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Angel Alvarado is 15 years old and is a Sophomore at Olney High School. Alvarado has advanced to Regionals in Math, Number Sense, and Calculator twice and has advanced to State in Math and Number Sense, and National FFA Organization. He also made it to the playoffs in football. Alvarado wants to attend college at Midwestern State University and become a computer engineer. His fun fact is that he played soccer in Graham and Wichita Falls for three years.

Pride of Olney High School [POOHS] dazzled the community of Olney with an end-of-year spring concert. Rodney Bennet, director of bands for the Olney Independent School District; Marilyn Bennet, associate director, Michael Shelton, assistant director and the POOHS, put on a masterful end-of-year spring concert to a packed house May 10. Drum Major-Conductor Natalie DelVillar opened the show, leading with: “Chorale-Salvation is Created.” Bennet took over conducting to lead renditions of “The Big Cage,” “Foundry,” “Moscow 1941” and “The Light Eternal.” The prestigious honor of Texas Music Scholar was earned by oboe players Jennifer Martinez and Lily Thames. The Texas Music Scholar Award designates students in high school music programs who exemplify attributes of meritorious performance in scholarship, musicianship and citizenship.

A $6-million bond issue to build a new baseball complex in Olney failed by 25 votes, while two statewide measures to roll back property taxes passed overwhelmingly in the May 6 special election, unofficial results from Young County election officials showed.