Flower Market fundraiser at Ellen NoéI Art Museum
The Ellen Noél Art Museum hosts a Flower Market from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the garden with a Friday Preview Party from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost 35 dollars, with raffle tickets at 50 dollars offering a trip for two to Butchart Gardens, including air fare, hotel, and a 400 dollar gift card. A Community Art Day with Earth Day activities is 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. admission is free on market day. Call 580-9696 for more information.
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Butchart Gardens
Victoria
British Columbia
Willow Stream Spa
Charity Ride for Harmony Home Goes Virtual to Benefit Kids
Harmony Home hosts its inaugural charity ride at Cyclebar with the Go the Extra Mile for Children event. The April activity coincides with National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $25 per seat and proceeds support Harmony Home. registration link provided.
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Harmony Home
Midland
Cyclebar
Odessa Bets on Downtown Gem with $80 Million Hotel Center
City leaders and private investors break ground on an $80 million hotel and conference center in downtown Odessa in front of the Ector Theatre. Mayor David Turner calls it the gem of West Texas and a downtown revitalization anchor opening early 2019. Over 200 attendees including Chamber members and Odessa residents heard praise for developers Sondra and Toby Boff and city officials except for Malcolm Hamilton.
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Peggy Dean
Sondra
Toby Boff
Ector Theater
Odessa
Ector Theatre
David Turner
West Texas
Turner
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Odessans
Malcolm Hamilton
UTPB Honors Convocation Recognizes Students and Leaders
UTPB held its 41st Annual Honors Convocation at the Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center with remarks from Presidio ISD Superintendent Dennis McEntire and UTPB President David Watts. Watts, noting his upcoming August resignation, reflected on changes during his tenure, while McEntire praised test pilots of the 1950s as heroes.
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UTPB
David Watts
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Wagner Noél
Presidio Independent School District
Dennis McEntire
UPTB
Watts
McEntire
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Texas Association of School Boards
Online early college high school proposal at university
Watts and McEntire discussed an online early college high school with the university around 2010 or 2011. After rejections and appeals, the first graduating class occurred last May with nearly all students moving on to postsecondary paths or the military as noted on Page 6A.
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McEntire
UTPB
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