Thank you to all who donated and shared our message during Texoma Gives! Thanks to you, the library raised $2,105! Seven years ago, Mia Briscoe was at a college frat rave with her best friend, Serena, when a fire broke out. Everyone was accounted for except Serena, who was never seen nor heard from again.

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

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 week. As this report is being written there were 13 inmates with four being female in the Archer County.

The Cambridge Dictionary defines “focused” as “giving attention to one particular thing.” So, today are you focused on a problem you are facing at work, the financial strain of medical expenses along with many other bills, or the burden of caring for an aging parent. The list of things that can enter our lives and call us to give our attention to are endless. But, I want to alert you to danger of being so focused on the daily issues of life that you neglect your relationship with God. Here’s the reality: Our lives get out of focus, when we spend time only on the temporal things of life to the neglect of the spiritual. Jesus gave counsel to those whose lives out of focus with worries and anxiety about daily needs. In Matthew

TThank you to all who donated and shared our message during Texoma Gives! Thanks to you, the library raised $2,105! Thank you to Jean Hall for her donation in memory of Peggy Hubbard. ************ The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City.

He was the first chief justice of the state supreme court in Texas, and as such, he made Texas law into an instrument to be used by all people. John Hemphill was one of the first great legal minds to preside over a Texas court.

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 155 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there were 15 inmates with four being female in the Archer County.

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