Court GRI agree on revised contract
Ector County and Group Resources Inc. reached a very reasonable solution to a dispute over the county health plan contract. At a special meeting, commissioners noted that GRI would not charge the county extra for providing claims information, addressing concerns about transparency and cost.
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GRI
Ector County and
Group Resources Inc
Commissioners Court
Precinct 3
Barbara Graff
David Austin
Simmons
Austin
Graff
Precinct 1
Freddie Gardner
Thomas Byrd
Ector County
Ector Junior High Mariachi Earns Division 1 Rating
Ector Junior High music students received a Division 1 rating at the Fort Worth ISD Mariachi Extravaganza. Jose Ortega on accordion and Pressley Dominguez on harp performed with Mariachi Aguila and Sen Sa Cion, as new Flamenco and Norteno acts also earned Division 1 ratings.
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Ector
Jose Ortega
Sen Sa Cion
Odessa
Pressley Dominguez
Mariachi Aguila
Ector Junior High
Fort Worth Isd
Hospital board race heats up in Odessa
Ruth Friedberg Campbell reports the Ector County Hospital Board race heats up as candidates tout experience and ethics. Deretha Cartwright challenges Fred Martin for District 5 amid questions about her husband Rudolph Cartwright’s medical roles and potential abstentions on related votes.
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Ector County Hospital Board
Deretha Cartwright
Fred Martin
Cartwright
Rudolph
Medical Center Hospital
Medical Center Professional Care
Martin
Rudolph Cartwright
Ceretha Cartwright
Medical Center
Rudy
Procure Board
Alliance Hospital
Parents sacrifice to educate children in West Texas
Jose Luis Rodriguez profiles Manuel and Gloria Leos who moved from Acuna Mexico to West Texas to provide better schooling for their four children. Manuel, a 22 year history and literature teacher, and Gloria, a Social Security Office accountant, left careers and comfort to invest in their children's future. They faced hard work on oil rigs and menial jobs, accepting long hours in cold winters and hot summers as part of a generation seeking opportunity in the United States. Flor Leos Madero recalls education shaping her life even before the move.
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Manuel Leos
Gloria
Social Security Office
Acuna
Mexico
West Texas
United States
Mr. Leos
Leos
Gloria Leos
Flor Leos Madero
the Leos
Angelo State University
John Madero
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By Julie Breaux
Auditor’s Office
Health Insurance Department
Mark Sterkel
Ector Band
Paul Zoeller
By Ruth Friedberg Campbell
Jose Luis Rodriguez
Odessa American
KUPB
Univision 18
Rodriguez
Univision
Odessa/Midland
Texas Tech University
José Luis Rodriguez
José Luis
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