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 pleased to announce that we recently joined E-Read Texas! E-Read Texas is a program from the Texas State Library that provides over 17,000 e-books to our library. If you are interested in using these e-books, follow these steps: *Download the free app on your Apple or Android device *Sign in with your library card and PIN/password *Browse our collection of more than 17,000 e-books and audiobooks Start reading! For more information, please contact the library at (940) 574-4954. ************* Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. Beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers, and half of a teenaged golden couple. Ellie was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.

The Sheriff’s Office received 181 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 31 inmates and 3 being female in the Archer County Jail.

Monday morning waiting on the rain.The weather guys took our chances out for Monday so it looks like Tuesday now. We got some light rain Sunday. Just enough to wet the surface. Heard some thunder around noon but none at the house proper. This is the most excruciating part of gardening and agriculture in general. Waiting… When you need it desperately and the probabilities go above 50% we come to expect it. When we just get sprinkles we tend to blame the weather guys. However, it did rain in Texoma yesterday, it just didn’t make puddles, mud, or runoff. Not what we expected.

The Sheriff’s Office received 148 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 30 inmates and 2 being female in the Archer County Jail.

The Sheriff’s Office received 200 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 29 inmates and two being female in the Archer County Jail.

The Archer Public Library is pleased to announce that we recently joined E-Read Texas! E-Read Texas is a program from the Texas State Library that provides over 17,000 e-books to our library. If you are interested in using these e-books, follow these steps: *Download the free app on your Apple or Android device *Sign in with your library card and PIN/password *Browse our collection of more than 17,000 e-books and audiobooks Start reading! For more information, please contact the library at (940) 574-4954. ************* Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries.

The Sheriff’s Office received 171 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 31 inmates and 2 being female in the Archer County Jail.

Thank you to Donna Haile and Cheryl & Ronnie Beesinger for their donations in memory of Travis Nelson. Also, thank you to Donna Haile for her donations in memory of Pam Riggins and in memory of Rose Schaefer. ************* Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge’s sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects?