Teaching on their own terms inside Houston classroom
Two Ivy League graduates, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, left Wall Street dreams for Teach For America, teaching at Macario Garcia Elementary in Houston. They run a 94 hour day Knowledge Is Power Program, fund future curricula, and draw families into a lively, demanding inner city class.
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Levin
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Yale
New York
River Forest
Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Covn
Japan
New Haven
Wall See
Volunteer drive fills holidays with local needs in Odessa
The Odessa American lists holiday volunteer and donation opportunities for area groups. Permian Basin Food Bank seeks helpers through Christmas with shifts from 7:30 am to 4 pm Monday through Thursday and other times. Casa de Amigos and the Odessa Boys and Girls Club host basket distribution and gift wrapping, while Salvation Army bell ringing runs through December 24. Auctions At Woodson and Central Boys and Girls Clubs occur December 22 at 2 pm. Memorial Tree donations raise $10 for personalized ornaments at Permian Mall.
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Woodson
Central Boys and Girls
American Cancer Society
Permian Mall
Iit
Alden Books
Midland man dies after Windtree assault upgraded to murder
A Midland man identified only as Leonard Peredas died Sunday at Memorial Hospital after two weeks in intensive care from a skull fracture suffered in an early morning Dec 2 assault at Windtree Apartments. Police say the attack began at a nightclub and the case was upgraded from aggravated assault to murder.
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Memorial Hospital
Leonard Peredas
Windtree
Loop 250
Peredas
Rollover Crash Near Fort Stockton Kills Man
Ilija Kesic, 25, of Metairie Louisiana, died at the scene after a one vehicle rollover on Interstate 10 west of Fort Stockton. Jason Barth, 23, of Newport Beach California, and Miguel Schief, 25, of New Orleans, were injured with Barth in critical condition and Schief in serious condition at local hospitals. The pickup ran off the road, overcorrected, rolled four times, and all occupants were ejected. none wore seat belts. A separate Midland robbery attempt at a Kentucky Fried Chicken left no injuries to staff. A black male suspect, 35, 5 9, 180 pounds, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, fled with cash.
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Fort Stockton
Department of Public Safety
Pecos
Ilija Kesic
Metairie
Robert Gonzales
Jason K. Barth
Newport Beach
Calif
Shannon Medical Center
San Angelo
DPS
Miguel Schief
New Orleans
Pecos County Memorial Hospital
Kesic
Interstate 10
Midland
N. Midland Drive
Fatality in Odessa after medical emergency causes crash
A 55-year-old Odessa man, Charles Alton Tacker, died at the scene after his 1994 Mazda pickup veered off West 42nd Street, struck a barbed wire fence and a mesquite tree. Investigators say the crash occurred sometime between 7 and 9 a.m. A medical examiner later pronounced him dead at 10:15 a.m. The vehicle lights were off, and Tacker was reportedly wearing a seat belt.
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Odessa
Department of Public Safety
Midland
Charles Alton Tacker
Ector County
Dennis Bright
Tacker
West 42Nd Street
Tucker
Police report on unauthorized use of vehicle
Linda Menchaca reported a 1991 Pontiac LeMans valued at 4200 dollars taken from 2600 block of Santa Monica. Police noted unauthorized use on December 18 and filed a report with A. VenEen and other officers.
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A.anVeen
Odessa Students Earn Honors At State and College Events
Odessan Holly Ann Siddall joined the Golden Key National Honor Society at Texas Tech University, top 15 percent invitees. Kimberly Pickett competes with Cisco Junior College Wrangler Belles. Educators Cone and Nieland honored by UNT alumni. Veeraj Tolia volunteers at Bates College orientation. Janet S. Keller receives Texas Excellence Award for Odessa High School. Shanna Lynn Britt approved for Baylor College of Dentistry. Montrell Clinton elected Hardin-Simmons Student Congress junior rep. Drew Weston named Trinity University Student Ambassador. Ann Rowley acts in A Sentimental Journey Musical Revue at Texas Lutheran College. Odessa High School placed second in a calculator contest at Texas State Technical College.
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Holly Ann Siddall
Jimmie and
Carol Siddall
Texas Tech Ent
Golden Key
Texas Tech University
Kimberly Pickett
Odessa High School
Ac Ee Candy Pickett
Cisco Junior College
Wangler Belles
Wrangler Belle
CJC
Odean
Joanna Cone
LaShara Nieland
Texas
University of North Texas
UNT
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
Cone
Permian High School
Justin Fregia
Jim
Martha Fregia
Odessa
Nieland
Bowie
Montrell Clinton
Hardin- Simmons University
Drew Weston
Trinity University
Weston
Robert E
Jo Ann Weston
Permian Sige Report
Ta Ates
Association of Student Natives
Ann Rowley
Texas Lutheran College
Rowley
Texas Lutheran
Texas State Technical College
Sweetwater
Tech student's body buried second time
Melinda Ann Lee, 20, a Texas Tech University honors student, was reburied at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas five days after her grave was desecrated and her body stolen. The grave at a different site was used for the 15 minute graveside service attended by four family members and a minister. She died December 7 from injuries from an October traffic accident.
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Texas Tech University
Melinda Ann Lee
Restland Memorial Park
Byron Myrick
Lee
Myrick
Lake Highlands United
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