Community event notices update Odessa Lubbock and Permian
Reservations are required by Friday for a Monday lunch meeting of the Ector County Republican Women’s Organization and the Ector County Republican Men’s Club at Barn Door South Forty. World Mission Outreach Church hosts a native African musician Sunday at 7 p.m. Odessa Arts Council holds a Tuesday luncheon at Odessa College. Van Hargis offers classes at the Southwest Farm and Ranch Classic February 3–5 in Lubbock. Permian High Satin Strings seek sponsors for presidential inauguration balls. Ellen Noél Art Museum opens January 20 with Portland artist Katherine Ace.
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Ector County Republican Women’s Organization
Ector County
Republican Men’s Club
World Mission Outreach Church
Africa
E. 50Th Street
Lubbock van Hargis
Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
Call
Key Energy Services gains as stock climbs after demand surge
Odessa broker Jay Pease of Raymond James says Key Energy Services shows real value despite delayed 2003 financials and a grand jury probe. He notes improving liquidity and growing demand as the firm proceeds with the $62 million sale of its contract drilling business to Patterson-UTI, leaving Key with about $30 million cash and $10 million working capital.
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Key Energy Services
Odessa
Key
Jay Pease
Raymond James Financial Services
Midland
New York Stock Exchange
Pease
Richard Alario
Alario
Houston
Patterson-Uti
Snyder
Royce Mitchell
Scarlet fever case prompts ER visit for first graders
Parents of Jordan Elementary first graders were told a student has scarlet fever. Laura Mathew, ECISD Health Services director, said two more classmates in the same room also are affected. Officials say scarlet fever is bacterial and not airborne, spreading by close contact, while the rashes are not contagious and the two issues are not believed related.
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Cindera Nealy
Odessa
Donna Brown
Ector County Independent School District
Jordan Elementary
Brown
Laura Mathew
Ecisd Health Services
Jordan Parents Seek Answers to Rashes
ECISD and health officials explain efforts to curb rashes at Jordan Elementary over about 30 minutes. Parents press for transfers amid asthma concerns, noting several students already left. Valerie Gray voices worry for her fifth grader while praising teachers.
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Jordan
ECISD
Jordan Elementary
Valerie Gray
Gray
Dedicated MCH nurse retires after 29 years of flawless attendance
Alicia Molinar, a charge nurse on Medical Center Hospital's critical care unit, retired January 4 after 29 years with no absences beyond vacations. She says perfect attendance happened from love of the job and a desire to prevent staffing shortages, praising colleagues and the unit’s focus on patient care. Molinar earned her nursing degree at Odessa College and began her career there.
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Alicia Molinar
Medical Center Hospital
Molinar
Odessa College
MCH
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South Forty
Andrews Highway
OCASH
Odessa Council For the Arts and Humanities
Satin Strings
Ellen Noél
Portland
Katherine Ace
Ace
Odessa Broker
Ginger Pope
Jan
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