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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 2017
Page
1
Downtown Odessa seeks volunteers for the 22nd annual Firecracker Fandango on Grant Avenue between Second and Fifth Streets from 5 to 10 p m July 1. Volunteers receive a T shirt lunch dinner and refreshments. event free this year. online registration at ON THE RT facebook com firecrackerfandango.
The Commemorative Air Force Desert Squadron schedules the Fun in the Sun Car and Truck Show for July 1 at Schlemeyer Field 411 E Yukon Road. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the show opens at 10 a.m. Food options include sirloin burgers hot dogs and drinks. A WWII and Korean Veterans tent will be at High Sky Wing AIRSHO September 16-17. Contact Melanie Huff at 559-8961 or email emeth sudden for details.
An Ector County Grand jury indicted Grace McDonald on a third degree felony prohibited sexual conduct for a Feb 20 sexual act with her adoptive brother Gabe McDonald who was 17. The act allegedly arose from the same criminal episode as the March 2016 killings of Gregg and Jana McDonald.
Pieces of a reef fie in the Salvation Army office yard Tuesday after a storm blew them from an elevated area. A worker named Mark Sterkes of Odessa American reports the scene.
A fierce thunderstorm struck Odessa for about 30 minutes, cutting power to over 7,000 customers as 18 to 20 utility poles were broken and lines damaged. Four Dallas crews aided repair efforts amid flooding at Dixie Boulevard and 42nd Street with no major injuries reported.
The Ector County ISD board examined a proposed 2017 18 budget of 242 million dollars, about 13 million above last year’s, driven by payroll. It includes a 500 dollar teacher raise and a retention incentive but excludes the perfect attendance payout and outlines cuts to balance a projected 17 million deficit.
The Odessa City Council appointed Melanie Hollmann to the Odessa Development Corporation board in a 3-1 vote on May 9, after removing her predecessor without explanation. Dewey Bryant cited Hollmann’s familiarity with managing the taxpayer fund containing tens of millions for local economic development as a key factor.
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