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Mayor Pro Tem Tom Parker asked the council and Olney Police Chief Dan Birbeck to consider ways to promote “general civility” at City Hall after he witnessed several incidents of rudeness by members of the public toward city workers.

Young County will start the new year with several new faces in county government, including Win Graham as county judge, Kathy Mishler as county treasurer, and Joey Stewart as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 - all of whom take the oath of office for the first time on Jan. 1, 2023.

County Judge-elect Win Graham says he will spend the two months leading up to his Jan. 1 swearing-in learning about his new job and building relationships with his new colleagues in county government. The Young County judge presides over the commissioners court meetings as well as in probate, mental health, and juvenile courts, and is in charge of the county’s emergency response teams. Mr. Graham, whose great-grandfather helped found the City of Graham by selling lots at the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans, is an accountant and runs his family’s oil and gas business from offices in Graham. He has served on several governing boards, including the Graham school board, the Young Central Appraisal District, the Graham Industrial Association, and the Graham Hospital Foundation, among others. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, has two sons and a daughter, and has been married to his wife Suzy for 25 years. He was endorsed for his new post by Texas Sen. Drew Springer.