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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Shelly Staskowicz
Staskywicz
Staskywell
Staskowicz
Shelly Staskywicz
Milam Elementary
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