Local sports memorabilia store thrives amid oil boom
Cloud 9 Cards draws buyers from oil workers nationwide with a mix of modern items like a Rich Gossage signature card at 79.99 and Josh Hamilton Derby pictures, plus classic 1950s Bowman cards and local favorites Roy Williams and Stoney Case. Customers value seeing items in person over online listings.
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Bob Bescher
Vantage Piedmont Tobacco
Cloud 9
Rich “Goose” Gossage
Josh Hamilton
Yankee Stadium
Warner
Hamilton
Bowman
Ted Williams
Jackie Robinson
Detroit Lions
Permian High
Roy Williams
Odessa College
Larry Johnson
NFL
Stoney Case
Nieto
Growth fuels Odessa hotel strip plans near Lowe's site
Odessa's northeast area blooms with new projects as Bushman companies push a long term vision. Khoury notes hotels planned west of Lowe's and north of JBS Parkway 52nd Street amid a surge in retail space tied to the Lowe's facility. Bushman’s ICA umbrella oversees MCM Eleganté Hotel and Grandé Hotel Fundome as development eyes a million square feet of shops. Short-term prospects exist but only as suspects for MCM Plaza.
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Lowe’s
Khoury
JBS Parkway
52Nd Street
Odessa
Bushman
ICA
MCM Eleganté
MCM Grandé Hotel FunDome
MCM Plaza
Tropical Storm Edouard Forms in Gulf Forecasts
Tropical Storm Edouard formed in the Gulf of Mexico with 50 mph winds and is forecast to bring heavy rain and winds to western Louisiana and southeastern Texas. Forecasters expect strengthening toward near hurricane strength by landfall in Texas Tuesday morning. A tropical storm warning covers the mouth of the Mississippi River to Intracoastal City, La, excluding New Orleans.
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Edouard
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi River
Texas lawmakers probe campaign rent to spouses and firms
The Texas Legislature closed a loophole banning elected officials from renting or paying family owned property with campaign funds. Sen. Kim Brimer and Sen. Jane Nelson quit paying rent to spouses after previously using condos near the capitol. Other lawmakers shifted offices or continued payments to spouses’ firms while watchdogs insist gifts and value must be disclosed.
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Austin
Kim Brimer
R-Fort Worth
Jane Nelson
Rflower Mound
Nelson
Brimer
Tony
Townview
West
Skyview Development Corporation
Shapleigh
el Paso Democrat
Associa
Natalia Ashley
Texas Ethics Commission
Tom Craddick
Midland
Christi
Rob Eissler
the Woodlands
Eissler
Carl Isett
R-Lubbock
Lubbock Bookkeeping Services
Isett
The
Austin American-Statesman
Todd Smith
Lubbock Republican
Texas
Tom “Smitty” Smith
Public Citizen of Texas
Fred Lewis
Westgate
Virtually invisible TM by ReSound debuts in Odessa
Audio Acoustics Hearing Centers in Odessa announces the TM by ReSound, the first in the world with In visible Open Technology, fitting inside the ear canal as a shadow. Early tests note greater comfort and clearer sound with minimal behind the ear interference. Limited 30 day trial offer through August 15, appointments required at 2481 E 11th St, Odessa. Call (432) 335-9514 or (800) 281-7788.
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Odessa
Texas
Audio Acoustics Hearing Centers, Inc
ReSound
Audio Acoustics
Randy Pat Russell
Kathleen Hietpas
Audio Acoustics Hearing Center
Ing
E. 11Th St
Heaar.com
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