Odessa American letters show high school football tops topics
A 1999 review of 444 published letters in the Odessa American finds football discussion dominating readers comments, with 43 letters on high school football and Odessa High School coaching changes. Prayer before games ranks second with 32 letters, followed by air quality, religion, Bill Clinton, hazardous waste storage, school shootings, and local columnists.
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Permian Basin
Odessa American
Odessa High School
Huntsman
Bill Clinton
West Texas
Bill Salter
Ken Brodnax
Sonja McGillivray
Laura Dennis
Bob Rothstein
Dennis Elam
Westside
Wal-Mart
San Angelo
Baumholder
Germany
San Francisco
Tucson
Ariz
Odessa
Public Forum 1999 Letters Totals Reach 444
A compiled list shows 1999 total letters 444 with yearly comparisons to 1998 392 and 1997 452 and 1996 382. The long roster includes Odessa Tyler Forsythe and many other contributors across Texas towns from Andrews to Wink.
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John Forsythe
Big Bend
Lonnie L. Lawrence
Odessa
Billie Pippen
Whit Teer
Andrews
Kelly Speer
Charles G. Rogers
Iraan
S.J. Houston
Guy Waldrip
Raye
Anne Hawley
Willa F. Finley
Robert E. Williams Sr
Dennis Beadles
J.L. Barnett
Shane Key
Nick Flaker
WL. Provance
Robert M. Kiser
Jamie Foreman
Hugh Vaught
Wink
Marjorie Gallion
Crane Jerry Showalter
Bill Butler
John Cunningham
Chuck Isner
Lane Haygood
Pat Mayo
David Lieb
Reggie Voss
Janet K. Thayer
Carolina Garcia
Criselda Marquez
Chris Oliver
Crowley
Dora Savage
Margie Poe
Ronnie Tidwell
Bill Gardenhire
Bruce K. Darling
Austin
Allison Bell Love
Midland
Robert Coskrey
Michael Pfeifer
San Angelo
Alvin Collins
DR. “Slim” Melton
Darrell Tomlinson
D. St. Germaine
Tucson
Ariz
T.J. Conn
Dan Lane
Craig Morgan
James M. Rankin
Jerry Showalter
Stan Smith
William T. Barnes
Dan Little
Ellen Hoffman
Eugene P. Melcher
Seagraves
Marsha Wood
Annette Alvarado
Plains
Kay Kelly
Alpine
Lavon Vossler
Dominic Sanchez
San Antonio
Alan Seals
Michael Perrin
Michael D. Pfeifer
Therman Oldham
Kermit Jamie Williams
Janie Widner
Jean M. Ross
Terry Blair
Laura Stearns
Sandra Sweeden
Keri Walthail
Waco
Ruby Wright
Kermit
Frankie Skinner
Mary Martinez Jenkins
Fr. Davis
Margaret Nutter
Ronnie Markell
Rusty Troutz
Jim Ward
Joell Calwell
Lawrence R. Jacobi Jr
Mary Schenkel
Irvin J. Reiner
Chad Durham
Margaret Gilliam
Ruth M. Surratt
Francis X. Frey
Douglas A. Clark
San Francisco
Larry Kerr
Freddy Hinojos
Sonny Foxx
Jenny Zimmerman
Patrick Vasquez
MiMi Watson
Gary N. Brewer
Pyote
Denelle Farmer
K. David Wallender
Kirk McFarland
Sandy Crawford
Becca Stephens
Lana Yandrich
Jerrie Harvey
Jeramy Smith
Gerald Waters
William Boyles
Thom Phelps
Amador Perez
Gary Meador
Roy Threet
Robin Adkins
Stinnett
Jeffery Fambro
Tommy Clark
Robert L. Strong
Lubbock
Mike Jarrett
Scott Erwin
Riley B. Hagelstein
van Mills
Ed Gallion
Crane
David Lagan
Caroll Skaggs
Charles Cotton
Gary W. McCullough
Xavier Tooke
Mallory Peek
Paul Patterson
Robert Bagley
Joe Hassell
PA. Fraser
Gardendale
Ken Knuth
Frisco
Brian Tucker
Baumholder
Germany
Dan Decker
David Nelson
David Bobo
Fort Worth
Ken Perry
Heather Warren-Clarke
Brandon Dwayne
Randy Lee
Sherman
Charlena Vargas-Prada
Tammy Joy
Dean Maltsberger
Malcolm Tweedy
Fort Davis
Fred Hughes
Michael Veatch
James V. Hicks
Joe Don Baker
Justin Castellano
Susie Whitman
Harry R. Gasker
Bill Brashear
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Wes Duckett
Ron Harper
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Margaret Hawkins
C.D. Harris
Verna Barrow
Robert Wilkerson
Joseph R. Snyder
Elvin D. Brownlee Jr
Jon Smith
Donna G. Sanders
Kenney Gilbreath
Midkiff
Tony
Bob Ramsey
Irving Lupe Dominguez
R.M. Arndt
Dorothy Fox
Cheryl Clement
Chuck Hornung
Deborah Smith
Joe Llora
Chuck Hedges
WA. Peck
Kathy Stallings
Stanton
Martin C. Meissner
Tammy Gardner
Patricia Richardson
Sheffield Lane Haygood
Andrews Jim Jenson
Joe Hough
Tiny” Earp
Gloria Crownover
Karen Davis
Laurence F. Lo
Wilma Lambert
Kathy Posey
Deborah Green
Berniece Johnson
C.M. Cowdray
Coco Noll
Jack Lorette
Jillian Whitaker
Stephen McCann
R. King
Aparna Ramanathan
Christine Beal
Antoinette Isaac
Crispin de Leon
Pecos
Chuck Hiestand
Omar Aldrete
Christina Groth
Hobbs
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Barbara Craig
Roylin Pavlicek
Peggy McCrary
Jerry Loftin
Naomi Baker Orbeck
Terra Tindle
Manuel Molinar
David K. Parker
Luke Shipp
Bobby Bright
John Keith
Susie Chacon
Hayley Mace
Frances K. Sage
Avalon Bruce
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M.C. Howell
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