Two men argue over Bubba and pop culture obsessions
In a tavern scene Bubba Gravelhauler vents about John Rocker and the Elian saga while a companion jokes about becoming a symbol and a retired life. They discuss media fixations, responsibility, and shifting public attention as Elian returns home and OJ rumors swirl.
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Inn
Bubba Gravelhauler
John Rocker
Alien
Elian
Bubba
Disneyland
Cat
New York City
Rocker
Braves
Mets
Ol’ O.J
Odessa man with rare disease earns state board seat
Rudy Acosta, diagnosed with Werding-Hoffman disease as a toddler, has become one of 19 members of the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities appointed by Governor George W. Bush. He earned a high school diploma in 1984 while bedridden, studied at Odessa College, and later attended UTPB, showing remarkable perseverance despite living on oxygen full time and remaining largely homebound.
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Rudy Acosta
Acosta
Texas Council For Developmental Disabilities
George W. Bush
Rudy
Permian High School
Odessa College
UTPB
Lubbock
Texas
Mexican voters seek uncertain path in key election race
In Naucalpan a once quiet farm village has grown into a crowded suburb of 860,000, where opposition party National Action faces PRI dominance. Leopoldo Becerril, a National Action activist, recalls harsher campaigning decades ago as Mexicans brace for potential historic political change.
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Naucalpan
Mexico
Leopoldo Becerril
Becerril
National Action Party
Fox
Isco Labastida
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Mission trip to Ghana starts rural preschool effort
Walker a curriculum enrichment specialist from Gale Pond Alamo Elementary went to Ghana with Colorado friends to drill water wells and help start a preschool in Wokumogbe Volta region near Tema. The dirt floor school with 66 3 to 7 year olds began with one 18 year old teacher, chalk and a chalkboard, earning $14 monthly. now expanded to two teachers and a larger student body.
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Ghana
Walker
Gale Pond Alamo
West
Colorado
Tema
Volta
Odessa chromium cleanup could take decades
EPA official says cleaning chromium from hundreds of wells on Odessa's west side may take up to 30 years. Malott notes quicker results at other Odessa sites while Sprague Road contamination stems from chromic acid spills by Machine and Casting Inc National Chromium Corp and Leigh Metal Plating Inc. Residents Joyce and Ken Hedger discuss their contaminated water well.
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EPA
Odessa
Vincent Malott
Environmental Protection Agency
Sprague Road
Malott
Trinity
Machine and Casting Inc
National Chromium Corp
Leigh Metal Plating Inc
Joyce
Ken Hedger
Odessa to Begin Seal Coat on 53 Miles of Streets
Odessa will seal coat about 53 miles of streets by Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving. Completion expected in late July. Work uses liquid asphalt and aggregate to seal cracks. Motorists should use caution and travel under 20 mph on new surfaces. Major streets include Dixie Boulevard, Eighth Street, Murphy Street, and Crane Avenue with interim closures.
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Odessa
Jones Brothers
Dixie Boulevard
Eighth Street
West County Road
Murphy Street
Maurice Road
Crane Avenue
Pool Road
MD Street
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Ken Brodnax
Link Freedom
Werding-Hoffman
National Action
Out of Africa
Lara Meckfessel
David Adjani
Pam Walker
David Bo Adjani
Mabel Adjani
Adjani
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