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 Sheriff’s Office received 127 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 32 inmates and 4 being female in the Archer County Jail. On Tuesday, dispatch received a call of an accident on Hwy. 79 north of Archer City. The caller stated that a car hit a hog and that the hog was still alive. The caller asked for a deputy to come out and put the hog down. As deputies were in route another car hit and killed the hog. Both vehicles were damaged in the accident but no injuries were reported. On Wednesday, deputies were called to the north end of the county in reference to a man on someone’s back porch. As deputies arrived it was discovered that the man was having a mental health crisis and was confused as to where he was. The family was notified and the man is now getting some treatment.

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.

County The Sheriff’s Office received 297 calls for service in the past 2 weeks. As this report is being written there are 29 inmates and 3 being female in the Archer County Jail.

Gretchen Abernathy-Kuck The Archer Public Library is excited to participate in Texoma Gives again on September 8th! We are raising money for next year's Summer Reading Program to help the kids of Archer County fight the Summer Slide, the loss of reading proficiency in the summer months. We hire educational performers, host arts and crafts events, and hold a reading contest with prizes for the participants to encourage kids to read all summer long! All these events are free to the children of Archer County so that we may help kids of all income levels.

Gretchen Abernathy-Kuck The Archer Public Library is excited to participate in Texoma Gives again on September 8th! We are raising money for next year's Summer Reading Program to help the kids of Archer County fight the Summer Slide, the loss of reading proficiency in the summer months. We hire educational performers, host arts and crafts events, and hold a reading contest with prizes for the participants to encourage kids to read all summer long! All these events are free to the children of Archer County so that we may help kids of all income levels.

The beginning of a new hunting season is quickly approaching and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters and anglers to purchase their new licenses for 2022-23. Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except the Year-from-Purchase All-Water Fishing Package) for the current year expire at the end of August. The new licenses for the 2022-23 season go on sale Aug. 15. Annually, Texans purchase more than 2.7 million hunting and fishing licenses and directly fund a multitude of conservation efforts and recreational opportunities, helping make Texas one of the best places in the country to hunt and fish. Some of the many projects made possible by license sales include fish stocking, wildlife management, habitat restoration, public hunting leases, river fishing access and Texas Game Wardens.

Pa Ferguson was one of the most controversial governors in the history of Texas. The consequences of his administration would be felt for years. As a result of his actions, in 1917, Ferguson became the only Texas governor impeached and removed from office. James Edward Ferguson, also called “Farmer Jim” or “Pa,” was born in Bell County in 1871. His father died when he was four. He was kicked out of a local prep school, Salado College, at age 12 for misbehavior. He left home at 16, traveling and taking odd jobs until he returned to farm in Bell County. He became a lawyer in 1897, married Miriam A. Wallace in 1899, and expanded into real estate, insurance, and banking. He was elected governor in 1914, his first election. He was a popular figure, singing laws protecting sharecroppers and providing state funding for rural schools. He was re-elected in 1916. Though he had signed legislation creating three new colleges, he found himself in a feud with professors at the University of Texas. Angry that two professors had openly criticized his administration, Ferguson demanded that the Board of Regents fire them. The Regents refused. In retaliation, Ferguson vetoed the entire appropriation for the university. he fight with the university touched off a massive scandal. At the same time, officials had begun looking into Ferguson’s finances. A grand jury in Travis County learned that in 1915, Ferguson had transferred $5,600 (more than $164,000 in 2022 dollars) from the state to a bank in Austin and then to his bank in Temple that he used to pay off a private debt. In July 1917, he was indicted for misappropriation of funds. The legislature then came back into session to consider impeachment, an attempt Ferguson immediately condemned.

Halfway through the month. Things are improving slowly. I appears as if this week we are remaining hot until midweek when we see one more of those slow moving fronts that will bring more hit-or-miss T’storms. Next week the forecasters say we are in for some significant changes.

The Archer Public Library is excited to participate in Texoma Gives again on September 8th! We are raising money for next year's Summer Reading Program to help the kids of Archer County fight the Summer Slide, the loss of reading proficiency in the summer months. We hire educational performers, host arts and crafts events, and hold a reading contest with prizes for the participants to encourage kids to read all summer long! All these events are free to the children of Archer County so that we may help kids of all income levels. Please help us reach our goal by visiting https://www.texomagives. org/organizations/ archerpubliclibrary on Thursday, September 8th. Thank you for your support!