Rainwatersaving couple builds 20000 gallon cistern in Texas hills
Charles and Linda Bottoms, retired teachers from Central Texas, converted their 25 acre Hill County property near Aquilla into a rainwater powered home. Their 20000 gallon cistern collects rain from a 2500 square foot roof feeding a pump to supply the house and barn. They hauled extra water in, tested a small setup, and plan a tornado shelter and filtration. The project inspired neighbors who doubted the idea while emphasizing independence and self reliance.
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Linda Bottoms
Aquilla
Hill County
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Charles Bottoms
Dripping Springs
Texas
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King Ranch
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Ex-death row woman urges sparing Karla Tucker
Linda Burnett, a former death row inmate, urges Texas to spare Karla Faye Tucker. Burnett, reshaping her life after four years on death row for a mass grave killings, says Tucker can reform and help others if granted parole or clemency. She notes her own cancer spurred public silence and argues Tucker could influence youth away from crime.
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Linda May Burnett
Karla Faye Tucker
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Tucker
Houston
Texas
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Beaumont
Woodward
Elmer
Martha Phillips
Bishop
Esther Phillips
Joe Dugas
Sodkhe Siecddes
Dugas
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Stewart Honored Physician Who Built Hopeful South Odesa
Luther Stewart recalls his father Stewart as honest and compassionate, a champion of the little man. Stewart, born in Elkton Kentucky, helped establish medical practice in south Odesa amid Jim Crow, building facilities with local funds as they faced bank loan barriers and late sewer and road construction. He served as chief of staff at Medical Center Hospital in 1963.
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Elkton
Kentucky State University
Greenville
Erma Jo Sicwu
McOtic
Sarwar
Medical Center
Children stabbed in home attack. mother wounded in Dallas
Two children were stabbed at their home in Dallas and their mother was wounded on Monday. The 3-year-old girl is in critical condition at a local hospital while the 10-year-old boy is in stable condition. The mother's estranged husband was questioned by police and no charges were filed immediately.
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Dallas
Airline tie up with Northwest will not hit jobs, execs say
Airline officials say the alliance will not involve major layoffs and will strengthen route networks. Chairman Bethune and Northwest executives argue the partnership will create a robust domestic and international system to rival larger global alliances, projecting over a million dollars in pre tax income by year three.
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Kerri Ginis
Associated Press
Odessa City Council Eyes Funds for Development Corp and Police Upgrades
Odessa City Council plans to allocate 10000 for the Odessa Development Corporation and authorize over 400000 in police vehicles and equipment purchases using local and state grants. They will review bids for 13 sedans, nine Eyewitness video systems, 47 PCs and 49 printers, with ongoing public safety upgrades and a 42nd Street speed limit reduction. The meeting is at 6 pm in City Hall.
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James Jenkins
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John Ben Shepperd
Preston Smith Road
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Eighth Street
D-FY-IT enrollment dates set in Odessa schools
A makeup enrollment day for the Drug Free Youth in Texas program will be held Thursday at four Odessa schools. The program is voluntary and students are randomly tested during the year. Members receive an identification card for discounts from local and national businesses. Parental permission forms are required before testing, to be shown on the testing date. Testing times are 10 to 11 am at Bowie Junior High, 1:30 to 2:30 pm at Hood Junior High, and 2:45 to 3:35 pm.
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Bowie Junior High
Hood Junior High
Police blotter of local injuries and felonies reported
A local police blotter lists injury accidents and felony criminal activities reported to sheriffs or police. Readouts include incidents at crime locations with addresses rounded to the nearest hundred block.
Burglary Reports In Odessa Include Vehicles, Homes
A 43 year old Odessa man reported burglary of a habitation after vandals damaged carpet cabinets a piano a couch and a love seat totaling 14050 and stole two cordless phones valued at 300 between 11 am and 11 pm Sunday at his home in the 100 block of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. A second Odessa man, 23, said someone took his 1988 Plymouth Voyager valued at 4000 between 6 and 11:30 am Sunday while it was parked on Harless Avenue.
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Harless Avenue
Town hall meeting on Odessa VA Outpatient Clinic opening
The American Legion Post 430 schedules a 7 p.m town hall at 2201 E Eighth St to discuss the Odessa VA Outpatient Clinic opening. The informational session covers veteran relations and clinic specifics as the Odessa facility at 419 W Fourth St becomes West Texas’s fourth such clinic beginning February.
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