County approves coliseum upgrades and city loan waiver
The Odessa area county court agreed to extend a coliseum agreement, waiving repayment on a $269,000 loan in exchange for improvements and maintenance. The city funded the ice rink installation and the deal includes a four-year extension. The court also approved selling the Presidential Museum building for $7,117 due to asbestos liability, amid bids and other county business.
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Coliseum
Odessa
Commissioners Court
Lee Avenue
Seventh Street
Rocking H Investments
Narita Holmes
Holmes
Sam
TAKS Results Boost San Jacinto Staff Morale At Celebration
San Jacinto Elementary celebrated TAKS scores with Principal Cindy Harbour noting refined instruction and stronger test familiarity. All 41 English test takers avoided retakes, three of 16 grade focus students on basic reading improved, and commended performance rose districtwide from 25 to 36 percent with 22 Spanish test takers also achieving the commendation.
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Ferguson
San Jacinto Elementary
Cindy Harbour
San Jacinto
Harbour
ECISD
Teen job hunt in Permian Basin shifts to adults this Christmas
Osborn a UT Permian Basin junior notes stores hired more adults this season, then laid off younger workers. Officials from Permian Basin Workforce Development Board and Odessa Workforce Network plan Summer youth letters to employers and place about 500 students in municipal jobs. Experts urge computer skills and early work experience to boost local teens career prospects. Marquette Pierce 17 from Odessa High worked as pool cashier last summer and will reapply, while employers are urged to hire youths to sustain the regional workforce.
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Osborn
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Taylor
Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Odessa Workforce Network
Pat Hanson
Hanson
Marquette Pierce
Odessa
Pierce
Knights of Columbus BBQ and chili cookoff set for Saturday
The Knights of Columbus Hall at 9121 Andrews Highway hosts an inaugural barbecue and chili cookoff with up to 5 000 in prizes and 10 trophies. Call 3372199 for details. Odessa College hosts Open House from 5 to 8 p m on Thursday in Senate Hall 201 W University Blvd. and offers degree and certificate program info, transfer courses, workforce training, financial aid sessions, and tours of Century Commons housing. Call 3356861 for information.
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Knights of Columbus Club
Knights of Columbus
Andrews Highway
Odessa
Senate Hall
W. University Blvd
Century Commons
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Ector County Library
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T-Netix
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co
Yukon Road
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Schlemeyer Field
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Alameda Avenue
Group Resources Inc
Taks
Outlook
Loca
KOC
Bosworth
West 42Nd Street
Lai
Keon
Tena
Odessa American
Delbert Hicks
Liberty
Liberty Medical Supply
Medicare
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