Travis County Commssioners Court
August 31, 2004
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Item 5
Number 5 is a special item to recognize the winners of the 4th annual combined charities co-ed softball tournament.
>> yes, joe geiselman with t.n.r. Every year t.n.r. Holds a softball tournament, co-ed softball tournament to raise money for Travis County combined charities. This year, again, we had a very successful tournament. We raised over $2,000 which go to any number of charities in Travis County. And today we would like to recognize all the participants as well as the winners of the tournament. We had 17 teams participate. They include the x files from district clerk. Dana's deputy dogs from the county clerk. The road warriors from t.n.r., Satellite 1. The heat, from t.n.r. Satellite 4. Tcslea swat connection from the sheriff's department. Tcslea 50, also from the sheriffs office, western substation. The hsb sykes from the sheriff's department. The wrecking crew from the sheriff's department. The collectors from the tax office. Law and order 2 -- law and order 1 from the district attorney. Humanitarian sand lots from health and human services. The rebels from facilities. The posse from the sheriff's department. Tcslea, highly disregarded from the sheriff's department. Jena's tax generals from the tax office. The misdemeanors from juvenile probation. And tsjc, the enforcers from juvenile court. And thank you all those departments for joining us in this softball tournament. [applause] t.n.r. Doesn't do this alone. We have other departments that support us in this. I would like to recognize the l.e. Maddux association with the Travis County sheriff's department and the Travis County sheriff's citizens academy alumni association. Who provided e.m.s. Support during the tournament. They include scott bennett, marvin henderson, bill denkin and joshua taylor. I would like to present certificates to them. [applause] thank you, gentlemen.
>> congratulations. Thank you very much.
>> thank you. [applause]
>> we also -- these tournaments get pretty aggressive and we had starflight on stand by just in case. But we would like to thank starflight and the pilots for coming out. It's quite also an honor to have the helicopter there available. A lot of the families come, they get to see the helicopter and the fine service provided by starflight to the citizens of Travis County. So we thank starflight for that. And then finally the Travis County swat team managed the concession stand. And also the proceeds from the concession stand also go to the combined charities. So we thank the members of the swat team. [applause] [laughter]
>> now on to the winners of the tournament. Taking third police is the heat from satellite 4. Coach, robert saldana. [applause]
>> all right!
>> congratulations.
>> great. Thanks. [applause] taking second place is the posse from the sheriff's department. Coach jerry cover. [applause]
>> good looking. [applause]
>> first place honors go to the x files, the district clerk, coach anthony gutierrez. [applause]
>> there's some ringers in here. Some of these guys have played softball a long time.
>> I watched a little it their game at the tournament. They are good. Applause.
>> congratulations.
>> this is the lady that puts it all together for t.n.r., Vera rodriguez. She did a fantastic job and I would like to thank her very much for putting it together. Great job. [cheers and applause]
>> and what's the exact amount of money that was raised for the combined charities program?
>> $2,045, to be exact.
>> thank you very much. I know the teams had a whole lot of fun and raise a lot of money to do an awful lot of good for non-forecast agencies in our community. Thank you very much.
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