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Thursday, May 2, 2013
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Agents Cherrie Esparza, Jessica Sanchez & Lad Tate
time we go back
open,"
he said.
"I don't know who has a
key to them," Parker add-
ed. "About every Saturday
they're open."
The agreement between
the school district and the
city is more of a "gentle-
man's agreement," Parker
said, that allows the school
to reserve use of the fields
for baseball and softball
season without any addi-
tional use by the commu-
nity in exchange for upkeep
of the facility.
As for new fields, Bailey
said he has thought of that
prospect many times in the
past.
"We own all the way to
Springcreek," Bailey said of
the school grounds. "Unfor-
tunately a creek runs right
through the middle of (our
property)."
He said the district has
looked into various places
to build the fields, but said
there is no good area to
construct two different dia-
monds.
Brent Ballard, a parent
in attendance, asked what
some of the options avail-
able might be, noting that
the school building its own
field would be the ideal
situation. However, he also
asked if the school district
had ever considered a long-
term lease of the city's fields
so they could be fixed up
and then locked up to pre-
vent outside use.
"If you did that, the little
n this town wouldn't
anywhere to play,"
said Laurie Hudson.
Members in attendance
said their ideal situation
would involve a modern-
day complex for both soft-
ball and baseball that the
community and teams
could be proud of. The cur-
rent fields feature leaky
sewer pipes in the bath-
rooms and concession
stand, broken fences, and
turf affected by wild, native
grass in pastures adjacent to
the complex.
While they did like the
idea of the school poten-
girls
have
tially leasing and fixing up
the current complex, mem-
bers were also in agreement
that they did not want dis-
trict money going into the
fields if everyone would be
allowed to use them.
Parents also expressed
concern over the location
of the fields currently being
used, and Jimmy Hudson
said he had issues with his
son and other players with-
out vehicles always having
to find a ride to and from
the fields for practice dur-
ing the school day, since
they are so far from campus.
"Has anyone done any
measurements to see what
could be placed across the
street here?" Mike Allen
asked.
Bailey said yes, the district
would have to buy some of
the city park area in order to
encompass both fields.
"The softball field could
go three different places,"
Bailey said, adding that the
issue came in getting the
baseball field into the equa-
tion as well.
Olney's baseball field has
a 400 foot fence, but parents
in attendance said that large
a field was not necessary.
prefe
have
financing to do this,
"We have the biggest field
of anybody, Ballard said.
"It's too big."
"We'll continue looking
at that. That would be our
reference. The school does
zing t
if the board does see it as
a priority," Bailey said, ref-
erencing money obtained
through tax payments from
the Trinity Hills Wind Farm.
"We have to prioritize,"
Hinson said. "We have to
put a list together. We don't
want to have to come back
lelp
be-
cause we spent all the mon-
/ona field."
kindergarten students
and ask for a bond to hell
kind
caus
ey o:
The board members said
they have committed to
having more meetings in
the coming weeks to final-
ize their priority list, and
should know later in the
summer what their plans
will be. For now, there is
one thing Fite, Kulhanek
and Hinson said the board
is still needing: input.
"If you see us on the street
and have an idea, pitch it
to us," Hinson said. "Don't
look at us as part of the
problem, but as part of the
solution."
NISD earns distinguished status Voting
Newcastle School has
been named one of sev-
en 2012-2013 Title I Dis-
tinguished Performance
Schools in Region 9 by the
Texas Education Agency.
Other area campuses hon-
ored for 2012-2013 include
the I.C. Evans Elemental
and John G. Tower
ementary in Burkburnett
ISD, City View Elementary
in City View ISD, Prairie
Valley Elementary in Prai-
rie Valley ISD, Seymour
Elementary in Seymour
ISD and Cunningham El-
ementary in Wichita Falls
ISD.
Newcastle School earned
this designation by being a
, Par
ary
El-
Title I, Part A campu
2010-2013, maintaining a
campus residing popula-
tion of 40 percent or more
low-income in 2012-2013,
meeting adequate yearly
progress in 2011 and 2012,
and achieving an Exem-
plary campus rating in
spring 2011 and either an
Exemplary or Recognized
campus rating in 2010 and
2009.
Superintendents, princi-
pals and two teachers from
each campus will be recog-
nized at a special luncheon
in honor of these schools
on Wednesday, May 15,
at the Region 9 Education
Service Center.
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E. Sullivan, Hubert Gray
and Lynn Mulkey.
On the Hamilton Hospi-
tal Board of Directors, in-
cumbents Dale Lovett and
Kathrine Atchley filed to
seek re-election, and will
be joined on the ballot by
challengers Ellen Hardin,
Barbara Walker and Lon-
nie Rue.
Local election day is
planned for Saturday, May
11 in Olney.
Kids
Community Calendar
Thursday, May 2 - Thursday, May 9
Thursday, May 2
5:30 a.m.
• Circuit Training, Wellness Center
(Also Tuesday)
8 a.m.
• Early voting, City Hall (until 5 p.m.)
12 p.m.
• Book, gift sale, Hamilton Hospital
1:30 p.m.
• Functional Fitness 50+, Wellness Ctr.
(Tuesdays & Thursdays)
4 p.m.
• Booty Camp, Wellness Center
(Tuesdays & Thursdays)
5:30 p.m.
• Zumba, Wellness Ctr. (Tues & Thurs)
7 p.m.
• Day of Prayer service, Cumberland
Presbyterian church
Friday, May 3
TBA
• OES Track Meet, Cub Stadium
8 a.m.
• Book, gift sale, Hamilton Hospital
5:30 a.m.
• Butz & Gutz, Wellness Center
(Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
7 a.m.
• Early voting, City Hall (until 5 p.m.)
9:30 a.m.
• Zumba, Wellness Center
(Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
11 a.m.
• Butz & Gutz, Wellness Center
(Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
5 p.m.
• Ronnie’s Kids Cook-off begins,
Tom Griffin Park
Saturday, May 4
10 a.m.
• Show ‘n Shine County Line Car Show,
Tom Griffin Park
11 a.m.
• Ronnie’s Kids Cook-off meal,
Tom Griffin Park
Sunday, May 5
8 a.m.
• Men’s prayer breakfast, Southside
Baptist Church
Monday, May 6
7 a.m.
• Early voting, City Hall (until 5 p.m.)
4 p.m.
• Circuit T raining, Wellness Center
5 p.m.
• ABC Camp, Wellness Ctr. (also Wed.)
7 p.m.
• Women’s Sell Defense, Wellness Ctr.
Tuesday, May 7
8 a.m.
• Early voting, City Hall (until 5 p.m.)
12 p.m.
• Lions Club meeting, Don Antonio’s
Wednesday, May 8 4 p.m.
• Pilates Yoga Fusion, Wellness Ctr.
To get your event listed here, call us at (940) 564-5558
or e-mail editor@olneyenterprise.coml
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Rev. David Carpenter, Pastor Come join us
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Friday and Saturday, May
3-4, at Tom Griffin Park in
Olney. Teams may register
up until 5 p.m. Friday by
contacting B.J. Bowers at
32-86'
registration forms at City
Hall or by showing up at
the park before 5 p.m. Fri-
day and signing up in per-
(940) 632-8657, picking up fee to enter <
Cost to enter the jackpot
bean category is $15, and
2 jack
$15, ,
: all meat
categories is $50. A barbe-
cue dinner for the public,
featuring food prepared
during the cook-off, will be
held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on
May 4. All proceeds go to-
ward helping kids in the lo-
cal community.
Lake Level and Water Usage - April 22-28
Current lake level:
1,126.75 ft.
Lake Cooper full:
1,143.00 ft.
Wichita Falls Lake Levels:
39.8
Amount Pu
mpei
gall(
percent (combined) 2.331 million gallons
Evaporation: (average 333,000
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Kimbro, Mindi. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 2013, newspaper, May 2, 2013; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth837601/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.