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Dear Members, The Directors are pleased to submit their 72nd Report together with the Audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2015. FINANCIAL RESULTS: The Company''s financial performance, for the year ended 31st March, 2015 is summarized below: Rs in Crores Standalone 2014-15 2013-14 Revenue from Operations 683.78 650.92 Profit from Operations 104.20 117.96 Add: Other Income 40.14 35.18 Profit before Interest 144.34 153.14 Less: Interest 9.20 4.91 Profit Before Exceptional Items and Taxes 135.14 148.23 Add: Exceptional Income/(Expenses) 6.52 - Profit Before Tax 141.66 148.23 Provision for Tax 40.10 41.66 Profit After Tax 101.56 106.57 Less: Minority Interest - - Profit After Tax net of Minority Interest 101.56 106.57 Surplus brought forward from Previous Year 233.28 167.87 Transfer on Merger of Alliance Coffee Limited 0.13 - Amount available for appropriation 334.97 274.44 General Reserve No.I (11.00) (11.00) General Reserve No.II (13.82) (1.75) Reversal of Dividend Distribution Tax 2.38 - Transitional Impact of Depreciation (0.16) - Dividends Final (Proposed) (24.28) (24.28) Tax on Dividend (4.94) (4.13) Balance carried forward 283.15 233.28 Consolidated 2014-15 2013-14 Revenue from Operations 1691.42 1677.17 Profit from Operations 289.72 263.63 Add: Other Income 8.92 12.04 Profit before Interest 298.64 275.67 Less: Interest 39.45 36.93 Profit Before Exceptional Items and Taxes 259.19 238.74 Add: Exceptional Income/(Expenses) 6.52 (102.29) Profit Before Tax 265.71 136.45 Provision for Tax 95.45 32.86 Profit After Tax 170.26 103.59 Less: Minority Interest 49.87 22.11 Profit After Tax net of Minority Interest 120.39 81.48 Surplus brought forward from Previous Year 260.03 219.71 Transfer on Merger of Alliance Coffee Limited - - Amount available for appropriation 380.42 301.19 General Reserve No.I (11.00) (11.00) General Reserve No.II (13.82) (1.75) Reversal of Dividend Distribution Tax 2.38 - Transitional Impact of Depreciation (0.16) - Dividends Final (Proposed) (24.28) (24.28) Tax on Dividend (4.94) (4.13) Balance carried forward 328.60 260.03 TURNOVER: Standalone: Your Company''s turnover during the year under review was Rs.683.78 Crores as compared to Rs. 650.92 Crores in the previous year, registering an increase of 5 % over the previous year. Consolidated: The Consolidated turnover was Rs.1,691.42 Crores as compared to Rs. 1,677.17 Crores in the previous year,. PROFITS: Standalone: Profit from Operations before ''Other income and interest'' for the year ended 31st March, 2015, stood at Rs. 104.20 Crores as against Rs. 117.96 Crores in the previous year. Profit before Tax for the year 2014-15 is Rs. 141.66 Crores vis-a-vis Rs. 148.23 Crores in the previous year. Profit after Tax in 2014-15 stood at Rs.101.56 Crores as against Rs. 106.57 Crores in the previous year. Consolidated: On a consolidated basis, the Profit from Operations before ''Other income and interest'' for the year ended 31st March, 2015, stood at Rs. 289.72 Crores as against Rs. 263.63 Crores in the previous year. Profit before Tax for the year 2014-15 is Rs. 265.71 Crores vis-a-vis Rs. 136.45 Crores in the previous year. Profit after Tax (net of minority interest) in 2014-15 stood at Rs.120.39 Crores as against Rs. 81.48 Crores in the previous year. DIVIDEND & RESERVES: Your Directors have recommended a Dividend of Rs. 1.30/- per share (face value of Rs. 1 per share) aggregating to Rs. 24.28 Crores for the year 2014-15. The Dividend Tax amounts to Rs. 4.94 Crores. It is proposed to carry forward a sum of Rs. 11 Crores towards reserves. SHARE CAPITAL: The paid up Equity Share Capital as on 31st March, 2015 was Rs. 18.67 crores comprising of 18,67,70,370 Shares of Rs. 1 each. During the year, the Equity Shares of the Company was sub-divided from the face value of Rs. 10/- to Rs. 1/- per share after obtaining the consent from the members of the Company by way of E-voting/Postal Ballot. The Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights, employee stock options and sweat equity shares. The Company has paid Listing Fees for the Financial Year 2015-16 to each of the Stock Exchanges. GLOBAL COFFEE SCENARIO: The global production for the year 2014 is estimated at 142 million bags and the consumption at 149 million bags. As per International Coffee Organisation (ICO) estimates, the total consumption grew at the rate of 1.5% in the year 2014. The year under review witnessed uncertain weather conditions globally impacting the Arabica coffee crops. Brazil, the world''s largest coffee producer, faced a drought which impacted their coffee harvests. Similar weather concerns in other parts of the world resulted in a sharp increase in Arabica Coffee prices through the year 2014. The price of Arabica which remained in the range of 102 to 150 cents/lb in the New York terminal during the period January to December 2013, witnessed a steep jump to 212 cents/lb in April 2014 and 222 cents/lb in October 2014. With supply concerns easing Arabica retraced to 133 cents/lb levels in March 2015. Regarding Robusta, Vietnam the world''s largest Robusta coffee producer recorded a bumper Robusta crop which got commercialised in late 2014. The price of Robusta, which remained flat in the range of US$ 1500-1800/MT in the London Terminal till Jan 2014, started hardening from February 2014 and touched US$ 2200/MT in March 2014. On the back of a decent Vietnam crop, the Robusta price traded, witnessed a correction and settled at US$ 1729/MT by end March 2015. OPERATIONS: A. Plantations: Coffee: The Company has harvested a higher Robusta crop of 7,002 MT as against 4,781 MT in the previous year. This has been the highest Robusta production in the last 5 years. While in the case of Arabica, being a biennial off year, production has been lower at 1,594 MT as against 2,076 MT in the previous year. The Coffee harvesting operation has been completed as per schedule. Tea: The Company produced 6.170 Million Kgs of Made tea for the Financial Year 2014-15 as against 6.545 Million kgs in the previous year. The long drought followed by heavy rain and some pest attack had its impact on the tea production. During 2014-15, the Tea market witnessed an easier trend compared to 2013-14 mainly due to increased crop in Africa. This directly impacted South India Tea prices due to lower exports. South India auction prices dropped by around Rs. 15.00 per kg. Pepper: The Company has achieved a higher pepper production of 1150 MT for the Financial Year 2014-15 as against 368 MT in the previous year. The Company has initiated various steps to further enhance the production base of pepper in the coming years. Curing Works: The Company''s Curing Works at Kushalnagar, cured a total of 10,266 MT Coffee during the current year as against 11,988 MT in the previous year, due to lower crop arrivals. In addition, 327 MT of Monsoon Coffee was processed as against 306 MT in the previous year. green Coffee Exports: During the year 2014-15, your Company exported 5,382 MT of coffee as against 5,238 MT in the previous year. Your Company continues to focus on growth, through Differentiated/Specialty coffees with volumes at 2,120 MT at very healthy premiums. Plantation Trails: Plantation Trails, our hospitality business has performed exceedingly well in the year under review by recording its best performance since inception. Rework on the business model to optimize costs, enhanced customer centricity, and increased operational efficiencies have resulted in a significant business turnaround. Occupancies grew despite the increased competitive intensity in the marketplace. Plantation Trails has also been the recipient of several awards during the year including the prestigious recognition by Trip Advisor for the Certificate of Excellence- 2014 Winner. B. Instant Coffee Division: The year 2014-15 saw the Instant Coffee Division post record annual sales and production. The total sales volumes clocked were 7,677 MTs - a jump of 16% over the last Financial Year. The production for the year stood at 7,975 MTs - an increase of 15% over last fiscal. In the first full year of increased capacity available, the division did remarkably well in utilizing it to the tune of 92%. The new Freeze Dried Coffee (FDC) unit ran to full capacity during the year. The increase in Instant Coffee sales volumes was posted despite strong headwinds in the market. The financial crisis in Russia - the largest market of soluble coffee globally - and the rapid weakening of global currencies posed strong challenges to our export oriented business. In addition, the overhang of excess capacities in Instant Coffee globally, continued to pressurize the trade margins. The geopolitical risks in some of our key markets like Ukraine and Middle East also weighed on the portfolio performance. Market expansion remains at the core of our strategy in the Instant Coffee Business. Our portfolio has been traditionally a Russia & CIS dominated one. This year just over half of our sales came from Russia and CIS vis-a-vis an 80% share a few years ago. As a conscious move towards de-risking our model, we added 32 new customers who contributed around 20% of our total volumes. Some of the countries where we placed our soluble coffees for the first time were China, Angola, Pakistan and Mongolia. In addition to our customer acquisitions, we also steadily continued our progress on product and packaging innovation. Our new variants of coffee mixes and customized packaging solutions enhanced our standing as an institutional marketeer. We also marched ahead steadily on our commitment to quality excellence. Our Theni Unit received the prestigious BRC & IFS certifications allowing us to service top most manufacturers and retailers, especially in Europe. Additionally, Theni factory also received ISO 14001, Halal & Kosher certifications while our Toopran Unit has been certified for ISO 14001 and 18000. C. Starbucks: Your Company continues to cater exclusively to the requirements of Tata Starbucks outlets in India from its state of art coffee roasting facility at Kushalnagar. The coffee beans used for this purpose are being supplied exclusively from the Company''s estates. Efforts are on to fully utilize the installed capacity of this roasting facility. In the past year we have added to our certification portfolio and are now FSSC 22000 certified (Food Safety System Certification). This forms a part of our integrated management system which now includes ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System), ISO 22000:2005 (Food Safety Management System) and ISO 14001:2004 (Environment Management System) Quality Awards: Sustainability Awards: Tata Coffee has consistently been committed to environment protection and co-exists with nature at the coffee plantations. During the year under review, the Company won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for excellence in Environment Management Sustained quality has been the main focus of the Company over the years. The R & G Unit at Kushalnagar has won the award for the most innovative design and the best Roaster Award in the India International Coffee Festival (IICF) held in 2014. The Balmany, Valparai, Sunticoppa, Mylemoney, Margolly, Ubban and Yemigoondi Estates of the Company have bagged Regional and Specialty awards for their Arabica and Robusta Coffee. Our Theni and Toopran units have won the CII Environment Systems award for the year. Your company continues to actively participate in domestic and International forums to propagate and popularize the company''s coffee. CAPITAL EXPENDITURE: During 2014-15, Rs. 2,266.46 Lakhs was incurred primarily on account of welfare, modernisation, up-gradation and other programmes undertaken in the various units of the Company. SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES: I. Eight O'' Clock Coffee Company (EOC): EOC''s total income during 2014-15 at Rs. 1,007.64 Crores, under Indian GAAP, was marginally lower than the previous year''s total income of Rs. 1,026.25 Crores. The reduction in top-line is due to lower bagged volumes in the first half of the year. However, in the second half, EOC volumes increased driven by its popular consumer programs and effective promotional listings. EOC''s total Income also includes royalty income from the single serve K- cups sold under a licensing agreement with Keurig. K-cup volumes increased significantly year on year due to growth in the single serve business and addition of four new EOC SKU''s. Overall profitability of EOC improved over the previous year. II. Consolidated Coffee Inc.: Consolidated Coffee Inc (CCI) is the holding company of EOC. The net profit ( including the profits of EOC), after taxes is at Rs. 99.91 Crores as compared to a loss of Rs. 3.90 Crores in the previous year. III. Alliance Coffee Limited: During the year under review, the Honorable High Court of Karnataka approved the Scheme of amalgamation of Alliance Coffee Ltd (ACL) - the Company''s wholly owned subsidiary with the Company with effect from 1st April, 2013; consequently the Assets and Liabilities of ACL stand vested with the Company from the effective date and ACL stands dissolved without undergoing the process of winding up and consequently ceased to be a Subsidiary of the Company. PERFORMANCE OF SUBSIDIARIES: A Statement containing the salient features of the financial position of the subsidiary company in Form AOC. 1 is annexed as per Annexure A. The Company does not have any associate orjoint venture companies. The policy for determining the criteria of material subsidiaries can be viewed at the company''s website at www.tatacoffee.com. PARTICULARS OF LOANS,GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS: The details of loans and investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements forming part of Annual Report. The Company has not provided any guarantees during the Financial Year. FIXED DEPOSIT: The Company has not accepted any public deposits during the year under review. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: All Related Party Transactions that were entered into during the Financial Year were on an arm''s length basis, in the ordinary course of business and were in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Agreement. There were no materially significant Related Party Transactions made by the Company during the year that required Shareholders'' approval under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. All Related Party Transactions are placed before the Audit Committee for approval. Prior omnibus approval of the Audit Committee is obtained for the transactions which are repetitive in nature. A statement of all Related Party Transactions is placed before the Audit Committee for its review on a quarterly basis, specifying the nature, value terms and conditions of the transactions. The Company has adopted a Related Party Transactions Policy. The Policy, as approved by the Board, is uploaded on the Company''s website at the web link: http://www.tatacoffee.com/investors/ related_party.pdf The details of the transactions with Related Parties are provided in the accompanying financial statements. RISK Management: The Company has adopted a Risk Management Policy in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. It establishes various levels of accountability and overview within the Company. The Company has a Risk Management Committee which has been entrusted with the responsibility to assist the Board in (a) Approving the Company''s Risk Management framework (b) Overseeing that all the risks that the organization faces such as strategic, financial, liquidity, security, regulatory, legal, reputational and other risks have been identified and assessed to ensure that there is a sound risk management policy in place to address such concerns/risks. The Risk Management process covers risk identification, assessment, analysis and mitigation. Incorporating sustainability in the process also helps to align potential exposures with the risk appetite and highlights risks associated with chosen strategies. INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY: The Company''s internal audit systems are geared towards ensuring adequate internal controls commensurate with the size and needs of the business, with the objective of efficient conduct of operations through adherence to the Company''s policies, identifying areas of improvement, evaluating the reliability of Financial Statements, ensuring compliances with applicable laws and regulations and safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use. Details of the internal controls system are given in the Management Discussion and Analysis Report, which forms part of the Directors'' Report. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: The Company is in compliance with all the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges. The Compliance Report on Corporate Governance forms an integral part of this Report. The requisite certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance is attached to the report on Corporate Governance. The Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review as stipulated under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges, is presented in a separate section and forms a part of the Directors'' Report. DIRECTORS: Ms. Sunalini Menon, Mr. K. Venkataramanan, Mr. V. Leeladhar, Mr. Sanjiv Sarin and Mr. Siraj Azmat Chaudhry were appointed as Additional Directors of the Company and in terms of Article 101 of the Articles of Association of the Company read with Section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013, they hold office upto the date of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. It is proposed to appoint Ms. Sunalini Menon, Mr. V. Leeladhar and Mr. Siraj Azmat Chaudhry as Independent Directors at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting in compliance with Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and revised Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. The Company has received a notice from shareholder in terms of Section 160 of the Act signifying its intention to propose the appointment of Ms. Sunalini Menon, Mr. K. Venkataramanan, Mr. V. Leeladhar, Mr. Sanjiv Sarin and Mr. Siraj Azmat Chaudhry as Directors in the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Mr. K. Venkataramanan was appointed as Executive Director- Finance and Chief Financial Officer for a period of 3 years with effect from 25th October 2014. His term of appointment was approved by the members on 13th January 2015 through E-voting/Postal Ballot. Mr. Sanjiv Sarin was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for a period of 3 years with effect from 25th April 2015. The necessary resolution for his appointment is being placed before the members for their consideration at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Mr. Venu Srinivasan resigned as a Director from the Board with effect from 1st September, 2014. Mr. D.R. Kaarthikeyan demitted his office as a Director in accordance with the Group Guidelines with effect from 1st October, 2014. Mr. M. Deepak Kumar retired as Executive Director- Finance with effect from 24th October, 2014; Mr. Hameed Huq, retired as Managing Director with effect from 31st March, 2015. The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation for the invaluable services rendered by Mr. Venu Srinivasan, Mr. D.R. Kaarthikeyan, Mr. M Deepak Kumar and Mr. Hameed Huq during their tenure as Directors of the Company. All the Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges. In the opinion of the Board, they fulfill the conditions of independence as specified in the Act and Rules made there under and are independent of the management. Governance Guidelines: The Company has adopted Governance Guidelines on Board Effectiveness. The Governance Guidelines cover aspects related to composition and role of the Board, Chairman and Directors, Board diversity, definition of independence, Director term, retirement age and Committees of the Board. It also covers aspects relating to nomination, appointment, induction and development of Directors, Director remuneration, Subsidiary oversight, Code of Conduct, Board Effectiveness Review and Mandates of Board Committees. Procedure for Nomination and Appointment of Directors: The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is responsible for developing competency requirements for the Board based on the industry and strategy of the Company. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviews and evaluates the resumes of potential candidates vis-a-vis the required competencies. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee also meets with potential candidates, prior to making recommendations of their nomination to the Board. At the time of appointment, specific requirements for the position, including expert knowledge expected, is communicated to the appointee. Criteria for Determining Qualifications, Positive Attributes and Independence of a Director: The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has formulated the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of Directors in terms of Section 178(3) of the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. Independence: In accordance with the above criteria, a Director will be considered as an ''Independent Director'' if he/she meets with the criteria for ''Independent Director'' as laid down in the Act and clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. Qualifications: A transparent Board nomination process is in place that encourages diversity of thought, experience, knowledge, perspective, age and gender. It is also ensured that the Board has an appropriate blend of functional and industry expertise. While recommending the appointment of a Director, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee considers the manner in which the function and domain expertise of the individual will contribute to the overall skill-domain mix of the Board. Positive Attributes: In addition to the duties as prescribed under the Act, the Directors of the Board of the Company are also expected to demonstrate high standards of ethical behavior, strong interpersonal and communication skills and soundness of judgment. Independent Directors are also expected to abide by the Code of Independent Directors as outlined in Schedule IV to the Act. Annual Evaluation of Board Performance and Performance of its Committees and of Directors: Pursuant to the provisions of the Act and clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Board has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, performance of the Directors as well as the evaluation of the working of its Committees. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has defined the evaluation criteria and the performance evaluation process for the Board, its Committees and Directors. The Board''s functioning is evaluated on various aspects, including inter alia degree of fulfillment of key responsibilities, Board structure and composition, establishment and delineation of responsibilities to various Committees, effectiveness of Board processes, information and functioning. Directors were evaluated on aspects such as attendance, contribution at Board/Committee meetings and guidance/support to the management outside Board/Committee meetings. The Committees of the Board were assessed on the degree of fulfillment of key responsibilities, adequacy of Committee composition and effectiveness of meetings. The performance evaluation of the Independent Directors was carried out by the Board. The performance evaluation of the Chairman and the Non Independent Directors was carried out by the Independent Directors who also reviewed the performance of the Board, its Committees and the Directors. The Chairman of the Board provided feedback to the Directors on the significant highlights with respect to the evaluation process of the Board. REMUNERATION POLICY: The Company has adopted a Remuneration Policy for the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees, pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement The Board has on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee framed a policy for Remuneration for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees which lay down criteria for selection and appointment of Board Members. The remuneration determined for Executive/Independent Directors is subject to the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and approval of the Board of Directors. The Non-Executive Directors are compensated by way of profit sharing commission and the criteria being their attendance and contribution at the Board/ Committee Meetings. It is affirmed that the remuneration paid to Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and all other employees is as per the Remuneration Policy of the Company. As a policy, the Executive Directors are not paid sitting fees; the Non-Executive Directors are entitled to sitting fees for the Board/ Committee Meetings. BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS: A calendar of Board and Committee Meetings to be held during the year was circulated in advance to the Directors. Ten Board Meetings were convened and held during the year. The Board has constituted an Audit Committee with Mr. S. Santhanakrishnan as Chairman, Prof. Arun Monappa, Ms. Sunalini Menon and Mr. V Leeladhar as Members. The details of the composition of the Board and its Committees and of the Meetings held and attendance of the Directors at such Meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT Based on the framework of Internal Financial Controls and compliance systems established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the Internal, Statutory, and Secretarial Auditors and the reviews performed by Management and the relevant Board Committees, including the Audit Committee, the Board is of the opinion that the Company''s Internal Financial Controls were adequate and effective during the Financial Year 2014-15. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 134(3)(c) and 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that: (i) In the preparation of the accounts for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2015, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and that there are no material departures; (ii) That the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that were reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at the end of the Financial Year and of the profits of the Company for that period; (iii) That the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their knowledge and ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; (iv) That they have prepared the accounts for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2015 on a ''going concern'' basis; (v) The Directors have laid down Internal Financial Controls for the Company which are adequate and are operating effectively; (vi) The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and such systems are adequate and are operating effectively. EMPLOYEES WELFARE: The Company''s focus on welfare and improving the quality of lives of its people continues as always. In order to improve the quality of living for our employees, we have been providing educational assistance to their children, creche and child care facilities, transport at subsidized rate to school going children, supply of provisions at cost through co-operative store branches located at each Unit/Estate. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY: Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: Your Company is committed to ensuring that its growth is sustainable and significantly enhances the quality of life of the communities in which it operates. The Company has constituted a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee in compliance with Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 comprising of two Independent Directors and the Managing Director of the Company. The focus areas that have been chosen for serving the community are Education, Health, Hygiene and Nutrition, Gender Equality, Environmental Sustainability, Affirmative Action and Promotion of Rural Sports. The educational programmes include Swastha, DARE, and Merit Scholarships for students of Coorg and Anamallais, promoting education and support for children with visual disabilities and skill development for the underprivileged through sponsoring programmes. The Coorg Foundation - a Public Charitable Trust (Foundation) established by your Company continues to provide admirable support to various individuals and institutions in the field of education, health care and culture during the year. Swastha which was established by The Coorg Foundation in 1994 as a fully residential institution for differently abled, continues to extend its support to the needy children in Coorg and neighbouring areas through its centres in Suntikoppa and Pollibetta by imparting required education and training. They are trained in making stationery items, offset and screen printing, greeting cards and table mats. These products are procured by the public and Institutions in the Kodagu District. The sale proceeds of the same are utilized for meeting the day to day expenses of Swastha. In pursuance of the objectives of the SWASTHA, the DARE (Developmental Activities for Rehabilitative Education) was set up in 1996 in the Anamallais to train differently abled children to be self reliant. Rural India Health Project Hospital (RIHP), Ammathi, which is supported by the Company, continues to serve the needy sections of the society. The Coorg Foundation provides grant to RIHP for treatment of patients belonging to the lower income group. In addition, the Company has continued its initiatives for the development and protection of the girl child by conducting regular camps for detection of nutrition deficiency in girl children and promotion of self employment opportunities for women in Theni; providing clean drinking water to the residents near the Toopran Unit and operating primary school at Anamallais. The Company has a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy and the same has been hosted in the website of the Company (www.tatacoffee.com); The above projects are in accordance with Schedule VII of the Act. The Annual Report on CSR activities is annexed as Annexure B. POLICY ON PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE: The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and has adopted a Policy on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at workplace in line with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules there under. The policy aims to provide protection to employees at the workplace and prevent and redress complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected or incidental thereto, with the objective of providing a safe working environment, where employees feel secure. The Company has also constituted an Internal Complaints Committee, known as the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Committee, to inquire into complaints of sexual harassment and recommend appropriate action. During the Financial Year 2014-15, the Company received one complaint on sexual harassment, which has been disposed off and appropriate action taken. No complaints were pending. VIGIL MECHANISM/ WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY: The Company has adopted a Whistle Blower Policy to provide a formal mechanism to the Directors and employees to report their concerns about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company''s Code of Conduct or ethics policy. The Policy provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees who avail of the mechanism and also provides for direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. It is affirmed that no personnel of the Company has been denied access to the Audit Committee. The Whistle Blower Policy has been posted on the website of the Company www.tatacoffee.com significant and material orders passed by the regulators OR COURTS: There are no significant or material orders which were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and the Company''s Operations in future. KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL: In compliance with provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, during the Financial Year 2014-15, The Managing Director and CEO, Executive Director Finance and CFO, Executive Director- ICD Operations and the Company Secretary have been nominated as Key Managerial Personnel. AUDITORS: (1) STATUTORY AUDITORS: M/s. SNB Associates, Statutory Auditors of the Company hold office till the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. They have confirmed their eligibility to the effect that their appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limit under the Act, and they are eligible for appointment. (2) COST AUDITORS: Pursuant to Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 as amended from time to time, your Company has appointed M/s Rao, Murthy & Associates, Cost Accountants to carry out Audit of Cost Records for the Financial Year 2015-16. As required under the Companies Act, 2013, a resolution seeking members approval for the remuneration payable to the Cost Auditor forms part of the notice convening the Annual General Meeting. (3) SECRETARIAL AUDITOR: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made there under, the Company had appointed Mr. Sudhir V. Hulyalkar, Company Secretary in Practice (CP No. 6137) to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2015. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexed as Annexure C. The Auditors'' Report and the Secretarial Audit Report for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2015 do not contain any qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer. PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND Foreign Exchange Earnings AND OUTGO: The statement pursuant to Section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014 is annexed as Annexure D. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES AND REMUNERATION: Statement containing information as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) rules, 2014, is annexed as Annexure E. In terms of the first proviso to Section 136 of the Act, the Reports and Accounts are being sent to the shareholders excluding the information required under Rule 5(2) and (3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. Any shareholder interested in obtaining the same may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office of the Company. ANNUAL RETURN: Pursuant to Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9 is annexed herewith as Annexure F. Place: Bengaluru Dated: 15th May, 2015 On behalf of the Board R. HARISH BHAT Chairman
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Director of Transportation and Buildings Policy, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Forty-five Massachusetts cities and towns have already adopted the "stretch code," which requires higher energy efficiency levels in new construction and additions to residential and commercial buildings, and in major home renovations. Adopting this optional code has helped 35 municipalities become "Green Communities," making them eligible for state grant funding.
Stretch code communities range from larger cities to suburbs and rural towns, including Lowell, Springfield, Worcester, Salem, Greenfield, Pittsfield, Belchertown, Arlington, Cambridge, Newton, and Easton. In Cambridge and Newton, it has already taken effect as the new building energy code and it will come online in the other cities and towns next year.
As a result of the Green Communities Act of 2008, the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC 2009), which is the latest model energy code in the US, became the energy portion of the state's building code on July 1, 2010. Technically, the stretch code is an optional appendix to the state's building energy code. The stretch code allows municipalities to save homeowners, landlords, and tenants even more money by cutting their annual utility bills, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution from burning fossil fuels.
The building improvement measures needed to meet stretch code requirements are standard techniques that experienced builders and contractors are familiar with – installing high-efficiency heating systems, ensuring insulation is installed correctly, making sure air sealing is done well, and putting in highly efficient light fixtures and bulbs. Once they have seen the details, many contractors say it's no problem at all:
"As a residential remodeler, being in the business for 37 years, the stretch code is not much of a stretch. It's how we build responsibly anyway. It's just smart building," says Paul Morse of Morse Construction, Inc. in Somerville.
"I have completed over 25 homes in the past four years in Tyngsborough, Townsend and Acton that would meet the stretch code requirement. The energy efficient homes have sold faster than competitors in my market," adds Carter Scott of Transformations, Inc. in Townsend.
Independent economic modeling done for the state estimates that, for a typical 2,700 square foot single-family home, building to the stretch code specs will reduce electricity and heating costs by about $500 a year over the IECC 2009 base energy code, while only adding $130 to annual mortgage costs – a substantial net savings beginning the first year of home ownership. (Calculation details: extra construction cost to meet the stretch code is about $3,000, out of which the Mass. Energy Star Homes program will rebate $1,300, for a net cost of $1,700. When rolled into a 30-year mortgage, the annual cost is around $130.)
The Department of Energy Resources' Green Communities Program can help interested cities and towns understand the stretch code and plan a process for adopting it. The program has four coordinators covering different regions of the state, and is providing consultant support to over 100 communities. In addition, for builders and subcontractors, the state is sponsoring a second round of training that explains in detail the new base and stretch energy codes. Watch for local or regional forums near you. For more details, visit the DOER building codes page.
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A healthy Paul Wilson could greatly help out the rotation come 2006.
Wilson seeing progress in rehab
Pitcher throwing fastballs on mound, ramping up velocity
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- With his new-look long and flowing hair, Reds right-handed pitcher Paul Wilson knows he looks more like a hard rock singer or a skateboarder these days.
But Wilson remains every bit of a ballplayer, and he's finally starting to feel like it again.
Major surgery was performed on the 32-year-old's right shoulder in June, ending his 2005 season. Wilson was finally cleared two weeks ago to start throwing in a rehabilitation program at the Reds' Spring Training complex in Sarasota, Fla.
"When you get hurt, you don't know who you are anymore," Wilson said at Great American Ball Park on Thursday while in town for a checkup. "You're not the same ballplayer. You see your buddies out there playing and it grinds on you. It's a mental thing. It's the hardest thing."
Before beginning his program, Wilson was able to convince head trainer Mark Mann to cut short his own offseason to come down and work with him.
"There was some negotiating, some payments -- dinners and lunches and all that stuff," Wilson joked. "Anything that it took to get him down there, I was willing to do. Whether it was pay for his flights, pay for his meals, call up (former general manager) Dan O'Brien when he was here and plead for (Mann) to come down."
Mann said he didn't need much coaxing. He actually offered his services last summer.
"Paul is the kind of guy he's always been a hard working individual and had that reputation since we got him," Mann said by phone from Sarasota. "Paul is such a big part of our team and our pitching staff, you couldn't say anything but yes. The kind of character guy he is and what he means to our team, it's a no-brainer. This was something that had to be done."
Mann has helped Wilson with his stretching and working out. He has supervised a throwing program that has the pitcher working off a mound every other day and also long tossing baseballs around 150 feet to build arm strength.
Wilson has been throwing only fastballs from the mound and his sessions usually last about 60 pitches. Most of the time, he throws only with 50 percent of his velocity but escalated to 75 percent effort in the second half of Wednesday's outing.
So far, so good. No pain has been reported.
"Every week, I'm getting stronger," said Wilson, who was 1-5 with a 7.77 ERA last season before shutting down. "I can see and feel my arm getting stronger every week. I'm encouraged. I'm really encouraged."
"To this point, he's done outstanding," Mann said.
Rehab is a process Wilson has known far too well. In his days with the Mets, he missed most of 1998 following his first significant shoulder surgery in late 1997. Tommy John surgery on his right elbow wiped out all of 1999.
Reds orthopedic surgeon Dr. Tim Kremchek performed his most recent operation and Wilson has the unfortunate perspective of knowing how much medical technology has improved when it comes to fixing shoulders.
"The technology and some of the screws and wiring they put in my shoulder came about two years ago," Wilson said. "There are some new things in there. I could tell within two or three weeks after surgery that my range of motion was 10 times better. It took a few months to get my arm over my head the first time. It took three weeks to get over my head this time."
An 11-win season and 4.36 ERA in 183 2/3 innings during 2004 earned Wilson a two-year, $8.2 million contract signed before last season. Fulfilling the expectations that came with that deal was as important to the pitcher as it was for the Reds.
"It's not like I'm a young kid anymore," Wilson said. There are responsibilities and obligations, not only to me and my family but to this organization and this team. I want to live up to that."
If Wilson has no setbacks with his rehab or during Spring Training, he'll likely be able to. The Reds believe he could be fully healthy in April and be their fifth starter. With more off days in the early stretch of the schedule, manager Jerry Narron could begin with a four-man rotation that would allow Wilson extra time to get ready until the fifth spot finally comes up.
"Our goal is to have Paul Wilson back when he's Paul Wilson once again," Mann said. "We want to progress him and progress him at a rapid rate. But we want the pitcher we had in 2004 back. We don't want a guy that's going to go out there and struggle and not be the 2004 pitcher he was in the second half."
"I'm very confident," Wilson said. "There's nothing to say otherwise right now. We've mapped out exactly what we're supposed to be doing the next 1 1/2-2 months. We've been following that. We have goals every week and we've been meeting them. If things stay the way they are, I see no problems."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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Julie Gutman: On Labor Day, Let's Celebrate L.A.'s Status as a Bastion of Human, Immigrant and Workers' Rights
Trivializing Rape: Zombie Feminism and Prudish SlutWalkers
Wendy McElroy: The raw politics and hypocrisy surrounding SlutWalk expose mainstream feminism as an exhausted movement that continues to have influence only because it has been institutionalized into laws and academia.
Crown Heights Riots 20 Years Later
David Love: Crown Heights was imminently important from a political perspective, as it altered the course of New York's political history and ended the brief stint that was Black Power in the Big Apple.
"The Help" Reflects the Racial Divide, Then and Now
Sharon Kyle: In a culture where "whiteness" is rarely mentioned and hardly ever critically examined it is not surprising that the women in my church saw the story as heartwarming and uplifting. I, on the other hand, saw this as just another story of the black experience as viewed through the white lens.
US Terror Lists Should Be Downsized
Ivan Eland: Should we take this violent, cult-like group off the U.S. terrorism list because all these Washington celebrities seem to be at least tacitly advocating such a move? No, the group, no matter how bad, should be taken off the U.S. terrorism list because it no longer attacks U.S. targets.
Fight to End the Most Base Form of Exploitation
Brian McAfee: The men and the occasional women who participate in the abuse and victimization of children are unconscionable people whether serving as their rapists, pimps or enablers.
A Shocking View of Bullying
Carl Matthes: Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts.
SB 490: Let the Voters Make an Informed Death Penalty Decision
James Clark: No one is surprised to learn that California's death penalty is a broken and dysfunctional system. After all, you don't have to go far in California to find any government bureaucracy that's broken or dysfunctional – it's finding a functional government program that might take a while.
Bad "Bitches", True Women
Sikivu Hutchinson: As Middle America shuffles out of its hangover from the Casey Anthony trial and into the debt ceiling morass, the war on women has been fueled by an insidious 21st century cult of true womanhood.
Sometimes Ya Just Gotta Lighten Up
Nikki Junker: If I can make light out of what happened to me and have some fun with the purpose it led me to, then I don't see a problem with it. So we shall go with our tutus to raise $1000 to fight sexual exploitation of children
Microaggressions and Stereotype Threat
Jessie Daniels: Our prevailing mythology of meritocracy in the U.S. tells us that education is a path to achievement. To do provide that, we expect schools to be free from racism and provide an equal education to all.
The Myth of California's Death Penalty
James Clark: Out of more than 900 men and women sentenced to die in California only 13 have ever been executed. Victims' family members are dragged through decades of appeals and hearings while they wait for an execution that rarely comes.
Walter M. Plumbs the Depths of Homophobia
Adam Eran: Intolerance is costly in other ways, too. The U.S. doesn't get the cheaper, more effective single-payer health care now because racist Dixiecrats in Congress were concerned that federally-sponsored health care would mix the races in Southern hospitals.
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Open FigE2-l on your EWB CD. Determine the modulation index.
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Open FigE2-l on your EWB CD. Determine the modulation index.
Consider the following Multisim components view:
Figure 1
Begin the simulation by clicking on the start simulation switch. After clicking on the run simulation view the results by double click on the oscilloscope then Multisim oscilloscope results as shown in Figure 2.
The following is the output of the AM source viewing on the Multisim oscilloscope control panel:
Figure 2: Output of the AM Source
It appears that the modulation index is 100%. To be certain that there is no overmodulation the next figure displays the AM source zoomed in by adjusting the time scales of the channels.
The following is the zoomed in signal of Figure 2:
Figure 2: Output of the AM source zoomed in
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Four weeks to better deer hunting, Part 4: Give deer a nudge during season's 2nd week
Many hunters will savor the chance to get out in the woods before dawn Monday morning on the opening day of deer season.
But what if those hunters come up empty on the first day, and the rest of the opening week, for that matter?
The second week of deer season is the time to get serious.
With fewer hunters in the woods, deer are not nearly as likely to be moving as they were on opening day, the second and third days, or on the first Saturday. Some hunters look at this as a big disadvantage, some the opposite, looking at it as a time when hunting strategy can be carried off without interference from other hunters.
Hunting can be more challenging but also more fun when most other hunters are out of the woods. It can be more satisfying to get a deer by following a plan than to get one mainly due to coincidence, just because someone pushed it to you accidentally.
Over the past 30 years, I have taken more deer during the second week of hunting season than during the first week.
In case you have not figured this out by now, we are not looking just at the second week of deer hunting season, but at any day when hunting pressure is relatively light. All but four days of the 12-day hunting season fit this description.
Nudging has been my most successful hunting tactic for second-week deer hunting. This is a form of driving, but with some significant differences.
Deer drives in the traditional sense get deer running, often randomly. This does not allow much chance to determine if a buck is legal, or to differentiate between a doe and a small buck. Also, most shooting opportunities, if they can be termed as such, are at running deer.
Nudging, as my longtime deer hunting partner Bill Anderson and I have done it for the past five decades, is a means of encouraging deer to move in a certain direction. Basically, we do this by still hunting toward one another when it is just the two of us, or by still hunting toward standers. Usually the deer we see are not running. Even if one of us jumps a deer, it typically will run for just a short distance; then once it is confident that it is not being followed it resumes normal pace.
We have an uncanny knack of coordinating our hunting movements without making detailed plans, no more than "meet you at such and such a spot" at "such and such a time."
Somehow, even in places where neither of us have hunted before, we usually meet pretty much as planned. Either that or upon hearing a shot where one of us expects the other to be, the one hearing the shot finds the other while he is field dressing a deer. This coordinated movement is not anything I would even attempt to teach anyone, it is just very helpful, enough so that I recommend that you at least try to develop such a thing with your hunting partners.
Coordination, in every way imaginable, is the key to nudging. It is most essential when only two hunters are involved. Having a few standers makes this much more likely to succeed since no matter how well coordinated you and your hunting partners are, deer just do not seem eager to cooperate.
Finding deer after they have been hunted for a few days can be puzzling. Those deer that live the longest and grow the largest antlers tend to have something about their behavior that makes them less likely to be harvested by hunters than other deer. They might be mostly nocturnal. They might spend most of their time in places where hunters do not expect them to be, or in places where few hunters go. They might be less inclined to run, instead remaining hidden.
Try some Western-style sneak and peak hunting. Use a spotting scope or binoculars to carefully look over goldenrod fields or other overgrown fields where at first glance it might seem a deer could not hide. Check out wind rows and cover along the edges of fields. When you crest a hill, scope ahead before walking farther. At small valleys, look over the opposite side.
Use the general principle of places where deer are not expected in any way possible. Use your imagination. Sometimes very small pieces of cover will hold deer.
Please do not call this matching wits with deer. No deer is as smart as any human deer hunter. Actually what you are doing is matching your intelligence with the instincts, wariness and keen senses of deer.
MIKE BLEECH can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com. Read more of his columns at NWPAoutdoors.com.


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Repost: Our extended interview with Missy Giove from Issue #171
This interview was originally posted on June 20, 2013. The cover story from Issue #171 is Anna Schwinn's interview with Missy Giove. Here's an extended take on some of the questions that didn't make it into print.
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Schwinn: First question: Who was your favorite mechanic, Gravy or Monkey?
Giove: Oh! Not fair! You didn't ask me which one was a better mechanic! Which one did I like better? Oh neither. They were both perfectly so classic. Gravy is, oh my God, Gravy is a kind, sweet, gentle hippy who's one of the most beautiful men I've ever met in my life who is a character and so funny and so loveable. And such a perfect person. He's just, I love Gravy.
Mechanic wise, he was amazing and built the best wheels in the whole possible world and he would also do whatever he was doing for you really slowly because he would do ten other people's bikes, who were friends, at the same time which I loved about him—but I missed practice runs from it. He's the best. He was awesome. And he made me a good practicer for exactly that reason; he made my time worthwhile on the hill. Thanks Gravy for that, he taught me that. And Monkey was fucking hysterical.
S: He made you the smallest cog on your current drivetrain
G: Yeah! Totally innovative, fun downhill mechanic, amazing downhill mechanic, methodical downhill mechanic who was a major problem solver and he loved the 50cc mini-moto, we both loved the 50, and we had so much fun burning brakes in when he was on his dirt bike and I was on my mountain bike and he was dragging me. So many funny moments. It was hysterical.
I'll never forget all the images I have of Monk out of control on that 50 with me tied to him on a downhill bike. It was crazy. Crazy. I hope he misses that. I don't think anyone else is making him do that. Plus he'd be towing me because a lot of times I wouldn't want to go do a downhill run but I would need to burn the brakes in or I wanted to warm up and I might have missed a practice run, I'm not sure, so he would tow me up, like, a different part of the mountain so I could come down halfway. So he'd be on the 50 towing me up this gnarly single track. And then he'd have to come down.
This one time he was shuttling me and, he was such a good sport, and this fucking, like, mountain lion crossed his path and it nearly about ate poor Monk. He's just funny as shit. He'd heat up salami sandwiches on the dashboard and eat them. The guy's just classic. Unbelievable innovator and fixes every problem you could possibly have on your bike before it happens. So they answer is neither because they were both experiences I will never forget.
S: Awww.
G: I can't live without either.
S: Which bike was your favorite, and which was the absolute worst?
G: Well the absolute worst comes popping to my mind. Which would be the multiple drive chain Cannondale. That was hooptie.
S: It looked awesome!
G: Ughhh. I was so heavy that if—if I could have chosen only certain courses to go down on that bike it would have been a decent bike but, just changing lines, it was just totally extraordinarily heavy. If they lightened it up it would have been okay. Besides that it was fine.
S: And how tall are you?
G: I'm like 5'7″
S: You were hauling bikes around like that one.
G: It was okay, it's just that there were lines that I wanted to get on that I couldn't get on because it was a little heavy but hey, I learned. It made me a better rider.
S: It made you stronger.
G: It made me stronger. And hey, no bike is a bad bike, let's put it that way. No bike is a bad bike, that's the truth, but that was not my favorite piece of equipment.
As far as my favorite bike? My favorite bike has to—I have two favorite bikes, really. My very first Yeti. Full rigid. Pepperoni fork. And then my decade-long love affair with my Foes DH Mono.
S: Why your Yeti full rigid? Because it was your "first?"
G: Right? Just because of the experiences, the rides. It wasn't just the rides. The way the bike felt, and just my interaction with this ride I was doing on that bike. For sure. The energy from that bike, from my full rigid experiences on trails. I had tons of fun on that bike.
S: When you look back at what is arguably the heyday of mountain bike racing, '92-'99, what mistakes did the sport or athletes or promoters make in not solidifying it as a viable sponsorship investment?
G: Honestly, I think that the technologies with our cameras had a big part to do with the fact that most of everything that has to do with cycling, with the exception of track cycling—it's one of the only easily viewable sports—but you can only see it where there are velodromes. And while there are getting to be more velodromes, you know what I'm saying. Basically, I don't think it was anybody's fault, I think it was the fact that our sport is not very viewable without access to all these big, heavy, expensive cameras and you have to be an athlete to capture it behind a camera.
S: Except for slalom. You can see slalom.
G: Yeah, but you had to drive. Like each one of those venues is like four hours away from a major city. It wasn't very accessible to the average person. You'd have to have a car, you'd have to have the money…
S: You'd have to know what the sport was.
G: So basically I think it was just accessibility because people were literally not seeing it. So cycling just got spread through word of mouth through convincing somebody to get involved with it or try it. It was just referrals. Something that is only growing as big as something as a referral, there is only one median which you can see it. It's with a referral.
So you have to know somebody. You don't just have to know somebody, you have to know somebody who is going to let you borrow a bike or can fix your bike or wants to take the time and energy to invest to try to get you out and get you hooked. Cause a lot of people don't do things like that, their first time on their own. As far as my own personal experiences that I remember, that's how I got into it. If I wasn't out doing it by myself, it wasn't happening. I think that probably isn't like that with everybody.
S: Yeah, I think so. Even with velodromes, you can go watch, but that community is so tight that, depending on the velodrome, it is not an inviting experience at all. There are people who like the fact that they can keep cycling private.
G: I hear what you're saying.
S: My dad talks about it a lot. My little brother, Tucker, plays bike polo. Dad says, "Well, what's going to happen if bike polo ever takes off is the same thing that happened to mountain biking in that you're going to end up with a bunch of actual athletes getting in there, ruining it for all the originals."
G: Cool people.
S: Cool people. Yeah. They're just going to get in there and be athletic. That's what athletes do. So I feel like there are some communities that want to keep it quiet. To keep it away from the athletes so they can still do it. So it can still be fun.
G: Yeah, I totally understand.
S: As soon as things get mainstream, people with physical talents get involved and ruin everything for everybody else!
G: I totally agree. I was not one of those rule followers. Now it's very funny that you say that because it's when things kind of get watered down.
S: You lose people who are just out there to be bikers, who embody all the spirit and everything you love about riding. You talk about communing with nature and your bike as an appendage and an extension of yourself and then there are these guys just out there to be really fast. They're different people.
G: I know what you mean. And that's a really good point because I try to tell people, I was never a racer. I raced so I could be a biker. It was a way that I got to do what I loved to do. If somebody could have just supported me and my family and my friends to just ride my bike in a way that I want to ride my bike every day I would never have chosen competition as a form, probably.
Not that I didn't succumb sometimes to the fact that sometimes I wanted to have my best day, my best moment, trying to have a glorious moment on my bike by really riding on the edge, making it happen, having a good time, coming down really consistently and kind of linking a whole entire run together. Coming down a whole entire mountain 'cause when you do that, it's really fun.
There's something about going from the top of the mountain to the very bottom of a mountain. It's like a river. It's fun when you can put it all together and it all just floats as opposed to doing all in segments and whatnot. So it was fun to give myself a forum, which I chose as like race day, to put that all together and just kind of paint a picture on the way down, trying to flow like… if I was a river, how would I get down this? And just have it be fun and interact with my bike and my bike interacting with the earth and the water. That was really fun too, riding in monsoons.
S: Where the path is cut for you.
G: Yeah so, I just love that experience about it. And I'm so glad that there are brilliant people like yourself that want to help people like me who want to do stuff like that. To have this very specific tool to do it with—not just a specific tool but a perfect tool.
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From the archive: Dirt Rag interviews with Missy Giove
Issue #171 isn't the first time Missy Giove has graced our pages. Check out these two interviews we pulled from the archives.
Issue #33 – October 1, 1993
Issue #105 – February 15, 2004
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Turning the tables: Missy Giove interviews Anna Schwinn
"Missy said she wanted a picture of me with one of the MANY Schwinn cruisers that were parked everywhere. I struck a Missy pose for the photo without thinking about it on account of being such a fangirl. She said 'Oh, I see what you're doing there.' I was actually so insanely embarrassed for being called on it that I aggressively feigned ignorance."
Anna Schwinn, author of the exclusive Missy Giove interview in Issue #171 is a bit of a bike industry legend herself. She grew up with two parents heavily involved in the industry and as a result she had a social connection to Giove via her parents having been friends with John Parker (original Yeti Cycles founder) and Jeff Ringle (Ringle components). In the mid-nineties her parents were starting up Waterford Precision Cycles and both Parker and Ringle were primary sponsors of Giove as she began her career.
There were family vacations where the Schwinn's went and hung out with them, according to Anna. Parker's daughter used to hang out with Giove. From talking to John, they bunked together when Missy came to Durango in 1990 for the World Championships and his daughter was never the same after that experience.
Anna's parents were fans too. "My dad remembers seeing Giove barrel down a course 'balls out' on a bare front rim after a flat— he still gushes about how fucking amazing it was," she said. "Mom tells me that she had to defend her support of my fan-girl-ism to people in the industry. Mom had matching Gonzo gloves actually, and made sure to scoop up the Missy gear for me when she would be out west for tradeshows.
"I had a 'What would Missy do?' moment when I entered the bike industry, actually. I knew I would stick out like crazy as a loud, tall, chick engineer with a recognizable last name. I figured the best way to play it was to be very solid on what I was about, not to apologize for it, and to rock what I did as hard as I possibly could. That frame of mind has been invaluable to me."
During the course of Anna Schwinn's visit to Missy's home the two discovered that through their early connections that they knew a lot of the same people growing up so throughout the weekend Missy kept turning the conversation to try and interview Anna right back. "But that's what she does," Anna said. "She is always trying to drag everyone else into the picture."
Giove: How interesting is it for you being someone creating something that so many people have fun on?
Schwinn: Oh, It's the coolest thing in the world.
G: Or making their living on, you know like messengers, people who use your tools to actually be able to eat.
S: It's super cool. Bikes make people happy, they serve all sorts of awesome purposes, like as a mode for working, creating endorphins, or transportation. I'm bad at being interviewed also…
G: Exactly!
S: I completely lucked out. In product design, generally, there are a lot of products that you try to inject with emotion. You're trying to get people to have an emotional connection with, like, a blender. It's part of selling it. But at the end of the day it's a blender, or a toaster. It's kind of a shallow aspect of product development.
G: Well I don't look at it like that…
S: Well it's not like that with bikes.
G: That's what I'm saying. It's not like a piece of toast; you're creating a whole kind of life.
S: You'll read stuff about people getting on your product and having it help them recuperate from war or as a meditative device or that people go on tours with it or where it becomes like an appendage instead of just some product. To be able to affect people, to have people ride your stuff every day. It's so cool. They love it every day and you make their lives better. That's probably why I'm doing bikes and not anything else, because bikes should be something that does that. They get people excited about living, about the environment, about their communities, because you experience your world in a completely different way when you do it on a bike.
G: I agree. It's true.
S: It completely recontextualizes your whole life and your relationship to your community and your friends. It's pretty much the coolest and I'm super lucky and fortunate that I get to do it.
G: That's awesome. The other thing is that I know you are an avid—that you totally take the bus everywhere.
S. Well, in the winter…I am worried about hitting my head again, soon.
G: Yeah, I mean, that's great. I'm talking about, yeah, in the wintertime. That's like a whole other thing.
S: Well, I don't have a car. Someone crashed into my car, totaled it a few years ago. But you don't really need a car. It takes a little bit of extra work, depending on where you are, but if you live somewhere with awesome public transportation—but yeah, I mean, I like the bus. You interact with so many people that you would never interact with otherwise.
G: Exactly.
S: It's like back when I used to sell plasma for school supplies.
G: Because of your bike. You don't want to stay on two wheels in an icy winter.
S: Yeah, I'm not going to bike if I'm not comfortable. It was terrifying after my head injury to not be able to do arithmetic or read a map. My brain is what allows me to do what I like to do and it wasn't working. The idea that I could lose all that; there was nothing more terrifying. I was like, "I'm not going to be able to go back to work, I can't earn a living. I have product out there that people like but I want to do more."
G: That's not a fun part about it, but I don't want to, and this is something but I don't want to dwell on it, but it's been a big part of my history, injuries. You know what, there are lots of people who don't have a hundredth of the physical, of what my body has been through, but they slip going across the road and they suffer the same thing. You can't live your life avoiding that kind of thing.
S: Yeah. Nothing pisses off a neurologist more than telling them straight up when they say, "Stop drinking beer" that, "No, that's probably not going to happen." Or, "Stop riding your bike," it's like, "No, that's not going to happen either." I'm not going to tell them that I'm not living how I actually live.
G: And what you're doing is perfect because it's good to be able to recognize that, okay, I still want to be able to do this because I'm going to do it. But not doing it, like now, I downhill and I downhill like a maniac still but when my wrist is broken I'm not going to downhill. I'm putting myself at more risk as I said before, I would probably go downhill with a broken wrist, but this way I'm still able to downhill but I'm not compensating so I don't have a crash that's more likely to happen because I have this injury. I just try to zero out that risk factor. Just like you're not going to bike right now because you could wreck your head.
S: And I get a lot of shit for it.
G: You're just being realistic.
S: I get a lot of shit for it, for not riding, amongst some people. I'm like, "I'm going to take a couple months off" and they're awful about it. I think it takes a lot of self-security to say, "I could go do this but I'm uncomfortable with it and screw you if you think I'm a wuss about it. Wait until you hit your head and start slurring." When I started slurring speech, shit, that was bad.
G: I want to talk about how incredible it is that you're a designer in a field that is really, really dominated by boys who may think they know better. Your shit that you make is so dope. It's totally got your, it's your signature stuff, it's just great. Riding is art, and what you do is create some pretty incredible art.
S: Bike art.
G: That's pretty awesome. How do you like the fact that you're in…
S: Pretty shit?
G: Yeah, as much, it's functional and it's really pretty.
S: If pretty gets people stoked on something and emotionally attached to it, if it is something better, if pretty is, like, nectar, to get people on, like, doing something that makes their lives better, then, well, you want to get people on bikes in any way you can.
G: I love all the art aspect in any industry but I love the art aspect in, you know, your designs, I just think it's so cool.
S: Man, that's so cool. Like with All-City, I love All-City when you pay attention to beautiful details all over the bike then you draw attention to those details. Details ask questions, like, "Why is this the way it is?" I also don't like symmetry in what I design. I like asymmetry because if you make something asymmetrical, people have to figure out why it was done that way. It gives people something to obsess about later. It makes people want to understand more about their bikes.
Also, if they grab it in a certain way or work on it in a certain way and it becomes a pleasurable experience because, for example, the top tube cable routing is on the inside of the frame so when you shoulder it to go up to your apartment because that's how you live, that's what you interact with everything every day… and it makes you more excited about that bike…
G: I understand completely… you don't want your dreadlocks stuck in there for sure.
S: It's cool. Anytime you can get people excited about bikes, it almost feels like it's manipulative but I feel like it is manipulation for a good cause.
G: Yeah, definitely. Like with a lot of the downhill stuff I do, I push or carry my bike, so it's push or carry…
S: And there are a lot of things you could catch a dreadlock in.
G: Yes.
Schwinn, a self-proclaimed professional bike nerd, is currently lead engineer for Civia Cycles, Whisky Parts, Foundry Cycles and All-City Cycles. "Carbon and steel are my jam design materials," she proclaims. "I love bikes and I love that I get to work to get other people to love bikes. I love that I get to work on the variety of products that I do. I work my butt off, but it's awesome. I have my bike shop and Park Tool stand in my living room. Bikes rule everything around me. It's a good life."
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Photo Gallery: Exclusive Missy Giove interview outtakes
Photos by A. E. Landes, Matt Kasprzyk and Maurice Tierney.
Then and now. On the left she is showing off Gonzo, the pirahna she wore around her neck during races.
Though she's lived high atop the World Cup circuit, Missy is now her own mechanic.
But her old Foes DH1 Mono still works and she can certainly still shred.
Life is a lot more mellow now in her home of Virginia Beach. Missy says she has given away all her bikes to people who had ridden them and fallen in love with them.
She has a few relics from the past, but not many. She says she would love to compete again.
Only the trophy case would indicate the tidy apartment Missy shares with her wife Kristen is the home of a former World Champion.
Always an animal lover, she currently tears it up with her dog Dash.
Along with Gonzo the fish, Missy used to race with the ashes of her beloved dog Ruffian tucked into her bra.
"It's all good, and I'm happy to be here and I'm happy to have had all the experiences I have had in my life," she said.
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CHEONAN, South Korea (AP) - Kang Sung-hoon won the Korea Open on Sunday, which ended in a dispute after Kim Hyung-tae was informed of a two-shot penalty when he lead by one shot with two holes to play.
It was an awkward ending for Kang, who closed with a 2-under 69 for a one-shot victory over Kim, Rory McIlroy (67) and two others. The four-way tie for second was the best for McIlroy since he was runner-up at the Texas Open in April.
Kim had a one-shot lead when he was notified on the 17th tee that he and playing partner Hong Soon-sang grounded their clubs in an area on the 13th deemed to be a hazard. They finished their rounds before reviewing the violation (Rule 13-4) with officials.
The two-shot penalty gave Kim a closing 77.
The OneAsia Tour said Kim left the course after the trophy presentation.
''I'm a really good friend of his so at the moment it doesn't feel great,'' Kang said. ''Even though I won the tournament, I just feel really sorry for him. I was actually out there to celebrate for him, but I don't know what to say. It's horrible.''
McIlroy is starting a stretch of three straight tournaments, the next two in Shanghai.
''I could have shot anything, absolutely anything,'' McIlroy said. ''I only missed two greens and had so many chances, but it was like the story of yesterday. I just didn't hole enough putts. ... I feel like my game is in good shape going into the next few weeks, and that's a good thing.''
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Vera House's annual White Ribbon Campaign is led by concerned men who invite and encourage all members of the community to wear a ribbon during the 10-day campaign and join them in raising awareness and funds to stop domestic and sexual violence. Vera House officials say Wearing a white ribbon is a personal statement to never support, commit, or remain silent about abuse. The 2011 White Ribbon Campaign will be held March 25 through April 3.
The White Ribbon Campaign will raise over $65,000 for Vera House education and awareness programs and services. According to Vera House Executive Director Randi Bregman, "The funds raised by the White Ribbon Campaign are critical for our programs and services, but even more important is the message of this campaign. Ending domestic and sexual violence requires each of us to do our part to help change a community standard that has for too long tolerated violence and abuse. With Dr. Smith's leadership, we hope to bring the important message of the White Ribbon Campaign to the forefront of our community."
Smith is now in his fifth year as president of Upstate Medical University, the region's largest employer and the area's only academic medical center. One of many of his non-profit leadership responsibilities includes his service on the national board of directors for the March of Dimes and the oversight board for the National Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.
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Here's a list of the first team all-state football players from the Panhandle area.
1951- Class A, Van Pennington, Shamrock, End.
1953- Class 4A, Robert Frazier, Amarillo, End.
1954- Class A, James Jolley, McLean, Guard.
1955- Class A, Vern Scott, Chillicothe, Back.
1956- Class 2A, Harlie Adams, Canyon, Back.; Hobart Buxton, Perryton, Guard.; Class A, Larry Dawson, Stinnett, Back.
1957- Class 2A, Gary Finch, Dalhart, Back.
1958- Class A, Jeff Bearden, White Deer, End; Hershell Powell, White Deer, Back.
1959- Class 3A, Edwin Thomas, Hereford, Guard; Hal Ratcliff, Dimmitt, End.
1960- Class 4A, Don Saunders, Amarillo, Guard; Class 3A, Edwin Thomas, Hereford, Guard; Junior Coffey, Dimmitt, Back; Class A, Mainess Gibson, Stinnett; Donny Anderson, Stinnett, Back.
1961- Class 3A, Kelly Baker, Dumas, End; Class 2A, Darrell Barnes, Quanah, Tackle; Tommy Ledbetter, Dalhart, Back.
1962- CLASS 4A, Melvin Gibbs, Borger, Center; Class 3A, Ken Williams, Dumas, Tackle, Jerry Glover, Dumas, Guard; Class 2A, George Pepper, Dalhart, Guard.
1963- Class 3A, Jerry Glover, Guard, Dumas; Ridley Gibson, Quanah, Back.
1964- Class 4A, Delbert Coyne, Amarillo, Tackle; Class 3A, Nathan Bonner, Dumas, Back; Class 2A, Kirk Hunter, Phillips, Center; Lynn Johnson, Phillips, Back; Class A, John Patterson, Springlake-Earth, Center.
1965- Class 3A, Robert David, Dumas, End; Class A, Charles Smith, White Deer, Tackle, Dewayne Phillips, Ralls, Guard.
1966- Class 2A, Mark Hatley, Phillips, Back; Class A, Vernon Marler, White Deer, Back.
1967- Class 3A, Steve Burks, Dumas, RB; Class 2A, Mark Hatley, Phillips, LB; Class A, Mike Harper, White Deer, LB.
1968- Class 4A, Donnie Joe Morris, Palo Duro, RB; Class 3A, Dan Helker, Phillips, LB; Class 2A, Charles McClain, Olton, DB; Class A, Everett Monroe, Clarendon, OT; Jim Moore, Clarendon, OT.
1969- Class 4A, Bobby Giles, Amarillo, OG, Class A, Dean Stovall, Farwell, WR; Jim Moore, Clarendon, QB; Will McReynolds, Ralls, DL.
1970- Class 4A, Gary Monroe, Palo Duro, OG; Gary Monroe, Palo Duro, DL; David Herber, Tascosa, LB; David Krill, Amarillo High, DB; Class A, Mike Crowell, Claude, DL.
1971- Class 4A, Rick Fenlaw, Amarillo High, LB; Class 3A, Steve Gobin, Perryton, LB; Class 2A, John Holland, DL; Class A, Pat Hudgins, White Deer, WR; Mike Trantham, White Deer, OT; Ronnie Hill, Wheeler, DL; Jerry Urbanczyk, White Deer, DB.
1972- Class 4A, Tim Black, Palo Duro, LB; Class 3A, Bob Counsellor, Canyon, DL; Doak Elleredge, Perryton, DL; Class 2A, Larry Johnson, Floydada, RB; Terry Bunch, Floydada, DL; Tony Edwards, Tulia, DL; Tim Lewellen, Childress, LB; Mike Floyd, Spearman, DB; Bo Esquivel, Idalou, DB; Class A, Tommy Shields, Clarendon, RB; Kenny Thurman, White Deer, DL; George Danner, McLean, LB; Tommy Shields, Clarendon, LB; Elray King, Clarendon, DB.
1973- Class 3A, Bob Counsellor, Canyon, OT; David Johnson, Perryton, DL; Jim Dear, Perryton, LB; Class 2A, Lynn Becker, Floydada, WR; Marty Martin, Childress, QB; Lynn Becker, Floydada, DL; Tim Lewellen, Childress, LB; John Clark, Lockney, DB; Class A, Ralph Paschel, Vega, OT; Colin Locke, Stinnett, Center; Dennis Cobb, Stinnett, QB, Kenny King, Clarendon, RB; Jimmy Brown, Harsett, RB, Richard Sanders, Wellington, DL; Terry Edmondson, Sanford-Fritch, LB; Roy Watley, Vega, DB; Class B, Wes Miller, Groom, Greg Looney, Happy, RB; Billy Hughes, Groom, DL.
1974- Class 4A, Wesley Roberts, Palo Duro, DL; Class 3A, Jim Ward, Canyon; Class 2A, Don Cooper, Spearman, DL; Roger Jones, Spearman, LB; Gene Strickland, Friona, DB, Class A, Gerald Berry, Vega, OT; Kenny King, Clarendon, RB, Brad Street, Kress, DB; Class B, Van Crabtree, Booker, OT; Van Crabtree, Booker, DL.
1975- Class 3A, Bob Lee, Canyon, DL; Class 2A, Donzell Minner, Floydada, WR, Gary Nixon, Floydada, OG, Glenn Johnson, Olton, RB, Kelvin Ratliff, Floydada, RB; Roger Jones, Spearman, LB; Class A, Ross Dodson, Stinnett, LB; Larry Richardson, Vega, DB.
1976- Class 4A, Carl Birdsong, Amarillo, Kicker; Class 3A, Kent Meyer, Perryton, OG, Drew Hetzler, Canyon, OG; Brad Beck, Perryton, RB; Perry Allred, Perryton, DB; Class 2A, Gary Shelton, Childress, OT; Ricky Smith, Childress, RB; Bo DeArmond, Spearman, DL; Ricky Collinsworth, Childress, DB; Class A, Geoff Forbes, Claude, WR; Allen Sanders, Wellington, OT.
1977- Class 3A, Jamie Jackson, Perryton, OT; Jeff Leader, Perryton, Center; Brad Beck, Perryton, RB; Brent Pletcher, Perryton, LB; Robert Scott, Canyon, LB; Joe Scooter, Perryton, DB; Class 2A, Koty Kothmann, Friona, OG; Joe Meisner, Spearman, DL; Kenny Dean, Childress, DB; Class A, Lionel Ramos, Vega, LB.
1978- Class 2A, Scott Martin, Spearman, DL; Vaughn Williamson, Childress, DL; Larry Eggers, Childress, LB; Class A, Richard Garcia, Wellington, OT; Dale Ledbetter, Hale Center, DB.
1979- Class 2A, Tim Dean, Childress, OG; Perry Morren, Childress, QB; David Tucker, Childress, DL; Class A, Ron Mayo, New Deal, Center; Dan Wischkaemper, Wellington, DL; Ron Mayo, New Deal, LB.
1980- Class 3A, David Tucker, Childress, DL; Class 2A, Mike McCarty, Springlake-Earth, WR; Russell Gaines, Wheeler, Kicker; Loren Taylor, Springlake-Earth, DL; Allen Hunt, Canadian, DL; Ricky Jones, Vega, DL; Willie Wood, Stinnett, DL; Class A, Kirby Chandler, Valley, DL; Michael Dowd, Valley, DL, Ray Williams, Valley, LB.
1981- Class 5A, Wayne High, Hereford, RB; Kenny Ozee, Palo Duro, Kicker; Aubrey Richburh, Hereford, DL; Randy Dorsey, Plainview, DL; John Phipps, Hereford, LB; Class 3A, David Williams, Dalhart, OL; Class 2A, Ricky Shepard, Bovna, WR; Dewayne Wade, Hale Center, WR; Ricky Duran, Stratford, OL; David Prado, Hale Center, DL; John Braxton, Clarendon, LB.
1982- Class 5A, Tim Martin, Hereford, Center; Sean Frederickson, Caprock, Punter; Class 4A, Newt Harrell, Canyon, OT; Class 3A, Randy White, Dalhart, Class 3A; Class 2A, Kurt Ashmore, Hale Center, DB; Class A, Paul Malone, Happy, WR; Tim Shannon, Motley County, RB; Kyle Lynch, Phillips, DL; Manson Porter, Wheeler, DL.
1983- Class 2A, Kevin Powers, Panhandle, WR; Kurt Ashmore, Hale Center, DB; Arlis Thompson, Clarendon, Punter.
1984- Class 2A, Ernest Smith, Hale Center, OL; Danny Peralez, Lockney, OL; Class A, Jesse Guitan, Farwell, Kicker.
1985- Class 5A, Brent Barton, Plainview, LB; Class 3A, Mike McKinley, Perryton, RB; Class A, Paul Gonzalez, Lazbuddie, WR; Tim Vogler, Vega, DL.
1986- Class 5A, William Thomas, Palo Duro, PD; Class 4A, Billy Baker, Hereford, OL; Johnny McLean, Canyon, DL; Shane Sharke, Canyon, LB; Robbie Collier, Hereford, DB; Class 3A, Jeff Chaney, Friona, OL; Sam Montoya, Friona, Kicker; Class 2A, Shane Boyd, New Deal, WR; David Thompson, Quanah, OL; Class A, Matt Barrett, Turkey Valley, WR; Freddie Ruiz, Turkey Valley, WR; Chris Cogburn, Happy, OL: Joe Silva, Turkey Valley, OL: Richard Smith, Wheeler, DL; Matt Barrett, Turkey Valley, DB.
1987: Class 5A, Chris Watkins, Amarillo High, OL, Class 4A, Greg Cook, Canyon, OL, Shane Sharke, Canyon, LB, Class 3A, Lance Grantham, Tulia, Punter, Class 2A, Del Smith, Panhandle, WR, Class 1A, Grayson Benson, Wheeler, DB, Richard Smith, Wheeler, LB.
1988: Class 2A, Setrick Dickens, Quanah, RB, Jeffery Knight, Quanah, DB, Class 1A, Brady Burns, White Deer, Bart Thomas, White Deer, DB.
1989: Class 5A, Steve Thompson, Plainview, LB, Scott Terrell, Amarillo High, kicker, Class 2A, Greg Jones, West Texas High, QB, Trent Boyd, Quanah, OL.
1990- Class 3A, Hugh Farmer, Tulia, DL.
1991- Class 4A: Anthony Benson, Randall, WR; Jas Grossfield, Dumas, DL, Phil Sexton, Pampa, Sr., DL, Zach Thomas, Pampa, LB; Class 3A, Jason Carr, Vernon, C, Chad Ham, Vernon, DL, Dennis Stidham, Sanford-Fritch, Sr., Class 2A: Daniel Castor, Wellington, DL, Wesley McKnight, Wellington, RB, Class A: Chris Smith, Paducah, RB, Lamonte Dickson, Memphis, DL, Cosme Duran, Memphis LB, Blake Eddleman, Paducah, DB.
1992: Class A, Bob Snyder, Canyon Randall, Center, Class 2A, Albert Aguilera, Stratford, LB, Daniel Valles, Wellington, DB, Class 3A, Todd Gage, OL.
1993: Class 5A, Jaret Greaser, Amarillo High, Kicker, Tyrin Frazier, Palo Duro, LB, 4A, Page Baldwin, Randall, DL, James Charles, Dumas, Class 3A, Donnie King, River Road, WR, Brad Hester, Vernon, Center, Detrick Morris, Vernon, DL, Donnie King, River Road, 3A, Class 2A, Albert Aguilera, Stratford, LB, Daniel Valles, Wellington, DB.
1994: Class 3A, Jeff Davis, River Road, QB, Class 2A, Germont Jackson, Quanah RB, Rusty Baker, Claude, DL.
1995: Class 3A, Josh Reynolds, Dalhart, WR, Class 2A, Jeff Millican, Panhandle, OL, Germont Jackson, Quanah, RB.
1996: Class 5A, Kyle Duncan, Amarillo High, kicker, Class 4A, Devin Lemons, Pampa, DL, Class 3A, Cheyenne Sharp, Vernon, OL, Sidnei Gaines, Vernon, DL, Class 2A, Juan Romero, Hart, Punter, Class A, Travis Pittman, Kress, kicker, James Williams, Springlake-Earth, QB.
1997: Class 3A, Cheyenne Sharp, Vernon, OL, Class 2A, Nick Knocke, White Deer, DB, Class 1A, Brad Blount, Paducah, DL.
1998: Class 5A, Steven Maruca, Amarillo High, DL, Class 4A, Tony Powell, Borger, DB, Class 3A, Shawn Eckhardt, Perryton, DL, Class 2A, Clancy Vanderburg, Spearman, OL, Class 1A, Ben Britt, Wheeler, OT.
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