Around the Basin Odessa events roundup
A glance at local happenings lists an AARP smart driving class at Northside Senior Center, Big Bend Al-Anon meetings in Alpine, and a 2014 Crude Fest Texas Music Festival at Star of Texas Ranch with headliners Jason Boland Randy Rogers Band Josh Abbott Band. Also West Texas Jazz Society hosts an annual Jazz Party at MCM Elegant Hotel with varied ticket options. Karaoke Night at The Barn Door Steakhouse Pecos Depot on Thursdays.
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Star of Texas
S. County Rd
Midland
Jason Boland
Randy Rogers
Josh Abbott
Cory Morrow
Cody Johnson
Stoney LaRue
Judson Cole
Whiskey Myers
Kyle Park
Kevin Fowler
Larry Joe Taylor
Mark McKinney
Zane Williams
Wade Bowen
Bart Crow
Rich O'Toole
Casey Donahew
William Clark Green
Sam Riggs
Barn Door
Pecos Depot
Andrews Highway
Police Memorial Service honors fallen officers in Odessa
National Police Week observances remember officers killed in the line of duty nationwide and locally. Odessa Police remember Cpl Arlie Jones Cpl John Scott Gardner Cpl Abel Marquez and Officer Scott Stanton Smith. Ector County Sheriff's Office honors Deputy Thad West Corporal Gordon Toal. Midland County Sheriff Deputy Mike Naylor. Texas Department of Criminal Justice officers Christopher Davis Eligio Garcia See POLICE Page 2B. IF YOU GO What: Police Memorial Service When: 10 a.m. Friday Where: The Odessa Department 205 N. Grant Ave.
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John F. Kennedy
Congress
Cpl
Steve LeSueur
OPD
Odessa
Arlie Jones
John Scott Gardner
Abel Marquez
Ventura Avenue
Scott Stanton Smith
Ector County
Toal
Midland County
Mike Naylor
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Officers
Christopher Davis
Eligio Garcia
Odessa College stages La Boheme with 50 cast at Globe Theatre
Odessa College presents Puccini opera La Boheme directed by David Corman with 50 performers from the OC choir and Midland Odessa Symphony. Performances run 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Globe Theatre with English surtitles. Tickets cost 10 for adults 7 for seniors and military and free for students with ID.
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Odessa College
Midland Odessa Symphony
Globe Theatre
Giancomo Puccini
David Corman
France
Shakespeare Road
Becerra trial delayed in Odessa sexual assault case
The trial of former Odessa Police Department officer Salvador Becerra on seven felonies was moved from May 19 to Oct 20 after a motion for continuance. Judge James Rush granted the delay. the Oct 20 date also set for former Permian High swim coach Kathryn Maples could be altered, with Bland noting one trial might shift. Becerra was accused of groping women during traffic stops and coercing one to perform oral sex, leading to his firing in 2014. affidavits described buttressing acts and a recorded remark.
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Odessa
Salvador Becerra
James Rush
Ector County
Bobby Bland
Permian High School
Kathryn Maples
Bland
Becerra
OPD
Imane
Voting rights and the Texas voter ID debate
Nathaniel Miller reflects on voting as a right, recalls voting with his grandfather in 2006 for Chris Bell, and criticizes House Bill 1096 proposing ID address matching. He cites the 15th Amendment, Brennan Center cautions, and low local turnout while urging continued civic participation.
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Texas
Jim Murphy
Houston
Rep. Murphy
Also Mentioned on This Page
AARP
Northside Senior Center
N. Adams Ave
Big Bend Al-Anon Family Group
E. Lockhart Ave
Alpine
Odessa-Al -Anon
The
West Texas Jazz Society
West Texas
MCM
Elegant Hotel
E. University Blvd
Bucky Pizzarelli
Johnny Varro
Dan Barrett
Randy Sandke
Warren Vache
Rebecca Kilgore
Allen Vache
Butch Miles
Ed Laub
Nicki Parrott
Scott Robinson
Ehud Asherie
Eddie Erickson
Ed Polcer
Odessa Police Department
Grant Ave
Edyta Blaszczyk Odessa
Rodolpho
Jacob Garcia
Mimi
Rachel Holder
Globe of the Great Southwest Theatre
MOSC
Europe
the Globe Theatre
Globesw.org
Rodolfo
Gayle Bizzell
Symphony
Eric Baker
Corman
United States
Todd
Fleet Street
Jeb Harris
Holder
Harris
OPERA
Nathaniel Miller
Nathaniel
Nmiller
Chris Bell
Rick Perry
Perry
Kinky Friedman
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Murphy
Brennan Center For Justice
Ector County Independent
Supreme Court of the United States
America
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