Odessa pyrotechnician aims for bigger Fourth display
Reggie Voss, a 32 year old Odessa native and registered pyrotechnician, oversees the Jaycees Fourth of July show. He explains how Class B explosives are stored in a vault and set off from the reservoir rim behind the Ector County Coliseum. The finale features 375 shells airborne at once during a 30 minute program beginning at 10 15 p.m. with plans for 16 assistants and a focus on safety amid spectator risks and past accidents.
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Reggie Voss
Voss
Permian
Ector County Coliseum
Jaycees
Community groups report June meetings and honors
Club Scrapbook Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 4372 held a June 16 gathering at the post home with Joan Martin presiding. Initia tions were held for Sharon LeVora and Beverly Angell. Flags were presented to the Knights of Columbus. A donation was given to Lisa Bullington for the Miss Teenager America contest. Augusta Higginbotham noted eight workers furnished refreshments and bingo for 68 patients at the Big Spring VA Medical Center on June 8, with 122 seniors also served. Delegates to the national convention in August in New Orleans include Nellie Carnes and others. Permian Chapter of the ABWA met June 10 with new officers listed. Jaxine Boling spoke on a vocation. United Daughters of the Confederacy met June 21 for its final meeting with a program on Southern songs and writers. The gathering noted songs like Dixie and Carry Me Back to Old Virginny and commemorated Jefferson Davis’s birthday.
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Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Paul G. Mahoney
Post
Joan Martin
Sharon LeVora
Beverly Angell
Knights of Columbus
Lisa Bullington
Augusta Higginbotham
Big Spring Veterans Administration Medical Center
New Orleans
Nellie Carnes
Mildred Sterle
Nelba Faris
Nell Sheffield
Barbara Beckley
Jean Scott
Catherine McMillan
Satie Brown
Brvian Hager
Janis Sheffield
Babe Griffin
Belle Leverington
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Matthew Duncan
Ector
T.B. Harris Jr
UDC
Daughters of the
Maude Johnson Howe Chenette
Sally Wallace
Violet Tulloch
Harris
South
Old Virginny
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
At Wit's End By Erma Bombeck
A humorous reflection on family dynamics as grown children come and go from a chaotic home. The essay recalls vivid anecdotes of parenting missteps and shifting roles, embracing love amid clutter, traffic, and imperfect wisdom.
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Dana Bradley
Charlotte Glenn
Cathey Figert
Jaxine Boling
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