Help the Abdullah Family

A local family is in need of our help. Baby Al Qasim is going to be transported to a hospital in Seattle for surgery. His family is asking for donations to help with expenses for their travel, hotel stays, etc. Please visit their GoFundMe page and read more about their story.
https://www.gofundme.com/5hm6y49p

Wacky Wednesday Fact

Did you know ....?

 In 1977 Ed Passereni built the first full scale solar car. It was called the Bluebird and it did not use batteries.

Ola Roughriders 4H Club

Ola Roughriders 4H Club is signing up new members. If you want to join or if you have any questions please call Amanda Poole 584-3284

Farm Fresh Eggs

Fresh farm eggs for sale. $2.50 per dozen. Available at the Ola Inn or you can contact me Amanda Poole 584-3284

I will also be hatching chicks, I have barnyard mix that includes Auracana, Welsummer, Astrolop, Columbian Wyandotte and Astro White..
Pullets $3
Cockerels $1.50

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Dear Parents,

There will be no school on Thursday or Friday of this week in order to have Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you are not able to come in for a conference, please call the school to have your child’s progress report sent to you. 

Great things happen every day at Ola School!

Mrs. Davis

Box Tops

Please save those boxtops for the Ola School! You may drop them off at the Ola School, or the donation can at the Ola Inn. Every little bit helps.  Last year we were able to purchase two small indoor/outdoor greenhouses with our proceeds.

Ola Ladies Club

Ola Ladies Club will meetSaturday, January 30^th, 10am at the Ola Community Center.

It will be good to get together again,   

Fire Training Coming Up

There will be Fire training on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at the Ola Fire Station

I will try to have new ID cards ready for 2016

Hope to see you there

The Basic and Essentials Class will be in Ontario, OR on February 27-28^th.  Some of you have taken it but if you want a refresher or haven’t taken it yet, let me know and I will get you registered.

March 12-13 is the live fire training or second part.  Both are very interesting.

Thanks,   Denny

Editor of the Week

Hello, my name is Ulysses and I'm 11 years old. I'm in 5th grade. I like to play tag and help my dad work. My favorite food is pepperoni pizza. My favorite animal is a dog, and my favorite color is blue. I will be writing all the posts this week.

Good Times and Good Food

The Cowboy Supper was a great success. There was plenty of food for all. We would like to congratulate the Chili Champions of 2016.

First place goes to Mrs.Sutton

Our brave judges, from left to right: 

Mr. Watson, Mrs. Lucas, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Agenbroad

Dust off your cookbooks and start practicing for next year. Maybe you'll be the one to unseat our reigning champion!

Get Well Soon, Paul

This is the latest post from Peggy Loree:

"Paul Loree's knee replacement surgery went well this week. However, he experienced a heart incident while recovering at the hospital. He's resting comfortably at St. Al's Boise in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit."

Letter from Dennis Weaver to Bill Manee

    I was unable to attend the Cowboy Supper and sorry I couldn't be present when Bill received his award from all of us at Ola.

    So I would like to say "Thank You Bill" for the 21 Years you have given us.

    For the people of Ola that may not have been around 21 years ago, I'd like to give a brief history.

    Bill Manee, Perry Sutton and Art Beal spent many many hours working together getting Pledges from the the people in the Ola Fire District to help with a grant for the Ola Fire Station. After getting the grant they worked with the contractors on the construction of the
    Ola Station. At that time Bill was the station chief, Perry was the Gem 2 Fire Board Commissioner from Ola. When Perry had to retire for health reasons, Bill took over that position. Since being on the Fire Board he again has spent countless hours trying to keep up with all the changes that have taken place over the years.
      Also, I want to thank Lois for enduring all the time Bill has spent away from home and "on the phone" taking care of business.

  Thanks Again, Bill

                                                                   Denny

Mass Gathering Meeting

The Gem County Development Services Department is holding a workshop on Thursday, January 28th, 2016 at 6 pm to review the Mass Gathering Ordinance that was adopted in 2015. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Gem County Courthouse. People are invited to share any input they have on the Mass Gathering Ordinance. People may also submit written comments to the office by email choem@co.gem.id.us or by regular mail.

You can find the current version of the Mass Gathering Ordinance on the Gem County website.

NO SCHOOL

There will be no school on Monday, January 18th, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Birthday Celebration!

Come on in to the Ola Inn on Saturday, January 16th, at noon to celebrate Reeta's 90th birthday with cake and ice cream.

Our condolences to the Wilson family for the loss of their mother, Janet Wilson.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Cowboy Supper

The Cowboy Supper will be held on Saturday, January 16th at the Ola Community Center at 5:00 pm

This is a Chili Cook-off.    

Bring your favorite chili dish to be judged and enjoyed.

Dinner is $15 per family, or $5 per person. All you can eat buffet.