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Empty Bowls Project benefits West Texas Food Bank
Johnnye Montgomery
Midland Reporter-Telegram
10/18/2007
ODESSA -- Permian Basin residents will have the opportunity to do their part to fight hunger and receive a one-of-a kind bowl.
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Ceramic bowls created by students of Chris Stanley, associate professor of art at University of Texas of the Permian Basin, will be filled with soup for the annual Empty Bowls Project. The event is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Center for Energy and Economic Diversification and is for the benefit of the West Texas Food Bank, a chapter of Second Harvest Inc. |
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JBS announces November Distinguished Lecture
UT Permian Basin and the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute are pleased to announce that retired White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove will be the speaker for the November Distinguished Lecture Series.
Rove was Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush until his scheduled departure due to resignation at the end of August 2007. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. For the last decade, the JBS Distinguished Lecture Series has brought internationally recognized individuals to discuss topics of significant interest to Texans as well as to national audiences. The event will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at the UTPB Gymnasium. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. For more information, call 552-2850 or visit www.utpb.edu/jbs/leadership.htm. Read more about Karl Rove here . |
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Texas Speaker of the House Tom Craddick, R-Midland, right, greets James and Judith Devenport as they arrive at an appreciation reception for the politician Thursday evening at the Odessa Country Club.
Kevin Buehler|Odessa American Republican Texas House speaker attends packed appreciation dinner at country club House Speaker Tom Craddick may have faced a defiant challenge to his state leadership position in May, but Thursday night some Odessans let him know how much he’s loved here in the Permian Basin.
Business, civic, medical and education leaders overwhelmingly thanked Craddick and his wife, Nadine, for their political support in an appreciation reception in their honor. |
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