Adventure filled spring break across Abilene and rattlesnakes
A local narrator shares a family road trip through Abilene with two kids seeking adventure. They visit a mall mountain, the zoo, and Sweetwater for the rattlesnake roundup. The writer laments the snakes being milked and fried while noting crowds and souvenir booths.
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Thal
Cea
Dillards
Abilene
Mac Davis
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock
Jaupivol
Nuclear waste pact amendment seeks Texas limit
Senate talks on the Texas Maine and Vermont Low Level Waste Disposal Compact mark changes to ensure only waste from the three states can go to the Sierra Blanca dump. Senator Wellstone presses two amendments to shield Texas from out of state waste and to ease challenges to the dump size on race income or ethnicity grounds. Supporters say altering the compact could trigger a lengthy reratification.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
Maine
Vermont
West Texas
Paul Wellstone
D-Minn
Wellstone
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Sierra Blanca
el Paso
Snowe
Dave Lackey
House
Lloyd Doggett
Doggett
Lackey
West Texas Street Red Car Show Aids Harmony Home
About 130 antique and special interest cars will be displayed at the 25th annual West Texas Street Red Association Car Show at the Ector County Coliseum. The event benefits Harmony Home and the Permian Basin Food Bank with weekend hours and a two can food donation option for reduced admission. Jack May notes the club has 25 years of charity focus and welcomes all ages.
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West Texas Street Red Association
Ector County Coliseum
Jack May
Harmony Home
Children’s Advocacy Center
Permian Basin Food Bank
Food Bank
United States
May
Latin scholar Arizpe speaks at Texas conference reception
Victor Arizpe, a Latin scholar, keynote speaker at a three day Latin American Literatures and Cultural Conference hosted by the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He urged broadening scholarly horizons as the world grows more interconnected and curricula become internationalized.
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Texas A&m University
Victor
Radisson Hotel
University of Texas
Arizpe
Monahans man dies from tank fire injuries
A 40-year-old Monahans man, Tommy Ray Willis, died at University Medical Center in Lubbock from burns after two condensate tanks at the American Oil and Gas Plant near Kermit caught fire. Willis, who suffered severe burns, was airlifted to a burn unit after the Sunday accident and funeral services were scheduled for 2 p.m.
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Kermit
Monahans
American Oil and Gas
Tommy Ray Willis
University Medical Center
Lubbock
Willis
Winkler
David Watson
Wiltz
Watson
K N Energy
Gilbert C. Gremmel
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Kermit Hospital
Lubbock Hospital
Gremmel
Odessa YMCA seeks 200000 for new park on Dawn Avenue site
YMCA officials push to raise 200000 to finish a park at the outdoor track site near Dawn Avenue and Brentwood Drive in Odessa. The estimated project cost is 300000 to 335000 with 113000 raised so far including 100000 from a private foundation and 13000 from interest and board members. The plan includes sports fields two covered basketball courts handball racquetball courts picnic areas and an amphitheater.
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YMCA
Dawn Avenue
Brentwood Drive
Gary Wollenzien
Odessa
Wollenzien
Winston Kenworthy
Park Committee
Kenworthy
Odessa Students Power Up For Solar Model Car Event
Junior high students from Bowie Hood and St Marys Central Catholic in Odessa prepare for a solar powered model car race at Midland High School. Teams from about 20 area schools will compete in a West Texas regional qualifier sponsored by TU Electric with the top four advancing to a April 18 championship at Energy Park near Dallas.
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Nadie Ham
Hood Junior High School
Dallas
Odessa
Midland High School
Bowie and
Hood
St. Mary’s Central Catholic
Andrews
Crane
Midland
Monahans
West Texas
TU Electric
Energy Park
St. Mary’s
Rick Green
Green
Nadhe Ham
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Freedom.com
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Darwin Weigel
Harmony
Larry Beckner
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