After Notre Dame Catholic School in Wichita Falls announced plans to close its doors last month, the Windthorst ISD school board discussed a large increase of transfer requests from the school during its board meeting Monday, April 19.

Tuesday, April 13 Holliday 3, Bowie 2 The Eagles avenged their lone District 7-3A loss with a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Bowie. Holliday rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the bottom of the sixth following a lengthy rain delay.

Early voting for the May 1 General Election began Monday, April 19, and will run until 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, for the contested elections for the Holliday City Council, Holliday ISD School Board and Lakeside City city council.

Holliday High School One-Act Play advanced to state after a strong performance at the region contest in Clyde Thursday, April 15. Holliday High School performed “dirt” by Mandy Conner.

You can pick up a rock. Any old rock from a creek bed or outcrop. Now try to find an exact match in size, color, having that little notch on one side. You can’t do it but you may get close if you spend enough time searching. One of the great wonders of Nature is how every thing and every creature is and has individual traits in spite of all the many things we hold in common. I draw correlations between plants and people every day to help folks understand plants better. Yet plants and people are not even close to being in the same biological categories as far as science is concerned. Still, we are both living creatures that have a life span, breathe air, and must have water, certain minerals, elements, etc., to stay alive. Every thing feeds on something else or the byproducts created by something. Plants eat dead stuff. Decomposing matter from all other things. That includes elements from decomposing rocks.

Six Archer City High School students are advancing to the state UIL academic meet. The computer science team won first place and two journalists placed in the top three to advance to state.

Stacy Schroeder is the Windthorst ISD librarian, attendance clerk, assistant to the principal, and manager/ organizer of the once-a-year book fair. Mrs. Schroeder let me know several years ago, the book fair was, in the vernacular, a sacred cow. Don’t mess with the book fair, don’t criticize the book fair, don’t even come in the library during that time if you know what’s good for you. My own experience with this huge personal undertaking, only spans a mere four years. Every year I ask Mrs. Schroeder how long the library will be inundated with children’s books? The answer is always a week. (With a reminder of how much work is involved.) I then always ask, “how much money does the library make?” The answer is always - nothing. When Mrs. Schroeder opens the library for several hours after school so working parents can take advantage, this she also does for free.

Peak Utility Services Group ("Peak"1 a nationwide provider of integrated infrastructure services to the natural gas, electric and telecommunication industries, announced today the acquisition of Superior Pipeline Services ("SPS"), a leading natural gas utility services contractor in Texas. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ft. Worth, SPS has built long-standing relationships with leading utilities that provide their communities with critical energy needs.

Archer City natives Jim Black and Jim Lewis have a new book out. One that the author of River Season and Miracle on the Gridiron said has an interesting history.

Morgan Wylie and Jim Laudermill won the Yia Yia Classic at the Archer City Country Club Sunday, April 18, with a score of 10 under par. Photo/Jerry Phillips The Archer City Service Center held its annual Burger Bash on Sunday, April 19, in conjunction with the Yia Yia Classic.