City Council to hold special session on sewer upgrade
The Odessa city council will meet Tuesday at 2 pm with engineers Esmond and Haner to discuss Phase 2 and 3 of the sewer rehabilitation project. City manager Jack Forga notes costs may exceed one million dollars due to inflation and state requirements, seeks grant information, and hopes to set a timetable while also continuing the annual budget discussion.
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Esmond
Haner
Odessa
Jack Forga
Forga
Letter to Santa From Joe Sherbeck Reaches Post Office
Young Joe Sherbeck mails his note to Santa at the local post office, barely tall enough to reach the counter. The News forwards the letter as printed, hoping the North Pole will understand despite unclear handwriting.
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Master Sherbeck
Santa Claus
Fair tops parents meeting for July Fourth celebration
Ward County 4-H Adult Leaders and Parents plan to discuss participation in the Freedom Fair on July Fourth at a meeting tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the Extension Office. Tentative plans call for the 4-H to sponsor a pony ride during the one day event at Hill Park.
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Ward County
4-H
Hill Park
PM Warns on Mail Fraud Schemes Prompt Spring Alert
Monahans Postmaster Bob Fletcher warns that spring brings a wave of mail fraud including work at home schemes phony franchises fake contests chain referrals and chain letters. He notes prayer letters also mislead victims and urges reporting to the post office as authorities rely on tips to pursue scams that bilk billions yearly.
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Monahans
Bob Fletcher
Fletcher
Post Office
Surviving in College Seminars Scheduled by Odessa College
Odessa College counseling center schedules fifteen academic assessment seminars from June 19 through the summer designed for anyone considering entering college. Each four hour session tests writing reading and math to gauge basic skills and aid proper placement for fall courses.
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Odessa College Counseling Center
Mel Whitehurst
Counseling Center
Antique rig from early 20th century finds new home in Permian museum
The National No. 2 cable tool drilling rig, weighing at least 15 tons and built between 1910 and 1925 in Toledo, Ohio, is moving to the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum between Odessa and Midland. After a long odyssey from Pennsylvania to Houston and a Refugio warehouse, Pennzoil funded its move to Midland and placement, with the rig joining a display featuring the museum’s Star Drilling Machine.
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Robert L. Stevenson
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Odessa
Midland
West Texas
Pennsylvania Hills
Houston
National
Toledo, Ohio
Pennzoil
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Museum
Hermann Park
Houston Museum
PBPM
National Supply
George Corbett
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Young Joe Sherbeck
S. Betty
North Pole
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Santa
the & Atso
National First
Albert O'Neill
Pennsylvania
O’neil
Woodcock Brothers
Paul and
Albert
Bradford
Pennzoil Company
Woodcocks
Clay
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