Kids and tacos spark a look at manners and parenting
Odessa columnist Sonja McGillivray laments dwindling child manners and rising quiet rebellions. She argues family dinner, shared activities, and clear parental authority foster social skills, citing a Ortega taco kit ad as a humorous contrast to behavior at school and in public. She praises local Odessa kids while urging parents elsewhere to regain control.
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Dateline
Mudville
David
Johnny
Ortega
Mom
Odessa
Mary
Permian Basin
Relay for Life aims to raise over sixty five thousand in Odessa
Odessa American reports American Cancer Society volunteers plan a 24 hour Relay for Life at Odessa College Track and Field July 24 25 to fund cancer research and services. Forty teams are entered with room for more as each member seeks 150 dollars and teams average 10 to 15 people.
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American Cancer Society
Odessa
Odessa College
Lisa Neal
Neal
Cathi Echols
Echols
Sis
Relay For Life
Music City Mall
Lori Nelson
Eric Easley
Linda Browning
Jennifer Easley
Marta Hansard
Traffic crews seal Tanglewood Lane reflectors with cardboard
Ariel Rodriguez and Rick Baeza of the Odessa Traffic Engineering Department cover the center stripe reflectors with cardboard on Tanglewood Lane to shield them from tar during seal coating.
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Ariel Rodriguez
Rick Baeza
City of Odessa Traffic Engineering Department
Tanglewood Lane
Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving Contractors Inc
Texas Workforce Commission seeks new home
The Texas Workforce Commission may leave its Fifth Street building this fall. Chairman Dick Sivalls says expansion plans are uncertain while Odessa searches for a new one stop center to consolidate services. Odel Crawford notes Midland already opened a center. Odessa faces a lengthy relocation process and will not move in the next two months.
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Texas Workforce Commission
Fifth Street
Permian Basin Workforce Board
Dick Sivalls
Odel Crawford
Odessa
TWC
Midland
Crawford
Retired Prostitute Reveals Past and Turn to Life
Sylvia Norwell recounts twelve years in sex work and crack cocaine, noting a single prostitution arrest led to quitting. She warns women that some men still hire prostitutes, speaking to the Odessa American as she supports herself on a government disability check. The Odessa Police Department.
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Sylvia Norwell
Norwell
Odessa Police Department
Odessa Third in Prostitution Arrests Among Cities
An Odessa man feared publication of his undercover prostitution arrest as police say Odessa ranked third among 15 similarly sized communities for prostitution arrests. In 1997 Odessa reported 29 men and 17 women arrested, while Midland had none.
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Odessa
Texas Department of Public Safety
Midland
Pentagon Papers ruling tops 1971 Odessa page
In 1971 the Supreme Court ruled the Pentagon Papers could be printed by the New York Times. Local 1971 events include bond votes in Ector County, a new library proposal, and Midland junior college funding, plus UT Permian Basin building, a $6 million shopping center, and Apollo moon missions.
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Supreme Court
Pentagon
U.S
New York Times
the Times
United States
Ector County
Midland
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
42Nd and
Grandview Streets
Odessa
42Nd Street
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