Wednesday, November 12, 2014

In the News ... "Odessa doctor making a difference"

OA Photo by Mark Sterkell
• Permian grad, others on Iraq mission

By Audris Ponce, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - A group of 20 volunteers will head to northern Iraq this month to help people who have fled to the area, including those persecuted by ISIS.

One of the volunteers is Dr. Richard Bartlett, a Permian High School graduate, who says he and the volunteers are going to Kurdistan because the situation has become a humanitarian crisis.

“None of us have met each other. We’re all going because we believe we’re supposed to go help,” Bartlett said ...

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