Young County Commissioners visited the newly updated tag office at the Olney Sub-Courthouse on Feb. 24 and considered whether to apply for state funding to create a permanent polling place for Olney, whose voters were deprived of nearly a full week of early voting last month for lack of a location.
The Olney City Council on Feb. 24 approved a three-month contract with an outside accounting firm in an effort to break a persistent logjam in the city’s audit process and bring overdue financial reports up to date.
Four-year old Ivy and I stepped out onto a sunny street, plastic bags in hand to collect all the unnoticed treasures of a small-town neighborhood in the early spring. It was 72 degrees, and we ventured without jackets, without the itchy and sometimes cumbersome articles of clothing that winter forces on us. Just lightweight long-sleeves, jeans, and tennis shoes that were anxious to move.
“And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.”
The Olney Chamber of Commerce marked the first anniversary of ACE Hardware last week, presenting owners Kris and Rand Kamp and Jeff Kamp with a certificate of appreciation for their first year in business.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992