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other areas, and also dam-
aged rooftops, trees and
business signs throughout
the city.
Emergency personnel re-
sponded to a chlorine leak
between Olney and New-
castle on Aug. 12, and shut
down a portion of Hwy. 251
until the gas could be con-
tained. One subject was tak-
en to the hospital by private
vehicle.
Lunn Funeral Home of Ol-
ney was sold by Luke and
Jennifer Lunn to Lunn’s
Colonial Funeral Home of
Wichita Falls, owned by
Luke’s uncle, Ray.
An unidentified creature
attacked an Olney woman
near Jacksboro on Aug. 21,
and many believed the crea-
ture was a legendary chu-
pacabra. Test results on the
animal showed that it w as a
coyote.
Olney ISD reported a de-
crease in first-day enroll-
ment figures, from 775 on
the opening day of the 2009-
2010 year to 721 on the first
day of the 2010-2011 year.
A local man, Stephen Ri-
ley, 39, was arrested at the
end of August and charged
with theft of exotic animals
under $100,000. The charge
came from an incident in
November 2009 when ani-
mals were killed on the
property of Jimmy Guest
in Palo Pinto County. The
arrest was made at Riley’s
home just outside of Ol-
ney after officers executed
a search warrant. Charles
Brantley was also arrested
on warrants.
Olney VFD members and
officers responded to a
large gas leak in the alley
behind the 200 block of E.
Main. The leak was reports
ed after a pickup hauling a
trailer hit a gas meter and
left the scene. The leak was
sto p p e d w itho ut injuries o r
further incidents.
Newcastle Fire Chief Cal-
vin Daigle was allowed
to keep his position with
a warning after informa-
tion surfaced that alleged
the Newcastle Fire Departs
ment’s bylaws were not in
order, that he lied to the
county board, violated the
co ntract betw een the co unty
and the Young County Ru-
ral Volunteer Fire Departs
ment and was responsible
for misappropriation of de-
partment funds. Daigle and
the department’s chaplain,
Andy Jones, resigned their
posts during a public meet-
ing held in early September.
September
Amputees and their fam-
ily members attended the
39th annual One Arm Dove
Hunt Sept. 10-11.
Nominees for Homecom-
ing Queen were Nikki Ca-
balle ro, A utum n C lark,
Malia Turner and Brianna
Bruton. Mr. Hunk nominees
were Larry Cribbs, Cord
Barrientes, Reed Mankins
and John Clerihew. Winners
were Barrientes and Bruton.
More charges were filed
against Stephen Riley, who
was still in jail following
his arrest in August. Two
attempted murder charges
and two charges of theft
over $15,000 but under
$20,000 were filed. The at-
tempted murder charges
stemmed from incidents
where Riley allegedly shot
at a crop duster.
BP Wind Energy began
w o rk o n new co ntract agree-
ments with Young County,
Archer County, Olney ISD
and the Hamilton Hospital
District after it became evi-
dent that construction on a
proposed wind farm in the
two counties would be de-
layed. The agreements were
debated throughout the fi-
nal months of the year by
all taxing entities.
One man was killed and a
second w as injured when an
oil rig located at the Young
and Throckmorton county
line collapsed. Nathaniel
Curbo of Archer City died
in the incident, and Craig
Davis of Olney was injured.
October
The March for Jesus was
held in downtown Olney
on Oct. 2.
Stewart’s Food Store cel-
ebrated its 35th anniver-
sary with a sale. Hundreds
of residents attended the
event, which also featured
free food, games, prize
d raw ings, samp les and
more.
Cemco, Inc. celebrated its
35th anniversary during
2010, and honored its own-
ers and staff members with
a special insert in The Olney
Enterprise.
The H amilto n Ho spital
Health Fair featured booths,
blood tests, door prizes and
more on Oct. 9.
A large section of Olney
was closed to all traffic af-
ter city crews working on
Farmer Road near the OISD
campus hit a large gas line.
The line had been inap-
propriately marked by a
company hired by Atmos
Energy. No injuries were re-
ported.
OPD Chief Randall Davis
resigned from his position
effective Oct. 31. The search
for a new chief began after
Davis’ resignation was for-
mally accepted on Oct. 25.
A 4.3 magnitude earth-
quake shook the ground
in Olney and even further
south into Texas on Oct. 13.
Multiple residents reported
feeling the tremor.
N ovember
Voters went to the polls
to elect officials on a lo-
cal and state level. Locally,
John Charles Bullock, Re-
publican, defeated incum-
bent Stan Peavy HI for the
position of County Judge.
Debra Wilson, Republican,
defeated Democrat Kay
Hardin for County Clerk,
and Republican Matt Pruitt
won the Pet. 2 County Com-
missio ner place over Jhck A.
Edwards, Independent, and
Tommy Martin, Democrat.
An election for the sale of
alco ho 1 fo r o ff-p re mise co n-
sumption in Olney was de-
feated.
First National Bank of Ol-
ney announced that its par-
ent company, Olney Banc-
shares, would be bringing
10 of its banks under a sin-
gle charter. The name of the
local bank was to change to
Olney InterBankin January.
Robert Wade, owner of
Robert’s Flowerland in Ol-
ney for more than 50 years,
passed away on Nov. 19 af-
ter a lengthy illness.
Steven Wheeler was cho-
sen as the new chief of the
Olney Police Department
during a special council
meeting held Thesday, Nov.
16. Wheeler started work in
Olney before Thanksgiving.
December
A 17 page indictment was
released detailing charges
filed against four local resi-
dents and eight others in
connection with a metham-
phetamine manufacturing
ring that possibly supplied
the drug to much of the
area. TVacy Dirk Wade, Ran-
dall Conner Wade, Elycia
Redden Whitsitt and Sudie
Adella Carter were charged
with manufacture of a con-
trolled substance, engaging
in criminal activity and pos-
session of pseudoephedrine
with intent to manufacture
methamphetamine. Oth-
ers arrested and charged
with engaging in an orga-
nized criminal activity for
making, selling or supply-
ing chemicals to manufac-
ture methamphetamine
were John Anthony Pierce,
Haskell Albert Harrison,
Billy Dean Frie, Stacie Ann
Moore, John Jeremy Shaff-
ner, Angela Kay Stubble-
field, Melisa Jean Reid and
one unnamed suspect.
Luminary Night was held
in downtown Olney on
Thursday, Dec. 2. Booths
lined the streets and many
businesses stayed open late
to welcome customers.
Dr. Mark L. Mankins de-
livered his final baby on
Dec. 5. Mankins will still
have his family practice at
the LovetbMeredith Rural
Health Clinic, but will leave
obstetrics to Dr. Aaron
Purdy and Dr. Jeremy Jbhn-
Olney ISD, Hamilton
Hospital, Young County
Commissioners and Archer
County approved a new
contract for tax abatements
with BP North America.
The company plans to build
a wind farm in the area in
2011.
A busted 10 inch water
pipe left Olney residents
w itho ut w ater b eginning
during the night on Dec.
25. Most residents did with-
out water for more than 24
hours, and a boil order was
in effect for the entire city
until Thursday, Dec. 30.
Many local and area volun-
teers joined the city work-
ers in fixing the pipe and
distributing water donated
by the Salvation Army to
residents at the downtown
gazebo.
The Christmas decoration
contest, which was spon-
sored by the Olney Cham-
ber of Commerce, was won
by the home of Elaine Reno.
TDA pesticide license classes to be held in Wichita Falls
Testing for Texas Departs
ment of Agriculture (TDA)
p esticid e ap p licato r lice nses
will be held at the Wichita
County Extension office be-
ginning at 9 a.m. Wednes-
day, Jan. 26. This testing
will be for all classes of
TDA pesticide applicator
licenses: Private, Commer-
cial, and Non-Commercial.
Pre-registration is required.
Call TDA at (214) 631-0265
to pre-register.
Commercial and Non-
Commercial Pesticide ap-
plicator licenses require
successful completion of
three exams - general, laws
and regulations and subject
area. There is no charge for
taking the general and laws
and regulations exams.
Subject area exams cost $24
each, and the fee must be
paid by check or money or-
der.
Persons seeking to acquire
a Private Pesticide Applica-
tor’s license must attend a
private applicator training
prior to the test date.
The Wichita County Ex-
tension office will hold a
p riv ate ap p lie ato r train-
ing on Thesday, Jan. 25,
beginning at 9 a.m. at the
Wichita County Extension
o ffice. Pre -registratio n is
required and study mate-
rials cost $20. Contact the
Wichita County Extension
office at (940) 716-8610 or
lo c al c o unty exte nsio n
3 for more information.
offk
The Wichita County Exten-
sion office is located on the
second floor of the County
Courthouse Annex at 600
Scott Street in downtown
Wichita Falls.
For information go to the
SPCS website at www.tda.
state .tx. us/ spes.
Robert's Flowerland has changed to
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RIBBON CUTTING - A ribbon cutting was held at Olney’s Donuts Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Owned by Regan
and TinaCheam, Olney’s Donuts is open from 5 a.m.-noon seven days a week. Items for sale include homemade
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Cheam, Bill Ballard, Nancy Medlock, Ellen Hardin and Lisa Self. (Photo by Mindi Kimbro)
Community Calendar
Thursday. Jan. 6 - Thursday. Jan. 13
Friday, Jan. 7
4 p.m.
• JV, varsity Cubs vs. Burk JV, Lady
Cubs vs. Seymour, OHS gym
Thesday, Jhn. 11
12 p.m.
4 p.m.
• Lions Club meeting, Don Antonio’s
• JV, varsity Cubs and Lady Cubs
at Electra
Thursday, Jhn. 13
9 a.m.
• YCAD accepting tax payments,
Olney ISD administration
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all taxing entities, including
Young County, Archer Coun-
ty, Olney ISD and the Ham-
ilton Hospital District, Rog-
ers said work on surveying
building sites will continue
with a ground-breaking date
of April 1,2011, in mind.
“They’re continuing to
work, as far as surveying and
location preparation, until
then,” Rogers said. “We need
it to be complete and be on-
line by the end of 2011. They
think they can get it done.”
Deadline for news,
sports and life
information
is 5 p.m. Monday!
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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/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.