The Holliday Eagles returned to their usual winning ways on Friday, Nov. 14, sending the Longhorns home early in the Bi-District round of the playoffs.

The poet Robert Burns once wrote a poetic apology to a mouse for having destroyed its home. There is a popular saying that goes: “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Where does that saying come from? Many attribute this to John Steinbeck's book Of Mice and Men, written in 1937. Steinbeck actually got the title from a poem by Robert Burns-To a Mouse, written in 1786. Burns apologizes to a mouse because when he plowed his field in preparation for planting season, he destroyed the mouse’s nest. So often, like this mouse, we make plans on our own without consideration of what God may want in that circumstance. In Psalms 127 the psalmist begins with three spheres of life in which we often struggle to give God control. Typically when we read this psalm, we begin with this mental image of someone constructing a house for their family. But it very well could be that the psalmist had the house of God in mind when he penned these words. If you look at the notations at the beginning of the psalm, you will see two things: “A Son of Ascents” and “Of Solomon.” The Songs of Ascent are a set of 15 psalms, this one is right in the center, that were sung by Jews on their pilgrimage to Jerusalem for any of the three major annual festivals. They may also have been sung by the priests as they climbed the 15 steps leading up to the temple in preparation for the sacrifices. People sang this song with the temple in mind as they approached God’s house. The notation “of Solomon” has scholars believing either Solomon wrote this psalm around the time he built the first temple, or David wrote the psalm as a reminder to his son about the importance of keeping God central as the temple was built. In fact, as we see in I Chron, 17b and 22, David had wanted to build the temple himself. David had a beautiful palace and God had a tent-David must have thought this didn’t seem proper. God wanted a king of peace to build the temple. Now with this context in mind, let’s look at the opening of the psalm again. “Unless God builds the house, the workers labor in vain.” Now notice in the balance of Psalm 127, God builds the house, but the workers still labor. God does the saving, but we still do our part. We can’t save ourselves, but we can do good works out of gratitude for having been saved so that others might see our good works and praise God.

Margaret Berend Schroeder, age 91, of Windthorst, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family in the home of her birth, The Berend Farm, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.

The Scotland-Windthorst Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2676 will host the 75th Anniversary Rededication Ceremony for the St. Mary’s Catholic Church Grotto on Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Grotto grounds in Windthorst.

Archer County Museum and Arts Center held the Dairy Legacy Fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Windthorst on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Growing up in Archer City, Allyson Warren loved opportunities to visit Midwestern State University for events. And after choosing to attend her hometown university and excelling throughout, she was thankful for all the opportunities provided to expand her horizons and set up her career.

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Press Rlease The Food Show is an individual contest, not a team event. In the Food Show, 4-H members prepare dishes in one of the contest categories and present them to a panel of judges.