Sikh earns Army officer basic training with beard
Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan, 31, becomes the first Sikh in a generation to complete Army officer basic training at Fort Sam Houston under a faith waiver. He received a waiver to keep unshorn hair and a beard, reflecting a long standing policy change since 1984.
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Fort Sam Houston
Rattan
India
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Mississippi man pleads guilty to growing illegal mushrooms in Odessa
Christopher Day of Mendenhall admitted in Midland to attempting to cultivate psilocin bearing mushrooms found with spores he ordered online. He was arrested January 6 and faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine at sentencing in about 90 days. Investigated by Odessa Police Department.
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Odessa
U.S
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Christopher Clark Day
Mendenhall
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Farmers shift from cotton to corn and soy in rural South
Grains rise as cotton cuts shrink the Mississippi Delta economy. Since 2005 cotton output fell 53 percent across five Mid-South states as farmers switch to corn and soybeans. Gins close, jobs vanish, and infrastructure erodes while ethanol demand and crop costs drive profits toward corn.
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Lubbock
Mississippi Delta
Mid-South
Darren Hudson
Cotton Economics Research Institute
Texas Tech
Hudson
Yazoo Planters Gin Co
Yazoo City
Miss
Bernie Jordan
Jordan
U.S
Harrison Ashley
National Cotton Ginners Association
Omni Systems Machine Shop Services offers custom fabrication
Omni Systems Machine Shop Services a five year old family owned business in Odessa provides design manufacture and fabrication in steel brass bronze aluminum and plastics. Owner Guy York with 30 years in the field highlights prototyping patent guidance and CNC machining to reproduce exact parts enabling repairs that save money for commercial industrial and home needs. Family involvement spans Guy and his sons Shane Tim plus spouses with shop at 2301 East 2nd St Odessa and contactable via (432) 334-4958.
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Omni Systems
Guy York
York
Guy
Shane
Tim
Krystal
Cynthia
Omni Systems Machine Shop Services
East 2Nd St
Odessa
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