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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 2015
Page
1
Quick hits announce a contest offering a prize package worth 567 dollars for Texas Thunder festival VIP access and a campsite to see Brad Paisley Florida Georgia Line and Big and Rich on August 21 to 23 in Gardendale. Enter by commenting Texas Thunder on the Odessa American Facebook page by August 3 at midnight.
ECISD has rolled out a new incentive package to attract and retain teachers. Starting salary rises to 50,050 with a 3,000 retention bonus and a 425 per six week attendance stipend. Perfect attendance could yield 2,550 extra yearly, though partial years still pay earned attendance. The plan targets front‑line teachers, not aides or staff, and ends with full-year payout to those under contract. ECISD faces a reported 270-teacher shortfall.
Elayne Hunt of Odessa recalls her son Daryl Hunt, a Permian High School and University of Oklahoma standout, who died at 53 in 2010. He set OU tackle records and earned two All American honors. She completed his manuscript after his death and the family established a scholarship at Permian.
Odessa American marks 75 years with a retrospective snippet. It recalls Glass Pharmacy opening April 2 on West Fourth Street, Felix Jones ownership, and early struggles with licensed pharmacists. First day sales totaled 5.60, while December brought James A Fowler into the record books and pop culture milestones from 1946.
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