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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 2000
Page
11
Ken Brodnax notes escalating credit card wars from gold and platinum to ultramodern titanium cards. Advertisers promise power to improve finances while warning of hidden catches and the race toward more exclusive, powerful plastic.
The Iraan-Sheffield Independent School District voted 7-0 to join as a friend of the court in Santa Fe ISD’s challenge to a Fifth Circuit ruling barring school sponsored prayer before sports events. Superintendent Bob McCall said the district seeks to keep government out of school prayer while supporting student led expressions.
Odessa sees more coyote sightings as drought drives wildlife into the city. Animal control chief Cheryl Brom warns coyotes seek food and water from trash and may roam neighborhoods. She notes Texas lists coyotes as high rabies risk. officers will tranquilize and relocate coyotes outside the city.
Dallas Independent School District officials seek to revamp bilingual programs by creating a two way model that mixes Spanish speaking and English speaking students to learn each other’s language along with core subjects. They also propose daily Spanish for elementary students and faster integration of current ESL students into English classes. District leaders cite ECISD as a model and stress the need for Spanish starting in kindergarten to prepare graduates bilingual for a global economy.
Corpus Christi sees a new LULAC council, Council No. 4444, formed by a past president of Council No. 1 and 25 others, who aim for more community hands-on work. The move tests the city’s 70-year unity of the Hispanic civil rights group founded in 1929.
City county and community officials form a task force led by Odessa City Manager Jerry McGuire to explore making the Ector County Coliseum more profitable. The group, including Ector County Judge Jerry Caddel and Coliseum Operations Director Don Thorn, met Friday with stakeholders from Permian Basin International Oil Show, SandHills Stock Show, Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang and Odessa Chamber of Commerce to discuss renovating the coliseum into a convention center and boosting revenue.
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