Aquilla Mae (Boren) Brake, 74, passed away Sunday, Oct. 17, in Wichita Falls.

Windthorst 4-H and FFA members Brody Frazier, Bri Hoff and Bri Vieth caught calves at the 2021 Heart o' Texas Calf Scramble in Waco. Courtesy photo/Marsha Frazier.

In early October I came across a headline of a Bloomberg news article that read “Christmas at risk as supply chain disaster only gets worse.” Initially, I chuckled to myself as I thought about how celebrating Jesus’s birthday is definitely not at risk. But, the headline also triggered appreciation for our little county and all that it provides. Archer County is filled with businesses that supply our hometowns with personalized services and products all through the year, not just during holidays. This Christmas season, I’m asking the citizens of our county to consider purchasing their gifts right here at home. Archer City, Windthorst, Scotland, Lakeside City, Holliday, and Megargel business owners deserve our continued support. Instead of buying your grandparent, aunt, uncle, or friend another knick knack to collect dust on a shelf, surprise them with a useful gift certificate to one of the county’s many businesses. From feed stores to flower shops, from homemade goodies to gasoline, there isn’t much you could want that someone in our county couldn’t provide. Not only will you be gifting practical, usable, thoughtful goodies, but you will be supporting the very people that keep our county thriving and alive. Other in-county options include paying someone’s water bill, a subscription to the county newspaper, purchasing a bond from a local bank, giving to a non-profit in someone’s honor, or purchasing a unique gift at Archer City’s Christmas Festival. Can’t think of a place or idea? I have provided my best accumulation of the possibilities. There are lots of people that make/ sell custom products in our county! Every day usable items like makeup, hair/skin products, tumblers, shirts, caps, quilts, jewelry, candles, hot sauces, jellies, custom raised beef, fresh locally sourced milk and cheese, and so much more!

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. Bee Careful! A swarm of bees attacked a rancher utilizing an open top bulldozer to clear brush from his property when he inadvertently ran over their hive.

The Archer County News traveled to Hutto, Texas where four generations gathered for the 99th Birthday of Patsy Britton. Pictured are daughter Barbara Phillips, granddaughter Jenny Schroeder, and great granddaughter Audrey Schroeder.

The Arher County News recently traveled with Larry and Maureen Laukhuf to Boston, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York City. Courtesy photo.

For two weeks Windthorst High School’s Spanish Club partnered with The Pulsera Project, a fair trade nonprofit organization that seeks to empower, inspire and educate people in Central America and the U.S.

Archer County First Responders check on the driver after a single vehicle rollover on Hwy. 79 Wednesday, Oct.

Quanah Parker became a respected leader of the Comanche Nation at the end of the Plains Indian Wars. He spent much of his life caught between two worlds. He was the son of a white settler and a Comanche chief. And he had to lead his tribe in the difficult transition from their ancient traditions to life on the reservation.