Parker is Houston's first openly gay mayor
Parker won 53.6 percent of the vote in a low turnout race to become Houston's first openly gay mayor. The 53-year-old former city controller spoke of her transition team and police reforms while stressing Houston's diverse, welcoming identity. Her victory follows national debates on gay rights and comes as she prepares to start her term on January 1.
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Houston
Annise Parker
Parker
U.S
Jenna Lowenstein
Stonewall Democrats
Parker wins Houston mayoral race as openly gay leader
Mayor elect Annise Parker secures 53.6 percent of the vote, making Houston the largest U.S. city with an openly gay mayor. Parker did not hide her orientation and did not make it a campaign issue.
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Houston
Annise Parker
Center
Kathy Hubbard
Parker
Gene Locke
U.S
United States
Dike closure devastates Texas City fishing businesses
Hurricane Ike wiped out bait camps and the fishing pier on the Texas City Dike, crippling 70 percent of one owner's trade and leaving many leases in limbo. Business owners face uncertain futures as access to the dike remains blocked, insurance fights persist, and repairs stall into next year.
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Texas City
Galveston
Yarbrough
Galveston Bay
Jason Cogburn
Boyd
Galveston County
Doug Bell
Bell
Anita’s
Carl
Nick Finan
Boyd's
Cogburn
Fort Stockton and Odessa Death Notices Reach Area
Death notices from Fort Stockton and Odessa list Hipolito Castaneda 72 died December 11, 2009 with services at St Isidore Cay anosa. Burial Castaneda Family Cemetery. Survivors include sons Jose Ernesto Ramirez and Jose Norberto Ramirez and daughters Maria Concepcion Ramirez and Martha Leticia Ramirez of Mexico. Mae Grannie Clark 99 of Odessa died December 10, 2009 with services at Sherwood Baptist Church and burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include sons William Troy Clark and Garry Clark, daughter Carol Adams, four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great great grandson. Jessie J Lowery 87 of Odessa died December 13, 2009 with services at Odessa Tabernacle. Burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include son Richard Lowery, daughters Judie Munguia and Jackie Kemp, sisters Jo Baxley and Betty Medlock, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Oliver Ray Perkins 79 of Odessa died December 12, 2009 with graveside Rancho Cemetery Nixon. Survivors include stepsons Chuck and Chet Niederhofer, brother Sam Perkins, sister Betty Rutledge.
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Hipolito
Jose Norberto C. Ramirez
Mexico
Maria Concepcion C. Ramirez
Martha Leticia Ramirez
Mae ‘Grannie’ Clark
Odessa
Mae “Grannie” Clark
Medical Center Hospital
Sherwood Baptist Church
Ivy Shelton
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Stonewall County
Sherwood
Jessie J
J.J.” Lowery
Odessa Tabernacle
Doug Herget
Frank W. Wilson
Rexroat
Oklo
Richard
Oliver Ray Perkins
Odessa Regional Medical Center
Rancho Cemetery
Nixon
Luling
Chuck Niederhofer
Chet Niederhofer
Sam Perkins
Midland
Betty Rutledge
Center Point
Obituaries Notice Hit Parade of Midland Odessa
Nadine Emma Fickenscher 86 of Midland died Saturday December 12 2009 services pending with Ellis Funeral Home Kenneth L Hodges 73 died Sunday December 13 2009 in Odessa at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Shirley K Turner 59 of Odessa died Saturday December 12 2009
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Midland
Nadine Emma Fickenscher
Ellis Funeral Home
Odessa
Kenneth L. Hodges
Sunset Memorial Funeral Home
Shirley K. Turner
Odessa Shirley K. Turner
Odessa fugitive seized outside 7-Eleven by U S Marshals
U S Marshals arrested escapee Jeremy Martinez late Saturday in front of the 7-Eleven at 2700 Andrews Highway Odessa. Also arrested were Santiago Martinez 45 Moses Martinez 18 on cocaine charges and a juvenile on alcohol. Martinez pled guilty last year to counterfeiting and was sentenced to two years in federal prison.
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U.S
Odessa
Jeremy Lee Martinez
Andrews Highway
Dixie Boulevard
42Nd Street
Mike Anaya
Santiago Martinez
Moses Martinez
Anaya
Jeremy Martinez
Midland
Martinez
Community events set for Odessa College and area venues
A roundup includes the dedication of Odessa College Reading Lab in memory of Imogene Freer at 10 30 a m in OC Learning Resource Center third floor Auditions at Permian Playhouse for The Glass Menagerie at 7 p m Monday DANCE LESSONS ChaCha and Waltz classes Tuesday at Love To Dance Studio 2017 JBS Parkway Suite FAL costs 15 per person 40 for singles 70 for couples Call 349 1472.
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Odessa College
Imogene Freer
OC Learning Resource Center
JBS Parkway
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Locke
New York
Maine
Portland
Ore
Providence
Cambridge
Mass
David J. Phillips
THE
Associated Press
Jessie J. ‘J.J.’ Lowery
Ernest C. Lynch
CLU
Chfc
Securities and Corp
Society of Financial Service Professionals
Lincoln Financial Advisors
Sipc Insurance
Do Affiliites
Gor Couedt
W. Sons
Opgssa
Commercial
Leman
Gaoa
Permian Playhouse
Glass Menagerie
42Nd St
Flying J Wranglers
Globe Theatre
Shakespeare Road
Michael Martin
Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey
Ector Theatre
Texas Ave
Bikers Against
Starbucks
Grandview Avenue
Mercy Trips Healthcare Outreach
Kanginima Hospital
Uganda
MCM Grandé Hotel FunDome
Jerry Dugan
West Wind
Una Voz Unida Political Action Committee
Communication In Action Group
Far West Studio
W. University Blvd
N. West County Road
Ector County
Pac.unavorunida.org
Big Spring State Hospital
Ellen Noél Art Museum
E. University Blvd
Children's Museum
Museum of the Southwest
W. Missouri Ave
Museumsw.org
W. Co. Rd
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