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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2007
Page
6
Odessa residents weigh rain worries as more showers loom. Amy Mendoza enjoys the rain while Mark Masters complains of flooding and fatigue. KOSA weather chief Craig Stewart notes weekly showers and thunderstorms fueling flash flood risks with no relief in sight.
The forecast calls for 68 high 54 low with a chance of showers and east wind. Stewart notes a wet pattern this season, not typical, predicting more rain next week and lingering mosquito problems even if drying occurs. Weather info from weather.gov.
Unofficial rain totals from Odessa fire stations list rainfall at eight locations. Central Fire Station reports 0.55 inches followed by 0.42 at Station 2 and 0.25 at Station 3. Station 4 records 0.45, Station 5 0.40, Station 6 0.50, Station 7 0.72, and Station 8 0.0 inches at 301 E Yukon Road.
Billionaire T Boone Pickens unveils a $100 million donation to UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Each center gets $50 million into a fund that must grow to $500 million within 25 years. If goal fails, remaining funds revert to Oklahoma State University.
The ECISD Bible literacy course uses the National Council curriculum with King James Version texts. Plaintiffs urge removal, citing church-state separation, while supporters argue the material is an objective, literature based study and constitutionally taught.
Police in Odessa contained a standoff after a man left a hospital area allegedly intoxicated and loaded a shotgun. The suspect remained in his truck for hours as negotiators urged calm while a perimeter stretched from Eighth Street to Second Street and Sam Houston Avenue to Jackson Avenue. Fellow Odessans watched the scene, with Dale Jenkins noting the tension as bystanders observed from parked cars.
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