Birthday celebration and BBQ cook-off mark Odessa events
The eleventh annual U S Marine Corps birthday event runs November 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Man Cave Museum with free food drinks and a cake cutting at 1 p.m. RSVP by November 1 to Marilyn Jones or Carime Muniz. A Friday Saturday West Texas BBQ cook-off at Ratliff Stadium offers ribs chicken brisket and pulled pork with $25 entry per category and champs prizes. register with the Parks Office by Wednesday.
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Freedom Benefit Fun Run for Veterans at VFW Post 4372
A Freedom Benefit Fun Run is set for Saturday at VFW Post 4372 208 E VFW Lane. Registration starts at 9am with a 50 50 drawing silent auction and five route stops. Fees 25 driver 35 rider and passenger 10 extra hands 10 meal only. Call Dave Bennett at 413-6445 for details.
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Odessa sales tax receipts rise for ninth straight month
October state sales tax payments to Odessa rose to more than 4.6 million, up 53.2 percent from a year earlier, with about 927 645 going to the Odessa Development Corporation for economic development and over 3.71 million for the city’s general fund. The new fiscal year began with a 30.76 million budget for general spending and the month beat projections by roughly 55 percent. The Ector County Hospital District also saw a jump to more than 3.75 million, up about 60.5 percent, while Midland posted an October check over 539 million, up about 41.7 percent from 2016. statewide figures appear on Page 3A.
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Maddie Cobs Races Tricycle at Compass Academy Field Trip
Six year old Maddie Cobs pedals a bright tricycle around a race track during a Compass Academy field trip at Old Miners Maze in Midian. Jacob Ford reports from Odessa as the scene captures local kids enjoying a playful racing moment.
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Old Miners Maze
New group hashes bond ideas for ECISD election
Odessans forming Ector County Kids Cant Wait met at Starbucks to discuss a proposed 291 172 291 bond and TRE tax rate for ECISD. The group aims to fact gather and unify positions after 4 Kids Future pulled support amid miscommunication about TRE use. Bond and TRE remain on the November 7 ballot with Chris Stanley seeking a centrist path.
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Starbucks
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TRE
Ector County Kids Can't Wait
Chris Stanley
Ector County Kids
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ECISD
Tom Crowe
Frightfully Fun Haunt At Bloody Bill’s Def Con 1
The haunted house offers two scares Bloody Bill’s Def Con 1 and Circus of the Dead Haunted Maze. Patrons explore twisted passages guided by eerie actors inside a venue billed as a fear-filled experience.
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Bloody Bill
Deadly California fires explode again in wine country
Strong winds revived California wildfires across Sonoma and Napa counties as evacuations expanded. Calistoga was evacuated and Sonoma town limits faced advisory. Fire officials warned the blaze could worsen, with 21 dead and the toll rising.
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Sonoma
Boyes Hot Springs
Nick Hinman
Sonoma Valley
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