Wednesday's Internet Edition, September 08, 2010.
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| The Van Horn Eagle boys are district champs. And, that is due to aggreessive play such as this above against Wink last Friday evening. Here, Rutesh Bhakta (32) puts up a 3 pointer . |
When the final buzzer had sounded, the Lady Eagles had defeated the Ft. Hancock girls and laid claim to the 3rd place spot in the final district standings.
According to Raul Tucker, their coach, the Lady Eagles will be playing Stanton in the bi-district round of post season play.
According to Tucker, the date will most likely be next Tuesday but the place has yet to be determined. Congratulations girls!
Following Tuesday evenings girls game, our boys varsity Eagle team took the court and shut down the Mustang run and shoot offense, using the tactic that shut down Wink last Friday evening in Van Horn.
Following the victory over the Mustangs, the Eagles were in sole possession of 1st place in the district and earned the title, District Champions.
According to Coach Ortega, the boys draw a by in the first round of the play offs and will not play until the area round on February 27th. As we went to press, Coach Ortega was not sure who we’ll be playing in the area match up.
He did note that he was going to look for another game before then to keep the boys on their toes and ready for the area round.
In the meantime, our Van Horn Eagles are the District Champs and deserve our congratulations for the feat!
Commissioners get '07 audit report
Culberson County Commissioners, in their meeting Monday morning, received the long awaited audit report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
The report was late because the county’s former auditors had opted not to perform the audit due to a change in ownership.
Last year, commissioners contracted with Knapp & Company to pick up where the former auditors had left off.
The 2007 report was presented at Mondays meeting. According to the representative of the audit firm, the report contained a non-qualified opinion of the county’s financial operations for that fiscal year.
The new auditors also recommended that the county move from an accrual basis to a modified cash basis for accounting since that presents a more realistic picture of the county’s operations.
The representative reported that the county was in good financial shape on October 1, 2007, the beginning date for the 2008 fiscal year.
The representative did share some concerns that they had with respect to some areas, but noted that work to correct them has already begun. After meeting with commissioners behind closed doors, the representative concluded his report and commissioners accepted it as presented.
The audit firm representative did report that his firm is already at work on the 2008 audit report.
Commissioners next learned that two county men had traveled to Dallas to look at a Texas Department of Transportation motorgrader there.
Mingo Corrales, one of the men, reported that the motorgrader was a good buy and would work well for the county. It is a 1990 grader and the newest one the county now has is a 1982 version.
Corrales also reported that it is a higher capacity grader than the one the county was originally going to consider purchasing.
After hearing this report, commissioners opted to purchase the motorgrader for some $19,000, and proceeded to make the arrangements to have it picked up in Dallas and returned to Van Horn.
Commissioner Lyndon McDonald suggested that once it is here an din service, the county might consider selling one of it’s older graders to help pay for this one.
During Monday’s meeting, county commissioners took the following actions with respect to other agenda items they considered:
* Opted to take no action with regard to a Texas Capital Fun grant since, according to Commissioner McDonald, the person applying for the grant had withdrawn the application.
* Commissioners heard and received the County Extension Agent’s monthly activity report.
* Commissioners learned that the County and city combined have about $8,000 in grant funding from the Chihuahuan Desert RC&D to gather up scrap tires. John Jones, a Chihuahuan Desert director will work with Mingo Corrales and the city to get the project going within the next month.
* Commissioners approved some $4721.50 to give two county road crew probationary employees a raise. The raise will be effective with the next pay period.
* Commissioners agreed to rent two offices to the Upper Rio Grande Workforce Solutions people here. The rent will be for $200 per month for the tow rooms in their offices here on W. Broadway.
* Commissioners agreed to take some vehicular equipment off the Sheriff’s inventory and prepare it for an auction sale.
With regard to a vehicle at A & A Repair, commissioners said that they needed to see some form of cost estimate for it before they could consider giving title to the vehicle to A & A.
* After accepting continuing education hours from the Clerk, commissioners approved a Burn Ban Resolution for a period of 90 days due to the drought conditions which exist in the county. The burn ban takes effect immediately.
* Under county projects, commissioners discussed changes which they want to the fuel report and equipment status reports coming from the County Barn.
They also heard Commissioner McDonald report on his efforts to get a better handle on things at the County Cemetery.
* After approving the submitted monthly reports, commissioners went on to approve payment of bills and payroll amounting to $225,006.10.
* And, before adjourning the session, commissioners went behind closed doors for an executive session on personnel matters although personnel matters was not on their meeting agenda.