MCH board renews ServiceMaster contract despite dissent
The Ector County Hospital District Board voted 6 to 1 to renew Medical Center Hospital's contract with ServiceMaster for one year. Abraham Torres opposed, citing friction and dissatisfaction among unionized staff. Dozens of employees pressed to reject the deal as ServiceMaster oversees integrated services, dietary, and housekeeping since 1998.
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Ector County Hospital District Board of
Medical Center Hospital
ServiceMaster
Judy Hayes
Joe Buice
William Hetzler
David Boutin
Mary Thompson
Virgil Trower
Abraham Torres
Torres
MCH
Integrated Services
Communications Workers of America Union
CWA
Craig Covington
Integrated Service
Officials warn scam targeting Ector County homeowners
A Dallas firm County Tax Reduction is sending letters offering to file homestead exemptions for a 46.50 fee. ECAD executive director Jim Goodwin calls it a scam, noting letters mimic the county’s form 25.19 and promise unwarranted refunds. President Lance Dowd defends the service as alerting taxpayers to their exemptions.
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Ector County
County Tax Reduction
Dallas
Jim Goodwin
County
Lance Dowd
Goodwin
Dowd
Texas
Midland teacher charged with sexual assault in Midland
A 41-year-old Midland teacher Antonio Serna Napoles faces a second degree felony charge after allegedly furnishing alcohol to a 16-year-old student. Napoles was arrested at his home and held on a 25050 dollar bond. He is an MISD employee at Midland Freshman High School and is on paid administrative leave during the investigation.
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Midland
Antonio Serna Napoles
Roosevelt Drive
Midland Police Department
Napoles
Midland County
Midland Independent School District
Midland Freshman High School
Police Department
Commissioners review county vehicle use policy impact
Sheriff’s Inspector Carl Watters warns the plan to let commissioners assign take home vehicles could hinder deputies who must respond after hours. County and sheriff’s officials argue policy would clarify use, with April 10 court consideration and liability concerns guiding decisions.
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Ector County
Carl Watters
Criminal Investigation Division
Pat McAllister
Commissioners’ Court
Watters
Sheriff's Deputies
McAllister
Jerry Caddel
Sheriff's Office
Odessa club to receive $25,000 donation
The Boys & Girls Club of Odessa will receive a $25,000 gift from the Gladys B Foundation. The funds will support daily operations and staff salaries, with board member Jackie Wilson noting the need to keep doors open. The donation follows Wilson’s outreach to Warren Burnett, founder of the foundation in 1991, and was approved by foundation members including Burnett and Richard Abalos.
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Boys & Girls Club of
Odessa
Gladys B. Foundation
Jackie Wilson
Wilson
Warren Burnett
Burnett
Richard Abalos
Ane
Foundation
Abalos
Boys & Girls Club
Famed educator Joe Clark to speak Thursday at UTPB
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin hosts Joe Clark on Thursday at 7 30 p m in the campus gym as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series. The former Eastside High School principal, renowned for school discipline, will address the public for free.
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Joe Clark
Eastside High School
Clark
Eastside
UTPB
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Patterson
N.J
New Jersey
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