The Archer County Commissioners Court approved a service agreement with the Texas Association of Counties regarding the county’s emails in its meeting Monday, March 14. The approval of the agreement comes after it was tabled during the Feb.

Thursday, March 3 Archer City 8, Rider 3 Emma Gray went 3-for- 3 with a homer, three runs scored and two RBI while Aspyn Huseman, Mallory Maxwell and Jill Liles all collected multi-hit games as Archer City (1-1) opened up the Iowa Park Tournament with an 8-3 win over Rider. Liles (1-0) picked up her first win of the year in the circle, allowing three runs on nine hits with no walks and a strikeout over 6.0 innings.

Years ago, I was cowboying for a ranch in Saint Jo Texas. One of the other hands was a farrier. Me being interested in shoeing horse’s he started teaching me the trade. After several months he decided to move on to other things and left me most of his work that he had. I began to get more work than I could do so I went to horseshoeing full time.

Wolf Insurance Agency has announced they will award TWO $250.00 Education Scholarships to 2022 Graduating High School Seniors at the annual meeting of Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association Local Chapter # 143. The meeting will be held on Sunday evening, April 3, 2022 at St. Mary’s Parish Hall in Windthorst. All Germania members of Local Chapter # 143 are invited to attend as well as all customers of Wolf Insurance Agency.

The 2022 Windthorst Lenten Pilgrimage to visit seven churches of Fort Worth Diocese. Picture taken inside the Church of Immaculate Conception Denton, Texas.Courtesy photo.

Official local results for the March 1 primary are pending the canvassing of votes which is set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, in the Archer County Elections Office.

The Windthorst ISD school board discussed the need to restore the junior high school roof and the cost associated with that project during its board meeting Monday, March 7. The district had a roofing company come out and look at the roof after Maintenance Supervisor Dennis Koetter made a recommendation for them to do so.

Archer County will be in high demand of basketball coaches during the offseason after last week saw quite the shakeup. Archer City head girls coach Amy Huseman is hanging up her whistle for good after 20 years of coaching.

On Monday, March 7, in the 97th District Court, Steven Ray Thomas pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a plea bargain with District Attorney Casey Polhemus. The original case was dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea to a lesser charge of injury child/elderly/disable with intent of bodily injury, a Third-Degree Felony.

I confess I have never been an insatiable reader. By the number of books I possess, some might conclude differently. They would be wrong. I do love books and enjoy a great story, yet I rarely have time to do more than read what is "required" for an upcoming seminar, workshop, or project.