West Texas peanut boom reshapes state farming map
In Eastland and Comanche counties once dominate peanut growing, farmers like Dickie Norris move to Gaines County on the High Plains as West Texas expected to yield two thirds of Texas 400 ton peanut crop amid a dry summer. Georgia leads production. See PEANUTS on Page 3A.
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Gorman
Abilene
Dickie Norris
Texas
Norris
Eastland County
Lubbock
Odessa
Georgia
Eastland
Comanche
Waco
Gaines County
High Plains
West Texas
Jerry Foote
Seminole
U.S
Ector magnet project brings new staff and facilities
Ector Junior High will reopen next fall with new programs and facilities as a 5.3 million renovation adds performing arts spaces for a planned magnet school The Academy for Performing and Creative Arts and Advanced Academic Studies Administrators seek staff for the magnet and will interview in January while many current teachers face reassignment and the district assures no one will lose their job despite shifts in placement
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Ector
Ector County Independent School District Board
Academy For
Maria Chavez
Chavez
Ector Junior High
Ecisd Human Resources
Pete Chernick
Rebecca Baca
Baca
Texas State Teachers Association
Sabrina Klusmeyer
The
Association of Texas
Wet weekend slows Odessa shoppers in rain soaked Saturday
Mild autumn ends with a damp Saturday as Odessa sees three quarters of an inch of rain raising December total close to an inch. Roads flood on Dixie Boulevard and John Ben Shepperd Parkway though police report no fatalities. Met officials warn of near freezing temps early Sunday with a gradual warm up later.
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Muskingum Avenue
10Th Street
Odessa-Midland
Odessa
Permian Basin
Circuit casts pall on AIDS fund raising
A large donor driven circuit of AIDS fund raising draws 30 000 participants who travel world wide for parties amid sex and drug use critics call the circuit a cult Salvation Army Captain Michael Barnhouse oversees toy and food baskets for the Empty Stocking Fund and Angel Tree drive delivering help to more than 600 families in Odessa.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Jonathan
Salvation Army
Michael Barnhouse
Barnhouse
Fund wraps up short of goal in Odessa drive
The 1997 Empty Stocking Fund collected 35379.02 dollars by Friday, aiding over 600 needy Odessa families. The Odessa American and Salvation Army led the effort, with the paper matching 3000 dollars and adding 2000 more to close the gap as the campaign neared its final target.
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Odessa
Odessa American
Salvation Army
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Ray Fagen
National Weather Service
Midland
Music City Mall
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Rick Pippins
OPD
Mark Sterkel
Ken Brodnax
Earth
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