Odessa plans first marketing campaign after long wait
Odessa Development Corporation moves to launch its first city marketing push with a $200,000 budget as it seeks new industries. The plan focuses on metal fabrication and machining, with Panda Energy and a $300 million plant bringing 1,000 megawatts of power to Odessa. The project will create 650 construction jobs over two years and online by July 2001, with a $635 million economic ripple expected.
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Odessa Development Corporation
Don Wood
ODC
Odessa
Texas
U.S
Wood
Paign
CDC
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Panda Energy
Neil McDonald
Nurse testifies mother reluctant to leave work for son
In a capital murder trial, nurse Joanna Williams testified that Cynthia Jolynn Graves hesitated to leave work after learning her two year old son Bradon was critically ill. The boy died hours later from a ruptured intestine leading to a massive infection. The case centers on alleged abuse over a six day period.
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Cynthia Jolynn Graves
Medical Center
Joanna Williams
Williams
Graves
Bradon
Carlos Cain Hinojos
Hinojos
Bradon Graves
Medical Center Hospital
Lubbock County Medical Examiner
Ector County
John Smith
Smith
Tom Morgan
Monahans man found in field died from heroin overdose
The body of 41 year old Richard Bryan Newport was found February 9 in a pasture near Westcliff Road and Grey Eagle Street in Ector County. A medical examiner ruled acute heroin poisoning but the manner of death is undetermined and a grand jury will decide if foul play occurred.
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Monahans
Metro
Carl Rogers
Lubbock
Rogers
Newport
Westcliff Road
Grey Eagle Street
Ector County
Ward County Sheriff's Office
Odessa
Gray Eagle Street
Odessa residents honored for heroism in rescue
Four Odessa residents Betty Mendez Ernest Garcia Donald Harris and Allan Haynie were awarded certificates of commendation by the Odessa Fire Department and Police Department at a City Council meeting for helping rescue Nita Pressley from a burning home on 4344 Redbud Ave March 2. Pressley was pulled from her bedroom window after Mendez called 9-1-1 and Garcia and others assisted through the heat and smoke. She received overnight care at Medical Center Hospital.
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Odessa
Odessa Fire Department
Odessa Police Department
Betty Mendez
Ernest Garcia
Donald Harris
Allan Haynie
Nita Pressley
Redbud Ave
OFD
Steve Pollock
OPD
James H. Jenkins
Mike Atkins
Pollock
Lyndale Avenue
Redbud Avenue
Mendez
9-1-1
Pressley
Garcia
Harris
Haynie
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa council backs negotiations on 300 million power plant
Odessa City Council approved a nonbinding resolution urging tax abatement talks with Texas Independent Energy, a Panda Energy and Public Service Energy venture, to build a 300 million electric plant in southeast Odessa. Construction would begin by January 2000, employing 650 workers for 20 to 24 months, with 46 at completion.
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Odessa
Texas Independent Energy
Medical Center Hospital Board
Ector County
Odessa College
Panda Energy International
Dallas
Public
Service Energy and Gas of
New Jersey
Joel Roberts
Mike Atkins
Atkins
Texas Energy International
Wickett Gensler Elementary to close despite protests
Monahans-Wickett-Pyote trustees voted 4-2 to permanently close Wickett's Gensler Elementary drawing strong opposition from more than 100 residents. Superintendent Stevens cited budget pressures while noting the school currently has about 50 students. residents warned declining enrollment would devastate the town.
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Wickett
Gensler
Monahans-Wickett-Pyote
Brook Claborn
Patsy Carrasco
Johnny White
Steve Hurst
Steve Swarb
Frank Vela
Stevens
Dena Tipping
Tipping
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Permian Basin
Public Service Electricity and Gas of
Panda Energy International Inc
Mark Sterkel
University of Texas of the
Nick DE LA Torre
Council
Chestnut Avenue
North
Hancock Avenue
Frank Deaderick
Terry Witherspoon
Center
Vance Gipson
Jerry McGuire
City Hall
Deana Tipping Wickett
Julie Sellers
Cliff Stevens
Pecos
Goldsmith
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