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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 2005
Page
12
Texas DPS troopers offer tips to reduce road rage and crashes during the holiday weekend. Avoid signals, lane misuse, tailgating, flashing lights, honking, or high beams. Allow extra travel time and never drive after drinking. If faced with aggressive drivers, yield, avoid retaliation, buckle up, and report extreme cases to authorities.
Law enforcement agencies in Odessa and statewide urge extra caution as travelers hit the roads. Officers focus on drunken driving and seat belt use under Click It or Ticket and CARE programs, with fines up to 200 plus costs for belts and 125 to 285 for speeding.
Ector County Sheriff's Office offers fuel economy tips as gas nears 2 dollars per gallon. Ensure a good gas cap to curb vapor loss, inflate tires correctly, replace worn spark plugs and dirty air filters, avoid excessive idling and aggressive driving to save fuel.
The American Hospital Association added a link to its site for advance directive forms and a glossary. Medical Center Hospital, Alliance Hospital, and Odessa Regional Hospital offer forms for patients at admission. Documents include Texas Directive to Physicians, Texas Medical Power of Attorney, out-of-hospital do not resuscitate, and mental health declaration. Officials urge annual review and clear family access.
State Rep Buddy West Odessa leads a Texas study with UT Center for Energy and Economic Diversification and federal partners to examine sinkhole risks near Wink. The project costs 737000 with proposed 245000 earlier appropriation. TxDOT will host a public meeting June 4 at Wink Exposition Center to discuss contingencies and traffic rerouting if sinkholes grow and affect highways.
The Odessa District of the Texas Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. June 14 at the Wink Exposition Center west of Texas 115 FM 1232. For information call 586-6658.
Three finalists were drawn at random at the ECISD Administration Building for a car giveaway among students with perfect attendance and passing grades across six grading periods. Gilliam will drive a 2001 Tahoe until her father teaches her to drive a standard, while parents weigh the implications of a sports car for a new driver. The program also sponsors $100 drawings every six weeks per campus for students with perfect attendance and passing grades. The Odessa New Car Dealers Association coordinates the effort, with pledges to continue next year after a second annual car giveaway.
Students and parents increasingly choose schools by quality and credibility. Faculty emphasize student involvement in NCATE documents, with graduate student Carol Willis noting accreditation would boost future student appeal and professional credibility for teachers. Willis teaches at Midland Christian School and recalls past non accreditation affecting job options.
School officials apologized Wednesday to a student identified in a Waxahachie High School yearbook photo as Black Girl and said the affected pages were being replaced with reprints. Superintendent James Wilcox said the ball was dropped and the mistake was made.
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