City Council’s six month effort yields mixed attendance
The series titled Taking City Hall to the Citizens aimed to boost public engagement with City Hall by holding five district meetings on Tuesday evenings. Attendance varied from 50 at the District 1 Woodson Center to 40–50 at Nimitz Junior High, then dwindling with Spring Break cited as a factor. observers blamed layout and noise for lower turnout.
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City Hall
Becki Murphy
Murphy
Bob
Slider
Wgnes
Woodson
Nimitz Junior High School
Floyd Gwin Gymnasium
Pens carved from historic trees honor Texas craftsman
Odessan Ken Hill aged 65 has spent eight years making pens from wood of famous trees. He crafted 250 limited edition pens from Johnny Appleseed’s last known apple tree, a project supported by the American Forest Famous & Historic Trees group. The wood arrives as logs then is squared and cut into pens.
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Ken Hill
Hill
Johnny Appleseed
Valley Ranch
Ocal
Texas
Lubbock
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Appleseed
John
Chapman
Nova
Ohio
American Forest Famous & Historic Trees Organization
National Forest
Midland Woman Indicted in Identity Scam Released From Jail
Valerie Denise Tennon, a 34 year old Midland resident, was indicted on 12 federal charges for Social Security number fraud and related crimes. She used another person's SSN to obtain credit for two vehicles and more, totaling 58848 dollars, while employed at a medical records firm. She was held by U.S. Marshals after arrest on Friday and released Monday, with penalties up to 10 years per count. Johnny Johnson alerted authorities after a Norwest Financial rep flagged the number. See identity on page 2B.
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Midland
Midland County
Valerie Denise Tennon
Cass Jenkins
Jenkins
U.S
Jeff Parras
Tennon
Employers urged to curb harassment in workplace
Chuck Oaks of Huntsman Polymers urged Odessa Chamber attendees to combat sexual harassment and hostile work environments. He cited legal and moral reasons, advised reporting, warnings, or termination, and stressed no tolerance for harassment by employees, customers, vendors, or contractors.
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Chuck Oaks
Huntsman Polymers Corp
Oaks
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Noel Elementary Educator Chosen to Represent Basin at TCTA
Jana Love, fourth grade teacher at Noel Elementary, will serve as co-director of District 18 and join the Texas Classroom Teachers Association state board in June. The seat honors her late husband David Love, who served on the board since 1997. Love aims to voice West Texas teacher concerns on state matters and address issues like health insurance and continuing education.
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TCTA
Olenberger
Love
Tiger's paw may have severed child's arm, surgeon says
Houston AP report says Dr. Mark Henry of Memorial Hermann Hospital speculated a Bengal tiger swatted off the 4-year-old Jayton Tidwell's right arm with a single paw stroke, not a clean bite. The surgeon estimated a 500000 dollar medical bill and offered to cover future surgeries. Jayton, from near Little Rock, was visiting his uncle Larry Tidwell east of Houston where the tiger resides.
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Houston
Mark Henry
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Jayton Tidwell
Henry
Little Rock
Ark
Larry Tidwell
Jayton
Jorge Clifton
Fernando Laevaro
Tidwell
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Warren Wakel
Odessa
South Odessa
District 1
Bill Cleaver
Lara Meckfessel
U.S. Marshals
Tracy Johnson
Johnson
Norwest Financial
Noel
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