Coliseum bond issue up in air in Ector County
Ector County commissioners considered an $18 million Coliseum bond plan with a local group pressing for a November or October election. Commissioners Henderson Tolbert Hernandez and others weighed public support while the Coliseum Improvements Committee prepares details this fall. Speaker responses ranged from mixed to generally positive as officials plan a voter survey before deciding.
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Ector County
Coliseum
Bryan Henderson
Bill Tolbert
Ments Committee
Joe Eddy Hernandez
Jan Fisher
Gerard Bowen
Fisher
Auction nets up to a million as FDIC sale ends in Odessa
The FDIC three day personal property auction in Odessa netted attention grabbing items from 12 insolvent banks. Oil man Bob Riele bought two of six quarter horses for 850 dollars claiming a bargain. Dallas buyer Herman Mayhew hunted for tools and a car but found limited success. A 1979 Silver Shadow Rolls Royce sold for 31000 dollars to a quiet couple.
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Midland
FDIC
Odessa
Gene Shrode
Herman Mayhew
Dallas
Mayhew
Gale Holliman
Vice Press
Missing donations spark blame in tornado leveled Saragosa
Saragosa residents and Reeves County Sheriff's Department confront the suspected theft of donated goods from the Pecos warehouse. Assistant disaster coordinator Felipe Lopez says the community rejects fault while Rev. Ray Noble notes over 1,000 donors from the Saragosa-Austin Cares drive contributed items.
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Saragosa
Pecos
Felipe Lopez
Reeves County
Lopez
Saragosa-Austin Cares
Ray Noble
Austin
Sandy Kelly
Sheriff’s
Odessa Chamber loses executive director in surprise resignation
Jim Flowers resigned as executive director of the Greater Odessa Chamber of Commerce after two years. President-elect Steve Late stated the move was best for both parties and the chamber will begin the application process immediately. Flowers may pursue a small business venture with his wife. The chamber still seeks an economic development director, a post opened when Chuck Bernhard left for Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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Greater Odessa
The
Chamber
Chuck Bernhard
Department of Development
Carlsbad
N.M
Flowers
Monahans residents allege discrimination at school district
At a League of United Latin American Citizens meeting in Monahans, residents including Esther Mendez and Adam Enriquez accused racial bias in the Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District. They described retaliation fears, questioned law enforcement integrity, and cited rising costs for district athletic facilities. Richard Lambrano of the Justice Department said a follow up with the school superintendent would occur.
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Monahans
Esther Mendez
Adam Enriquez
Marcos Lujan
U.S. Department of Justice
League of United Latin American Citizens
Ysrael Valencia
Valencia
Houston
Sam Baldwin
Commissioner of Education
Austin
Enriquez
Ward County
Ward County Sheriff’s Department
D. Hall
Hall
Mendez
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Glen Atkins
Womack
Holliman
Florez
Justice Department
Lambrano
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