Awards list column honors local officials and icons
Gene Powell Jr. presents a tongue in cheek awards list from Odessa Texas, naming the Open Government Award to ECISD for a cautious media email, the Ricky Ricardo Award to Odessa City Manager Richard Morton for a 19 percent raise, and several other lighthearted accolades. The piece notes the playful tone and mentions the Spirit of Women acronym SOW and local figures, with column credit and contact.
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Odessa High
Permian High
Ector County Independent
Adela Vasquez
Vasquez
PIO
ECISD
Ricky Ricardo
Odessa
Richard Morton
Morton
Michael
42Nd Street
Dixie Boulevard
Rodney
Texas Legislature
Killer
Odessa Roughnecks
Cap Rock Electric
AAA
California
Odessa Man Runs Independent For Ector Sheriff
George Rice 64 an Odessa resident and Ohio native who has no law enforcement background seeks the four year sheriff post with a $54 603 salary and county car. He cites long interest in government and says the public is being mistreated and needs someone who can speak out for the apathetic and voiceless.
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Odessa
Ector County
George Rice
Ohio
Rice
Elvis fans celebrate birthday at Ector Theatre in Odessa
About 700 fans gathered Thursday night at the Ector Theatre to honor Elvis Presley on his birthday. Local impersonators Ron Eckert and Dee Carter joined the event with performances of Elvis hits as fans cheered and sang along.
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Elvis Presley
Ector Theatre
James
Gardendale
Dee Carter
Midland
Elvis
Maggie
Ron Eckert
King
Tupelo
Miss. Presley
Odessa sees 13th straight month of rising city sales tax
City Finance Director James Zentner reports a 0.69 percent rise in November sales tax receipts to 1,009,523 total, with 807,618 to the city and 201,905 to the Odessa Development Corp. Investment Corp. of America President John Bushman forecasts February gains as Music City Mall shoppers boost the numbers. He notes strong mall attendance and higher store sales, citing improved oil and gas prices and easing Iraq-related uncertainty.
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Odessa
James Zentner
Odessa Development Corp
State Comptroller’s Office
Investment Corp. of America
John Bushman
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Sales tax receipts rise in eight Permian Basin cities
Odessa joined Alpine Andrews Big Spring Crane Fort Stockton Goldsmith Kermit Marfa McCamey Midland Monahans Pecos Presidio Seminole Stanton Zentner reports year to date sales tax revenues up 4.4 percent or $153,921 against budget and 5.4 percent above last year, with Stanton up 72.2 percent and Midland at $1,485,516.
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Odessa
Permian Basin
Alpine
Andrews
Big Spring
Crane
Fort Stockton
Goldsmith
Kermit
Marfa
McCamey
Midland
Monahans
Pecos
Presidio
Seminole
Stanton
Zentner
Hall Given 55 Year Term for 7-Eleven Robbery
Odessa youth Jeremy Dwain Hall 19 was sentenced to 55 years in prison after a jury verdict for beating a clerk during a June 29 robbery at a 7-Eleven on East Eighth Street. He admitted involvement with another Odessa man and awaits transfer to the Texas Department of Corrections.
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Jay Gibson
Odessa
Jeremy Dwain Hall
Blue Bonnet Ave
Ector County
Texas Department of Corrections
Hall
Eighth St
John Smith
Smith
Lee Hadden
Jason Leach
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