The Year in Review

January

The local girl scout troop worked hard to raise funds for a planned trip to Washington, D.C., scheduled for the coming summer. The girls teamed with volunteers from Christ Lutheran Church in Odessa to carry out a textile drive through a group called Clothes for a Cause. Through this fundraiser and others that had already been conducted by the group and their parents/guardians, the girls were trying to raise $16,000 for their trip.

The Odessa Chamber of Commerce called a community-wide meeting to be held in the community center to discuss the future financial viability of Deutschesfest,...