Stewart’s Food Store customers will need to use a temporary entrance for the next 30 to 60 days while crews replace the store’s front window, General Manager Jason Pack announced this week.
City grants Cub Scouts 50-year lease on Scout Hut The City of Olney has approved a long-term lease that will allow Cub Scout Pack 414 to restore and maintain the Scout Hut at Tom Griffin Park, breathing new life into a building that has sat largely unused for years.
The city of Ephesus was surrounded by pagan worship. As the capital of the Roman province of Asia, it was a vital commercial center of the Roman Empire. It has been estimated that there were nearly fifty temples dedicated to various gods. Among them stood the famous Temple of Diana (Artemis), the fertility goddess, which was recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Thanks to the internet and the wealth of information at our fingertips, there are very few facts in this world that can’t be learned. We can read things that people wrote thousands of years ago, and we can read things that people wrote this morning, and in all of it, we can know a great many things. We can watch documentaries and listen to podcasts, view great art, hear the most complicated and beautiful music ever written, learn the history of rock n roll, and discover what Elvis’ favorite lunch was. There is really no end to the facts and theories and ideas that we can be exposed to. But one thing we can’t know for sure is what’s going to happen tomorrow.
A powerful thunderstorm packing wind gusts in excess of 60 mph caused significant damage at Olney Municipal Airport on Sunday, July 5, collapsing a temporary aircraft hangar onto 16 Air Tractor airplanes and overturning a privately owned aircraft shortly after it landed. The storm swept through Olney with high winds that crushed the massive tempo- rary aluminum-framed hangar used by Air Tractor while construction continues on new facilities at the airport. The 131-foot-by-247-foot structure, supplied by Sunbelt Rentals, consisted of a heavy-duty fabric covering supported by an aluminum frame manufactured from extruded aluminum components produced by Olney-based Tower Extrusions. Similar temporary hangars have been used by the U.S. Air Force and other aircraft operators around the country. The collapse left the aircraft trapped beneath a tangle of twisted aluminum and fabric. An Air Tractor official said it was too early to determine the extent of damage to the airplanes because crews were waiting for Sunbelt Rentals to remove the collapsed structure before inspections could begin. Six of the aircraft had already been completed and were awaiting shipment to Air Tractor dealers, while the remaining 10 were in various stages of final assembly. The storm also overturned a privately owned Cessna shortly after its pilot parked the aircraft near the airport’s fuel pumps. According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the airplane is registered to American Sky Aviation of Plano.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992