Holiday mailing deadlines and tips for on time delivery
USPS officials urge early mailing for Christmas packages with Diaz warning against waiting past Thanksgiving. Peak season sees parcels filling carts hourly, with about 13,000 daily at the plant. Brock recommends priority mail for December, express for long distances, and notes deadlines of December 22 for short trips and December 21 or 22 decline in post-Christmas mailing. Guidelines vary by country and domestic parcels face size weight restrictions. check local offices for overseas rules.
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Brock
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Rocky Horror Show debuts at UTPB Founders Theatre Tonight
The Rocky Horror Show opens tonight at the UTPB Founders Theatre with directors Christopher Mitchell and Shawn Watson delivering escapist theater and social commentary. The cast includes David Van Houten as Brad Cindy Juarez as Janet Christopher Bergman as Dr Frank N Furter and Sean Pierre Wilson as Rocky in a spoof of 50s sci fi and rock n roll culture.
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Christopher Mitchell
Shawn Watson
Brad
David van Houten
Janet
Cindy Juarez
Frank N. Furter
Christopher Bergman
Transylvania
Rocky Horror
Furter
Rocky
Sean- Pierre Wilson
Eddie
Jatson
Frank N Furter
University of Texas of the
ATPB
Christopher Borgman
Borderline beauty inspires Alpine author to write guide
Jim Glendinning, a Scotland native living in Alpine since 1993 with 30 years in tourism, releases Mexico Unofficial Border Crossings from the Big Bend and Copper Canyon. He fell for West Texas in the late 80s, opened a bed and breakfast, and plans to stay for the wide open spaces and border mystique.
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Scotland
Jim Glendinning
Big Bend
Texas-Mexico
Glendinning
Alpine
Mexico
Copper Canyon
Glendinnig
West Texas
Trial begins in Midland murder case against William Stroud
Midland jurors listened to opening testimony in the murder trial of 42 year old William Timothy Stroud. Robert Keith Osburn, 30, was found with a fatal shotgun wound Dec 25 1999 in a trailer on State Highway 349 where Stroud stayed. Crime scene investigator Paul Hallmark described a brutal blast with brain matter splattered across the living room and kitchen.
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Midland
Midland County
William Timothy Stroud
Robert Keith Osburn
Midland County Sheriff's Deputies
Osburn
Stroud
Paul Hallmark
Sheriff's Office
Hallmark
Senior citizens rodeo funds West Texas Food Bank gains
Permian Basin hosted its first senior citizens rodeo to raise money for the West Texas Food Bank. Organizer Sandra Bailey, admissions and marketing director of Avalon Place, reported about 120 attendees including residents and family members from four Odessa nursing centers and one Kermit center. Hobby horse roping and squirt the sheriff drew strong interest.
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West Texas Food Bank
Sandra Bailey
Avalon Place
Bailey
Odessa
Kermit Nursing
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