By Donnie A. Lucas
After taking an unexpected week-long break, both the Cubs football teams and the Lady Cubs volleyball squads are returning to action.
The junior high football teams will both be on the road on Thursday (today) for games, with the seventh graders going to Eastland for a 5:00 p.m. game.
The eighth grade Cubs will play in Meridian with a 5:00 p.m. kickoff.
By Donnie A. Lucas
A trio of cross country runners placed at a meet in Hamlin on Sept. 23, continuing to improve their times.
The Albany High School cross country team will travel to Seymour next Wednesday, Oct. 7 for the next meet.
Brylee Moore took 13th place at the Hamlin meet with a time of 14:23. Maci Hachett finished 17th with a time of 14:48, while Briley Tabor ran a time of 14:50 for 19th place.
By Lynsi Musselman
The 13th annual Albany Kiwanis Charity/John Rose and Jim Law Memorial Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta will take place this Friday, Oct. 2.
Money raised from participants and sponsors will help fund the Albany K Charity Scholarship Fund.
“The sponsors have been great this year,” said Kiwanis Club member Ken Lawrence.
Lawrence explained that the funds raised at the golf tournament not only help fund the scholarships but help provide funds for other Kiwanis Club community outreach programs.
By Lynsi Musselman
Local elementary school age boys and girls began playing in the Albany NFL Flag Football league this past week.
Eleven teams, divided into four divisions with just under 100 kids, will continue their season through the end of October.
The teams will play against each other at the high school baseball field on Saturdays and some Tuesday afternoons.
Two games, both taking place between teams in the same age group, are held at the same time, each on a 50-yard field.
Kindergarten and
First United Methodist Church and Friendship Baptist will host students for the after-game fellowship following the Albany Lions’ home football game this Friday, Oct. 2.
The “Fifth Quarter” will be held at The Feed Store after the game.
The hosts will be feeding the youth pizza on Friday night.
The fellowship begins immediately after the varsity home football game and ends at 12:00 midnight.
All students in grades seventh through 12th are invited to attend.
By Lynsi Musselman
Moran Homecoming is Friday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. against the Three Way Braves.
“With all the normal distractions of homecoming, the guys have been extra focused on the task at hand,” said Moran ISD athletic director John Hughes. “Friday will be a challenge against Three Way, but if the guys do their jobs, we should hopefully get into the win column.”
Last Friday, the Moran Bulldogs came up short in the end against Lingleville, losing in a high scoring game of 59 to 70.
By Lynsi Musselman
With COVID-19 being front and center in the news, the upcoming flu season is not getting as much attention as in previous years.
Because of the pandemic, reducing the spread of any respiratory illness is more important than ever, according to the Center for Disease Control.
The CDC reports that 87.5 million doses of the flu vaccine have been distributed across the nation.
Burl Davis, Sr., age 84 of Breckenridge, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Graveside funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 26 at Hart Cemetery with Rev. Tom Moore officiating. Interment followed under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.
Burl Winfred Davis was born Sept. 27, 1935 in Viney Ridge, Oklahoma to parents, Glen Roe Davis and Lorene Emma Heatley Davis.
His family moved to the Elliott Ranch near Moran when he was a child, and he attended schools in Moran and Albany, graduating from Albany High School in 1953.
By Lynsi Musselman
When Frank Dawson was preparing to leave Albany last October for Kabul, Afghanistan, his neighbors Shirley and Red Alexander came up with the idea of putting up a flag display to honor him and his service.
Dawson, a Senior Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force, moved with his family to Albany a few years ago and commuted to Dyess Air Force Base. This was his fifth deployment.
By Lynsi Musselman
Items from long ago can pop up anywhere and anytime, reminding people of history and how life was once lived, and sometimes found items can bring life full circle.
After the recent heavy rains in Albany, resident Gerry Cates, who lives at the Stasney Palm Ranch just outside of town, found something that has been buried for at least 70 years, probably much longer.
Cates said he was walking from the house to the barn to feed one day and veered off his normal path while walking through the mud.
