NASA finds missing Discovery clip poses no threat to landing
NASA reports a metal clip broke off Discovery's rudder but presents no danger to Saturday's Florida landing. Mission Control and crew, led by Mark Kelly, noted the piece is harmless and photos aided rapid analysis. LeRoy Cain said pictures helped prevent potential delays.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Columbia
NASA
Mission Control
Mark Kelly
Florida
Kelly
LeRoy Cain
Community notices and class events in Odessa area
Local items include a clay shoot fundraiser at Wind Walker Farms with two sessions, the Comanche Trails Wood Turners meeting at George Hancock's shop with Burr Williams as guest, and the Permian Basin Poetry Society gathering at the Presidential Museum with speakers William Feeler and Glenda Lindsey-Hicks. Also listed are a Monday Senior Bridge Club, Angel Food Ministries low cost food orders with multiple area pick ups, Citizens Police Academy registration through Odessa Police Department online and in person, starting June 17 with six weeks of classes from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
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Turners
Comanche Trails Wood Turners
George Hancock
Clark St
Burr Williams
Angel Food Ministries
Odessa
CrossRoads Fellowship
Faith Church of the Nazarene
West Odessa
Midland
Second Baptist Church
Christian Church of Midland
CrossWay Church
Angelfoodministries.com
Citizens Police Academy
Odessa Police Department
Odessapd.com
Death notices from Fort Stockton Odessa and Alpine area
Death notices report William Ray Brown age 71 of Fort Stockton died June 1 2008 in Big Spring with graveside services at East Hill Cemetery conducted by Larry Billingslea. Odessa survivors include three sons and a daughter plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also Mon ia Carrasco 32 of Pecos died June 12 2008 with rosary and mass at St Marys and burial later. Alpine Cruz Llanez 92 homemaker died June 12 2008 with Mass at Our Lady of the Peace and burial at Holy Angels. Odessa Lloyd Cotten Kerr 82 died June 13 2008 with services pending.
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Fort Stockton
William Ray Brown
Big Spring
East Hill Cemetery
Larry Billingslea
Memorial Funeral Home
Fort Stock
Ernest Brown
Bobby
Ray “Scooter” Brown
William ‘Todd Brown
Odessa
Thomas Cash
Brown
Colorado
Debbie Gaddis
Sachse
Terry Fay McIntyre
Valentine and
Catherine “Dottie” Brown
Mexico
Carroll’ Lee Mays
Gentér
Odessa Monica Carrasco
Pecos
Covenant Medical Center
Lubbock
Odessa Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Francis Frey
Esequiel Carrasco Jr
Alpine Cruz Llanez
Alpine
Our Lady of the Peace Catholic Church
Holy Angels Cemetery
Alpine Memorial Funeral Home
Felix Llanez Sr
Elidia ‘Mancha
Hortencia Ramos
Lupe Acosta
Eva Bustos
Blanket
Olga Cobos
Grand Prairie
Enriqueta Molinar
Odessa Lloyd “Cotten” Kerr
Seabury Nursing Center
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Ector County Salmonella Case Still Under Review
Ector County health officials continued Friday to investigate one known possible salmonella poisoning case reported in late May. Disease surveillance coordinator Sally Connor said the case remains under investigation and details are being protected. Texas health authorities confirmed 68 salmonella cases from tainted tomatoes since mid April, with no source identified by CDC at that time.
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Ector County
Sally Connor
Health Department
Connor
Permian
Texas Department of State Health Services
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
DOE to withdraw from FutureGen partnership
The Department of Energy confirms formal withdrawal from the FutureGen Alliance, ending its cost shared project to build a coal fired power plant in central Illinois. Energy Secretary Bodman briefs the move while lawmakers vow revival efforts in the next administration.
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Champaign
III
Department of Energy
Illinois
FutureGen
FutureGen Alliance
FutureGen (Alliance
Energy Department
Angela Hill
Energy Sec
Samuel Bodman
Associated Press
DOE
Mattoon
Dick Durbin
VA launches pilot program with Texas veterans aides condition
The Texas Veterans Commission will support the Department of Veterans Affairs Waco Regional Office in a new pilot to speed disability claim processing. Counselors will obtain evidence faster by contacting veterans providers and organizations, aiming to cut the six month average processing time and expedite payments and medical services for over 942,000 veterans in a 164 county area served by Waco. Houston houses the other regional office in Texas which has 1.7 million veterans and $3.2 billion in VA disability and pension payments.
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Austin
Texas Veterans Commission
Department of Veterans Affairs
Waco
Commission
Jim Benson
Houston
Texas
Veteran’s Commission
New Mexico man sentenced in child pornography case
Aaron Scott Elkins, a Sul Ross graduate student from Alamogordo, New Mexico, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. The 58 year old faced a 2004 computer- based investigation revealing over 2000 images of minors. He received 10 years supervised release following prison.
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New Mexico
Pecos
Johhny Sutton
Aaron Scott Elkins
Sul Ross
Alamogordo , N.M
USS
Rob Junell
Elkins
Obituary of Jean McCulloch of Odessa Texas
Jean McCulloch 78 of Odessa Texas died Friday June 13 2008 in a local nursing home A gathering for family and friends will be held 4 to 5 PM Saturday June 14 2008 at Nalley Pickle Welch Funeral Home in Midland She taught at Odessa College was devoted to education and a member of First Baptist Church of Odessa Survivors include two sons David and Kevin McCulloch and multiple grandchildren Memorials to Hospice House Foundation Inc. Odessa Texas
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Midland
Jean McCulloch
Odessa
Texas
Nalley- Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory
Jean
H.C. Hyde
Mayme Moore
Fisher County
Odessa College
First Baptist Church of
David and
Terri McColloch
Kevin
Debbie McColloch
Houston
AJ. McColloch
Blake McColloch
David McColloch
Jennifer McColloch
Melissa McColloch
Michael McColloch
Hospice House Foundation Inc
North
Sam Houston Ave
Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home of
Npwelch.com
Odessa Crimes Reported In Early Morning Incidents
A man was robbed outside a restaurant on East 52nd Street at 12:20 a.m. Friday with $1,825 taken. Another Odessa man reported $2,000 in vehicle damages on Spur Avenue between 1:10 and 1:15 a.m. Friday.
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Odessa
East 52Nd Street
Spur Avenue
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