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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 2015
Page
1
Early voting is open for Ector County residents in the Ector County ISD Place 1 race between Carol Me Breen Arlo VOTE chavira. Voting closes Tuesday for early voters ahead of Election Day Saturday. Visit the site below for polling places and call 498-4030 for more information. On the net tinyurl.com/mimhnvg
Stripes Convenience stores in the Permian Basin run a $1 Miracle Balloon fundraiser for Medical Center Hospital a Children’s Miracle Network hospital. Each donation at Stripes earns a free 12 ounce Slush Monkey drink and a buy-one-get-one free peanuts or trail mix snack.
Odessa painter Steven Napper will display work at the Texas Masters of Fine Art and Craft exhibition in Kerrville at the Y O Ranch Resort Hotel May 22 to 24. Napper, a pastel teacher for 36 years, participates for the 12th year. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 22 and 23, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 24. Admission is free.
Ector County ISD and other districts consider a state budget rider to offset losses from falling property values. Senator Kel Seliger proposes up to four percent for districts with steep declines, noting no funding since 2011. The Texas House budget includes 2.2 billion for student growth and another 2.2 billion for public education, with potential 800 million more pending reform. Local supporters expect House backing for Seliger's rider to safeguard West Texas schools amid Robin Hood wealth sharing.
J J Tarango and lida Cuevas ride the OMG fair ride during Fiesta West Texas a Cinco de Mayo event Friday evening at the Ector County Coliseum fairgrounds. Jeremy Possman of Predators Unlimited places a snake on Stevie Ramirez during the same event. Rudy Motta and wife Brenda run Super Cocina Express from El Paso and serve food at Fiesta West Texas in Odessa for four years.
Ector County ranks 206th in Texas health factors in the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps study, signaling a troubling health disparity with neighboring Midland County. The report, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, measures factors like obesity smoking air and water quality and access to healthy foods across 254 Texas counties.
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