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Issue 35 - Single Copy $1 Thursday, September 10, 2020 Archer County News Archer County News SERVING ARCHER COUNTY SINCE 1908 www.archercountynews.com Archer City city council Page 2 Bates leads Wildcats to win Page 8 By Will Edwards Sophomore quarterback Peyton Marchand corralled the high-snap, faked the dive and went off-tackle to the right be- fore breaking the plane of the goal line on Holliday’s two- point play with 21 seconds re- maining to give the Eagles a miraculous come-from-behind victory over Eastland. “We had all the momen- tum,” Holliday head coach Frank Johnson said. “Eastland looked tired. I knew we were tired but we had the momen- tum. Coach Derek Winn made the suggestion of going for two. We decided as a coaching staff to go for two. I knew I was go- ing to be a hero or a goat. The kids executed it extremely well. Momentum makes so much of a difference. Everything was go- ing in our favor.” The Eagles rattled off 29 un- answered points over the final 25 minutes to stun the Maver- icks, 29-28, on Friday, Sept. 4, in Eastland. Facing a 4th and 1 from the three on the final drive, soph- omore Jaxx Johnson plunged into the line. After initially be- ing stopped, Johnson extended the ball across the goal line to pull the Eagles within one be- fore the decisive 2-point con- version. “It was a great effort,” Frank Johnson said on his fullback. “The o-line got a good push. It kinda scared me when he stuck the ball out. He has great confi- dence in his ability. During our timeout just before the play, he said ‘give me the ball and I’ll score.’ Jaxx ended up having a One dies in Hwy. 79 Aug. 31 rollover By Nathan Lawson An Abilene man died in a Mon- day, Aug. 31, morning single ve- hicle rollover just north of Archer City. Around 5:30 a.m., Irvine Park- er White, 39, was traveling south on Hwy. 79 north of Davis Road in a 2001 Chevy SUV when the vehicle drove straight through a curve and left the roadway for un- known reasons, according Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Dan Buesing. Upon the leaving the roadway, the SUV rolled over several times and the driver, who was not wear- ing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle. Archer County Sheriff’s Office, Archer City Volunteer Fire De- partment, Archer City Ambulance and DPS all responded to the scene, according to the ACSO’s call records. A request for an Air Evac helicopter was made before the call was cancelled a few min- utes later. Archer County Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Joe Aulds was called to the scene and pronounced White dead. Junior Camryn Latham was named the 2020 Windthorst Homecoming Queen prior to the game with DeLeon Friday. Photo/Will Edwards Holliday completes monumental comeback to stun Eastland Holliday sophomore Jaxx Johnson plunges across the goal line, setting up the go-ahead 2-point conversion with 21 seconds remaining in the Eagles’ 29-28 win over Eastland on Friday, Sept. 4. Courtesy Photo/Micheal Jones Archer County COVID-19 update By Nathan Lawson Archer County Judge Randy Jackson announced the county had 60 positive cases with seven of them being active in a press re- lease Tuesday, Sept. 8. The county also reported its first COVID-19 related fatality. The judge said the fatality was an 80 year old male who also had some underlying health issues. As long as the county has less than 20 active cases it will remain exempt from GA-29 Order which mandates facial coverings in pub- lic spaces where social distancing is not possible. Windthorst ISD Superinten- dent Lonnie Hise confirmed the district had one employee and two students with active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Sept. 8. He added the individuals were wait- ing returns of another test before a potential return to the campus. Archer City ISD Superinten- dent CD Knobloch said he was unaware of any COVID-19 cases in the district as of Tuesday, Sept. 8. Holliday ISD Superintendent Cody Carrol said the district still has one active case in the high school. Archer City Mayor Kelvin Green released a press release on See Update, Page 4 Early voting begins Sept. 14 for special election By Jerry Phillips The election calendar for 2020 has been full of party primaries and there is a lot of anticipation as the Nov. 3 General Election ap- proaches. However, Governor Ab- bott, by Special Order, has estab- lished an additional election day to fill the seat vacated by District 30 State Senator Pat Fallon. Fal- lon resigned to run for a U.S. Con- gressional Representative office. The six candidates running for the position are Drew Springer, Chris Watts, Craig Carter, Andy Hopper, Shelly Luther and Jacob Minter. Early voting for the Special Election will begin next Monday, Sept. 14. Early voting will con- tinue through September 18 and resume on Sept. 21. The last day for early voting will be September 25. Early voting is available in three locations. They are Archer County Courthouse Annex, 112 E. Walnut, Archer City; Holliday City Hall, 110 W. Olive, Holli- day; and Lakeside City Municipal Building, 42 Donna Street, Lake- side City. Early voting locations are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 29 Special Election day voting will be available in six locations. Those locations and a sample ballot are available in no- tices from election officials in the Archer County News on page 6. By Nathan Lawson A hazmat team was called after a truck rolled over on U.S. 82 just west of FM 368 near Holliday around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1. According to Archer Coun- ty Emergency Management Coordinator Shane Wright, an unmarked truck was carrying a tarped object which was leaking an unknown gas that led to the hazmat team from Wichita Falls being called to the scene. Wright said the scene was closed off at nearly a half mile each way and traffic was re- routed through Holliday until the team could determine the substance. He said the hazmat team was able to determine the tarped object was an MRI ma- chine which was being trans- ported and it was leaking heli- um, a non-toxic gas. According to the Archer County Sheriff’s Report, the Archer County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Holliday Police Depart- ment, Constable Doug Strange, Wright, Holliday Volunteer Fire Department, Lakeside City Volunteer Fire Department, Bowman Volunteer Fire De- partment and Texas Department of Transportation all worked the scene. The scene was cleared at 1:09 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday Sept. 3. No injuries were report- ed from the rollover. Hazmat team needed in Holliday after truck rollover An Archer County Volunteer Fire Department truck helps block the scene of hazmat situation on U.S. 82 just west of FM 368 on Tuesday, Sept. 1, evening. The hazardous material turned out to be helium, a non-toxic gas, leaking from an MRI machine. Photo/Jerry Phillips See Holliday, Page 8 Latham named WISD homecoming queen
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Issue 35 - Single Copy $1Thursday, September 10, 2020
Archer County NewsArcher County NewsSERVING ARCHER COUNTY SINCE 1908
www.archercountynews.com
Archer City city council
Page 2
Bates leads Wildcats to win
Page 8
By Will Edwards
Sophomore quarterback Peyton Marchand corralled the high-snap, faked the dive and went off-tackle to the right be-fore breaking the plane of the goal line on Holliday’s two-point play with 21 seconds re-maining to give the Eagles a miraculous come-from-behind victory over Eastland.
“We had all the momen-tum,” Holliday head coach Frank Johnson said. “Eastland looked tired. I knew we were tired but we had the momen-
tum. Coach Derek Winn made the suggestion of going for two. We decided as a coaching staff to go for two. I knew I was go-ing to be a hero or a goat. The kids executed it extremely well. Momentum makes so much of a difference. Everything was go-ing in our favor.”
The Eagles rattled off 29 un-answered points over the final 25 minutes to stun the Maver-icks, 29-28, on Friday, Sept. 4, in Eastland.
Facing a 4th and 1 from the three on the final drive, soph-omore Jaxx Johnson plunged
into the line. After initially be-ing stopped, Johnson extended the ball across the goal line to pull the Eagles within one be-fore the decisive 2-point con-version.
“It was a great effort,” Frank Johnson said on his fullback. “The o-line got a good push. It kinda scared me when he stuck the ball out. He has great confi-dence in his ability. During our timeout just before the play, he said ‘give me the ball and I’ll score.’ Jaxx ended up having a
One dies in Hw y. 79 Aug. 31 rol lover
By Nathan Lawson
An Abilene man died in a Mon-day, Aug. 31, morning single ve-hicle rollover just north of Archer City.
Around 5:30 a.m., Irvine Park-er White, 39, was traveling south on Hwy. 79 north of Davis Road in a 2001 Chevy SUV when the vehicle drove straight through a curve and left the roadway for un-known reasons, according Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Dan Buesing.
Upon the leaving the roadway, the SUV rolled over several times
and the driver, who was not wear-ing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle.
Archer County Sheriff’s Office, Archer City Volunteer Fire De-partment, Archer City Ambulance and DPS all responded to the scene, according to the ACSO’s call records. A request for an Air Evac helicopter was made before the call was cancelled a few min-utes later.
Archer County Justice of the Peace Pct. 1 Joe Aulds was called to the scene and pronounced White dead.
Junior Camryn Latham was named the 2020 Windthorst Homecoming Queen prior to the game with DeLeon Friday.
Photo/Will Edwards
Holliday completes monumental comeback to stun Eastland
Holliday sophomore Jaxx Johnson plunges across the goal line, setting up the go-ahead 2-point conversion with 21 seconds remaining in the Eagles’ 29-28 win over Eastland on Friday, Sept. 4.
Courtesy Photo/Micheal Jones
Archer Count y
COVID -19 update
By Nathan Lawson
Archer County Judge Randy Jackson announced the county had 60 positive cases with seven of them being active in a press re-lease Tuesday, Sept. 8. The county also reported its first COVID-19 related fatality.
The judge said the fatality was an 80 year old male who also had some underlying health issues.
As long as the county has less than 20 active cases it will remain exempt from GA-29 Order which mandates facial coverings in pub-lic spaces where social distancing is not possible.
Windthorst ISD Superinten-dent Lonnie Hise confirmed the district had one employee and two students with active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Sept. 8. He added the individuals were wait-ing returns of another test before a potential return to the campus.
Archer City ISD Superinten-dent CD Knobloch said he was unaware of any COVID-19 cases in the district as of Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Holliday ISD Superintendent Cody Carrol said the district still has one active case in the high school.
Archer City Mayor Kelvin Green released a press release on
See Update, Page 4
Early vot ing beg ins
Sept . 14 for specia l
elec t ion
By Jerry Phillips
The election calendar for 2020 has been full of party primaries and there is a lot of anticipation as the Nov. 3 General Election ap-proaches. However, Governor Ab-bott, by Special Order, has estab-lished an additional election day to fill the seat vacated by District 30 State Senator Pat Fallon. Fal-lon resigned to run for a U.S. Con-gressional Representative office.
The six candidates running for the position are Drew Springer, Chris Watts, Craig Carter, Andy Hopper, Shelly Luther and Jacob Minter.
Early voting for the Special Election will begin next Monday, Sept. 14. Early voting will con-tinue through September 18 and resume on Sept. 21. The last day for early voting will be September 25. Early voting is available in three locations. They are Archer County Courthouse Annex, 112 E. Walnut, Archer City; Holliday City Hall, 110 W. Olive, Holli-day; and Lakeside City Municipal Building, 42 Donna Street, Lake-side City. Early voting locations are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
September 29 Special Election day voting will be available in six locations. Those locations and a sample ballot are available in no-tices from election officials in the Archer County News on page 6.
By Nathan Lawson
A hazmat team was called after a truck rolled over on U.S. 82 just west of FM 368 near Holliday around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.
According to Archer Coun-ty Emergency Management Coordinator Shane Wright, an unmarked truck was carrying a tarped object which was leaking an unknown gas that led to the hazmat team from Wichita Falls being called to the scene.
Wright said the scene was closed off at nearly a half mile each way and traffic was re-routed through Holliday until the team could determine the substance. He said the hazmat team was able to determine the tarped object was an MRI ma-chine which was being trans-ported and it was leaking heli-um, a non-toxic gas.
According to the Archer County Sheriff’s Report, the Archer County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public
Safety, Holliday Police Depart-ment, Constable Doug Strange, Wright, Holliday Volunteer Fire Department, Lakeside City Volunteer Fire Department, Bowman Volunteer Fire De-partment and Texas Department of Transportation all worked the scene.
The scene was cleared at 1:09 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday Sept. 3. No injuries were report-ed from the rollover.
Hazmat team needed in Holliday after truck rollover
An Archer County Volunteer Fire Department truck helps block the scene of hazmat situation on U.S. 82 just west of FM 368 on Tuesday, Sept. 1, evening. The hazardous material turned out to be helium, a non-toxic gas, leaking from an MRI machine.
Photo/Jerry Phillips
See Holliday, Page 8
Lat ham named W ISD homecoming queen
