Permian Basin Fair and Expo Opens at Ector County Coliseum
The Permian Basin Fair and Expo runs Sept 11 to 19 at the Ector County Coliseum with talent and pageant contests including Little Miss and Miss Permian Basin. Entry forms are at pb fair.com or 432 550 3232. Also notes lacrosse learn to play clinics in Midland and Odessa area with entry details and costs.
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West Texas Lacrosse Inc
Permian Basin
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Midland
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Pecos Native Jonathan Fuentes Named Odessa College Pecos Center Director
Jonathan Fuentes, Pecos native and Harvard graduate with a master’s and doctorate, has started as director of the Odessa College Pecos Center. He recalls setting Harvard as a childhood dream and credits his path to dual credit work and Upward Bound programs.
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Jonathan Fuentes
Harvard University
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Odessa College
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Harvard
Odessa College Pecos Center
Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage Forum At Local Library
The Odessa Council for the Arts and Friends of the Ector County Library sponsor a genealogy forum at the White Pool House Museum on Aug 22 from 9 am to 4 pm. Registration is at the Ector County Library second floor. fee is 10 dollars with lunch. Speaker Debbie Gurtler of Family History Library will cover reading old Spanish handwriting case studies basic research and origins of Hispanic immigrants.
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Odessa Council For the Arts & Humanities
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Ector County Library
White Pool House Museum
Ector County
Kim Underwood
Debbie Gurtler
Gurtler
Family History Library
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Underwood
Gambling probe, war and an election in 1968 Odessa
In January 1968 W D Noel of the Texas Liquor Control Board ordered checks on the Inn of the Golden West amid gambling rumors. Noel reorganized the TLCB and Coke Stevenson resigned under pressure after a five month probe found no criminal indictments but cited irregularities and favoritism.
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Texas Liquor Control Board
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Coke Stevenson
Texas
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Courtney Sacco
Edyta Odessa American
Heritage
Southwest History Genealogy Department
Ancestry.com
Geni.com
Billboard
Publisher’s Weekly
Arthur Halley
Sidney Poitier
Rod Steiger
Warren Oates
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