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.

The Hendrick Regional Blood Center bloodmobile will be at First Baptist Church on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.  Hendrick Regional Blood Center supplies all of the blood and blood products used for patient care at 17 area hospitals.

Students in the early pre-K group at Stepping Stones Christian School take a break from their studies on their first day of class Tuesday, Sept. 3 in favor of a little outside time. The local private school accepts preschool children from three to five years of age.

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.

By Kathy Thomson Shackelford County has had its share of wildfires in the last week, with local volunteers called out to fight several good-sized pasture fires, including two in the same night.

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.

By Donnie A. Lucas It was a win for the record books, both for Coach Denney Faith and the Albany Lion program in general.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion volleyball teams traveled to Clyde last week, with all three squads recording losses to the 3A Lady Bulldogs. Albany hosted Bangs on Tuesday with better results. The varsity posted a 25-11, 21-25, 25-18, 25-22 win to improve to 9-8 for the season.

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.

By Donnie A. Lucas Both junior high football and volleyball programs are slated to start competition on Thursday (today). Volleyball teams will host Wylie East at 4:30 p.m. with the seventh grade teams playing in the auxiliary gym and the eighth grade in the main gym.