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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 2005
Page
9
Odessa American staff reports a roundup of short items from around the basin including local happenings, closures, and announcements. The brief mentions community events, minor outages, and scheduling updates affecting residents.
Holocaust Remembrance Day will be observed at noon on the north side of the Ector County Courthouse with participants reading names of Nazi victims. Downtown Rotary meets Wednesday at Odessa College Student Union for Law Day focusing on local lawyers and legal updates. The Permian Basin Cook Off Inc hosts a charity chili cookoff Thursday through Saturday at Hog Pit Pub benefiting Mission Messiah and Hunt of a Lifetime with entry fees of 25 and 100. UTPB offers a free identity theft seminar May 12 and 19 at C E D. UIL band results from Bonham and Permian High highlight top ratings. The community centers serve several Texas counties. WalkAmerica 2005 for March of Dimes is Saturday at Midland College with 8:30 a.m. registration.
Civic leaders plan a Wednesday meeting to chart a new course for the Presidential Museum after last week's board resignations. Reneé Henderson Earls notes six recommendations, including letting all officers and trustees step down, a move already carried out. The museum faces financial strain tied to its 2002 move to a $1.6 million UT Permian Basin facility and a remaining $115,000 debt on a permanent exhibit.
The Presidential Museum, housed in a county owned building, has long drained Echo County finances. A Midland nonprofit panel urges bank financing, internal controls, and realistic budgets to restore the museum's health. Page 25.
A Senate committee proposes a plan to raise alcohol taxes by 25 percent along with higher sales and cigarette taxes to offset reduced school property taxes. The measure would earmark 6 billion dollars for property tax relief over two years pending a constitutional amendment and a public vote. Senator Steve Ogden touted expected economic gains and job creation.
The Ector County Commissioners split 2 2 Monday over hiring a part time public works director to temporarily fill the vacancy left by Don Bonifay’s February retirement. Graff and Bryant favored the plan, while Judge Caddel and Simmons opposed citing county money and oversight needs. Gardner was absent.
UTPB associate professor Douglas Henderson, tenure at the university for 10 years, secured a $209,995 National Institutes of Health grant to advance blood substitute research titled Bacterial Heme Transport and Hemoglobin Expression. The three year funds cover lab materials and student salaries for work on temporary blood replacements during donor shortages or catastrophes.
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