Remembering lessons from national tragedies in April
Ken Brodnax argues that memorials comfort survivors but true tribute is applying past lessons to prevent repeats. He links Vietnam, Mount Carmel, Oklahoma City, and Columbine to April grief, urging scrutiny of politics and prevention, not sensationalism.
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Columbine High School
Oklahoma City
Mount Carmel
Timothy McVeigh
Columbine High
United States
America
Vietnam
Littleton
U.S
Ector County Library Children's Dept Faces Major Renovation
The Ector County Library in Odessa is undergoing a $52,000 face lift funded by the Odessa Junior League and matched by the Ector County Friends of the Library. The 1998 project marks the league's 50th anniversary, with $25,000 from the league and a $10,000 grant from the Abell Hanger Foundation plus additional fundraising.
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Children’s Department
Ector County Library
Odessa Junior League
Ector County Friends of the Library
Junior League
Odessa
Pam Earnest
Ector County Library Automation
Friends of the Library
Abell Hanger Foundation
Library renovations reveal a brighter Loft space
Earnest notes donations fueling the project as third floor elevator doors open to reveal a refreshed area. Orange paint and brown carpet have been removed, replaced by pristine white walls and a park bench forming a small Loft. Alberto Velasquez applies the first coat of paint to a library door. Inset shows the children’s area.
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Earnest
Alberto Velasquez
Ector County
A&M says president's job is safe
Texas A&M University President Ray Bowen is not expected to lose his job over last year's deadly bonfire collapse that killed 12 Aggies. Regents and officials say Bowen has not resigned and remains in place since 1994, while critics point to mismanagement by administrators under his leadership.
Bright LBJ student Deja Logan overcomes autism challenges
Deja Logan, a 10 year old with autism, began in a self contained ECISD classroom and now thrives in mainstream LBJ Elementary. She has learned to communicate through music, practicing harp for a recital and demonstrating progress noted by special education teacher Becky Bilyeu.
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ECISD
LBJ
Deja Logan
Becky Bilyeu
Doug Flutie
Sylvester Stallone
Albert Einstein
Bilyeu
Deja
Lamar
LaNelle McBee McBee
Lehr
LB Elementary
Lost Treasure of North Texas Near Rule
Special to the Odessa American describes Rule, a small North Texas city, with legends of a Spanish mission ruin along the Brazos river and historic copper deposits. The piece notes mining attempts from early explorers through the Civil War era and late 20th century efforts, including a now-out-of-circulation national feature on a lost treasure story.
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Rule
Texas
Brazos River
Golden Rule near Haskell hosts seasonal Tower Drive-In
The Golden Rule sits 10 miles west of Haskell on US 380 and hosts a seasonal Drive-In Theater with weekend movie showings in 1966 weather dependent. The tale notes Spaniards abandoned after local tribes fled intrusions, riches from Peru, including a solid-gold Inca sun god statue, and church ornaments buried with them.
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Rule
Haskell
US 380
Tower Drive-in
Peru
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