West Texas groups host hunger drives and Mensa event
On National Hunger Awareness Day the West Texas Food Bank will distribute food boxes at Sacred Heart in McCamey First Methodist Church in Wink Glasscock Community Center in Garden City and the Gail Community Building. Permian Basin Mensa plans a Saturday party in Midland with Dr Raymond P O Connor as guest.
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West Texas Food Bank
Sacred Heart
Burleson St
McCamey
First Methodist Church
Third Street
Rosey Dodd Avenue
Wink
Glasscock Community Center
North Myrl Street
Main Street
Garden City
Gail
Permian Basin
Mensa
Midland
Raymond P. O'Connor
American Mensa
Summer Camp Options At UTPB And Odessa College
Summer programs for Permian Basin youths include Camp Falcon at University of Texas of the Permian Basin with 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM classes and varied activities. Odessa College offers Power Zone camps aimed at keeping kids active this summer. Project Smart at OC features Anna Cabezuela, 9, decorating a book cover with beads and jewels.
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University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
UTPB
E. University
Edu
Lascano
Anna Cabezuela
Odessa College
Trash and Treasure Hunt volunteers win Southwest tickets
Odessa volunteers Corey and Misty Turner earned free two way tickets in a community cleanup tied to the Dont Mess with Texas slogan. About 170 participants cleaned a 13 mile stretch of Highway 191 from Odessa to Midland, organized by TxDOT Keep Odessa Beautiful and Keep Midland Beautiful.
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Victoria Dobbs
Highway 191
Dobbs
Rylee, Middie
Ann Machen
Texas
Larum
Texas Department of Transportation
Odessa
Midland
Mid- Cities
Michael Roberts
Lorraine Markelich
Front
Jennifer Ready
Mid-Cities
Border ideas fail to seal the U S-Mexico border
Ken Brodnax surveys border security proposals as lawmakers and officials push costly measures from a Berlin Wall style fence to video surveillance on private ranches. He recalls the 1990s aerostat blimp program that failed due to winds, maintenance, and smugglers adapting. He argues border controls persist as remote, desolate terrain invites countermeasures, making ideas cheaper than reality.
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Odessa Optimist Club
Paul Lucas
Optimist International
Joe Zant
Texas Departments of Transportation and Public Safety
Rey Lascano
Cindera Nealyjodessa
Gary Rhodes
Corey
Misty Turner
Airlines
Canada
Txdot
Glen Sarum
Gary Rhodesjodess
Ken Brodnax
Ken
Kbrodnax
Oapa
National Guard
Border Patrol
Rick Perry
Lance
Marfa
West Texas
United States
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