Electrician Invents Fish Stick Submersible Fishing Light
LEAGUE CITY AP Glenn Carpenter, an electrician and avid angler, created the Fish Stick a submersible fishing light to improve water penetration and attract bait fish. Patented filing in 1993 with issuance May 16, two sizes and white or green bulbs. Since January commercial production began about 50 units sold. Carpenter’s team has won the Big Bad and Ugly Shark Tournament in Matagorda two years running.
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League City
Glenn Carpenter
Carpenter
Melinda
Carnter
Matagorda
Border Patrol opens Citizens Academy in El Paso
About 20 residents join a six week Border Patrol Citizen's Academy to learn about agency rules and firearms policy. The program includes simulated shoot or don’t shoot exercises and discussions on civil rights training and public relations. Participants include aspiring law enforcers and community members.
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Robert Delgadillo
U.S. Border Patrol
Citizen’s Academy
el Paso
Border Patrol
Michelle Alarcon
Alarcon
Robert Saenz
Saenz
Suzan Kern
a_ Border Rights Coalition
Bowie High School
Kern
Bowie
Gerage
el Paso Area
Scott Morris
Danny Conway
Incumbent Wins Re election in El Paso Mayoral Race
Incumbent Larry Francis defeated Carlos Ramirez and Gene Finke to win a second two-year term as mayor. With all 110 precincts tallied, Francis had 27,024 votes about 66 percent, Ramirez 10,179 about 25 percent, and Finke 3,879 about 10 percent. Francis, a retired businessman first elected in 1993, raised over $130,000 and said he might consider a third term.
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EL Paso
Larry Francis
Carlos Ramirez
Gene Finke
Francis
Ramirez
Finke
Arlington Junior League to vote on admitting men
Arlington group polls 599 members in a non binding referendum on whether to open membership to men at its annual meeting. Delegates from 287 chapters will later vote on whether to admit men or let chapters decide. Members express mixed views on leadership impact and focus shift.
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Junior League of Arlington
Junior League
International Service Organization
Anne Dalton
Association of Junior Leagues International
Arlington
Pat Ellington
League
Ellington
Death notices from Odessa area May 6 1995
Multiple obituaries from Odessa Midland Andrews and Andrews County note deaths on Saturday May 6 1995. Mary Dearney Scoggins 76 a retired oil field contractor. Floyd R Ford 51 of Midland. Loyd Awbrey 59 a Parks Department mechanic. Eddie Bueno 39 a roughneck. Mary Emily Hitt Dearley 93 homemaker. Shirreld L Buck Smith 68 machinist. Gerald Lane Gibson Jr 25 with services pending. Survivors include spouses children and siblings. service details span Rose Hill Cemetery Pleasant Grove Cemetery Sunset Memorial Gardens and Central Baptist Church. Arrangements by local funeral homes.
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Odessa
Earl Delaney Scoggins
Medical Center Hospital
Rose Hill Cemetery
Kerry Tilley
Frank W. Wilson
Tioga
Beeville
Ruby Scoggins
Richard Scoggins
Andrews
Kenneth Ray Scoggins
Linda Coppedge
Bill Scoggins
San Angelo
Bobby Scoggins
Gainsville
Lou Ann Perry
Midland
Floyd R
Bob’’ Ford
ARC Wrecking Co. of
Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
Valley Baptist Church
Robert Frazier
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Decatur
Charles Taylor
Pipkin Funeral Home of
Bridgeport
Valley View Baptist Church of
Freida Ford
Dorothy Ford
Arle
Jason Sherrill
Sarah Ford
Rebecca Sherrill
Raylanda Flores
Loyd Awbrey
Andrews County Parks Department
Permian General Hospital
First Assembly of God Church
Lance Baker
Mitchell Culp
Kermit Cemetery
McNett Funeral Home
Dickens
Jal
N.M
Anna Awbrey
Garland Awbrey
Norma Hudgens
Marnell Thompson
Sasakwa
Okla
Linda Awbrey Blackman
Llano
Eddie ‘‘Bird
Bueno
Hobbs
N. Golder Ave
Chapel of Hope - Hobbs
Arkansas
Central Baptist Church
Mike Johnson
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Mansfield
Odessa American Death Notices Policy Summary
The Odessa American runs free death notices for residents within its 21 county area and accepts notices for relatives outside the area. Paid obituaries allow longer content and photos, restricted to quality and from established funeral homes, with publication typically the next day if received by 4 30 p m.
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Mandy Emerson
Jonesboro
Ark
Marshall
United States
Canada
Mary Dearney
Earl Scoggins
Floyd Ford
Toni Ford
Tommy Ford
Azle
Frances Bennett
Lake Worth
Elaine Hearn
Gun Barrell City
Peggy Provences
Diane Tackett
Pearl Martin
Tommy James Richardson
Hobbs, N.M
Amber Bueno
Belview, Ark
Gloria Bueno
Odessa — Mary Emily Hitt Dearley
Avalon Place
John Edmond Cearley
Santa Maria
Calif
Lennis Charles Cearley
Lafayette
Annie LaRue Sergent
Aqua Dulce
Janice Boyles
Jimmie Grace Hampton
Shirreld Smith
Shirreld L
Buck"’ Smith
Resi
Dence
Crescent Park Baptist Church
Reggie Bowman
Cisco
Emma _ Connie
Connie”? Smith
Joe Smith
Paula Louise Wilson
Gail Hurst
Waco
Marion Smith
Las Vegas
Johnny Smith
Marynell Gong
Dallas
Martha Jane Dorrell
Victor
Charolete Welborn
Georgetown
Cornelius Francis
Gerald Gibson Jr
Gerald Lane
Bubba’’ Gibson Jr
Myers & Smith Funeral Home
Odessa American
Gorayer
Radisson Hotel & Conference Center
East University
AmEx
Ronald B. Gorayeb
Gorayeb
Gorayeb Seminars , Inc
North Big Spring
Gorayeb Seminars, Inc
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