“He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come see the place where he lay.” Matthew 28:6 I can imagine the look on the faces of both ladies here as they come to the tomb to continue the mourning process and find that Jesus is not there.

April 21 Paul Meyenberg First United First United Methodist Church Holliday April 28 Ricky Allen Ricky Allen Cowboy Church Cowboy Church Archer City May 5 Silvia Wang First United First United Methodist Church Archer City May 12 Father Michael Moloney St. Mary's Catholic Church Windthorst, Scotland.

Twenty Archer City High School students are advancing to the regional UIL academic meet on April 22-23 at Grayson College in Denison. Kadence Huffman - 1st Editorials, 1st Copy Editing, 3rd Headlines, 4th Persuasive Brooke Rice - 1st Features, 4th Editorials, 6th Headlines Sara Kyle - 1st News Writing, 2nd Poetry Fallon Blair - 1st Headline Writing Chance Harmon - 1st Social Studies Prayze Pierce - 1st Computer Applications Breden Hulse - 1st Computer Science Camryn Cox - 1st Prose Emily Shephard - 1st Poetry Azar Seyidli - 1st Persuasive, 3rd Current Issues Candace Taggart - 2nd News, 3rd Features, 5th Ready Writing Rebecca Taggart - 2nd Features, 3rd News, 4th Ready Writing, 6th Copy Editing, 6th Persuasive John Machtolff - 2nd Current Issues Kate Godwin - 3rd Editorial Writing Kelsey Aultman - 3rd Kelsey Aultman - 3rd Ready Writing, 5th Prose Hunter Sims - 4th Computer Applications Luke Deerinwater - 4th Accounting Thomas Vogtsberger - 5th Tie Accounting Cherith Meek - 5th Copy Editing Seth Deerinwater - 5th Computer Applications Gunner Smith - 6th Current Issues Robert Salyers - 6th Computer Science Maddie Lopez - 6th Sci Maddie Lopez - 6th Science 1st place computer sci 1st place computer science team 1st place current events team 1st place journalism team 2nd place accounting team 2nd place speech team Advancing to the regional UIL academic meet on April 22-23 at Grayson College in Denison are the following: Kelsey Aultman, Fallon Blair, Camryn Cox, Mason Gilmore, Kate Godwin, Kadence Huffman, Chance Harmon, Breden Hulse, Sara Kyle, John Machtolff, Sam Machtolff, Prayze Pierce, Brooke Rice, Robert Salyers, Azar Seyidli, Emily Shephard, Gunner Smith, Kole Stovall, Candace Taggart, Rebecca Taggart.

Holliday ISD Superintendent Cody Carroll provided an update on plans from the facilities committee to the school board during its meeting Monday April 11. The superintendent said the facilities committee has agreed on what the district’s next steps should be on upgrading facilities for its rising student population.

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The Archer County News has put together a get to know your candidate section for the upcoming May 7 General Election. This free section allowed 300 words or less for candidates in the upcoming election to provide information about themselves for voters to make an informed decision. This week will feature those who are running in contested races in the primaries. The bios for the remaining candidates in contested races will be in the next edition.

Ann Parkey, of Holliday, was presented with the Texas Cattlewomen’s Lifetime Achievement Award during their spring convention in Fort Worth on March 26. The Texas Cattlewomen are a certified producer organization by the United States Department of Agriculture that work for the betterment of the beef industry and serve as a clearinghouse of information concerning it.

Holliday Councilwoman Sandra Morris announced her plans to step down from city council due to moving outside of city limits at the council meeting Monday April 12. Morris was elected as place 2 councilwoman in 2020 beating out challengers Randy Molina and Sharon Long in a tight race.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court declared April as Child Abuse Awareness Month during its meeting Monday, April 11. Sheriff Jack Curd said the biggest surprise he has had since becoming sheriff is the alarming frequency of crimes against children that occur in the county.

The Windthorst ISD School Board discussed the junior high school roof and repairs it needs during its meeting Monday, April 12. Superintendent Dr.