Shrines for dead heroes and their lasting grip
A reflective piece questions the obsession with memorials for icons like Elvis Presley Mickey Mantle and Princess Diana. The author recalls Elvis sightings in Amarillo and muses on why fans cling to youth and fame while noting mortality and human flaws. Memories endure but obsessions vary in intensity.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis
Amarillo
Amarillo Globe News
James Dean
Diana
Mickey Mantle
Walter Payton
Mickey
Las Vegas
Detroit Free Press
Cash
Permian Basin seeks Job Corps center between Odessa and Midland
The Permian Basin Workforce Development Board aims to attract a 300-bed Job Corps training center for 16 to 24 year olds between Odessa and Midland. The proposed campus would include dormitories classrooms and a cafeteria with access to regional schools. Board spokesman Robert Donnelley notes established community support and existing educational linkages to aid outreach and serve high school dropouts and others underserved. If chosen the center could secure a contract from Job Corps and enhance local workforce development.
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Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Odessa
Midland
Labor Department
Workforce Development Board
Robert Donnelley
Job Corps
Donnelley
Alliance Hospital on schedule ahead of July 2003 opening
The five story steel frame rising at Fifth Street and Muskingum Avenue stands as a progress marker for Alliance Hospital. CEO Bobbie Kale says construction is slightly ahead of schedule and will open no later than July 2003. Brasfield and Gorrie finishes steel by October and enclosing starts next month. The $37.5 million, Western National Bank financed, general acute care facility will emphasize cardiac and orthopedic care to keep local health dollars in the Permian Basin. Doctors including Dr Kris Tamarisa have relocated to Odessa with Dr Francis Duhaylongsod expected this fall.
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Fifth Street
Muskingum Avenue
Alliance Hospital
Bobbie Kale
Brasfield & Gorrie
Kate
Western Nationa Bank
Paul Lucas
Odessa
Kris Tamarisa
Odessa Regional Hospital
Kale
Tamarisa
Loyola University Clinic
Chicago
Francis Duhaylongsod
Honolulu
Texas irrigation needs $17 billion to fix systems
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs told farmers that about 17 billion dollars is required to shore up crumbling irrigation networks and secure water for crops. She highlighted drought across the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley and warned that a 1944 water treaty with Mexico is strained. A Valley fix could cost about 100 million, while federal funds in a bill led by Rep. Ruben Hinojosa seek 47 million.
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Weslaco
Texas
Texas Agriculture
Susan Combs
Combs
Panhandle
East Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Mexico
U.S
Ruben Hinojosa
Continental says it won’t eliminate existing flights
Continental Airlines has no plans to pull out markets it currently serves to boost profits, an airline spokesman says. The denial follows ongoing industry reductions and new fees as airlines respond to tough market conditions, with continued coverage on page 28 CONTINENTAL.
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Continental
Continental Airlines
Grant challenge faced by Odessa school program coordinator
Odessan Becky Rivera-Weiss coordinates Communities in Schools at Odessa High School helping students access supplies motivation and guidance toward graduation. She says one more campus assistant could expand one on one support and boost completions.
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Becky Rivera-Weiss
Odessa
Weiss
Odessa High School
Stu
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Julie Brean
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