ATC Center Opens With Tours And Career Programs
The Advanced Technical Center opens inside the ECISD system with a ribbon cutting and a superintendent speech. An open house will feature student led tours and displays from culinary arts, computer animation, health careers, computer technology, and the virtual high school. Career and technical education director Ian Roark emphasizes college credit and national certifications, while ECISD trustees reshaped the Center into an extension campus serving Odessa High and Permian. Transportation had initial kinks but now runs smoothly. Local parent Gilbert Medina notes real academic growth and urges students to pursue their interests. The community is urged to see the ATC offerings and support a skilled workforce. ON THE NET: Advanced Technical Center http://www.ectorcountyisd.org/atc/site/default.asp
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Hector Mendez
Ian Roark
ATC
Roark
Ecisd Board of Trustees
Odessa High
Permian
Adkins
Trans
Gilbert Medina
Blake
Midland Odessa project aims at high school sports oil era and downtown renewal
Johnston photographs architecture and Midland sprawl including malls and garages while engaging locals for portraits. He plans a book on Odessa Midland covering high school sports, oil industry, and downtown regeneration, needing funding and local support to continue.
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Johnston
Midland
Odessa/Midland
Air Force to spend 900 million on Lackland airmen complex
The Air Force will invest 900 million to build a new airmen complex at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Construction, starting next spring, will run six years and replace 1960s buildings with 20 new structures including residential dining and training facilities.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Roberto LaBrutta
37Th
Lackland
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Tuscola teacher Kaleb Tierce indicted on improper relation counts
Kaleb Tierce a 26 year old former Jim Ned High School teacher and assistant football coach in Tuscola was indicted on three counts of attempted improper relationship between educator and student He allegedly asked a student to come to his home kissed exposed himself and asked another student what she would do for a better grade All incidents reportedly occurred in 2005 The case follows a leave over a book controversy related to Cormac McCarthys Child of God and Tierce faces potential loss of certification while awaiting legal proceedings.
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Abilene
Kaleb Tierce
Tierce
Taylor County
John Cummins
Jim Ned
Tuscola
West Texas
Abilene Reporter- News
State Board For Educator Certification
Woman dedicates life to bird rehab near Richwood
Sheree Etie operates a bird rehabilitation center outside Richwood, caring for 300 to 400 birds yearly. One bird Chickie Baby, a yellow crowned night heron, returns each spring with a mate to nest near Etie’s home, a testament to years of patient rehab and imprint avoidance.
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Richwood
Sheree Etie
Etie
Chickie Baby
Elle
Sheree
Cecilia McNeil
Gulf Coast Wildlife Refuge
McNeil
Mississippi
Woman accused of illegal passport use in Brownsville case
A Brownsville woman, Maria Teresa Payan de Castillo, faces federal charges including passport fraud after authorities say she used a U.S. passport 89 times while attempting to reenter the United States from Matamoros. The State Department disputes the passport’s legitimacy. immigration authorities hold her without bail in Cameron Park.
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Brownsville
United States
U.S
Matamoros
Mexico
Maria Teresa Payan de Castillo
State Department
Juan Magallanes
Payan de Castillo
Durango
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Cameron Park
Cameron County
Texas
Jose Castillo
U.S. Citizen
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
Indiana fugitive couple captured at San Antonio boarding home
Bradley Chase and Luann Chase, wanted in Indiana on child molestation charges, were arrested at a north San Antonio disabled veterans boarding home where they worked as live-in caretakers after a neighbor identified them. They had fled Evansville in 2000 and used alias Gary and Lisa Nelson.
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San Antonio
Indiana
Disabled Veterans
Bradley
Butch” Chase
Luann
Evansville
Ind
Judy Balson
San Antonio Express- News
Balson
Cou
Luann Chase
Brownsville
Joe Rios
Gary
Lisa Nelson
Bradley Chase
Gary Nelson
Rios
S. Us
Officials seek help in search for containers after Ike
State and federal officials urge residents to report locations of hazardous containers left by Hurricane Ike. The Unified Command including EPA Coast Guard TCEQ and GLO asks the public to help locate propane tanks drums and other debris posing potential hazards. Large piles of appliances furniture and memories remain in streets across affected areas.
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Pasadena
Unified Command
Federal
Vironmental Protection Agency
U.S. Coast Guard
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Texas General Land Office
First Galveston birth since Ike marks milestone
Jennifer Ramirez Hernandez was born Monday at the University of Texas Medical Branch, the island’s first birth since Hurricane Ike. The 7 pound 8 ounce infant arrives as UTMB’s 16-bed maternity unit opens to high risk cases and staff note the milestone amid recovery efforts after Ike struck Sept. 13 with 110 mph winds and a deadly surge.
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Galveston
Jennifer Ramirez-Hernandez
University of Texas Medical Branch
Jennifer
Texas
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