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Volume 102 • No. 44 • Single Copy 751'
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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YCAD to accept tax
payments in Olney
Yo ung Co unty A p p raisal
District will have a rep-
resentative at the Olney
ISD Administration Office
from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thurs-
day, dm. 13,20 and 27; and
Monday, Jan. 31.
County Fair to
be heldjan. 20-22
The Young County 4-H
Parents Club will host a
County Fair Thursday
through Saturday, din. 20-
22, at the Young County
Arena. Entry cost is $5,
and all entries are due
by Thesday, din. 18. Cash
prizes will be awarded
to the grand champion of
each division. Age divi-
sions will be junior, inter-
mediate, senior and adult
Contests will include:
• Art Division - photog-
raphy, painting, drawing
and sculpture.
• Home Economics Di-
vision - clothing, crafts,
quilting and food (deco-
rated cakes, quick breads,
yeast breads, candies,
cookies, canning and pies).
• Shop Division - wood
and metal w o rking.
For a copy of the rules,
contact the Young County
Extension Office at (940)
549-0737.
Chamber Banquet
planning under way
Planning is under way
for the annual Chamber
Banquet, scheduled for
Thursday, Jan. 27, at the
Civic Center.
This year’s theme is
Mexican Fiesta. Doors
open for the silent auc-
tion at6:30 p.m., and din-
ner will be served at 7
p.m. Entertainment will
be provided by the Ol-
ney Junior High One Act
Play. For information or
to make a donation to the
silent auction, call (940)
564-5445.
High Low Rain
Dec. 27
49
19
0
Dec. 28
52
28
0
Dec. 29
51
40
.17
Dec. 30
72
47
0
Dec. 31
75
45
0
Jan. 1
47
21
0
Jan. 2
38
16
0
Precipitatic
December:
1.71
Year:
34.92
Current lake level:
: 1,138.75 ft.
Lake Cooper full:
1,143.00 ft.
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First National Bank is now Olney InterBank
By Mendi Kembro
ED]TOR@OLNEYENTERPRISE COM
First N atio nal Bank o f 01-
ney has changed its name,
but employees want ev-
eryone to know the same
great service is provided
within its walls.
Steve Slater, bank presi-
dent, said that as of Jan. 1,
2011, the bank’s name has
changed to Olney Inter-
Bank.
As of the afternoon of
Monday, Jan. 3, Slater said
there had been no bad re-
actions from callers who
were not used to being
greeted with the bank’s
new name, and that the bill
paying and online banking
services are working as al-
ways.
“It’s just business as usu-
al,” Slater said.
Customers will notice no
changes in service now
that the bank has a differ-
ent name.
Slater said checks and
debit cards will be used
the same way, even if they
include the old name.
Those items will be re-
placed with cards and
checks in the appropriate
bank name as they expire
or run out.
“We will still continue to
offer the same service we
have in the past,” Slater
said. “We’re the same com-
munity bank we were be-
fore.”
BACK IN THE SADDLE-Jhn Williams, who served as director of the Olney Chamber of
Commerce for 10 years, has taken on the job of interim director following' the departure
of Malinda Morrow at the end of 2010. Wiliams retired in 2009, but said she is happy to
come back and fill in while a permanent replacement is sought. (Photo by Mindi Kimbro)
Williams back as
interim director
By Mindi Kimbro
EDITOR @ OLNEYEN TERPRISK COM
Anyone visiting the of-
fice of the Olney Cham-
ber of Commerce will be
welcomed by a familiar
face for the next 30 days or
more.
Jan Williams, who served
as director of the Chamber
of Commerce for 10 years,
is filling the seat now on
an interim basis.
“I’m very excited to be
back and at the chance to
be able to help out any
way I can,” Williams said.
“I’m very happy to serve
my passion - this commu-
nity.”
Williams’ first day back
in the office was Monday,
Jan. 3. Malinda Morrow,
who took over as cham-
ber coordinator when Wil-
liams retired on Feb. 1,
2009, departed the posi-
tion on Jan. 31, 2010.
As acting coordinator,
Williams said she and the
chamber board members
are hard at work planning
the annual banquet and
silent auction that will be
held on Thursday, Jan. 27.
A p p lie atio ns fo r the p o si-
tion of chamber coordina-
tor are now being accept-
ed, as well. Contact the
Olney Chamber of Com-
merce at (940) 564-5445 for
information on the posi-
tion or the banquet.
Commissioner has high hopes for wind farm
By Mindi Kimbro
EDITOR@ OLNEYEN TERPRISK COM
The final taxing entity
involved in the Trinity
Hills Wind Farm project
proposed by BP North
America gave the stamp of
approval to a contract on
Monday, Dec. 27.
County Commissioners
voted to accept a contract
that will bring less mon-
ey to the county over the
10 year period, but Pet. 3
Commissioner Stacey Rog-
ers has nothing but high
hopes for the entire proj-
ect.
“It’s about 1/ 3 less mon-
ey,” Rogers said. “All the
taxing entities involved
are going to get less mon-
ey, but the county is not
out any expense to receive
the money. In the contract,
it says (BP) will rebuild
the roads. Since we took
a lower amount of money,
that shows the willing-
ness of the county to ac-
cept green energy and ad-
ditional wind farms in the
future.”
The newly-approved con-
tract calls for Young Coun-
ty to be paid $62,500 per
year over a 10 year period.
That amount is based on
50 megawatts of the proj-
ect, which is the amount of
the wind farm that will be
located in Young County.
Rogers said he believes
that once the project is
complete, its size could
double and the amount of
the payments to the enti-
ties involved would in-
crease accordingly.
Of the amount of wind
turbines that will be lo-
cated in Young County,
90 percent will be in Pet.
3. Rogers said that, alone,
will bring great benefit to
the city of Olney over the
course of the construction
of the project.
“We’ve been guaranteed
six jobs for the project after
completion, and 150-200
jobs during construction,”
the commissioner said.
“We hope we can entice
them to stay in the Olney
area to shop, trade and eat.
Citizens of Olney should
benefit through increased
services and quality of ser-
vices offered through the
taxing entities that will
benefit from the revenue of
the contracts. I feel like the
landowners directly ben-
efitting, financially, should
also be challenged to con-
tinue to support their
churches, fire department,
library and the rest of the
community.”
Now that the contracts
have been approved by
See WIND, Page 2
Second half of 2010 included triumph, tragedy
The following is the sec-
ond half of the review of
some of the top local news
stories from 2010. The first
half of the review was prints
ed in the Thursday, Dec. 23,
edition.
Jrily
Only days after receiving
approval from the Olney
City Council to move for-
ward with plans, Olney Po-
lice Department acquired
a drug dog. Missy, a 3
1/ 2-year-old chocolate lab,
began working with OPD
at the start o f the month.
Representatives with IESI
asked the City Council to
consider changing trash
collection in the city from
dumpsters in alleys to in-
dividual roll-out containers
for each home. The request
was met with resistance
from citizens, and council
members eventually opted
to stay with dumpsters un-
til the change was required.
A former OPD officer,
Dwayne Jackson, filed
a lawsuit against Young
County and District Attor-
ney Brenda Gray for violate
ing his constitutional rights
by leading an investigation
that resulted in his arrest on
two charges of animal cru-
elty. The suit alleged that
Gray participated in the in-
vestigation in spite of hav-
ing no legal jurisdiction to
do so since animal cruelty is
a misdemeanor.
Jeremy Johnson, D.O.,
signed a contract to begin
w o rking at the LovetLMer-
edith Rural Health Clinic in
Olney. He began work in
August.
Olney ISD learned that it
qualified for up to $1.5 mil-
lion in funding through the
Qualified School Construc-
tion Bond program begun
by the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act in
2009. The funding came in
the form of tax credits that
could be used to obtain a
very low-interest loan for
up to the approved amount.
August
Olney Elementary School
earned a rating of “Exem-
plary” from the Texas Edu-
cation Agency, while Olney
Junior High, Olney High
School and Olney Indepen-
dent School District earned
rating s of “ A cad emic ally
Acceptable.”
Dr. Steve Atchley, a former
Olney resident who is now
based in Denver, was inter-
viewed by two South Ko-
rean journalists for a news
segment on grass-fed beef
production. The program
aired in South Korea.
Members of the Olney
City Council agreed to ban
the sale of K-2 and other
similar substances within
the city of Olney.
A fasLmoving storm blew
through Olney on Aug. 6,
causing damage and a pow-
er outage that lasted several
hours at some homes and
most of the night at others.
The storm blew down pow-
er lines on FM 2178 and in
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Introducing Olney InterBank
Only our name has changed! Same great service you can rely on!
We put our
community
first.
OLNEY
InterBank
307 W. Main in Olney
940-564-5516
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Kimbro, Mindi. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 2011, newspaper, January 6, 2011; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth836830/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.