The American Legion Post 414 in Olney hosted their annual Veterans Day meal on Nov. 11. This year, the Legion decided to host a fish fry instead of a traditional turkey dinner that has been the standard in previous years.
President Ann Lundy opened the meeting with the Club Collect. The theme of the meeting was Serendipity and the chosen quote was: “The secret of life is that all we have is a gift of grace to be shared.” By Lloyd John Ogilvie. Nita Hearn read the minutes and Lucretia Taylor presented the Treasurers Report. Both reports were approved. Present at the meeting were Evelyn Altmiller, Rita Choat, Nita Hearne, Ann Lundy, Kristy Nantz, Marilyn Norris, Margie Snyder, Gail Spears, Donna Sullivan, Lucretia Taylor, Ronni Walker, Phyllis Whitsitt, Judi Winslow, and Bobby Wright.
Young County Commissioners voted to allow the 1921 jail in Graham to be used as a meeting and event location managed by the county historical commission, which recently obtained a state historical designation for the building.
The Young County Sheriff ’s Office is close to implementing a new phone system that allows inmates to make and take calls in their cells, will pay for itself and will generate revenue for the county, Sheriff Travis Babock told the commissioners court on Nov. 14. The sheriff asked the commissioners to amend the contract they approved on Aug. 1 to allow the phone contractor, Crown Correctional Telephone, to install new wiring for the phones.
Young County commissioners lifted the burn ban again at their regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 14, but don’t count on it being lifted for long. The commissioners voted 5-0 on a rainy Monday to lift the ban to allow people to burn brush and limbs before the land dries out and the wildfire danger that has been elevated all year returns. Judge John Bullock said he had received multiple requests to lift the burn ban “and some of them weren’t very nice.”
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