World welcomes year 2000 with global lights and Y2K drama
Across the globe people marked 2000 with lights and performances while leaders faced shocks such as Russia’s Boris Yeltsin resigning. In Amarillo water worries spurred a last minute run on supplies as stores struggled to keep small water containers in stock. Throughout the world satellite events linked time zones with choirs, prayers, bells and fireworks.
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Welcome to a very special era 2000 in the Amarillo Daily News
Publisher greets readers as the new millennium arrives. The piece notes Y2K, world events, and ongoing changes shaping medicine, communications, and global culture. It references Pope John Paul II in Rome and Boris Yeltsin's resignation, with Putin poised to lead Russia.
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Relive the 1900s through Amarillo memories from old residents
Amarillo residents born in the 1800s share vivid recollections of early city life. The piece echoes nostalgia and local history, linking past challenges to present reflections amid archival voices.
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The Sticksel Brothers Remembered at THS Spirit
SHANNA FOUST-PEEPLES recalls Bill and Hugh Sticksel whose zeal for Tascosa High School activities, from tractor sapling planting to rallying crowds, ended with both men dying within months of each other Hugh at 58 in January 1999 and Bill at 51 in May.
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Actress Shirley Fancher Profile Woman of the Year
Globe News arts writer details Shirley Fancher's early stage role as Laura in The Glass Menagerie and her lifelong drive. In a 1998 interview she described her obsession with the part and a mother’s push off the stage. Her enduring determination led to her selection as Amarillo Globe News Woman of the Year.
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