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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 2000
Page
1
The Heritage of Odessa Foundation and the Odessa American will host the 16th annual Community Statesman Award dinner on Feb. 17 at the Holiday Inn. The event honors 13 Odessans and four former Odessans for public service and civic achievements, with tickets priced at $20.
Reading and writing take place amid a cramped Pease Elementary kitchen area where Mary Ann Villarreal guides activities. Carts fill the gym due to limited kitchen space. A floor section in the cafe lacks tile, leaving cement walkways for students and workers.
Photos reveal aging facilities with shifting concrete exposed asbestos and cracks in walls at Ector County Independent School District elementary schools. 22 of 28 schools exceed 40 years old, and trustees say district funds are insufficient for major repairs.
Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry, who guided America’s Team to five Super Bowls and reshaped NFL strategy, died at 75 after ongoing treatment for acute myeloid leukemia. Landry posted 270 career victories, coached from 1960 to 1988, and influenced successors including Dan Reeves and Mike Ditka.
Odessa City Council approves a $4.3 million parks package within a $13 million Capital Improvements Program. The plan funds a community pool and a four field girls softball complex, financed by $7.8 million in bonds and other projects without tax increases. Bond proceeds expected by May 16. council calls it a quality of life upgrade.
In Chicago and Miami florists recount reading bizarre valentine verse from customers. Phrases include playful insults and awkward lines from film quotes, late-night poems, and a note ending with a mysterious PS about showing it to someone named Mark. The humor and awkwardness illustrate the holiday pressure on florists.
In Austin Gore boosters opened his Texas headquarters to solidify a lead in the March 14 Texas primary. Campaign chair Gary Mauro cited a January poll showing 54 percent support for Gore over 25 percent for Bradley, with local Democrats endorsing Gore as Bradley is labeled too radical for Texas.
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