Antique Liberty Truck stops in Odessa for TxDOT exhibit
The Texas Department of Transportation marks its 100th anniversary with a traveling exhibit featuring a refurbished 1918 Liberty Truck. It will visit the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland Tuesday, the Odessa District Administration Building Wednesday, and the Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce Thursday with set hours each location. The exhibit highlights TxDOT history and ongoing transportation needs. The Ellen Noel Art Museum plans a Herb Williams show June 15 to Sept 7 with an opening reception and artist talk.
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Texas Department of Transportation
Odessa
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Interstate 20 West
Midland
E. Highway 80
Fort Stockton
Txdot
Ellen Noél
E. University Blvd
Herb Williams
Williams
HET
Noelartmuseum.org
Border wall logistics trick from border expert
Bill Harlow, former International Boundary and Water Commission secretary and UT Permian Basin professor, outlines three main border segments from California to Texas. He notes the Colorado River boundary is the shortest, with the land sections from California through Arizona to New Mexico and the Rio Grande in Texas forming the other two.
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Bill Harlow
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Ins
Harlow
Colorado River
Arizona
Mexico
California
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Texas
United States
NTO team reunites at New Tech Odessa
Gerardo Ramirez returns as principal and Amy Hoxie resumes as dean of students at New Tech Odessa. The duo, two original team members, lead a school forecast to reach 350 students next year with 23 teachers. Ramirez, in his seventh year with ECISD, was previously Permian High assistant principal. Hoxie, who taught math at NTC for three years, later served as Odessa High assistant principal starting in 2014. See NEW TECH Page 5A
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George H.W. Bush
New Tech
Odessa
Gerardo Ramirez
Amy Hoxie
Ramirez
Tina Lopez
Clelia Carrillo
Ector County Independent School District
Permian High School
Hoxie
NTC
Odessa High School
Odessan Betty Johnson an enduring MCH volunteer obituary
Betty Johnson died June 1 at 86 in Odessa, honored long service at Medical Center Hospital with about 50 years of volunteering. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Gardens. funeral 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Her three children recall how she began helping after her mother’s cancer stay in the 1960s. Her husband Herbert, a retired oilman, encouraged her to help people and guide others. See JOHNSON Page 6R for full obituary.
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MCH
Betty Johnson
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Johnson
Herbert
Faye Smith
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International Boundary and Water Commission
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Mark Sterkel
NTO
Ruth Campbell
Oapa
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