Easter Palm Sunday events and gun show around Odessa area
A roundup of local activities includes Davis Mountains Preserve open March 18 to 20 with free admission and hikes plus an Easter series at Odessa Christian Faith Center featuring drama and music. Also listed is the Original Permian Basin Gun Show at Ector County Coliseum and Palm Sunday services at First Christian Church and Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord with Easter meals.
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Nature Conservancy
Davis Mountains
Fort Davis
Highway 118
Odessa Christian Faith Center
Andrews Highway
Fine Arts Ministry
Don Caywood
Permian Basin
Ector County Coliseum
Leaky jail irks Ector County officials
Ector County Clerk Linda Haney reports water and occasional sewage leaks in the first floor courthouse from the ceiling. The seepage affects staff work areas and includes public records such as criminal files and century old land deeds. See JAIL Page 4B.
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Ector County
Linda Haney
Haney
Students Compete in Spelling Bee Competition Trophies Awarded
Students competed in a spelling bee with trophies awarded for first second and third place. The event highlighted student effort and involved multiple participants across grades.
Odessa 11-year-old wins local spelling bee at Bowie Middle
Gabriel Haley, 11, correctly spelled the word vernacular to win first place at a Bowie Middle School spelling bee in Odessa. Seventeen students from various schools competed in the informal event not officially sanctioned by E. W. Scripps Company. Gabriel's mother Rhonda, a Bowie teacher, organized the competition to give students a chance to sharpen spelling and vocabulary skills.
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Bowie Middle School
Gabriel Haley
Odessa
E. W. Scripps Company
Gabriel
Rhonda
Zumbathon to aid Odessan family facing cancer
Delma Gonzales hosts a two hour Zumbathon at Heroes Fitness Odessa to raise funds for her son Sergio Porras Jr. diagnosed with leukemia in 2016 and now in remission but needing ongoing chemotherapy. Event runs 2 to 4 pm at 2423 N West County Road. Call 432-614-5664 for details.
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Delma Gonzales
Sergio Porras Jr
Gonzales
Odessan
Sergio
Dallas
Medical City Children’s Hospital
Heroes Fitness Health Club
Odessa
Heroes Fitness
N. West County Road
Adam Lucio
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the Basin Odessa
Deirdre Hister
Thc.org
Contemporary Service
First Christian Church
N. Lee Ave
Service
Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord
N. Grandview Ave
Angie Gullett
Icrl.org
ATB
Ector Tx
Sara Estrada
Ector County Clerk’s Office
Tyler Munoz
Sweetwater
Inter
The
Edyta
Blaszczyk
Zumbathen
Zumbathon
West County Road
Delma
Fitness
Porras
Wwesiterasneuro.com
Rosalind Redfern Grove Parkway
Midland
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