Winter Weather Warnings and Safe Zone Locations
Odessa area brief notes snow forecast and a public safety update listing safe zones on North Grand View Avenue East 52nd Street and Golder Avenue. The Traffic Unit focuses on school zones including phone use crosswalks and bus loading zones.
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All State honors awarded to Permian and Odessa High students
Permian students Casey Brito Ashley Allen and Andrew Gonzales plus Odessa High Jonathan Ortiz earned All State honors on Saturday. An unrelated Florida auction saw a 1793 copper coin sell for 1.38 million, the highest bid for US copper at auction, with buyer undisclosed and dealer James Halperin noting its historic significance.
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Ashley Allen
Andrew Gonzales
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Jonathan Ortiz
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Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr
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Texas asks Supreme Court to allow new electoral maps
Texas challenges federal oversight of changing voting procedures seeking approval not required by the Justice Department or federal court. If the Supreme Court allows the GOP drawn districts, it could shift 2013 House balance, reflecting demographic gains and ongoing disputes in federal courts in Texas and Washington.
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Justice Department
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Child Support Meeting Sparks Coparenting Talk at Church
Brian Rivas, age 6, shoots a basket as Modesto Rivas watches while Mary Jane Malone records notes at a meeting held at First United Methodist Church. Kids First helped organize the gathering for noncustodial parents and families in the ALBERT CESARE ODESSA AMERICAN community.
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Brian Rivas
Modesto Rivas
Mary Jane Malone
First United Methodist Church
Kids First
Volunteers help kids connect with parents
Centers for Children and Families relies on volunteers to monitor court ordered visits between noncustodial parents and children. With 30 families and 36 volunteers the center seeks more help to prevent reassigning visits to police stations and to minimize repeated assignments while avoiding emotional attachments.
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Carol Taylor
Centers For Children and Families
Taylor
Volunteer coordinator contact and emotional meeting notes
Fran Billingsley, volunteer coordinator, is listed for volunteer help at 570-1084. Taylor notes meetings can be highly emotional as children sometimes resist leaving, while Holli Carter, See KIDS caseworker, comments on the challenge.
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Fran Billingsley
Taylor
Holli Carter
Wizard of Oz lesson for diabetics by Dr Steve Ponder
Dr Steve Ponder, at Lone Star Diabetes and Endocrinology, reflects on inner strength and self belief inspired by The Wizard of Oz. He notes many diabetes tools promise a cure but rarely remove the need for personal management, urging realistic hope over gimmicks. See PONDER Page 10A.
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Steve Ponder
Ponder
Lone Star Diabetes and Endocrinology
Dorothy Real
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