By Melinda L. Lucas A large crowd attended a book signing of Heavy Date Over Germany: The Life and Times of B-17 Tail Gunner Ray Perry on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Shackelford County Library, including the subject’s son, former Texas governor Rick Perry, who wrote the foreword.

The Albany Chamber of Commerce will meet as usual this week on Dec. 20 at the Icehouse. The weekly luncheon has been cancelled for the holidays on Dec. 27. On Friday, Jan. 3, the 12:00 noon meetings move to the Beehive for the first two months of 2020.

By Donnie A. Lucas The varsity Lady Lions won two out of three games at the Breckenridge Tournament last weekend, beating both Dublin and TLCA before falling to the hosting Lady Bucs in the third round. Albany hosted Guthie on Tuesday, picking up a 43-37 win to improve to 11-4 for the season.

By Donnie A. Lucas Last week was very busy for boys basketball, with the varsity playing in the Hico tournament and the two JV teams entered in the Jacksboro tournament. All three high school boys teams will travel to Comanche on Friday for games starting 4:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas The two Lion JV teams played a combined total of nine games last week, hosting a pair of bouts on Tuesday and playing in the Jacksboro Tournament. The JV teams will travel to Comanche on Friday for games starting at 4:00 p.m. before the holiday break begins.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Cubs and Lady Cubs played a full set of games on Monday with mixed results. The junior high teams will be idle over the Christmas break, resuming play on Jan. 9 in Cross Plains.

By Kathy Thomson Texas dove hunters have an opportunity to bag the migratory game birds over the Christmas holiday season, starting this Friday, Dec. 20. Dove season in Texas this year is Sept. 1-Nov. 12, and Dec. 20-Jan. 5.

By Kathy Thomson Moran basketball players have been busy with regular games and tournament matches over the last week. Both varsity teams won games in Woodson on Tuesday, Dec. 10, but did not fare as well in tournament play at Zephyr last weekend.

By Kathy Thomson Friday, Dec. 20 is the final day of the third six weeks period, the end of the fall semester, and the beginning of the two-week long Christmas vacation for students attending school in Moran.

Will LeMay finished third in the average in the 12 and under tie down roping at the Tuf Cooper Jr. World Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada last Wednesday, Dec. 11. LeMay qualified for the exclusive event by placing in the top 25 in his division at participating rodeos throughout the year.