The Archer City ISD school board voted to amend its mask mandate policy during its meeting Monday, March 23. The school board voted to amend its mask policy which will now recommend and not mandate the use of masks at school, on school buses and at school related events for students, visitors and staff effective March 23.

For the second-straight week, the Holliday Lady Eagles and Windthorst Trojanettes dominated the track and field circuit. Holliday hosted its first track meet since the late 1990s and took first place, more than doubling second-place Breckenridge (114) with 260 points at the Hero Relays. Windthorst held off Quanah, 174 to 171 to record their second-straight win at the Munday Mogul Relays.

Jill Liles amd Cade Strickland won a championship in mixed doubles at day one of the Seymour Tournament on Monday, March 15. Chase Curry won the boys singles championship. Layne Briggs and Luke Haehn took second place in boys doubles. Chandler Clark and Jaxton Barrett placed second in mixed doubles. Seth Deerinwater won the consolation bracket in boys singles. Sara Schroeder and Caitlyn Hilbers placed third in girls doubles on Tuesday, March 16. Courtesy photo

Tuesday, March 9 Archer City 12, Graford 2 (Game 1) Maddie Lopez went 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple and Emma Gray went 2-for-3 with a double as the Lady Cats downed Graford 12-2. Jill Liles (4-7) struck out 10 while allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, Holliday High and Middle School students performed at the Region Solo and Ensemble contest in Burkburnett. These students received a Superior Rating and advanced to the State contest: Carley Koski on oboe and piano, Carter Koski on piano, Maddie Reynolds on marimba, Bailey Marks on marimba, Andrew Draper on trombone and Sarah Rivers with a vocal solo. Tanner Wike also received a superior rating on a horn solo and Carter Koski received an excellent rating on his alto sax solo. Courtesy photo

Eli Alvin Hoff, a 15-year-old freshman at Highland Park High School, was recently named an eagle scout. He is the son of Trecie and Randy Hoff and brother to Audrey and CeCe. His grandparents are Cherry and Grady Schenk of Scotland and Barbara and Neil Hoff of Windthorst.

A hamburger dinner is planned on Friday, Mar. 26, from 5-7 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in Holliday to help Ms.

The City of Scotland is sponsoring a Town Clean-Up on Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27. This is a free service. All residents are encouraged to clean up their property and place items into the large dumpsters located at the Scotland Trash Collection Center on Avenue I behind the fire department. The gates will be open Friday, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. or until dumpsters are full. Once the dumpsters reach capacity, the gates will be locked. Please do not put items outside the fence or throw items over the fence. Also, below is a list of items not accepted at any Texas landfill: