The Sheriff’s Office received 123 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there are 28 inmates with six being female in the Archer County Jail.

Thank you to Gay Hendrixson for her donation in memory of Donald Hale. Also, thank you to Jane Huffman for her donations in memory of Betsy Gibson and Aquilla Brake.

War hero and president are how Zachary Taylor is usually remembered, if at all. Though obscure today, he was at one time one of the most famous figures in the country. A Texas resident for a time, “Old Rough and Ready,” as his troops affectionately called him, stirred the nation’s imagination.

Halloween is upon us. Now that it is too late, I’ve had some people asking when to plant and how to grow pumpkins. A pumpkin is a member of the group of plants we call squashes. Gourds, melons, and squash all come from the same plant family; cucurbitae. Squash, and there are many types, are one of the “three sisters” (corn, beans, squash) grown in succession in Native American garden traditions. The beans, through bacteria in the root systems, would provide extra nitrogen in the soil for the other two which are known to be “heavy feeders.” The corn was planted first, the beans would climb the corn stalk as a trellis and the squash were planted last. Squash like hot weather. It is believed that pumpkins were the squash most often used in those days. A large pumpkin can feed quite a few people.

As the Sheriff is out of town for some training this week, this weeks report is brought to you by deputy Greg Anderson. Enjoy! On Monday, Oct 25, at about 10 a.m.

Thank you to Joni & Michael Lemley for their donation in memory of Peggy Hubbard. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J.

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 105 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there are 17 inmates with four being female in the Archer County Jail.

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

Thank you to Gay Hendrixson for her donation in memory of Debbie Lyles Rae. It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life—her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children.