Olney Hamilton Hospital hosted a luncheon for local business and community leaders last week to gauge support for a $33-million bond issue to fund a new hospital ahead of the Nov. 7 election. The hospital is nationally recognized as a top performing U.S. hospital as well as the oldest continuously operating rural hospital in Texas.
Kim Cuba was born and raised in Olney and began teaching in Olney schools after getting her bachelor’s degree in education from Midwestern State University. Olney Independent School District has been the first and only stop in her 28-year teaching career. She taught special education for eight years, then moved to second grade for seven years and has held her current post as a fifth-grade science teacher for 13 years.
Early voting began this week for the Nov. 7 election, in which Olney and Newcastle voters will be asked to decide on 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, and on a $33 million bond issue for a new hospital building to replace the 60-year-old Olney Hamilton Hospital building.
I’ll admit I’ve had some days in the past year and a half when I have said to someone, “I feel like I’ll never be rested again.” I have been bone-tired, weary. Some days it’s more than just sleep deprivation. It’s a type of heaviness that comes from holding too tightly to the things I want to see happen.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992
