Jessica Lange Meets Cancun Kids at UNICEF Shelter
Actress Jessica Lange, acting as UNICEF goodwill ambassador, visits a Cancun shelter and hears about a local training program for hotel workers and cab drivers to report suspected child abuse. She praises private public collaboration as she meets children and community leaders.
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Cancun
Mexico
Jessica Lange
United Nations Children’s Fund
Lange
Poor William's embrace of audio books and libraries
Publisher Emeritus Books fans cherish audio formats for 40 years of eye strain. Poor William writes while listening, often while driving, and donates listened titles to Clovis and Odessa libraries. He urges parents to read aloud, join Friends of the Library, and visit Ector County Library on the second floor for audiobooks and more.
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William
Clovis
Odessa
Ector County
Friends of the Library
Lubbock
Idalou
W.E.B. Griffin
Secret Service
Marine Corps
John Grisham
Sara Paretsky
V.I. Warshawski
Patrick O'Brian
Odessans
Pw’s
Odessa CeltFest draws crowds with bagpipes and caber toss
Toni Miles of Odessa brought her son Brody and neighbor Nathan to CeltFest to watch the caber toss and enjoy indoor OC Sports Center classes. The festival featured pro bagpipers Colin Chalmers and Tom Campbell, Geoffrey Tailor Kilts vendors, and visitors from New Jersey to Texas praising the first year event.
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Toni Miles
Odessa
Brody
Nathan
Miles
Colin Chalmers
Tom Campbell
Geoffrey Tailor Kilts
Christina Aguilera
Boles
New Jersey
Florida
North Carolina
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Incumbents miss forum as board night clashes
Haynes notes a big oversight after a planned forum clashes with a board night. Salmon plans to send wife Judi to represent him while Abalos and Adders decline representatives. They say incumbents would join on another night, and teachers unions often attend board meetings on the third Tuesday.
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Haynes
Salmon
Judi
Salmond
Abalos
Adders
TCTA
Sai Adders
Odessa forum to vet ECISD board candidates
The Odessa chapter of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association will sponsor a forum for candidates for the ECISD board from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Odessa
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Local teacher groups urge ECISD election forum and voter turnout
Odessa teachers associations plan a candidate forum and information drive to mobilize about 1800 members across districts. Leaders emphasize nonendorsement, fact sharing, and empowering members to vote May 15 as trustees confront TAKS standards, teacher quality, and state policies. Seventeen candidates seek seats amid high interest and debate.
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Susie Haynes
Odessa
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Haynes
Dry
Texas State Teachers Association
Terrie Reed
Odessa Tcta
Reed
Odessa American contact and service hours notice
The Odessa American lists office hours from 6 a.m. to p.m. daily and weekend hours 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. with contact numbers for news sports and editorial departments. It provides ad placement, subscription rates, and addresses including 222 E 4th St Odessa TX 79761 and P O Box 2952 Odessa TX 79760-2952.
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Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
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Early Voting Schedule for City and School Board Elections
Early voting runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 28 through May 11 at the Ector County Annex at 1010 E Eighth Street. Election day is May 15 with polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Ector County
Eighth St
Polling locations for school board and hospital board elections
Lists polling sites by precinct for upcoming elections. Murry Fly Elementary and Jordan Elementary serve school board only. National Guard Building and Salinas Community Center handle school and hospital board votes. Pleasant Farms shows 404A school board and 404B hospital board. other sites include Johnson, Nimitz, Ireland, Lamar, Blackshear, Cameron, and more with respective precinct ranges and street addresses.
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Murry Fly
W. Westview St
National Guard
Andrews Highway
School Board
Hospital Board
Jordan Elementary
Rainbow Ave
Johnson
Amber Drive
Mission Dorado
Nimitz Junior High
Maple Ave
Ireland
E. 21St St
Lamar
N. Jefferson Ave
Blackshear
S. Dixie Blvd
Salinas Community Center
W. Clements St
Pleasant Farms
Apple Street
Klondyke Avenue
Cameron
W. Eighth St
Board Positions Map and voting info shown online
A map detailing the area each board position represents is available on the ECISD site under Board of Trustees and Position Map. For information on which race you can vote in call 334-7119.
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ECISD
Ector-County
K12
Tenet bids five more years to fix CIA competence
Beverly Hills focuses on reform as CIA Chief George Tenet says it will take five years longer to restore competence and requests more funding. The White House reports unemployment claims up by thirty thousand from the prior week. Tiger Woods trains with Green Berets at Fort Bragg amid speculation on his travel.
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Beverly Hills
CIA
George Tenet
Winona Ryder
White House
Donald Trump
Tiger Woods
Green Berets
Fort Bragg
Sgt
Dwight Nixon
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers For Saturday Draws
The Texas Lottery results show Lotto numbers 4 6 13 37 38 2 for Saturday April 17 with an estimated 30 million dollar jackpot. Cash 5 numbers are 9 12 28 30 36 and Pick 3 numbers 3 21 5 for Day and Night draws. Road Runner Cash results list 5 10 11 22 24 with an extra 4 0 0 on Friday April 16.
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