Doc Rowntree to be grilled at community roast
A crowd of hundreds plans to honor Odessa physician Dr. Robert Rowntree with an appreciation roast Thursday at Ector County Coliseum Building A. Jurists, law enforcement, and sports figures will roast him while detailing his community deeds and notorious practical jokes.
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Robert Rowntree
Rowntree
Joe Connally
Mike Neely
Ector County
Neely
Permian High School
Panther
Odessa
Doc
West Odessa
Warren Heagy
Royal Caswell
Jackson Avenue
N.M
Caswell
National Guard
Fort Hood
Heagy
Toni
Odessa Fire Department
Ector County Coliseum
MISD faces parental challenge to new drug policy
Parents and school officials clash over Midland Independent School District policy that suspends students from extracurricular activities for first offenses and for the rest of the year on a second violation. They question enforcement scope, parental rights, and penalties while supporting drug and tobacco prohibitions.
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Midland
Midland Independent
Roy Marshall
Marshall
Terri
Sentinel Avenue
Tracie
Midland Lee High School
Bio-Medical Club
Elisa Garibay
Edward
Cipriano
C.J
San Jacinto Junior High School
Garibay
West Estes Avenue
Verna Dean
Cookies and curd teach global hunger in Zenith class
In Sue Kettle’s Ireland Elementary Magnet School Zenit program fifth and sixth graders split into three groups to study hunger by role playing nations. Americans got three cookies, Chinese two, Africans none, prompting discussion on aid and learning about new food sources.
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Sue Kettle
Ireland
Kettle
Monahans Mayor Promotes Positive Image of City
Richard J. Hoyer, 66, Monahans CPA and self styled Lord Mayor, effuses optimism at a Rotary luncheon. Neighbors say he is outspoken and gregarious, nicknamed silver tongue, claiming Monahans as the Magnetic City of West Texas drawing fine people from around the world.
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Monahans
Richard J. Hoyer
Rotary International
Tommy Longbotham
Hoyer
West Texas
Ruling Could Oust Newport Topless Bars
A November 17 Supreme Court decision empowers local governments to ban nude or topless dancing where liquor is served. Newport city solicitor James Parsons represented the city against nude bar owner Nicolas Iacobucci in the case that could shutter Newport topless bars.
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James Parsons
Newport
Nicolas Iacobucci
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Ecisd Elementary
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Kyle
Gonzales Elementary
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Zenith
Astro
Cero
Karin Roe
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