Aging bodies mirror teen turmoil in life’s changeful ride
In a brisk, period voice, the piece compares aging bodies to teenagers, noting how joints tire, muscles protest, and energy waxes and wanes. It draws parallel with teen volatility, urges rest and care, and ends by hinting at regular columns by Ken Brodnax with reader input avenues.
ECISD Board to Review Dropout Rates and Test Scores
The Ector County Independent School District board meets to discuss dropout statistics and student performance on the ACT and SAT. In 1998-99 Odessa High and Permian High were rated low performing by TEA due to high dropout and attendance concerns.
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Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees
ECISD
Texas Education Agency
Odessa High School
Permian High School
OHS
Permian
Centenarian Gladys Reynolds celebrates 100th birthday in Odessa
Gladys Reynolds, a resident of Avalon Place in Odessa, marks her 100th birthday born September 19, 1900 in Wood County East Texas. The former schoolteacher and mother of one lived through rural Texas life, moved to Odessa in 1936, and continues to dress fully and walk to meals daily, sharing memories of a one room schoolhouse, a dairy farm, and family roots in early 20th century Texas.
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Reynolds
Avalon Place
Odessa
Wood County
Tyler
Texarkana
Texas
Gifford Flournoy
Glen
Flournoy
First Baptist Church
Glen Flournoy
Richmond Drilling Co
Drifter Sells guilty of capital murder in Texas
In Del Rio Texas jurors convict Tommy Lynn Sells 36 of capital murder for slashing 13 year old Kaylene Harris after breaking into her home to sexually assault her on New Year Eve Relatives cried with relief as the verdict was announced Harris’s father Terry hopes Sells faces the death penalty and Sells has confessed to other murders across the country
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Tommy Lynn Sells
Terry Harris
Kaylene
Sells
Val Verde Justice Center
del Rio
Therapy helps Midland man get back on track
Logan Gilbert, 19, survived a March 1998 dirt bike crash that fractured his leg and damaged nerves. Through physical and occupational therapy at Health South Rehabilitation Hospital of Midland and Odessa, he has nearly recovered. National Rehabilitation Week highlights the value of rehab in restoring daily life.
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Midland
Logan Gilbert
Health South Rehabilitation Hospital
Odessa
Gilbert
HealthSouth
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