Kara Lehnert’s drive fuels national spelling bee bid
Sixth grader Kara Lehnert and her father Dustin emphasize passion and effort in spelling and softball. They study past National Spelling Bee rounds, with Kara compiling winning words in a 475,000 word dictionary gifted by Odessa American after winning the 35th annual Regional Spelling Bee. In 2012 she placed second at regionals, recalling oregano as her hardest word.
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Yvonne
Kara
Sweetwater Middle School
Elli
Sweetwater
Dustin
Regional Spelling Bee Memories Highlight Kara’s Second Place
Kara finished second at the 2012 regional spelling bee at Odessa College amid nerves and last minute prep. Yvonne recalls the tense morning, hair curlers and missing bobby pins, while the family keeps the shiny marble trophy on display and celebrates the achievement.
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Yvonne
Odessa College
Kara
Grapefruit Interactions With Medications Risk to Health
Health advisory notes that grapefruit can dangerously affect many medicines including statins Lipitor Zocor and Mevacor with effects lasting up to 24 hours. Older adults consuming more grapefruit should separate intake from medications, read labels, and consult pharmacists to avoid liver toxicity muscle breakdown or death.
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ORMC
Lipitor
Zocor
High winds spark fire at Sewell Ford yard
Emergency crews responded to two fires on Field Street around 9 40 p m Saturday caused by high winds. A wire sparked and the blaze damaged multiple trucks at Sewell Ford while grass fire also burned nearby. No major outages reported in Odessa. Oncor noted scattered outages in outlying areas. Weather official cited winds up to 49 mph and no fire weather watches.
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Field Street
Fire Battalion
Joey White
National Weather Service
Melissa Huffman
Huffman
Sewell
Oncor
Odessa
Sue Mercer
Monahans
Fatal head on crashes kill two drivers in California and Texas
Emergency crews responded to a head on collision on I-20 in Texas at 10 45 a m injuring four and sending two drivers to Medical Center Hospital in serious and good condition respectively. A separate rollover on Business 20 left Darryl Ampleby dead and two others hospitalized in critical condition. Both incidents involved seatbelts and ongoing investigations.
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Calif
Anamita Dube
Yaris
Joan Bailey
Medical Center Hospital
DPS
Randy Lewis
Lewis
Darryl Ampleby
Department of Public Safety
Ampleby
Umpleby
Heart Attacks and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Explained
A health brief explains the differences between heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest, their causes, and how to respond. It emphasizes recognizing symptoms, calling 911, and applying CPR and AEDs to improve survival chances. It notes most heart attacks do not cause arrest but arrest can follow a heart attack, and provides CPR guidance.
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United States
Heart.org
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Winston-Salem
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