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The City of Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz presented recognitions and appreciation certificates for the service and contributions made by those volunteers appointed by Mayor Saenz to 38 Advisory and City Committees during the Mayor’s tenure.
Additionally, Council recognized Mr. Carlos Luna, a former Director of the J.W. Nixon High School Band from 1984 to 2014. Mr. Luna and his students received 28 consecutive UIL Sweepstakes Awards. His concert bands including the J.W. Nixon High School Honors Winds Ensemble won first place and honorable mention awards at festivals in Texas, Washington, D.C., and Colorado. Mr. Luna, his students, and band staff earned recognition at numerous marching band competitions, some of which include UIL Area and State Marching Band Contest rankings. The marching bands, under his direction, advanced from the regional level to UIL Area and State Marching Band Contest on several occasions. His band was a consistent TMEA (Texas Music Educators Association) State Honor Band contender for many years, ranking as high as eighth place in the State of Texas in Conference 5A, which is now the new 6A classification. During his 35 years in music education, Mr. Luna also served LISD as band coordinator and director of fine arts. He was also previously inducted into the TMEA Region XIV South Texas Band Directors Hall of Fame in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Lastly, Lisa Kristina was recognized by Council for her community outreach volunteer participation and work through COVID-19 vaccine drives, purchasing and making COVID-19 kits and distributing over 500 kits throughout the community. Lisa Kristina is a medical school candidate who assisted our community in vaccinating over 3,000 individuals. Her volunteer work and participation in our community has not gone unnoticed.
Twelve University of Minnesota, Morris faculty and staff members were honored at the annual Recognition Dinner on Thursday, April 26. Hosted by Chancellor Michelle Behr, the event provided the campus community a chance to congratulate faculty and staff award recipients and to thank retirees for their service to the campus.
Faculty Award Recipients
Julie Eckerle, English, UMM Faculty Distinguished Research Award
Tracy Otten, studio art, Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education and UMM Alumni Association Teaching Award
Sheri Been, political science, Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Michelle Page, education, John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
Cristina Ortiz, anthropology, Bill and Ida Stewart for Ethnic Diversity
Jim Bovre, education, Morris Academic Staff Award
Staff Award Recipients
Irene Maloney, Mary Martelle Award, staff
Mary Zosel, civil service, Outstanding Support Staff Award
Vance Gullickson, teamsters, Outstanding Support Staff Award
Janel Mendoza, AFSCME, Outstanding Support Staff Award
Retirees
Karen Ellis, student activities, conferences & special events
Delores Rathke, dining services
Retirees were welcomed into the University of Minnesota, Morris Retirees Association (UMMRA). Learn more at ummra.morris.umn.edu.
Photos by Jenna Ray.
Little is known of the origins of the Church of St Martin, but it dates back at least to the Middle Ages. Christianity was brought here by people such as St David at Llanthony, and St Issui at Partrishow. It is more than likely that there was a church at Cwmyoy before the Norman Conquest.
The present church is dedicated to St Martin of Tours, which is not a common dedication in Monmouthshire. There was an ancient chapel at Bwlch Trewyn also bearing the dedication to St Martin. All traces of this chapel have disappeared. Both these churches would have been on the Pilgrim route to St David's in Pembrokeshire. In medieval times, two pilgrimages to St David's were considered the equivalent of one pilgrimage to Rome - an indication of how rough and hazardous travelling was at that time.
After the Norman Conquest the church came under the jurisdiction of Llanthony Priory which was founded in 1100 AD. The Manor of Cwmyoy was conferred to the Priory by Hugh de Lacy, son of the founder of the Priory, William de Lacy.
On 8th June 1538, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Llanthony Priory, together with all the manors and churches under its control were given to Sir Nicholas Arnold, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
During the monastic days, Cwmyoy was served by monks sent out by the Prior. After the dissolution, curates were appointed, but the names of those serving in the 17th century have never been recorded.
During the 18th century Cwmyoy became a perpetual curacy. Finally in 1830 it became a Vicarage, being formally joined to Llanthony. This was a formal recognition of an existing arrangement, since the curates had always shared both benefices.
To bring the record up to date, the two parishes of Cwmyoy and Llanthony became part of a larger grouping in 1969 when these parishes came together with Llanfihangel Crucorney and Oldcastle; in the 1990s Oldcastle church was closed, and the three remaining parishes joined to become the united parish of Llanfihangel Crucorney.
The name Cwmyoy - a phonetic spelling of the Monmouthshire pronunciation of "cwm lau" - means "valley (cwm) of the yoke (lau)" in reference to the curved shape of the valley near the church cutting deep into Hatterrall Hill behind (along which runs part of the long-distance trail, Offa's Dyke Path).
The Church of St Martin is probably unique. No part of it is square or at right angles with any other part. This striking irregularity is accounted for by the geology of the underlying rock. The shifting subsoil has caused the church to move, tilting to the north at the tower end and to the south, forward of the small window at the west end of the north wall. If you look towards the altar from inside the tower, you will see that the tower arch tilts to the left, and the chancel arch and east window tilt markedly to the right.
The tower itself, at the NW corner, leans 5.2 degrees out of perpendicular. The two large buttresses to support it were built in the 1960s.
The interior of the church is simple: it has a nave, chancel, tower and porch, and dates mainly from the 13th to 16th centuries. The remains of a stair in the chancel would have led to a rood loft (probably destroyed during the Reformation).
The church was restored in 1887, when the plaster ceiling of the nave was removed, and it is possible that moulded plaster decorations set in the porch wall are remnants of the ceiling.
There are interesting wall memorials, many of which are by members of the Bute family who carved many memorials in and around the churches of the Black Mountains.
The medieval cross in the centre of the church was dug up in 1861 at the nearby farm, and placed in the church in 1935. An unusual feature is the mitre with three crosses on the head of Christ. The chamfered edges indicate it is post-Conquest.
The simple font is medieval, the pulpit is 19th century.
Dr. Al Adams, Dr. John Mrozek, Dr. Rahim Karim, Dr. Victor Benavides, Dr. Adraine Mosely and Dr. Richard Brassard