The City Council mulled actions that they hope will prevent or mitigate another total shutdown of the water system like the one that occurred March 6-8, while citizens feted city workers for their tireless effort during a severe thunderstorm to get the service flowing again.
A team from CEMCO, which makes cement batch plants in Olney, traveled to Las Vegas last week to show off the technology that helped created the launch site near Van Horn, Texas for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship, as well as countless Amazon warehouses and pads for windmills in wind farms across Texas.
Citizens Kathy Schrader Muncy and Johnny Moore convinced the City Council to switch pickup of their new poly carts from the alley behind their Oak Street homes to the curb - at least for the time being. The Council voted to make the move temporary while they studied the costs of repairing Olney’s rutted and narrow alleys so that Waste Connections trash trucks could pick up the poly carts without damaging fences or getting stuck.
Living in rural Texas shouldn’t mean going without access to health care.
National Transportation Safety Board accident investigation statistics reveal sobering statistics from the past decade: Twenty-six percent of fatal agricultural aircraft accidents were caused primarily by stall/ spins. Fifty percent of deadly stall/spins happened during turns, and 62 percent of reported stall/spins occurring during a turn were fatal. To help raise awareness of the precursors of stall/spin accidents during aerial applicaton, AirTractor has released a new video entitled “Turn Smart - Respect the Safety Margin.” The 40-minute YouTube video is hosted by former Air Tractor Chief Test Pilot Mike Rhodes and AeroShell Aerobatic Team member and veteran ag pilot Steve Gustafson. They have an in-depth discussion of the root causes of stall/ spin accidents as well as the mindset and procedures necessary to avoid a deadly low-altitude stall/spin. Rhodes and Gustafson examine the unique mission and flight characteristics of agricultural planes and take a deep dive into the “four left turning tendencies,” explaining how these affect all airplanes, including agricultural airplanes. They further touch upon the importance of pilot training for stall/spins in an appropriately rated aircraft and maintaining an adequate margin of safety during aerial spraying operations.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992