Business Weekly

- “Cinderella in Spain” comes to ECISD
- Midland Opera Theater
- By Gail M. Williams
- ECISD elementary students will experience the joy of professional opera when Houston Opera to Go presents “Cinderella in Spain” (“Cinderella en España”) at Bonham Junior High Monday, Feb.15, and Tuesday, Feb. 16. The... Full story

- Bull’s-eye! Hit your target market with Yahoo!
- OA Online
- OA Online, your local online news source, is teaming with Yahoo! Network to help you zero in on your local target while broadening the number of potential customers you’ll reach.
“By combining the power of Yahoo! with the local savvy of... Full story

- Serving you the best for 28 years
- Keith’s Hamburger Station
- By Gail M. Williams
- In 1982, Odessa built a brand-new stadium, seating 19,300. Since then, Ratliff Stadium has hosted a variety of intense compet-itions.
Keith’s Hamburger Station, which opened that same year, shows an even greater intensity when it comes to... Full story

- Local internist named to Texas State Board
- Naidu Clinic
- By Gail M. Williams
- Dr. Jayaram Naidu was recently named to the Texas State Board District Review Committee by Governor Rick Perry. Dr. Naidu, who specializes in internal medicine, has practiced in Odessa 35 years.
During his six-year term, Dr. Naidu, along with other... Full story

- Make big health gains with the Big Loser program
- Odessa Family YMCA
- By Gail M. Williams
- You’ve determined your New Year’s weight loss goal, but you already know that you won’t reach it without a little help. The Odessa Family YMCA has designed a program that uses a spirit of friendly competition to help you reach your... Full story

- Make big health gains with the Big Loser program
- Odessa Family YMCA
- By Gail M. Williams
- You’ve determined your New Year’s weight loss goal, but you already know that you won’t reach it without a little help. The Odessa Family YMCA has designed a program that uses a spirit of friendly competition to help you reach your... Full story

- Take full advantage of your email capacity
- Odessa American Online
- For years we have used email much as we once used the postal system. We send text to a receiver, and the receiver responds to it. Email, of course, is a much faster system than the postal service, but many of us are not yet taking full advantage of... Full story

- Target your audience and brand your image
- Odessa American Specialty Products Division
- By Gail M. Williams
- In today’s competitive marketplace, all of us are scrambling to get our fair share of attention. We want to brand our name in the public’s mind so that when they think of a product, they’ll think of us first.
The Odessa American... Full story

- Students reveal the meaning of Christmas
- NIE Holiday Essay Contest
- By Gail M. Williams
- Adults and children alike anticipate the moment when they rush into the living room and see that stack of gifts under the tree. But Christmas means more than that, and Murry Fly Elementary students tell us the true meaning of Christmas in the annual... Full story

- Opera star returns to hometown roots
- Midland Opera Theater
- By Gail M. Williams
- She has sung all over the world for enthusiastic opera-goers, for a U.S. president, and, recently, for the mourners at Ted Kennedy’s funeral.
But tomorrow night, Grammy-award winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham returns to the place she credits... Full story

- Making a positive difference to children
- Daystar Kids Learning Center
- By Gail M. Williams
- “Sometimes you have to step out in the direction the Lord leads you.” That’s the opinion of Luis Sanchez, who with his wife Gaby owns and co-directs Daystar Kids Learning Center.
Luis and Gaby served as foster parents for three... Full story

- Summer storm proves a blessing to local business
- Wild Wild West Rustic Furniture
- By Gail M. Williams
- It’s hard to find a blessing when a summer storm with winds up to 71 miles an hour tears the roof off half your business.
Yet Julie and Willy Patterson of Wild Wild West Rustic Furniture, 6300 Golder Ave., firmly believe the late July storm... Full story

- Pre-schoolers get a leg up on kindergarten
- Odessa YMCA Day Care Centers
- By Gail M. Williams
- Four-year-olds sit in a semicircle at a table in Ruth Barreraz’s class at the Odessa YMCA Day Care Center. The teacher places colorful plastic fruits — lemons, limes, raspberries and bananas — on the table. The children lean... Full story

- Seminars provide sleep apnea resource
- Advanced Sleep Center
- By Gail M. Williams
- Advanced Sleep Center offers an opportunity for sleep apnea patients to greatly improve the quality of their sleep at the Good Night’s Sleep Seminar held the second Thursday of each month. The program is free and open to the public for those... Full story

- Photographer captures subjects being themselves
- Jennifer Guiley Photography — 2009 Best Photographer
- by Gail M. Williams
- “Smile and say cheese” is something you’ll never hear from Jennifer Guiley of Jennifer Guiley Photography.
“I stay away from the traditional photographer’s studio,” says Jennifer. “I see photography more as... Full story

- Take full advantage of your email capacity
- Odessa American Online
- By Gail M. Williams
- For years we have used email much as we once used the postal system. We send text to a receiver, and the receiver responds to it.
Email, of course, is a much faster system than the postal service, but many of us are not yet taking full advantage of... Full story

- Company receives multiple national awards for excellence
- BMW of the Permian Basin
- By Gail M. Williams
- BMW of the Permian Basin has received its fourth consecutive Center of Excellence award along with five individual achievement awards for staff members. The Center of Excellence distinction is given annually by BMW of North America to a handful of... Full story

- Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners to appear at the Ector Theatre
- By Gail M. Williams
- If you’ve ever loved and lost, you’ve probably sung the words to “Since I Don’t Have Don’t Have You,” the quintessential heartbreak song that became a million seller back in the late fifties. Jimmy Beaumont,... Full story

- Pick up vouchers, prizes, ideas at 22nd Anniversary Event
- American Home Improvement
- Gail M. Williams
- For 22 years American Home Improvement has offered innovative home renovations to the Permian Basin. We invite you to celebrate with us at our 22nd Anniversary Event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, October 24. Just come to our design center at the... Full story

- Fun farm gives kids a taste of rural life
- Fiddlesticks Farms
- Gail M. Williams
- Those who grew up on the farm often regret that their children don’t have what they had — a knowledge of plants and animals, a sense of freedom, and most of all, lots of fun.
Matt and Jessica Norton, who farm near Greenwood, are... Full story