Former ECISD trustee eyed for Iraq education reform role
Former Odessa educator Jim Nelson, ex ECISD trustee and former Texas Education Commissioner, is under consideration by the US Defense Department to lead an Iraqi education reform team. If approved, the assignment would run four to six months with a six to eight member team assisting Iraq’s infrastructure and schooling overhaul.
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ECISD
Iraq
Department of Defense
Jim Nelson
Nelson
Dallas
Phil Fouche
Fouche
Jim Nelson career highlights and roles noted
The Odessa American lists Jim Nelson’s career arc including 1984 to 1995 years as a trustee, the 2002 appointment as senior vice for state and federal regulations at Voyager Expanded Learning, a private education company based in Dallas.
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Texas
Nelson
Voyager Expanded Learning
Kermit gas plant blast rattles town and nearby areas
A gas plant explosion near Kermit caused flames seen from far away and damaged three buildings with debris scattered across the site. The unmanned Northern Natural Gas turbine station was heavily damaged, three pipelines were shut, and a five hour road closure occurred as residents reported waking to the blast.
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Kermit
Northern Natural Gas
Mid- American Energy Holdings Co
Warren Buffett
Omaha
Donnie Hayes
Ees
Lance Vickery
Paul Zoeller
Odessa
American Northern Natural Gas
Siseis
Explosion at Northern Natural Gas plant near Kermit
A blast hit the Northern Natural Gas processing plant near Kermit as it moved about 71,000 cubic feet of natural gas. Three outgoing pipelines were blocked, no other companies affected, in a week marked by storms.
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Kermit
Explosion near Kermit barely halts gas flow says official
The network of natural gas pipelines is so extensive in Winkler County that the explosion that destroyed a Northern Natural Gas Co compressor and closed three outbound lines near Kermit had a minimal effect. Officials from Northern Natural and other gas firms, including Sid Richardson Energy Services, say operations were not seriously disrupted. Wayne Farley, the Sid Richardson director of operations, commented on the robustness of the system.
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Winkler County
Northern Natural Gas Co
Kermit
Northern Natural
Wayne Farley
Sid Richardson Energy Services Co
Fort Worth
Neugebauer sworn into office Thursday
Newly elected 19th District Congressman Randy Neugebauer was sworn into office in Washington, D.C., by Speaker Dennis Hastert. He pledged a comprehensive energy policy and opposition to dismantling the 2002 Farm Bill, aiming to meet oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin or Washington to boost domestic production and stabilize prices amid high demand.
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Randy Neugebauer
Washington, D.C
Dennis Hastert
Neugebauer
Permian Basin
U S to withdraw from DMZ fronts in Korea
The United States and South Korea announce the redeployment plan to dismantle bases near the DMZ and move troops to hub bases at least 75 miles south. Training north of Seoul will continue, but the front line presence ends for the first time since the 1950 53 war amid North Korea tensions.
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Panmunjom
Koreas
Seoul
United States
South Korea
Oe Aized
Dmz
North Korea
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