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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1998
Page
7
Ken Brodnax argues that material goods never recapture childhood wonder. He notes adults seek instant gratification through gadgets and trips yet still fail to feel the old thrill of simple experiences like ice cream, a baseball game, or a first bicycle. He suggests nostalgia shapes today’s consumer frenzy.
More than 2,000 Southern Baptists fanned out door to door in a blitz across a Utah area believed to be over 50 percent Mormon. The Crossover Salt Lake City campaign features block parties clinics and ads while some Mormons express concern over calls that the Latter day Saints are not Christians.
Houston resident Rebecca Golden, 34, reflects on a year with Doctors Without Borders in Angola and later the Democratic Republic of Congo. She recounts malaria, armed carloads, and land mine victims, noting how those experiences reshaped her view of life and duty. She left finance for humanitarian work, confronting stark poverty and violence.
Odessa Police Department Athletic League runs six weeks of activities for 8 to 13 year olds at Floyd Gwin Park from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Co ordinator Cpl Art Fuentes notes the 1992 program aims to steer kids from drugs and gangs by fostering positive police interaction and teamwork.
The Odessa case of Vincent Max Woodard Jr. faces jury selection for the August 1996 bludgeoning death of his 79 year old father Vincent Max Woodard Sr. at a Concord Circle trailer. Prosecutors John Smith and Linda Deaderick lead the case before Judge Bill McCoy. defense is Tom Hirsch.
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