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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 2017
Page
2
Lottery results show Cash 5s and Lotto Texas numbers for Texas and New Mexico draws, with dates April 15 and April 14. Powerball and Daily 4 details listed, plus a NASCAR feature tease on OA’s NASCAR page for Thursday.
Midland Community Theatre presents The Awesome 80s Prom at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday April 28 29 and May 6 with characters from popular 80s films at Wanager High Senior Prom. An audience vote decides Prom King and Queen. A preview party starts at 6 30 p.m. Thursday. Limos transport couples from W. Wadley Ave to the Junior League of Midland for the show. Tickets cost 75 dollars for adults. For more details call 432-570-411 or visit metmidland org. Submissions to Good News invited by email or mail. Photos may be included. For more information call 333-7775.
Lone Star Literary Life named Odessa and the Permian Basin among Texas Top 5 Bookish Destinations for 2017. The selection highlights regional literary events and venues such as Books in the Basin, Odessa Shakespeare Festival, Ellen Noél Art Museum programs, and UT Permian Basin Leadership Library, with praise for local organizers and institutions driving reading culture. The award rests on 45 criteria and notes ongoing regional support from the Odessa Convention and Visitors Bureau and local leaders.
The 25th annual Chamber Challenge will be at Ratliff Ranch Golf Links 7500 N Grandview Ave with a four person scramble. Morning and afternoon flights start at 8 am and 1:30 pm respectively, lunch at 12:30 pm, and registration from 7 am and 12:30 pm. Entry is 700 per team includes lunch two mulligans and drink tickets. Proceeds support Odessa Chamber of Commerce operations. Contact Lynn Van Amburgh 333-7862 or lynnva odessachamber.com, or register online at www.odessachamber.com.
Forecast for Odessa and Midland over the next five days calls for varying conditions with temperatures rising into the 80s and 90s, periods of sun and chances of isolated showers. Winds remain light to moderate from the south with no significant weather system expected.
The Odessa American weathered page lists mailing addresses, phone numbers, and hours for customers, subscriptions, and editorial sections. It covers newsroom contacts for news sports life and times, plus advertising departments and policy notes on ad acceptance and errors. It notes potential higher rates for holiday editions for home delivery subscribers.
Highlights noting events on April 16 include the Grandcamp disaster in Texas City in 1947, Washington's 1789 inauguration journey, Wilbur Wright's birth, Lenin's return to Russia, MLK's Birmingham Jail letter, Apollo 16 launch, Sewol ferry sinking, Virginia Tech attack, Oslo Breivik trial start, and Breivik conviction. It lists tenures and outcomes with date anchors and notable figures.
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