Satire targets ECISD finances and TAKS scores
A Odessa American column mocks district myths about budget gaps and projects like Ratliff Stadium turf and KOCYV-TV. It notes ECISD was below state averages in 22 of 26 TAKS categories, urging serious improvement while lampooning officials and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County Independent School
ECISD
Roy A. Benavides
Odessa American
Benavides
Kocyv-Tv
Ratliff Stadium
Ratliff
Jack Kevorkian
Sue Ferguson
Ferguson
Kocv-Tv
PBS
KOCV
TAKS
Judge delays trial for Jamie Naylor in stabbing case
Judge postponed James Harold Naylor's trial from August 11 after defense and prosecutors requested a psychiatric evaluation to determine his mental state at the time of his mother June Naylor's March 7 stabbing death. A Sept. 4 pretrial hearing was set as the case proceeds in Ector County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryon Lewis
James Harold
Jamie” Naylor
Naylor
June Naylor
Don Naylor
Everglade Ave
Jamie Naylor
June
Ector County
Leonard Bruce
Momma
Sridhar Natarajan
Lubbock
Tom Hirsch
Ben Hawkins
Midland
Hankins
Bruce
Jamie’ Naylor
161St District Court
House bug outside Music City Mall inspires roadside spectacle
Danny Jones 56 bought a car earlier and bolted the front end to his house near H E B on 42nd Street. The curbside Beetle decor draws honks and thumbs ups from drivers while Jones adds more signs and vintage Coca Cola items to his living room themed home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Jones
Bay Oak Drive
42Nd Street
Jones
Gadzocks
Music City Mall
Music City
Shelter funding boosts Angel House DV shelter in Odessa
The Center for Crises Advocacy receives 115000 from the Texas Department of Human Services for the 2003 2004 cycle adding to a 422000 budget. Angel House opened in September 2001 offering short term counseling and advocacy for battered women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center For Crises Advocacy
Texas Department of Human Services
Angel House
Centers For Crisis Advocacy
Sue Arrington
Arrington
TDHS
Mike Rush
United Way of
Odessa
Rush
Odessa police discuss referendum and city pay offer
Odessa police officers weigh two options to raise pay. They may pursue a referendum or accept an 18 percent starting pay raise offered by City Manager Richard Morton with a 6 percent citywide raise beginning April 1.
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Odessa
Phleeoleneletree Officers Association
Sol Rowe
Rowe
Odessa Firefighters Association
Firefighters Union
Richard Morton
Morton
Police Department
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Gene Powell Jr
Freedom.com
Paul Zoeller
Tore
Jones Brothers Dirt
Shelter
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