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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1996
Page
2
An area stroke victim on $440 disability faces monthly $225 child support payments and was told by the AG’s office that failure may trigger driver’s license suspension for a $6,100 debt. Other features include oil refinery trends, wind chimes, political ads, Avignon lavender fields, teen morality views, and the Texas Rangers playoff chase.
Pace outlined a 7 cent tax increase aimed at covering rising costs in the sheriff's office and jail, noting about 35 percent of the budget supports law enforcement. County Judge Jim Jordan called the two departments gaping holes the county cannot fill, with state mandates driving expenses. Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Mark Donaldson cited a 1 to 48 officer to prisoner ratio, saying staffing needs grow with inmate numbers. Since 1990, 56 new positions were added across sheriff, jail, and juvenile probation, while juvenile budgets rose 50 percent since 1995. Property values have fallen from over $6 billion in 1985 to $4.3 billion in 1995, reducing tax dollars. No across-the-board raises or service cuts are planned, and cost-cutting hiring delays saved about $200,000 this year. Pace believes the budget reflects careful spending.
Hornung notes enrollment growth tied to a baby boomlet among children of baby boomers in junior high. Officials base projections on prior year grade counts and live births for kindergarten. District will assess staffing and class sizes after a preliminary enrollment check next week. early education totals unavailable due to year round school start in September.
Audrey Geisel, Dr Seuss's widow, announces a $1 million gift for a memorial to the author in his western Massachusetts hometown. The Springfield Library and Museums Association will oversee the project, with design yet to be chosen. Geisel previously funded UCSD's Geisel Library.
A policy seminar highlights how declines in employer based coverage reduce insurance for children at all income levels. Franstin notes 1980 74 percent of plans paid by employers dropping to 21 percent by 1993. In 1994 46.3 million children lacked coverage with 1 million newly uninsured that year.
Campolo asserts God loves the whole universe and any life on another planet. Greg Laurie, evangelist of Harvest Crusades, says Scripture offers no stance on extraterrestrial life yet affirms God’s love, goodness, righteousness, and fairness for thinking beings beyond Earth.
Three boys ages 5 to 6 wandered from a babysitter near Lake Elmo Minnesota and spent the night in a 244 acre corn field before about 100 locals found them. They were mud stained and hungry but safe, walking along a road to the babysitter’s house around dawn.
Infoline provides up to date Lotto Texas, Pick 3 and Cash 5 numbers via phone at 580-4636 with entry 6600. The office is in Odessa at 4682 E University Blvd, phone 915 368 5243, and results are unofficial until Commission verification.
San Antonio City Council reviews cloud seeding as drought lingers. A plane disperses salt crystals into clouds to boost rain chances, with officials noting mixed results in West Texas and no guaranteed outcomes for the city.
The Midland grand jury examines PBRPC travel records spanning three years to assess possible improprieties under Crawford. An Ector County grand jury might lack jurisdiction. the probe is in early stages with oversight by the House Appropriations Committee. Odessa records show over $26,000 spent at bars and clubs, including two Austin topless bars.
The Odessa American is published daily in Odessa Texas at 222 East Fourth Street with post office box mailing and billing details. It reserves the right to accept or reject advertisements and disclaims liability for errors omissions or unpublished ads.
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