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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 2008
Page
2
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The column cites Tiger Woods losing a seven million dollar endorsement with General Motors and a Treasury bailout offer if he accepts salary cuts. It also notes varied events from Thanksgiving travel spikes to political and global remarks, including Obama and Bush appearances, and media commentary.
This week features Clint Eastwood discussing Gran Torino and his life on a new film page. The OA NASCAR page profiles drivers and rivalries as left turns dominate the chase in a fast world.
The Welch Foundation of Houston awards Sul Ross State University a three year $60,000 chemistry departmental grant. It funds six undergraduate scholarships per year with two each in the second summer session fall and spring. Faculty stipends for summer research equipment and travel are provided. Progress reports are due yearly, and the grant runs June 1 2009 through May 31 2012.
The Midland West Rotary Club with funds from the J. Robert Jones Charitable Trust and MISD Education Foundation will deliver Scholastic Hardbound Illustrated Dictionaries to all third grade students and teachers in MISD elementary schools, Greenwood, and Midland Academy Charter School over the coming weeks. Rotarians and Lee High School Interact Club members will conduct deliveries, expanding last year’s Literacy Project to include all Midland County third graders. Teachers will use the dictionaries in the second half of the year.
The Odessa American and Salvation Army join the Empty Stocking Fund to raise toys and food baskets for needy families. Donations may be mailed or delivered to 811 E. 10th St or 222 E. Fourth St, zip 79761. Call 333-7714 or 332-0738 for information. The fund began in 1995 and has raised over 665000. this year’s goal is 75000.
Odessa College announces Chance Orr as the first recipient of the Brandon Borchert Legacy Endowment scholarship in the art department for fall 2008. Orr, a student and freelance photographer, will display a painting at Wi Fi Java Cyber Cafe on campus in spring 2009. For more information, contact Barry Phillips III at 335-6490.
Inside Your or Today syndicated columnist Mona notes editors complain about overstated claims on Page 4A while Texas Gulf Coast coverage recalls shuttle Endeavour returning to Earth after a detour to sunny California on Page 5A. On Page 2B, Austin police join a small group using DNA testing to solve routine property crimes a decade after its rise in law enforcement.
The Odessa American provides contact details for editors and departments, publication information, advertising contacts, and service hours. It lists staff names Patrick Canty and Laura Dennis and various phone numbers for news, sports, life, and editorial pages, plus subscription and service lines.
The Odessa Police Department presents Did You Know on Page 2A each Monday. It warns that interference with an animal control officer or police officer attempting to impound designated animals is illegal.
The page lists multiple death notices and obituaries including Kenneth Louis Cook Sr. Ray C. Nanez Bradley Sparks Edna Mae Wilson Antonio Campos Ybarra Aurora Ramos Lucia Lara Dutchover Ramon D. Marquez Ruth Anne Fernandes Cana Pope Hollis Ray Ellis across Balmorhea Grandfalls Lubbock Midland San Angelo and other towns, with notices appearing on Pages 2B and 4B.
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