Human Resource Class at Odessa College
A workplace class on human resources runs from 6 to 10 p.m. on March 21 and 28 led by Ken Zartner, Odessa College's executive director of Human Resources. Cost is $69 for eight hours through Continuing Education. Topics cover HR law recruitment hiring communications evaluations and documentation termination. The course targets new and experienced supervisors and updates on current personnel regulations. Call 432-335-6580 to register by Monday. ON THE NET www.odessa.edu
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Odessa College
University hosts spring job fair in the gym
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin hosts a spring job fair in the gym from noon to 4 p.m. on March 28 with more than 50 employers including First Capital Bank of Texas, Fort Stockton ISD, Midland ISD, Cintas, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Dismas Charities. Also today in Marfa the Inaugural Spring Break Drive In at El Cosmico features vintage and collector cars, grills, and music from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Permian Basin
Armstrong, Backus & Co
LLP
Ask Industries
Bed Bath & Beyond
Cintas Corporation
Dismas Charities Inc
Enterprise Rent A Car
Fesco, Ltd
First Capital Bank of Texas
First Convenience Bank
Fort Stockton
Johnson Miller & Co
CPA
Kelly Services
Midland Isd
Tinyurl
Marfa Vintage Vehicle Association
el Cosmico
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S. Cat
Permian Basin towns show surge in census growth
Census figures place Midland first and Odessa fifth among fastest growing metro areas by percent from July 2011 to July 2012. Midland 4.6 percent, Odessa 3.4 percent, with Andrews Micropolitan at 4.7 percent. State Demographer cites oil and gas extraction as key driver amid Texas population gains.
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U.S
Midland
Odessa
Drews
Lloyd B. Potter
Texas
Potter
Dallas- Fort Worth
Houston
New York
San Francisco
Odessa dispatcher dedicates eight years in public safety center
Yvonne Wood sits at her desk in the City of Odessa Public Safety Communication Center at Municipal Plaza. She has eight years on the job and is one of 13 dispatchers handling 9 1 1 calls and emergency dispatches to scenes.
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Yvonne Wood
City of Odessa Public Safety Communication Center
Municipal Plaza
Wood
Public Safety Communications Center
Calm dispatchers guide responders amid oil boom turmoil
Yvonne Wood helps run Odessa's Public Safety Communications Center guiding 9 1 1 calls to police fire and EMS from 13 of 21 positions staffed amid staffing shortages. The oil boom brings more calls and rising crime while Wood who became a dispatcher in 2005 finds purpose in serving others.
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Wood
Public Safety Communications Center
Odessa
Ector County
Girl Scouts to honor Women of Distinction in Midland
The Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest will host the 22nd Annual Women of Distinction Luncheon at Green Tree Country Club in Midland on March 21 at 11 30 a.m. Rosalind Redfern Grover will be guest speaker, with Phillip and Sherry Bell of Midland receiving the Above and Beyond Award for long service to scouting and Camp Mitre Peak.
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Girl Scouts of the Desert
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Rosalind Redfern Grover
Midland
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Phillip
Sherry Bell
Camp
Mitre Peak
Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest
Women of Distinction
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