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The Holliday ISD school board approved the cancellation of the called May 3 election during its meeting on Monday, March 3. Holliday ISD was slated to have a contested election for Place 5 as Amy Hughes and Vinnie Pagano applied to replace outgoing board member Dr.

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.

The Archer Public Library is excited to announce the addition of a new e-book app made available through E-Read Texas! Patrons who enjoy the library’s Libby app can now also download Boundless for even more e-book and audiobook options. E-Read Texas is a program from the Texas State Library that provides 20,000 e-books and audiobooks to our library. If you are interested in using these e-books, follow these steps: 1. Download the Boundless app on your Apple, Android, or Kindle Fire device 2. Sign in with your library card and PIN/password 3. Browse our collection of e-books and audiobooks 4. Check out a title and start reading!

All three high softball teams in the county played in the Graham Softball Tournament from Thursday, March 6 to Friday, March 7. Despite the name, only the Holliday Lady Eagles played a solo game in Graham, with all other games being played at the Wichita Falls Softball Complex.

The Holliday Eagles battled with the Iowa Park Hawks on Monday, March 10 and Tuesday, March 11. Under the shining sun while both schools are on Spring Break. After suffering a home loss, the Eagles got revenge and picked up their first district win of the season.

The Holliday Lady Eagles and the Iowa Park Lady Hawks battled in district softball action on Monday, March 10, and Tuesday, March 11. Kirkland walks off again For the second time this season, sophomore outfielder Sammi Kirkland drove in the game-winning run against as district opponent, this time the Lady Hawks were the receivers of that hit.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 says: “Now all has been heard, here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.” If you were to read those words at the end of a book, you might say, “Well, here it is. Here’s the conclusion of the book.” The Apostle John, near the end of his gospel says, “these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that by believing you may have life in his name.” I know that the reason John wrote the Gospel of John is so that I would believe Jesus to be the Son of God, and that I might come to have life because of it. That’s his agenda. No surprises. When I go back and read John, sure enough, he’s working at giving me good reasons to believe that Jesus is the Son of God. It helps to have a book that just flat-out tells me why it exists.

The Windthorst Trojans hosted their annual Rooster Classic Baseball Tournament from Thursday, March 6, to Friday, March 7. Taking on three Class 3A teams and one 2A, the Trojans finished the tournament 2-2.