Lottery Daydreams and Family Ties in Odessa
Sonja McGillivray recalls a past habit of buying lottery tickets each week and imagining riches. She shifts from fantasies of palaces to valuing family, parents in Odessa, a devoted husband, step-grandchildren, a dog, and friends, concluding a summer mountain retreat beats excess. The column blends humor with gratitude for everyday ties over imagined wealth.
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Jane Pauley
Mary
Odessa
Cameron
Robert
Lucy
Yearwood cites jail staffing in Ector County inspection plan
Ector County officials debate how jail staffing is counted for state inspections. Yearwood argues counting all scheduled staff would meet jail standards, while Commissioner Gardner worries about housing federal prisoners if only present staff are counted. Texas Commission on Jail Standards official Crump notes criteria and rosters determine ratings, with no automatic bad rating for absent staff on review day.
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Mountains
Odessa
Permian Basin
Ector
Yearwood
Freddie Gardner
Commissioners
Gardner
Jack Crump
The
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
Crump
Commission
Tainted well worries Odessa fish breeder in danger zone
Odessa resident Marcelene Washington raises exotic fish valued up to $20,000 each in indoor tanks and outdoor ponds fed by a tainted well. Chromium contamination from an abandoned shop taints her south Odessa neighborhood, part of five Superfund sites, threatening seven city blocks and prompting officials to urge city water use while she resists.
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Marcelene Washington
Washington
South Odessa
Odessa
Jackson
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Ogallala
Patrick Shaughnessy
TNRCC
Shaughnessy
Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
One trooper discharged amid KKK style hood probe
Eight troopers were investigated for a 1988 party in which some wore paper Ku Klux Klan style hoods. DPS Sgt. Darryl Wright received a discharge notice for participation. Several others, including Wilbur Glen Gooden and Larry Pitts, Thigpen, Perry, and Hearne, were suspended. Anderson faces an arson charge after a truck fire and insurance claim, with a final discharge notice issued after he dodged an appeal.
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Dudley Thomas
Anderson
San Jacinto County
First hurdle over for tiger bitten boy
Doctors say four-year-old Jayton Tidwell has cleared the first 24 hours of blood flow in the rehabilitative process after Bengal tiger attack. Surgeons expressed cautious optimism about his recovery and potential for a normal life despite the loss of his right arm. The boy remains in serious but stable condition.
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Houston
Jayton Tidwell
Mark H. Henry
Re enactment of Waco siege set for Sunday at Fort
A field test at a Texas military base will recreate key moments of the 1993 Waco siege with tanks and camouflaged shooters. The neutral re creation aims to resolve what caused infrared flashes in FBI footage and whether federal agents fired during the final hours, a question central to ongoing investigations and lawsuits by Branch Davidian plaintiffs and federal authorities.
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Dallas
Waco
Texas
David Koresh
FBI
Congress
House Government Reform Committee
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