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Learning fire prevention

ODESSA AMERICAN

Odessa Fire Department Capt. James Cotton talks to children as they view a fire truck Wednesday after a fire prevention presentation at LBJ Elementary. During the presentation Odessa Fire Inspectors talked to kindergarten, first- and second-graders about... Full story

Finding "Common Ground"

Journalists to appear at lecture series

BY JOCELYN FOSTER

Director of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute, Bobby Burns, announced the fall speakers for the Shepperd Distinguished Lecture Series - two journalists "liberal" Bob Beckel and "conservative" Cal Thomas will discuss a common ground in... Full story

OC dedicates pavilion

BY JOCELYN FOSTER

Tuesday afternoon, Pansy Case stood in front of a still portrait of Rudy Acosta videotaping for what seemed like five minutes in the Odessa College library. The portrait was positioned among a collection of Acosta's personal items, which were on display... Full story

Dropout recovery in ECISD

BY ROY WAGGONER

Following the extension of a Sept. 26 deadline, ECISD is still working to identify students who have left school to get them back into district classrooms. "Our efforts are still ongoing; we need to get more in, but they are still coming back slowly,"... Full story

Urbanized coyotes?

UTPB to clear drainage ditches, deter coyote population

BY JOCELYN FOSTER

The University of Texas Permian Basin vice president of business affairs Chris Forrest and other UTPB officials decided it was time to clear their drainage ditches of all of the brush and undergrowth this week because of an increasing flooding and coyote... Full story

Drink up

ODESSA AMERICAN

Next week is National school lunch week to celebrate the importance of drinking milk. The ECISD School Nutrition Department has scheduled a milk promotion called Moo Day. ECISD students will be asked to decorate a milk carton, chug or jug. Officials... Full story

Gaining international awareness

UTPB clubs work together on projects

BY JOCELYN FOSTER

A group of students at UTPB will stop at nothing to raise money and awareness for African secondary schools. On a typical Wednesday afternoon Tim McDaniel picks up change from jars he leaves all over the UTPB campus to raise money for the Invisible Children... Full story

Harlem-bound

Education Foundation members, superintendent head to New York

BY ROY WAGGONER

Education Foundation board members, staff and a few district employees such as Superintendent Hector Mendez will be on their way to New York City Tuesday. They will attend a workshop at an innovative, community-centered school called the Harlem Children's... Full story

Help for supplies

Barbara Jordan Elementary teachers receive gift cards

ODESSA AMERICAN

Barbara Jordan Elementary school speech language therapist Lyn Roberts, left, receives a $250 Staples gift card from principal Jan Brown, right, Thursday afternoon. A total of 51 cards were given out as a way to help teachers not spend as much of their... Full story

Connecting families

ECISD Family Leadership Institute teaches about college readiness

BY JOCELYN FOSTER

Sandra Alvarez wants to know exactly what she needs to do to prepare her first child for college, so she came to the family leadership institute kick off Tuesday evening in the UTPB courtyard to figure out how. "This is my first child, so I'm learning,"... Full story

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