A Childs View Of Voting And The 2000 Election
A parent recounts explaining to his five year old daughter why she cannot vote in the 2000 election. The child surveys candidatesGeorge Bush and Al Gore, calls both ugly, contemplates write ins, and questions names pets and spellings while wrestling with the idea of participating in democracy.
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Kiddo
George Bush
al Gore
George
Wild horses and burros up for auction in Odessa
Prospective buyers gathered at the Ector County Coliseum for the Bureau of Land Management Adopt-a-Horse or Burro sale offering 80 animals. Bidders must be 18+, with a minimum $125 bid, and may adopt up to four animals. animals are wormed vaccinated and ready. The sale continues today and Saturday with loads starting at 10 a.m. and potential buyers weighing the gamble of owning a wild horse or burro.
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Ector County Coliseum
del Rio
Bureau of Land Management
Odessa
C.L. Armstrong
Rusty Jarman
Armstrong
Jarman
Bob Mitchell
Land Bureau
Mitchell
Kali Baze
Midland
Ector County
Coliseum
Odessa woman dies in collision at Second Street and Muskingum
Manuela Melchor Serrano, 75, died from injuries after a two vehicle crash at the Second Street and Muskingum Avenue intersection. Julieta Serrano Dutchover, 49, and Christine Long Baker, 49, were involved. Baker sustained minor injuries.
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Odessa
Second Street
Muskingum Avenue
Manuela Melchor Serrano
Medical Center Hospital
B.J. White
Ector County
Serrano
Julieta Serrano Dutchover
Dutchover
Christine Long Baker
Midland
Second Avenue
Baker
Huntsman group activity update tied to Odessa rally
An update on Huntsman Litigation Group activities will be part of a get out the vote rally at 4 p.m. Saturday in Woodson Park. Odessa NAACP leader Gene Collins says the event aims to spur southside residents to vote in the November 7 election, with candidates invited and info to be kept confidential until proper disclosure.
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Huntsman Litigation Group
Woodson Park
Gene Collins
Odessa
National Association For the Advancement of
Collins
Huntsman
Millionaire jailed for life in ex wife slaying
Allen Blackthorne, a wealthy businessman, was given two life terms plus fines for interstate murder for hire and domestic violence in the 1997 killing of Sheila Bellush in Sarasota Florida. The jurist sentenced him after pleas from Bellush's daughter and sister-in-law. his innocence maintains.
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Millionaire
San Antonio
U.S
Edward C. Prado
Allen Blackthorne
Sheila Bellush
Sarasota
Fla
Blackthorne
Prado
LULAC president sues Collins over Odessa clash
LULAC Odessa chief Joe Armesto filed Oct 27 a lawsuit against Odessa NAACP president Gene Collins and the NAACP alleging Collins struck him at a Oct 7, 2000 meeting at Ector County Junior High School. The suit cites restraint during a group gathering tied to a Huntsman Corp dispute and local pollution concerns.
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LULAC
Odessa
NAACP
Huntsman Litigation Group
Joe Armesto
League of United Latin American Citizens
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gene Collins
Collins
Armesto
Ector County
Huntsman Corp
Permian Basin
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