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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 2009
Page
1
Odessa Empty Stocking fund struggles to reach goal
Odessa families face a cold holiday as donations lag for the Empty Stocking drive. Generous gifts push total to 9099 with seven days left to reach 600 families and the 75000 goal before the December 18 deadline. Page 2A has details on how to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Tryon Lewis Files Candidacy for Texas House Seat
Incumbent state representative Tryon Lewis filed for reelection to Texas House District 81. Lewis won a 2008 special election to succeed Buddy West, who died after a primary loss to Lewis. He defeated Libertarian Elmo Hockman in November 2008. Lewis is a Permian High School graduate and attorney, married to Trudy with two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryon Lewis
Texas
House of Representatives
Lewis
Buddy West
Elmo Hockman
Permiarr High
Trudy
Texas Gasoline Prices Steady Across State This Week
Retail gasoline prices held at an average $2.50 a gallon in Texas with AAA Texas noting nationwide pump prices near $2.63. Galveston reported the cheapest at $2.45, El Paso the highest at $2.61, and the association said prices have been stable since late October with a drop from early November.
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Texas
Galveston
el Paso
Daa.com
Defense: Billings Insanity Defense Emerges in 2007 Case
Defense attorney Zavoda withdrew a suppression motion on a video interview of Dwayne Dale Billings in the 2007 aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping case involving a 9 year old autistic girl in Odessa. He argues Billings' bizarre conduct shows insanity at arrest and may drive the defense as a not guilty by reason of insanity plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne Dale Billings
David Zavoda
Billings
Odessa
161St District
Zavoda
Odessa College student Lorena Raigoza aims for UTPS after graduation
Odessa College student Lorena Raigoza heads to the OC Learning Resource Center to work on the computer as she completes an associate degree in art and psychology. She is scheduled to graduate Friday and plans to enroll at UTPS in fall 2010 to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa College
Lorena Raigoza
OC Learning Resource Center
Raigoza
UTPS
Woman graduates with independence despite ramp delay
Lorena Raigoza, longtime Odessa College student with cerebral palsy, will receive an associate degree in art and psychology tonight at 7 in royal blue robes. She will ride her motorized wheelchair onto campus, defying doctors' predictions, as officials present her diploma though a ramp remains uninstalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena Raigoza
Odessa College
Raigoza
Odessa College Sets 7 P.M. Fall Commencement Tonight
Odessa College schedules a 7 p.m. commencement at the College Sports Center with 126 students earning associate degrees. Texas Tech University Permian Basin plans three ceremonies on Saturday for nearly 250 diplomas with a 10 a.m. start in the gym and a speaker from the District.
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Odessa College
UTPB
Craddick to Headline Two Campus Ceremonies
A second ceremony is set for 2 p.m. in the gym with guest speaker Jack Wood, president and CEO of Western National Bank. An evening ceremony at 5 p.m. in the gym features Grant Billingsley, manager of public affairs at Wagner and Brown Ltd. A Spanish convocation at 11:30 a.m. on the Student Union second floor honors students from Spanish-speaking families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Craddick
Western National Bank
Jack Wood
Grant Billingsley
Wagner and Brown Ltd
Neighborhood rocked by small explosion on West 39th Street
Odessa residents Pedro and Irene Lucero describe a noon blast that litters the street with paper from a college composition test booklet. Police say a wad of fireworks tied together caused the explosion and a small fire erupted in a nearby yard before firefighters contained it.
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Pedro
Irene Lucero
West 39Th Street
Pedro Lucero
Cpl
Sherrie Carruth
OPD
Odessa
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