QUICK hits MLK celebration events in Odessa
The Black Cultural Council of Odessa hosts multiple January events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. A gospel service at First Zion at 3 p.m. January 17, a 6 a.m. breakfast January 18 at Odessa Regional Medical Center, and an Una Voz Unida declamation at 9:30 a.m. January 18 at Southside Senior Center. Kings Rally begins 11 a.m. at the senior center, followed by a march to Woodson Community Center and a candlelight vigil at Woodson. Call 432-305-0369 for details.
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Odessa Regional Medical Center
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Una Voz Unida
Southside Senior Center
S. Dixie Blvd
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Woodson Community Center
E. Murphy St
So You Made a Resolution Now What Seminars
The Ector County Library hosts a Saturday series to help keep New Year resolutions. The program begins at 11 am with healthy finances and continues hourly through 4 pm with topics on healthy cooking healthy home healthy body and healthy life. Lunch is provided for adults and children.
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Ector County
Derek Catsam at UTPB opens research abroad
Foom History professor Derek Catsam begins a seven month research sojourn at the University of Texas Permian Basin, expanding his work overseas. The visit aims to deepen archival access and collaborate with international scholars on his current project.
UT Permian Basin professor discusses South Africa fellowship
Derek Catsam, UT Permian Basin history professor, speaks about a fellowship to South Africa in his office on December 16.
UTPB Professor Wins Fellowship to South African University
Derek Catsam, a history professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, will make a grand return to Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, on a Hugh le May Fellowship from February to mid June. He plans to focus on his South Africa United States related work while juggling two book projects.
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University of Texas of the
Rhodes University
Grahamstown
South Africa
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Catsam
United States
America
National South
Oregon standoff at Malheur refuge sparks Western lands dispute
Ammon Bundy and other protesters occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns Oregon to oppose a prison sentence for ranchers jailed over burning federal land. The crowd size is unclear as the standoff unfolds in eastern Oregon high desert.
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Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Burns
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Ammon Bundy
Cliven Bundy
Nevada
Oregon
National Wildlife Refuge
Cliven
Bundy
Cold weather tests asthma sufferers
The piece notes that cold air triggers asthma flare ups, with 26 million Americans affected. It stresses asthma as a chronic condition and cites the American Thoracic Society and Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. It urges managing triggers though complete avoidance is impractical.
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
American Thoracic Society
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