The Sheriff’s Office received 187 calls for service in the last two weeks. As this report is being written there were 25 inmates 3 being female in the Archer County Jail.

Last night we got near 1 ½” here at the house. That is close to our monthly July average in one night. So the abnormally wet and cooler summer continues and kicks that hot and dry heat bubble a little further down the road. The plants are all happy. We humans will have to endure the humidity (heat stress has been above 100(f) almost daily), the skeeters, gnats, and chiggers a while longer. I’m OK with it.

The Summer Reading Contest has begun! If you haven’t already, stop by the library to pick up some reading logs or track your reading online at this link: https://forms.gle/8EbzRq- 1J6rAQRsnFA. Every hour you read is one entry in the raffle for the GRAND PRIZE Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet. This tablet comes with the library’s FREE reading app Libby, giving you access to our extensive catalog of e-books and audiobooks. Also, this year we will have prizes along the way! Can you achieve Reader of the Week status? Whoever turns in the most reading logs any week during the contest will receive a special prize! If you live in Archer County, you can sign up for the contest! For questions, call or visit the library.

Henry B. Gonzalez had a long and controversial career as a Texas politician.

Independence Day! Planning on spending a nice comfortable day at home. Still, P.J. and I were up early for a Sunday and dropped a large dead section of one of our prized big mesquites. Ladder fully extended I was up maybe 20’ from the ground where the dead part was over a foot in diameter. I figure the top branches were near 30’ from the ground. Most of the triple trunked monster mesquite still lives and is healthy. Did any of you notice the mesquites are in bloom now? A full month to six weeks behind what we consider normal. Have you noticed the serious cold weather in February knocked the mistletoe back? There is good and bad in almost all weather anomalies.

The Summer Reading Contest has begun! If you haven’t already, stop by the library to pick up some reading logs or track your reading online at this link: https://forms.gle/8EbzRq- 1J6rAQRsnFA. Every hour you read is one entry in the raffle for the GRAND PRIZE Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet. This tablet comes with the library’s FREE reading app Libby, giving you access to our extensive catalog of e-books and audiobooks. Also, this year we will have prizes along the way! Can you achieve Reader of the Week status? Whoever turns in the most reading logs any week during the contest will receive a special prize! If you live in Archer County, you can sign up for the contest! For questions, call or visit the library.

Dr. 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.

BY SHIRLEY STULTS What do you think of when you hear the words senior moment, brain lapse or is it just my age? This question was asked by Miranda Revell, Archer County Extension Agent. Thirteen of us recently attended a sixhour class taught over a three week-period at the Archer Service Center.

The Summer Reading Contest has begun! If you haven’t already, stop by the library to pick up some reading logs or track your reading online at this link: https://forms.gle/8EbzRq- 1J6rAQRsnFA. Every hour you read is one entry in the raffle for the GRAND PRIZE Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet. This tablet comes with the library’s FREE reading app Libby, giving you access to our extensive catalog of e-books and audiobooks.