Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 2012 Page: 3 of 8
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Issue #26
PageThree-Archer County Afews-Thursday, June 28, 2012
Check It Out!
Archer Public Library
by Cheryl Beesinger
Check It Out!
The Archer Public Library
was used by four hundred nine-
teen patrons during the week of
March 28-April 1. Four hundred
twenty-two books and two hun-
dred two videos were checked
a parallel existence, which she
calls IQ84—“”Q is for ‘question
mark.’ “A world that bears a
question.” Meanwhile, an aspir-
ing writer named Tengo takes on
a suspect ghostwriting project.
He becomes so wrapped up with
the work and its unusual author
out during the week.
The year is 1984 and the city
is Tokyo.
A young woman named Ao-
mame follows a taxi driver’s
enigmatic suggestion and be-
gins to notice puzzling discrep-
ancies in the world around her.
She has entered, she realizes,
that, soon, his previously placid
life begins to become unraveled.
As Aomame’s and Tengo’s nar-
ratives converge over the course
of this single year, we learn of
the profound and tangled con-
nections that bind them ever
closer: a beautiful, dyslexic
teenage girl with a unique vi-
sion; a mysterious religious cult
that instigated a shoot-out with
the metropolitan police; a reclu-
sive, wealthy dowager who runs
a shelter for abused women; a
hideously ugly private investi-
gator; a mild-mannered yet ruth-
lessly efficient bodyguard; and a
peculiarly insistent television-
fee collector.
Check out “IQ84” by Haruki
Murakami today at the Archer
Public Library.
Summer reading program will
continue after the Independence
Day holiday. Next week’s pro-
gram will be held on Wednes-
day, July 11 at 10:00 a.m. Mark
your calendars!
Spencer Litteken (5th gen-
eration) was welcomed into
the world by her loving
family on April 29th, 2012.
Spencer is being held by
Great-Granny Pat Schefife
(2nd generation). Seated
to the right is Great-Great-
Grandma Leona Schuhnpf
(1st generation). Standing
behind is Father Brandon
Litteken (4th generation)
and Grandma Cindy Lit-
teken (3rd generation).
Where Do I Begin?
Beer Can Keep Us Healthy
BY JOE MILLER, ARCHER COUNTY NEWS COLUMNIST
Water rationing is a reason-
able thing to expect when our
lake levels drop below fifty
percent. I understand that. It’s
simple enough. But there are
complications.
A few years ago, in response
to drought conditions and lake
levels below fifty percent, wa-
ter restrictions were enforced.
The restrictions worked. Less
water was used. But the City’s
income from water dropped
below the level needed to en-
sure payment for the new wa-
ter treatment plant, so the water
rates were raised to provide the
needed income. We ended up
paying more money for less
water. When the lake levels
rose and restrictions were re-
moved, the water rates stayed
up. We pay those elevated
rates today for no increase in
service. We open our tap and
clean water comes out as it
always did before. We are as-
sured of water quality, just as
we were before. There is only
one change from the way it
was. We still pay the higher
rate imposed the last time we
had restrictions.
REDUCE
RECYCLE
RENEW
Recycle
Archer City:
Near large water tower
Holliday:
City Hall and Activity Center
Lakeside City:
JP’s Quick Stop and City Hall
Clean water is a bigger bless-
ing than most of us realize. It
is a modem miracle. Before we
had it, we had to boil up a cup
of tea or coffee to kill the bacte-
ria in the water. Alcohol did the
same. It seemed simple enough.
Plain water could kill you. Boil-
ing or alcohol killed the bacte-
ria so the bacteria couldn’t kill
you. Beer, it seems, along with
other alcoholic beverages, kept
us healthy.
My mother in law just flew
through my mind. Bless her
departed soul, she was a sweet
lady, at least until the subject of
alcohol was brought up. Then
she threw out sweet, and be-
came more Baptist than John
The, and even more adamant.
I asked her one time, why, if it
was so wrong, did they drink
wine in Biblical times.
“It wasn’t fermented,” she
said, “ft had no alcohol.”
“Where in the Bible does it say
that?” I asked.
She thought for what seemed
the longest time, then made a
forceful face, and growled, “ft
just wasn’t!”
Granny Bea, growling or smil-
ing sweetly, was a force. She
reminded me of a Union leader
I remember from my youth: sel-
dom right but never in doubt.
I learned early in our relation-
ship when to hold my cards, and
when to fold them and simply
walk away. My response to
“ft just wasn’t” was to fold my
cards and walk away.
There may be a partial solution
to the water problem in all this
rambling. I say partial because
I’m not sure how to solve the
problem of watering the lawn
or keeping crops growing or
livestock watered. But we sure
don’t have to swallow the stuff.
Generations before us, folks sur-
vived on beer. We can do that
now, if our minds and souls are
really in it.
I ran this idea past a friend,
who sadly shook his head and
intoned in a church-like, somber
way: “Miller, imbibing alcohol
never solved a problem.”
“I could say the same for
milk,” I answered.
THANK YOU
FROM
THE WINDTHORST AREA SOFTBALL
LEAGUE
We would like to express cur thanks to The Clinic for
your generous donation to help ns purchase a new
kjiteliiiie machine fot our softball league
We apptedate your support of this league, which
(made it possible for so many girls to be able play
softball.
Thank you again for your dona lion.
Full Service Grocery Store
Big Enough to Serve
Small Enough to Care
Fresh Summer Produce
Cello
Carrots
1 lb/79<t
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Groceries for a
Northwest
Red
Cherries
994/lb
Texhoma
Seedless
Watermelon
$3.99
Bar-S Franks
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art
315 South Center
Archer City, Texas
940.574.4543
Grill-Out
Classic
MORE MEATS....
Oscar Mayer Turkey 2/$5
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Deli Fresh
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79<t
12 oz
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Sodas
12-pack ol 12 oz cans
aliwarieties
Tendercrust
Hamburger
& Hot Do $5.99Hb
Buns
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Blue Bell
Ice Cream
New York
Strip Steaks
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Shurfine
BBQ Sauces
isp^
18 oz
Red Diamond
Teasi
half gallons with
brown & gold rim
Oscar Mayer
Bologna and Cotto Salami
2/$4
Shurfine
Canned Green
Beans & Corn
C&H
I |H| Sugar
4 lb bag
Boneless Center Cut
Pork Chops_
all varieties
Pictsweet
Frozen
Vegetables
all varieties _m
piCQWEET 5
$2.49/lb
Eckrich Smoked Sausage
all varieties
2/$5
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Phillips, Barbara. Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 2012, newspaper, June 28, 2012; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633548/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.