Year end collage recalls Odessa year of 1997
A humorous year in review uses Mad Libs style blanks to summarize 1997 events in Odessa. The teen curfew, Fort Davis standoff and other oddities are framed with playful placeholders and names like Richard McLaren and Disney World.
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Larry Griffin Jr
Odessa
Fort Davis
Richard McLaren
AARP
Texas
McLaren
Disney World
Medical Center Hospital
IBM
Not So Funny New Year Cheer From Boulder Column
Sonja McGillivray reflects on a year marked by global woes and local perplexities. She notes slave labor concerns in American manufacturing, unresolved JonBenet Ramsey case, OJ Simpson keeping his piano, and the deaths of John Denver and James Michener, while closing with a humorous seasonal wish to readers.
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Boulder
JonBenet Ramsey
O.J. Simpson
John Denver
James Michener
Larry
Seeing red pocketbook pinch hits Christmas budget strain
Bethel Taft of First American Bank in Odessa warns that many households face financial stress from Christmas spending. She outlines cash overspending, personal loans, and credit card cash advances as short term fixes, plus strategies to chip away at debt by prioritizing higher interest cards and trimming the personal budget to improve cash flow.
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Bethel Taft
First American Bank
Odessa
Taft
Permian Cheerleader Heads to National Championship
Permian High School senior Michael Curtis will compete for the top national cheerleader honor at the National Cheerleading Association High School National Championship in Dallas. After months of fund raising, the Permian squad will also perform at the event, today through Tuesday. Curtis earned his spot after ranking third nationally from a 90 second video submission.
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Odessa
Darwin Weigel
Michael Curtis
Dallas Convention Center
Curtis
National Cheerleading Association
Permian
NCA
Sheri Griggs
First Night Odessa aims for family fun in downtown
Music, games and entertainers set the scene for the third annual First Night Odessa New Year celebration in the Municipal Plaza area next Wednesday night. Main Street Odessa director Staci Brown notes consolidation of events with games and toys. Organizers say the event, held in downtown Odessa, draws crowds despite cold weather and markets as a family affair for all ages.
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Odessa
Staci Brown
Main Street
Municipal Plaza
4Th and Lee Streets
Brown
First Night Odessa events and free blues concert
The city hosts a First Night Odessa program with Lee Streets Free blues concert by Bobby Joe Smith and the Zen Buzzards from Odessa at the Presidential Museum from 10 p.m. to midnight. A Pops and classical concert by Lone Star Brass features Tina Duckett Betty Pinkerton Margaret Duval and Renee Witherspoon from 9 to 11 30 p.m. Wednesday includes Klynky the Clown Harlin Rhoades the balloon man and a Moon Bounce for kids.
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Presidential Museum
6Th and Lee Streets
Lone Star Brass
Focal
Tina Duckett
Betty Pinkerton
Margaret Duval
Renee Witherspoon
Klynky the Clown
Harlin Rhoades
Balloon Man
Bobby Joe Smith
The
Zen Buzzards
Odessa
Smith
Adam Brooks
Chris Staggs
James Adcox
Staggs
Brooks
Dallas builder faces second Christmas Eve house blaze
Harold Holigan, a Dallas homebuilder, lost a 10,000 square foot home in a four alarm fire on Christmas Eve. Firefighters fought the blaze for over an hour with no injuries reported. Investigators cautioned the cause is undetermined, with theories including squirrels damage and a faulty attic furnace. Holigan plans to rebuild but fears repeating bad luck at the same site.
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Dallas
Harold Holigan
Holigan
Paxico
Hermina
Sarah
ATICS
Don Benda
Ron Bickel
Bickel
David Busker
Holigans
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Darwin Wenge
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Bobby Joe Smith and
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