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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1986
Page
9
A humor piece reflects on the agony and absurdity of phone hold times. It notes producers and callers wasting minutes waiting for responses, while hold music provokes irritation. A reporter’s wait turns into a shared joke as both sides engage in hold related miscommunication.
Odessa based Two Rivers Pipeline Construction Co plans to load equipment on railroad cars and move to Magnolia Arkansas to replace about three miles of 20 inch pipeline for Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co The firm eyes work outside the Permian Basin as local demand slows due to weak natural gas prices The company has bids in the Permian but has taken projects in Oklahoma Sulphur Springs and College Station to stay busy
Kyle Scarborough a 50 year old center manager for customer services at Odessa downtown post office and co workers observe a moment of silence Monday afternoon in memory of 14 USPS employees slain in Oklahoma. The flag raised after the observance ending half staff status since last Wednesday.
Odessa picks Jerri Fielding to replace Cindy Weir beginning next Tuesday. Fielding, 54, has 34 years in administration with a Midland law firm and a UT Permian Basin degree. She will supervise spring elections and work closely with residents, noting excitement to serve the community.
ECISD faces a 1200 to 1 ratio of elementary students to counselors and each counselor serves two schools. House Bill 72 raises testing duties, limiting time for counseling. District plans to add counselors, expand magnet schools, and place counselors on each elementary campus to ease demand.
The Texas legal drinking age shifts back to 21 next Monday. 19 year old Lee MacMurdo calls the move silly while noting adults age 18 can vote and serve in the military. He argues for adult status to match other rights and responsibilities. A Permian High School student, 16 year old Landon McCan begins sophomore year.
A 25 year old former worker at a home for the retarded was jailed in Ector County on sexual assault charges. Mike Mitcham of Midland County was arrested near East Interstate 20 and arraigned with bond set at $50,000 before being moved to Ector County Jail.
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