OC board seeks flexibility in testing
Odessa College trustees voted to join the Dallas Community College District effort to abolish the Texas Academic Skills Program placement test. President Vance Gipson said local determination should guide whether and when remedial courses are needed, noting the test costs 29 dollars and is offered six times yearly. community colleges statewide continue to seek testing flexibility.
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Odessa College Board of Trustees
Texas
Vance Gipson
Dallas Community College
Gipson
Sherrie Lang
Buddy West
Odessa
Odessa College
Odessian reaches for Israel study and service trip
Three time sheriff candidate Jack Hubbard plans to return to Israel early next year to live and work there. A Christian, he aims to educate Christians about Jewish roots and bring back testimony of Jews. Hubbard travels with Bridges for Peace and notes his May 1998 visit included baptism in the Jordan River. He retires Jan 1 from the Ector County District Attorney's Office.
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Jack Hubbard
Ector County
Israel
Bridges For Peace
Hubbard
Dora
Man deemed incompetent again to stand trial in 1995 Odessa case
Ronald Smith, 37, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was deemed incompetent to stand trial for the 1995 Odessa incident involving an 18 wheeler and a DPS officer. While one psychiatrist suggested fitness, others advised against trial. Smith was to be returned to Kerrville mental institution after another competency ruling.
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Odessa
Kerrville
Ronald Smith
Smith
Jimmy Edwards
Edwards
Cashway Lumber
Second St
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Ismael Orosco
Orosco
Second Street
East Loop 338
Midland
Wall Street
New York City
3204 Winfield Dad-daughter Christmas Display
Odessa family battles wind while Bill McGee and daughter Sheila string lights on a decades-old tree at 3204 Winfield. Despite gusts tipping over cans and dislodging a 10-foot tubing pole, they persevere to finish the yard with miniature bulbs before Christmas Day as editor notes promise more city displays.
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Odessa American
Winfield
Bill
McGee
Sheila McGee
Zephyr
Margie McGee
Sheila
Central
Holidays threaten blood supply in Lubbock Odessa
United Blood Services urges holiday donations as stocks dip in the region. In Lubbock a major drive expects 1,500 to 2,000 pints. Odessa relies on a two day Music City Mall event and the donor center. Medical Center Hospital reports 60 O positive and 20 O negative units on hand but warns supplies will fall during Christmas and New Year’s.
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United Blood Services
Lee Patrick
Lubbock
Patrick
Odessa
Music City Mall
Shelley Keller
Medical Center Hospital
Power restoration in sight for next storm across East Texas
Texas National Guard deployed to shelters to deliver blankets and cots as about 50,000 customers in East Texas remained without power. Officials said roughly 109,000 lacked electricity Friday morning, with the Public Utility Commission making steady progress and predicting power largely restored today as a new cold front threatens North and East Texas with gusts up to 40 mph and wind chills.
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Texas Army National Guard
East Texas
Don Rogers
Texas Department of Public Safety
Division of Emergency Management
Rogers
Public Utility Commission
North
Texas
East
National Weather Service
Weather Service
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