Embrace life like a roller coaster and seek fun
A reflective column urges balancing work with life and taking chances. The author shares rides at a fair including Tilt-a-Whirl memories, aims to visit Lubbock wineries and Carlsbad Caverns, and vows to mix duties with personal adventures while avoiding burnout.
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George
Joanna
Gabriel
Lubbock
Wineries
Carlsbad Caverns
Billy the Kid
Roswell
N.M
Marfa
Gaencee
ECISD Faces Large Teacher Shortfall Across Grades
ECISD needs nine teachers just to fill vacancies with one elementary post and eight more secondary positions still open. Human resources chief Wendell Lollis notes past years saw 16 and 61 vacancies at start. Higher pay, relocation aid, and stipends aid recruiting with first year pay $31,500 and $1,300 degree bonuses. shortage stipends vary by subject.
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Ector County
Wendell Lollis
Ector County Independent School District
ECISD
Sollis
Odessan charged with intoxication manslaughter in fatal crash
Daniel Soto Delao 21 released on 25000 bond after being arrested in connection with a July 29 crash that killed 20 year old Benjamin Allen Megallanez. The Pontiac struck a telephone pole in the 200 block of West University Boulevard at 12:20 am. Megallanez died July 31 from injuries. Police seek a second vehicle that fled the scene.
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Odessa
Ector County
Daniel Soto Delao
10Th St
Benjamin Allen Megallanez
Kenny Taylor
Delao
Terry Lange
West University Boulevard
Pontiac
OPD
Medical Center Hospital
Megallanez
Taylor
Envirocare permit near approval in Andrews County
Envirocare of Texas nears final draft permit for a mixed waste processing facility in Andrews County, allowing storage and processing of low level radioactive and industrial hazardous waste. TNRCC spokesman Pat Shaughnessey notes a public notice will appear and a 30 day comment period will follow. TDH licensing chief Pete Myers says the application is under review.
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Andrews Tnrcc
Envirocare of
Texas
Andrews County
Envirocare
Pat Shaughnessey
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Shaughnessey
TNRCC
Texas Department of Health
Pete Myers
TDH
Bureau of Radiation Control
Festivities in Midland mark Mexican independence holiday
Midland hosts its Mexican independence celebration at Centennial Plaza with Lucinda Garza, consul of Mexico in Midland, urging the community to gather for the Grito de Independencia. The commemorative cry began in Dolores in 1810, led by Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende, sparking a rebellion that lasted 11 years.
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Midland
Mexico
Centennial Plaza
Lucinda Garza
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Dolores
Hidalgo
Ignacio Allende
Allende
Hospital board approves 4 labor rooms renovation plan
The Ector County Hospital District Board voted to spend 24000 dollars on materials to renovate four labor and delivery rooms at Medical Center Hospital. Work includes wallpaper removal texturing painting flooring door work and curtain wall demolition in three rooms. The measure passed unanimously. The board also approved selling 11 lots to Eidson Wasson Realtors for 5700 dollars and reviewing monthly statistics and capital information.
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Ector County Hospital District Board of Directors
Medical Center Hospital
Eidson- Wasson Realtors
Odessa Council to Task Firm on Water Line Route
Odessa City Council on Tuesday asked Alan Plummer Associates Inc to determine the best route for a new water line to reduce demand on the Golder Street pump station. The firm previously updated the city's water master plan and will perform a detailed computer model analysis of the Golder Street pumps, water towers, and overall water distribution quality.
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Odessa
Alan Plummer Associates Inc
Golder Street
City of
Alan Plummer Associates
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