Commissioners weigh extending Ector burn ban 30 days
Ector County Commissioners plan Monday votes to extend the countywide burn ban for 30 days amid persistent drought. They also consider safety policy for the courthouse, a rate request from Texas Tech for medical services, grants and immunization program funding, budget transfers, and multiple administrative items. A wildfire in Odessa burned over 3,300 acres, allegedly started by a discarded cigarette.
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Midland International
Odessa
Midland
Crane
Fort Stockton
Stanton
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Texas Department of State Health Services
U.S
County Commissioners Court agendas page access
The message directs readers to the Ector County Texas website for the commissioners court agendas. It notes the online location at www.co.ector.tx.us/county/commet/Comm Court Agendas.htm and implies updated scheduling information is available there.
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Odessa City Council to vote on zoning for two parcels
Odessa Texas council will consider Larry Lee proposed zones for 11.1 acre planned development housing and 3.6 acre office site near Eastridge and Parks Legado. DJK Inc. seeks 2.-acre future development drill reservation north of Old Bankhead Highway east of Odessa Country Club Links. Public hearing set and other items include Atmos Energy franchise, ammunition bid, election judges, May 10 election, National Community Development Week, MJ valves and fire hydrants contracts. Agenda at odessa-tx gov public citycouncil docs council agenda 3-25-08 pdf.
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Larry Lee
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Parks Legado Road
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Old Bankhead Highway
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Atmos Energy Corp
Odessa-Tx
Fire safety lessons for kids emphasized by parents and schools
Parents stress teaching children as young as age three to recognize smoke detector sounds and to stay in visible areas. They train kids to exit immediately during a fire and avoid hot doors, while schools reinforce this with drill practices to prevent panic at home.
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White
Sarah McPhearson
McPhearson
Odessa College trustees weigh pavilion name and bid
Odessa College board plans to approve a bid for a campus pavilion at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Joe Zant Jr. Community Room. They will also decide on a pavilion name after an anonymous donation of 175000 dollars to fund the 2400 square foot open air facility near the Wi Fi Java Cafe, with a 25000 dollar pledge from the Student Government Association over three years. A non credit massage therapy program is on the agenda, along with a report on the College Connection program helping high school students learn about college enrollment.
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Odessa College
Joe Zant Jr
Rotary Ambassador Scholarship Expands to West Texas Students
Alexander, a former USA Today editor, will present as a Rotary Ambassador at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. West Texas entrants can apply for the scholarship now worth 24000 dollars, with study abroad and cultural immersion supported by local Rotary clubs.
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University of Texas of
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Mesa Building
E. University Blvd
USA Today
Virginia
Midland Rotary Club
Alice Freidline
West Texas
Local high school to host academic decathlon style Quiz Show
Dowdy OHS senior Amber Horton leads a student team preparing for a PBS Quiz Show to inspire teamwork and achievement. Tomcat USA Inc of Midland donated a $25,000 set via Logicoat, with plans for pre recorded celebrity questions and scholarships for participants.
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Tomcat USA Inc
Midland
Tomcat USA
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PBS
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OHS
Amber Horton
Amber
OUIZ SHOW PARTICIPANTS AREA SCHOOLS
Basin PBS plans to include 16 area schools next year for the quiz show costing about 100000 dollars to operate. Odessa High Permian Big Spring Kermit McCamey Midland Midland Lee Midland Trinity are listed with student contestants Amber Horton Phillip Good Salvador Espinoza Isaac Gutierrez Maggie Stokes Aaron Gomez Alissa Sitton Tyler Smith Lloyd Scott Tim McDaniels Rocky Garcia Lukas Weeden and coaches Robert Mace Debi Mace Buddy Hale. Four members from each team will compete with two alternates.
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Maggie Stokes
Aaron Gomez
Robert Mace
Decathlan
Debi Mace
OHS
Alissa Sitton
Tyler Smith
Lloyd Scott
Tim McDaniels
Rocky Garcia
Lukas Weeden
Buddy Hale
Obituary for Diane Huddleston of Odessa dies after cancer fight
Diane Huddleston, 60, formerly of Odessa and ex wife of Johnny Huddleston, died March 20, 2008 in Asheboro NC after a short cancer battle. Funeral details are pending at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home. A funeral fund is set up at Chase Bank account 751859075 to assist the family.
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Odessa
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UT Southwest Medical Center Hospital
Dallas
Odessa Funeral Home
Death notices sweep multiple Texas towns across two days
Odessa Pecos and surrounding areas report numerous deaths. Darla Bushong 45 of Odessa a massage therapist died March 20 2008 with service at Odessa Bible Church and burial by Acres West. Josefa Carrasco 72 of Pecos homemaker died March 21 2008 with services at La Primera Iglesia Bautista and burial at Mount Evergreen Cemetery. Other notices include Maria Caudillo Eva Cummings Robert Cypert Robert Guevara Huey Mitchell Jr Richard Ray and Raymond Robinson among others with details on ages hometowns and funeral arrangements.
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Dee) Bushong
Odessa
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Darwin
Bruce
Kent
Nelda
Winter
Georgia Handy
Pecos
Josefa Carrasco
Reeves County Hospital
la Primera Iglesia Bautista
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Peaceful Garden Funeral Home
San Antonio
Juan Carrasco
Ernesto Martinez
Houston
Bernardo Martinez
Cecilia Santos
Kermit
Maria C. Samaguey
Mary Arenivaz
Josefina Samaguey
Agapita Martinez
Oracio Sanchez
Gabriel Sanchez
Maria Caudillo
Word of God Ministries
Gabriel Chavez
Lamesa
Daniel Morales
Arlington
Paul Morales
Grand Prairie
Steven Morales
Jacob Caudillo
Fort Worth
Christina MacKeen
Lubbock
Anna Marie Caudillo
Guadalupe Monge
O'Donnell
Luz Lopez
Ft. Worth
Whitharral
Robert P. Cyperrt
Lynwood Nursing Home
Levelland
Hammons
U.S. Army
Europe
Dard Cypert
Jimmy Cypert
Marshall
Robert Cypert
Verla Albus
Oscar Cypert
Ralph Cypert
Billy Paul Cypert
Munday
Rowena Hester
Haskell
Alice Yates
Weinart
Dorothy Brown
Katy Robert Guevara
Katy
Marfa
TPWD
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Merced Cemetery
Geeslin
Jennifer Cabezuela
Kristen Flores
March Guevara
el Paso
Richard Guevara
Omar Guevara
Mary Sujan
Huey Mitchell Jr
Mitchell
Martinez Smith
Graham
Eric Mitchell
Felicia Carter
Latricia McCowan
Richard
Rick' Dale Ray
Colorado City
Rick’ Dale Ray
Lake Colorado City
Midland
Abilene
U.S. Navy
Marcy
Elmer
Barbara Ray
Brady
Linda Jones
Gardendale
Sharon Ray
Austin
Cindy O’conner
Charlotte
Angela
Melissa
Jimmy Ray
First Southern Baptist Church
Terry Easley
Colorado City Cemetery
Nalley Pickle and Welch Funeral Home
Crematory
Raymond L. Robinson
Odessa Raymond L. Robinson
Parks Methodist
Hollis
Oklo
Helen Robinson
Jerry Raymond Robinson
David Louis Robinson
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