By Lynsi Musselman ASPIRE  will get underway at Nancy Smith Elementary School on Monday, Sept. 28 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. ASPIRE, standing for Active Student Participation Inspires Real Engagement, is for third and fourth grade students and is held weekly Monday through Wednesday.

By Lynsi Musselman This Sunday, Sept. 27 at 5:00 p.m., members of the Ministerial Alliance invite Albany residents to an all-community prayer event at the Feed Store.  Ministerial Alliance president Jeff Turner said there will be a national call to prayer in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Sept.

By Lynsi Musselman FBC will host a lunch and auction after church on Sunday, Sept. 27. There will be a silent auction of items that were collected by local youth during Camp Jam in July. The items will be displayed and available for bidding while lunch is served in the fellowship hall.

By Lynsi Musselman Bethel Assembly’s ‘The Patch’ will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3 in downtown Albany at the Bank Park from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Church member Betsy Spraberry said the event will have the traditional pumpkin market with various sizes of pumpkins available for purchase.

By Lynsi Musselman Another West Texas Fair and Rodeo in Abilene has come and gone after running from Sept. 4-19, with an extra week added to spread out events this year.

By Donnie A. Lucas Racking up almost 500 yards of offense while holding the Haskell Indians to just six yards of offense, the Albany Lions got right back on the winning track last Friday with a 43-0 win in Haskell.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Lady Lion volleyball team split games last week, but the game they won was critically important. Albany lost in three sets to the visiting 4A Graham Lady Blue, but defeated district rival Hawley in four sets on Saturday to lead the 2A bracket of District 6-2A.

By Donnie A. Lucas The JV Lion football team improved to 3-0 for the season with a 28-0 shutout of the Haskell Indians last Thursday in their first home game of the season. The JV will host Anson this Thursday (today) at about 6:30 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas The eighth grade Cubs posted a 46-0 win over Haskell last Thursday in the first home game of the season. The seventh grade got to scrimmage for one quarter against Haskell’s combined team, since the Indians didn’t have a separate seventh grade team to put on the field.

By Donnie A. Lucas The seventh grade volleyball team traveled to Hico on Monday, earning a win in two sets. The eighth grade girls played Tuesday evening at Rising Star, but results of the game were not available at press time.