During the Lakeside City city council meeting Tuesday, April 20, the council allowed for citizen comment from former City Administrator Eric Stevens. Stevens announced his resignation in a special called meeting on March 28 and finished his last day on the job on April 20.

Lakeside City and Holliday ISD have seen a strong turnout during the first week of early voting in the May 1 General Election. Early voting for the May 1 General Election began Monday, April 19, and ran until 5 p.m.

Morgan Wylie and Jim Laudermill won the Yia Yia Classic at the Archer City Country Club Sunday, April 18, with a score of 10 under par. Photo/Jerry Phillips The Archer City Service Center held its annual Burger Bash on Sunday, April 19, in conjunction with the Yia Yia Classic.

Archer City natives Jim Black and Jim Lewis have a new book out. One that the author of River Season and Miracle on the Gridiron said has an interesting history.

Peak Utility Services Group ("Peak"1 a nationwide provider of integrated infrastructure services to the natural gas, electric and telecommunication industries, announced today the acquisition of Superior Pipeline Services ("SPS"), a leading natural gas utility services contractor in Texas. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ft. Worth, SPS has built long-standing relationships with leading utilities that provide their communities with critical energy needs.

Stacy Schroeder is the Windthorst ISD librarian, attendance clerk, assistant to the principal, and manager/ organizer of the once-a-year book fair. Mrs. Schroeder let me know several years ago, the book fair was, in the vernacular, a sacred cow. Don’t mess with the book fair, don’t criticize the book fair, don’t even come in the library during that time if you know what’s good for you. My own experience with this huge personal undertaking, only spans a mere four years. Every year I ask Mrs. Schroeder how long the library will be inundated with children’s books? The answer is always a week. (With a reminder of how much work is involved.) I then always ask, “how much money does the library make?” The answer is always - nothing. When Mrs. Schroeder opens the library for several hours after school so working parents can take advantage, this she also does for free.

Six Archer City High School students are advancing to the state UIL academic meet. The computer science team won first place and two journalists placed in the top three to advance to state.

Holliday High School One-Act Play advanced to state after a strong performance at the region contest in Clyde Thursday, April 15. Holliday High School performed “dirt” by Mandy Conner.

Early voting for the May 1 General Election began Monday, April 19, and will run until 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, for the contested elections for the Holliday City Council, Holliday ISD School Board and Lakeside City city council.

After Notre Dame Catholic School in Wichita Falls announced plans to close its doors last month, the Windthorst ISD school board discussed a large increase of transfer requests from the school during its board meeting Monday, April 19.