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ARCHER CITY TX 76351-0361
Issue 47^ Thursday PNovember 25,2010
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Wildcat
send off
ACSO busts Scotland Director of AC Thrift Shop resigns
residents for meth after many faithful years of service
The Archer City All-Sports
Booster.Club would like to invite
everyone in Archer City to come
out and “SENDOFF THE
WILDCATS” from the
Courthouse Square on Friday
November 26th at 11:00 a.m.
Come on out and support your
Wildcat Football Team.
Offices
closed for
Thanksgiving
holiday
City and County offices in
Archer City will be closed No-
vember 25 & 26 in observance
of the Thanksgiving holidays.
They will reopen as usual on
Monday, November 29th.
Trojan/
Wildcat
game to be
broadcast
The Archer City Wildcats and
Windthorst Trojans will play at
Memorial Stadium in Wichita
Falls at 2 p.m. on Friday. The
game will be broadcast on
KQXC 103.9 FM and also on the
internet at thehotl039.com.
Play by play commentators are
Jerry Phillips and Chad
Steinberger.
Brown
Benefit
Sunday
On Sunday, November 28th a
Texas Hold 'Em Tournament
($50 & $100), Bunco for $20 per
person, and a silent auction will
be held at the Knights of Colum-
bus Hall in Scotland, Texas. This
is a benefit to show support for
the Mark & Missy Brown fam-
ily. Mark is battling cancer.
There will be a BBQ meal
from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
For more information or to
give donations for the silent auc-
tion contact James Teichman
237-6666, Gwen at 237-6580,
Laveme at 237-2472, or Gayle
at 237-2202.
Windthorst
band's annual
cheese sale
The Windthorst Band has
started their annual Cheese Sales
for 2010. This is the main
fundraiser for the band this year.
All band members from 5th
grade through varsity are taking
orders. The varsity band's lead-
ership team as well as the band
booster members work very hard
to hand pack each box. There are
many different sizes of gift pack-
ages available again this year, all
of which make wonderful gifts
just in time for Christmas.
The final day to place an order
will be November 29, 2010, and
delivery will begin the week of
December 6th. There will also be
boxes available to purchase at
the Band Christmas Concert on
December 1, 2010.
We appreciate the community
for their continued support of the
Windthorst band programs.
For more information you can
contact the band office at 423-
6690.
During the
early morning
hours of Friday,
November 19,
2010, Archer
County Sheriffs
Office along
with the Archer
County
Constable
Office Pet. #4,
executed a
Narcotic Search
warrant in the
300 block of avenue L in
Scotland, Texas. An Archer
County
Sheriffs Patrol
Deputy was in
the area of
Scotland, Texas
when he noticed
a strong
chemical smell.
This chemical
smell was
known to the
deputy to be
related to the
Manufacturing
o f
Methamphetamines. Back-up
Sheriff Deputies along with the
Constable arrived to assist.
Officers were able to trace the
chemical smell to a shed in the
backyard of a residence in the
300 block of Avenue L. Officers
made contact with the occupants
of the residence.
Three of the occupants were
identified as: Carol Ann Stevens,
a white female, age 56,
homeowner of the property;
Clinton Clark, a white male, age
31, the son of the homeowner;
Brook Lurae Meadows, a white
female, age 19, an associate of
Clinton Clark.
After obtaining a search
warrant for the property, officers
discovered a clandestine
methamphetamine lab in the
shed. Officers recovered over
400 grams of
Methamphetamines, Anhydrous
During the month of October,
the City of Archer City left the
gates at the Brush Collection
Station open continuously for
five days. This was implemented
due to the many complaints we
received from citizens who
could not haul their brush dur-
ing our regular hours.
At the end of this trial period,
city employees worked for two
Ammonia. Inside
the residence
officers
discovered a large
quantity of
Methamphetamines
and illegal
firearms.
All three
suspects were
arrested for
Manufacturing
and Delivery of a
Controlled
Substance in Penalty Group 1,
greater than 400 grams.
Clark and
Meadows are both
charged with
Possession of a
Controlled
Substance in
Penalty Group 1,
over 4 grams but
less than200
grams.
In addition Clark
is charged with
Unlaw f u 1
Possession of a
Firearm by a Felon
and Theft of a Firearm, having
to do with a serial number on
one of the firearms being altered.
A small child and his adult
mother were also located in the
Brook Lurae Meadows
residence. The person and the
child were released with no
charges on the mother at this
time. Future charges may be filed
pending further investigation.
Child Protective services were
notified.
partial days removing garbage
from the brush piles.
It is illegal to dump anything
other than brush at this station.
Violators can be fined up to
$10,000.00 and/or 2 years jail
time.
We will continue to open dur-
ing our regular hours:
Tuesday - 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Thursday - 1:00 pm - 3:00pm
Saturday - 10:00 am - 1:00pm
by Barbara Phillips
Close to ten years, Bill
Taliaferro has been the Director
of the Archer City Thrift Store,
and his wife, Jane, has served
faithfully by his side. Jane has
been both a volunteer worker
and long time board member,
after taking Helen Hoggin's spot,
representing the First United
Methodist Church of Archer
City. The Thrift Store has been
run as "Doing Business As"
under the First United Methodist
Church of Archer City since its
inception.
Georgia Owens, who had
previously been the Director of
the facility wanted to close it
down when she could no longer
run it, and split the money among
the churches in town. But others
involved were not ready to close
the door to the thrift shop
because of all the good it
provides for people in need and
for the county.
At the request of Rick Davis,
then new pastor of FUMC, Bill
took over the reins as director.
"We closed the store for two
or three weeks while we
rearranged, and bought racks,"
the Taliaferros said. And they
have kept it running along with
the board members and
volunteers from the other four
churches in town.
But after close to ten years,
both gave up their positions
effective November 1, 2010.
According to Jane, "I could
not get backing and I could not
get help; I am getting older and
cannot do what all needs to be
done, and yet I was getting less
help to do what needs to be
done."
"Most of the younger women
have jobs, and we understand
that," said Bill.
"I did not volunteer when I
was working," admitted Jane. "I
needed my Saturdays."
According to Bill Taliaferro,
the Thrift Shop takes in
approximately $ 18,000-$ 19,000
a year, and it gives all that is
taken in back to the community.
The thrift shop belongs to all the
churches in the community of
Archer City, and all money that
is made is put back into the
county. Each of the 5 churches
have a board member whose
responsibility is recruiting help
from their church members for
helping on their church's rotation
day. Each minister has the
authority to sign the forms for
people to get help.
Last year the thrift shop made
donations to all eight fire
departments, the library, Service
Center, Ambulance Service,
plus individuals who have had
accidents, house fires, or those
who find themselves in
unexpected need for medicine,
or electrical bills. Plus the thrift
shop provides clothes to those
who cannot afford to shop at
retail clothing stores. Every
holiday season, the thrift shop
also gives a gift certificate to the
needy. This list mainly comes
from the churches and the Archer
Service Center. If someone
comes in needing food, the thrift
shop can also give them a food
voucher to help out as well.
According to the Taliaferros,
"Hospice is the only out of
county organization that we have
donated to because they help
our county."
Jane said, "There are not a lot
of things to volunteer for around
Archer City; especially when
you retire, you feel kind of lost
for awhile. So once you really
get into it you don't want to quit;
it makes you just feel really good
to know that you are helping
somebody. Plus, I enjoyed the
friendship with all the gals. We
had fun working together."
Bill said, "You get a good
feeling when you have helped
someone and you know they
really appreciate it. It was hard
to turn some people down. I
never turned very many down,
but I did some,
mostly repeaters."
The Taliaferros
still plan on
working at the
Thrift Shop as
volunteers when
they choose, and
though they have
mixed emotions,
they are both
relieved and ready
to pass on the
responsibilities.
With the
resignation of Bill
Taliaferro as Director, changes
have been made. Dan Reddick,
Pastor of Church of Christ
Church in Archer City has been
named the new director. No
longer will the Thrift store be
operating under the "DBA" of
the First United Methodist
Church. David Levy is in the
process of changing the Thrift
Store over into a non-profit entity
by itself. Melba Gardner from
FUMC will continue keeping
the books on a volunteer basis.
Bylaws are going to be set up,
and a new Board of Directors.
The Thrift Store will get its own
tax permit number and all that is
necessary to have it set up as a
separate entity.
The Thrift Store remains open
on Thursdays and Saturdays, the
same as always, and all five
churches, including the FUMC,
will continue to volunteer their
time during their regular
rotation. Reddick does foresee
some changes taking place after
the first of the year, such as
hours of operations. He also
hopes to find a better location
for the store in Archer City that
will be larger and more
accessible for the people of
Archer County.
Thank you, Bill and Jane
Taliaferro, on behalf of all of
those you have helped, for the
many years of service and
untiring efforts you have put into
the Thrift Store.
NEW COW HANDS
The Holstein cow sign on Hwy. 281 in
the middle of Windthorst will now have two
new cow hands posting city and school
information. They are Benita Essler .and
Lillie Rife, sisters of the late Tina Neeb,
who had kept people informed for many years.
Residents as well as people traveling through
Windthorst were kept current on local events or
inspired by Tina's short sayings.
This is a service provided by the City of
Windthorst and certain guidelines will be
observed but please call Benita at 423-6315 or
Lillie at 423-6860 if you have information that
would be appropriate for posting on the sign.
Pictured at left are Lillie and Benita with their
Thanksgiving message.
NEW OFFICER_
Officer Liz Beason joined the Archer City Police
Department recently after graduating from Vernon
College Police Academy. Beason is a graduate of
Burkburnett High School. She has worked as Assistant
Director of Security at Valor Security for 3 years and as
Loss Prevention Manager at JC Penney for the last 18
months.
Chief of Police Joe Burton says, “She will be an asset to
our community.”
Garbage left at brush
collection station
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Lewis, Shelley. Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 2010, newspaper, November 25, 2010; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth994098/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.