Brody and Marisa Frazier recently attended the American International Junior Charolias Show that was in Perry, Ga. on June 19 through 25.

The Holliday ISD School Board approved the district’s 2021-22 budget at a called meeting on Monday, June 28. The fiscal year starts on July 1 and runs through June 30 each year.

For the adventurers and dreamers of the world, there are no limits. Wiley Hardeman Post was born on his parents’ cotton farm near Canton in November 1898. He was born on a farm with no electricity in a time when airplanes were still just a dream, but within a few years, he would become one of the most famous pilots in the world.

The Summer Reading Contest has begun! If you haven’t already, stop by the library to pick up some reading logs or track your reading online at this link: https://forms.gle/8EbzRq- 1J6rAQRsnFA. Every hour you read is one entry in the raffle for the GRAND PRIZE Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet. This tablet comes with the library’s FREE reading app Libby, giving you access to our extensive catalog of e-books and audiobooks. Also, this year we will have prizes along the way! Can you achieve Reader of the Week status? Whoever turns in the most reading logs any week during the contest will receive a special prize! If you live in Archer County, you can sign up for the contest! For questions, call or visit the library.

Cargo was being inspected at a Dallas-Fort Worth Airport by Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Inspectors when they came across packages containing what they claimed to be steel nippers. The package didn’t have the expected weight and was opened for inspection. Inside the box was numerous bags of vegetable seeds and dried shrimp. A package contained Ipomoea Aquatica seeds (water spinach), which is a harmful aquatic species in Texas. A second package claimed to be shirts. Wrapped inside the clothing was a bag that also contained Ipomoea Aquatica seeds. It is illegal to import or possess seeds in Texas. The cases were referred to a Tarrant County game warden and the packages were seized as evidence. The individuals who imported the products were issued citations. The cases are pending.

After concluding the most successful season in school history with a 38-3 record and the first trip to the state tournament, Holliday was well-represented on the Texas Sports Writer’s Association all-state squad.

Football season is just around the corner. Athletes report to fall camp in just three weeks to gear up for the season before officially kicking off on Aug.

The Archer County Commissioners Court voted to set a speed limit of 45 mph for Three Way Road but elected not to close the road off to through truck traffic during its meeting Monday, June 24. The county commissioners originally discussed the idea of closing off the popular county shortcut, which connects FM 1954 and FM 2244.

Archer County resident Bobbi Loran was named Miss Rodeo Texas in San Antonio over the weekend of June 23 through 25. Loran grew up in Scotland and attended Archer City ISD from which she graduated from in 2017.