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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2000
Page
9
A columnist muses on asteroid impact odds and the fragility of life. He cites NASA figures on global catastrophe risks, compares them with lightning and lottery odds, and questions the value of planning for the future amid uncertainty. Sonja McGillivray’s column appears Saturdays and invites reader comments.
Texas highway troopers will increase presence for Memorial Day weekend though no longer using Operation Motorcide fatality forecasts. DPS spokesman Tom Wingers notes efforts shift to proactive public information. In 1999 Memorial Day weekend 46 people died in 37 Texas road accidents, higher than 1998’s 29.6 average.
Odessa records show eight days above 100 degrees in May, with multiple ties and one all time May high. Notable dates include May 24 reaching 108 degrees the all time May record, while May 11 hit 102 degrees as the area high. Weather notes by David Jr. Lee for the Odessa American citing NWS data.
ECISD launches a September 1998 job-skills program titled School to Work. After two years and eight interns, three of the first-year interns are employed at Sonic, Farr's Cafeteria, and a Sweetwater greenhouse. A second-year intern will continue, with ECISD special education director Gay noting earlier efforts and worker placement.
Pecos City Manager Kenneth Neal says grant writer Carlos Colina-Vargas remains employed while admitting in a federal court in Austin that he bribed a public official. Indicted March 7 on five counts, he pled to Count 1 with four counts to be dismissed at sentencing on June 20, facing up to 100000 fine and up to three years probation.
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