Louisiana evacuees seek shelter in Texas from Katrina
About 1,500 evacuees stayed in Red Cross shelters and Houston area facilities after Katrina forced residents from East Jefferson Parish and nearby communities. Bernetta Smith recalled Betsy’s 1965 flood as she and others crowded into Mont Belvieu shelters and hotels along the Houston corridor.
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Jefferson Parish
Lili
Ivan
American Red Cross
Houston
Red Cross
Baytown
Beaumont
Orange
Odessa College to decide on electronic voting system
Odessa College Board of Trustees meets to consider approving electronic voting machines for all future elections in Ector County. The agenda also includes recommending a 2005 06 tax rate, reviewing the mission statement, examining financial statements, and deciding whether to sell property below market value. Other bodies recently approved the same system.
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Odessa College Board of Trustees
Ector County
Hospital Board
OC Board
Naturalization rules spark debate on voting rights
A reader argues U S naturalization requirements are strict and unfair, noting language tests moral character standards and years in the country. The letter questions why ballots and forms appear in English and Spanish while naturalized citizens face demanding tests.
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U.S
Immigration Department
Aggravated Assault of Officer and Sexual Assault Reported
An Odessa officer was grabbed by the neck at 1:15 a.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Gov. Preston Smith Road. A local woman reported an acquaintance sexually assaulted her at 8:44 p.m. Sunday in south Odessa.
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Preston Smith
South Odessa
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42Nd Streets
Gunman Cranshaw kills couple at church near Dallas
Kenneth Wolfe and his wife flee after the gunman opens fire in the parking lot during services. Cranshaw, who hid in a travel trailer on church property, dies of a self-inflicted gunshot after a lengthy SWAT standoff. Police recover a 9 mm pistol, a .38 revolver, shotgun, rifle, and ammunition. Community of 300 shaken near the Oklahoma border. neighbors had complained of Cranshaw’s disruptive behavior but were ignored.
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Larry Allgood
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Paris News
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Economic development payment on ODC agenda
The Odessa Development Corp board plans to approve a 46,550 payment to Athletic Supply Inc under a 2001 economic agreement that required 25 jobs and a 506,600 payroll for two years. The agenda includes reports from UTPB SBDC MOTRAN and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and contracts for the next fiscal year as well as outside agency contracts and economic development projects Nova and Pack.
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Odessa Development Corp
Joel Roberts
Athletic Supply
ODC
Utpb-Sbdc
Motran
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Odessa opens tire-streaked art space in 1930s Berlin mood
Contemporary gallery opens in Odessa with an industrial, tire-marked interior recalling prewar Berlin. Matheny transformed a Goodyear store space into a singular venue for nonmainstream artists, with a nine month build. The studio joins the Odessa Art Tour downtown, delighting supporters including Carla Bryant.
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Berlin
Rose
Odessa
Carla Bryant
Odessa Council For Arts and Humanities
Bryant
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