Summer Food Service and Community Events Around the Basin
A roundup from Odessa area groups lists Summer Food Service at Third Edition Café 1201 N Whitaker Ave running 4 to 5 pm weekdays for ages 1 to 18, with West Texas Food Bank Odessa Housing Authority and city coordination. Also scheduled are a free health seminar at Rays of Hope 900 W Wall St Midland on health benefits of massage, MCH Auxiliary orientation and volunteer training, a Biker Bash in Downtown Nunez Park Fort Stockton for DARE and Bryan Morgan Smith, Odessa Optimist Club noon meeting at Odessa College, and Hot Summer Nights outdoor concert at Noel Heritage Plaza Park concluding indoors at Odessa College Deaderick Auditorium if rain. Call numbers provided for each event.
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West Texas Food Bank
Odessa Housing Authority
City of
Odessa
Ids
N. Whitaker Ave
DARE
Bryan Morgan Smith
Nunez Park
Fort Stockton
Rowdy
Ray
Ine Havidh Ratla Palka
Noél Heritage Plaza
Fifth Street
Lincoln Avenue
Odessa College Deaderick
East University Boulevard
North Andrews Highway
Star Care Health Services Unveils Health Card in Odessa
Star Care Health Services launches the Star Health Card in Odessa to let families store medical history online. CEO Ravi Shakamuri says the tool lets enrollees provide medical data, preferred physicians and hospitals, ambulance and pharmacist choices, and allergies, simplifying updates and reducing paper records.
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Odessa
Star Care Health Services
Star Care
Ravi Shakamuri
Star Health Card
Shakamuth
Star Health Card rolls out to Permian Basin facilities
Shakamuri cites benefits for medical offices and seniors as Star Health Network expands. Medical Center Hospital participates and pilots Star Health Card for all employees. Assoc administrator Caral Durham notes improved personal and family health management. Permian Basin Health Network includes 120 Odessa practices and the program will launch in Odessa then extend to Midland, nearby counties, and parts of New Mexico.
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Shakamuri
Medical Center Hospital
Star Health Network
MCH
Caral Durham
Permian Basin Health Network
Odessa
Midland
New Mexico
Health card program debuts with $10 enrollment fee
The first in the country health card program costs a $10 enrollment fee plus $1 monthly, with a $2 per month Retail card. Offices are at 620 N Grant Ave. Shakamuti notes interest from Odessa Fire Department and says paramedics can access patient data including date of birth on arrival. See HEALTH Page 2B.
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Shakamuti
Odessa
Odessan returns to lead Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center
Lee Anna Good, in her third week as director of development, builds donor relations while researching grants at Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center. A 1981 Permian graduate, Good previously led fundraising at Forest Park Forever and the St. Louis Symphony, then chose a geographic return to Odessa after a life changing injury.
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Lee Anna Good
Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center
Odessa
St. Louis
Good
University of Texas
Austin
Indiana University
Arts Administration
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Forest Park Forever
Odessa High grad recalls Elvis in the building story
Bellinda Myrick-Barnett, class of 1966 and former Miss West Texas and Miss Texas, shares memories of Elvis Presley with her father Bill Myrick, offering a personal glimpse into the era and the singer’s early days.
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Bellinda Myrick-Barnett
Odessa High
West Texas
Odessa Roots Tie Elvis and Kitna Darnett Kin
In a feature on Kitna DARNETT, the piece notes Myrick Barnett as a prolific novelist and Logan Barnett stepping into pro acting with Friday Night Lights. It highlights Odessa, Texas as the family nexus, with Elvis Presley and Bill Myrick both born in Mississippi and raised amid gospel and Grand Ole Opry. the narrative traces their paths to rockabilly’s cradle in West Texas and the Louisiana Hayride appearances, while mentioning a WWII service by Bill Myrick and a father’s Army medic role in the 25th Division.
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Myrick Barnett
Logan Barnett
Dillon High
Elvis
Kitna Darnett
Bill Myrick
Elvis Presley
Mississippi
Texas
Army
25Th
Pacific
Philippines
Sue
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Natural Foods Market
Wall St
Joey Barlow
MOH
Fourth Street
Optimist Club
Odessa Optimist Club
Joe Zant
Odessa College
Karen McCord
Ector County Appraisal District
N. Grant Ave
Joshua Scheidej
Odessan
Permian Basin
New York
Central Park
Pb Rehab.com
OHS
Grad
Bellinda
Myspace.com
Bellinda Myrickbarnett
Bellinda “Ayrick
M. Barnett
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