Odessa College Wins 960000 Grant for Educational Opportunity Center
Odessa College will implement an Educational Opportunity Center using a $960,000 five year federal grant. OC will operate at the Noel Center with counselors in Odessa Pecos and Presidio to guide adults toward employment and education. Summer enrollments rose, with 1103 in a stronger Summer Two and 1400 in Summer One, attributed to local economic pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Gipson
U.S. Department of Education
Odessa
Pecos
Presidio
Gipson
Sue Blair
Blair
Noel Center
New in Odessa Varicose Vein Treatment Offers Less Invasive Option
Odessa surgeons embrace radio frequency assisted closure for varicose veins. Dr Kevin Lynch in private practice recently trained in the FDA approved 1999 technique combining ultrasound with RF energy to close the saphenous vein. The method uses local anesthesia and a catheter to heat and seal the vein, improving blood flow and reducing leg swelling and pain. See VARICOSE on Page 2B.
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Kevin Lynch
Brenda Stephens
Odessa General Surgery
Odessa
Lynch
Dallas
Lubbock
FDA
AG weighs voter fraud complaints in Odessa
Odessa concerns about voter fraud are under review as the attorney general evaluates complaints against two campaign workers linked to Bob Bryant, the commissioner-elect for Ector. The case may go to the Secretary of State’s Office for action, with grand jury considerations possible. Gene Collins of the Odessa NAACP helped file the original complaint in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ceera
Bob Bryant
Ector
Secretary of State
Viesca
Gene Collins
NAACP
Bryant
Odessa City Council approves police grant measures
Odessa City Council approved allowing the Odessa Police Department to accept and use state and federal grants. A second measure amended the law enforcement block grant to include earned interest. Chief Chris Pipes noted funds must be spent in sequence, with prior year money exhausted before new grant funds.
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Odessa
Odessa Police Department
Chris Pipes
OPD
Pipes
Texas Rangers Probe Tampering in Drug Lab Case
Midland report says Texas Rangers investigate alleged sample tampering after a lab analyst Leah Mapp is heard on a taped exchange with client Timothy Wiggins about swapping his sample to test negative. The tape followed a positive result and the case could involve parole violation and donor identity tests.
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Midland
Texas Rangers
Leah Mapp
Timothy Wiggins
Texas Ranger
Barry Caver
Wiggins
Mapp
Caver
Texas
Caver Caver
Jeff Robnett
Robnett
Rick Davis
Universal Toxicology Labs
Davis
Funeral home honors Odessa Fire Department with bronze statue
The Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home presented the Odessa Fire Department with a foot tall kneeling firefighter statue. Fire Chief Steve Pollock said the tribute reflects the emotional weight firefighters bear daily and appreciated the gesture from Ronny Albritton, funeral home manager.
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David Barrientes
Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home
Odessa Fire Department
Steve Pollock
Pollock
Odessa
New York
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Funeral Home
Ronny Albritton
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Odessa College
Paul Zoeller
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Hinojos
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