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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 30, 2015

Page

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UT Permian Basin Football Tryouts Announced

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin invites players to try out for its new football program with check in at 1 p.m. at the UTPB gym and practice at the intramural field. Required items include recent physical, registration form, sickle cell test, liability waiver, unofficial transcript, cleats, athletic clothing, and NCAA eligibility registration.

University of Texas of Permian Basin UTPB NCAA

Witty Acoustic Night at Wagner Noel Center

Linda Davis joins songwriters Lang Scott and Bill Whyte for an intimate acoustic evening at Rea-Greathouse Hall Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center. The trio will perform songs behind their hits with humor and down home charm. Tickets 37 dollars at wagnernoel.com or ETIX pass code COUNTRY.

Linda Davis Lang Scott Bill Whyte Rea-Greathouse Wagner Noél Performing Arts Center West Texas Jazz Society Peter and Will Anderson Rea- Greathouse Margaret Gillham Margaretgillham Msn.com

Police find man shot dead in city

Police found a man shot dead in an unspecified city. No further details on motive or suspect information were provided in the fragment. The incident appears to be under investigation by local authorities.

Man

Odessa man shot and killed after robbery attempt

Odessa police say 37 year old Andrew Mayweather died after an exchange of gunfire Friday afternoon behind AutoZone after a robbery in progress at Kwik Kash. 59 year old James Avant reported Mayweather pepper sprayed him and attacked before the gunfight. No arrests reported.

Odessa Andrew Mayweather East Eighth Street Kwik Kash 1821 Eighth St James Don Avant Mayweather Avant

Beard bet lands in classroom like Lord of the Flies scene

Ector County teacher Chris Bartlett, ninth grade at Bowie Junior High, let fourth period students decide the fate of his beard after their class posted the highest English end of course passing rate. They dyed and trimmed, finally settling on a chin strap as he prepared to eat nacho cheese and enchiladas. Students filmed and shared the moment on Snapchat drawing more onlookers.

Bowie Chris Bartlett Ector County Independent School District William Golding Bartlett Bowie Junior High School Odessa American

STEM Academy surpasses state TEA passing rates in core subjects

UT Permian Basin STEM Academy posted TEA pass rates in reading writing and science that match or exceed state levels and outperform ECISD and MISD. Third graders reached 77 percent reading with state parity, while fourth grade reading rose to 91 percent, 17 points above the state rate, with 44 students per grade and results from March and April.

University of Texas of the Permian Basin Stem Academy State of Ing UTPB Travis Woodward Ector County Isd Reading Midland Isd ECISD

Permian Basin rig count holds steady after minor drop

The Permian Basin added no net gain as Baker Hughes reports 232 active rigs in the region in the week ending Friday, marking the first loss in two weeks. Nationally, oil rigs fell by 13 while gas rigs rose by three, a trough-like pattern analysts say could keep counts flat. Odessa analyst Joseph Triepke Ferguson OilPro.com notes the count may stay near bottom from here.

Permian Basin Baker Hughes Joseph Triepke Odessa Oilpro.com Triepke

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