The Sheriff’s Office received 112 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there are 37 inmates and nine being female in the Archer County Jail.

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 City Salvation Army Angel Tree will be at the Archer Public Library this Christmas season starting on Monday, November 22nd. The Angel Tree program provides new clothing and toys to local children in need. Donors simply choose an Angel and shop for their Angel's Christmas wish list.

Dr. Ken Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor.

The Sheriff’s Office received 119 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there are 33 inmates with eight being female in the Archer County Jail.

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.

Things sure do change as time goes by in life. We have friends that move on, jobs that take us to new places and we all eventually lose loved ones. To be honest, while they are sometimes difficult to face, life is full of adjustments.

Thank you to Donna Haile for her donations in memory of Virginia Cox and Aquilla Brake. “Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn’t get fixed.” So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Follett’s nerve-racking drama of international tension.

Texas universities have produced many interesting political figures. Perhaps one of the most unusual journeys was that of University of Texas graduate Fernando Belaunde. Belaunde earned a Texas architectural license, became a noted architect, and was twice elected president of Peru, surviving a military coup in the process.

Chrysanthemums have always been the big seller for fall color. So many years that our wholesale growers have learned to manage these to the peak of perfection for that stunning round ball of blooms. Chrysanthemums are perennial so your investment can return for years to come. While they can survive a light freeze and some frost a good hard freeze will put them down. Good for Halloween but maybe not Thanksgiving.