Saturday's Internet Edition, July 31, 2010.
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- The Athletic Department of Van Horn High School honored student athletes Tuesday evening at a banquet in their honor.
The banquet, served up by the cafeteria staff, provided the venue at which the district’s coaches recognized student athletes.
Athletic Director Domingo Vento, following the meal, introduced the coaching staff to the audience and then they handed out certificates and varsity letters to both girls and boys.
Vento then introduced individual coaches for various sports who presented their individual sport awards.
Michael Hidalgo, tennis coach, presented Desiree Velez and Rutesh Bhakta with the Most Valuable Player awards in that sport.
Boys basketball coach Armando Ortega praised his team for the year they had. He then presented the Mr. Hustle Award to Eleno Mendez. He then presented the Most Valuable Player Award to Adam Ortega.
Coach Edward Cisneros presented the awards for the baseball season just ended. He named Alex Baca as the recepient of the Mr. Hustle Award. And he named Dice Navarette as the recepient of the Most Valuable Player Award.
Coach Octavio Frausto was called on to present the awards for the softball team. Coach Frausto named Jenna Flores as the winner of the Miss Hustle Award. He named Aubrey Durbin as the winner of the Most Valuable Player Award.
Golf coach Armando Ortega was called upon to name his award winners. Named as the Girls Most Valuable Player was Rosalia Corrales. Named as the Boys Most Valuable Player was Rutesh Bhakta.
Coaches Raul Tucker and Luis Garcia were called on to present the awards for track. Coach Tucker named Janice Martinez as the Girls Track Most Valuable Player. Coach Garcia named Ricky Ramirez as the Boy’s Track Most Valuable Player.
Coach Raul Tucker was again called on to present the awards for girls basketball. He named Emiley McCoy as the winner of the Miss Hustle Award. And, he named Aubrey Durbin as the winner of the Most Valuable Player Award.
Girls volleyball coach Melinda Flores was called on to present awards to her team. Named as the winner of the Miss Hustle Award was Bianca Molina. Flores named Jenna Flores as the winner of the Most Valuable Player Award.
Coach Edward Cisneros was called upon to present the boys and girls cross country awards. Named as girls Most Valuable Player was Brizelda Urias. Roman Corrales got the nod as the boys Most Valuable Player.
Athletic Director Domingo Vento presented the awards for football. Named as winner of the Mr. Hustle Award was Ryan Harper. And, J.J. Baca was named as winner of the Most Valuable Player Award.
Coach Armando Ortega presented the award to the best trainers. Cody Davis and Beverly Rivera were named to receive this honor.
Athletic Director Domingo Vento was called upon to present the winners of two of the superlative awards. The first being the Gatorade Will To Win Award to the athletes that best exemplified this desire. The girls winner was Gloria Quintana and the boys winner was Alex Baca.
Coach Vento also presented the Mr. and Miss Eagle awards to two athletes who best demonstrated our spirit and pride. The Miss Eagle Award went to Aubrey Durbin, while the Mr. Eagle Award went to Ricky Ramirez.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Guillermo Mancha, Jr. presented the Tolbert Bell awards to the boy and girl athlete who exemplified the highest traits of sportsmanship. The girls winner was Jenna Flores and the boys winner was J.J. Baca.
And, Martha Cannaba, a coach at Sierra Blanca ISD was on hand to present Dr. Mancha and CCAISD a plaque of appreciation for allowing them to use our track facilities for their track events for the past six or seven years.
Trustees reorganize on 4 - 3 vote Monday
t the results were official, the three winning trustees were administered their oaths of office and were seated. The three declared winners were Paul Uranga, Romelia Ramirez and Angie Gonzalez.
After being seated, trustees went about reorganizing the board. On a motion by Angie Gonzalez, seconded by Lupe Alvarado, Lisa Cottrell was nominated to be board president for another year.
The vote on that motion was 4 for and 3 against. Voting for the motion were Paul Uranga, Angie Gonzalez, Lupe Alvarado and Lisa Cottrell. Voting against the motion were John Clark, Robert Morales and Romelia Ramirez.
Trustees then nominiated Angie Gonzalez to be vice-president on a motion by Lupe Alvarado and second by Paul Uranga. The motion also passed by a 4 to 3 vote margin. Again, the four votes for the motion came from Paul Uranga, Angie Gonzalez, Lupe Alvarado and Lisa Cottrell. The 3 dissenting votes were from John Clark, Romelia Ramirez, and Robert Morales.
Trustees nominated Robert Morales to be secretary of the board and that motion carried unanimously.
Organized now, trustees heard from Debbie Faulknor representinig Wells Fargo Insurance, concerning the district’s self-funded insurance plan. Faulknor told trustees that the district, through April, is ahead by some $35,719.
To which Business Manager Julie Uranga added, “We also have about $55,000 in our accounts before I do the next payroll.”
Faulknor noted, “Right now this seems to be a good report. I’ll be back at your next meeting with quotes and the latest claims data so that you can make a decision on whether to rescind the letter you sent to Texas’ Teacher Retirement System to get into their insurance program. The date that your letter, if you choose not to go with them, needs to be in Austin is July 19th.”
After hearing the insurance update, trustees approved submitting revised bank signature cards reflecting the new trustees and those that were not elected.
Trustees next decided to authorize solicitation of bids for the next school year for the following items: Dairy and Dairy Products; Fuel and Fuel Products; Athletic Insurance; Employee Health Insurance; and Internet Provider.
The bids will be acted upon at the June board meeting, currently set for June 21st.
Business Manager Julie Uranga provided board trustees with a monthly analysis of funds compared to budget and spent year to date. It appears , that with just 4 months remaining in the district’s fiscal year, their remains about $1.9 million of the budget to spend. Sounds like the district may end the fiscal year with a surplus.
Following a behind-closed-doors executive session, trustees reconvened in open session and announced that Glenn Humphries was resigning at the conclusion of the school year to go into retirement. The resignation was accepted unanimously and the meeting was adjourned.