Odessa CVB eyes two interactive kiosks for city sites
The Odessa Convention and Visitors Bureau plans two touch screen kiosks at the Presidential Museum and Odessa Meteor Crater to showcase area attractions events and sponsor ads. Signature MultiMedia would provide the kiosks free if at least 20 local sponsors commit. Medical Center Hospital already agreed at 599 dollars yearly. See KIOSKS on Page 28.
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Odessa
Presidential Museum
Odessa Meteor Crater
Linda Sweatt
CVB
Signature MultiMedia
Charlotte
N.C
Sweatt
Signature
Inghouse
Chamber
Sharon Cassell
Odessa Chamber
Texas
Spon
Sor
Cassell
Medical Center Hospital
What in the World Is a Kiosk
A kiosk is a small open pavilion or closed cylindrical ad structure used as a newsstand or booth. It traces to Turkish and Persian roots, with the word moving into English and French usage for bandstands and garden pavilions.
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Turkey
Persia
Joint course blends welding with art at Odessa College
Jim Mosman and Chris Stanley team teach a 3-D Design and Steel course at OC and UTPB blending welding with art and design. Twelve students learn basic welding in OC’s shop while incorporating creative thinking for humanities and general education requirements.
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Odessa College
Jim Mosman
Mosman
University of Texas
Permian Basin
UTPB
Chris Stanley
Stanley
Rosie Finical
Crockett Junior High
Finical
Working Together On 3-D Design And Courses
OC and UTPB formalized collaboration after a October meeting to offer joint courses in communications and plan to establish degrees in Andrews. OC would provide vocational and first two years of bachelor programs while UTPB would host junior senior and graduate courses. Students started a flower sculpture project this week and will complete a 3-D project and a structural cube.
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UTPB
Andrews
Harris County seeks ideas to save the Astrodome
Harris County officials issued a call for proposals to redevelop or repurpose the Astrodome asking for feasible plans and a tour date. The county hopes a solution will blend past and future use while preserving lease rights for the Texans and the rodeo.
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Harris County
Houston
Astrodome
Mike Surface
Harris County Sports & Convention Corp
Surface
Trial on looting begins in shuttle debris case
In Lufkin, Harrison County constable Robert Hagan II faces federal charges for theft of space shuttle Columbia debris valued at $1,000 or more. Prosecution argues the fragments belong to the U.S. government. defense contends the debris was junk. Hagan allegedly lied about possessing debris and boasted of it to his girlfriend and a sheriff's deputy after returning from a debris search.
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U.S
Malcolm Bales
NASA
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Hagan
Lufkin
Thad Heartfield
Marshall
Nacogdoches
Texas
Aplomado Falcon Endangered Status and Texas Reintroduction
The aplomado falcon, listed endangered since February 25, 1986, now has hundreds released but only 38 breeding pairs remain. It measures 15 to 18 inches with a 32 to 36 inch wingspan, native to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico and Guatemala. The species feeds on small birds and insects, hunts in pairs, and chicks are fed six or more times daily. Nesting uses other birds’ stick nests. life span reaches 20 years in captivity. Reproduction yields two to three eggs in April and May, with a 1995 Texas nesting pair marking a 43 year gap closed by raising a chick.
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Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Mexico
Guatemala
Peregrine Fund to release falcons in Texas basins
The Peregrine Fund plans a June 24 release of seven aplomadc falcons in Ector County and four days later six more, part of a federal and Texas Private Stewardship Grants program to restore endangered falcons. The effort, supported by a $100,000 grant, uses private land on McKnight Ranch in Ector County and Miller Ranch in Llano County to boost a program worth over $1 million.
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Permian Basin
Peregrine Fund
Ector County
Boise
Idaho
Texas
Jeff Cilek
Cilek
McKnight
Miller
State of
Susan Combs
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
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American Heritage Dictionary of the
Julie Jenkins
Paul Zoeller
Ode
Minute Maid Park
Houston Astros
University of Houston
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Erin Gott
Grant
Falcon
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