JBS Institute to honor leaders at Austin forum weekend
Bill Houston of Andrews earns Outstanding Local Leader honors from the John Ben Shepperd Leadership Institute, joining Lorraine Perryman Terry Flowers and State Sen Judith Zaffirini among 2004 recipients. The 20th Annual Young Professionals Leadership Forum runs at the State Capitol with speakers and breakout sessions. Houston, a Family Outreach case manager and longtime Boy Scouts volunteer, emphasizes discipline and character building through Scouting.
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Bill Houston
Houston
John Ben Shepperd Leadership Institute
Fred William
Bill” Houston
Andrews
Austin
Young Professionals Leadership Forum
Family Outreach of
America
Boy Scouts
Odessa
Lorraine Perryman
Terry Flowers
St. Phillip’s
Dallas
Judith Zaffirini
Claredo
Zaffirini
Texas Senate
JBS
VFW
Ector
Midland
Winkler
Ward and
Jack Ladd
JBS Institute
Perryman
Flowers
Midland attorney Jack Ladd named director of leadership institute
Midland attorney Jack Ladd has been appointed director for the Joan Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute. He previously worked in the office of Stubbeman McRae Sealy Laughlin and Browder and has served on the Texas House Select Committee for Public School Finance. He has also been involved with the JBS Advisory Council.
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Midland
Jack Ladd
Joan Ben Shepperd
Public Leadership Institute
Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin and Browder
Texas House
JBS Advisory Council
City and bank year up for 9/11 tribute in Odessa
City crews and American State Bank volunteers prepared Memorial Gardens Park for the 9/11 tribute. Flags total 3,412 last year but will be fewer, honoring police fire departments sheriff state troops volunteers and armed services. Flags stay until Sept 19 to give two weekends for visitors.
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Memorial Gardens Park
Gay Fields
American State Bank
Steve Patton
City Parks and Recreation
Buffalo Wallow
Music City Mall
Odessa
World Trade Centers
New York
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Fields
Sheriff's Office
Armed Services
Patton
Ex inmate can sue Texas prison officials for sexual abuse
A federal appeals court allowed seven Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials to be sued for discrimination based on sexual orientation in a case by Roderick Keith Johnson. The ruling allows the suit over alleged rape and abuse while Johnson was confined in the Allied Unit near Wichita Falls. The decision moves the case toward trial in federal court, with the ACLU pressing for accountability and reforms.
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Texas
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Roderick Keith Johnson
Wichita Falls
American Civil Liberties Union
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Johnson
ACLU
National Prison Project
District of
Mike Viesca
Department
Federal District Court
Gary Johnson
Robert Treon
Winter
Supreme Court
Ers
Harrison County
Hospital trustees honored at Texas governance forum in San Antonio
Ector County Hospital District directors Mary Thompson and Bill Hetzler were named recipients of the Texas Academy of Governance award for excellence in hospital governance. Ten other trustees from across Texas were honored, with recognition highlighting commitment, education, leadership, and service in trusteeship.
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Ector County Hospital District Board of
Mary Thompson
Bill Hetzler
San Antonio
Texas Healthcare Trustees
Texas Healthcare Trustees Foundation
Texas Academy of Governance
J. Ed
Grandparents blamed in boy's custody case influence
In Houston a 10 year old suspected of fatally shooting his father is at the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center while his grandparents seek custody of him and his 8 year old brother. The attorney accuses the grandparents of pressuring the boy to talk, potentially harming his right to a fair trial.
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Chris Tritico
Houston
Sharon Levine
Joanne Greene
Rick Lohstroh
Harris County
Harris County Juvenile Detention Center
Deborah Geisler
Geisler
Associated Press
Greenes
Kathleen Collins
Main Street programs boost Alpine and Pecos downtowns
Alpine Main Street leader Nancy Hendryx describes projects that stripped old awnings and slipcovers to reveal historic façades, converting a 1908 house into the Ashby and Allison Fine Arts Galleries and transforming Ringtail Records. Odessa’s Main Street highlights facade renovations, new medical facilities, and holiday events while Pecos reports 11 downtown building sales in three years as it becomes an official Main Street city.
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McKnight
Nancy Hendryx
Alpine Main Street
Ashby and Allison Fine Arts
Holland Avenue
Alpine
Texas
Hendryx
Ringtail
Main Street
Holland Hotel
Wells
Odessa
Arthur Ray
Proteus
Ector
Medical Center Hospital
Dr. Wheatley Stewart
Alliance Hospital
West Texas Cancer Center
Progressive Park
Odessa Regional Hospital
Noel Plaza
Pecos
Debbie Thomas
Thomas
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Ladd
State Capitol
Leadership Institute
UTPB
Terry Flower
Judith Z
Perryina
Jack Lapp
TDCJ
Odessa Americar
Mary Walker
William Hetzler
Bayside Community Hospital
Anahuac
Herbert Beazley
Patricia Fuller
Faye Trant
Marian Whitley
Tommy Willcox
Faith Community Hospital
Jacksboro
Rex Mathis
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center
Waco
John P. Gilliam
Hillcrest Health System
WH. Beazley Jr
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