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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1979
Page
3
Odessa College plans a two-year program leading to an associate in applied science degree in solar power. Norman Witcher notes solar adoption will grow as mass production lowers costs and more equipment becomes common in refrigeration and air conditioning. The program aims to prepare technicians for the rising nationwide demand in solar products.
Odessa College Counseling Center will offer two GED exams on December 10 11 or December 18 with cost 10 in advance. CLEP tests run December 19 from 8 am to 4 pm at 20 each. Tests are in the Counseling Center on the second floor of the Student Union Building. Contact OC Counselor Clydia Bowser for details. A solar power course with evening sessions and a lab is planned for spring with seven solar simulators ordered for demonstrations. Registration for spring ends December 14 in the registrar's office. Open entry solar power program runs September through April with signups every Monday via Witcher.
Monahans reported no rainfall in November and only .6 inch in October. The last rain fell October 15 at .6 inch, while September brought .75 inch over five days. November highs reached 82 and 81 on multiple days, with a low of 16 at week’s end and 51 was the overnight high on November 9. Foggy mornings and poor visibility, often under a city block, marked the week of November 17.
The U S General Services Administration announced two sales of nearly one million 90 percent silver dollars minted in Carson City Nevada from 1878 to 1893. The first sale runs February 8 through April 8 offering 923,287 coins by mail at fixed prices, including 1883 CC and 1884 CC cartwheels categories.
Twenty seven students at Dralls Elementary named to the second six weeks honor roll per school release. Honors include Scott Boyett Sophia Flores Amalia Garcia Sharon Gutherie Todd Hunt Kristi Nicholson Alma Ochoa Teri Palmer Trisha Partney Arcellia Porras Jimmy Porras Cindy Pules Tommy Santiago Wendy Williams Carol Yancey Eric Crouch Melinda Flores Ted Norris Tambric Parnell Brenda Vasquez Kacie Wade Vanessa Huff Gayla McKee Jennifer McKinnon Audrey Dandy Marki Stroup James Wallace
A reader laments the second theft of the town’s largest American flag over Taco USA. They insist the issue is not cost but the shame of stealing a national symbol lit at night. The letter links flag desecration to events abroad and underscores Monahans’ sense of freedom and identity.
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