Community mourns Odessa fire victims and aid pours in
After a Sun Country Park mobile home fire killed two toddlers and a cousin, West Odessa and Permian Basin residents rallied. Local workers battled the flames, funeral homes donated services, churches and police supplied support, and businesses organized fundraisers and donations to relieve the families’ burden. Volunteers and donors spread help through Complex Community Credit Union and other channels.
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Diedra Martinez
Jimmy Martinez
Nathaniel Ramirez
Sun Country Park
West Odessa
Crystal Garcia
Ector County
Richard Fierro
Abel Mufiot
Acres West Funeral Home
Western Roses Funeral
Odessa
Harrison
Community Credit Union
Amador Panco Jr
Smith Services Pipe Yard
Permian Basin
Lawmakers and officials contact list for West Texas
A compiled directory lists U S representatives and senators with Midland Odessa San Antonio and Amarillo connections. It includes office addresses in Washington D C and local numbers for Conaway Rodriguez Cornyn Hutchison West Craddick Seliger and other Texas lawmakers.
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Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Ciro Rodriguez
San Antonio
Rayburn
Russell Senate
George E
Buddy” West
Austin
Tom Craddick
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
N. FM
Freedom statement and staff at Pulitzer 1988 paper
The editorial page proclaims a devotion to information that helps readers promote freedom. It emphasizes self-control as essential to human development and cites moral guides like the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
Incarceration rate debate sparks conservative pride
A Pew Center report shows the United States imprisons more per capita than any democracy. Critics warn long sentences, not crime, drive the high rate, with drug offenders comprising a large share of jail and prison populations.
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United States
Pew Center
Finland
National Review
Ramesh Ponnuru
Washington Post
China
Cuba
Ukraine
Estonia
Latvia
Spain
Scotland
Netherlands
Denmark
Italy
James Q. Wilson
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Michael Mukasey
Public Forum on Super Delegates in 2008 Convention
A reader questions the 796 super delegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. They could reverse state election results by using superior status to cast multiple votes without national delegates. The letter asks how this power affects democracy and credibility in American politics.
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White House
Senate
House of Representatives
World Water Day reflects on sacred gift and global needs
The piece notes World Water Day launched after UNCED in 1992 and observed March 22, 2007, with limited notice in the United States. It cites 1.1 billion without improved water and 2.4 billion lacking sanitation, forecasting 3.5 billion in water scarcity by 2025, urging gratitude and shared responsibility in West Texas communities.
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United Nations Conference On Environment and Development
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Rio de Janeiro
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
United States
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Environmental Protection Agency
United Nations
West
Texas
Michael Pfeifer
Permian and Odessa High Boys Soccer Qualify for Playoffs
The Odessa American celebrates both Permian and Odessa High boys soccer teams earning playoff berths. Readers are invited to send comments, with a thumbs nomination via the provided email link.
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Odessa High
Odessa
Freedom.com
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U.S. Sentencing Commission
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Anne Morrison Piehl
Bert Aseem
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