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

The Sheriff’s Office received 87 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 23 inmates with three being female in the Archer County Jail.

You can pick up a rock. Any old rock from a creek bed or outcrop. Now try to find an exact match in size, color, having that little notch on one side. You can’t do it but you may get close if you spend enough time searching. One of the great wonders of Nature is how every thing and every creature is and has individual traits in spite of all the many things we hold in common. I draw correlations between plants and people every day to help folks understand plants better. Yet plants and people are not even close to being in the same biological categories as far as science is concerned. Still, we are both living creatures that have a life span, breathe air, and must have water, certain minerals, elements, etc., to stay alive. Every thing feeds on something else or the byproducts created by something. Plants eat dead stuff. Decomposing matter from all other things. That includes elements from decomposing rocks.

The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/ libby/.

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

The Sheriff’s Office received 68 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 25 inmates with three 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.

Hunger and malnutrition have haunted the world for ages. Some great spirits across the centuries spent their lives fighting this scourge and helping others. One such man, Mickey Leland, a Houston congressman, dedicated his career to alleviating hunger and poverty. In 1989, the congressman died fighting for this cause

How do I get rid of it? I get this question daily. Historical evidence shows that since the onslaught of “chemical warfare” that kicked in shortly after WWII we have not actually “gotten rid of” one single weed or insect pest. Correct me if I am wrong… What we have done instead is polluted our air, soils, and water, created dead zones at the confluence of every major river entering our oceans, and caused the reduction of beneficial creatures such as birds, bees, butterflies, etc.

The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/ libby/.