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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 2000
Page
7
In a Odessa themed chat, Bubba and Ken Brodnax discuss football culture and community pressures. They note backers vs. critics for local coaches, junior high recruiting starts, and the heavy vibe of football in town. The piece hints at New Year vows to curb coach criticism.
In Ciudad Juarez the La Campana dig ends without mass grave findings. Officials say the two month joint Mexican FBI probe yielded no bodies among the 100 missing Mexicans and Americans. Analysts question expectations and the border curiosity surrounding the case.
Bill Burney, 52, longtime principal of Sherwood Christian Academy, helped steer the school through boom and bust since its 1970s founding as a ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church. He and his wife Karen sold their Odessa education supply store in 1975 and joined to build a program for grades two through 12, overcoming early staffing and student integration challenges to foster a core of students with strong character and commitment. The enrollment push continued through 1981 as the academy expanded.
Blake Jones, a Devine native now in Devine Hill Country, apprenticed under Texas bootmaker Jack Reed after a stint designing luggage for Jeep Collins. He spent 52 hours learning from Reed and studied The Cowboy Boot Book to master bootmaking.
Valessa Robinson’s attorneys argue the 16 year old was high on LSD during police questioning and did not receive Miranda warnings before confessing. They report detectives waited to inform her of the right to remain silent while she was under alleged hallucinations after the July 1998 arrest. Prosecutors say the trio planned the attack on Vicki Robinson, injected bleach, and killed her, with all three allegedly high on LSD.
Midland Texas geologist Lloyd Fons and Joseph Donovan outline a new oil prospecting method based on cold temperature anomalies detected by an infrared device. They formed Lloyd Fons Exploration Inc. to consult on drilling projects and presented their 30 year study at the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists meeting.
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