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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 2008
Page
4
A collection of readers’ letters from Travis Elementary to Santa, listing wishes for PSPs, laptops, bikes, games, toys, a dog, a puppy, a Wii, a Nintendo DS, a computer, and various movie and music titles, with several children signing as they request cookies and milk.
Lea Venegas searched Odessa streets for Iron Mike Tyson a boxer owned by her overseas serving son Martin in the Air Force. Neighbor Toni Newby stopped traffic to lure the dog into her car using french fries then returned the pet to Venegas after a call to the Odessa American. The story notes Martins multiple deployments and community gratitude including an angel ornament.
The Texas Forest Service distributes 5.7 million dollars to more than 900 departments that fought wildfires in 2005 06. Odessa Fire Department will receive 9220 dollars, part of House Bill 15 80th Legislature funds to cover firefighting costs between December 1 2005 and September 18 2006. John Alvarez notes the grants are a welcome surprise after prior reimbursement disappointments. Some departments already received FEMA reimbursements. TFS verifies reports and disburses payments via its Fire Reporting System. Recipient departments include Alpine VFD Andrews VFD Big Lake FD Midland City and others in the Panhandle and West Texas.
Our big concern is little feet. 432-520-5534 Midland Plaza next to Mervyn's.
Northeast Odessa residents lost power early Tuesday due to a transformer failure at the Glen Haven substation near Highway 80. Squirrel-triggered equipment faults knocked out power for the region with Clearwire and the Commemorative Air Force among affected entities. By 10 a.m. two thirds restored and full service returned just before 10:30 a.m.
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