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For my Dad
Once when I was a little child, I woke up in the night with a tummy ache. I got out of bed and went into the living room, following the sounds of the television. My dad was still awake. To me it seemed like my dad never slept, like he was just sitting there in the living room waiting to see if anyone needed help in the dark of night. He was probably just staying up until midnight, but that may as well have been four in the morning in my little girl mind. He waved me over to him. He listened to my plight. And he did a very un-mom-like thing. He suggested we walk around the living room. He told me my tummy would feel better after a little walk. He took my hand and we walked around in small circles on the brown 80s carpet with the black of a country night pressing in through the uncovered windows.
Schools not using OHH telemed stations
Some of the six telemedicine terminals to be deployed by Olney Hamilton Hospital to area schools and rural clinics are not being used, OHH Chief of Staff Dr. Mark L. Mankins told the hospital board at its June 2 meeting.
Villalpando sentenced to 20 yrs in drug case
A 22-year-old Olney man pled guilty to a drug trafficking charge and was sentenced to 20 years in state prison on June 6 in a case that law enforcement officials hoped has sent a message to entrenched drug dealers and users in the area.
Tax spat in Austin spawns robo-texts
An argument between the state’s top elected officials over how to spend $12.3 billion in surplus funds set aside for property tax relief spilled into the in-boxes of some constituents of Olney House Rep. David Spiller last week. Voters in House District 68 may have received a text message warning that Mr. Spiller “walked out of the Special Session in Austin and refused to give you a $100,000 homestead exemption, instead giving big tax breaks to big business.” The message, purportedly from the Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals, urged recipients to call Mr. Spiller “and tell him to get back to work in Austin and vote for” the Senate proposal, which conflicts with a bill passed by the Texas House. The trouble is, the TAPTP was not responsible for the text messages sent to constituents of GOP House members, nor did the organization “stand behind those text messages,” it said. So the mystery remains – who paid for the ads?