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OLNEY'S ONLY NEWS AND ADVERTISING MEDIA
VOLUME EIGHTY-TWO SECD 408020 THEOLNEY (TEXAS) ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, JUNE 27,1991
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City Discusses
Landfill Future
City To Accept . . .. . . .
County Solid Waste Hospital Audit ShOWS
Small Loss Last Year
AC CIDENT-Both pilot Jerry Keeter and his Air Tractor shown above escaped serious injury last Thursday morning when
a combination of events caused the accident. Keeter was kept during the day Thursday at the hospital for observation and
the plane was back in the air Saturday.
Keeter, Aircraft Receive Minor
Hurts in Thursday Accident
Olney spray service owner and pilot
escaped serious injury last Thursday
morning when he was unable to get his
aircraft off the runway.
Jerry Keeter, owner and operator of
Keeter Aerial Spraying, was attempting
to take off on a taxiway which runs in
Enterprise Out
Early Next Week
Next week’s edition of The Enterprise
will be published a day early because
Thursday, the regular publishing date is
July 4 and the Post Office will not de-
liver mail that day.
In order to get the newspaper to the
subscribers prior to the holiday, it will
be necessary to print the Enterprise
Tuesday night for delivery Wednesday
morning. Because of the change it will
be necessary to advance news and ad-
vertising deadlines from Tuesday eve-
ning to 10 a.m. Tuesday morning next
week only.
The Enterprise offices will be closed
Thursday and Friday, July 4 and 5 for
vacation and reopen Monday, July 8.
LICENSE TAG OFFICE
CLOSED JULY 5
Olney office of the County Tax Col-
lector for purchasing vehicle lienese
tags or registering vehicles will be
closed Thursday and Friday, July 4 and
5. The office is only open in Olney on
Tuesdays and Fridays in the rear of city
hall.
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PENN POINT
At the city council meeting Tuesday
there was a lengthy discussion about the
operations of landfills (that fancy name
for garbage dump) if and when the new
Environmental Protection Agency
regulations become effective. EPA
rules govern cities, regardless of size,
the same so that all landfills have to be
operated in the same manner. The new
EPA rules are cost prohibitive for just
about any city of less than 90,000 popu-
lation. First EPA estimate would be that
forOlney to maintain a legal landfill, the
cost would be a minimum of $30 per
month per customer (households and
businesses), but to get it legal in the first
place would take thousands of dollars.
A fellow with a waste management
company told the council that the people
and business places in the United States
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front of his company building at Olney
Municipal Airport. He was using the
taxiway, which is permissible by the
Federal Aviation Administration on an
airport like Olney’s, because constru-
tion work is being done on the main
runways. He had already been in and out
of the airport twice earlier Thursday, but
between his last trip and the ill-fated
attempt, the wi ld had changed direc-
tions from the south to the north and the
temperatures had risen.
Keeter said he simply had too many
things working against him at the time.
He explained that he was loaded with
two tons of chemical and that the
taxiway was too short, he was going
downwind and the hot weather was af-
fecting his turbine engine. He explained
that turbine engines are often affected
by hot weather conditions.
He said he began his attempt to take
off and got the plane between six and ten
feet off the ground, but realized he
would not be able to gain altitude and
dumped the chemical in an attempt to
make the plane lighter. He quickly real-
ized that wasn’t going to help and hit the
ground just as he went through the
barbed wire fence at the end of the
taxiway. He said he put the engine in
reverse and put on the brakes as he was
approaching some large mesquites.
Keeter said pilots are trained to stay
upright in the event of an accident, but
that he saw the mesquite branches ap-
proaching and ducked his head. When
the plane hit the trees, he was thrown
into the panel and momentarily
knocked unconscious.
He was transfered from a private
Police Respond To
Many Complaints
Olney police handled a variety of
reports during the past week according
to chief Cliff Blackstock.
Municipal swimming pool was the
object of a theft as the concession stand
was broken into Saturday with candy
being taken and then on Sunday, some-
one drained the pool.
Police investigated the reported bur-
glary of a residence on South Avenue F
where VCR tapes were reported stolen
and an apparent burglary of a building
on East Main where a small amount of
money was taken. Theft of gasoline
from a convenience store was also re-
ported. Outside telephone wires were
cut on a residence on the Throckmorton
highway and a large outdoor umbrella
was reported taken from a residence on
North Grand.
A 14 year old was reported missing
from her home on West Elm Friday.
Officers located the girl and returned her
to her home. A dog, reported to have
bitten more than one person, was picked
up Sunday and placed in the pound for
observation.
vehicle to an Olney ambulance and
brought to Hamilton Hospital. He was
released that evening.
Only minor damage was done to the
aircraft which Keeter credits to design
and construction by Leland Snow and
AirTractor. He said the plane was flying
Saturday.
He said he was working with the
Texas Water Quality Board to clean up
the chemical spill and should have some
biological enzymes here the end of the
week or next week from a company in
California. It takes about 30 days for the
enzymes to neutralize the chemical, but
a dirt dike has been constructed at the
airport to keep the chemical from further
contamination.
Thunder Recorded
In Week's Weather
Olney received thunder Monday ac-
cording to the official weather keeper
and that was about as close as the area
came to receiving any moisture, because
even the bottom of the official rain
gauge was dry.
Temperatures continued to be in the
low 90’s during the day while the over-
night lows were in the high 60’s and low
70’s for the first week of summer.
Temperatures by days for the week in-
clude:
High Low
Wednesday 92 69
Thursday 92 69
Friday 94 69
Saturday 94 68
Sunday 96 68
Monday 94 71
Tuesday 95 74
Olney city council discussed landfill
matters with representatives of Bell
Processing and Young County, ap-
proved an Industrial Development
Board recommendation and discussed
several items during their regular bi-
monthly meeting Tuesday evening in
city hall.
City administrator Jack Northrup
opened the landfill discussion by relat-
ing the possibilities and liabilities to the
city when the proposed Environmental
Protection Agency rules become effec-
tive. He pointed out that many area
landfills, operated by cities, have al-
ready been closed and that the City of
Graham is closing their landfill July 1.
He said both Newcastle and Megargel
have already closed their landfills.
City and county officials in the Nortex
Regional Planning Commission area
have discussed in the past the possibility
of a regional landfill, constructed close
to the center of the area to serve the
governments within the region. Studies
have been and are being done according
to Northrup, but he continued that Olney
needs to begin the closing process or at
least to have a closing plan in place
before the EPA rules become effective.
Northrup reminded the council that
for a c4ty4be^k&ef Olney to attemptto —
operate a landfill under the new EPA
regulations would be virtually cost pro-
hibitive, requiring a monthly fee from
each business and household of more
than $30.
Three representatives from Bell Proc-
essing of Wichita Falls presented their
company’s current operation which
includes everything from door-to-door
collecting to picking up waste at a trans-
fer station and placing it in a company
operated landfill. They called to the
council’s attention the fact that when the
new EPA regulations go into effect, the
cost of putting material in their landfill
will increase dramatically from the
present $18 per ton. Following their
presentation, the council instructed
Northrup to get with the company and
present a proposal at the next council
meeting if possible.
County judge Fred Thigpen and
commissioner R.L. Spivey met with the
council to discuss obtaining some type
of landfill agreement between the city
and county. At the present time, the
county pays the city of Graham $500 per
month so that county residents can place
trash in the landfills operated by the two
towns. They also have an independent
contractor who picks up trash in several
communities and has been placing the
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Olney-Hamilton Hospital board of
directors received their annual audit
report, tabled a Care Flight contract and
heard of the recent Medicare Survey
during their regular monthly meeting
Friday morning in the hospital dining
room.
Audit report was presented by Russell
Altmiller, who discussed in detail the
report, which is the first since the hospi-
tal tax district was formed. Altmiller
pointed out that there was no compara-
tive time period available, so the audit
would stand on its own. For the period
March 1, 1990 through February 28,
1991, the audit showed that the hospital
operated at a loss of $31,023. He told the
board that despite the operating loss, the
hospital appears to be generating in-
come from new and additional sources,
but continue to provide the same type of
care.
Both Altmiller and hospital adminis-
trator Sam Raney said there have been
some changes in Medicare that could
provide additional income if the hospi-
tal qualifies.
Raney said the hospital did extremely
well during the recent Medicare Survey.
He said there are some 1245 items the
survey covers and of those major items,
the hospital was cited for 32 minor defi-
ciencies, mostly paperwork. The items
have been corrected.
Care Flight air ambulance service
from Fort Worth approached the hospi-
tal with a contract which would guaran-
tee that the hospital would pay the serv-
ice and then collect from the patient
being transfered. The board tabled sign-
ing the contract because they would be
guaranteeing approximately $5,000 for
the air ambulance service from Olney to
Fort Worth or a metroplex area hospital.
Little League Divisions
Name All-Star Teams
All-Star teams for the various age
groups were announced this week ac-
cording to Bill Myers, Little League
president.
All-Star tournaments will begin July
8 for several of the teams and another
series of play starts July 15. Practice
sessions are currently underway for all
the teams.
Members of the All-Star Teams,
coaches and when tournament play
starts includes:
8-Year Olds: Dusty McElroy, Matt
Autry, Lyle Livingston, Chase Pratt,
Adam Heard, Steven Hinson, Matthew
Inge, Mace McClatchy, Chris Reed,
Jake Barrientes, Cole Haley and Jamie
Esquivel. Coaches are Mike McElroy
and Bruce Autry. Play begins in
Burkbumett July 15.
9 and 10 Year Olds: Nathan Mannin-
ger, Casey Scobee, Brian Willis, Aaron
Knight, Daryll Anderson, Josh
Campbell, Kyle Waldrop, Isaac Pow-
dreil, Daniel Myers, B.J. Jones, Eddie
Joe Perez and Jerome Rascome with
alternates Joel Blanco and Austin Pease.
Coaches are John Campbell and Robert
Manninger. Play begins in Burkbumett
July 15.
11 and 12-Year Old: Todd Jordan, Joe
Perez, Jeff Philipp, Brian Slater, Kirk
Rogers, Anthonv Molina, A1 Dean,
CHAMPION S -The Rangers won the Major Little League Championship. They are from the left, front row, Jason Craig
and Ronald Dixon; second row, Jeff Philipp, Ray Ramirez, Josh Yount, Erik Guerra and Rex Jeter; back row, coach Ricky
Turner, Jeremy Hobbs, Luther Williams, Joe Perez, Todd Jordan and coach Randy Jordan.
Doug Partin, Josh Yount, Dusty
Altmiller, Johnny Castro and Eric
Guerra with Ray Ramirez as alternate.
Coaches are Randy Jordan and Ricky
Turner. First game will be July 8 in
Olney against Jacksboro.
13-Year Olds: Jeremy Meredith,
Chance Sullivan, Jon Hall, Curt
Shawver, Clint Simmons, James Brag-
german, John Hostas, Rueben Torres
and Jonathan Carver, Coach is Harold
Simmons. First game will be July 8 at
Sheppard Air Force Base against
Stamford.
14 and 15 - Year Olds: Scott Ander-
son, Jeremy Barker, Stephen Haley,
Matt Harris, Joe Hardin, Ismail Jaimes,
Brandon Latham, Scott Matus, BJ.
Burry, Chip Myers, Bryan Ogle, Brad
Snody, Bill Story and Randy Whitmire.
Coaches are Gary Harris, Waylin Har-
din and Alfred Pace. They will play in
Iowa Park July 9 against Burkbumett in
their first game.
Trustees Call
Computer Bids
Olney school trustees called for com-
puter bids and handled two faculty rec-
ommendations during a special meeting
Monday, at the school administration
office.
Trustees set Monday, July 8 as the
date for opening bids for the purchase of
new computers and associated equip-
ment for the high school lab. Purchase of
the equipment was approved earlier, but
bids are necessary because the costs are
above $10,000.
Stephanie Logan of Graham was
employed as a junior high school Eng-
lish teacher for the 1991 -92 school year.
Resignation of high school English and
drama teacher Kathy Love was ac-
cepted.
Board members adjourned into ex-
ecutive session, but took no action prior
to adjournment Start of the fall semes-
ter is little more than six weeks away.
NEW VOTERS NEED
TO REGISTER
New residents to the city and county
or current residents not registered to
vote have until July 11 to register for the
August special School Finance Election
according to voter registrar Tim More-
land. Voter applications are available in
the vehicle registration office in Olney
or at the courthouse in Graham. For
additional information you can contact
Moreland at 549-5132.
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