising drive gets underway later this month.
Sponsored by the Albany Ex-Students Association, the campaign traditionally starts the week of Robert Nail’s birth date, Sept. 13. This is the 52nd anniversary of the first scholarship.
Although the annual goal is always set at a minimum of $1,000, fundraising efforts will hopefully bring more in donations.
By Kathy Thomson
Area churches will once again host the successful and popular after-game fellowships following each of the Albany Lions’ home football games for 2019.
The first “Fifth Quarter” event of the season will be held Friday, Sept. 6 at The Feed Store and will be hosted by Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church and Trinity Lutheran Church.
Chick-fil-A nuggets, chips, water, and cookies will be served at tomorrow’s event, according to MMPC pastor’s assistant Sandy Ingalls.
By Kathy Thomson
The 2019 dove season started on Sunday, Sept. 1 with mixed reviews expressed by those in Shackelford County.
Some hunters saw a lot of dove, and others only a few, according to local game warden Jacob Mort.
“It was an average start to a season,” Mort said. “The hunters I’ve seen have had eight to 10 birds per hunter. There were a lot more birds in the east and northeast parts of the county.”
The game warden said that most hunters have been abiding by the rules, though he’s seen a few unplugged shotguns.
By Kathy Thomson
The team of Terrell and Stegall won the Championship Flight at the annual Albany Labor Day Golf Tournament with a two day total of 124 strokes, followed by Windsor and Windsor in second with 125, and Rincon and Rincon with a score of 126 for third place.
Eighty-two players, grouped into 41 teams of two players each, ended up competing.
Scores from Saturday’s rounds were used to divide the teams into four flights on Sunday.
By Kathy Thomson
Opening day of dove hunting in Texas is Sunday, Sept. 1, and for the fourth year in a row, hunters across the Lone Star State, including those in the Albany area, will have a 90-day hunting season and 15-bird daily bag limit.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) dove program leader Owen Fitzsimmons, dove populations have thrived this year thanks to the amount and timing of spring rains across most of the state that kicked habitat into high gear for dove breeding season.
By Kathy Thomson
Class officer and student council elections have been held at the secondary campus and names of the winners were posted on Monday.
Student council president for the current school year is Gregori Mikeska, with Tana Thompson serving as vice president.
Tyler Beard is secretary, Taylor Scott is treasurer, Addison Asher is reporter, and Torie Fuentes is parliamentarian.
