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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1990
Page
11
Odessa organizer Todd Owen leads a volunteer campaign to crown the city the pet turtle capital. Saturday at Permian Mall features displays and a new slogan Wouldn't you like to be a turtle too with plans for a weeklong celebration next June and a downtown parade.
Four Ector County commissioners testified that the $150 monthly wage for constables is fair pay in a nonjury trial before 161st District Judge de Lewis. Plaintiffs Joe Hill and Martin Stringer seek about $129,747 to $142,783 in back pay and equipment costs, with Hill withdrawing $2,600 for his wife’s records.
EPA on scene coordinator Greg Fife estimated that about 4,000 of the 100,000 drums at the 5 acre Odessa Drum Co site on Alice Street may hold hazardous chemicals. Cleanup could take six months and exceed $2 million, with caustic wash water and residuals in roughly half of those drums.
Odessa ranks 250th among 300 cities in a national list of Best Places to Live. Mayor Lorraine Bonner dismisses the ranking saying readers miss West Texas qualities and rainfall bias, noting Odessa has what the community needs. Bremerton tops Seattle, with Washington state cities occupying four of the top eight spots.
Fragment from a 1969 magazine listing references multiple cities including Seattle San Francisco Tacoma Eugene-Spri Minneapolis-St Paul Los Angeles Long Beach and a note to see CITTES 12A. The text shows numbered rankings and appears as a partial index or citation list rather than a full article.
The Texas 71st Legislature required counties to build prisoner work farms to ease overcrowding, but state funding is insufficient. Ector County officials said the county will need about 800,000 to build, yet only 366,000 was allocated.
Midlanders criticize Midland County Hospital Districts plan to raise ad valorem taxes to 16.62 cents per $100 valuation from 13.72. Board members largely back the increase though a few residents seek rollback. Chair Tom Bruner says rollback would likely fail if approved. Edna Walger solicits support and petition details at a Midland Memorial Hospital forum.
Ector County homeowners will see lower county taxes next year as commissioners set a 31.5 cent per $100 valuation rate, down from 43.5 cents. The rate drop funds a $20.4 million budget after Medical Center Hospital district formation, with about 26.2 cents for general operations and 5.3 cents for employee services. County Judge Jan Fisher and Precinct 2 Ricky Orgensen supported the measure after discussion.
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