Spurs Danny Green to be in Eagle Pass

For Shooting Stars Elite Shooting Clinic

A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

When the San Antonio Spurs were silencing the nay sayers and laying any doubts to rest that they were the team to beat in the NBA's Western Conference and subsequently in the most amazing NBA Finals in recent memory, shooting guard Danny Green made his presence felt time after time after time.

#4 was in such a zone that his three-point attempts seemed to effortlessly fly from his fingertips and fall through the rim like a hot knife through butter, but what many might not know is that it takes a very special person with highly motivated dedication and the intestinal fortitude to undergo the rigors of having to train in the hot confines of gymnasiums on any given day to bask in the glory of making a run for that ever-elusive ring on the world's biggest stage.

Recommendation of McBeath to EPISD Board falls 3-2

A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

In a special meeting of the EPISD Board of Trustees, the motion to accept the resignation of Ana Santleben was unanimously approved.

The district's attorney was absent and his replacement advised, "Until the appointment is made, the resigning board member is still in."

"There is a conflict of interest and the possibility of nepotism and I respect her decision," stated Board president Ignacio Saucedo.

The board moved on to the next item, the appointment of Rex McBeath as Santleben's replacement.

"He has served previously and has a wealth of knowledge of the budget process and of school policy," stated Saucedo.

The motion was made by Saucedo and was seconded by Trustee Lupita Fuentes to recommend McBeath to the board then Trustee Ramon Ramirez was given an opportunity to comment on the item and he stated, "We have been elected by the community.  The only comment I have is that we're put here by the community and we owe them respect they have given to us.  This person has been recommended and it's tough to go against."

He also said that he had a question in reference to the quorum, "Should we vote now or wait for Alvarez?"  To which Saucedo stated, "Mr. Alvarez is aware of the recommendation and we need to move forward.  We have a budget meeting tonight, I understand where we're coming from.  He's only going to serve one year and will be an asset to the board and knows the budget process."

Glenna Purcell also mentioned the fact that Trustee Dr. Hector Alvarez was not present and that "We should have a full board."

Discussion was closed and a vote was taken.

The motion fell 2-3 with Saucedo and Fuentes voting 'For' and Ramirez, Purcell and new Trustee Bennie Rodriguez cast the three dissenting votes. 

DEL RIO TAX PREPARER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON

In Del Rio this morning, Jesus Andres Diego of Del Rio, who had done business as Rapid Tax, was sentenced to 18

months in federal prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent Income Tax Return.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses ordered that Diego pay a $3,000 fine and be placed

under supervised release for a period of one year after completing his prison term.

On September 27, 2012, Diego pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in, procuring, counseling, and

advising the preparation and presentation to the Internal Revenue Service of materially false and fraudulent U.S.

Individual Income Tax Return. By pleading guilty, Diego admittedly prepared a 2007 tax return which falsely

claimed Head of Household status and Earned Income Credit while underreporting the self-employment tax and total

business income.

This case was investigated by special agents of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations, and was

prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William R. Harris.