Odessa and Midland launch joint child abuse prevention task forces
Odessa and Midland groups form a joint effort to curb child abuse highlighting the need to educate adults and children about child pornography and Internet exploitation. FBI official notes that avoiding discussion allows danger to persist as task forces meet at the Center for Energy and Economic Diversification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Midland
Odessa and Midland
Ector
Bill Vanderland
FBI
Michael Pfeifer
Betty Dickerson
Midland Rape Crisis Center
Chip Carlson
Harmony Home
Denise Miller
Center For Energy and Economic Diversification
Dickerson
Carlson
Times Square
Eft
Midland FBI
Center For Energy and
Freshmen may get new home in district plan
Ector County school trustees debated ninth grade placement at a special meeting. Principals from Crockett Bowie and six other junior highs urged moving ninth graders to high schools to better align programs and opportunities as high school remodeling nears in about 18 months.
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Crockett Junior High
van Grady
Roy Benavides
Benavides
Karla
Bowie
Energe
Ector County
Lessing
Martha Mitchell
Ector
William Garcia
Bonham
Ron Leach
Hood
Steve Brown
Nimitz
Odessa PAL teaches empowerment with red suit defense test
Seven to ten year olds split into two classes to learn Resist Aggression Defensively. They practiced escaping a police officer in a bright red protective suit as Cpl. Jon Foust tested their new skills. Rhyan Potter and other participants described eye peppering and hammer fist techniques used to break free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Jon Foust
Rylea Wilkerson
Robin Smith
OPD
Police Athletic League
Rhyan Potter
Rhyan
Foust
Fort Worth
Chest pain center bids rejected by Ector County Hospital board
Ector County Hospital board rejected all bids for a chest pain center renovation at Medical Center Hospital citing timeline and budget issues. The meeting renewed a contract with South Plains Biomed and approved Aramark Management Services to replace the food service provider. The board also allowed TTU to seek a federal grant for the Family Sciences Center and hired Hawkins Construction to replace windows on the west tower for 67952 dollars with seven members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County Hospital Board
Medical Center Hospital
Tony Ruiz
South Plains Biomed
Hawkins Construction
Judy Hayes
Abraham Torres
Joe Buice
William Hetzler
Jim Gaddy
Thompson
Virgil Trower
Smallpox vaccinations begin in Permian Basin area
About 30 health department representatives in the Permian Basin were inoculated Tuesday as smallpox vaccination began. The drive was led by nurse David Kolberson, one of eight in Texas certified by the CDC to administer the vaccine, with Ector County official Gino Solla among the vaccinated. Officials say the vaccine has rare serious side effects but reduces risk. experts note smallpox remains a concern due to unaccounted stockpiles from the Soviet era.
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Permian Basin
David Kolberson
Centers For Disease Control
Gino Solla
Ector County
Solla
Midland Health Department
Italy
United States
U.S. Air Force
Kolberson
Miguel Escobedo
TDH
Soviet Union
Sheila McCright
Texas Department of Health
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Cindera Nealy
Bill Rutherford
Ee Meira
Gary Payne
PAL
R.A.D
Scott
Sien Salis
Pesumes Binarrnes Butea Nee and Athletic League
Potter
Sutediay
Chest Pain Center
Somalia
Paul Zoeller
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