Teachers plan forum on education cuts and bills
Traci McKeehan president of the local Texas State Teachers Association says a legislative forum will attack public education as budget cuts and bills remove caps on student teacher ratios. She notes about 775 ECISD employees belong to TSTA and 90 percent of 1,054 teachers and staff gave input via a survey.
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Traci McKeehan
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
National Education Bills
McKeehan
Lamar Early Education Center
Ector County Independent School District
Legislative forum hosted by Texas State Teachers Assn at Ector Theater
The local Texas State Teachers Association sponsors a public legislative forum at 5 p.m. today in the Ector Theater located at 500 North Texas Avenue. Admission is free and open to all attendees.
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Texas State Teachers Association
Ector
Texas Ave
Lubbock Woman Contracting SARS Confirmed
A Lubbock woman is the third Texan to have a suspected SARS case, with officials confirming the infection after contact from the Texas Department of Health. Authorities say the case is under investigation and precautions are being taken to prevent spread.
UTPB hosts first Rio Grande Animation Festival and Contest
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin will present about 20 animation entries at its inaugural Rio Grande Computer Animation Competition and Festival. A 5 p.m reception at the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery precedes a 7 p.m. screening in the UTPB Center for Energy and Economic Diversification auditorium. High school entrants from Odessa and Hastings plus college contestants from UT Pan American compete for prizes, with high school winners earning a four year scholarship to Odessa College and UTPB and college winners receiving 500 dollars.
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University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Rio Grande
Nancy Fyfe Cardozier
Utpb Visual Arts
Utpb Center For Energy and Economic Diversification
David Poindexter
UTPB
Poindexter
Woth
Sdumieien
Odessa High School
Alie P. Hastings
Houston
University of Texas Pan American
Odessa College
David Galindo
TV debate spotlights 19th District hopefuls
Fifteen candidates for the 19th U S Congressional District crowded a KWES TV broadcast at UTPB CEED Center. They split into groups to discuss issues, with remarks from Odessa Republican Jamie Berryhill and Midland Republican Mike Conaway focusing on faith, economic policy, and Bush administration war leadership.
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the Midland Paneee
League of Women Voters
Wink
UTPB
Ceed Center
Iraq
George W
Bush
Odessa
Jamie Berryhill
Berryhill
West Texas
Florida
Arizona
Mike Conaway
Midland
Kermitman Unveils Candidacy And Water Plan In NY District Race
John Bell, a 50-year-old oilman known as Give ’em Hell Bell, declares his candidacy in the 19th Congressional District special election. He unveils a legislative program including piping Capitan Reef Aquifer water to Permian Basin and neighboring regions and pressure on the Ogallala Aquifer.
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John Bell Wednesday
19Th Congressional District
Capitan Reef
Ward
Winkler
Permian Basin
South Plains
New Mexico
Ogallala
High Plains
Basin
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