West Texas Wonders by Midland Columnist Bill Modisett
Midland writer Bill Modisett recalls colorful places and people that define West Texas life in a lively column celebrating local character, terrain, and culture.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 2016
Page
2
Midland writer Bill Modisett recalls colorful places and people that define West Texas life in a lively column celebrating local character, terrain, and culture.
Life & Times page guides readers on home cultivation with practical tips from Texas Master Gardeners, an educational service organization. Sunday Chazz Surratt is named 2016 player of the year after scoring 66 touchdowns. the Supreme Court explained in depth.
Odessa Good News page invites readers to submit honors awards and donations for possible publication. Email details to mail at P.O. Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760 and include photos if available. For more information call 333 7775.
Death notices for Doyle Ray Burnett Sr Eunice Irene Latham Hamiin Renee Levario Patricia Ann Molloy and Dale Floyd Schelihorn appear in the page eight obituary section detailing family acknowledgments and memorial notices from the community.
Barrientos praises a familial student bond and describes early basic food prep as a first class. He recalls becoming a sous chef at Midland Club after graduation and falling in love with teaching, noting students progress from unsure knife use to preparing three course meals.
The Odessa American provides contact details for subscriptions delivery and newsroom departments including addresses and phone numbers for news, sports, life and times, and the editorial page. It lists service hours, ad placement contact, and liability statements regarding errors and holiday editions.
This Day In History notes February 1, 1960 Greensboro sit in beginning at Woolworths lunch counter in North Carolina. It also recalls 1790 Supreme Court convening in New York with three justices, 1861 Texas secession vote, 1865 abolitionist John S. Rock first black U.S. Supreme Court bar admission, 1896 Puccini La Boheme premiere in Turin, 1922 Hollywood editor Taylor shot dead, 1943 442nd Regimental Combat Team authorization, 1946 Trygve Lie named UN secretary general, 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini back in Tehran after exile.
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