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Page Eight-Archer County News-Thursday-December 4, 2014
Issue #49
Christmas in Archer County
Texas Walkers include
Archer County
Walkers from Garland, Tyler, Colorado, Virginia, and Kansas take a
break on the 10k walk
Megargel
Megargel lighting Christ-
mas tree on Saturday
Megargel will hold their
Christmas Tree Lighting Cere-
mony next to the fire department
building downtown on Saturday,
December 13th, from 6:00pm-
8:00pm.
The entire family and kids of
all ages are invited to attend as
the community celebrates to-
gether. The Toys for Tots drive
will officially kickoff and Santa
Claus will be there along with
some goodies for the kids.
The City of Megargel invites
everyone to come out for the
festivities. Hot chocolate will
be served.
Community Meal
The Megargel Volunteer Fire
Department is partnering with
the City of Megargel to host
the first ever Community Meal
in Mustang Hall on Sunday,
December 7th, from 11:00am-
2:00pm.
Members of the fire depart-
ment will cook a delicious meal
and although there is no cost,
donations will be accepted.
Community members are in-
vited to join in for plenty of
good food and fellowship.
children. Donations already re-
ceived are greatly appreciated
but look forward to receiving
many more in order to help as
many children as possible.
Along with the donation box
is also a suggestion box. Any
and all community members are
invited to add a child’s name (or
children’s names) of who they
believe should be included in
the program. There are no ap-
plications and all names are kept
strictly confidential.
These two entities are partak-
ing in TFT for the first time.
Program coordinators ask the
community to be patient as they
work out the final details of the
program.
The program won’t be success-
ful without the support of the
community. If you would like
more information, please con-
tact City Hall (940.562.2341) or
Tonya Desautel (940.562.5057).
Archer City
Archer City Christmas
Parade rolling through
town this Saturday
Archer City citizens are bring-
ing back the city’s Christmas
Parade will be held this Satur-
day, December 6th, at 10:00am,
in hopes to bring it back annu-
ally.
If you aren’t IN the parade
you’re invite to come join the
fun of the parade and celebrate
Christmas in Archer City.
Confectioneries vie for
best baked goods
The American Legion Post 198
Ladies Auxiliary is hosting their
1st Annual Bakeoff titled “Win-
ter Wonderland”.
The taste bud extravaganza
will be held Saturday, Decem-
ber 13th, at 11:00am. Innova-
tive confectionary artists will be
judged on taste and design by a
panel consisting of experienced
bakers as well as novice taste-
testers in several categories,
including Pumpkin or Sweet
Potato Dessert, half-sheet cake,
dozen cupcakes, pies, as well as
an open category.
Interested pastry artists may
pre-register through Friday, De-
cember 12th, for $15 per cat-
egory or $60 for all categories
by contacting Sandy Parsley
(940.733.2509), Amy Colley
(940.574.4739), or Kim Lang-
ford (940.444.9607). Registra-
tion on the day of the bakeoff is
$20/category and $75/all.
There is no charge for the pub-
lic and everyone is invited to
attend and admire all the con-
fectionary delights. The Ladies
Auxiliary will use the proceeds
of the event to support local
communities.
Holliday
Entries being accepted
for Holliday Christmas
Parade
The City of Holliday will host
their Annual Christmas Parade
on December 13th at 10:00am.
It is free to enter the parade but
only registered participants will
be eligible for prizes.
Parade participants should go
by City Hall at 110 W. Olive or
call 940.586.1313 to register.
On the day of the parade all
registrants should check-in at
the front of Holliday Middle
School on South College where
the parade will begin and end.
Parade participants and spec-
tators are invited to the Holli-
day ISD Cafeteria immediately
following the parade for a visit
from Santa Claus and refresh-
ments.
Saturday morning, November
29, the Texas County Walkers
hosted a 5k and 10k walk. Club
members from Hurst, Dallas,
Burkbumett, Universal City,
Kerrville, San Antonio, Huff-
man, Era, Aledo, and Richard-
son attended. There were also
walkers from New Mexico, Vir-
ginia, Kansas and Colorado.
The Texas County Walkers is
a walking club affiliated with
the American Volkssport Asso-
ciation (AVA). “Volkssport” was
brought to the U.S. by returning
military from Germany in the
1970’s. Walkers are out for fun,
fitness, friendship, and in the
Texas County Walkers case, to
reach a goal of walking all 254
counties in Texas.
After finishing the Archer City
walk, many participants headed
west to Seymour, to get another
county marked off their list. You
can check out the AVA and find
more information about walks
scheduled all over the U.S. and
just up the road in Wichita Falls
at their website, www.ava.org.
Toys for Tots
The Megargel Volunteer Fire
Department, with the City of
Megargel, is participating in
Toys for Tots to benefit Mega-
rgel’s children in need to help
make their Christmas a little
brighter.
The Toys for Tots donation
box is located at Megargel’s
City Hall and everyone in the
community is encouraged to
participate to benefit the town’s
The American Legion is
hosting post-parade activities,
including a visit from Santa
Claus. The kids will have the
opportunity to share with Santa
what they want for Christmas
and pose for a keepsake photo.
If you are interested in par-
ticipating in the parade, you
can enter a float or simply
decorate your car to drive in
the parade. Call Renea Holder
(940)237.5778 for details of
how to join in the fun.
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Humane Society of Wichita County
by Jan Herzog,Volunteer
Sometimes we wonder if
things are getting better for the
animals
that share this planet with us.
Things aren’t where we want
them to be, but they ARE better.
Three decades ago, just four
U.S. states had felony penalties
for malicious animal cruelty and
only a dozen made dogfighting
a felony — with a half dozen
states actually allowing legal
cockfighting. Today, malicious
animal cruelty and dogfighting
are felonies in all 50 states, and
cockfighting is banned in all
states. It's a federal felony to en-
gage in animal fighting or to sell
videos depicting animal cruelty.
The Humane Society of the
United States (HSUS), which
turned 60 years old this month,
has been responsible for many
of these improvements.
A decade ago, nearly all veal
calves, pregnant pigs and egg-
laying hens were confined in
crates and cages so small that
the animals could barely move.
Since then, advocates for ani-
mals have successfully cam-
paigned to lead the veal industry
to completely phase out veal
crates (by 2017) and gained
wide acceptance from leaders in
the egg industry that they must
abandon barren battery cages.
Prop 2, the landmark 2008 bal-
lot measure to givefann animals
more space to live, is set to take
effect on January 1st, 2015.
The U.S. government is mov-
ing nearly all the chimpanzees it
owns from laboratories to sanc-
tuaries and has stopped funding
research that involves dogs and
cats acquired from "random
source" dealers (often stolen
pets).
Only three nations in the world
continue to conduct commercial
whaling, while whale watching
is now a multi-billion-dollar in-
dustry. Today, 45 states restrict
the keeping of dangerous wild
animals as pets, and the federal
government restricts importing
and transporting a wide range of
species. Texas, sadly, is lacking
in laws to prevent private own-
ership of big cats and other large
exotic wildlife, but Texas Hu-
mane Legislation Network is-
Archer City Police Officer, Justin Perron was caught on camera
in the act of having fim at the City’s Christmas party. Perron
shows ofifhis gift as others contemplate taking it from him during
the Chinese gift exchange.
working on that.
Probably most near and dear
to our hearts, animal advocates
have brought the discussion of
spay-and-neuter and adopting
into the mainstream, and re-
duced euthanasia over the last
40 years from 15 million dogs
and cats to three million today.
In Wichita County, we can re-
member one year in the 1980s
in which 13,000 dogs and cats
were euthanized - almost 4
times the current number. Prog-
ress, but not enough. We want
to end euthanasia of healthy/
treatable pets everywhere.
We have come this far, so let’s
work together to keep the mo-
mentum going. Call today to see
about volunteering at the shelter
or at events (855-4941). If see-
ing laws passed to protect ani-
mals is important to you, there
is a lot you can do from the com-
fort of your cozy home by join-
ing forces with Texas Humane
Legislation Network. Sign up
for action alerts at thln.com and
choose Wichita Falls Chapter as
one of your areas of interest.
Our Pet of the Week is Titan,
a gorgeous one-year-old Ger-
man shepherd. Call or come out
today!
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