Hospital board to meet today
The Ector County Hospital Board will meet at 5 15 p m today in the boardroom at Medical Center Hospital. A presentation from Darrell Burnette concerns changes to the ECHO Assistance program and an election is to be called. Reports from long range planning finance Texas Tech University Health Science Center performance improvement and an integrated service performance review will be heard.
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Ector County Hospital Board
Medical Center Hospital
Darrell Burnette
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Clarification on Big Brothers Big Sisters funding in Odessa
The United Way continued funding the Big Brothers Big Sisters program during its transition from the YMCA to the Boys and Girls Club. The project was briefly shut down during relocation due to management issues cited by Mike Burney, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club.
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Odessa American
Big Sisters
United Way
Big Brothers
YMCA
Boys and Girls Club
Vestrachérhie
Mike Burney
McCamey ISD Board Names New Superintendent
The McCamey Independent School District board voted 4 to 3 to appoint Jerry Stinson as the new superintendent Alma Acosta opposed the motion and sided with the dissenting minority in the vote.
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McCamey Isd School Board
Jerry Stinson
Alma Acosta
Stinson
Lizard grounds Queen Elizabeth visit. runway widened
Rare earless lizard forces reroute of Queen Elizabeth II's Australia visit and runway widening. 90 day consultation required for changes due to protected species. Queen lands in Sydney instead of Canberra. 1996 Air Force One note contrasts civilian runway needs.
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Australia
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Clinton
Air Force One
Gasoline prices rise amid supply fears and summer travel plans
The Energy Department projects gasoline costs rising as much as 20 cents by early summer with national averages near 1.80 a gallon during peak travel. Oil prices hit a nine year high as OPEC members plan a March 27 meeting on production. Scarce inventories and mixed producer signals cloud future prices.
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Iran and allies urge OPEC to hold current output
Iran Libya and Algeria rejected calls to cut or raise production arguing demand will fall in the second quarter and urging OPEC to keep ceilings beyond March 31. The stance contrasts with others and comes as oil prices rise to highs not seen since 1990.
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Explosion at Radford plants leaves workers dead and injured
Curtis Grooms, 29, was found near the blast core while two missing women Karen Anderson Hamilton, 35, and Debbie Sheppard, 37, were identified. About 100 workers were in the plant as a fireball rose twenty feet. Buford Hamilton, husband of one missing woman, was uninjured and waited outside. Hospitalized workers number six, with two in serious condition. soot filled ears and smoke inhalation reported. New River Castings and Radford Foundry, owned by Intermet Corp, employ about 1,000 in Radford. Internnet CEO John Doddridge called it the saddest day of his life as buildings can be replaced but people cannot.
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Hamilton
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Max Horton
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W.va
New River Castings
Radford Foundry
Troy
Intermet Corp
John Doddridge
Internnet
Net Corp
Aftermath of Mayon eruption leaves farms buried and farmers displaced
Villagers return to blackened slopes of Mayon to inspect fields buried beneath coarse rocks and ash. Jenson Perez recalls the harvest lost two weeks earlier as evacuations climb beyond 68,000. He fears re eruption and long road to recovery for farming families once thriving on tomatoes and peppers.
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Mayon
Jenson Perez
Perez
Cedric Daep
Albay
Daep
Indiana Good Friday designation as state holiday sparks debate
An appeals court panel found Indiana uses Good Friday mainly to create a spring three day weekend for state employees. The majority insist the holiday lacks religious significance for the state, while a dissent argues against annual designation. Bridenbaugh v. O'Bannon cited with link to 7th Circuit ruling.
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Indiana
Bridenbaugh
O’bannon
Uscourts.gov
7Th Circuit
Local group taps Accion loans to extend microfinancing
MANO, a start up with limited banking access, partners with Accion Texas to offer microloans up to 10 000 for first loans and 25 000 for additional funding. Accion provides funds through Bank of America Bank One Chase and Wells Fargo. First loan approved, 14 000 for a water store in West Odessa. MANO has drawn about 80 000 of 150 000 available. default rate under 1 loan healed as payments resumed.
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Correa
Accion
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Nations Bank
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MANO
West Odessa
Odessa Development Corp
Community Development Block Grant Fund
Midland Economic Development Corp
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers Cash 5 Draw
Texas Lottery results list Cash 5 numbers 25 16 24 37 22 and Pick 3 numbers 5 21 for Monday March 6 with no further details.
Factoids and quirks from L. M. Boyd column
A collage of trivia on pigments in palms pelicans and oysters counts of footsteps and light sensing, plus jokes about green glows in jellyfish genes and a penguin of ideas. Anatole France quote and contact details close the collection.
Odessa American masthead and mailing info
The Odessa American appears as a daily publication with its address and postal details including USPS listing, publication location in Odessa Texas and PO box information for subscriptions. It notes the paper operates under second class postage and references the 222 &. avenue address in Odessa.
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Odessa American
Ath Shoes
Odesee
Odessa
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