Jorge the Mouse stalks Stephanie Dunaway’s apartment
A quirky column by Lisa Halss recounts Stephanie Dunaway, the DA’s entertainment editor, living with a mouse named Jorge. She battles the rodent with a hairdryer, poison, and help from friends, while lamenting the smell of a decomposing mouse and noting fears of bites and wall-hidden cadavers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorge
Stephanie Dunaway
Stephanie
Michigan
Dad
Brandon
Mouse
Mom
Odessa council approves 30000 to Texas Amateur Athletic Federation
Odessa City Council voted four to one to donate 30000 from hotel tax funds to the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation State Games despite objections from District 1 Councilman Bill Cleaver. The meeting also approved an ODC grant to Westech Seal Inc for a 12000 square foot expansion and the purchase of six trash trucks and two street sweepers for about 540000, with Cleaver dissenting on both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cleaver
Odessa
Texas Amateur Athletic Federation
TAAF
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Council of the Arts and Humanities
Black Cultural Council
Ector County
Slider
Cleaver
Jim Morris
Larry Melton
Berta Calzada
Bill Hext
Odessa Development Corporation
ODC
Westech
Seal Inc
Joe Molina
ECISD drills test large scale emergency preparedness
ECISD staged a two hour emergency operations drill in Odessa schools to simulate a bomb threat roof collapse missing child poison gas and evacuations. Chuck Hornung said it was the district’s first massive drill with 12 simultaneous events to reveal weaknesses and improve readiness. Principal Luis Salcido awaited an 9 to 11 am emergency call at Travis Elementary as the mock crisis approached.
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Travis
Ector County Independent
ECISD
Odessa
Chuck Hornung
Travis Elementary
Five Teens Indicted in Permian High Slaying
Five teens were indicted by an Ector County grand jury on one count of murder in the Sept. 10 shooting death of Brandon Webster his brother Brian and two children aged 10 and 13 near 600 West Clements Street. The suspects are Isaiah Seymore 18 Ronnie Fisher 17 Jonathan Mason 17 Shantay Logan 17 and Anthony Veltz 16.
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Ector County
Isaiah Seymore
Ronnie Fisher
Jonathan Mason
Shantay Logan
Anthony Veltz
John Smith
West Clements Street
Brandon Webster
Brian Webster
BBC film crew spots wood rats near Goldsmith in West Texas
BBC natural history unit scouts Goldsmith for Rodents segment in David Attenborough series The Life of Mammals. UT-PB professor Diane Post, an expert on wood rats for 15 years, provides authority while filming under infrared at night.
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Ector
British Broadcasting Corp
Goldsmith
University of Texas
Permian
Diane Post
UTPB
Smithsonian Institute
BBC
David Attenborough
Post
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Richmond
Mojave Desert
Odessa
Griffiths
Britain
United States
South Plains
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Lisa Halss
Link
Freedom
Main Street
Confederate Air Force
Odessa Soccer Association
District 1
Bob Slider
Lara Meckfessel
Luis Salcido
Salcido
Lee
Hector Mendez
William
Billy” Crawford
Gary Watkins
Crawford
John
Stacy Proctor
Harmony Home
Eve Flores
Alex Griffiths
Natural History Unit
Bristol
England
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