The youth flag football Super Bowl games have been rescheduled, and will take place tomorrow (Friday) and Monday, Nov. 16 and 19.

Shackelford County senior adults (50 and up) are invited to attend the Shackelford County Resource Center’s November senior luncheon to be held on Friday, Nov. 16 at the Youth Center beginning at 11:00 a.m. “The theme for November is Thanksgiving,” said RC program assistant Ragan Riley.

The annual Albany Chest campaign is in full swing with half of the money requested already donated to the charitable fund, but just a short six weeks left to finish the drive.

The Moran Independent School District hosted its annual Veterans Day luncheon at the school auditorium on Monday, Nov. 12. “We had a small turnout, probably due to the frigid weather,” said superintendent Danny Freeman.

Congregations at Matthews Memorial Presbyterian, First Baptist Church, and First Christian Church are collecting shoe box gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse annual Operation Christmas Child, and will gladly accept donations for the program from now until Sunday, Nov. 18.

Friday and Saturday, Dec. 14-15 have been chosen as performance dates for the biennial Albany Nativity, with preparations already underway. The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. “The cast has been chosen and notified,” said director Lorna Ayers.

Shackelford County residents who wish to be included in the Albany Ministerial Alliance’s annual Christmas basket drive need to turn in their applications before the Monday, Dec. 3 deadline.

Members of the community and of all local church congregations are invited to gather Sunday, Nov. 18 for the traditional community-wide Thanksgiving service. “We hope that a lot of people will plan to attend,” said pastor Sonny McCauley.

OVER THERE The Men of the  West Texas Plains  in World War One They were known and loved. The Henry and Durham families of Blackwell, in Nolan County, knew John Pate because their children had gone to school with him. 

Singer, rancher, poet, talk show host, songwriter, actor, author, musician, and native Texan Red Steagall was in Albany last week on Wednesday, Oct. 31, to film a segment about the Fort Griffin Fandangle for his TV show.