Community events and interviews fill Odessa area day
Prayer and Share Luncheon by Tom Todd starts at noon at Golden Corral 4037 E 42nd St with a $6 buffet not included. Rotary Club noon meet at Odessa College Student Union with Dr Kyron Tamar speaking on prostate cancer. COM Aquatics seeks lifeguards at Odessa pools noon to 3 p.m. Wed and Sat Mar 23 to May 7. interviews 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekly and Saturdays. Reservations for St Patrick's event in Midland. Big Bend lecture at Sul Ross State Univ. Dont Mess with Texas Trash Off April 2 at Floyd Gwin Park. register at 333-1299.
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Tom Todd
Golden Coral
42Nd St
Odessa College
Kyron Tamar
Texas Tech Health Science Center
Big Bend
Lth
Sul Ross State University
Homer Montgomery
Espine
Asp
Odessa
Texas
Floyd Gwin Park
Veterans care funding eyed for Pecos County Memorial Hospital
Fort Stockton officials seek more money from the Veterans Administration to treat about 190 local veterans. The hospital, serving a 20,000 square mile area, operates under a 10 year VA care agreement and faces a waiting list of around 50 veterans. County judge urges roughly $200 more per veteran annually to reduce losses.
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Fort Stockton
Veterans Administration
Pecos County Memorial Hospital
Russell Tippin
Pecos County Memorial
Big Spring
Albuquerque
Pecos County
Joni McGee
McGee
Tippin
Pecos
Joe Shuster
Shuster
Rio Nuevo Predicts 2006 Water Drilling Decision
Rio Nuevo Ltd seeks to mine water beneath 355368 acres of state land and expects a drilling decision by winter 2006. President Roger Abel aims for an exploratory lease from the Texas General Land Office in spring. Counties eyed include Culberson Jeff Davis Hudspeth El Paso and Presidio. Officials want an exploration plan though water quantities and recharge rates remain unknown. Far West Texas Water Planning Group chair Tom Beard estimates exploration could cost about 20 million dollars.
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Rio Nuevo Ltd
Rio Nuevo
Roger Abel
Texas General Land Office
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Hudspeth
el Paso
Presidio
Land Office
Tom Beard
Far West Texas Water Planning Group
Beard
Texas Water Development Board
Phase I II III Rio Nuevo water lease plan outlined
The School Land Board advances a two phase lease with Rio Nuevo to study water fields quality and quantity, followed by a production phase with parallel negotiations. Phase II funds statewide studies and tests to locate wells and estimate output. Phase III requires a customer letter of interest, regional planning involvement, and adherence to laws. water district rules may apply for lands outside districts.
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School Land Board
Rio Nuevo
Tomer
Congressional steroids inquiry mocked by columnist
Ken Brodnax argues Congress should drop the steroid test scandal in baseball and focus on bigger issues like Social Security Medicare and terrorism. He mocks the hearings as grandstanding, notes lack of proof against stars like McGwire and Sosa, and quips about subpoenaing Osama bin Laden.
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Sammy Sosa
Mark McGwire
Peanut Gallery
Iraq
Osama bin Laden
Congress
McGwire
Jose Canseco
Osama
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Rotary Meeting
Lifeguard
St. Patty's
Midland
Celtic Heritage Society
Permian Basin
Call
Cottle
Veterans’ Care
Cindera Nealy
Victor Gonzalez
E. Ith St
West Texas
Senate
Ken Brodnax
Ken
Kbrodnax
Oapa
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