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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 2000

Page

11

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.

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.

Gladys Reynolds 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

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.

Midland Logan Gilbert Health South Rehabilitation Hospital Odessa Gilbert HealthSouth

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Ken Brodnax Winn Freedom.com Berna May Avalon Nursing Home Lara Meckfessel Drifter By Christina Minor Lori McWilliams Gersbach Logan Gilbert Work Lori Health South Rehabilitation Cori Takemoto Williams
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