Texas jobless rate climbs to 6.6 percent in February
Texas unemployment rose to 6.6 percent in February per the Texas Workforce Commission. Odessa's rate slipped to 5.8 percent while the Permian Basin area edged to 6.3 percent. County changes appeared in Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin, Midland and Terrell. Government jobs led February gains, with a 3,900 rise since 1995, and overall nonfarm payrolls increased by 3,100 year over year.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Workforce Commission
Odessa
Permian Basin
Borden
Dawson
Gaines
Howard
Martin
Midland
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Hospitals vaccinate staff in smallpox bioterror plan
Ector County Health Department hosts Friday smallpox vaccinations for area hospitals as Phase II Stage I of a bioterrorism response plan. Gino Solla notes Stage I began March 4 with health department workers. future rounds include April and May clinics with take tests to confirm successful vaccinations.
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Ector County
Gino Solla
Solla
Ector
Midland
Odessa Officers Serve Up Charity at Red Lobster for Special Olympics
Odessa police officers volunteer as hosts and servers at Red Lobster for the ninth year to raise funds for the Special Olympics. Eight officers work the floor, sell T shirts and hats, and accept donations at the entrance, with the top fundraiser winning a pie. About $2,100 was raised this year, down from $3,800 last year.
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Red Lobster
Larry
Cissy Poyner
Larry Poyner
Brenda Garner
Odessa
Mark Rowden
Rowden
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Rae Oh
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Garner
Freddie Nayola
E. University Blvd
Odessa and area death notices batch note
Notable obituaries from Odessa area list Ethel Copeland Davis 90 of Odessa died March 26 2008 in Tulsa Oklahoma with services at Strong Cemetery. Haskell Hubert Haston Jr 84 of Odessa master carpenter died March 26 2003 with graveside service at Kermit Memorial Cemetery. Sylvia Espinosa Hukill 44 of Odessa died today with funeral at St Josephs Catholic Church burial at Ector County Cemetery. Revice Sidney Regier obituary notes service at Crescent Park Baptist Church burial at Prairie Haven Cemetery Hobbs NM. Isabel Pena Day Odessa funeral service details with mass at St Josephs Catholic Church. William E Bill Williams 93 of Fort Stockton retired postal worker died March 27 2003 with graveside service at Fort Stockton. Survivors include spouses children and grandchildren across Texas and New Mexico.
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Ethel Davis Henderson
Ethel Copeland Davis
Odessa
Tulsa
Okla
Strong Cemetery
Crawford A. Crim
Henderson
Rusk County
Mary Lou Ivey
San Antonio
David Lynn Davis
Ee Okla
Cilien
Haskell Haston Jr
Kermit — Haskell Hubert Haston Jr
Veterans Hospital
Kermit Memorial Cemetery
Gene Cannon
Martinez Funeral Home
Cottle County
Haskell Haston III
Therisa
Hi Nev
Ught Corpus Christi
H. D
Syla Hukill
Sylvia Espinosa- Hukill
di Am
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Serafin Avenida
Ector County
Chapa Funeral Home
Ros Odessa
Joe Hukill
Manuel Escovedo
Noel Escovedo
Elias Escovedo
Christie Escovedo
Sylvia Escovedo
Monica Espinosa
Zeek
Ester
Gloria Espinosa
Oon
Tever Ml Aa
Erie
Willian
Fort Stockton
William E
Bill” Williams
2 Beach
Fort Soin Ai
California
Fort
United Way Odessa Offers Parenting Classes Series
The United Way of Odessa announces a series of parent power classes titled Success by 6. The program focuses on guiding parents amid crises including the Iraq war. For more information call 332-0941.
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United Way
United Way of
Odessa
Iraq
Donations Sought For Troops By West Texas State Bank
West Texas State Bank collects personal items for U S service members overseas. Donors may drop items at any branch to be mailed to soldiers in the Middle East with a note requesting names of other service members in need.
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West Texas
Local leads list Odessa Monahans or Kermit inquiry
Contact numbers 397-2861 or 586-3421 provided for information, referring to Odessa
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Odessa
Monahans
Kermit
TxDOT to donate 593000 to Texas Opportunities grants
The Texas Department of Transportation plans to donate 593000 to Texas Opportunities to fund rural transportation and disabled posts services across Andrews Crane Ector Loving Martin Midland Pecos Reeves Terrell Upton Ward and Winkler counties. For information call 498-4766.
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Parenao Andrews
Borden
Crane
Dawson
Ector
Gaines
Glasscock
Howard
Loving
Martin
Midland
Pecos
Reeves
Terrell
Winkler
Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Opportunities
Wettama
West
OC Cinco de Mayo celebration in Student Union Building Courtyard
OC hosts an early Cinco de Mayo event from 11 45 a m to 1 30 p m in the Student Union Building Courtyard. Martin Gonzales will perform musically with folkloric dancers. For information call 335 6403.
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Martin Gonzales
El Paso Obituary: Jetta Hardin 91
Jetta Hardin 91 of Odessa Texas died March 26 2003 at Parks Methodist Retirement Village in Odessa Born May 19 1911 in Crystal Springs Arkansas she moved from Hot Springs Arkansas to El Paso in 1945 Later moved to Odessa after the death of her husband Mark Bunker Hill Ind and Cortez Pollard Odessa Grandchildren Scott Pollard Cody are named Restian Cemetery El Paso services will be held.
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EL Paso
Jetta Hardin
Parks Methodist
Odessa
Texas
Andrew
Lucinda Mackey
Crystal Springs
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Bunker Hill
Ind
Cortez Pollard
Scott Pollard
Cody
Restiawn
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Medical Center Hospital
Crescent Park Baptist
Johnny Dickerson
Leon Green
Prairie Haven Cemetery
Hobbs
Seminole
Angela Carol
Ruth C. Olson
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Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Saint Elmo
Ill
Conbenimen
Isabel Sandoval
Isabel Pena
Odessa Funeral Home
Weldon
Frank Luna Gonzales Jr
Lonnie McComas
Flora
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Txdot
Imagine
Hearing Instrument Company
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Old Town Shopping Center
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