American game designer blasts into space on DNA mission
Richard Garriott, billionaire game designer from Austin, becomes the sixth paying space traveler and first American to follow a parent into orbit aboard Soyuz TMA-13 from Baikonur. He carries digitized DNA of thinkers and artists as part of the immortality drive, aims for a 10 day stay at the ISS, and seeks private space travel funding models.
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Space Station
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Yuri Lonchakov
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Garriott to ride Soyuz return with Volkov and Kononenko
Richard Garriott, investor and Space Adventures board member, prepares for a Oct. 24 Earth return aboard a Soyuz capsule with cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Sergei Volkov, Volkov being the first second generation space traveler, son of cosmonaut Alexander Volkov.
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Weeklong school notices across Odessa area schools
The bulletin lists events for many campuses from October 13 to 18. It includes book fairs and PTA activities at Barbasa Jordan Elementary, photo retakes and magnet shows at Blackshear Elementary, multiple gym meets and flu clinics across Blanton, Burleson, Carver, Dowling, Goliad, Ireland, Murry Fly, Pease, Reagan Magnet School, and The Academy at Ector, plus sports schedules at Bowie and Crockett junior highs, Odessa Christian, St Marys, and the Odessa American Family Education Center programs.
Meet the Educator Josette Rodriguez-Zeigler at ATC
Josette Rodriguez-Zeigler teaches Gaming animation technology and computer multimedia at Advanced Technical Center in Odessa. She grew up in Odessa and is Texas Tech University educated. Married to David, they have three children including Jacques Margeson who recently married, with sons Paul and Julian at Permian High in JROTC. Her class mission focuses on lifelong learning, building foundational skills, and empowering students to set goals and achieve their dreams. Contact 333-7786 for more information.
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Permian High
Gunmen kill six at party in border city
In Ciudad Juarez gunmen killed six young men at a family party during a house celebration. The victims aged 20 to 25. motive unknown. The city, across from El Paso, has seen over a thousand killings this year amid gang violence.
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Eighth grader fights ALS to aid grandmother fundraiser
Godley eighth grader Riggin Cleveland organized two ALS fundraisers raising 2600 for research and plans a October 18 walk run at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth. He rallied family and friends to donate, motivated by his grandmother Barbara Turner's battle with a bulbar form of ALS.
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TCU
Colton Cleveland
Garrett
Taylor Murdick
Dustin Ramirez
Austin Upchurch
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Abby
Emily Beloney
Hope
Car crashes into Allen home injuring man and driver
A 20 year old man, Cody Galofaro, was pinned under a car that slammed into a bedroom at the front of a house in Allen. The driver Tammy Mc Fadden, 41, and Galofaro were taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in serious condition. No other injuries were reported. Galofaro’s wife mother and child were present but unharmed.
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Tammy McFadden
Allen
Parkland Memorial Hospital
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