The Sheriff’s Office received 67 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 21 inmates with three being female in the Archer County Jail.

“Rain comes in bunches.” The late Cattie Jackson used to say that. “Once we get wet, we tend to stay wet and once dry we stay dry.” I say that. We sure enough got a bunch last week. Unofficially, at our house we got 4.2” last week and 3.5” the week previous.

The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)!

On May 5, Mexico will celebrate one of its most important patriotic holidays, known simply as Cinco de Mayo. It marks the victory of Mexico over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It was an improbable victory against overwhelming odds. Above all, it is a day remembered for courage.

The Sheriff’s Office received 75 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 24 inmates with two being female in the Archer County Jail.

This past week we got a new supply of the two books I have written. The Lazy Man’s Garden and Touch the Earth both carry the same underlying theme. Water will shape the future of 21st Century landscaping.

The Archer Public Library now offers Libby by OverDrive! Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed e-books to your Kindle e-reader (U.S. only)!

Dr. Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor.

The Sheriff’s Office received 87 calls for service last week. As this report is being written there were 23 inmates with three being female in the Archer County Jail.

You can pick up a rock. Any old rock from a creek bed or outcrop. Now try to find an exact match in size, color, having that little notch on one side. You can’t do it but you may get close if you spend enough time searching.