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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 2004

Page

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Locals invited to fill crowds in Friday Night Lights film

Extras casting for Friday Night Lights will hire thousands of locals from the Odessa area to appear in non speaking roles at Ratliff Stadium when filming begins in March. Casting at the MCM Eleganté will run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, with headshots welcome by mail for those unable to attend.

Toni Cobb Brock Ratliff Stadium Odessa Brock

Friday Night Lights Extras Casting Call Opens Saturday

Local residents of all ages and races are invited to a casting call at the MCM Eleganté Hotel from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday. Bring a recent non returnable photo if you cannot attend. send a headshot to Friday Night Lights Extras Casting at 1901 E 51st St Austin TX 78723.

Universal Studios Imagine Entertainment Eleganté Hotel E. 51St St. Austin

Marchers honor MLK in cold Odessa freedom march

About 50 people braved a drizzle to mark Martin Luther King Jr. day with a Dixiel Boulevard march from the Southside Senior Center to Woodson Park. Participants sang spirituals, carried peace and equality signs, and heard remarks from Jo Ann Davenport and Rev. Michael Smith. Police escorted the procession and a later gathering at the Gertrude Bruce Cultural Center featured a King tribute.

Cindera Nealy Odessa American Michael Smith Eft Ector County Justice of the Peace Eddy South Dixie Boulevard Shail Spivey Center Roy Gentry Southside Ministers Alliance Right Overcome Martin Luther King Jr South Odessa Dr. King Jo Ann Davenport Black Cultural Council of Dixie Boulevard Southside Senior Center Woodson Park Dixie. Odessa Gertrude Bruce Cultural Center King’s

Death toll in Iraq conflict reaches five hundred

A powerful bomb blew up under a U S Bradley near Taji north of Baghdad killing three American soldiers, raising the U S toll to 500 as Bush seeks U N help. Two Iraqi civil defense fighters and two U S soldiers were wounded in the blast, with a white truck fleeing occupants detained.

Taji Iraq 4Th Infantry Division Bill MacDonald MacDonald U.S Baghdad

First-year Milam Elementary teacher adapts to second semester

Editor's note checks in with Shelly Staskowicz, a first-year Milam Elementary teacher. She explains how she learned to pronounce her name for six graders, manages a magnet class for kindergarten to second grade, and plans a crochet unit for older students. She notes dry humor helps connect with pupils.

Shelly Staskowicz Staskywicz Staskywell Staskowicz Shelly Staskywicz Milam Elementary

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