Free prostate cancer screenings offered in Odessa event
West Texas Cancer Center West Texas Urology and Medical Center Health System sponsor free prostate cancer screenings from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at 500 W. Third St Odessa. Call 335-8275 to schedule. open to men 50 and older unless high risk defined as 40+ with African American status or family cancer history.
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West Texas Cancer Center
West Texas Urology and Medical Center Health System
Third St
Odessa
Public meeting on widening US 285 near Fort Stockton
A public meeting will review a proposed one mile widening of U S Highway 285 north of Fort Stockton. From 5 to 7 p m at the Pecos County Civic Center attendees can view maps and talk with TxDOT staff. Open House 5 6 p m, presentation 6 p m, Q A to follow.
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Fort Stockton
Pecos County Civic Center
Txdot
Interstate 10
Grant deadline for REAP grants set at Oct 31 430 p.m
The Renewable Energy for America Program REAP announces a final deadline of 430 p.m. on October 31 for grant applications. Eligible applicants include agricultural producers with 50 percent or more gross income from farming and rural businesses meeting SBA size standards. Eligible projects cover renewable energy systems and energy efficiency upgrades with streamlined small grant options.
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Small Business Administration
ECISD weighs third campus for upper grades
Three board members in the ECISD urge a third high school to reduce Odessa and Permian enrollments while considering a 100 acre site near Faudree and Yukon and 18.8 acres near Pear Ranch Road and Aaron Parker Boulevard. Enrollment sits around 3,956 at Odessa High and over 3,600 at Permian as the district plans future growth.
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Odessa
Permian
Ector County Independent School District Board
Doyle Woodall
Woodall
Nelson Minyard
Faudree and
Yukon
Pear Ranch Road
Aaron Parker
Sam Houston Ave
Tom Crowe
OHS
Crowe
ECISD
Teri Ervin
Ray Beaty
Carol Gregg
Steve Brown
Minyard
Night Lights author signs copies at Midland event
Author signs copies for Adrianna Hernandez and Manny Hernandez Monday evening at Hastings. A panel discussion follows at 7:30 p.m. at the Yucca Theater featuring Peter Berg Roy Williams and Lloyd Hill to benefit the Midland County Public Library Foundation.
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Adrianna Hernandez
Manny Hernandez
Hastings
Bissinger
Peter Berg
Roy Williams
Lloyd Hill
Yucca Theater
Midland
Midland County Public Library Foundation
75 Years of the Odessa American Ends Streak
Editor notes 75th OA anniversary with a countdown of Odessan news. A Bowie Junior High student staged a two day manhunt claim of abduction to hide truancy and lost backpack, later charged with making a false report. A separate case profiles Elizardo Lujan Jr with a serious crime noted on Page 5A.
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Elizardo Lujan Jr
Ector County Commissioners OK tax rate increase and budget
Ector County Commissioners and Judge Susan Redford approved a tax rate of 0.335 per 100 valuation for the new fiscal year, below the rollback rate, and a 56.88 million budget in a 4-1 vote. Precinct 2 Commissioner Greg Simmons opposed, citing desired deeper cuts. The rate adds about 700,000 in revenue due to higher levy amid lower mineral values from reduced oilfield activity.
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Ector County
Susan Redford
Precinct
Greg Simmons
Simmons
Precinct 3
Dale Childers
Redford
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