Founding ideals clash with school board changes in Odessa
Gene Powell Jr. reflects on the Founding Fathers and voting rights as ECISD faces upheaval with Roy Benavides resigning as superintendent. He notes the ethics of leadership, praises Bill Rutherford, and explains the $172,000 settlement avoided by Benavides stepping down and serving as a consultant until November 5.
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United States
Roy Benavides
Ector County Independent School District
Renda Berryhill
Butch Foreman
Randy Rives
Doyle Woodall
Benavides
Bill Rutherford
Rutherford
Texas Education Agency
ECISD
Missing Odessa woman identified after death in West Odessa
The body of 40 year old Rachel Konen was found in West Odessa and identified as the missing Odessa woman. Sheriff Mark Donaldson said fingerprints confirmed the identity and that cause of death appeared to be heatstroke or a seizure. Konen had gone missing after being released by deputies who found her wandering and untreated at a restaurant earlier Saturday.
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Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
James Madison
George Washington
West Odessa
Odessa
Sheriff's Office
Ector County
Mark Donaldson
Rachel Konen
Donaldson
Konen
West University Boulevard
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Sheriff’s
16Th Street
Tim Tam
Sheriff’s Office
Gary Duesler
Hospital laundry runs 6000 pounds daily at MCH
Stacie Zuniga, manager of Medical Center Hospital’s laundry department, oversees 17 staffers who clean and iron about 6000 pounds of towels, sheets, gowns, blankets, and linens daily. Last year the total reached roughly 1.9 million pounds, with pickups from the hospital to a Dixie Boulevard facility.
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Mark Sterkel
Odessa American Robbins
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Stacie Zuniga
Zuniga
Dixie Boulevard
Medical Center laundry runs a large hospital linen operation
The Medical Center laundry department handles over 2 000 flat sheets daily and up to 2 000 towels daily with a full workflow from sorting to clean linen rooms. Equipment includes multiple washers and dryers with a handheld computer inventory system, six and a half days of staffing, and staff who rotate stations to maintain teamwork. Patients are described as the No 1 customer and the program emphasizes patient comfort through clean linen.
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Zuniga
Norma Mancha
Mancha
Elida Carrasco
Luz Rivera
Carrasco
Lila Garza
Garza
Medical Center
Lay remains outspoken after indictment
Enron founder Kenneth Lay pleads innocent to charges linked to the company collapse. After bond posting he stepped out with supporters, urged truth about Enron, and prayed with his Houston pastor at First Methodist. He surrendered at the FBI in Houston then appeared in federal court with a cautious smile.
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Enron Corp
Kenneth Lay
Family Mem
Bers
Enron
Lay
Stephen Wende
First Methodist
Lays
Wende
Cle
FBI
Federal
Federal Court
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Odessa American
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