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OLNEY S ONLY NEWS AND ADVERTISING MEDIA
VOLUME EIGHTY-FIVE SECD 408020
THE OLNEY (TEXAS) ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, JULY 14,1994
NO. 28
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City Passes Emergency Rules;
Sets Heights And Fines
and leash ordinances were tabled and
the four existing animal ordinances will
be combined into a single ordinance and
presented to the council at the next
meeting. Major additions to the new
ordinance will be allowing livestock
inside city limits in areas zoned as agri-
culture and to limit the number of ani-
Olney city council continued their
war on weeds by amending the existing
health and safety ordinance to provide a
maximium grass and weed length and
provide for a fine up to $1,000 during
their regular semi-monthly meeting
Monday night in city hall.
The city and council members have
been attempting to clean vacant lots and mals pe^. household inside the city
property throughout the town. A partial
list of lots that are in violation of the city
ordinance was provided to council
members at Monday’s meeting. Letters
will be sent to the property owners and
renters, if known, giving them 10 days in
which to correct the problem. After that
period of time, fines and liens can be
levied against both the renters and prop-
erty owners in the event the city has to
clean up the lots.
The emergency amendment passed
Monday calls for the length of grass and
weeds to be 12 inches tall or shorter or
the property is in violation. Should a
ticket be issued for violation of the ordi-
ance, the fine could be up to $1,000
according to state law. The emergency
provisions of the ordinance are effective
immediately.
Proposed revisions to the livestock
Work was approved to stem the flow
of water from Lake Cooper through the
overflow conduit. The joints in the large
pipe under the ear on the north side of the
lake have separated and cracked. The
work approved would seal these joints
and cracks and prevent further deterio-
ration for the present. Cost of the ure-
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Sunday Storm Brings
3.02 Inch Rain; Cooler
TAAS Test Scores
Reported For Year
"■ Olney school trustees accepted resig-
nations, employed new teachers, ap-
proved a revised school calendar and
heard TAAS test results during their
; regular monthly meeting Monday night
I in the administration offices.
Resignations were accepted from
Jimmy Rogers, who will teach and
| coach in Archer City; Anjela Schlegel,
who accepted a position with Region IX
ORDIN ATION-Members of St Luke Lutheran Church held ordination services Sunday afternoon for their new pastor. Education Service Center; Mike
Taking part in the service are, from the left, front row, Rev. Charles Paulson of Wichita Falls, Rev. Carroll Kohl of Big Moscoso, who will teach band in the
Spring, Rev. Gregory D. Hyatt of St Luke Lutheran Church, and Rev. Ken Bersche of Lockett; back row, Rev. Thomas Burleson school system; Monna Myers,
V. Handrick of Wichita Falls, Rev. Gerald Peterman of Graham, Rev. Keith Schweitzer of Burkbumett, Rev. Daniel who has accepted a position with the
Canion of Iowa Park and Rev. Monroe Husfeld of Harrold. Lubbock schools; and Barbara Hill, who
is with the Big 4 Cooperative.
New teachers employed include
Barry Stephens as high school math
teacher coming from Sweetwater; Chris
Ross as junior high history and coach as
a May graduate of Texas Tech; Leslie
Ross as elementary Chapter I reading
teacher from a private school in Lub-
bock; Darren Smith as high school so-
cial studies and junior high athletics as a
May graduate of Lubbock Christian
University; and Susan Buchanan as an
elementary teacher who taught in
Windthorst last year.
Current teachers who were reas-
signed during the meeting include Char-
9S&& Davis to the inclusion project in jun-
ior high; Mondie Bullock to junior high
mathematics; Michelle Montgomery to
elementary teacher; Darlene Norwood
to Chapter I inclusion in junior high; and
Valorie Mahler to elementary special
education inclusion program.
The new school calendar approved
shows teachers reporting Wednesday,
Aug. 10 for three days of inservice. Stu-
dents will report Monday, Aug. 15.
Teachers will report back January 2 and
students will report January 4 to start the
second semester. Last day of school will
be May 22 and graduation will be May
28, at the request of the Texas Education
Agency.
Elementary principal Gerald Butler
presented the Texas Assessment of
Academic Skills (TAAS) results for
grades 3,4 and 5. The tests were given
near the end of the school year rather
than at the beginning of the year as in the
past.
Students in the third grade performed
in the 82 percentile in reading while the
state average was the 50 percentile. In
mathematics, the class was in the 76
percentile while the state average is 58
percentile.
Fourth grade students ranked in the 79
percentile in reading with the state
average 49 percentile. They rated 67
percentile in mathematics with the state
average being 57 percentile. In writing
they ranked in the 81 percentile.
Fifth grade students ranked in the 86
percentile in reading with the state
average of 60 and 72 percentile in math
with a state average of 59.
Secondary counselor Cristi Little
presented the test results from junior
high and high school. Sixth grades
scored in the 77 percentile in reading
with the state average being 56 and in
the 57 percentile in mathematics while
the state average was 55.
Seventh graders scored in the 83 per-
centile in reading with the state average
of 56 and in the 65 percentile in mathe-
matics with the state average also being
56.
Eighth grade students were tested for
the first time in five years under the
TAAS program. They scored in the 73
percentile in reading with the state
average being 49. In mathematics they
rated in the 46 percentile while the state
average was 45. In writing they scored
in the 62 percentile.
Final test scores were for the exit level
examinations which all students must
pass before they can receive their high
school diploma. The test is taken for the
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PENN POINT
There will be a couple of people
things going on in Olney this weeked.
Saturday morning will be the start of the
two-day Guys and Dolls golf tourna-
ment at Obey Recreation. The annual
event will conclude Sunday afternoon.
All rounds in the tourney are open to the
public and spectators are invited to fol-
low their favorite teams either day.
Saturday evening, there will be a
Ranch Rodeo at the arena two miles east
of town. The rodeo will be one of several
held this summer with the participants
scoring points. During the Labor Day
weekend, there will be a Finals rodeo
that will be held in Obey, to determbe
the best working cowboys participating
in the rodeos. Ranch rodeos differ from
traditional events b that they stress the
things that workbg cowboys do daily.
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City of Obey wants you to clean up
your weeds and high grass. They have
no desire to do it for you, nor do they
want to issue you a citation that could
bring a fine up to $1,000. During their
Monday meeting they passed on an
emergency basis, which means it is ef-
fective immediately, amendments to the
present weed and grass ordbance that
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High temperature of 84 degrees and
3.02 bches of rain. Not unusual for
April or October, but this is July and
both weather events took place Sunday,
July 10.
Last Wednesday, the second one inch
rain was reported. Saturday mombg
brought another storm as a cool front
moved through from the northwest.
There was some high winds early Satur-
day and b some areas some hard, short
lived rains. Only a trace was officially
reported for Saturday. Total rainfall
amounted to 4.07 bches for the week.
Apparently warm, moist air from the
Gulf had been pumped to the northwest
portions of the state and when the cold
front went stationary, a large storm
moved from the northwest to the south-
east during the early morning hours
Sunday. Light showers were all that
remained at daybreak Sunday. Offi-
cially, the rab measured 3.02 bches,
almost twice the July average.
As much as four inches of rain was
reported at the Obey lakes and other
Little League Stars
Play In District
Obey Little League (11-12 year olds)
All-Stars swept the area tournament last
week in Graham undefeated, but fell to
Burkbumett in the opening round of
play b the district tourney being held b
Haskell. They were scheduled to play
Wednesday night in Haskell.
Last Wednesday, they defeated the
Jack County All-Stars 3-1 with Keith
Hathway taking the win on the mound
and backed up by some good defensive
plays by his teammates. Thursday, Gra-
ham defeated Jack County to eliminate
them.
Friday, Obey took their second vic-
tory agabst Graham, 6-2 as Isaac Pow-
drell was the winnbg pitcher and agab
the defensive play of Obey was near
perfection. Coach Bruce Austry said
Obey made only two errors in the three
games of the area tournament.
Monday night Obey had an early lead
agabs Burkbumett as the stars found the
home run range. Josh Campbell had two
homeruns and Hathway added another.
Burkbumett managed to get back bto
the game and took a 12-11 wb.
areas to the west and north. It was also
reported that in the area of Elbert only a
shower was recorded and that in
Throckmorton the rainfall was light if
any. The front continued to the east and
caused some heavy rams and flooding in
the Metroplex Monday and agab early
Tuesday.
A storm front passed through the area
Tuesday afternoon and another over-
night Tuesday, but only .05 bch of
moisture was reported from the after-
noon storm. Early Wednesday morning,
the storm appeared to be to the south and
southeast of Obey as brilliant electrical
displays could be seen.
There were some rural roads reported
to be under water S unday to the west and
northwest and for a time during the
height of the storm, streets in Obey
were running like rivers. No one was
evacuated from low lying areas of town
because of the rains.
High temperature for the week was 96
degrees recorded Thursday while the
overnight low was 66 degrees Sunday
morning. Temperatures by days for the
week include:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High
Low
95
67
96
76
92
71
85
68
84
66
92
70
91
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Ambulance Service
Sets CPR Training
Obey Ambulance Service is sponsor-
ing a community wide CPR Course to be
held Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Civic
Center according to Gib Wright, ambu-
lance director.
The course is designed to “Save a
Loved One, Save a Friend” and pre-
registration is required and a fee will be
charged. The session will begin at 8:30
a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. with a
break for lunch.
All those who take the course will be
CPR certified when they finish.
Wright said a hamburger luncheon
will be held at the center from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. for the public.
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RECOVERED-Obey police recovered these two cellular telephones, two
cameras and some wofkglovc^hich were taken from vehicle burglaries last
week. A out of state juvenile has been implicated b the thefts.
Police Recover Items
Stolen From Vehicles
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Obey police bvestigated three re-
ports of criminal mischief and recov-
ered several items reported stolen last
week according to chief Cliff Black-
stock.
The recovered items include several
cellular telephones, a couple of cameras
and some gloves reported taken from
vehicle burglaries in recent weeks. Po-
lice were notified that one of the tele-
phones had been used to make some
calls and further bvestigation deter-
mined that a juvenile visitbg Obey was
probably responsible. He had returned
to his out of state home, but a relative
returned the stolen merchandise.
Criminal mischief was investigated
Thursday at the OHS gym where a
window was broken; Friday some win-
dows and screens were damaged at a
Ranch Rodeo Set
For Saturday Night
Second annual Obey Ranch Rodeo
will be held Saturday, July 16 starring at
7:30 p.m. at the arena two miles east of
town. Rodeo producer is Parks and
Gleghom of Roaring Springs.
The rodeo is one of a series of ranch
rodeos during this summer. A finals
rodeo will be held in Obey during the
Labor Day weekend.
Rodeo events include double mug-
ging, wild cow milkbg, ranch saddle
bronc riding, team roping and ribbon
ropbg. Tickets for the rodeo can be
purchased at the gate Saturday. There
will be a concession stand available.
A dance will follow the rodeo per-
formance to the Steppiri South Band of
Obey.
NO STREET LIGHT AT
MAIN AND AVENUE K
A large truck destroyed the traffic
signal light at Main and Avenue K and
the light which was scheduled to be
removed was taken down. Stop signs
have been placed on Avenue K at the
Main Street btersecrion. A blinking
light is scheduled to be installed at the
intersection by the state highway de-
partment within the next few weeks.
residence on Highway 79 South; and
Monday, the windshield of a vehicle
was broken at a different residence on
Highway 79 South.
Two minor accidents were reported.
Thursday a vehicle backed bto a parked
car on Cactus. Tuesday, a large truck hit
the traffic signal light at Main and
Avenue K.
Sunday police investigated a report of
unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, but
the vehicle was returned the same day
and the owner declined to file charges.
A television and VCR were reported
taken from a home on West Bloodworth
Tuesday. Entry was thought to have
been through an unlocked window.
Amblulance service had eight Code 1
and four Code 3 calls during the week.
Obey firemen went to a grass fire
which also destroyed a bam near Farmer
Thursday afternoon.
Annual Guys, Dolls
Tournament Slated
Annual Obey Recreation Associa-
tion Guys and Dolls Scramble Golf
Tournament gets underway Saturday
morning and will conclude Sunday af-
ternoon accordbg to Rick Turner, tour-
ney director.
Usbg a shotgun start, the Saturday
morning round begins at 8:30 a.m. with
the afternoon round set for 1:30 p.m.
After the Saturday play, the teams will
be flighted into four flights for Sunday’s
rounds. Higher flights will play Sunday
morning while the Championship and
president’s flights will be Sunday after-
noon.
There will be closest to the pin and
long drive contests Sunday morning and
afternoon. A catered meal will be served
Saturday evening for contestants.
Defending champions Jack and
Kathye Pennington had not entered
Tuesday, but last year’s runners-up and
past champions Edwana and Steve
Fikes are entered. The Fikes and Pen-
nbgtons tied after regular play last year
and had to have a sudden death playoff
to determbe the winners.
The tournament is open to spectators,
who are invited to follow their favorite
teams during the event.
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