When my son headed off to college, he and our daughter rented a mobile home out in the country. With him he took his dog — his pet “Peeve.” Peeve was a mutt, a little larger than a Border Collie but not as big as a Rottweiler. My children inherited their father’s sense of humor when it came to naming pets.
The Civic Center has hosted its share of gatherings over the decades, but on Saturday, Feb. 21, it will belong to fathers and daughters.
In anticipation of colder weather, the Cub Center is having a blanket drive to give to Meals on Wheels clients and beyond. We have partnered with several local churches and businesses as collection sites. We have already collected enough blankets for all of our Meals on Wheels clients. Any extra blankets will be divided and dispersed amongst local food pantries and the Service Center.
Family members, Olney college students, and college-bound students helped by Olney Education Foundation scholarships and mentoring recently pitched in to clean and stain 30 chairs for the Foundation’s new home at 109 West Main Street.
On a warm August afternoon in 1963, before the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to the nation’s highest ideals. “I Have a Dream” endures not simply because of its poetry, but because it called Americans to see one another differently — as bound together by shared dignity and shared responsibility.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992