The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2012 Page: 1 of 14
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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News Briefs
Holiday trash pick
up schedule set
Tteish will not be col-
lected Monday, May 28,
due to Memorial Day,
but will be collected
every other day of the
week.
Residents whose trash
is scheduled for pick up
on Mondays will have
their trash picked up
Thesday.
The same pattern will
be in place for the re-
mainder of the week,
with Friday’s trash be-
ing collected on Satur-
day. Call IESI Corpora-
tion at (940) 592-5050
with any questions.
Brisket sales
help FBC youth
Members of the First
Baptist Church youth
are planning a meat
and cheese sale to raise
money to raise funds
to attend camp. Brisket
and sausage sandwich-
es and wraps will be
for sale in the old Olney
Savings parking lot at
11 a.m. Friday, May 25.
On June 3, First Bap-
tist Church will host a
luncheon for anyone
who can come at a cost
of $10. Graduating se-
nior students and their
families wishing to at-
tend the lunch need to
RSVP to the church of-
fice (940)-564-5594. The
menu includes brisket,
baked potato, beans,
drink and dessert.
Reception set to
honor Pulliam
Eddie Pulliam will
be honored with a
come-and-go recep-
tion Friday, May 18,
at the OISD adminis-
tration building. Hav-
ing worked in Olney
schools since 1990,
Pulliam is retiring at
the end of the year.
The public is invited
to the reception from
2:30-4 p.m. on Friday.
Weather
High Low Rain
May 5
96
68
0
May 6
97
63
.58
May 7
80
65
.08
May 8
73
59
.01
May 9
82
57
0
May 10
81
54
.77
May 11
74
61
.27
Precipitation:
May: 1.74
Year
9.41
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Voters choose local board members May 12
Hospital board\ mayor retain seats
By Mindi Kimbro
ED1T0R@ O LNEYEN TERPRISE. COM
Votes were cast in Olney’s
lo cal ele ctio ns Saturd ay,
May 12, and when the re-
sults were announced the
only changes were on the
City Council.
Elections were held for the
po sition of mayo r, as well as
fo r tw o aLlarge p o sitio ns o n
the Olney City Council and
four positions on the Ham-
ilton Hospital Board of Di-
rectors.
In the mayor’s race, in-
cumbent Brenda Stennett
narrowly defeated chal-
lenger and current City
Council member Debbie
Sandlin. Stennett received
85 early votes and 54 elec-
tion day votes for a total of
139. Sandlin had 93 early
votes and 38 election day
votes for a total of 131. In
all, 270 votes were cast in
that election.
Since Sandlin ran for may-
or, she forfeited the right to
retain her expiring seat on
the City Council. Incumbent
Kathy Woodall also did not
file to run again. Those who
did sign up to seek the two
open positions were Lau-
ren Sullivan, Kathy Mun-
cy, Wanda Stroud, Robert
Casey, Paige Scott and Phil
Jeske II.
When the votes were
counted, Jeske was the top
vote getter with 99 early
votes and 35 election day
votes for a total of 134.
Stroud was also elected to
the City Council after re-
ceiving 125 total votes, in-
cluding 77 early and 48 on
election day.
Casey was third with 104
votes, followed by Sullivan
with 90, Muncy with 33 and
Scott with 24. In the council
race, 510 total votes were
cast.
Those who ran for the
Hamilton Hospital Board of
Directors were incumbents
Ron Rogers, Russell AIL
miller, Don Buckalew and
Bob Craig. Barbara Walker,
a new challenger, also ran.
All incumbents were re-
elected to their positions.
Rogers led the group with
158 early votes and 87 elec-
tion day votes for a total of
245, followed by Altmiller
with 142 early votes and 80
election day votes for a total
of 222.
Buckalew earned 147
votes, including 97 early
and 50 on the day of the
election, and Craig had 217
with 140 coming early and
77 coming on Saturday.
Walker’s total was 122, in-
cluding 79 early votes and
43 on election day. In all,
953 votes were cast in the
Hamilton Hospital District
election.
GRILLIN’ BURGERS
- Bruce Sutton, Olney
EMS (left), and Mike
Rollings, Hamilton
Hospital Maintenance
manager, cook up plen-
ty of burgers for the
N atio nal H o spital Week
celebration lunch for
employees and volun-
teers Friday, May 11, at
the ho sp ital’s ed uc atio n
building.
(Photo by A dele Mooney)
Stroud
is fifth
at state
Olney High School senior
Chambrie Stroud competed -|--—
at the 1A State Track and
Fie Id Champ io nship s at
Mike A. Myers Stadium on
the campus of the Univer-
sity of Texas at Austin Sat-
urday, May 12.
See STROUD, Page 2
Recycling program is operational in Olney
A new recycling program
has been established for Ol-
ney citizens. Citizens can
take recyclables to the con-
venience center on Thurs-
days from 1-5 p.m. and on
Fridays and Saturdays from
8 a.m. - noon and from 1-5
p.m.
There is no fee for recycled
items. Thirty-yard roll-
off containers for recycled
items are located at the
city’s convenience center on
Olney Road.
“We hope to be able to
strategically locate the con-
tainers in town at some
point,” said Danny Parker,
city administrator.
Items which can be taken
to the convenience center
include glass, plastic, pa-
per, cardboard, aluminum,
steel and tin. Food should
be rinsed away before recy-
cling cans.
Delivery of the items by
citizens is especially conve-
nient, Parker said, because
they do not have to be sepa-
rated. An attendant will be
on site at the convenience
center to show citizens
where to place recycled
items. The recycled items
eventually go to a material
recovery facility in McKin-
ney operated by IESI, the
city’s waste collection con-
tractor.
Specific items which can
be recycled include paper,
such as mixed office paper,
colored paper, notebook
paper, scratch paper, Post-
It notes, magazines and
catalogs, telephone books,
new sp ap er, c o nstructio n
er, art paper, junk mail,
folders, paperboard
boxes (including cereal and
packaged food boxes), and
envelopes (windowed or
not).
Plastics (numbered 1-5
and 7) accepted for recy-
cling include water bottles,
soft drink and sports drink
bottles, milk, juice and wa-
ter jugs, yogurt, pudding
and fruit cups and mar-
garine tubs. Items not ac-
cepted includ e sty ro fo am,
plastic grocery bags, paper-
back or hardbound books,
bathroom waste such as toi-
let paper and paper towels,
food wrappers, plate glass,
aluminum pie plates and
foil, light bulbs, hazardous
wastes, alkaline batteries,
and Capri Sun drink pack-
ages.
Parker encourages all citi-
zens to recycle by taking
items to the convenience
center. Call City Hall at
(940)564-2102 for more in-
formation.
Early voting continues in primary elections
Early voting in the county
and state primary elections
has begun in Olney. Voters
from all precincts may cast
early ballots from 8 a.m.-
5 p.m. weekdays through
Friday, May 25, at Olney
City Hall. Election day will
be held from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 29, at City
Hall.
Voters in Olney will cast
ballots on state elections
and, on the local level, for
their choices in the races for
Young County Sheriff, Dis-
trict Attorney, Pet. 3 Con-
stable; County Attorney;
Tkx Assessor-Co Hector and
Pet. 3 Commissioner.
Those at the county level
who are running in con-
tested races on the Republi-
can ballot include Joe Siskar
and incumbent Bryan Walls
for Young County Sher-
iff; Jason Hearne, Tommy
Martin and Joseph Parker
for Pet. 1 Constable; Mike
Sipes, B.J. Cook and Mark
Shepard for Pet. 1 Commis-
sioner; and Dee Peavy and
incumbent Brenda Gray for
District Atto rney.
Candidates who are fac-
ing no opposition on the
Republican ballot include
Stacey Rogers, incumbent
Pet. 3 Commissioner; Fred-
die Page, incumbent Pet. 3
Constable; Dayne Miller,
incumbent County Attor-
ney; and Nancy Thomas,
incumbent Tax Assessor-
Collector.
The only individual to file
on the Democratic ballot is
Stephen Sosinski, who is
running for the Pet. 3 Com-
missio n no minatio n.
On the state level, races
for Senate District 30 and
House District 68 are filled
with Republican candi-
dates, only.
Craig Estes of Wichita
Falls filed to retain his po-
sition as representative for
District 30, and is being
challenged by Jim Herblin
of Prosper.
Rick Hard castle, longtime
D istrict 68 re p rese ntativ e,
previously announced that
he will not be seeking re-
election to that seat. Those
who filed to run as Republi-
cans include Drew Springer
of Muenster, Paul Braswell
of Forestburg, Fred Skeen
of Wichita Falls, Trent McK-
night of Throckmorton and
David Isbell of Valley View.
Those who filed for U.S.
Senate include John Ro-
land, Libertarian; “Doc Joe”
Agris, Lela Rttenger, Craig
James, Glenn Addison, Tom
Leppert, Ted Cruz, Charles
Holcombe, David De-
whurst, Curt Cleaver and
Ben Gambini, Republicans;
and Sean Hubbard, Addie
Dainell Allen, Paul Sadler,
Jason Gibson, Eric Roberta
son, John Morton and Dan-
iel Boone, Democrats.
Any necessary runoff elec-
tions will be held Tuesday,
July 31._
Growing with Olney.
Come & grow with us.
Activities for all ages.
First United
Methodist Church
llOW. Elm SI. - Olney - (940) 564-5622
Sunday Services
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
IS unday Worship: 10:50 a.m J
Gary Torian, Pastor
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Kimbro, Mindi. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2012, newspaper, May 17, 2012; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth837409/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.