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

Body Thank you to Gay Hendrixson for her donation in memory of Debbie Lyles Rae.

Body 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.

Body The Sheriff’s Office received 116 calls for service this week. As this report is being written there were 19 inmates with seven being female in the Archer County Jail.

Body Quanah Parker became a respected leader of the Comanche Nation at the end of the Plains Indian Wars. He spent much of his life caught between two worlds. He was the son of a white settler and a Comanche chief.

Body In early October I came across a headline of a Bloomberg news article that read “Christmas at risk as supply chain disaster only gets worse.” Initially, I chuckled to myself as I thought about how celebrating Jesus’s birthday is definitely not at risk.

Body The above title is the last verse from 1st John. “Little children” is easy — that’s us.

Body Thank you to Donna Haile for her donation in memories of Dorothy Sue "Susie" Hinsley Brimager and Betsy Stewart Gibson. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes.

Body A big thank you to the Windthorst Volunteer Fire Department for fighting and putting out a fire on our land. We really appreciate the time and commitment these individuals donate our community. We are blessed to live in such a great town.

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