ECISD seeks 24 teachers as openings rise this year
Ector County ISD plans to hire 24 teachers for next year to fill 16 high school and junior high math and science positions and eight elementary bilingual posts. Vacancies linger as districts compete with Midland ISD on pay, while ECISD offers a $2000 bilingual stipend atop a $25500 starting salary.
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Ector County Independent School District
Gilbert Vasquez
Vasquez
ECISD
Ector Junior High
Ector Junior High School
Midland Independent
Midland teen dies in East Second Street collision
A 17 year old Midland girl Alicia Frix was killed when her 1992 Dodge Shadow crashed with a Big Sky Towing truck in the 2600 block of East Second Street. Odessa police and fire personnel responded at about 5 p.m. No charges are expected.
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Midland
Big Sky
East Second Street
Alicia Frix
B.J. White
Ector County Medical Examiner's Office
Odessa
Chuck Moad
Moad
Frix
Second Street
Sky
Richard Seibold
Odessa Fire 8Ye
Senate expands access to credit unions in wide Senate vote
The Senate approved a 92 to 6 bill to broaden consumer access to credit unions, while rejecting a House provision on fair lending. Senator Shelby argued small banks face higher costs and regulation. Herbert Itz of Odessa praised the measure as a victory for consumer choice.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Clinton
Richard Shelby
R-Ala
Shelby
Herbert Itz
Community Federal Credit Union
Odessa
City funds swell as West Texas drought boosts water revenue
West Texas city reports a water and sewer surge amid an unusually hot dry spell. Finance Director James Zentner notes a projected $1 to $1.5 million surplus due to higher sales, with total water and sewer income reaching $19,169,572 this year, up 15 percent from last year. Expenditures rose but not enough to erase the gain.
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West Texas
James Zentner
Zentner
Summer session OC students log more contact hours
Odessa College president Vance Gipson reported rising contact hours this summer, which may boost state funding despite lower overall enrollment from 1996. First session totals show 1,345 students with 249,038 hours, while second session logged 694 students and 60,320 hours.
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Odessa College
Vance Gipson
Gipson
OC Board of Trustees
Coerced confession at center of murder case trial
Adriana Rizo’s attorney argues the teenager’s videotaped confession was coerced as she admits smothering her toddler Abel Roman in May 1997. Judge Connally will rule in writing before the October 26 trial, with detectives saying the statement was voluntary.
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Joe Connally
Adriana Rizo
Merry Worley
Ector County
Linda Deaderick
Connally
1982 Oil Bust Hits Permian Basin Hard
The Permian Basin faced a harsh 1982 with a 50 percent drop in rig counts and rising unemployment in Odessa. Industry factors included national recession, oil price declines, conservation, high interest rates, and oversupply, triggering layoffs and bankruptcies across oil field services and related firms.
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Permian
Odessa
Permian Basin
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Darwin Weigel
Tom Lambert
T&w
Clover House Inc
Jackson Ave
Clover House
Rizo’s
Qastican
Modessa
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