Fireworks ban limits sticks and missiles at Fourth celebrations
Odessa commissioners banned two firework types rockets with sticks and missiles with fins amid ongoing drought concerns. Fire Chief Alvarez noted 272 fire calls last Fourth of July and eyed a county burn ban, blocked by state limits. The meeting also approved OMNI BASE Services for debt-collection licensing, grants for library computer upgrades and field improvements, and board appointments with a closed session to discuss airport property and personnel matters.
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Jim Harris
John Alvarez
Ector
Alvarez
Rick Perry
Barbara Graff
JP Precinct 1
Omnibase Services of
Texas
Gates Public Access
PAC Hug
Odessa Schlemeyer Field
Bryan Henderson
Permian Basin
Freddie Gardner
Midland-Odessa Transportation Organization
Gardner
Seafood Feast By The Numbers At Meals On Wheels Event
Meals on Wheels annual fundraiser served up 800 pounds shrimp 500 pounds catfish and 300 pounds crawfish with potatoes and corn. Volunteers Jimmy Diller and Sherrel Brown prepared catfish filets at Graham Central Station. About 1,200 people expected for the event benefiting Meals on Wheels.
Mudbug 8 fundraiser a seafood fueled success in Odessa
Meals on Wheels kicked off Mudbug 8 at Graham Central Station drawing about 1 200 to 1 400 attendees and raising over 100 000 for the nonprofit. Volunteers serve 500 to 600 hot meals weekly to homebound Odessans as supporters including Delma Jurado and Dr Bruce Becker praised the cause.
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West
Texas
Meals On Wheels Board
Sam Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Meals On Wheels
Graham's
Delma Jurado
Bearing Supply Co
Bruce Becker
Medical Center Hospital
Becker
Justices Ease Appeals In Death Penalty Lethal Injections
The Supreme Court, in two unanimous rulings written by Justice Kennedy, relaxes standards for death row inmates seeking new appeals and allows DNA evidence challenges in lethal injection cases. The decisions widen access to federal review, signaling increased caution toward capital punishment and angering the Bush administration and 25 states.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Anthony M. Kennedy
Steven Shapiro
American Civil Liberties Union
Florida
Guard deployments curb illegal border crossings in Arizona
U S authorities report a 21 percent drop in border detentions to 26 994 in the first 10 days of June from 34 077 a year earlier. Arizona crossings fell 23 percent, while Texas and New Mexico saw a 31 percent decline as 55 Utah troops arrived June 3 as part of Bush's plan to deploy 6 000 National Guard along the border.
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San Luis Rio
Colorado
Mexico
U.S. National Guard
Arizona
U.S
U.S. Border Patrol
Texas
New Mexico
Mario Martinez
Washington
Utah
Bush
United States
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