Permian Basin Oil Museum Reopens With STEM Driven Exhibits
The revamped museum expands in the East Wing with a nano robot lab for kids and a Chevron Energy City. It features a Permian reef diorama by Terry Chase, a 1920s boomtown, neon Pegasus sign Peggy, and interactive displays on drilling, fracking, and enhanced oil recovery. About 12 million dollars funded new exhibits and infrastructure upgrades while highlighting industry advocacy and STEM education.
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Stacie Hanna
Terry Chase
Glass Mountains
Chase
Permian
Midland
Odessa
Peggy
Mobil Oil
Hanna
Petroleum Museum
Petroleum Museum Reshapes Image With Supple Mental Energies Exhibit
The revamped Petroleum Museum opens amid debate over fracking and oil’s role in energy. A video contrasts life without petroleum with a display of everyday items, while a “Supplemental Energies” section highlights wind and solar. The project began as early as 2011 with funders from foundations and oil firms, reflecting a decade of planning and funding shifts before embracing new tech from the Permian Basin.
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Hanna
Shannon
Permian Basin
ECISD K9 Diesel Receives Protective Vest After Drug Finds
Odessa ECISD Police K9 Diesel, a Dutch commanded narcotics detector, was sworn in in May 2015 and works mainly with west side schools. Partner Upchurch says Diesel, from a training facility near San Antonio, has located marijuana and other drugs, earning him a protective vest donated by Vested Interest in K9s Inc.
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Upchurch
Diesel
San Antonio
Ecisd Police Department
Odessa
Reagan
Permian
DHS
K9s Inc
K9 Unit Leader in ECISD Police Shares Bond with Reagan
Fowler, a retired Odessa Police officer now with ECISD Police, trains K9 Reagan and his partner seven hours daily. He notes Reagan’s safety role at the school, the dogs’ daily care, and how students at Permian view Reagan as a cool, loyal working dog.
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Fowler
Odessa
ECISD
Reagan
Permian
Couple's prior arrests surface in public records
Public records show Quijano arrested July 2, 2014, for assault causing bodily injury to a family member, later pled guilty in 2015. Iglesias also faces past arrests. in 2011 evading arrest and 2015 theft of property. A CPS visit was supervised with protocols followed. no details released.
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Quijano
Iglesias
Blackshear Street
Pamela Ann Morales
OPD
Meisner
CPS
Odessa
Mother Gets Six Years for Kidnapping Daughter
Dara Llorens received a six year prison term after pleading guilty to kidnapping her four year old daughter Sabrina Allen and fleeing to Mexico for twelve years following custody ruling. FBI and Mexican authorities located mother and daughter near Mexico City on September 30 2014. Allen had disappeared in 2002 after a weekend visit with her mother.
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Mexico
Dara Llorens
State District Court
Sabrina Allen
Mexico City
Texas
Llorens
Allen
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