Times Observer file photo Warren County Visitors’ Bureau Executive Director Mike Olewine stands next to a promotional exhibit at the bureau’s offices on Route 6 in Starbrick.

To say Mike Olewine has been doing a lot of moving and shaking since taking over the reins of the Warren County Visitors’ Bureau may be an gross understatement. During Friday morning’s Eggs and Issues presentation, Olewine explained that as the executive director of the WCVB, it’s his job to promote Warren County and bring tourists inside our borders on a regular basis. He’s doing so by aggressively teaming up with John Papalia Jr., the county’s Council on Tourism (COT) director, to create new events and entice other organizations, like Grass Roots Racing and the International Bowhunters Organization (IBO), to use Warren County as a venue. Olewine explained that the WCVB is the county’s lead tourism and promotion agency as designated by the Warren County Commissioners. As a result, his organization is the recipient of money raised by the hotel bed tax. That money is strictly used for promotion of events in Warren County. “And that’s audited by the state,” Olewine said.