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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 2014
Page
1
Most government offices will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. City of Odessa, Ector County offices, Ector County ISD schools, Odessa College, and UT Permian Basin campuses close. Odessa post offices and the Odessa Police Department walk up office also close for the holiday.
Odessa braces for rain through Memorial Day weekend as a tornado watch lasts until 10 p.m. and a flash flood watch until 7 p.m. A Midland meteorologist notes thunderstorms may persist into Monday evening with drier weather expected by Tuesday. Drivers are urged to avoid flooded roads and seek alternative routes.
Partly cloudy conditions with thunderstorms possible as a trough moves through the region. Wind shifts southeast at 10 to 20 mph. Forecast covers inland areas and risks brief storm activity on the day indicated.
Chevron plans a high level annual shareholders meeting at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland instead of San Ramon California. Executives seek broader community ties while pursuing aggressive Permian Basin production growth and a $150 million Midland campus. Justin Higgs notes Chevron’s deep community involvement.
Bennie Cope utilities manager for Goldsmith explains the city pool’s 2011 closure and its past role as a summer destination for youths from Gardendale and West Odessa. Community discussions consider what it would take to reopen the pool.
Goldsmith residents envision reopening the historic pool opened in the 1950s next to the park on Avenue H. It closed in 2011 due to a shortage of lifeguards, a trend blamed on younger residents moving away. Utilities manager Bennie Cope recalls the pool’s past popularity and memories of summer days.
Fairfield Iowa native Robert Bell 92 reflects on a life in the U S Army Air Corps World War II and later the U S Air Force during the Vietnam era He logged more than 7 000 flight hours and defended the Aleutian Islands from Japanese forces as planes battled fog and danger His story is part of a Texas Permian Basin Honor Flight series with a chance to hear him tell it at tinyurl com k39ngrw
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