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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1986
Page
6
The Woodson Boys' Club schedules an overnight slumber party for ages 5 to 15 starting 7 p.m. December 19 with pickup at 9 a.m. December 20. Admission is 3 dollars per person or 9 dollars per family of four. Extra 5 dollars for stays after 9 a.m. Breakfast donuts and juice cost 75 cents. Activities include hotdogs, nachos, Coke, and movies.
Odessa Parks and Recreation schedules holiday events at Floyd Gwin Auditorium and Park venues. Activities include a Christmas shop for children age 6 and up, a Christmas decoration contest running through December 19 with Monday registration, Santa in the Park Tuesday evening, a December Domino Tournament at Woodson Park, and an over-40 men’s basketball league with December 30 deadline. Fees apply for some events. contact details provided.
Camp Fire Inc presents a double showing at Permian Mall Theater on December 20 and 23 at 9 30 and 11 30 a m Tickets cost 1 50 with all proceeds aiding the Petro Plains Council Camp Fire Inc Adult supervision will be provided and each ticket includes a free ice cream cone
Needy children in the Permian Basin may enjoy a brighter Christmas thanks to the Toys for Tots collection at Permian Mall at 3 30 p m Saturday. Big 2 KMID TV KODM KNFM and 7 Up Dr Pepper sponsor live remotes and free drinks for donors. Marines led the effort once started in 1947 by Col William Hendricks and now aid Salvation Army at Christmas with help from Ernie the Elf.
Gene Schneider of Odessa and James P. Hammond of Monahans were named district deputies by the Texas Masonic Grand Lodge at its annual meeting in Waco Dee. They will serve under Grand Master John E. Kelly in the 82nd and 83rd districts in 1987, with nine lodges in Andrews Crane Ector and Gaines and seven lodges in Ward Winkler and Reeves Counties. The Grand Lodge marks its 150th birthday in 1987, founded in 1837 by Sam Houston Anson Jones and others. the order boasts 959 Texas lodges and over 200 000 members with worldwide total near five million.
At a Dallas American Heart Association meeting, UNC researchers report higher beta endorphin levels in heart patients who felt no chest pain during exercise. Of 25 tested, 15 reported pain, 10 did not, yet all showed reduced blood flow. the pain-free group had elevated endorphins.
A whimsical Hamster Ballet Company book by Janis Mitchell with archival art and a strong text by Stanley Baron caters to teens and adults. Also reviewed is When Your Pet Dies by Jamie Quackenbush and Denise Graveline, offering coping steps for grief after a pet’s death.
New Jersey entrepreneur Michael Healey profits from bubble sheeting themed as Grief Relief. He claims popping the bubbles relieves stress and hostility, with boxes featuring satirical prints of bosses and in-laws. Customers pay about five dollars for the experience.
University of Michigan researchers find women mediators are more compassionate and focus on long term relationships, while men favor quick, power preserving fixes. The study notes men predefine solutions and impose them, whereas women work with the parties to resolve tensions.
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