ECISD Arts Audit Spurs National Kennedy Center Ties
ECISD forms blue ribbon panel to improve school arts programs and partners with five local arts groups for elementary enrichment starting December or January. Kennedy Center evaluating deeper involvement after ECISD was spotlighted on Capitol Hill and praised for a phenomenal music program. Odessa High School harp ensemble invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in December following the audit.
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Gymnastics event promotes fitness for kids at OC Center
Hollowell says gymnastics builds developmental and social skills and transfers to other sports. National Gymnastics Day, started by USA Gymnastics, returns this Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Odessa College Gymnastics Center on the OC campus, with a spacewalker inflatables and a previous $500 raise for Children’s Miracle Network, drawing over 150 spectators.
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Court adopts new rules curbing judges campaign statements
The Texas rules bar judges and candidates from signaling opinions on issues before the court and from pledging how they would rule. A campaign pledge by Campaigns for People notes most major Supreme Court candidates signed, while two declined. Justice Hecht questions the First Amendment impact as the public weighs judicial reform.
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Heather Mills to receive damages from Sunday Mirror
Heather Mills wife of Paul McCartney will receive 76000 pounds in damages from the Sunday Mirror for a libel claim over reports she faced charity irregularity investigations. The paper will also pay Mills legal costs and donate the sum to Adopt a Minefield charity.
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Larry King Portrait Created by Bozhkov and Chan
Bozhkov an instructor in sculpture and Kathryn Chan spent three weeks on a Larry King portrait working up to 10 hours daily. They rose at 4 am to avoid midday travel and sought a natural setting away from Skowhegan to capture the likeness of the talk show host who appears in many living rooms worldwide.
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Spaceport hearing examines $500K grant use and JP plans
Sen Mike Jackson chaired a three hour hearing on the Spaceport Development Corp grant from the Texas Aerospace Commission. Attendees included Jamie Hueman and Art Conner from UT Permian Basin SBDC Midland. JP Aerospace described October PongSats launches with 700 ping pong balls, student experiments, and data analysis at Midland College.
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Odessa American Reader Guide Contact Information
The Odessa American lists contact details including mailing address P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760-2952 and main phone 337-6262 for 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Out of town callers use 800 375 4661. Missing paper line 337 7314 or 888 375 OAOA with hours noted.
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Clinton to host his own talk show reportedly
The New York Times notes Bill Clinton negotiates with CBS for a potential talk show. The piece riffs on political theater, humor, and the era's media dynamics while lampooning forecasts and public figures.
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Sounds Like a Joke Train Leap Highlights Narrow Escape
An unidentified young man leapt from between speeding train cars at a Kobe local station and walked away unhurt as a 60 mph express roared through the platform during July. In Michigan City, two teens were hospitalized after firing on an older man amid a street encounter, the victim escaping unharmed. In Plattsburgh, Robert Moisescu asked a judge to cut a seven year bank robbery sentence to four, arguing the loot equaled only 62 percent in Canadian dollars.
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