Tough Old E taught big folks something about fight for life
Terry Pringle shares the life and death of his son Eric, a leukemia patient diagnosed in 1980, and how the boy’s courage shaped his family and his book This Is the Child. The narrative follows Eric’s battle, the strains of treatment, and the family’s struggle to cope, with Dr Dan Pope praised for care.
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Tough Old E
Abilene
Associated Press
Terry Pringle
Dan Pope
Pope
Pringle
Eric
New York
Brenda
Houston
Michael
R’s
Pringles
Ector board to study report on special education classes
Ector County ISD trustees approve a long term study of special education facilities and curricula. The report by Ken Crow and consultants praises facilities and staff but urges individualized instruction and a skills based sequence. The board also weighs homestead tax exemptions and hears needs report from West Odessa pastor Rev. Kelly Dickson.
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Ector County School Board
10Th St
Ector County Independent School District
Lloyd McKee
Ken Crow
McKee
Carver Center
Kelly Dickson
West Odessa
Woman injured in wreck in Odessa
A 29 year old Odessa woman Lou Ann Gaubatz was listed in stable condition after her car struck three parked vehicles in the 1400 block of Parkway Boulevard about 9 p m Sunday. She was admitted to Medical Center Hospital with head injuries. No charges had been filed.
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Odessa
Parkway Boulevard
Lou Ann Gaubatz
E. Everglade Ave
Medical Center Hospital
Gaubatz
Parkway
Shooting suspect sought in Andrews area
Andrews County lawmen hunted 46 year old Jose Jesse Cobos in connection with a late Sunday shooting at Pioneer Park in Andrews that wounded 33 year old Maria Chavez. Chavez was treated and released at Permian General Hospital after being shot in both legs around 10 30 p m. An arrest warrant for aggravated assault was issued around 12 30 a m based on witness statements.
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Andrews
Jose Jesse Cobos
Maria Chavez
Andrews County
Wayne Farmer
R.L. Bartley
Chavez
Permian General Hospital
Pioneer Park
Farmer
Mobile home destroyed in West Odessa fire
Fire Marshal Wayne Coggins reports a mobile home at the Calvary and Gunsmoke streets intersection burned near to four this morning. No injuries. Owner's name and fire cause undetermined. Residents were reportedly away. Firefighters from Odessa and West Odessa VFD spent about 30 minutes extinguishing the blaze.
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West Odessa
Wayne Coggins
Calvary and
Gunsmoke Streets
Coggins
Odessa
Burglary Cases Reported In Odessa Area
More than $10,000 worth of tools auto parts and stereo equipment were stolen in a pair of Odessa burglaries being investigated by police. One break in involved Joe Henry Casas at 2717 Beechwood St and the 1108 EF Eighth St shed and office around 5 45 p m Sunday. The second burglary occurred between May 22 and Sunday at Carolyn Jacobs 1413 Patton Drive with about $950 in items stolen including a 19 inch RCA color TV and a silver Remeinhardt flute valued at $350.
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Odessa
Joe Henry Casas
Beechwood St
Eighth St
Carolyn Vivian Jacobs
Patton
Jacobs
Obituary notices for Dr Herman D Holland and others in Odessa
Obituaries list funeral plans for Dr Herman D Holland 59 of Odessa with services at Redeemer Lutheran Church and burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Also listed are Georgianna Westbrook Graveside services at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Ray Cozens proceedings pending, Vernon Roscoe Black services at Tabernacle Baptist Church and burial in Crane County Cemetery, Bob G Heuson funeral at Hubbard Kelly Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens, and Henson establishment details. Survivors and service details are provided for each, including family relations and service personnel.
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Herman Dale Holland
Pebble Court
Redeemer Lutheran Church
E. 18Th St
Dean Kelm
Odessa
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Omicron Kappa
Georgianna Westbrook
Lubbock
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Nick Williams
Westbook
Medical Center Hospital
Crockett
CRANE
Ray Cozens
Richard W. Box
Mr. Cozens
Kansas
Vernon Roscoe Black
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Charles Black
Bill B. Black
Houston
Kenneth Jones
Randall Poole
Point Blank
C.E. Boeger
Wharton
Alma Craddock
Strawn
Heuson
Clay Center
Kan
Vickie Maddox
Henson
Garden City Baptist Church
Garden City Baptist Church Building Fund
Assault suspects sought in Odessa home attack
Odessa police investigated an early morning attack on Yvonne Galloway and her mother Jeanie Galloway, both injured and in ICU with multiple facial fractures. The 18 year old and her 42 year old mother were assaulted by two Black men who entered through an open bathroom window. no arrests made. The daughter identified two suspects by sight and described one as known to her.Officer Mike McKnight said entry was through a bathroom window.
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Odessa
Yvonne Galloway
10Th St
Jeanie Galloway
Medical Center Hospital
Mike McKnight
Woman Held After Bar Shooting Facing Weapon Charge
A 29 year old Ector County woman Patricia La Fernier was in county jail after being charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon into a bar. She was arrested after Gaylene Cole 35 was shot in the upper chest at Chubby Bear s Lounge about 2 am Sunday. Cole was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital.
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Ector County
Patricia la Fernier
Drews Highway
Gaylene Cole
Chubby Bear’s
Cole
Medical Center Hospital
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By Geraldine Satterwhite
Michael Pringle
Ector School Board
Parkway Arms Apartments
Tamarron Place
Farmer Said
Herman Holland
Holland
Roland
Iowa
Jean Simonsen
Austin
George L. Westbrook
Las Cruces
N.M
Belmont Westbrook
Sharon McFarlin
San Antonio
Bonnie Kietha
Bastrop
Ann Alford
Ina Beth Arnold
Wichita Falls
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Vernon Black
Crane County
Mr. Black
Crane Memorial Hospital
Gordon
Mae Liverman
Rankin
Atlantic Richfield Oil and Gas Co
Bob Heuson
Bob G. Heuson
Redbud Ave
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home Chapel
Bob Brown
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