Cinco de Mayo charity event and local elections notice
El Sabor Mexicano marks Cinco de Mayo to raise funds for MANO. 1B voting runs 7 am to 7 pm for city council school board and hospital board. Polling places on 2B and a sample ballot on 3B. GB profiles for candidates. Sharon Wilson urges voters to bring registration cards. Water district elections also run 7 am to 7 pm at 5850 West University Blvd.
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Ector County Elections
Sharon Wilson
Water District
West University
Biz magazine to combine Money and Oil & Gas Review in Odessa American
Beginning Monday the Odessa American will launch Biz a new magazine style section merging Money and Oil & Gas Review with added Permian Basin business news and reader investment tools Look for Biz in Monday papers. A separate AP report from Nation Port Hadlock Washington details a barge explosion at a birthday party injuring a 13 year old and six other children with pieces of deck flying up to 30 feet away.
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Odessa American
Port Hadlock
Wash
Judy McFerran
Seattle
Nine grade athletes barred from varsity play in ECISD
Odessa’s ECISD board voted 4-1 to end high school athletic eligibility for ninth graders. The policy reverses a December rule allowing freshmen to move up, affecting students in East Side Advanced Academic Programs at Ector and Bowie junior highs.
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Ector
Bowie
Paula Adders
Delma Abalos
Tommy Salmon
Floy Hinson
Phil Fouche
Salmon
East Side
Odessa
ECISD
Vernon Stokes
Judge rules Texas is part of the United States
Washington federal judge rejected Richard McLaren’s claim that Texas is a captive nation and ruled Texas remains part of the United States. McLaren, known as the Republic of Texas chief ambassador, led a standoff with police last year, taking two hostages at a Davis Mountains Resort. He awaits a federal fraud sentencing next month after a 99 year prison term for kidnapping and related charges.
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Washington
Republic of Texas
Richard McLaren
Texas
United States
McLaren
Davis Mountains
Junkyard Dog Prepares For Ring Fight With Rage
By Kerri Ginis Jeff Norman known as Junkyard Dog towers at 6 foot 1 and 330 pounds as heavy metal blasts. He removes his spiked collar and dog chain and focuses on overpowering his lowly competitor. He says his mind blocks out distractions and he will do what he must to win among 50 area male competitors.
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Black Sabbath
Jeff Norman
Eric ‘Butter Bean
Esch
Ert
Jeff Junkyard
Norman
Seminole
Ector County
Doctors remove and reimplant heart after tumor
Houston AP report covers Guy Altmann, a 20-year-old Texas A&M student, who faced removal of his heart to remove a malignant lemon-sized tumor inside a heart valve. After a six hour operation to excise remaining cancer and repair his heart, Altmann was out of intensive care and condition improving.
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Houston
Guy Altmann
Altmann
Texas A&m University
Covington
Methodist Hospital
NATO Expansion Passes Senate Amid Binary Risk Debate
The Senate approved enlarging NATO to include Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic by a vote of 80 to 19. Supporters cite unity and peace, while opponents warn of nuclear confrontation risks and costs. Clinton pitched the deal during a busy news conference and Cohen lobbied lawmakers to avert weakening amendments.
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Washington
NATO
Russia
China
Iran
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
Senate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Clinton
William Cohen
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Kerri Ginis
Darwin Weigel
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