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Olney teen plays in Youth Symphony fundraiser
Olney High School senior Richard Walp added a dash of “Brilliance” to the Second Annual Cakes and Concertos Gala with a saxophone solo designed to open wallets for the Wichita Falls Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Walp performed “Brilliance” by Ida Gotkovsky for patrons at the Kemp Center for the Arts in Wichita Falls on Feb. 2 in a lineup of young performers that took in money through ticket sales and an auction of ornately decorated cakes. Mr. Walp has been a member of the YSO since freshman year and performs in two or three concerts each year, he said.
City begins deploying poly carts
New blue dumpsters have begun appearing throughout town as the City of Olney proceeds with plans to change the way it handles waste disposal for businesses and residents. The City has been switching the old green side-loading dumpsters at businesses and the Olney Housing Authority for new blue front-loading dumpsters to accommodate Waste Connections’ new trash trucks. The next step will be removing the alley dumpsters that have served residents and delivering 90-gallon green poly carts to each household, City Administrator Arpegea Pagsuberon said. The poly cart implementation could begin at any time, she said.
Love Must Be Tender
I suppose when I was younger, I always imagined myself as a tough wife--as one who wouldn’t put up with this or that. When I was a newlywed, I kept a list of things in my mind that would make me walk out. Non-negotiables. “Love must be tough,” says one Christian psychologist. And I know it must be true. Sometimes we have to dig in and fight for our marriages and ourselves. Sometimes we have to take action and say, “I cannot tolerate this any longer.” I know this because I have seen the deeply set beating heart of so many marriages in Chad’s office, when couples come in with issues so big that it seems hopeless, when lines must be drawn and plans must be made: change or watch your life together wither and fade.