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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2004
Page
9
Melissa Elston reflects on late 1980s and early 1990s senior portraits, cruel pranks, and the quirks of teachers and staff. She recalls frizzy hair, quirky yearbook pages, and a desire to expose blunt truths while joking about nostalgia and parental embarrassment.
About 50 parents attended ECISD forums as officials, with two middle school educators, outlined the plan to move sixth grade to middle schools and ninth grade to high schools. Committees last month studied costs and timeline aiming for fall 2005 or 2006 07. Concerns centered on budget details and public input while logistics dominated questions.
The Chaparral Gallery will be a 19 000 square foot interactive exhibit at the Petroleum Museum in Midland opening April 17. It will showcase seven Chaparral race cars designed by Jim Hall with computer tech to explain aerodynamics and engineering. Hall moved to Midland in 1961 and built cars that proved highly successful in Europe and the United States.
The petroleum Museum at 1500 West I-20 opens the Chaparral Gallery at 11 a.m. on April 17 with free admission that day. Designer Jim Hall arrives at 10 a.m. to sign autographs. The event runs to 7 p.m. and includes tours, live music, kids activities and food booths. Four pre opening activities require reservations.
The Chaparral Celebrity Golf Classic starts at 8 a.m. April 15 at Midland Country Club with 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. tee times and fees of 250 dollars per person or 1000 dollars per team. A test-track tour follows on April 16 at 9 a.m. Limited to 25 people, tickets 100 dollars. A forum Conversations with Legends runs 2 to 3 30 p.m. April 16 with Jim Hall Franz Weiss Phil Hill Gil de Ferran Ronny Hissom Vic Elford and Brian Redman, admission 75 dollars. A gala dinner is 7 30 p.m. April 16 at the Petroleum Museum, tickets 150 dollars. Reservations 683 4403.
Procrastinators rush to file taxes with H R Block on East Eighth Street as the midnight federal deadline nears. Gordon Spruill asks if he can join the line while three other tax filers occupy the work areas. Pages show heightened demand at both H R Block and Elms Faris & Co. as last minute filers flood local tax services.
James Flatt notes more clients as taxpayers rush deadline. Government cuts, lower brackets, higher standard deductions reflect Bush reforms. Final AMT exemption up to 60 000 reduces tax for the wealthy while savers may qualify for retirement credits and low income workers can gain earned income and child tax credits to cut liabilities.
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