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Texoma Gives: Olney Education Foundation
The Olney Education Foundation is reaching out to supporters of the Olney Independent School District during the Texoma Gives online fundraiser on Sept. 7 to help more OHS grads achieve their dreams of higher education.
Council eyes budget, taxes in FY 2024
The Olney City Council considered raising property taxes to balance the fiscal year 2024 budget which is being squeezed between inflation and state-mandated property tax cuts. The Council also was considering removing some dedicated revenues, such as fees for water tank maintenance, from the general fund and creating an apparent deficit on the City’s books.
Olney Library honors reading contest winners
Another year of Summer Reading has ended at Olney Community Library. Lots of readers new and experienced came to the library and counted points and number of pages for this year’s contest. The contest began June 1 and ran through July 31.
A forgetter’s prayer
When I stop thinking about your goodness, this world terrifies me. My brave, bold strides turn to undetectable shuffling, until I stop moving altogether and just stand there, melting into the shape of everything that I’m afraid of. I stay there, looking nothing like who you built me to be, and I stare unblinking at the terrible things that could happen.