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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 2006
Page
1
Ector County keeps a fireworks ban through the weekend despite Midland County lifting its ban Friday after rain. County Judge Jerry Caddel issued a drought disaster order. commissioners may adjust it. Truckload Fireworks owner Jim Harris seeks a restraining order to lift the ban, arguing it oversteps legal rights.
Odessa College alumnus Omar Torres recounts enlisting in the Army on Sept 5 2001 after Permian High School, leaving behind civilian life for basic training at Fort Benning. He reflects on freedom, adrenaline missions, and camaraderie while waiting in the barracks as the World Trade Center attack news broke.
Kenny Border, former Permian High School assistant principal, plans to sign a contract next Tuesday to become principal of Shallowater Middle School near Lubbock. At 32, he leaves ECISD after 10 years citing last week’s decisions, seeking a fresh start amid reassignment news.
Sgt Davey Tarbet of the Odessa Police Department traffic division notes a yearslong safety operation. At Second Street and Dixie Boulevard a motorist offered a job to Larry Torres, who is an Odessa police corporal working a signholding traffic-monitoring duty. The “Red for a Reason” effort issued 56 traffic citations Friday to enforce red-light compliance amid mixed community reaction.
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