The Archer Public Library is excited to announce the addition of a new e-book app made available through E-Read Texas! Patrons who enjoy the library’s Libby app can now also download Boundless for even more e-book and audiobook options. E-Read Texas is a program from the Texas State Library that provides 20,000 e-books and audiobooks to our library. If you are interested in using these e-books, follow these steps: 1 Download the Boundless app on your Apple, Android, or Kindle Fire device 2. Sign in with your library card and PIN/password 3. Browse our collection of e-books and audiobooks 4. Check out a title and start reading!

The Archer Public Library is excited to announce the addition of a new e-book app made available through E-Read Texas! Patrons who enjoy the library’s Libby app can now also download Boundless for even more e-book and audiobook options. E-Read Texas is a program from the Texas State Library that provides 20,000 e-books and audiobooks to our library. If you are interested in using these e-books, follow these steps: 1. Download the Boundless app on your Apple, Android, or Kindle Fire device 2. Sign in with your library card and PIN/password 3. Browse our collection of e-books and audiobooks 4.Check out a title and start reading!

The Sheriff’s Office received 182 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 26 inmates 7 being female in the Archer County Jail.

He was best known for a short pen name, “O. Henry.” The man behind the stories, William Sydney Porter, was a complicated character with a sharp imagination. Porter wrote hundreds of stories in his short career and became one of the best-known short story writers of the twentieth century.

The Archer Public Library will host a blood drive in partnership with Our Blood Institute on Wednesday, January 29th from 2 – 6 PM. Donating blood provides health and healing for local patients in need. As a thank you, each donor will receive a cozy sweater! Schedule your appointment at this link to give the gift of life: https:// www.yourbloodinstitute. org/donor/schedules/ drive_schedule/667058 ************** Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer.

The Sheriff’s Office received 314 calls for service this past week. As this report is being written there are 30 inmates 8 being female in the Archer County Jail.

The Archer Public Library will host a blood drive in partnership with Our Blood Institute on Wednesday, January 29th from 2 – 6 PM. Donating blood provides health and healing for local patients in need. As a thank you, each donor will receive a cozy sweater! Schedule your appointment at this link to give the gift of life: https:// www.yourbloodinstitute. org/donor/schedules/ drive_schedule/667058 Thank you to Jane Huffman for her donation in memory of Perry Wheeler and in memory of Louanne Martin. ************** “A girl comes of age against the knife.”

New Year Once Christmas has passed, the world looks to a new year. Many wonder what the new year will bring while planning their own ways of ringing in 2025.

The Sheriff’s Office received 411 calls for service these past two weeks. As this report is being written there are 27 inmates 6 being female in the Archer County Jail.

Many Christian Churches celebrate the Feast of Epiphany at this time of the year. It occurs every year on the 12th day of Christmas, on January 6th. Consequently, for many Christians, Christmas is a season and not merely a day and the Season does not end until Sunday January 13th. Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the Magi who followed the star, and who came from the East to pay homage to “the newborn King of the Jews.” The word Epiphany comes from 2 Greek words epi, “on” or “upon” and phaino “ to appear, to shine.” It is a feast of light. The word “Epiphany “also translates as “showing through” or “manifestation” or “revelation” or “disclosure.” Epiphany is about the manifestation of Jesus to the whole world as the Light of the world. The Magi who came to worship Jesus represent all the non-Jewish peoples. Jesus is being revealed as King and Savior of all peoples both Jewish and Gentile. The appearance of Jesus as recorded in Matthew’s Gospel fulfills Old Testament prophesies such as Isaiah 60:1-7 where the Lord inspires the prophet to (speak and) write “Arise, shine for your light has come” and “the Lord will arise upon you “ and “nations shall walk by your light and kings in the brightness of your rising.” Therefore Epiphany refers to the divinity of Jesus “shining upon” the earth. It is the manifestation of His divine nature.