ECISD Admins Test Bible Course Online
ECISD deputy superintendent Joe Gallegos leads an online Bible history course for about 20 administrators at the ECISD Administration Building. Ian Roark, the K-12 social studies coordinator, cites multiple reasons for joining, including curriculum implementation and personal curiosity.
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ECISD
Joe Gallegos
Tors
Ian Roark
Roark
Bible elective grows in ECISD amid debate and plans
ECISD voters approved adding a Bible elective for 2006 07 amid controversy and a looming lawsuit threat. A Bible Curriculum Committee backed both the Bible Literacy Project and a National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools option. An online pilot for administrators began April 3 2006 as teachers prepare to train for a possible virtual and in person course.
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Ector County Independent
Bill Rutherford
ECISD
Bible Literacy Project
Bible Curriculum Committee
National Council On Bible Curriculum
Wendell Solis
Sollis
Board of Trustees
Joe Gallegos
Odessa High School
Permian High School
Roark
Gallegos
Youth Center
AAA
Alternative Center
Mo’s From Page 1A: Aged Care Home Built on Home Foundation
Maureen Vaughan operates Mo’s from a home base nine years after starting the assisted living business. With five years adding a trailer for more residents, she now cares for about 75 mostly dementia patients at Mo’s, supported by three staff and up to six residents per shift. Residents enjoy meals massages private rooms and porch vistas with peacocks. Former AMCO worker Vaughan says the country home setting and low caregiver ratio enable personalized care, praised by families and hospice staff alike.
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Maureen ‘Mo’ Vaughan
Vaughan
AMCO
Mary Ellis
Ellis
Bonnie Hitch
Andrews
Kay Gabriel
Mo’s
Gabriel
Hitch
Marlene Ham
L.O. Vincent
Vincent
Ham
Bud
Mother
Teresa Kupkufske
LVN
Star Hospice
Kup
Kupkufske
Reconquista Myth Shapes Mexico US Border Views
The piece traces how Mexican rhetoric on reconquista and migrant ties fuels tensions over the American Southwest. It recalls the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty, Texas annexation, and historic figures at Churubusco, while noting modern symbolism at Mexico City’s National Museum of Interventions and lighthearted relics like Mickey Mouse in the exhibit shop.
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American Southwest
Los Angeles
Alberto Tinoco
Uncle Sam
Tinoco
Televisa
Elena Poniatowska
Carlos Fuentes
Mexico
California
Texas
Spain
Alta California
United States
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Alamo
San Patricio
Churubusco
Mexico City
National Museum of Interventions
Powell says he warned Franks and Rumsfeld on Iraq troop levels
Former general and defense secretary were advised by Powell that troop strength might be insufficient. Powell recalled telling Franks and Rumsfeld before the 2003 invasion that more troops could be needed, a view the White House later disputed. Bremer's 2004 warning of larger troop needs was reportedly rejected by Pentagon officials.
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Iraq
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Franks
Rumsfeld
Powell
Britain
ITV Television
Consid
Pentagon
Paul Bremer
U.S
Houston Man Killed in Balmorhea Roll Over
A 46 year old Houston man, Derek Younger, was killed Sunday when ejected from a one vehicle rollover near Balmorhea. Staffan Kristian Vandyke, 29, of Houston, drove a 1998 Ford Explorer on I-10 two miles north of Balmorhea, overcorrected twice, and the vehicle rolled ejecting Younger who was not wearing a seat belt. Vandyke wore a seat belt.
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Reeves County
Houston
Balmorhea
Derek Younger
Justice of the Peace
Rosendo Carrasco
Texas Department of Public Safety
Roy Lytle
Staffan Kristian Vandyke
Interstate 10
Vandyke
Younger
Oilfield Explosion Injures Several Men in Pecos County
Police reports say three to four men were severely burned in an oilfield explosion Saturday night on U S Highway 385 South between Fort Stockton and Marathon, Pecos County. The injured were airlifted to an unidentified hospital. no further details were available Sunday.
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Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Marathon
May Is Better Speech and Hearing Month Proclaimed
The article notes Eleanor Roosevelt first proclaimed May as Better Speech and Hearing Month in 1925, with every president since issuing the proclamation. It highlights early infant hearing screening at birth using Auditory Brainstem Response and Otoacoustic Emission tests, the link between hearing and speech development, and the aging population’s hearing impairment. Audio Acoustics Hearing Centers offer evaluations in the Permian Basin since 1975, with contact details for Randy Russell and Kathleen Hietpas.
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America
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Permian Basin
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Anderson
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White House
London
Tommy Franks
Rollover
VIU USA
Odessa
Meri
Randy Russell
Kathleen Hietpas
Audio Acoustics Hearing Center
Acoustics
E. 11Th St
Audioacousticshearing.com
Randy Pat Russell