The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1991 Page: 1 of 12
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SCHOOL BOARD-This is part of the crown on hand Monday night at the meeting of the Obey Schoool Board of
Trustees. Five patrons had signed to speak to the board in support of the assistant coaches. The meeting began at 7 p.m.
and the decision was announced shortly after 1:30 a.m. to retain all present teachers.
School Trustees Extend Pacts
To Current Faculty Members
More than 80 school patrons attended
the Monday night meeting of the Obey
School Board of Trustees meeting with
five speaking to board members con-
cerning the retention of several assistant
coaches.
The meeting started at 7 p.m. and had
previously been moved from the ad-
ministration office to the school cafete-
ria because of the expected large turn-
out All school board meetings are open
to the public, but as a general rule there
are few guests present. The board ad-
journed into executive session about
8:30 p.m. and reopened the meeting at
1:30 a.m. with the vote on all teacher and
assistant coaches contracts being ex-
tended for another year.
Those speaking to the board and a
short statement coneming their remarks
City Approves By-Laws
Of Industry Corporation
Obey city council approved the pro-
posed by-laws of the Industrial Devel-
opment Corporation, approved a crimi-
nal justice resolution and discussed
possible solutions for a youth/elderly
center during their regular bi-monthly
meeting Tuesday evenbg in city hall.
Directors of the Obey Industrial
Development Corporation have worked
the past several months on bi-laws for
their committee and presented them to
the council for approval. The corpora-
tion has the responsibility for visiting
with potential industries who are
seeking financial assistance. Money
available to the corporation is from the
1/2 cent sales tax passed last year.
One member of the corporation board
submitted a letter of resignation and the
council filled the vacancy. Bob
McQuerry asked to resign because of a
possible conflict of bterest which might
arise since he serves as the city auditor.
His resignation was accepted and Wade
Fikes was named in his place on the
board.
A resolution in support of the city’s
application to Nortex Regional Plan-
ning Commission for a criminal justice
grant was approved. If funded, it would
provide funds for the city police depart-
ment to employ a fulltime investigator.
During the youth/elderly center dis-
cussion, several possible solutions were
discussed, but no action was taken.
Mayor Jeff McClatchy indicated he felt
a committee of youth, elderly, BIC, the
city and others should be appobted to
study the needs and make recommenda-
tions.
At the last council meeting, the city
decided to call for bids for a front end
loader. Tuesday, they voted not to seek
bids at this time.
includes:
Fred Duncan, who questioned why
the school had done away with the voca-
tional shop classes and also in behalf of
the assistant coaches. He said that only
four of the 30 potential employees inter-
viewed were able to read a ruler in 16th
inches and asked how many students
could read a blueprint. He stated that in
the final determination that it is the em-
ployers who decide to hire and that is
based on knowledge generally learned
in school.
Richard Lunsford, who said he was
late in simply thanking the school and
coaching staff in teaching his children.
“We never had to worry about what they
were being taught because we know it
was good sportsmanship and disci-
pline,” he stated.
Asa Pease spoke in favor of coaches
and called them “family”. He went
down the list of assistant coaches giving
teaching experience and reviewed re-
cent sport records. He concluded by
asking why the students are never asked
what they think about the coaches or
teachers?
Mike Allen who reminded the board
that academics should not be slighted in
order to fulfill a supposed promise made
last year to new athletic director that he
would be able to clean house. He chal-
lenged the board to continue to pursue
academic excellence.
Eddie Perez spoke in behalf of the
coaches and commented tht if it had not
been for good, moral coaches and teach-
ers he probably wouldn’t be here today.
Following the executive session, a
letter of resignation from Deborah
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PENN POINT
It was good to see a large number of
residents interested enough in an issue
to turn out for a school board meeting.
As a general rule there are those school
board members, school administrators
and staff, a news reporter and a few
others who have been bvited in atten-
dance. Monday, there were about 80
persons, other than those mentioned
above, attending. Five had requested
permission to speak and their comments
were pertinent, brief and well presented.
The crowd was orderly, getting restless
only during those times when the
agenda comments were presented so
softly that you couldn’t hear what was
gobg on. If any more board meetings
are held in the cafeteria, a public address
system needs to be installed.
In a day when you think the people
don’t care about their local government,
it was good to see a large number out to
speak against a cause they felt was not
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Bloodmobile Slates
Olney Visit March 21
Thursday, Mar. 21, is the date set for
Olney’s next bloodmobile drive.
The daily need for the Red River Red
Cross Regional distribution center in
order to supply hospitals it serves is 100
units. Olney’s goal remains at only 68
units. Exceeding the goal is not impos-
sible. We’ve done it before.
In a recent Dear Abby column the
mother of a child who nearly died as a
result of an automobile accident asked
that she print an open letter thanking
individuals to whom she attributed
credit for having a part in saving her
son’s life. In addition to paramedics,
surgeon, nurses and others, she thanked
the eight people whose blood flowed
through her son’s veins for a few pre-
cious hours. Under a similar circum-
stance those eight units of blood might
have come from our local donors to save
the child of someone you know.
The bloodmobile will be at the Olney
Community Center from 2 to 6 p.m. Plan
Meals Served In
Methodist Church
Senior Cub Center was back in busi-
ness Monday serving meals in the fel-
lowship hall of First United Methodist
Church and operating their meals on
wheels program from that kitchen.
Fire destroyed the Senior Cub Center
building and contents last Wednesday
afternoon. The flames apparently
started in a petition between the entry
room on the east side of the interior and
the large game room. The fire was re-
ported just before 3 p.m. Wednesday
when city employee Johnny Clayton
noticed smoke coming out of the
buildng.
Center employees had left the build-
ing between ten and fifteen minutes
earlier and no one reported smelling
smoke or any unusual odor prior to leav-
ing.
When firemen arrived, the fire had
apparently already spread into the roof
area making it difficult to get water to
the source of the flames. It took more
than an hour for the fire to be brought
under control and by that time the build-
ing and contents were destroyed. The
new metal building on the west side was
also damaged, but much of the contents
of that structure were salvaged. The
remains smouldered for several days
and shortly after noon Sunday, firemen
were called back to the building when
the strong southerly wind rekindled the
t
No meals were served Thursday, but
center employees checked on all the
residents who receive meals on wheels
to make sure they were fed. Friday, the
meals on wheels program was served
from the kitchen at Hamilton Hosptial.
In the meantime, several churches
offered their facilities to the senior citi-
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Retail Merchants
Meet Today
Retail Merchants Committee of the
Olney BIC will meet at noon today
(Thursday) to finalize plans for the
annual Easter Egg hunt which will be
held Saturday, Mar. 23 in Tom Griffin
Park.
The hunt will begin at 10 a.m. for chil-
dren ages pre-school through the fifth
grade. Several downtown merchants
will have eggs hidden in their stores for
adults to hunt that day and prizes given.
Also to be discussed will be the Art in
the Park activities.
now to take time during these hours to
give a unit of blood.
Deadline Near In
City, School Races
No additional candidates filed for city
or school positions since last week.
Deadline for filing for the two school
posts and three city council seats is
Wednesday, Mar. 20. The elections are
May 4.
Candidates announcing for the school
board include: Place 1, James Pace and
Brad Duncan; Place 2, Tommy Hilton,
Rick Clarida and Carmen Moorhouse.
Five candidates who have filed for the
city council include Rick Davis, Dike
Hamilton, Phil B. Jeske II, Phillip York
and Birt Reagan.
Filiqg for the school election can be
done in the administration office located
in the north end of the junior high school
and at city hall for the council election.
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City Sales Tax Drops
Slightly From Last Year
Although the city of Olney shows to
have received a 38.51 percent increase
in sales tax rebates this period compared
to last year, the actual results are a small
drop of about $600.
For the period, the city received
$11,024 this year compared to $7,958
last year. The figure for this year is based
on the 1.5 percent sales tax, while last
year the tax rate was 1 percent. If the rate
were the same, the city would have re-
ceived $7,350 this year, which is the
amount that will go into the city budget,
while some $3,675 will go into the in-
dustrial development fund.
For the year to date, the city has re-
ceived $50,017 compared to $34,693.
The city has received $33,344 or a little
over $1,300 less this year than last year
in the one percent city portion.
Newcastle did not receive a check for
this period.
City of Graham received $37,889 this
period compared to $34,532 last year.
They are also above last year to date as
they have received $171,307 compared
to $165,481 for a 3.52 percent increase.
Young County received $24,218 for
the period, a small decline from the
same period last year/
Statewide, the increase in sales tax
rebates slowed to only 6.2 percent de-
spite having more counties and cities
involved in sales tax collections.
Collections in this area continue to be
a mixed bag with some showing in-
creases for the period but down for the
year and others down for the period, but
up for the year. Area towns, the amount
received, total for the year and percent
of change include:
Seymour, $6,678 ($7,466) total of
$34,331 and a drop of 3.74 percent.
Archer City, $3,794 ($4,387) and a
total of $19,236 for an increase of 16.45
percent.
Holliday, $4,868 ($3,747) for a total
of $19,985 and an increase of 55.55
percent.
Megargel, $612 ($5,014) and a total
of $2,602 for a decline of62.79 percent.
Henrietta, $4,115 ($3,855) for a total
of $24,967 and an increase of 18.68
percent.
Jacksboro, $10,660 ($13,366) and a
total of $51,914 for a drop of 5.36 per-
cent
Throckmorton, $1,536 ($2,521) for a
total of $9,272 and a decline of 1.25
percent.
Electra, $6,147 ($7,282) and a total of
$27,219 for a decrease of .73 percent.
Wichita Falls, $397,726 ($671,046)
for a total of $1,813,027 and a decline of
14.3 percent.
OHS Students Enter
UIL Literary Events
Olney High School has several stu-
dents entered in the district UIL Literary
Events meet which will be held Monday
and Tuesday, Mar. 18 and 19 at Mid-
western State University according to
Bud Montgomery, principal.
Events and OHS entries include:
Informative speaking - Leslie Pen-
rose, Cayleigh Rux and David Reed.
Extemporaneous speaking - Brandi
Bryson, Leigh Furr and Katie Atchley.
Poetry interpretation- C. Rux, Shan-
non Fillmore, L. Furr, and Tiffeny
Lawson.
Prose interpretation - Jon Lloyd,
Renee Erdmann, Necia Richardson and
Joe Scott.
Editorial writing - Kyra Koester, L.
Penrose and Dusty Scobee.
Feature writing - Chris Slater, Stacie
Ward and S. Fillmore.
Headline writing - J. Scott, D. Scobee
and K. Atchley.
News writing - Lupe Escalona, C.
Slater, S. Ward and S. Fillmore.
Accounting - Karen Cranfill, Howard
McDaniel and Murcile Powdrell.
Caculator applications - L. Escalona
and Billy Yarborough.
Current issues and events - L. Pen-
rose, Leah Waldrop, Cody Dixon, and
L. Furr.
Keyboarding - Alison Moon and L.
Waldrop.
Number sense - D. Scobee, D. Reed
and Davey Livingston.
Ready writing - Kristin Adams,
Emily Daniel and Stephanie Sullivan.
Science - Heather Serratt, Steve Wil-
lis, B. Yarborough, L. Escalona,
Christine Carr and John Furr.
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DESTRO YED-Members of thd Olney fire department were faced with dense smoke and fire between the ceiling and
roof of the Senior Cub Center shortly after 3 p.m. last Wednesday. The old portion of the building and its contents were
destroyed. Congregate meals and food preparation for meals on wheels is being done now at First United Methodist
Church.
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