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The Colorado City Wolves did everything they could to take advantage of the few and far between Bushland errors this weekend in Woodrow but were unable to get any points as they fell in two games, 4-0 and 15-0, in the Area Round of the 2A baseball playoffs.

The Wolves were unable to find a hit in Game 1 on Friday and Saturday was not much better, but Derek Gainey did find a way to register the team’s only hit in the series, a scorcher in the third inning.
Jason Rodriquez faced an onslaught of Bushland hitters Saturday as they scored 15 runs on 17 hits in the five inning span of the game.

The Lady Wildcats’ season ended Friday with a 17 -2 loss to Albany. The Lady Cats complete the best season in school history with a 12-5 record. Koe Alvarez led the Lady Cats on the mound with 148 strikeouts, and an ERA of 2.53. The Lady Cat offense was led by K. Morris who hit a school record 6 home runs, including one in the area round against Miles and had a .723 batting average. Freshmen made a big impact this year for the Lady Cats, as Nikki Conley started at 2nd base for the season and hit for a 532 avg. and Chelsea Lamb stepped in at third and held down the clean up spot in the order.

The Colorado City Lady Wolves are advancing to the Regional Semifinals this week to take on a surprise opponent. Hawley defeated Wall in a three-game shocker to earn a spot across from the Lady Wolves this coming weekend.

The Lady Wolves, fresh off of an 11-1 Game 1 victory over Coahoma in the Regional Quarterfinals, continued to do as they pleased on the diamond Saturday, defeating Coahoma again, this time to the tune of 8-3.

All members of the Class of 2012 in Mitchell County know better than anyone that graduation is just around the corner, and the Record will feature the graduates in a special section.

Colorado High School will hold commencement exercises on May 25 at 8 p.m. at Wolf Stadium.

Loraine ISD will hold graduation ceremonies on May 18th at 7 p.m. for all graduating seniors. The last day of classes will be May 31st for all other LISD students.

Commencement exercises are planned for May 25th for Westbrook High School. The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m.

Early voting for the May 29 elections started Monday and will continue through May 25, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. through 7 p.m. on Fridays (May 18 and 25).

On the county level, the only race will be for the position of County Tax Assessor, between incumbent Faye lee and candidate Sylvia Clanton.

The Westbrook Volunteer Fire Department held their first-ever Mudder’s Day Mud Bog on Saturday, May 12th at the Mitchell County Fairgrounds and Arena, and raised a lot of cash and threw a lot of mud.

According to event organizer Mindy Hale, the event was very successful, raising between $7,000 and $8,000 for the fire department. Hale estimated that over $4,000 was made at the gate. At press time totals were still coming in.

Geneva Killian
1917-2012
COLORADO CITY – Mrs. Geneva Killian, age 94, died Sunday night in a local hospital. Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in the Kiker-Seale Chapel with Rev. Paul Smith officiating. Burial followed in the Colorado City Cemetery under the care and direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.

The generosity of Mitchell County individuals, businesses and organizations has made it possible for the Wallace Center to continue serving and delivering meals to senior citizens in spite of cuts in the federal funding contract.

Thanks to benefits, bake sales, individual donations, business and corporate contributions, meals have been served and delivered as planned.

Several unusual donations have been received. Caring Hearts Ministry prepared and delivered shelf meals to all home delivery clients. They plan to continue to provide this extra meal to be used at any time.

The city council voted to reopen and continue discussion with Mitchell County and the Lone Wolf Groundwater Conservation District regarding the desalination plant during Tuesday’s regular meeting.