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Dedication to Freedom-a Life Size Replica of The Battle Of Iwo Jima Monument at Music City Mall

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Odessa, Texas/August 2, 2025-Music City Mall held a special ceremony revealing a special monument called Dedication to Freedom. Maggie Jones has the story.
Mall visitors gathered at the Dillards entrance to view the unveiling a life-sized replica of the Battle of Iwo Jima statue. The momument took over a year to complete and estimated cost of several thousands of dollars. The purpose of the replica is to remind the younger generations of the sacrafice the men and women of the armed forces paid in World War 2 to keep freedom in the United States.
(Creg Morgan, General Manager-Music City Mall/Odessa, Texas)
Sacred and special music was performed in memorium of the Battle of Iwo Jima monument ceremony.
Visitors to Music City Mall are encouraged to stop by and see a replica of thefamous and historic Battle of Iwo Jima monument and take time to read the special plaque.
Reporting for D R B MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, I’m Maggie Jones.

Green & Pink Ribbon Ceremony for Flash Flood Victims at Memorial Gardens Park

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Odessa, Texas/July 13, 2025-Residents of Odessa, Odessa Police Department, Ector County, and Pastors came to Memorial Gardens Park on Friday Evening to join other families in a special remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the Texas Hill Country Flash Flood, also taking the lives of OPD Officer Bailey Martin, Jayda Floyd an Ector County Juvenile Probation Officer and girlfriend to Officer Martin. 

(Debi Hays, Former Ector County Judge) 

The flash flood impacted various communities in the Texas Hill Country along the Guadalupe River and affected the lives of residents in Odessa, Midland, Andrews and other Permian Basin Families. 

(Debi Hays, Former Ector County Judge) 

Annabelle Coultress was preparing to join friends at Camp Mystic this week. She joined the 70 plus people at Memorial Gardens Park to tie green and pink ribbons around trees located throughout the duck pond. 

(Donna Kelm, Ector County Republican Party, Chair) 

(Annabelle Coultress, Camp Mystic Camper) 

Ector County Law Enforcement and Official will be escorting the body of Jayda Floyd to Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home on Tuesday, July 15th. For DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, I’m Janet Michaels. 

 

Ector County ISD Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New CTE Center

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Odessa, Texas/June 17, 2025-Hello social media friends, I’m David Gomez for DRB Media Communications Digital News. Ector County ISD officially held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new CTE Building. Jennifer Sanchez has the story. 

ECISD leaders hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday morning, June 17th. Voters approved the November 2023 Bond for the new Career & Technical Education Center. Located in southeast Odessa. 

(Keeley Boyer, Superintendent-Ector County ISD/Odessa, Texas) 

Partnerships with local industry and the Permian Strategic Partnership who donate 10 million dollars to the CTE program will be a key aspect of the ECISD-CTE Campus to prepare students for high-wages in-demand careers in the Permian Basin. 

(Tracee Bentley, President/CEO-Permian Strategic Partnership/Midland-Odessa, Texas) 

Ector County ISD leadership believes that the new CTE Building will develop a stronger workforce in the Permian Basin. 

(Becky Galvan, Registered Nurse-CTE Instructor/Ector County ISD/Odessa, Texas) 

Several programs will be provided at the new ECISD-Career and Technical Educational Center focusing on the workforce needs of the Permian Basin such as welding. For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Jennifer Sanchez. 

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