City Council honors Special Olympians
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In regular session on April 8, the For Stockton City Council hosted a celebratory reception and formally recognized the Fort Stockton Special Olympics members for a successful season and for taking home the gold medal against six other teams in Odessa on March 23. The team consisted of Israel Carrasco, Alexis Duarte, Steven Flores, Arnie Haro, Mario Figueroa, William Mehlberg, Elva Lujan, Jo-Jo Lopez, Anthony Rosa, Elvira Carrasco, Reynaldo Sanchez and Andrew Baiza. All were presented with certificates of recognition. Coaches were also recognized including Chel Duarte, Gabriel Hernandez, Robert Guinn and Orland Baiza. Coach Duarte thanked the council and added “It’s been a while since these kids have had any recognition… thank you so much for bringing us back up here. We try to be the best ambassadors that we can, representing Fort Stockton at the highest level. Whenever they ask us, where are you guys from, whether we’re in Amarillo, Abilene, San Angelo or those places we go to, we tell ‘em, it’s Fort Stockton. It’s Fort Stockton, Texas, with Comanche Springs flowing at times. Thank you so much, we appreciate this from the bottom of our hearts.”
