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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1996
Page
13
Sonja Merrick writes about joy and sadness as her daughter Jennie becomes engaged and starts a new family. The columnist reflects on motherhood, watching children grow, and the ache of growing distance, while affirming enduring love and future babysitting.
Damon Cline reports Odessa and Permian Basin leaders join statewide officials to protest Amtrak cutbacks. The company plans to cancel the Texas Eagle route south of St. Louis, isolating Dallas-Fort Worth from interstate rail service and jeopardizing future Basin connections. Iris Correa.
Amtrak executive director of the Mexican-American Network of Odessa works with Texas and US Hispanic chambers to oppose withdrawal. Officials along the Interstate 20 corridor are urged to campaign. Senator Hutchison, Governor Bush, and Senator Gramm criticize the plan, noting Texas taxpayers subsidize Amtrak. If the board approves the cost-cutting move next month, the Texas Eagle will be cut on Nov 10, leaving only the Sunset Limited from El Paso to San Antonio to Houston. Local officials had recently begun dis-
Odessa resident Deborah Silvester earned a gold medal not on balance beam but by living with inflammatory breast cancer for six months. She joined 34 other survivors as 300 volunteers began laps at Odessa College track to kick off a Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The event runs from 6:30 last night to 6:30 tonight with survivors, families, turbans, wheelchairs, and ox tanks on display.
ECISD food service plans for the first week of school, projecting meals based on next year’s enrollment. Aimed at healthier choices, the district will offer a daily fresh fruit option and limited yogurt use under new USDA patterns. Officials emphasize adjusting orders to student demand and maintaining cost controls.
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