Burleson Elementary approves student uniform policy
Burleson Elementary parents vote 191 in favor and 47 against a school uniform policy effective next year. ECISD will present the plan to the February 20 board meeting. the Campus Improvement Team will then begin work on teacher professional attire.
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Burleson
Devie Stoute
Stoute
Ector County Elections
Sharon Wilson
ECISD
Phil Fouche
DeEtta Culberson
White House shooting ends in Secret Service confrontation
A 47 year old Evansville Indiana accountant with a mental illness history fired shots outside the White House then was shot by Secret Service in a tense noontime standoff. He was identified as Robert W Pickett and had been fired by the IRS in the mid 1980s. President Bush was exercising inside with no danger perceived. Laura Bush was in Texas and Dick Cheney was at work in the White House. The incident follows a pattern of security fears surrounding the first family with past security measures noted.
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Washington
White House
Secret Service
South Lawn
President Bush
Robert W
Pickett
Evansville
Ind
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Bush
Ari Fleischer
Laura Bush
Texas
Dick Cheney
Clinton
Pennsylvania Avenue
Oklahoma City
Neighbors recall suspect as nice and highly intelligent
Robert Pickett, a 47 year old Evansville Indiana tax accountant with mental illness and a string of lawsuits and grudges against the government, was shot outside the White House after brandishing a gun. Neighbors describe him as reclusive and enigmatic, never seen with others and always aiming high but falling short.
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Washington
West Point
IRS
Robert Pickett
White House
Evansville, Ind
Mike Jewel
Softball Complex in Odessa Planned on 40 Acres
City of Odessa funded a 1.2 million softball complex project with bonds sold in April 2000. The site encompasses 40 acres with four fields and three potential locations near Grandview Avenue Ratliff Stadium west of the Ector County jail and east of U S 385 between the industrial complex and county jail.
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Ector County
U.S. 385
Odessa
Odessa eyeing sites for new girls softball complex
Odessa officials test three prospective sites for a $1.2 million four field softball complex funded by April 2000 bonds. northern site owner James R Hurt may donate land while two southern sites lie along U S Highway 385 near the jail. Planning remains premature with no completion date set.
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James R. Hurt
Cleaver
Steve Patton
Odessa
Freddie Gardner
Ector County
Gardner
Good Morning Startups Footwear Family Business
Efrain Ramirez and his son run a thriving shoe making business amid strip malls and online stores. Their craft endures as they design and produce footwear with hands-on care and local client ties.
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Efrain Ramirez
Hutchison weighs gubernatorial bid on Texas Legislature
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison says her decision on running for Texas governor hinges on how lawmakers address key Texas issues. She outlines priorities for the 107th Congress, supports overseeing Pentagon base closures’ effectiveness, and notes her Senate appropriations role positions her to steer funds to Texas. Hutchison has not ruled out a 2002 run against Gov. Rick Perry. The discussion covers higher education financing, border conditions, and school funding fairness. Reese Air is cited as an example and she opposes further base closures.
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Washington
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texas
Hutchison
Pentagon
Senate
Rick Perry
Perry
George W. Bush
Congress
Clinton
Reese Air
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Slater Park
Utpb Park
Woodson Park
Becki Murphy
City of
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Loop 338
South Odessa
U.S. Highway 385
Bill Cleaver
Ken Brodnax
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