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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 2009
Page
1
A Sea Chanters program member and OHS graduate visits town with a premier Navy choir. The ensemble performs for local audiences, showcasing high caliber vocal work, community ties, and ongoing Navy music outreach.
A quirky promo targets users who cannot handle a real pet by promoting Neopets online. The message emphasizes virtual companionship and a safe alternative to responsibility, inviting readers to visit the Neopets site for more.
The Odessa Girls Softball Association announces registration on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OGSA complex near UD UT-PB across from Freedom Pontiac GMC on 42nd Street. Tee Ball to high school divisions are offered. A coaches meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Spring tryouts run 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 13 at the girls softball complex. Net: www.eteamz.com/odgsa/index.cfm
To mark its first year Wienerschnitzel hosts a school versus school hot dog eating contest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Marriott Towne Place Suites 4412 Tanglewood Lane. Twelve students from Permian and Odessa High compete. chili dogs sell for 99 cents and 1 percent of contest sales go to the West Texas Food Bank. Hybrid Child performs and Slap Jack plus Odessa Jackalopes players meet attendees.
AAA Texas reports the average gallon price rose to 1.81 in Texas with Corpus Christi at 1.76 and El Paso at 1.99, up about 35 cents since January 1. Nationwide average rose to 1.93 per gallon.
Unemployment in Odessa rose to 4.9 percent in January, up from 3.8 percent in December 2008 and 3.4 percent a year earlier. Workforce Solutions Permian Basin CEO Willie Taylor notes activity at centers and calls the rise a shocker, while Midland remains the state’s lowest metro rate at 3.8 percent.
A grass fire near FM 1053 and the Crane County line burned 645 acres, aided by three air tankers, one helicopter, and two monitoring planes. By evening it was 65 percent contained with embers still present, as West Odessa and several other agencies fought the blaze. An oilfield heater treater reportedly malfunctioned, starting the fire, with no injuries reported. A second 15 acre Ward County fire and a Brewster County wildfire were also active nearby.
Richard Ellsworth McLaughlin, former publisher of the Winkler County News and ex Odessa American reporter, received the maximum 10 year federal term for possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Rob Junell ordered 20 years of supervised release, banned firearms and intoxicants, and restricted internet access.
Readers vote on whether the sentence for Richard Rick McLaughlin is too harsh appropriate or too lenient. Online ballot at www oapa com seeks public input on the justice outcome.
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