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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1999
Page
10
Mount Pleasant Junior High will adopt clear or mesh backpacks to boost campus security. Principal Lee Clay said the policy aims to see contents to identify potential threats, while board president Mary Hearron noted plans for affordable purchases through Wal Mart.
A blotter recap notes burglaries at residential and commercial sites in Odessa including a residence on South Oaks Apartments and a 500 block of Meyer. Victims report assaults and wallet thefts. Lighter and watch thefts at Albertson's and a fugitive nab at Tanglewood. A CD player theft, forged items, and child injury incidents also appear with jail charges for a DWI offender.
In a tale from 1B, the people fear darkness as Mother Sun grieves for her daughter Sun Daughter who becomes Redbird. A box opened, a redbird sings, and the people and Mother Sun find renewal as children dance, brightness returns, and warmth and light are shared with Earth.
A pilot breakfast program at Ross Cavazos Milam San Jacinto LBJ and Gale Pond Alamo elementary schools feeds about 5 500 students daily. Students called self managers distribute meals from a hall cart while teachers note improved attention and classroom time. Expansion to all 25 elementary campuses is planned by mid October with four schools added weekly.
In Taiwan an increasingly democratic age shifts authority to individuals as college choices grow from 41 to 64 and 33 percent of 18 to 21 year olds attend. With exams looming, 60 percent of about 120,000 three day examinees likely pass, yet competition pushes many to retake the exam. Students at devils' camps cram three years of study into days, sacrificing games and music to aim for elite National Taiwan University.
Quotes reflect mixed views on early puberty education for fourth and fifth graders. Roxanne Flores supports age appropriate talks for a 1-year-old's mother while Marsha Campbell notes varying maturity and cautions against broad statements. She urges tailoring instruction to community and individual readiness.
QUAKES School of Journalism surveyed California public school buildings with 98 of 201 districts responding representing about a third of students. Findings show over 15 000 buildings and that only one in four districts has inspected all or nearly all buildings for quake resistance.
Ofelia Candia Saenez, 31, of Odessa, died after a 1988 Ford Bronco rolled on Highway 302. Francisco Puente, 32, of Midland, was treated and released from Odessa Medical Center Hospital. Saenez was ejected and not wearing a seatbelt as the vehicle swerved off the road, hit a guardrail, and overturned down an embankment.
This week at Gale Pond Alamo Elementary students will have no lunch charges on Monday and enjoy a Scholastic Book Fair in the library all week. Friday features an Independence Day program with Spirit Day, a near red theme, and an early dismissal at 3 15 p m.
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