Isabelle and Whit Parkey placed 2nd and 1st at the San Antonio Stock Show. Whit also placed 1st and Isabelle placed 4th at Houston Stock Show with their Brangus Heifers.

All policyholders of Wolf Insurance Agency are invited to attend our appreciation meeting in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association Local Chapter #143 on this Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 6 p.m. in St. Mary’s Parish Hall in Windthorst. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Most parents think they are using their car seat correctly, but unfortunately, most car seats are used incorrectly. For a car seat to best protect your child, it must be the one that fits your child, your vehicle, and one that you will use correctly every time you travel. Now is a good time to get a free car seat inspection to make sure that your car seat fits your child and is installed correctly in your vehicle.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved its outside audit from Edgin, Parkman, Fleming and Fleming on Fiscal Year 2020-2021 during its meeting Monday, March 28. Paul Fleming presented the audit to the commissioner’s court.

“As of Sunday, April 3, I truly do not have enough personnel to run this ambulance. I do not have back up people waiting. I do not have somebody to hire. Even if you all approve me at a rate that I might can get somebody, I am starting at 0. I am going to do my very best to keep a paramedic on every truck, that is still something very important to me. But in the next meeting I am definitely going to ask for a revision and consideration of pay for EMS. If not, we need to look at the option of whether the ambulance service can maintain.”

Creative Director Jenny Schroeder departed the Archer County News in March to focus on her family business. Prior to her departure, she helped welcome and train new creative director Grace Rees, who will be introduced in next week’s edition.

April 2 10th Annual Yia Yia Classic Two-Man Golf Scramble, benefitting Archer Service Center, AC Country Club, Registration 8 a.m., 9 a.m. start April 3 Burger Bash to Benefit Archer Service Center at First State Bank, 11:30 a.m..

There’s a lot of things happening around the world right now that can be very unsettling and troubling. I don’t have to go down the list of things that we hear happening in the news, talk radio and continual conversations. The events unfolding around us provide and empowering choice. We can focus on the chaos or focus on Christ. There’s a great verse that has four encouraging thoughts to help us regain a Biblical perspective instead of an ever-changing emotional perspective.

Archer County first responders sprung into action and provided mutual aid to the city of Jacksboro and Jack County after a suspected tornado caused significant damage to the town Monday, March 21. No fatalities and only minor injuries had been reported as of Tuesday morning.

The Lakeside City city council approved a peddler ordinance during its meeting Tuesday, March 22, in an effort to cutdown on unpermitted solicitors. The ordinance will allow for the city to require peddlers to obtain a permit from city hall and for the city to issue tickets to those who refuse to do so after a first warning.