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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 2000
Page
1
Americans shopped heavily in June with a 0.5 percent rise in consumer spending the strongest in three months led by big-ticket purchases such as autos. See SPENDING on Page 2A.
A new report shows the Odessa Midland region had more vehicle train collisions in seven months than in each full year from 1996 to prior years. The piece notes memorial memories, a coal mine fire, a Kosovo army case, and a fraternity alcohol poisoning settlement, painting a tense week for public safety.
Kelly Coghlan, attorney for Marian Ward, former Santa Fe High School student, mails guidelines to 1,200 Texas districts to help comply with a June Supreme Court ruling barring school led prayers. The outreach aims to stimulate discussion and move toward resolution in a pending federal case.
Ricardo Castillo, 33, was indicted on three counts of injury to a child and four counts of aggravated assault after a PTA meeting brawl at Goliad Elementary in Odessa. A bystander 9 year old girl suffered facial injuries, and a subsequent crash on North Andrews Highway injured five others. Castillo faces up to 20 years for aggravated assault and up to 10 years for injury to a child.
In Texas a strong economy with unemployment around 4 percent prompts 30 000 businesses to hire ex-offenders. Burt Ellison of Project BJO notes employers increasingly willing to give second chances, with cold calls turning into requests to send applicants. The piece highlights the growing labor pool and the shift in hiring attitudes statewide.
Goldsmith Mayor Bill Edwards says the abandoned Goldsmith Elementary building could host any business to halt town decline, even a prison. The district closed the school last year. utility losses and families leaving the town are cited as reasons to repurpose the site. Potential partner CiviGenics discussed, none agreed.
A 19-year-old Odessa man, Paul Christopher Hicks, fled from Ector County court house bailiffs as they walked him to the bailiff’s office. He shoved aside officers, shattered a glass door, and ran into the street narrowly missing an ambulance. He was recaptured later the same day.
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