Fuentes aims to boost Pecos Center as it grows in higher education
Jonathan Fuentes, a Pecos native with Harvard and University of Michigan roots, returns home to direct the OC Pecos center. He plans expanded offerings in welding, CDL, electrical, medical fields, and expanded dual credit while building ties to local students and residents.
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Pecos High School
Barbara Scown
Fuentes
Scown
Jonathan Fuentes
Harvard
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Washington, D.C
Capitol Hill
White House
Ated
University of
Boston
Michigan
Pat Sparkman
Oscar Fuentes
Pecos
OC Center
Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage event at White Pool House
Heritage director hopes for 30 to 50 attendees and plans a repeat next year. The program, part of Hispanic Heritage Month, runs Aug 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the White Pool House Museum with free access to genealogical resources for library card holders.
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Randy Ham
Ector County Library
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Asia
Underwood
Ector County
Odessa area year in review 1968 headlines and cases
A roundup of Odessa area events in 1968 includes a murder charge against Bill Eugene Scott in March and a 25 year sentence after his guilty plea. Desegregation progress is noted with a Washington team critique. City leadership reshaped by resignations and replacements. Local election results favor Nixon Agnew up for judge and commissioner posts. A railroad decision, Globe of the Great Southwest opening, a Medal of Honor for Rex Young, and major national events including RFK and MLK assassinations, Super Bowl II, Catfish Hunter, Rosemary’s Baby release, and O J Simpson Heisman win. The compilation cites sources and historic records.
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Paul Moss
Ector County
Bill Eugene Scott
Scott
Washington, D.C
Odessa
W.E. Routh
Routh
Jim Reese
Ronald J. Neighbors
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
George C. Wallace
Globe
Globe Theater
Shakespeare
London
Vietnam
Army
Marvin “Rex” Young
Ben Cai
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
California
Sirhan Sirhan
Martin Luther King
James Ear Ray
Memphis
Tenn
Green Bay Packers
Oakland Raiders
Catfish Hunter
Rosemary's
O.J. Simpson
Demolition Planned for Fire damaged West Texas Elementary
The Post area to raze the fire damaged West Texas elementary school, with demolition to start later this month. Construction of a new building begins by early November and targets completion in early 2017, while a former high school serves as the interim elementary. The 2014 fire occurred on Sunday September 21 when the school was unoccupied.
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West Texas
West
Texas
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Mike Comeaux
Lubbock officer arrest sparks internal affairs probe
Lubbock police announced an internal affairs investigation after dashcam video appears to show an officer kicking and punching Jose Escarcega, who crashed a patrol SUV while fleeing arrest for an aggravated assault on a public servant. A grand jury has indicted Escarcega on a first degree felony count.
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Lubbock
Jerry Brewer
Ryan Durrett
Durrett
Jose Escarcega
Littlefield
Escarcega
Lubbock County
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