Odessa Juneteenth events kickoff with Friday picnic
The Black Cultural Council of Odessa hosts a three day Juneteenth celebration starting Friday at Woodson Park with a noon picnic at 1010 E Murphy St. Highlights include two pageants at Blackshear Elementary, Idol competition at Woodson Park, a youth dances, a Saturday parade and a Sunday Mass Gospel service.
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Free weekend offers fee waivers at 147 national parks
The National Park Service launches three fee free weekends starting June 20 to August 16 across 147 parks. The event aims to boost attendance, with sections of the public invited to visit at no cost. David Johnson and Deborah Johnson lead the Summer Solstice Night Run in Abilene Redbud Park. For details call 432-550-2119.
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Obama pushes new financial rules to avert crisis
The Senate advances an energy bill as President Obama unveils sweeping financial rules aimed at preventing another crisis. The plan would raise bank capital, create a new consumer protection office, and shift mortgage oversight to lenders offering plain vanilla options. Lenders would retain 5 percent of credit risk.
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Odessa Steve Miller concert at Ector County Coliseum
The Odessa Education Foundation fund raiser features Steve Miller Band at 8 p.m. August 11 in the Ector County Coliseum Odessa. Tickets go on sale today at Endless Horizons The Jewelry Box in Odessa and Super Mercado in Midland with reserved seats priced at 50 and 30 dollars plus a handling charge.
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Steve Miller Band Top Hits Across Years
The Steve Miller Band produced major hits over the 1970s and early 1980s including Jet Airliner Take the Money and Run Fly Like an Eagle and Abracadabra with enduring tracks such as The Joker and Rockin Me.
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