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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 2011
Page
1
A short piece on the classification debate, noting tomato as a fruit botanically while treated as a vegetable in cooking. It debunks common myths and offers simple, tasty tomato recipes for readers. It also mentions a Food page feature scheduled for Wednesday.
Saturday August 27 drawing results show Road 2 and Cash 19 22 33 34 37 with Pick 3 326 and Hot Lotto 5 17 22 29 37. Official results published at wnlottery.com.
Record breaking heat continues across Texas with Houston tying 109 degrees and San Antonio reaching 108. Dallas and Austin endure triple digit temperatures all month as Electric Reliability Council of Texas urges conservation amid rising demand and a looming peak.
Obituary notices list for Odessa Maud Dominguez Charles Mills Billy Monroe Rucker Timateo Ybatra Andrews Jesus Jesse Lopez Midland Johnny McClellan Ting Marie Russell Sweetwater Billy Wayne Lofton and other honorees, summarizing deaths and memorials across several West Texas communities.
The Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale prepare to begin a new season in Ticket. Friday features Caroline Kennedy recalling her mother while promoting a book of rarely heard interviews with former First Lady. Sunday highlights await.
Six Sul Ross students from Alpine attended UC Berkeley's eighteenth Ronald E. McNair California Scholars Symposium August 4–8, presenting research on soil carbon, Mexican spotted owl, Guatemala parasites, public discourse, retail compliance, and African American slave narratives. They toured campuses, attended funding and GRE sessions, networked with scholars, and valued graduate-school exposure.
Odessa and Midland forecast calls for clear or partly cloudy skies at dawn with sunrise, light gusts, and mild humidity. Expect daytime highs near the mid 70s to low 80s with elevations in dust and possible mist. Nighttime temps should dip into the 50s with light northerly winds.
The Odessa American lists contact numbers for news, sports, life and times, and the editorial page along with advertising lines and hours. It notes policies on ad acceptance, liability limits for errors, and potential higher holiday delivery rates.
On August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast near Burns Louisiana causing floods that devastated New Orleans and killed more than 1800 people in the region.
On this date in history Atahualpa the last Incan king was executed in 1533 by orders of Francisco Pizarro. Brigham Young, church leader and second president of the LDS Church, died in Salt Lake City in 1877 at age 76. Sunjong abdicated in 1910 as the Japan Korea Annexation Treaty took effect. Denmark scuttled most naval ships in 1943 amid Nazi clampdown. 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in 1944 praising Paris liberation. Senate approved Civil Rights Act in 1957 after Strom Thurmond's 24 hour filibuster ended.
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