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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 2003
Page
1
Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn rejects the $117.4 billion two-year budget saying it is not balanced and shorts funding by $185.9 million. She warns a certifiable pay-as-you-go budget is needed by mid July to keep schools open. Governor Perry plans a June 30 special session to address redistricting.
About 200 people attended at the Ector Theater for a Juneteenth pageant featuring 11 contestants across Miss Juneteenth Junior Miss Juneteenth and Little Miss Juneteenth. Sharmaine Hawkins won Miss Juneteenth with a $1000 prize plus crown trophy sash roses. Jamia Miller wowed with a Tina Turner inspired performance while Crystal Givens dazzled with a gymnastic dance and original poem. Proceeds benefited the Black Cultural Council of Odessa amid street dances parade poetry readings and gospel programs.
Washington AP The Texas Monthly list of Top 10 Worst legislators cites U S House Majority Leader Tom DeLay for pressing a congressional redistricting bill late in a 140 day Texas session. The move prompted Democratic lawmakers to Ardmore Oklahoma, triggering a multi agency manhunt.
More than 100 friends and relatives gathered at the university where Bob Rothstein taught for decades for a memorial service filled with laughs and anecdotes. His daughter Beth said it was perfect and funny. Rothstein died June 9 after a cancer battle. He and his wife Natalie lived in Odessa since the 1970s. Natalie died in 1998. Twin daughters Beth and Bonnie attended with colleagues from his UT Permian Basin tenure.
In Hinesville Georgia wives of 3rd Infantry soldiers protest continued deployment as casualties in Iraq rose highest among divisions. They argue that after six to ten months in desert conditions the troops are exhausted and should be brought home. Ellen Peterson, wife of a sergeant deployed in January, speaks for many who feel support for the war does not equal support for ongoing peacekeeping duties.
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