Windthorst ISD names first six weeks A-Honor Roll

Windthorst ISD released its Junior High and High School A-Honor Roll for the first six weeks of school. 6th Grade: Leah Anderle, Adam Barton, Brock Belcher, Brodie Belz, Liliana Colchado, Ayla Melton, Braiden Messineo, Avery Schroeder, Heidi Tackett, Colby Vieth and Jackson Zicarelli.

Archer County Sheriff’s Weekly Report

The Sheriff’s Office received 123 Calls for Service during the past seven day period ending Sunday, Oct.4. On the day of this report there were 29 individuals incarcerated in the Archer County Jail consisting of 25 men and fourwomen.
Sheriff Staci Beesinger

Hometown Gardener

The fecundity of plants and their role in Nature… To feed all manner of other beings and still make enough seed to carry on and produce even more. Humans would not ever have evolved if this were not true. Yet, we complain when squirrels and birds take their share of the pecan crop.
Paul and Nila Dowlearn-Owners of Wichita Valley Nursery. Paul’s recent books, “The Lazy Man’s Garden” and “Touch the Earth” are available at the Nursery, 5314 S.W. Pkwy, Wichita Fall, Texas.

Check It Out! Archer Public Library

The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by Over-Drive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by Over-Drive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)!
Gretchen Abernathy-Kuck

Windthorst stalls against No. 2 Hamlin, 14-0

Missed opportunities haunted the fourth-ranked Windthorst Trojans (5-1) in their 14-0 loss at home to second-ranked Hamlin. The Trojans pushed the ball deep into Pied Pipers’ territory on five separate occasions but were held out of the endzone.
Senior Cy Belcher throws a pass in the first quarter of the Trojans’ 14-0 loss to Hamlin on Friday, Oct. 2. Photo/Will Edwards