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Courtesy Xochitl Mora,

City of Laredo District VIII Council Member Gene Belmares was at the Laredo Police Department Headquarters, flanked by Chief of Police Carlos Maldonado, Assistant Chief Martinez, Assistant Chief Perez, Assistant Chief Narvaez, the LPD Community Relations Unit, uniformed officers and representatives from Webb County Pct. 1 Constable Rudy Rodriguez’s Office, as well as Blue Santa, to present the prizes to the winners of the various skills contests that took place during the 6^th Annual Holiday Bowl.   Chief Maldonado expressed his gratitude to Cm. Belmares for hosting the Holiday Bowl for the past six years, which has been able to garner not only thousands of toys for needy kids in Laredo, but also, bringing positive messages of hard work and discipline with the inclusion of the Dallas Cowboys legend, this year with Drew Pearson.  Cm. Belmares spoke of his love for the game, even if the City lost in embarrassing fashion.

  Bringing in the winners, Eli Ortiz was this year’s Strong Arm Competition winner, throwing the football 173 feet, 19 feet further than his closest competitor.  For his effort, he was awarded a Dell Computer thanks to Cesario Porras. 

The only highlight for the City of Laredo was Ramon Chavez, a City of Laredo employee who won the Field Goal competition, for two years in a row now.  His prize was a $500 gas card, thanks to Arguindegui Oil, represented here by Wendy Trevino. 

Finally, the contest that requires skill and grace is the Touchdown Dance Off, and this year’s champion was 10-year old John Molina, whose worm, break-dancing, moon-walking and head-spinning moves let him walk away with the XBox 360 Kinect, thanks to HK Global, represented by Neal Garcia.