Graham Central Station Signs Back On Track In Odessa
Odessa Planning and Zoning Commission approved two of four requested signs for Graham Central Station at 4240 Preston Smith Road a 205 square foot corner sign and a 50 square foot eastern sign. The 57 000 square foot club will have seven bars and a 1050 seat indoor concert area with construction planned for late September or early October. The canopy entry sign and south wall sign were denied to avoid clutter.
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Odessa
Marwan Khoury
Graham Brothers Entertainment
Graham Central Station
John Roberts
Century Theater
Home Depot
Jones Motor Car
Roberts
Lifeguards Demonstrate Skills At Open Competition
Life on guard Top, James Henderson, 20, and Mark Williams, 17, lifeguards at Woodson Pool, rescue Robin Smith in the shallow-water phase of the Open Lifeguard Skills Competition. Six teams from YMCA, Water Wonderland and city pools competed at Sherwood Park Pool, scored on speed, technique and communication.
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James Henderson
Mark Williams
Woodson Pool
Robin Smith
Smith
Sherwood Park Pool
YMCA
Water Wonderland
City Pools
Nicole Nazario
Floyd Gwin Pool
Abilene group wins bond backing for retirement center expansion
Abilene Health Facilities Development Corp. will issue over 60 million in industrial revenue bonds to finance Sears Methodist Retirement System projects in Abilene Odessa and Amarillo including an 8 million expansion for Parks Methodist Village in Odessa. Odessa City Council approved the plan, noting bonds will cost Odessa nothing and that the mechanism has been unused since 1982.
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Odessa
Special Health Facilities Corporation
Abilene Health Facilities Development Corp
Sears Methodist Retirement System
Abilene
Amarillo
Frank Deaderick
Parks Methodist
Burt Stovall
Javier Joven
Deaderick
Joel Roberts
Odessa Health Facilities Corp
Medical Center Hospital
Neil McDonald
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Big Spring men indicted in death of homeless man
Two Big Spring men on parole from Texas prison were indicted for the slaying of James Neeley a 51 year old homeless man who died from injuries after a 30 foot fall from a Highway 87 overpass to I 20 below on June 22. Neeley, a Vietnam veteran, lived on the streets and wandered the area before the incident.
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Big Spring
Texas
Ramon Cisneros Jr
Dennis Boswell
James Neeley
Potates
Ambulee
Ana Mountain Medical Center
Neeley
Reagan landslide tops 1984 election news in Ector County
In Ector County Reagan won with 31 228 votes to Mondale’s 8 913 a 70.61 percent turnout. Mondale picked Geraldine Ferraro as first female running mate on a major ticket. Odessa mayor John Minor faced recall talk but stayed in office as petitions failed. Sports highlighted Permian and Beaumont French tying 21 21 for co state champions with Permian finishing 15 0 1. Colt Wagner became a skeet shooter at 14. Princess Diana news in Europe closes this roundup.
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Ector County
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
Reagan
Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro
United States
Odessa
John Minor
Minor
Mojo
Permian High School
Beaumont French
Permian
Cal Watson
Greg Anderson
Colt Wagner
Atlantic
Princess di
Mojo ties state title game just before Christmas
Mojo reaches the state finals before Christmas and settles for a tie with Permian High School. Both teams finish tied at 21 points apiece as Cal Watson leads the game with 1,609 rushing yards.
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Mojo
Permian High School
Cal Watson
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