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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 2004
Page
11
A set of Odessa and nearby town notices memorializes Christine Brown Frank Abe Caudle Johnny Herbold Ruth Latham Lynn McCormick Emma Montez Dorothy Pledge Manuel Rivera Sr Antonia Sanchez Mary Alice Williams and Alex Gaut Jr. Deaths range March 1 2 3 2004 with funeral details and survivor lists across multiple area communities.
A kindergarten pupil at Sam Houston Elementary was disciplined after a pocketknife fell from his jacket before breakfast. Principal Evelyn Garcia said the knife was never opened and students were never in danger. The child, under seven, did not attend the district’s Alternative Center.
District 1 voters head to the May 15 municipal elections with Bill Cleaver seeking re election after filing in the city secretary's office on Friday. Cleaver, in office six years, says his experience and economic development focus make him the better choice. He cites strong council relations and a positive growth climate as key achievements and notes the next four years will center on development and competition along the 1 35 corridor. Council members earn ten dollars per meeting up to fifty dollars monthly for a four year term.
Christine Beasley of Odessa born in Laneville Texas taught 50 years retiring 1978 from Gonzales Elementary. She held memberships in Odessa Retired Teachers Assoc Texas State Teachers Assoc Pioneer Study Club Zeta Kappa Delta Kappa Gamma and First United Methodist Church where she served. She married Glen Cook in 1950 who died in 1990. Survived by sister Lucile Bellican Odessa and relatives. services 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials to church Parks Retirement Village or preferred charity.
Services for Byrle Rigsby, 91, of Andrews, will be held in the Andrews area. The obituary notes his residence and age and indicates arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home in Odessa. Further details were not provided in the readable text.
A 51-year-old Odessan, Roger Everett Perry of 105 N. Knox Ave, was arrested by West Texas Narcotics Enforcement Task Force and ECSO SWAT on a warrant for possession of marijuana worth about 896 dollars. He remained in the Ector County Detention Center on a motion to revoke probation after a residence search yielded about a pound of marijuana.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing today at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin Center for Energy and Economic See One. The meeting is open to the public. For information call 512 239 5011.
The Ector County Sheriff’s Office launched its new Web site www.countysheriff.us for public access. It includes jail visitation schedule, sex offender link, complaint information, contact numbers, recent arrests and inmate details. Sheriff Mark Donaldson said the site makes information more accessible to residents. For more details call 335-3050.
Texas Tech University and its Health Sciences Center board raise tuition by 2 per credit hour for several schools from 46 to 48, and 20 per credit hour for the Lubbock campus to 76. A 15 credit hour student would pay about 300 more next semester. President Whitmore cites rising enrollment and flat state funding as drivers.
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