Odessa High School principal to join ECISD administration
Odessa High School principal Raymond Starnes, after nearly 14 years at OHS, will become ECISD's director of planning assessment research and policy development. The new role, created following an autonomous curriculum audit, carries no raise and keeps Starnes at DHS until a replacement is found with a summer transition expected.
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Raymond Starnes
Odessa High School
Ector County Independent School District
Starnes
OHS
ECISD
Vernon Stokes
DHS
Stokes
Chuck Hornung
Texas Education Agency
Odessa Council to form Ector Theater Task Force
The Odessa City Council on Tuesday voted to create an Ector Theater Task Force to decide the theater’s future. A May 26 vote is expected to approve the panel, with each council member appointing a district representative. The group will review leases, purchases, uses, restoration needs and hold town hall meetings for public input while timing concerns loom over a $150,000 debt repayment due September 1 from Community Block Development Grants.
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Odessa
Frank Deadrick
Deadrick
Terry Witherspoon
UT regents to meet in Odessa in a closed session
The University of Texas System Board of Regents plans a 1:30 p.m. closed session in Odessa to vote on appealing the Hopwood v Texas ruling that struck down affirmative action at UT Law. Options include appeal, no appeal, or delegation to the UT Chancellor.
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University of Texas System Board of Regents
Regents
Alamo Room
Odessa
Radisson Hotel
Sun Circuit Court of Appeals
University of Texas Law School
Law School
UT Law School
UT System
Ray Farabee
UT Medical Branch
Galveston
UT Dallas
Ut-Southwestern
UT TeleCampus
CAF aviation boot camp launches young pilots at CAF hangar
Yuridia Galindo, eight, and 23 fellow students from Ector County ISD's Hays Magnet School attend the fifth annual aviation boot camp sponsored by the American Airpower Heritage Museum. Each pupil built a model plane and raced to see whose craft traveled farthest, with Yuridia enjoying the flight despite a short distance.
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Victor Ramos
Hays Magnet
American Airpower Heritage Museum
Yuridia Galindo
Confederate Air Force
CAF
Yuridia
Hays
Cheryl Lo
Galindo
Brownsville woman convicted in 1993 murder-for-hire case
A federal jury in Houston convicted Dora Cisneros of involvement in a 1993 murder-for-hire plot that killed Joey Fischer, with evidence tying travel and calls from Mexico to the crime. The verdict followed hours of deliberation as relatives reacted with sobs and relief, and Cisneros faces life in prison at sentencing.
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Houston
Brownsville
Dora Cisneros
Mexico
Joey Fischer
Vernon
Beau” Nelson
Fischer
Joey
Cisneros
Trav
Montgomery County
A.J. Fischer
Daniel Garza
San Antonio
Aden Plante
Martinez
Garza
Israel Jubilee marks 50th anniversary with Christians and Jews
Christians and Jews join for Israel Jubilee at Holiday Inn Midland 4300 W Highway 80 Thursday evening. Temple Beth El members and Christian congregations plan music filled program with prayers read from the Bible. Admission is free.
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Israel
Holiday Inn Convention Center
Highway 80
Midland
Temple Beth el
Judy Stone
Stone
Jack
Tower Drive-In to Rebuild After Screen Blows Down
Allene Whorton, owner of the Tower Drive-In near Rule, says she plans to rebuild after an 80 mph wind toppled the screen. No injuries were reported as debris was fenced off. the screen, built in 1955, was not insured. The theater charged $4 for adults and $1 for children 6 to 12.
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Allene Whorton
Tower Drive-In
Whorton
E.B. Whorton
Wharton
Sheriff's Department
Spur
San Saba
Llano
Rule
State Highway 6
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Ector Theater
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Hopwood
Mark Sterkel
A.J. Fisher
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Mervyn Mosbacker
Ony Canales
David Botsford
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