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Archer County has a history of incredible baseball teams, and the 24-25 season was no different. All three county teams made the playoffs, with one even going four rounds deep. A combination of upperand underclassmen filled the rosters throughout the county, and that dynamic allowed returners to cement their legacies, and for newcomers to carve out a name for themselves.

Cletus Schenk was honored for his time served on the Wichita County Mounted Patrol board during the WCMP Rodeo on Saturday, June 7. Schenk, a Scotland native, served as the second president of WCMP in 1965 and helped build the rodeo into what it is today.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved the funding for hiring a third full-time employee to the Tax Assessor- Collector’s Office during its meeting on Monday, June 9. Archer County Tax-Assessor Collector Dawn Vieth had presented the request in a previous meeting but the court had asked the auditor to look into the numbers behind adding an additional employee.

The 2025 Texas 4-H Roundup lit up the Texas A&M University campus as 2,200 attendees from across the state gathered June 2–5 for a high-energy week of competitions, scholarships, hands-on learning and new programs focused on belonging, mentorship and workforce-ready skills.

We are living in such a 'fast paced' world and we rarely take time for peace. There's so much 'noise' everywhere we go. The cares of this life often have us so overwhelmed that we no longer take time to rest and regain our perspective.