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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 2002
Page
10
In 1990 Bliss, after moving from Majorca with her husband who joined an imported car repair shop, created a San Francisco based Web site offering small business owners “tricks of the trade.” She notes that Internet business benefits grow when combined with local community involvement.
Bliss plans a support center with a paintball course and shooting range to blend online and offline outreach. She argues a mixed approach of mortar and wire builds local atmosphere and profits, while running an area business listing site at odessabusiness.inabliss.com.
Ziglar, famed author and motivational speaker, brings Thriving in Any Economy to Golf Course Road Church of Christ in Midland. The event runs 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Thursday, with doors at 8 15 a.m. and a ticket line at 800 527 0306.
The organization approved a $335,200 bid from Masters Builders of Midland to construct the PM&R and wound care facility including a waiting area doors entryway and hydro rooms. A $917,400 LTAC contract was approved with Cooper Construction of Odessa to rework medical gas lines add ADA compliant restrooms expand the pharmacy shower and isolation rooms and create a respiratory therapy room.
At Location Lounge in Odessa a 17-year-old man Jacob Downs was stabbed and left in the parking lot. Downs was upgraded to good condition later Tuesday. Police described a suspect as a white man 5 4, 150 pounds with a moustache and an older blue two door Honda. No arrests yet. A separate case reports Perry Wayne Wells charged with kidnapping for holding a woman at 2237 Independence Drive and choking her at Clear Creek Apartments 2237 Independence Drive. Wells held the woman against her will. she was found unclothed with red marks on her neck.
The Ector County Independent School District board of trustees will meet Thursday to discuss the 2002-03 budget and vote on the student code of conduct and campus handbooks. The special meeting starts at 6 p.m. in conference room E on the second floor.
AIM High School at 4803 Plaza Blvd schedules year round and night school registration today and Thursday at 10 am 3 pm and 7 pm. Call 368-2810 for details.
In West Palm Beach Florida critics attack a statute requiring birth mothers to publish sexual history ads to identify a father before private adoptions. The law, effective last October, faces challenges including rape and incest cases and potential unconstitutionality as courts weigh its impact on families and privacy. Governor Bush supports confidential father registry as compromise. The Schneiders delay Neena’s adoption to avoid forced disclosures.
Local law enforcement representatives from Odessa Midland and Crane meet in Midland at 10 a.m. to discuss implementing the Amber Alert Network. Participants include OPD KMID TV and Midland PD as they study operational steps and educate teams for a Texas system designed to broadcast child abduction alerts.
County approves the purchase of a water tank sharing two thirds of the supply with Family Dollar and leaving a third for community use. Groundbreaking is set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at the site near JBS Parkway and Interstate 20. The plan includes 100 percent 10 year tax abatements and a Freeport exemption. City officials also scheduled a public hearing on a 3.89 percent tax revenue increase for fiscal year 2002-03 and noted Medal of Valor commendations for rescuing a woman from a burning building.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed seven West Nile virus cases in Texas. The report notes a state test on a suspected case rose to 14 and then later to 37 as health officials in South Carolina and other areas investigated evolving counts.
The Health of Texans Part I from the Texas Department presents leading US death causes heart disease cancer and stroke as state leaders. It outlines behavioral risks chronic and infectious diseases and sets the stage for Part II to address a coordinated public health system with measurable goals for 2003 to 2010.
Travis County health officials say vaccines may be ineffective though no children were harmed and no medical emergency was posed. David Lurie, director of the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services De.
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