United Way Odessa awards 1.28 million for 33 programs
United Way of Odessa committed 1,281,720 to 33 programs from 22 local nonprofits and will soon grant an additional 50,000 in venture funds. Funding rose 161,000 over last year as campaigns and budgets grew, with 84.5 percent of requests funded. Over 36,000 Odessans benefited last year through focus areas of health education and self sufficiency. Agencies include Red Cross, Boys and Girls Club, CASA, Salvation Army, Meals on Wheels and more.
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Odessa Day Nursery
Odessa Family
Odessa Links
Permian Basin Mission Center
Percada
the Crisis Center
The
Salvation Army
Relief drive for Oklahoma aids tornado victims
Odessa Grandview Lions Club hosts a relief drive on Saturday and June 8 to help Oklahoma tornado victims. Donations of nonperishable food toys clothing and monetary gifts accepted at Odessa Walmart 8 am to noon and Pronto Insurance 700 E Eighth St 9 am to 8 pm weekdays and 10 am to 5 pm Saturday. Source: staff reports.
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Odessa
Impostor finds new home Guerdwich Montimere
Guerdwich Montimere, 25, registered May 16 as a sex offender in Hays County after a 2011 conviction on two counts of sexual assault of a child and three counts of tampering with government records. Once a standout basketball player at Permian, he was living in Kyle, Texas, with his past unraveling after former coaches and teammates spotted him during an off season tournament. He previously enrolled at Nimitz Junior High in 2009.
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Guerdwich Montimere
Hays County
Kyle
Texas
Montimere
Nimitz Junior High
Permian
Danny Wright
Impostor case shadows Permian boys basketball tale
Records show Montimere housed students from Permian high after they had nowhere to go. The Wrights, early to expose his deceit, found multiple passports among his belongings, revealing he was not who he claimed to be.
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Montimere
Wrights
Walking for a Cause Photos by Ryan Evon
Odessa American reports on a community fundraiser featuring Walking for a Cause with photographer Ryan Evon capturing participants and scenes. The event highlights local volunteers, sponsors, and fitness efforts to support a charitable goal.
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Ryan Evon
Odessa
Buck for a Cure Walk Across U S to Honor Fallen Father
Virginia native Staff Sgt Wayne Whitbeck and Wisconsin sergeant James Allred, both drill sergeants, launched Buck for a Cure after Whitbeck’s father died from cancer. They plan to walk across the country to raise funds for St Jude’s Cancer Research, starting from their shared Army experience at Fort Jackson and building community support through the nonprofit www.ruckforacure.org.
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James Allred
Robby Glenn
Monahans Sandhills State Park
United States
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Virginia
Wisconsin
Fort Jackson
S.C
Whitbeck
Alfred
St. Jude’s Cancer Research
Allred
Sanchez delivers ECISD first State of the District address
Interim Superintendent H T Sanchez spoke to district employees at Nimitz Junior High and via video to other ECISD schools in the first ever State of the District address. The 45 minute speech praised district work and noted plans under consideration such as building projects.
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ECISD
Nimitz Junior High School
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