Budget clashes over classroom funding and party lines
Budget leaders propose shifting funds to kindergarten and pre kindergarten programs but fail to advance the measures. Rep. Roberto Gutierrez defends the education budget while House Speaker Tom Craddick accuses Democrats of obstruction as they withdraw amendments to speed the session. Rep. John Mabry emphasizes children as the foundation.
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Dunnam
Rep
Roberto Gutierrez
McAllen
House Appropriations Committee
House
Tom Craddick
John Mabry
D-Waco
Texans ask Craddick for services amid budget cuts study
A study of Tom Craddick's office correspondence shows most Texans contacting him oppose budget cuts, though aides note over 2,000 calls, with about 200 of 250 letters and emails in support of cuts. A minority pleads to halt or roll back taxes.
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Craddick
Rochelle Mah
Crime report items from Odessa include theft and burglary
An Odessa man reported theft of three wheels and three tires worth about 2175 dollars from the 3700 block of McNight Drive between 1 30 and 5 20 a m An aggravated robbery with a knife occurred between 4 25 and 4 30 a m on East 11th Street A Tuesday assault left a facial cut at 9 30 p m on Drury Lane Burglary of a habitation valued at 1970 dollars involved a Xbox a DVD player a camcorder a rifle and 12 videotapes on Hilltop Drive between 4 30 a m and 8 45 p m
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McNight Drive
Odessa
East 11Th Street
Drury Lane
Hilltop Drive
Death notices from Fort Stockton and surrounding areas
Ruth Hardwick 82 of Fort Stockton died April 15 2003 in Fort Stockton. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church. Eddie L Lambert 85 of Odessa died April 15 2003 at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside rites 10 a.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery in Midland. Miriam Price 65 of Odessa died April 15 2008 in Odessa. memorial services later. Alejo Villanueva 81 of Odessa died April 14 2008. rosary 7 p.m. Friday. mass 10 a.m. Saturday at St Joseph Catholic Church. Doris Jeanette Walden 74 of Odessa died April 14 2003 in Miles. graveside rites 2 p.m. Wednesday. Alice Mae Walling 100 of Wink died April 15 2003 in Lubbock. services 2 p.m. Saturday at Harrell Funeral Home Chapel Dublin. Elizabeth F Six 90 of Odessa died April 15 2003. services pending.
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Ruth Hardwick
Fort Stockton
First United Methodist Church
Kevin Phillips
Harrington
Kaw
David Hardwick
Rena Allen
Kerrville
Hugh D. Hawkins
Plainfield
Mass
Eddie Lambert
Miriam Price
Odessa
Henny
Caliente
Chapa Funeral Home
Ron Price
Alejo Villanueva
Martinez Funeral Home
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Gilbert Rodriguez
Rose Hill Cemetery
Julimes
Chihuahua
Mexico
Beatriz Villanueva
Paula Vallez
Teresa Franco
Blanca Franco
Oklahoma City
Okla
Isidro Villanueva
Fort Worth
Ismael Villanueva
Roberto Villanueva
Guadalupe Villanueva
Mercedes Puebla
Soledad Lopez
Doris Walden Miles
Doris Jeanette Walden
Miles
Alice Walling
Dublin
Alice Mae Walling
Wink
Lubbock
Harrell Funeral Home
Dublin Liveoak
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Kermit
Hazel Simpson
Canyon
Lucille Hardaway
Monahans
Elizabeth Six
Stanton
Elizabeth F Six
Stanton Memorial Funeral Home
Broadband bill stalls in Texas committee
SBC Communications pushes to bar state rules on Internet speeds but Rep. Phil King signals the measure likely won t advance this session. He argues time constraints prevent broadband investment action and urges a study after the session.
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Austin (Ap
SBC Communications
Regulated Industries Committee
House
Phil King
Weatherford
King
Texas
Tom Craddick
Obituary highlights two Odessa figures and Sam McLelland
Obituaries list Pug Lyles 85 of Odessa died April 15 2003 at Seabury Nursing Home born 1917 in Fort Worth a WWII U S Air Force side gunner longtime real estate owner interment Rose Hill Cemetery memorials noted. Also Sam V McLelland 89 of Shreveport formerly Odessa died April 15 2003 interment Roscoe Cemetery Bossier City born Meridian Mississippi 1914 served in U S Army Air Corps retired Odessa American printer and community member surviving wife Marjorie Sue Killian McLelland and extended family Funeral services set in Shreveport with arrangements by Christus Schumpert Hospice.
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Pug” Lyles
Odessa
Seabury Nursing Home
Fort
U.S. Air Force
Lyles Real Estate
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mr. McLelland
Meridian
Shreveport
Marjorie Sue
Texas
First Christian Church of
Methodist Church of
Sam
Oklahoma University
Odessa American
U.S. Army Air Corp
Toastmasters International
James Moran McLelland
Elizabeth Rhodes
Marjorie Sue Killian McLelland
James R. McLelland
Velma
Sammie Williams
Pensacola
Jennifer Lyn McLelland
Heather Lea O'Neill
Michael
Brooklyn
Richard Whitten
Japan
Tim
Zack Tucker
Rose Louise Anne Marie Eulalia O'Neill
Maria
Christus Schumpert
Live Oak
Neilda Osburn obituary details birth in Mountainair NM
Neilda Lou Blakely Osburn died April 11, 2003 after a long battle with emphysema. She was born February 11, 1934 in Mountainair New Mexico to James and Dennis Blakely.
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Austin
Neilda
Lou Blakely
Osburn
She
Mountainair
New Mexico
James and
Dennis Blakely
Odessa American Death Notice Policy and Fees
The Odessa American offers free death notices for residents or former residents within its 21 county area and for spouses parents grandparents children or siblings living outside the area. Full obituaries are available for a nominal charge. For information call 333-7770.
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Odessa American
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