Adoption tour aims to find homes for waiting Texas children
The article notes that adoption is a life or death issue for many children with about 7,000 Texas kids waiting to be adopted. The tour is the organization’s main fundraiser, supporting services for prospective adopters, with tickets at 10 dollars available through the group.
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Adoption Tour Aims to Highlight Waiting Children
oa0oa.com offers tickets for a Friday tour from 6 p.m. to 9 30 p.m. Petree notes that as tours begin the office sees more calls from serious adopters and uses the event to spread information about the organization. Each home features a portrait of a waiting child and guides urge tour takers to meet children ready for adoption.
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Texas district eyes over half of parents on campus
Lieb outlined a yearly goal to attract more than 50 percent of parents to campuses, down from an initial 90 percent target as unrealistic. Reasons include parents working multiple jobs or facing illnesses or family deaths. Findings are due to the Texas Education Agency on Aug. 8, 2016 and will be reported to the ECISD Board of Trustees in May.
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Lieb
Texas Education Agency
Ecisd Board of Trustees
Julia Willett
Wes Odessa Man Indicted on Aggravated Assault and Robbery
A 50-year-old Wes Odessa man, Enrique Rodriguez of 1824 S Goodnight Trail, was indicted by an Ector County grand jury on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon robbery and aggravated robbery. He is held at the Ector County Detention Center on a $100000 bond after an indictment dated November 23. The accusations allege he assaulted a man on April 11 showed a knife and tied him up. The case references Texas Penal Code section 2004 on aggravated kidnapping by facilitating a felony or flight after the felony.
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Wes Odessa
Ector County
Enrique Rodriguez
S. Goodnight Trail
Ector County Detention Center
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Assistant coach charged with DWI at UT Permian Basin
Odessa police arrested Boone Feldt, an assistant coach for the UT Permian Basin football program, on a driving while intoxicated charge after a 2:37 a.m. stop in the 5300 block of East Highway 191. Feldt, bond set at $500, reportedly failed field sobriety tests following a speeding call with a strong alcohol odor detected in a green Chevrolet Suburban.
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Boone Bryan Feldt
Springdale Drive
Ector County Detention Center
Odessa
Cpl
Steve LeSueur
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Permian student brings airsoft gun to school
A 17 year old Permian High School student faced possible discipline after bringing an airsoft gun to campus on Wednesday. Police recovered the toy firearm in the student’s car and found no other weapons. The incident will be handled under the district’s Student Code of Conduct with principals’ discretion.
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Permian High School
Ector County Independent School District
Mike Adkins
PHS
Adkins
Permian
Odessa High School
Bat appears at Bonham Middle School library during lunch
A bat hung from the hallway ceiling near the Bonham Middle School library around 12 20 p m Wednesday. School staff, including a campus police officer and a custodian, caught it and placed it in a box before Animal Control arrived. No students were in the hallway during the incident.
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Bonham Middle School
Ector County School District
Mike Adkins
Adkins
Animal Control
Mark Ferrer
Man arrested in Odessa on assault with deadly weapon
A 34 year old man reportedly pointed a gun at his wife during an argument at Regency Square Apartments in Odessa. He was arrested on a second degree felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon. A separate case describes a 49 year old man chasing his step father with a knife. Todd Terence Henderson, a transient, is held on a $50,000 bond after an off duty officer corroborated the claim.
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Tanglewood Lane
Odessa
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Man accused of sexually assaulting family member
A 35 year old man was charged with sexual assault of a child after an Oct 28 incident at the Ector County Detention Center. Police say a 16 year old girl reported ongoing abuse by family member Perez dating back to age five or six, with the latest assault at 3 am on Oct 28 when he entered her room and raped her. Perez was arrested on a second degree felony count.
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Ector County
Odessa
Child Protective Services
CPS
Perez
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