The Sheriff’s Office received 172 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 25 inmates and five 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.

Now you can use your library card to check out a mobile hotspot device - just like a book. These pocket-sized devices are easy to use and can connect up to 8 devices, such as your smart phone, laptop, and tablet, to cellular Internet. Use the device to surf the Internet, help your children do their homework, connect to health and banking services, and much, much more! The device and service are already paid for, you just need to come in to the library to check it out!

George Dealey Cities are often known by the newspapers they support and the opportunities that their residents find. When one English immigrant arrived in Dallas in 1885, he became known for both.

The Sheriff’s Office received 102 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 26 inmates and five being female in the Archer County Jail.

Pot culture. Many people swear by it. Many pots add a decorative aspect to the landscape outdoors and indoors. We can also fashion pots from any old item like an old sink, wash tub, bathtub, horse trough, etc. My favorites have always been hollow logs. Then you can fashion your own pots out of sun dried clay, hyper tuffa, or if you own a potter’s wheel and have a kiln you can really have some fun. Nila had that skill and we did have a pretty large kiln for a while until carpel tunnel in her wrists forced us to sell our equipment. Even P.J. and I got into the act of molding our own pots. I miss those days.

Now you can use your library card to check out a mobile hotspot device - just like a book. These pocket-sized devices are easy to use and can connect up to 8 devices, such as your smart phone, laptop, and tablet, to cellular Internet. Use the device to surf the Internet, help your children do their homework, connect to health and banking services, and much, much more! The device and service are already paid for, you just need to come in to the library to check it out!

Musicians and songwriters paint a picture of the world with their sounds, telling stories of joy and heartbreak and of beauty or sorrow. Country music is famous for sometimes combining all of those elements into one song as it has evolved over the decades. The ups and downs of the lives of many artists can be told in just such a way, including that of one of the pioneers of country music, Texas native Ernest Tubb. Tubb’s career began in the 1930s and won millions of fans over a decades-long career that helped shape country music.

The Sheriff’s Office received 143 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 26 inmates and four 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.