LIfestyles

Cooking From Scratch

Thu, 04/17/2025 - 12:00am

Only the older generation will remember life before fast foods and the availability of prepared frozen dinners from the local grocery. You may even remember the days when in order to have fresh fried chicken the mother or grandmother would make a trip to the backyard chicken house, catch a chicken, and wring its neck off to prepare that chicken for the Sunday dinner or evening supper. It was a process that was not pleasant to watch!

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OHS One Act Play Takes Third at District, Alt at Area

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 12:00am

After placing third at the University Interscholastic League district contest, Olney High School competed at the bi-district level at the Graham Memorial Auditorium on April 3 and won the alternate to the Area competition.

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FBCO Fish Fry Raises Summer Camp Tuition

Wed, 04/02/2025 - 11:00pm

The Second Annual Big Fish Fry & Opry at First Baptist Church of Olney proved to be a resounding success, raising more than $5,000 to help send local students to summer camp in New Mexico.

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“That Road-Kill Was For the Birds!”

Wed, 04/02/2025 - 11:00pm

A few years ago I looked out my kitchen window, and saw the buzzards on top of the nearby barn roof. That is not an unusual scene, but on that day I was struck with the idea that they seemed to be having a good time, and having a “bird” conversation!