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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 2008

Page

9

Odessa gains on Amarillo in Texas unemployment rankings

Unemployment in Odessa edges up from 3.6 to 3.7 percent in July, losing second place to Amarillo among Texas cities with the lowest jobless rate. Midland remains at 3.1 percent as statewide rate climbs to 4.7 percent. Texas added 17,500 farm jobs in July, with 248,600 new jobs in the past year, while national rate rose to 5.7 percent. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area reports 7.7 percent unemployment, Brownsville-Harlingen 7.0 percent.

Odessa Amarillo Texas Midland Texas Workforce Commission McAllen-Edinburg Brownsville-Harlingen

Texas area unemployment rates July local figures listed

Preliminary July jobless rates by Texas metro areas show Abilene at 41 percent with June revised to 4.0 and Dallas Plano Irving at 5.0 with June 4.8. Several markets display anomalous digits such as Corpus Christi 5.1 and McAllen-Edinburg Mission 77, suggesting OCR errors. others echo around the mid fours to mid fives across major cities including Austin Round Rock 4.4, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 4.9, and San Antonio 4.8.

Texas Abilene Amarillo Austin-Round Rock Beaumont-Port Arthur Brownsville-Harlingen College Station-Bryan Corpus Christi Dallas-Plano-Irving el Paso Fort Worth-Arlington Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Laredo Longview Lubbock McAllen-Edinburgh Mission Midland Odessa San Angelo San Antonio Sherman-Denison Texarkana Tyler Victoria Waco Wichita Falls

Church News and Fellowship Schedules Across Odessa

Local churches list ongoing and upcoming activities. Wellsprings at Westminster Presbyterian host a 10 week Bible study starting Sept 8 with Beth Moore materials. Belmont Baptist features a Saturday worship band event at 7 p.m. Lutheran Church offers multiple weekday Bible studies. New Life Church promotes Kingdom Kids Backyard Buddies and family activities. First Christian Disciples of Christ hosts a noon Bible study at Odessa College. Parish events include Vacation Bible School and church bus pickups for Highway Temple Assembly of Odessa. Tickets listed for County Horseshoe event and meal tables with contact numbers.

Temple Assembly of Westminster Presbyterian Church Maple Ave Beth Moore Betty Belmont Baptist Church Eighth St Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord N. Grandview Ave New Life Church Kingdom Kids First Christian Church Disciples of Christ Lisa Revere Odessa College W. University Blvd Call

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