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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 2015

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Chavez resigns from Odessa Development Corp board amid controversy

Raymond Chavez, founder of the Mexico Initiative and ODC board member, submitted his resignation amid conflict of interest questions over taxpayer money linked to wooing Mexican business to Odessa. Mayor and civic leaders note the resignation shifts board appointments, while Chavez’s Mexico Initiative remains active with support from the Hispanic Chamber. The pool at Sherwood Aquatic Center reopens after pump repairs, with summer hours and tiered admission fees.

Raymond Chavez SIN Mexico Initiative Odessa Development Corporation Chavez Odessa CDC Richard “Buz” Browning ODC Browning Hispanic Chamber Tim Edgman Mexico Raymond Edgman Sherwood Aquatic Center Odessa-Tx.gov

Friends recall stabbing victim Jodi Maphis and Wendy Burdette

Friends of Wendy Burdette recall their high school days with Jodi Maphis before Burdette was raped and killed on February 17, 1989. Police later charged Thompson Ward Stricklen, 52, with murder and sexual assault. Burdette’s friends expressed shock at the arrest and reflected on teen years in Odessa.

Jodi Maphis Wendy Burdette Burdette West Second Street Thompson Ward Stricklen Maphis Jesse Duarte Odessa Stricklen

Future president George H W Bush moves to Odessa in 1948

In June 1948 George H W Bush and his wife Barbara moved to Odessa to pursue oil work after Navy service. The couple lived on East Seventh Street and he found employment with Ideco. The town faced weather bans on businesses and drought measures that August restricted lawn watering and car washing.

Odessa George Bush Barbara Navy Yale George H.W. Bush Bush Ideco East Seventh Street

Police find 1 year old unattended in car

A 32 year old woman Dalila Juarez Carrasco was arrested on endangering a child after police found her 1 year old daughter alone in a car with the temperature at 102 degrees near Tower Drive on Friday. The mother arrived later as police documented.

Tower Drive Dalila Juarez Carrasco Tower Park

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