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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1999
Page
7
Ken Brodnax relates Bubba Gravelhauser’s comic misadventure learning a laptop at work. Bubba fumbles turning on the device and mishears terms like e mail, hindernet, and wire out while his boss assigns digital tasks. The column ends with Bubba asking how to remove unwanted text from the screen.
Odessa American reports on a human interest feature by Jeanna Cuny with photographs by Mark Sterkel. The piece profiles local resilience and routines, highlighting daily efforts within the community and notable individual stories.
Eleven year old Raul Dominguez of Midland learned to cope after being diagnosed two years ago with lymphoid leukemia. He recalls fear but says treatment gives hope and his prognosis is good. His story parallels other cancer patients like Odessa resident Jack Slate who remains optimistic.
The Odessa American presents a 1999 look back at pivotal 20th century stories for Permian Basin residents, focusing today on Pancho Villa and his impact on the region's history and memory.
Decades after Francisco Villa’s death in a baptism day gunfire, his legend endures in West Texas. Residents across Marfa Alpine and border communities link their history to Villismo with figures and folklore persisting in local memory and identity. Enrique Madrid notes Villa remains a living part of regional history.
The Odessa American collected five awards at the Texas Better Newspaper Contest held at Moody Gardens. In Division I daily papers, Julie Breaux won feature writing for Horsehead Crossing artifacts and Breaux with Sonja McGillivray earned a second for work on night shift workers. The OA also took second for general excellence and page design, third for sports, plus fourth for staff ads.
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