By Melinda L. Lucas Fires on opposites sides of the county had all available volunteers busy on Tuesday night, as well as a number of surrounding fire departments.

by Kathy Thomson Early voting for the Tuesday, Nov. 5 Special Election to adopt or reject the Proposed Constitutional Amendments to the Texas Constitution will take place at the Shackelford County Courthouse from Monday, Oct. 21 through Friday, Nov. 1.

By Kathy Thomson Any new applications for the commodity food program need to be turned in by Monday, Oct. 21 in order to be eligible to receive the special Thanksgiving bag along with November commodities on Nov. 1 in Albany or Nov. 5 for Moran residents.

By Kathy Thomson The Albany band received a rating of two at the Seymour Marching Band Festival in Seymour last Saturday, Oct. 12, and their next contest takes place in just a few days.

By Kathy Thomson Fort Griffin Living History Days took place last weekend, and the annual event drew a sizable number of area students on Friday even though the two Shackelford County schools cancelled due to the threat of rain.

By Kathy Thomson Members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will be presenting fire safety information to local school children this Friday, Oct. 18 as part of National Fire Prevention Week.

By Kathy Thomson The downtown merchants will host their annual trick-or-treat event on Halloween, and since there is not a city-wide Trunk or Treat event planned this year, they have invited others who wish to hand out candy to join them.

By Kathy Thomson About 20 members of the Albany Golf Club participated in the annual meeting and the Golf Club Championship tournament held at the municipal course Oct. 12-13. Bucky Nail won the 18th annual event with a 150 two-day total.

The annual county convention of the Callahan-Shackelford Farm Bureau was held last week at the First Baptist Church Christian Life Center in Clyde. The highlight of the event was the announcement of “Farm Family of the Year.

By Kathy Thomson Moran Independent School District will hold a public meeting to discuss Moran’s 2018-2019 Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) rating at the next regularly scheduled school board meeting on Monday, Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m.