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The complicated calling of a pastor

The complicated calling of a pastor

Chad and I drove across the wide-open spaces of our part of Texas, sometimes chatting amiably, sometimes watching the scenery go by in silence. He spent time listening to speculation about his beloved Dallas Cowboys on sports radio while I dozed in the passenger seat. And at one point we spent a few minutes thinking and talking about our life and the interesting turns it has taken through the years. We never knew that we would wind up here, twenty-something years into our marriage, happily answering God’s call in Olney. Yet, here we are.

District Clerk asks Commissioners to preserve historical records
District Clerk asks Commissioners to preserve historical records

District Clerk asks Commissioners to preserve historical records

Young County District Clerk Jamie Land asked County Commissioners for funds to scan historical records - dating back to the late 1800s - into the District Clerk’s database for public access rather than allowing the public to handle the fragile documents. The old handwritten civil lawsuits, divorces, and criminal cases are now tri-folded in shuck files and stored in the District Clerk’s storage room located in the attic of the Courthouse. “Landmen frequently come in to research and look at them,” Ms. Land said, adding that historians also use the original documents for research.

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