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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 2001
Page
10
Odessa Fire Department offers a smoke house for children to enter as part of a health fair. Fire Chief Steve Pollock notes the synthetic smoke is harmless and emphasizes crawling to safety and exiting a house. Contact McBee at Johnson Elementary for details at 366 3465.
Catholic Charities and other groups fund a new CLC offering books videos and handouts on grief self help parenting job skills health and more. Faye Rodriguez says volunteers will teach writing checks resumes job applications dressing for interviews and basic computer skills with Internet access coming soon. The center aims to lift clients especially those who fear classrooms and may offer GED tutorials and future fiction checkouts while seeking ministers to supply uplifting material. Open 1 to 5 pm weekdays soon expanding to mornings, with plans to increase computer access and broaden services.
A 20-year-old man, Francisco F. Rodriguez, 2020 W Ninth St, held at Ector County Detention Center on 2500 bond after burglary charge. Wal Mart at 4210 John Ben Shepperd Parkway reports theft of 1436.22 in checks cash and coupons between Oct 3 and Saturday. Donald Davis, 60, Shelton Washington, held on 50000 bond for theft in similar blotter entry.
The 25th annual Big Spring Arts and Crafts Festival is scheduled October 20 and 21 at Dorothy Garrett Coliseum on Howard College campus in Big Spring. Hours run 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday with free admission.
The Texas Commission on the Arts will host ArtsReach 2001 a free grant-writing workshop from 10 am to noon on Oct 30 at Midland Community Theatre. Afterward TCA staff will offer one on one consultations to review actual grants in progress prioritizing advance bookings. Cassandra Scholte can be contacted at 512 936 6563.
The Spanish Literary Club meets today from 7 to 9 p.m. at Barnes and Noble Bookstore 2617 W Loop 250 Midland. Members will discuss Arbol de la Vida by Mario Bencastro. Public invited. for more information call 552 2308.
The Midland Quilters Guild hosts a biannual show featuring 175 quilts and multiple selection prizes. Members explain works near displays while a silent auction raises funds and a shop offers quilted items. Dabney, 73, notes quilting as therapy and history.
Local restaurants across the Permian Basin including Red Lobster Olive Garden Outback Chili s Logan's Roadhouse and On the Border joined the Dine Out for America effort to aid victims and families of the September 11 attacks. Vickey Byers and Darren Peek voiced support while Red Lobster aims to top 1 million in donations with profits from Thursday.
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn and Harris County officials filed lawsuits under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act against Clean Pro Systems and three other Houston businesses for allegedly price gouging after Tropical Storm Allison. The action seeks victims’ expenses and civil penalties up to 100,000 dollars per violation.
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