Texans and outsiders ride the Texas sports wave
Ken Brodnax notes Texans cheer national champions while questioning local pride in pro teams. He argues Stars and Spurs rely on migrant talent, with few native Texan stars aside from David Robinson. He cites Knicks connections and Cowboys history, suggesting temporary glory may gloss over homegrown roots.
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Lone Star State
Dallas Stars
San Antonio Spurs
Spurs
Texas
Minnesota
Permian
Odessa
Champs
San Antonio
Dallas
Alamo
Chicago Cubs
David Robinson
New York Knicks
Knicks
Larry Johnson
Odessa College
Kurt Thomas
Texas Christian University
Dallas Cowboys
Mike Singletary
Baylor
Chicago Bears
Houston Astros
Texas Rangers
Nolan Ryan
New York Yankee
Roger Clemens
Chuck Knoblauch
Clemens
New York City
Short maternity stays persist in Odessa amid limited insurer impact
In Odessa area hospitals most mothers stay 24 to 48 hours after delivery with many home before 24 hours if mother and baby are healthy. Federal rules require two days for normal births and four for cesareans, but insurers have not pressured longer stays. Doctors note the extra time aids breastfeeding counseling and rest, while a 10 p.m. admission can count as a full day. nationwide one day stays declined from 1.4 million in 1995 to 951,000 in 1997 across 525 hospitals.
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Medical Center Hospital
Odessa Regional Hospital
Charles Lively
Lively
Selma West
John Molland
Molland
Europe
West
Odessa artist studies Old Masters in multi layer technique
Odessa painter Prudhomme spends a decade mastering underpainting in verdacchio to create three dimensional effect with tempera and oil. He sketches in charcoal, builds gray-green verdacchio, then applies layers, sometimes inch thick. He copies master works and earned a Louvre reproduction seat in November 1995 amid debate on copying as art.
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Odessa
Phillip Prudhomme
Prudhomme
Hillip Prudhomme
Rembrandt
Carravagio
van Dyck
Vermeer
Champaigne
Musee du Louvre
National Museum of France
N.E. Stevens
Stevens
Area agencies join heat relief drive for Odessa region
As triple digit temperatures set in, ten area agencies participate in the Summer Heat 99 program offering air conditioners and fans to elderly, poor and disabled residents. United Way of Odessa organizer Mike Rush notes improved coordination over prior years. Call 800-491-4636 to be screened and referred to an appropriate agency.
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Mike Rush
United Way of
Odessa
Rush
Agency On Aging
Dorothy Bourland
Area Agency On Aging
Bourland
National Weather Service
Margaret Burton
Burton
Margie Willeby
West Texas
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Ken Brodnax
Oaw
Mark Sterkel
Nick DE LA Torre
Willeby
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