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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 2003
Page
1
A Texas lawmaker introduces a bill to curb cell phone use while driving amid deaths linked to distracted driving. Amy Seager blames phone distraction for the loss of her 17-year-old twin daughters at a railroad crossing. Spokesman Mike Lopez notes public awareness remains low.
President Bush addressed about 42 000 Fort Hood soldiers saying they may be called into combat to secure the country and peace. Marines and airmen elsewhere brace for possible deployment as anxieties rise among those who would go.
The 70th annual rodeo season kicks off with a packed Odessa event drawing fans from the Permian Basin. Kayley Granger and friends traveled after hearing on the radio, praising the show as among the best, while nine year old Gibson Cobb notes he has attended five rodeos, calling it fun and cool.
Gov. Perry names homeowners insurance reform a legislative priority for 2003 as lawmakers file more than two dozen bills. Since 2001 complaints rose with premiums climbing up to 200 percent, insurers cite water claim costs and other factors as drivers of the increases.
Roy Cragg founder of Escuela de Esperanza School in Redford says enrollment exceeds the former public school. The Marfa Independent School District closed Bedford School in July and Cragg moved his school, begun in September, into the former Redford building.
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