Gwyn Shea sworn in as Texas secretary of state
Gov. Rick Perry swore in Gwyn Shea the 103rd secretary of state in a ceremony attended by the full Texas House. Shea, 64, appointed last month, will oversee elections and serve as liaison to Mexico, pledging to safeguard democracy and public trust across Texas from border to Panhandle.
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Texas
Austin
Gwyn Shea
Rick Perry
Shea
Mexico
Perry
Panhandle
Brenda Olene Heitz
Ed Kinkeade
Odessa City Council to meet on executive session and vote
The Odessa City Council will convene at 6 p.m. tonight at City Hall to discuss personnel matters in executive session and consider the replacement for former city manager Jerry McGuire. Richard Morton, McGuire's former assistant and current interim manager, is the only known candidate.
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Ney
Jerry McGuire
Richard Morton
Morton
McGuire
Merton
Odessa
City Hall
Eighth St
Lockheed Eyes Foreign Parts for F 35 Jet
Lockheed Martin may source doors, cooling units and other F 35 components from Italy and the Netherlands to boost foreign sales. The program, valued around 200 billion to 1 trillion with potential U.S. and allied orders, faces competition from Saab Gripen, Dassault Rafale, and Eurofighter. Dutch officials discuss a possible 1 billion investment and government deals to secure work and technology.
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Fort Worth
U.S
Lockheed Martin
Italy
Netherlands
Lockheed
U.S. Navy
Air
Britain
Pentagon
Sweden
Saab
BAE Systems
France
Dassault Aviation
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co
Washington
Joel Johnson
Aerospace Industries Association
Advancing Alien Technology lecture in Roswell
Derrel Sims, a longtime UFO investigator, will present Advancing Alien Technology at 7 p.m. Saturday at the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell. Doors open at 6 p.m. The monthly VIP lecture is free to attend with donations accepted. Call 800 822 3545 for information.
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Roswell
Derrel Sims
International Ufo Museum and Research Center
N. Main St
Sims
Judo Classes Offered at Odessa Boy’s & Girl’s Club
The Odessa central Boy’s and Girl’s Club announces judo sessions for ages 6 and up. Classes run Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30 to 8 p.m. fees include a one year club membership 10 a.m. not applicable in OCR. 38 for US Judo Association membership and 45 for a uniform. Dale Lehman founder and head coach is a sixth degree black belt with 38 years teaching at the club and past state champion with Pan Am and World team experience. Call 366-2401 or 337-8389.
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Odessa Central Boy's & Girl's Club
East 13Th Street
United States Judo Association
Dale Lehman
Lehman
Texas
Call
Police investigate homicide of local businessman Moore
Metro Homicide continues probing a Moore death ruled a gunshot homicide. Det. Abalos notes slow new information while autopsy confirms bullet wound. Police seized documents, tapes, and two computers from Moore’s home office as they pursue leads and search a safe after a welfare check found his body.
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Metro Homicide Unit
Buzzy Abalos
Abalos
Travis County Medical Examiner’s
Moore
Mission Well Service
OPD
Security State Bank
Alzheimer’s group to present Grief and Alzheimer’s program
The Greater West Texas Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will host Grief and Alzheimer’s Disease at 7 p.m. January 17 at Memorial Hospital West Campus in Midland. The free event requires preregistration by Monday. Speaker Mark Mercer of Hospice of Midland will discuss emotional challenges for caregivers. Janet Cross notes the chapter runs two caregiver programs monthly for residents across 49 counties, where about 17,000 people have Alzheimer’s.
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Midland
Greater West Texas
The
Alzheimer's Association
Memorial Hospital
Tion
West Texas
Cross
Elaine Ballard 55 dies in Odessa
Elaine Ballard 55 of Odessa a licensed vocational nurse died Monday January 7 2002 at Medical Center Hospital. Services set for 2 PM Thursday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Dean W Duckett Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens Arrangements by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Survivors include husband James Jim Ballard Odessa sons Chuck Sims Midland and Mike Sims Odessa daughter Charlotte Sims Odessa sister Barbara Grove Odessa and four grandchildren
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Elaine Ballard
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Dean W. Duckett
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
James
Jim” Ballard
Chuck Sims
Midland
Mike Sims
Charlotte Sims
Barbara Grove
Registration Details For Bilingual Education Conference
Advance and late registration fees listed for uate students paraprofessionals and members of WTABE and Midland Association of Bilingual Educators. Fees range from 30 to 55 dollars with early and late rates and contact numbers provided. Facilitator is Susan Lara of UTPB. Sponsors include UTPB WTABE ECISD and MISD. Mail checks to Dr Susan Lara at UT Permian Basin Odessa.
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Uate
West Texas Association of Bilingual Educators and
Midland Association of Bilingual Educators
Susan Lara
UTPB
WTABE
U.T. Permian Basin
E. University
Carmen Lomas Garza exhibit at UTPB gallery
Exhibit includes Ofrenda para Antonio Lomas 2001 by Carmen Lomas Garza, presented with UT Permian Basin in the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery. Garza, born 1948 in Kingsville, is a prolific multimedia artist known for Tejano scenes, lithography, and paper cutouts, with major shows at Hirshhorn, Whitney, and other institutions.
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Lomas
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Kingsville
Garza
Texas A&m University
Antioch Graduate School
Juarez
Lincoln Center
San Francisco State University
United States
Hirshorn
MetLife grant funds Odessa museum education program
MetLife Foundation awarded a two year grant to Ellen Noel Art Museum, supporting Educator Enrichment Workshops, ArtsLoan, Adventures in Art, Art Camp, Brown Bag Lunches, and an Artist In Residence program. The program aims to cover funding shortfalls, boost teacher training, and bring arts into classrooms from pre kindergarten to university level.
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San Francisco Water Department
California
Fonca Fondo Nacional Para Cultura Las Artes
Mexico
Children’s Book Press of
San Francisco
Garza
Carmen Lomas Garza
Austin
MetLife
Museum Connections
Jennie Morgan
MetLife Foundation
New York City
Ellen Noel
Morgan
Karen Hembree
Hembree
Art Express
Daylene Land
Texas Commission For the Blind
TCB
Odessa
Marilyn Bassinger
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Jesse Moore
Lynn Moore
Terry
Sale
Midland Plaza
Mervyn's
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago
Oakland Museum
Oakland
Calif
New Press
C.A.R.A
Wight Art Gallery
University of California
Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
Grant
William
Odessa American
St. Jude's Ranch
East 4Th Street
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