Community events and meetings Across West Texas
Odessa Special Olympics kicks off softball and tee ball practice at Slater Park at 9 a.m. Saturday open to all athletes. Call Don Totzke for details. West Texas Herpetological Society meets Sunday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the San Angelo Nature Center with Dr. Andy Price speaking on whiptail lizards. admission free for members, $2 for nonmembers. Roughnecks season ticket holder party tonight 5:30 p.m. at the Hog Pit in Midland. Fort Stockton hosts a community leader summit August 18 at the Fort Stockton Community Hall. RSVP urged via USDA Rural Development Office. Marathon hosts Big Bend Nature Festival August 15–17 with lectures, workshops, and nature tours. tickets $75 individuals, $130 couples. proceeds benefit local parks. Contact Dan Dailey.
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Odessa
Special Olympics
Slater Park
38Th Street
Pleasant Avenue
Don Totzke
West Texas Herpetological Society
San Angelo Nature Center
Andy Price
Price
Natural Resources
Roughnecks
Midland
County Road
Fort Stockton
Usda Rural Development Office
Marathon
Big Bend
Scenic West Texas
Friends of
West Texas pride and Sheridan’s dig at Texas humor
Bill Salter notes recurring reputations of West Texas as inhospitable dating back to 1856 and Union Gen. Phil Sheridan. He defends Odessa lifestyle while lampooning the era’s grim quotes, recalls column typos, and urges readers to report local sign and tree issues to Public Works.
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Dessa
William
Texas
Phil Sheridan
Louisiana
Sheridan
Hell
New York
Sollis Shuffles ECISD Leadership in Reform Move
ECISD Superintendent Wendell Sollis unveiled a new organizational chart reducing weekly leadership meetings from twelve to five to boost curriculum oversight. He plans monthly larger meetings and argues the curriculum department is the district’s key focus to raise statewide test scores, citing a lag since 1994. Board Trustee Floy Hinson expressed surprise and caution about overemphasizing one department.
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ECISD
Wendell Sollis
Sollis
Floy Hinson
Hinson
Inner Circle outlines five weekly meet positions at district
The group includes Bruce Revell deputy superintendent named in June, Robert Hand interim assistant superintendent for accountability, Raymond Starnes retiring in November, Sollis asking Hand to fill interim, and a vacancy for assistant superintendent of business operations. Gilbert Vasquez HR, Hector Mendez support, and others participate.
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Bruce Revell
Robert Hand
Accountability
Raymond Starnes
Sollis
Hand
Revell
Tonya Tillman
Odessa Cyclist Escapes Serious Injury After Crash at Wal Mart
John Paul Thompson 25 escaped with minor injuries after his brand new 2005 Suzuki GXXR750 was crushed between a Ford pickup and a yellow Pontiac Sunfire at a red light near the east Wal Mart entrance on 42nd Street. Thompson was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital. The Ford driver received a ticket for failure to control speed. driver identity not released. Thompson’s friend Ken Harris said he loved the bike, which still bore a paper license plate.
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Odessa
Wal-Mart
42Nd Street
John Paul Thompson
Jamie Ross
Ross
Thompson
Medical Center Hospital
Romero Carrasco
MCH
Carrasco
Ken Harris
Midland
Court OKs overtime pay for deputies
Ector County Detention Center deputies will receive overtime totaling 24 000 to cover 67 percent through end of September. Sheriff Mark Donaldson told commissioners the jail budget will have about 142 000 left for salaries at fiscal year end, with some used for overtime. County Page 5B.
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Ector County
More County
Mark Donaldson
Justices of
Donaldson __ the peace
Commis
Sioners
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