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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 2006
Page
9
The Odessa Rotary Club will honor a City of Odessa employee of the year at noon Wednesday in the Joe Zant Community Room at Odessa College. Call 331-7814 for details.
Stephanie Sparkman chairwoman of the Permian Basin FutureGen Task Force lauds Texas House Bill 149 granting state ownership of FutureGen CO2. Odessa Chamber official Neil McDonald says the move signals state leadership and shifts liability toward securing the $1 billion coal plant project in Texas.
Odessa marked National Police Memorial Day remembering four local officers who died in the line of duty. Families spoke of remembrance and sacrifice as Chief Chris Pipes noted the nation and Odessa's four fallen were honored. The service highlighted Thad West, Gordon Toal, Scott Smith, and Rodney Kendricks and their service with Ector County, Odessa, and Lubbock departments.
Poor William Salter recalls April milestones from 1906 to 1961 with personal links to San Francisco quake, Civil War start at Fort Sumter, FDR’s death, and Yuri Gagarin’s space orbit. He mentions family history, Crosley cars, and a VW stunt, tying them to memoirs and local recollections.
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