Odessa group Keep Odessa Beautiful honored for cleanup work
Texas Land Commissioner David Dewhurst praised Keep Odessa Beautiful for improving the city’s appearance and engaging volunteers in litter cleanups. KOB executive director Rosie Lopez cited 26 community events with 2,850 volunteers contributing over 16,000 hours, saving taxpayers about 97 000 dollars by collecting more than 37 tons of trash last year. The banquet at the Radisson honored 23 local groups and individuals for trash collection and recycling efforts, with Cecile Carson of Keep Texas Beautiful lauding Odessa as a shining star after winning the Governor’s Community Achievement Award.
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Texas
David Dewhurst
Dewhurst
KOB
Twin Cities
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Canada
New York
Texas Land Commission
Adopt-A-Beach
Rosie Lopez
Lopez
Ector County
Radisson
Keep Odessa Beautiful Inc
Cecile Carson
Keep Texas Beautiful
Odessa
West Odessa
Odessa Housing Authority
Blackshear Elementary
Ector County Independent School District
Bynum School
Interstate 20
Grant Street
Don Michel
Mama’s Kitchen
Andrews Highway
Heliy Meyers Furniture
la Verne Fox
Fox
Jennie Rhodes
Blackshear
Goliad
Odessa American
St. Jude Children’s Ranch
Texas Department of Transportation
Txdot
ACE Award winners at Keep Odessa Beautiful banquet
Odessa gathered award recipients from several groups and businesses for environmental efforts. ECISD Career Center, Bowie Junior High, Ireland Elementary, and area volunteers from Home Depot, Huntsman, Master Gardeners, and local clubs earned honors for recycling, litter cleanup, and water-wise landscaping.
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Ecisd Career Center
Odessa
Bowie
Texas Department of Transportation
Ireland
Home Depot
Texas
Huntsman Corporation
Huntsman
Associated Publishing Company
KOB
Permian Basin
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Floyd Gwin Park
Grant Street
Girl Scouts Council
Odessa fundraiser chili cook off aims to raise fifty thousand
Beene McDonald of Odessa organized a community cook-off to aid Joe, aiming for $50,000 with three sponsors already pledging $5,000 each. The event features sports celebrities, an auction of items including a diamond ring, and CASI sanctioned chili competitions. Registration starts 8 a.m. Saturday at Days Inn, entry fees $10 beans and $17 chili barbecue menudo.
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B.J. McDonald
Joe
TJ. Mills
Chili Appreciation Society International
CASI
West Texas Barbecue Association
McDonald
Mills
Days Inn
East Business Loop
Ector County ISD Considers School Uniform Policy
The district plans uniforms for kindergarten through grade six with 288 students in K-3 and 213 in 4-6. Uniforms include navy blue burgundy or white tops and navy blue khaki or black bottoms. Shirts may be polo or oxford, belts required for most grades, and a 90 day implementation with a 10 day phase in for all students.
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Stoute
Nelson
Ector County Independent School District Board
New Midland County Chief Bailiff Aims to Expand Unit
Davis, a former Ector County deputy lieutenant, takes over as chief bailiff amid plans to hire more officers and invest in security tech. He notes the role will handle dangerous cases, with metal detectors and x-ray screening to remain in place at Midland courthouses.
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Bright
Davis
Sheriff's Office
Ector County
Jan.e
Donaldson
Jerry Caddel
Midland County
Federal
Midland
Mexico election raises migrant outlook under Fox
The Fox presidency ends the PRI grip and brings renewed hope for migrants as some Mexicans may stay home to gauge changes. Officials caution trend vs anomaly, citing wage gaps and border enforcement shifts, including a dip in arrests and new patrols.
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Vicente Fox
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Fox
Mexico
Nicole Chulick
US Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington
United States
Hernando Duran
Border Commission
Juan Hernandez
Odessa-Midland delegation seeks state legislative impact
Odessa City Manager Jerry McGuire and council member Bill Cleaver led a Texas visit to Austin with a group from Odessa and Midland. Cleaver said the trip’s value lay in creating a lasting impression beyond emails or calls. West added that legislators welcome voices from diverse parts of the state.
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Odessa
Jerry McGuire
Bill Cleaver
Odessa-Midland
Cleaver
Austin
West
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Grace King
Clean Odessa Consortium
Tatum Hubbard
Kosa-Tv
Hubbard
Greater Odessa Litterbusters
Cori Takemoto Williams
Angie Bullard
Burleson Elementary
U.S. Border Patrol
Douglas
Arizona
Border Patrol
Laredo
Rio Grande
Merce
Preston Schleinhofer
David Aguilar
Tucson
Sun
Shugart Studios, Inc
N. County Road West
West Texas
Wsuran Group
Jim Reeves Insurance
E. 8Th Street
Culligan R.O
Almudena Ramos
Eastridge
Home Hospice
The
American Cancer Society
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