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Thursday, August 26, 2010 Serving Mitchell County Since 1905

Hulen BagwellColorado City

Roy Lee LenfordAbilene

Happy 89th birthday Warren Anderson (Aug. 27)… Dianne Clifton sharing a beautiful dress... Mindy Hale taking a few photos... Happy birthday Mary Tor-res (Aug. 27)... Velma Bender watching the beans... Manuel Bueno enjoying the fi rst day of school... Brandon Langston ready for some football.

Q. What is the Texas state high school record for the longest punt? A. In 1969, Gary Bolen punted 97 yards in the Stanton vs. McCamey game.

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THE WOLVES DEFENSE will have their hands full this Friday night at Wolf Stadium as Merkel comes to town to kick-off the 2010 season. Several Wolves are shown here bringing down an Albany player in an earlier scrimmage. Photo by Chris Cloutier

Kick it off....2010 season gets underway Friday

The Wolves will host the Merkel Badgers Friday night at Wolf Stadium. The Badgers are coming off a 5-7 season last year and hope to build their success around the very talented runningback Frankie Harris. Harris rushed for 1,871 yards last year as a sophomore and is the District 3-AA pre-season offensive

MVP.The Wolves are coming off two good

pre-season scrimmages with both the offense and defense playing really well. They have experience at the skilled po-sitions, but lack experience up front in both the offensive and defensive lines.

Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

If you love football, then Friday night is what you’ve been waiting for.It’s kick-off time and all local teams will open the season this weekend.There’s something special about that first high school football game of the new

season. It’s a new beginning, a new school year and the expectation for a champion-ship team are always exciting.

~ Colorado City ~

~ Loraine ~The Bulldogs travel to Highland

Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. kick-off to open their 2010 season.

New head coach Richard Jackson will lead a Bulldog team loaded with 8 seniors and 12 returning letter-men. Five starters return on offense and 4 return on defense, giving the Bulldogs experience and depth this

season.Highland is in District 6 (Divi-

sion I) and are replacing 5 all-state players who were three-year starters. The Hornets moved from Division II to Division I during the recent district UIL re-alignment.

Jackson comes to Loraine from Oglesby in central Texas.

~ Westbrook ~Head Coach Jim Hill leads his Wild-

cats in a season opening game Friday night in Wilson.

The Wildcats will be returning sev-eral players with experience, and with the addition of several good JV players from last year, the Wildcats could get that extra boost they lacked last sea-son. Westbrook was 0-5 in district and

with a smaller district this year, the Wildcats could make a run at a dis-trict title.

Sterling City is the pre-season fa-vorite to capture the district champi-onship. Other district teams include Trent and Loraine.

Kick-off time Friday night is 7:30 p.m.

Illegal dumping at the Com-munity Mission creates repercus-sions for the community at large in terms of reduced time and service.

“Every time the mission has to haul the ‘class-four’ trash to the dump, it is an expense which draws from the funds to assist the needy, thereby limiting our ability to serve,” said Dot Smith, mission chairman.

“Several weeks ago, a local busi-ness dumped over 30 televisions, radios, and VCRs on us which we had to haul to the dump at our expense,” Dan Smith said.

A report was filed with the Colorado City Police Depart-ment and turned over to the code enforcement officer.

The items were put in the mis-sion’s trash bin or dumped along side it.

“The elecrical cords were cut

off and the televisions were writ-ten on by owner as not working.It was an intentional trash dump. It was not put there for re-use,” Smith said.

A week ago, the Smiths arrived at the mission on a Sunday morn-ing to find yet another instance of illegal dumping.

Couches, chairs and bags of household trash were dumped near the old trash bin in front of the mission.

“These pieces of furniture were unmistakably trash, extremely dirty, broken, torn and in un-useable condition,” Smith said. “They were not items service-able for another household, and not the type of goods suitable for redistribution intended for the mission.”

“If it’s reusuable to your family, we can use it; if not, take it to the dump,” Mrs. Smith said. “We

do not have the volunteer staff to clean, repair or make unservice-able/reusuable items left at our door step; therefore those items we deem unsuitable for someone else, we have to dispose of at our expense.”

Texas penal code identifies littering and illegal dumping as a misdemeanor up through a state jail felony depending on the amount of debris involved.

Five pounds or less is a Class C misdemeanor carrying fines up to $500.

Littering under 500 pounds is a Class B misdemeanor carrying a penalty of fines up to $2,000 and/or a jail term of up to 180 days.

Class A misdemeanor for ille-gal dumping from 500 pounds up to 1,000 pounds carries a pen-alty of fines up to $4,000 and /or ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL DUMPING causes fi nancial headaches for Community Mission directors

Dot and Dan Smith. Photo courtesy of Community Mission

Trash dumping at local mission is unneighborly

Heavy rains early last Wednes-day morning contributed to a trac-tor trailer rollover on Interstate 20 near Westbrook.

A 2004 Peterbuilt driven by Francisco Serrano out of California was eastbound on I-20 near mile marker 207 at 1 a.m. when he lost control of his vehicle, according to inves-tigating DPS Trooper Ricky Molina.

“Due to weather conditions he was driving at unsafe speeds,”

Molina said of the 53-year-old Serrano.

Both the tractor and trailer end-ed up in the center median lying on the driver’s side and partially blocking the eastbound lane, ac-cording to Molina.

“Due to heavy rains we had to wait to pull the tractor trailer into an upright position the following morning,” Molina said.

The DPS, assisted by the West-brook Volunteer Fire Department, the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Of-

fice and the Colorado City Police Department deployed cones and warning devices to alert traffic until the vehicle could be moved the next day.

Serrano’s truck was loaded with air conditioner parts, such as duc-twork.

Serrano was cited for driving at an unsafe speed. He received minor injuries in the wreck, but refused treatment at the scene. Members of the DPS dropped Serrano off at a local hotel.

Semi fl ips on wet road

The Mitchell County Com-missioners discussed options for financing a new software system which would allow DPS troopers to upload tickets more efficiently into the county’s computer sys-tem.

Net Data is a fully integrated judicial management system, pro-viding a seamless transition from

the time a ticket is written until the time the fine is collected.

“They’ve been trying the sys-tem out in Midland for the past four to five months on a trial basis,” Justice of the Peace James Williams said, who approached the court about using funds al-ready being collected through fines to cover the $2 per fine pro-

cessing charges.“It gives the ability to put the

ticket on our computer at the time it is written,” Williams said. Currently tickets can take up to two weeks to be entered manu-ally into the system.

The subject was tabled for fur-ther investigation.

County looks toward funding new software

Soccer SignupsFinal soccer signups will be held Aug. 26,

27 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Center.Ice Cream Supper

The Loraine Senior Center is hosting an ice cream supper Sat., Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. Along with home made ice cream for $5 for adults and $3 for kids 10 and under, there will be entertainment. For more information, contact Jennifer at 737-2711.

KCCB MeetingKeep Colorado City Beautiful will

meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at First United

Methodist Church. Visitors and poten-tial members always welcome.

Locker Room DecoratorsCalling all Wolf moms! All varsity

football players’ mothers and/or fam-ily members needed to help decorate the locker room at the field house every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Please come help us create spirit for our Wolves!

PeeWee FootballPeeWee Football signups will be held at

the administration building on Aug. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. Please provide a copy of the player’s birth certificate. Cost is $75.

Homecoming Bonfi reThe senior parents and KCCB are

sponsoring a bonfire on September 16 for homecoming east of town. Dona-tions of limbs and untreated wood will be accepted until Sept. 16. Organizers of the event stress that no cross ties, painted wood or treated wood of any kind should be dumped at the site.

Day CareCISD Day Care is currently enrolling

children ages 0-12 years old. Please come by 1111 E. 9th Street. Call 325-728-1002.

Westbrook Meeting

Westbrook CATS will have a dessert social on Mon., Aug. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. All parents are wel-come to come to this short meeting and learn more about this volunteer organiza-tion. There are no dues and all families are welcome.

Golf TournamentThe Loraine Ex-Student Golf Tourna-

ment will be held Sept. 10. Sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m. at Wolf Creek Golf Course. Tee off will be at 10 a.m. Entrance fee is $35 and Mulligan is $10. For more infor-mation, call Pat at 325-728-3652.

LOCAL NEWS • COLORADO CITY RECORD, Thursday, August 26, 2010

OBITUARIESAn easy on, easy off entrance

to the Mitchell County Hospi-tal is now open for business as of Monday, August 23.

The new entrance is located off the access road south of I-20.

“It will give easier access to the front of the hospital,” Rob-bie Dewberry, Mitchell Coun-ty Hospital CEO said.

The hospital also plans on installing visitor-friendly signs to direct traffic to the emer-gency room and rural health clinic.

The Mitchell County Hos-pital offers a wide range of ser-vices to the public.

Hospital gets new I-20 entranceHulen R. Bagwell

1926-2010COLORADO CITY ---Hulen R. Bagwell, age 84, passed from this life

on Friday, August 20, 2010 at Lamun- Lusk -Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home in Big Spring. Family visitation was held at 2 p.m. prior to the service on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Westbrook. Funeral service was held on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at the church with Rev. Jim Mosley officiating and burial followed at Hillside Garden of Memories in Snyder under the direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.

Hulen was born on February 28, 1926 in Clyde, Texas to Clyde and Sally Johnston Bagwell. He was a resident of Colorado City since 1951. He mar-ried Betty O’Neil on January 1, 1997 at First Baptist Church of Westbrook where he is still a member. Hulen served in the United States Navy during World War II and was a lifetime member of the V. F. W. He also served as Worshipful Master of Mitchell Lodge #563, Scottish Rite in Dallas, Suez Temple in San Angelo, Past Worthy Patron of the order of the Eastern Star Chapter 58 and also as a volunteer ex-chief fireman in Colorado City.

He leaves behind wife, Betty Bagwell of Midland; daughters, Glenda Hart and husband, Mike of Midland, Vickie Williams of Midland; son, Wen-dell O’Neil and wife, Sammie of Midland; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren; brother, Alton Bagwell of Oklahoma City, four nieces and four nephews.

Mr. Bagwell is preceded in death by his first wife, Peggy Bagwell; his parents, Clyde and Sally Bagwell, sister, Faye Welch; brothers, Bill Bagwell and Bob Bagwell.

Memorials can be made to your favorite charity. Obituary can be viewed at www.kikerseale.com.

Roy Lee Lenford1952-2010

ABILENE --- Roy Lee Lenford, 58, passed away on Friday, August 20, 2010 peacefully at his home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 23, at Bible Way Church in Abilene. Burial followed at the Mitchell County Cemetery in Colorado City.

Roy Lee Lenford was born January 21, 1952, in Cameron to Oscar and Annie Lenford. Soon after, the family moved to Abilene where he attended public school. He met and married Carolyn in Abilene and to this union came two children. Roy Lee worked in maintenance for many years and also at the Abilene State School.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Lenford of Temple; son, Roy Lenford Jr. of Abilene; daughter, Shamara Lenford of Temple; two brothers, Curby and Vernon Lenford; five sisters, Gloria Jones, Ophelia Fredrick, Barbara Ann Lenford, Viola Marcos and Joyce Ann Lenford, all of Houston; two grandchildren, Nivea and Naliyah Crump of Temple.

Roy Lee was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Annie Lenford; two brother, Ernest Ray and Billy Ray Lenford; and one sister, Vernell Len-ford.

Arrangements were under the direction of Dove Funeral Home in Abilene.

On August 16, 2010, DK Haney Roofing began work on Colorado Independent School District’s (ISD) roofing repair and renovations project. The proj-ect is scheduled to be completed by the end of October 2010 and will include six school and ad-ministrative buildings, including Kelley Elementary School, Colo-rado Middle School, Hutchinson Elementary School, Hutchinson Administrative Building, Wallace High School, and Colorado City High School.

As a member of The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS/TAPS), Colorado ISD was able to elimi-nate some of the district’s project costs by avoiding the bidding process. Additional project fund-ing was also generated through hail damage claims. In the end, Colorado ISD saved an estimated $800,000.

“In this day of trying to control costs, purchasing cooperatives, such as TIPS/TAPS have become very important to school districts. The cost savings eliminated through TIPS/TAPS can then be used directly in the classroom or for some other district need,” com-mented Ronnie Kincaid, Execu-tive Director of Region 14 Educa-tion Service Center. “DK Haney Roofing is a qualified vendor that TIPS/TAPS members can utilize. I have used DK Haney Roofing,

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KEEP COLORADO CITY Beautiful chose the yard of Steve and Debbie Graham, located at 1636 Dal-las, as a Yard of the Month. Photo courtesy of Marge Kolman.

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and I have been very pleased with the workmanship, quality materi-als, and the service I have received from the entire organization.”

During July 2010, DK Haney Roofing, a roofing company in Fort Worth, Texas was awarded the Colorado ISD roofing proj-ect. DK Haney Roofing is expe-rienced in all types of commercial, industrial, and residential roofing systems and are also recognized as one of the top Duro-Last® Roofing contractors in the United States. Duro-Last® is the recommended roofing material for the Colorado ISD project. As the “World’s Best Roof”®, Duro-Last® roofing sys-tem will provide Colorado ISD with leak proof roofs and drasti-cally reduce heating and cooling costs.

Lions to hold shotgun raffl eThe Colorado City Lions

Club will hold a drawing for their annual shotgun raffle on Friday, September 3, 2010.

Donations for chances to win the 12 gauge Remington are $3 for one chance and $5 for

two. The raffle is made pos-sible through donations by City National Bank, First National Bank and the Credit Union for the shotgun. The shotgun may be seen at the Colorado City Police station.

Proceeds from the raffle go toward college scholarships for graduating Mitchell County seniors.

Tickets may be obtained from any Lions Club member or by contacting Pat Cawthron.

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BUILDING A RAMP to allow greater freedom for a student’s elec-tric wheelchair, Christine and Juan Lopez donate their time as part of a Christmas in Action project. Photo courtesy of Jan Lemons

One project at a time, Christmas in Action works to make a difference in people’s lives here in Mitchell County.

Sometimes those differences are as simple as repairing a roof, painting a house or fixing a win-dow.

For others, like Ricco Campos, the difference is huge.

Christmas in Action volunteers Christine and Juan Lopez recently built a wheelchair ramp at the Campos’ home, giving Ricco new freedom and mobility.

Ricco suffers from muscular dystrophy, a weak-ening of muscle tissue, which has impaired his ability to get around.

His mother Elia and his sister, Sarah, had to car-ry him in or out of the house on a daily basis. That meant Ricco spent a lot of time indoors.

“Now he can go and come in whenever he wants to,” said Mrs. Campos. “He just loves it.”

Christmas in Action built the ramp while Ricco was visiting his father, so it was a complete surprise when he used it for the first time.

“I like it a whole lot,” he said. “I like to stay out there and go around.”

Ricco dreams of going to college and becoming a video game designer.

“I like to play action and shooting games,” he THANKS TO CHRISTMAS in Action, Ricco can come and go as he pleases from his home.

said. “I’d like to have my own company and create action and sports games.”

His favorite classes in school are computer classes, such as

BCIS. He also enjoys listening to music and hanging out with his family.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 16, 2010 – The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that the deadline to enroll in the Conservation Re-serve Program (CRP) general sign-up is quickly approaching. Farmers and ranchers have un-til close of business on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, to offer eligible land for CRP’s competitive gen-eral sign-up. Applications can be completed by land owners at the FSA county office where their farm records are maintained. The 2008 Farm Bill authorized USDA to maintain CRP enroll-ment up to 32 million acres.

In addition to producers sign-

ing up for the first time, CRP participants with existing con-tracts that are scheduled to ex-pire on Sept. 30, 2010, may elect to re-enroll under a new 10-15 year contract. Cropland that is highly erodible, or within a national or state Conservation Priority Area, or is covered un-der an expiring CRP contract is generally eligible to be enrolled into CRP, provided all other eli-gibility requirements are met.

Contracts awarded under this 39th sign-up are scheduled to become effective Oct. 1, 2010.

CRP is a voluntary program that helps farmers, ranchers an-dother agricultural producers

protect their environmentally sensitive land. Producers en-rolling in CRP plant long-term, resource-conserving covers in exchange for rental payments, cost-share and technical assis-tance.

In addition to the general sign-up, CRP’s continuous sign-up program is ongoing. Con-tinuous acres represent the most environmentally desirable and sensitive land.

For more information on the general CRP sign-up, or the continuous CRP sign-up, pro-ducers should contact their lo-cal FSA county office, or visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/crp.

Conservation program sign up deadline is Friday The Loraine Ex-Student As-

sociation will hold its 10th annual Golf Tournament on Septem-ber 10 at the Wolf Creek Golf Links.

Sign in begins at 8: 30 a.m.

and the tee off starts at 10 a.m.Entrance fee is $35 and the

cost of a Mulligan is $10.Play is limited to 36 players of

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Loraine Homecoming to hold golf tourney

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The Housing Authority Board reviewed changes and revisions to the board’s bylaws at a called meeting on Monday evening, August 23.

No action was taken on the changes, which focused mainly on updating vocabulary and phraseology and reflects addi-tions by Bessie Wright.

Chairman Sally Brown also reversed her earlier recommen-dation that the board amend the bylaws to include seven chairmen instead of five, which would have removed voting privileges from the chairman.

The board authorized Brown to prepare a completed version for the board to review and take action on at the next regular meeting.

Brown updated the board on her review of the policy manual, which she will continue working on.

The board did approve revis-ing its cleaning policies for apart-ments, voting to make policy prohibiting residents from being paid to clean their own apart-ments prior to moving in.

A lengthy discussion on

whether vacation time for paid employees was earned or accrued resulted in the board’s tabling the issue for further investigation.

The board authorized Director Pat Whitzel to provide the board with three bids for data software which would help expedite, col-

late and coordinate vacancy re-ports and rentals.

The commissioners also ad-opted a policy requiring a 14 day turnaround time from the time an apartment is vacated until it can be rented again for making necessary repairs and cleaning.

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A love of Model A'S, land and cattle

Forrest Green is a former state legislator who lives on a ranch near the small community of Emhouse not far from Corsicana. Although he grew up in the city of Arlington, he preferred country life. He moved with his family from the small town of Kirvin to Arlington when he was five months old. During sum-mer months he returned to Kirvin to visit his grandparents.

During his growing up years, Forrest’s dad was a car dealer. “Back then, kids didn’t have cars,” says Forrest. “They were lucky to have a bicycle. I wanted a bicycle a long time before I got it. My dad got me a Model A when I was a teenager and I’ve been a Model A man ever since. I’ve got a barn full now, a few of them just about like Henry Ford made them. Seven of them are up to snuff and I’m working on three more.”

Forrest, a member of the Dallas Model A club, has driven his vehicles in parades. The Model A was made from 1928 to 1931 and cost between 400 and 600 dollars new. “Now it’s hard to find one for less than $15,000. I’ve got one that I wouldn’t take $25,000 for.”

Forrest, named for the famous Confederate General Bedford Forrest, realized he was too small for athletics but loved the outdoors. He got involved in scouting and became an Eagle Scout at age 16. He attended the World Scouting Jamboree in Holland in 1937 and toured Europe on that trip.

He flew fighter planes in China during World War II. His military career took him completely around the globe. “Didn’t cost me a penny. It was a rare experience.” During his war years he bought a 160-acre ranch near Arlington for $75 dollars an acre. His grandparents gave him some cattle to get started. When the Fort Worth Tollway was built, it went right through 23 acres of Forrest’s land. The money from that gave him enough to make a down payment on the place where he lives now.

Forrest had a 13-year career with the post office; first as a clerk, later as a postal inspector. He worked in St. Louis and Des Moines and couldn’t stand the cold, icy winters. One year when he saw ducks and geese flying south he thought to himself, “I’ve got as much sense as those birds.” He mailed in his resignation and came home to Texas to develop a superior herd of Hereford cattle.

While he was up north with the post office, big things were happening in Arling-ton. He found his ranch surrounded by houses, a country club and a shopping mall. “I was paying more in taxes than I did for the land. By the time it was over, I was selling that land by the foot. I feel blessed and not from any talent of my own.”

When Forrest learned that the state representative for Ellis and Navarro counties was not going to seek re-election in 1972, he filed as a candidate along with five other people. He served four terms, running unopposed only once. Forrest never married. “I was too busy with my Model A’s,” he says with a smile.

By Monte WikeLast spring I substituted in a class in

middle school. A student turned in a two-page paper that had 50 misspelled words. I had the student rewrite the correct spelling three times. This is not to blame teachers; they do their best, but somehow we are letting our kids down by not insisting on proper English usage.

It is getting close to “cringe time” time again when we will regularly hear the expression (in all its vari-eties), “me and her went to town.” When I hear it and recover from the cringes, I correct the student (teachers are not exempt, but harder to correct)

by saying, “Split them apart. Would you say, ‘Me went to town? Her went to town?’ Then why do you say it that way when you put them together? What should it be? She went to town, I went to town.” Or the reverse, “The package came for she and I”. When you separate them, you will say cor-rectly, “The package came for her, the package came for me.

It is easy to straighten out “there, their and they’re”. “There” is talk-ing about direction. It has the word “here” hidden in “there”. “Their” is about ownership, and so has the pro-noun “I” hidden in it. And “they’re” can only be used when you are trying

to say “they are”What difference does it make? A lot!

We are privileged to live in America and speak English. We are privileged to live in Texas and in Colorado City, but that does not lessen the impor-tance of proper English. Make it fun, a contest, a reminder, or laden with se-vere punishment, but let’s make Colo-rado City famous for proper English use, instead of the lame excuse, “I am a Texan and I talk like one.”

If words do not matter, why have words at all? If spelling is optional or non-existent, why bother? We in-sist on accuracy in math or chemistry, why not in English?

THERE, THEIR OR THEY’RE

What Difference Does it Make?

Letter to the Editor:I would like to say “thank you” to

Detective Bivins and Officers Berrie and Alexander for their prompt re-sponse and attention regarding the re-cent thefts at my residence over the past couple of weeks.

I would also like to thank the thieves for installing the drive shaft on my El Camino in their effort to steal it! They saved me a lot of headaches and trouble, as I am disabled, and it would have re-quired a lot of effort and misery for me to have done it myself. They did miss one very important factor however; the vehicle will not start because it has a broken timing gear/chain in the en-gine.

As they were nice enough to install the drive shaft, I will leave a new tim-ing chain and gear set in the front seat for them to install as well, but they will need to return with the keys.

As for the wheel and tire that they stole, I hope it has a blowout and leaves them stranded! Thanks again to all the folks mentioned above.

Cecil Walston***

Letter to the Editor,

In the August 5th issue of the Colo-rado Record there were three articles recognizing supporters of Colorado High School’s Agricultural Science Program. Though not mentioned in the articles sent out by the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas (VATAT), Colorado FFA along with Robin Senter and Jennifer Mor-ris (advisors) would like to congratulate and give a BIG Thank You to those who received awards.

Former Principal Jeremy Ross re-ceived the 2010 VATAT Outstanding Administrator Award. Mr. Ross was very supportive with our Agriculture Science classes be it with our cur-riculum, teaching styles, flexibility of schedules, or even the sudden change in the lesson on evaluation day. For ex-ample, there is just nothing like walk-ing into class with a newborn goat kid that may or may not survive and get to show students the proper procedure to tube it in order to provide critical nutri-ents to save its life. And then realizing your evaluation was that day and he just rolled with the circumstances and called it complete.

Our local grocery store, Fuller Foods,

with the help and dedication of Rick Alvarez received the 2010 VATAT Out-standing Cooperation Award. Fuller Foods has always been a huge supporter of education and more specifically agri-culture education, hard work, and ded-ication. Their support has been invalu-able over the years whether it is through the purchasing of student’s animals at the county stock show, donations, great deals for concession materials so we don’t have to go out of town, or with their very generous scholarships. They have always been great to work with.

Last but not least, the Colorado Re-cord received the 2010 VATAT Out-standing Newspaper Award. If we have news, the Colorado Record has always been great to get it in the paper for us. Earl Plagens, owner, has been helpful not only in getting our news out to the public but also a great support for our Colorado FFA members.

It has been and is great to work with each of these individuals and entities. We appreciate having each of you in our community and look forward to working with you in the future.

Sincere thanks and congratulations, Jennifer Morris and Robin Senter

FILED WITH COUNTY CLERKDeborah J. McDonald Executrix, John S.

McDonald Estate to Deborah J. McDonald, Tyler Ross McDonald, Hollace M. Johnson, Per Rep Deed.

Sherron Parker Ind Executrix, Johnnie Anson Parker Deceased to Sherron Parker, Special W/D.

Calvin S. Girvin to Robert G. Girvin Sr., Joetta Girvin, Warranty Deed.

Calvin S. Girvin to Robert G. Girvin Sr., Joetta Girvin, Mineral Deed.

C.N. Marsh, Anna Marsh to Ernie J. Wood, Brenda M. Wood, P/Rel of Lien.

Sherri L. Winn, Patrick Toombs Sheriff to City of Colorado City, Lone Wolf Ground Water District, Mitchell County Ttee & In-div, Colorado ISD, Sheriff ’s Deed.

Pro-Treat Oilfield Chemicals Inc., Steven B. Payson Registered Agent, Patrick Toombs Sheriff to Mitchell County Ttee & Indiv, Lone Wolf Ground Water District, West-brook ISD, Sheriff ’s Deed.

Patrick Toombs Sheriff, B.D. Potts, Mat-tie E. Potts to Mitchell County in Trust, City of Colorado City, Lone Wolf Ground Water District, Colorado ISD, Sheriff ’s Deed.

Patrick Toombs Sheriff, James C. Moddy, Janette Moody, Leo Thompson, Albert Leo Thompson aka to Mitchell in Trust, City of Colorado City, Lone Wolf Ground Water District, Colorado ISD, City of Westbrook, Westbrook ISD, Sheriff ’s Deed.

Patrick Toombs Sheriff, Martin Gomez, Edwina Silva, American General Finan-cial Services in REM ony, United States of American in REM only, Mitchell County, to City of Loraine, Lone Wolf Ground Water District, Loraine ISD, Mitchell County Ttee, Sheriff ’s Deed.

Mitchell County, Patrick Toombs Sheriff, Dorsey Lee Johnson Ind & Estate, Douglas Johnson if living to City of Colorado City, Lone Wolf Ground Water District, Mitchell County, Colorado ISD, Sheriff ’s Deed.

City National Bank of Colorado City, Tx.,

Dwayne Harris Trust Officer, Minnie Lee Boyd Testamentary Trust to Zeb L. Robin-son, Trstee Minrl De.

Texas Dept of Housing & Community Affairs, Joe Garcia Exec Director, Sherwood Homes to Isabella Cooper, Tanya Cooper, Richard G. Cooper, Stmt/Location.

PVR Hamlin LLC, PVR Hamlin LP fka, to Suzanne Ewing Ttee, PNC Bank NA, 1st Amend/DT.

Lone Star FLCA, Jason Jones Vice Presi-dent/Branch Mgr to Lloyd B. Patterson III, Sarah S. Patterson, Release of Lien.

Barbara C. Strain to Vess Energy Ventures LP, Easmnt/Inject.

Clifford McLeod, Myretta McLeod to Robert McConnell, Warranty Deed.

Clifford McLeod, Myretta McLeod to Melissa Henson, Warranty Deed.

Melissa Henson to W. Drew Darby Ttee, Clifford McLeod, Myretta McLeod, Deed of Trust.

David Crymes Individually & Indepen-dent Executor, Ruth S. Crymes Deceased to Jason Castillo, Marka Castillo, Warranty Deed.

Suzanne B. Davis, to Suzanne Davis LP, Mineral Deed.

Jeffery Layton Goodwin Ttee, Johnny M. Goodwin Family Trust to Nellie Blanche Goodwin Family Trust, Corr Warr Deed.

Loretta Maxine Burson to Antonio Lam-baren, Bertha Lambaren, Warranty Deed.

Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Unit 0105E, Frances Carrion Au-thorized Agent, Benito Guerrero to Leslie Luera, Child Sup Lien.

WTG Fuels Inc. to Soma Operating Company LLC, Abst Jdgmt.

WTG Fuels Inc. to Hal J. Rasmussen dba, Hal J. Rasmussen Operating Inc., Abstract Judge.

Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Unit 0105E, Julie Ann Austin Agent, Billy Wayne Smith to Melanie Potter Bentz, Child Sup Lien.

Jean Anderson Simpson Living Trust Cre-ated by Dec of Trust DTD 4-29-1984, Rob-ert J. Anderson Succ Ttee to Public, Memo/Trust.

Jean Anderson Simpson Living Trust Created by Dec of Trust DTD 4-29-1984, Robert J. Anderson Succ Ttee, to Robert J. Anderson Ttee, Jeff Anderson Trust DTD 7-30-2010, Marvin Properties LLC, JAS3125 LLC, Trst Con & Asg.

John D. Blake to Otter Creek LLC, Wil-liam T. Wilson Manager, Asgmt & Bill Sa.

First National Bank of Colorado City, Texas, Mark A. Waldrip to Wolf Creek Golf Links Inc., Release of Lien.

Sheila D. Wyman, Sheila D. Johnson fka to Ag Land Property Management I LLC, Lauren M. Gray Authorized Rep, Corrected Agrm.

FILED IN COUNTY COURTChristopher Chase Vinson, 8-17-10,

Speeding.ARRESTSAshley Redwine, 25, MCSO, Strike Fixed

Obj, 8-17-10.Christy Vanderslice, 27, CCPD, Asslt BI/

FV, 8-17-10.Elix Calvin Marion, 38, DPS, POM >2

oz<4 oz, 8-17-10.Felicia Guerro, 28, CCPD, PI, 8-18-10.Stefanie Ramos, 27, CCPD, City Wrnt,

County Wrnt, Crimin. Misc. >1500<20000, 8-18-10.

Billy Mac Gibson, 48, MCSO, App. Rev. Prob., 8-19-10.

Kasey Garcia, 26, MCSO, Assault c/Bodily Inj., 8-20-10.

Fernando Ramirez, 21, DPS, POM U/2 oz., 8-21-10.

Courtney Latrice Davidson, 27, DPS, DWI 1st, 8-22-10.

Robert Glenn Wilson, 48, CCPD, App. To Revoke Prob., Viol. Prob. Order, 8-23-10.

Estevan Rivera III, 31, CCPD, PI, 8-23-10.

(ARA) - Who is using social media? What is it exactly? When and where do people tweet, post and blog? Why do people engage in social media?

Social media is everywhere. It encom-passes blogs, social networks (such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace), profes-sional networking avenues such as Linke-dIn, and creative sites like Flickr, a pho-tography-sharing website. People such as the teenager next door, grandma and celebrities are using social media outlets. Remember when Conan O’Brien made news by first breaking his recent public silence on Twitter? Did you know that there are more than 300 million active

Facebook users who post nearly 1 billion photos monthly to their accounts? Addi-tionally, it would take 7,000 years for all the photos on Flickr to be developed at a one-hour photo!

People use social media for a variety of reasons. What role does social media play in your life? What role should it play?

“The savvy social media user will know how to maximize social media use for their benefit,” explains Ted Long, academic director of Web Design & In-teractive Media at The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg. He recommends pointers from www.kodak.com as a guide to social media beginners. Some

favorites follow.* Know what you are talking about. If

you are going to work with social media, be involved in social media. Start your own Twitter account, Facebook page, read blogs and get engaged. That is the best way to understand the culture, tone, best practices, and protocol.

* Always be transparent. When you are communicating in social media say who you are and who you work for. Don’t try to be sneaky and plant comments, don’t hire people to go out and say nice things about you and stay away from ghost writ-ing. Be genuine and be real.

Riding the social media wave

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LOCAL NEWSCOLORADO CITY RECORD, Thursday, August 26, 2010 •

IN SPITE OF a low turnout, members of the Colorado City Police Department, including Kelsey Alexander and Jessie Hernandez, were on hand Saturday morning to register bicycles. Bike registra-tion will be held periodically throughout the year according to Chief Ron Dooley to help lessen the number of stolen bicycles.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON MITCHELL COUNTY

APPRAISAL DISTRICT BUDGETThe Mitchell County Appraisal District will hold a public hearing on a proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year.

The public hearing will be held on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mitchell County Appraisal District office at 2112 Hickory, Colorado City, Texas 79512.

A summary of the appraisal district budget follows:

The total amount of the proposed budget $357,670.73

The total amount of increase over the current year’s budget 9,086.72

The number of employees compensated under the proposed budget 3 (full time)

The number of employees compensated under the current budget 3 (full time)

The appraisal district is supported solely by payments from the local taxing units served by the appraisal district.

If approved by the appraisal district board of directors at the public hearing, this proposed budget will take effect automatically unless disapproved by the governing bodies of the county, school districts, cities and towns served by the appraisal district.

A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection in the office of each of those bodies. A copy is also available for public inspection at the appraisal district office.

Mitchell County Appraisal District2112 Hickory Street

Colorado City, Texas 79512(325) 728-5028

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* Post frequently. It’s a lot of work, but don’t post to your blog then leave it for two weeks. Readers won’t have a reason to follow you on Twitter or check your blog if they can’t expect new content regularly.

* Add value. Share tips, tricks and insights. People’s time is pre-cious and they need to get some-thing out of the time they spend with you. Make listening to you worth their time.

* Respond. Answer questions, thank people even if it’s just a few words. Make it a two-way conversation.

* Have fun. If you don’t like what you are doing, others will

notice it and won’t enjoy inter-acting with you.

Vanessa Jackson, assistant di-rector of career services at The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaum-burg, reminds users that social media should always be appropri-ate for a professional setting. “So-cial networking sites are like the invention of fire for the 21st cen-tury. There is great power, pos-sibility and functionality, but use it improperly and you can burn yourself,” cautions Jackson.

Jackson advises:* You can lock your profile, but

remember that a lot of informa-tion can be derived simply by looking at your profile picture.

* Keep one clean profile per so-cial media site. Don’t bother hav-ing two profiles, one for friends and one professional.

* LinkedIn is for professional networking and shouldn’t be used in the same manner that you use Facebook or MySpace, unless all of your social media profiles are business appropriate.

* Employers (and potential employers) really do check your social networking sites. Spell cor-rectly, use proper grammar and don’t be vulgar or degrading to others.

Social media has revolutionized the way we communicate, leaving many who don’t use it feeling out

MEDIA from page 4

The commissioners voted to approve the bond for Richard Doug Shoemake as a new dep-uty sheriff with the Mitchell County Sheriff ’s Office.

The court also held a public hearing on the proposed 2010 tax rate of .399500, which is a seven cent decrease from last year; and approved a payroll of

$64,198.91 and paid bills total-ing $139,640.52.

The commissioners also authorized a $1000 bond for Faye Lee, tax assessor-collector, which will be paid for by the Colorado Independent School District for services associated with the collection of school taxes.

COUNTY from page 1

jail time up to one year.Any private illegal dumping

over 1,000 pounds is a state jail felony with a sentence of no less than 180 days and up to 2 years in jail, plus fines up to $10,000.

Regulations under the penal code for commercial dumping are stricter, with Class A penal-ties for less than 200 pounds and state jail felony for over 200 pounds of commercial dump-ing.

Daily drop off donations are acceptable after normal opera-tion hours at the mission.

“We are so grateful for the donated items that are daily col-lected. They are a blessing to so many in need,” Mrs. Smith said.

The mission is a 100 percent volunteer organization, so pro-cessing of donated items is done within the limits of volunteer time.

“We wish to thank all of you that have helped in the fulfill-ment of our mission, ‘Serving the needy,’ and ask that thought-ful consideration be given before you rid yourself of your excess,” Mrs. Smith said.

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of touch. To begin, start slow, learn as you go, and remember to represent yourself in a way that is appropriate for the world to see. Then you too can experience the benefits of being more connected than ever before.

Prizes will be awarded, in-cluding a prize for the Longest Drive.

Western Bank of Loraine will provide sack lunches from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Ex-Students As-sociation scholarship fund.

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ferent,” he said. “When I see people do different things I

want to do (but can’t).”Little things most people take

for granted, like brushing one’s teeth or getting something to drink, are major hurdles for Ricco, according to Mrs. Cam-pos. “He gets frustrated,” she said.

To his family, Ricco is a nor-mal boy; one with the same gifts and dreams as anyone else, but a different set of challenges.

“We’re so used to how he is,” said Sarah. “I see him just like my other brothers. Some things may slow him down, but he’s like an ordinary person to me.”

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COMMUNITY MISSION DIRECTORS Dot and Dan Smith ask res-idents to be considerate when donating items to the mission and not use it as a dump ground.

The Texas Plains Trail Orga-nization, one of Texas Historical Commission’s 10 Heritage Trails, is excited to let you know that a special pictorial postal cancella-tion is set for Wednesday, Septem-ber 22, 2010 at the Post Office in Colorado City, at 11:00 a.m.

Mitchell County will be the 38th county on the long list of 52 TPTR Counties. The Mitch-ell County postal stamp will be available to be purchased on this day for $3.00, or if you bring your own envelope, it is free. The TPTR Cancel was the creative idea by Photographer Rick Van-derpool. Mitchell County will also be spotlighted as County of

the week” on the TPTR website at: www.TexasPlainsTrail.com.

In an effort to promote travel and heritage tourism by connect-ing points of pride, this Texas Plains Trail and Postal Service Special Stamp Cancellation proj-ect began on January 6, 2010 in Armstrong County and will con-tinue each Wednesday of 2010 at a different county seat. It will also hopefully generate a little revenue for the Postal Service.

For more information, visit our website at: www.TexasPlain-sTrail.com Contact Deborah Sue McDonald, Regional Executive Director at: [email protected] or call: 806-231-3479

Mitchell County gets postal stamp


LOCAL NEWS

The Mitchell County Soil and Water Conservation Dis-trict and the USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service (MRCS) invite the public, and any organization or agencies with an interest in agriculture or conservation to attend a Local Work Group Meeting/Listen-ing Session to be held at 9 a.m. on September 1 in the C.C. Thompson Room in Colorado City on E. 2nd Street.

The purpose of this meeting is to receive input from a broad range of local agencies, orga-nizations, businesses and indi-viduals that have an interest in natural resource conditions and needs in Mitchell County. This free event is open to everyone.

Attendees can also learn about

federal and state programs that provide technical and finan-cial assistance for conservation planning, learn the difference between conservation plans and Environmental Quality Incen-tive Program (EQIP) contracts, and about the programs that were implemented in 2010 in Mitchell County.

The Mitchell County SWCD encourages everyone to attend, especially those who farm, ranch, own or operate non-in-dustrial provide forest land, professionals representing ag-ricultural and natural resource interests and individuals repre-senting a variety of disciplines in the soil, water, wetland, plant, forestry and wildlife sci-ences who are familiar with ag-

ricultural and natural resource issues in the local community.

For more information, call the USDA-NRCS office in Col-orado City at (325)728-3473 NRCS office locations and pro-gram information can be found on the Texas NRCS website at www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

Persons with disabilities who require special accommoda-tions and/or alternative means for communication of program information (Braile, large print, audiotape, etc.) associated with this meeting should contact Steve Shrode at (325)728-3473 at least two weeks prior to the meeting with his/her specific request.

Agricultural interest groups invited to USDA workshop

AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Texas Wildlife Association (TWA) and the Texas and Southwestern Cat-tle Raisers Association (TSCRA) are teaming up to offer landown-ers an educational seminar fea-turing expert information on the electric transmission line process (CREZ) and options for private landowners who may be impacted by the proposed transmission line routes. The seminar is scheduled for Sept. 1 in Wichita Falls at the Clark Student Center at Midwest-ern State University.

The free, public seminar will begin at 1:30 p.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. The seminar will take place in the Shawnee Theatre inside the Clark Student Center. The Clark Student Center is located at 3410 Taft Blvd.

Future meetings are scheduled for Kerrville, Cleburne and Lub-bock. For detailed information on each seminar visit www.texas-wildlife.org.

ENJOYING THE CISD teacher and staff luncheon, Gloria Rivera and Christy Sparks (from left) help themselves to home cooked fa-jitas served up by the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary Clubs last Friday.

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On Saturday, August 21 at 7:11 p.m. Officer Alexander respond-ed to a case of criminal mischief $50 to $500 in the 2000 block of Hickory involving vehicular damage. Case is under investiga-tion.

On Saturday, August 21 at 3:00 a.m. Officer McCumsey re-sponsed to a case of assault class A, criminal michief $50 to $500 in the 1400 block of Pine.

On Thursday, August 19 at 8:30 a.m. Officer Alexander re-sponded to an assault by contact class C in the 1000 block of 16th. Officer issued a criminal trepass warning.

On Thursday, August 19 at 9:30 p.m. Sgt. Davis responded to a case of criminal mischief in the 1300 block of Snyder. Sus-pect was arrested and transport-

ed to MCSO.On Wednesday, August 18 at

6:06 p.m. Lt. Bivins arrested a suspect on a warrant for criminal mischief $1500 to $2000 in the 2100 block of Locust. Subject was transported to MCSO.

On Wednesday, August 18 at 2 a.m. Officer Berrie arrested a 28-year-old female in the 800 block of Locust on public intoxi-cation. Subject was transported to MCSO.

On Wednesday, August 18 at 12 a.m. Officer Berrie discovered an accident scene while on patrol in the 900 block of Austin. Of-ficer spoke with owner of vehicle involved concerning proper pro-cedure when striking an object.

On Wednesday, August 18 at 2 a.m., Chief Dooley responded to an assault family violence in

the 900 block of Chestnut. No charges were filed.

On Tuesday, August 17 at 11:55 a.m. Lt. Bivins arrested a 27-year-old female in the 800 block of 9th Street on a charge of assault causing bodily injury family violence. Subject was transported to MCSO.

On Monday, August 16 at 10:30 a.m. Officer McCumsey responded to a theft of $50 to $500 in the 1300 block of West-point. Property was recovered and returned to owner on August 18. Case is listed as closed.

On Sunday, August 15 at 2:44 a.m. Officer Alexander arrested a 37-year-old female in the 100 block of IH 20 on multiple war-rants. Subject was transported to MCSO.

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Wilson’s WeeklyPsalm 40 - The Lord’s Wonderful Works

The 40th Psalm is a beautiful passage that is rich and full of meaning. There is much more in this Psalm than we can discuss in a short article, as is the case with most of the Psalms. I encour-age you to read this Psalm and notice the great concept of trusting in the Lord, the importance of faithfulness, the blessedness of forgiveness, and the rejoicing in song that accompanies the children of God. Even so, in this particular article, I want us to focus our attention on the wonderful works of God. The Psalmist declares that God’s thoughts are toward us. He has blessed us richly. He has given us life (Gen. 2:7). It is in Him that we live, move and have our being (Acts 17:28). He has given us families (Ps. 127). He has given us His Son (John 3:16). He has given us the forgiveness of sin when we obey Him (Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21). He has given us brethren to encourage us (Heb. 10:23-25). He has given us the church (Matt. 16:13-18). He has given us the word which will not pass away (Matt. 24:35). He has given us an eternal home in heaven that we will receive after the judgment (John 14:1-3). God has blessed us richly. David said that he couldn’t even list them all. The blessings of God are greater than we can number. There is a hymn entitled, “Count Your Blessings,” which encourages us to think of the ways in which God has blessed us. The words of the song, written by Johnson Oatman, declare in part: “Count your many blessings name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord has done?” What a blessing it is to live in a country where we can speak freely about God and His goodness! What a blessing it is to be able to read and write so that we can grow in the grace and knowledge of God! What a blessing it is to be a child of God! – Denny Wilson

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Saturday, June 5, 2010, Stefanie D’Anne Hemp-hill and Jonathan Marcus Haralson exchanged wed-ding vows. The ceremony took place at the cabin of the bride’s parents, Mike and Glenda Hemphill, at Lake Colorado City. The ceremony was performed by Tommy Haralson, father of the groom, of Lub-bock. There was a tropical theme, with a special part of the ceremony the “Blending of the Sands”.

The maid of honor was the bride’s cousin, Mindy Anne Carlock Greening, of Midland. The best man was Dustin Wylie of Colorado City.

Bridesmaids were Jill Bixler and Haley Hemp-hill, sisters of the bride, of Abilene; Codi Waldrep of Colorado City; Sheena Hill of Westbrook; Ca-mellia Duran of Colorado City; Holli Hillman of Midland; and Whitney Stagner of Houston.

The groomsmen were Evan Jones, Caleb Merket, Cole Ratliff, Nathan Shrode, James Thomson, all of Colorado City; Shaun Neidigh of Mansfield; and Sean Gremmer of San Antonio.

Flower Girl was Kaylie Dewbre of Richland Hills and Ring Bearer was Dawson Shipp of Roby, cous-ins of the bride.

Ushers were Corey Krampen, Justin Shlankey, Cameron Garman and Brandon Hardaway, friends of groom from Sigma Nu Fraternity at Texas Tech

University. The bride’s cousin, Cade Carlock of Anton and

his band, provided music for the evening. The beautiful tropical flower arrangements were

from Marsha Jordan and her staff at Colorado Flo-ral and Gifts.

The photographer was Kit Womble of Sweetwa-ter and video photographer was Chris Cloutier of Colorado City.

Stefanie Hemphill is the daughter of Mike and Glenda Hemphill. She is the granddaughter of Bobbie and Wanza Graham of Loraine and Melba Hemphill of San Antonio and the late Glen Hemp-hill.

Jonathan is the son of Tommy and Charlotte Haralson of Lubbock, formerly of Colorado City. He is the grandson of Edith Cagle of Lubbock, the late Ray Cagle and the late Elmer and Dottie Haralson of Wellington.

Graduates of Texas Tech University, Jon, with a finance degree, is working for Mitchell County Utility and Stefanie, with a retail degree, is pursu-ing a homemaking degree at this time.

After a Caribbean Cruise, for their honeymoon, the happy couple are making their home at Lake Colorado City.

Descendants of John H. Til-ler and Mary Elizabeth Pettitt Tiller came together August 7 to celebrate and fellowship to-gether. The reunion was held in the home of Ernestine O’Dell, a granddaughter of the couple.

The group enjoyed a meal that evening of brisket, chicken and sausage with all the trimmings catered by a great-grandson, Da-vid Stubblefield. The meal was followed with homemade ice cream and cake.

Breakfast was served the next morning for those staying overnight. Breakfast casseroles, sausage, cantaloupe, fresh toma-toes, juice. coffee and milk were served.

Those attending were the son

of the Tillers, Johnnie and wife Joan Tiller of Kansas City, KS and the Tiller’s daughter, Irene Tidwell of Grand Prairie.

Others attending were grand-children, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren.

The attendees included Nell Dillard and daughter Kendra Mayes from Carlsbad, NM; Ron O’Neal, Slidell, New Orleans, LA; Truett Tidwell, Sun Prairie, WI; Bill and Peggy Mitchell, Temple; Laura and Eliana Arualo, Temple; Robert and Carol Smith, Collierville, TN; Rhonda and son Doug and children Mitchell and Mason Cochran from Midland.

Also, John and Denise, along with Vickie and Alex Tiller, Stil-well, KS; Mark and Katie Jones with children Oliver and Amelia from The Hollies, Wardhedges Road, UK; also from the UK, Jnosgow was Betsy Tiller.

Jimmy and Mary with son Joey Comoleth came from San Angelo; James and Ann Tidwell travelled from Louisville, KY.

Also attending were Billy, Gay-lan, Grant and Nathan Mitchell, Early; Lorin, Kay Lee, Weston and Wyatt Wolf, Brownwood; Jeff and Amy Jeblanski and Jade, Ashten, Grider, Anthony and Coby Navilla, Van Alstyne; Christy Dockrey, Kaleb and Krista Free, Lubbock; Kirk and Pam Stubblefield, Abilene; Kris-

LCPL RAFAEL MARTINEZ, son of Mary Fuentes of Colo-rado City and son of Luis Mar-tinez, Sr. of Brownfield, is home on leave for two weeks. On his return to Camp Pendleton, he will be stationed in Afghanistan for seven weeks. Photo cour-tesy of Mary Fuentes.

tin Lorette and Corey Matrina, Justin, Jaycee and Sadie Dock-rey, Midland; Cade, Jill and Elle Stubblefield, Frisco.

Joining the group from Colorado City were David and Melody Stub-blefield, Sug Bynum, Lori Dockrey and Buddy and Glenda Marcom.

A great time was had by all from the oldest of 95 years to the youngest at the age of 7 ½ months. Everyone is looking forward to the next reunion in 2011.

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CHS STUDENTS CONGREGATE IN the commons areas with its brand new Wolf logo flooring.

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they need for the first day of school.

GT SIXTH GRADERS (from left) Bryanne Cloutier, Jordan Smith, Jennifer Roman, Robert Parras and Colton Forbes, hit the books at CMS.

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READY, SET, GO Betty and Isaac Williams accompany Alexas and Isaiah Williams on their first day, along with Clyde Leverett.

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HULA HOOP TAG -- New PE teacher and former track star Hann Ollison teaches the finer points of the game to (from left) Gabriel Salazar, Daniel Meguire, Chelsea Martinez and Chance Limones.

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STUDENTS GOT BACK into the hang of things at Westbrook ISD on their first day of school Monday, as Joel Gaona, right, and Re-becca Perez put in some time at the computer lab. Photo courtesy of Sandra Sullivan.

The Colorado High School classes of 1971, 1972, and 1973 are coming together this fall with a reunion September 24, 25.

Each class will meet for a get-together with their classmates. The class of 1971 will meet Fri-day evening at 7 p.m. in Robert Hoback’s backyard. Classmates of 1972 will gather at Sportsman’s Club at Lake Colorado City also at 7 p.m. on Friday. Mi Ranchi-to’s patio will be the location for members of the class of 1973 to meet Friday night at 7.

A rib-eye steak dinner is planned for Saturday evening at 7 p.m. in Colorado Feed and Seed’s Barn. Cost for the dinner which includes steak, all the fix-ings, dessert and tea, is $25 per person.

All classmates not yet con-tacted, should call Mary Marga-ret Cox, 325-242-1642; Danna Brown Cross, 325-829-4646; Debbie Lee Harris, 325-728-5166; Debbie Graham Carlock, 325-728-5559; and Elaine Mikle Jamison, 918-869-1753.

Leila Lovett, of Mountain Home, Idaho, has been accepted as a freshman at Hardin-Sim-mons University in Abilene.

Admission to Hardin-Sim-mons University is competitive. The Princeton Review has named HSU as a “Best in the West” uni-versity in its “2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” HSU is one of 120 colleges and universities to receive this distinction.

Hardin-Simmons University,

founded in 1891, is a fully ac-credited church-related Master’s (comprehensive) University. Af-filiated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas since 1941, HSU provides excellence in edu-cation enlightened by Christian faith and values.

With its 13:1 student-to-facul-ty ratio, students enjoy personal attention as they pursue over 70 fields of undergraduate study, 20 programs of graduate study,

including the Doctor of Physical Therapy and the Doctor of Min-istry degrees. Pre-professional programs include dentistry, en-gineering, medicine, law, phar-macy, and seminary.

Lovett is among approximate-ly 550 students who started fall classes on Aug. 23. She is the granddaughter of Rafael Rios of Colorado City and the daughter of Sam and Martha Lovett of Mountain Home, Idaho.

CISD Head StartBreakfast MenuAug. 30 – Sept. 3

Monday – dry cereal, toast, chilled juice, milk.

Tuesday – oatmeal, toast, chilled juice, milk.

Wednesday – mini corn dogs, chilled juice, milk.

Thursday – yogurt, toast, chilled juice, milk.

Friday – scrambled eggs, toast, chilled juice, milk.

CISD Head StartLunch Menu

Aug. 30 – Sept. 3Monday – grilled cheese sand-

wich, vegetable soup, mixed fruit, milk.

Tuesday – grilled ham sandwich, potato salad, orange pieces, milk.

Wednesday – steak fingers, green beans, mashed potatoes, strawber-ries, milk.

Thursday – chalupa, golden corn, applesauce, milk.

Friday – hot dog on a bun, French fries, pears, milk.Kelley & Hutchinson Elem.

Breakfast MenuAug. 30 – Sept. 3

Monday – dry cereal, toast, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Tuesday – mini corn dogs, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Wednesday – oatmeal, toast, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Thursday – sausage, toast, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Friday – egg & cheese burrito, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.Kelley & Hutchinson Elem.

Lunch MenuAug. 30 – Sept. 3

Monday – pizza, glazed carrots, green beans, canned fruit, choice of milk.

Tuesday – BBQ on a bun, baked beans, potato salad, canned fruit, choice of milk.

Wednesday – Salisbury steak, potatoes with gravy, sweet peas, hot roll, canned fruit, choice of milk.

Thursday – Frito pie, spicy pintos, tossed salad, canned fruit, choice of milk.

Friday – wolf burger, lettuce cup, fries, fresh fruit, choice of milk.

Colorado Middle SchoolBreakfast MenuAug. 30 – Sept. 3

Monday – dry cereal, biscuit, sau-sage & biscuit, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Tuesday – dry cereal, biscuit, mini corn dogs, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Wednesday – dry cereal, biscuit, scrambled eggs with biscuit, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Thursday – dry cereal, biscuit, pancake with syrup, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Friday – dry cereal, biscuit, pota-to & egg burrito, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Colorado High SchoolBreakfast MenuAug. 30 – Sept. 3

Monday – dry cereal, biscuit, sau-sage & biscuit, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Tuesday – dry cereal, biscuit, sau-sage & biscuit, waffles with syrup, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Wednesday – dry cereal, bis-cuit, sausage & biscuit, scrambled egg with biscuit, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Thursday – dry cereal, biscuit, sausage & biscuit, pancake on a stick, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

Friday – dry cereal, biscuit, sau-sage & biscuit, potato & egg burrito, chilled fruit juice, choice of milk.

CMS & CHSLunch Menu

Aug. 30 – Sept. 3Monday – pizza, fries, veggies,

dip, apple cobbler, choice of milk.Tuesday – spaghetti, meat sauce,

golden corn, garlic bread, canned fruit, choice of milk.

Wednesday – Salisbury steak, po-tatoes, gravy, sweet peas, hot rolls, canned fruit, choice of milk.

Thursday – King Ranch Cas-serole, spicy pintos, tossed salad, canned fruit, choice of milk.

Friday – wolf burgers, fries, let-tuce cup, apple, choice of milk.

Westbrook ISDBreakfast MenuAug. 30 – Sept. 3

Monday – Breakfast pizza, cereal, fruit juice, milk.

Tuesday – egg & cheese burrito, cereal, fruit juice, milk.

Wednesday – toast & jelly, yo-gurt, cereal, fruit juice, milk.

Thursday – sausage, gravy, bis-cuits & jelly, cereal, fruit juice, milk.

Friday – pancake pups, cereal, fruit juice, milk.

Westbrook ISDLunch Menu

Aug. 30 – Sept. 3Monday – hot dog, oven fried po-

tatoes, apple & orange smiles, sher-bet cup, milk.

Tuesday – enchiladas, refried beans, tossed salad, cinnamon ap-

ples, milk.Wednesday – teriyaki chicken,

rice pilaf, English peas, pineapple chunks, garlic bread stick, milk.

Thursday – taco salad, seasoned corn, fruited gelatin, brownie, milk.

Friday – chicken patty sandwich, tater tots, western beans, orange smiles, milk.

Loraine ISDBreakfast MenuAug. 30 – Sept. 3

Monday – sausage, biscuit, cereal, juice, milk.

Tuesday – waffles, syrup, cereal, fruit, milk.

Wednesday – breakfast bagel, ce-real, juice, milk.

Thursday – scrambled eggs, toast, cereal, fruit, milk.

Friday – breakfast quesadillas, ce-real, juice, milk.

Loraine ISDLunch Menu

Aug. 30 – Sept. 3Monday – corn dogs, tater tots,

broccoli florets, cantaloupe, milk.Tuesday – chalupas, cheese, tossed

salad, Spanish rice, rosie applesauce, spice cake, milk.

Wednesday – spaghetti, meat sauce, seasoned corn, tossed salad, sliced peaches, bread sticks, milk.

Thursday – taco salad, refried beans, tossed salad, orange, rice krispie treats, milk.

Friday – chicken strips, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, baby carrots, strawberry cup, biscuit, milk.

Head Start is currently ac-cepting applications for 3, 4 year olds for the 2010-2011 school year.

Head Start is an income based program. Those inter-ested should stop by the Bob Reily Learning Center at 1111 E. 9th Street or call 728-8833.

SCHOOL MENUS

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MEMBERS OF THE 2010 Colorado City Varsity football team are: (back row, l-r) Coaches B.J. Graham, Clay White, Harold Sowa, Jerold Epperson, Frank Johnson, Brantlee Lemons, Kevin Wright, Dan Gainey, Barry Kimball (third row) Jake Johnson, Anthony Rivera, Nick Reyna, Chris Madrid, Tylor Lorenz, Ryan Rivera, J.C. Johnson, Tyler Hammond, Benny Jones, Landon Pfeuffer, Bailey Spencer, Juan Rivera, Kyler Free; (second row) Isaac Yanez, Chris Beltran, Rafael Gonzalez, Johnathon Luera, Tracy Russell, Ronald Aoyama, Will McKinney, Mat Potter, Mark Henderson, Michael Hernandez, Joe Salazar, Andrew Muñoz, Ramiro Reyes; (front row) Trainer John Campos, Jason Rodriquez, Jadrian Dominguez, Aaron Mendoza, Kris Rivera, Hardy Berber, Derek Gainey, Colton Cannon, David Dunn, Nathan Jackson, Jaime Espinoza, A.J. Coronado, and Alex Hernandez. Photo courtesy of John Martinez.

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Local Government Code 52.013 requires that the descriptive caption and the penalty section of any ordinance or executive order containing a penalty section be published two consecutive times in the local newspaper of general circulation. Please be advised that the City of Colorado City is now publishing this information in accordance with the Local Government Code 52.013.

DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION:

ORDINANCE 2010 – 17

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLORADO CITY, TEXAS AMENDING ORDINANCE 86-07 AND THE CITY CODE BOOK CHAPTER 2 ANIMAL CONTROL; ARTICLE 2.02 DOG AND CATS; SECTION 2.02.072 (e) ENFORCEMENT; REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES OR ORDINANCE PROVISIONS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE RATES AND FEES ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE.

PENALTY SECTION:

Sec. 2.02.072 Enforcement

(a) For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, any animal control offi cer or police offi cer is hereby authorized to issue to any owner, or other person, who violates any provision of this chapter a citation which shall be dated and signed by the issuing offi cer. The citation shall set forth the general nature of the violation charged and shall direct the violator to appear in the municipal court of the city on or before a certain day. The violator shall sign the summons to indicate his agreement to appear. In the event a violator refuses to sign the agreement to appear, a police offi cer may be called to the scene and, upon the continued refusal of such person to sign, may arrest such person. In those instances wherein the violator is not present, the citation may be issued, a complaint fi led, and procedure followed as permitted by law.

(b) An animal control offi cer shall, upon observing a dog at large, pursue said dog and capture same if possible. If said dog, during pursuit, goes upon private property, said offi cer shall continue pursuit onto said private property. Should any dog, after pursuit, be captured on private property, the offi cer shall make inquiry of anyone present on said property as to ownership. In the event ownership of the dog is determined, said offi cer shall issue a citation to the owner and deliver the dog to said person upon said person’s exhibiting acceptable identifi cation. In the event a dog at large is captured and the owner is not located, or ownership is not determined, it shall be impounded.

(c) Unless reclaimed as herein provided, all impounded dogs or cats shall be kept for not less than fi ve (5) days, the fi rst day of which shall be the day next following the day of impoundment.

(d) If the owner of an impounded dog or cat can be readily identifi ed, the animal control offi cer or his agent shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after impoundment, notify the dog’s or cat’s owner by telephone, if possible, or by mail if no telephone number is available.

(e) It is the responsibility of the pet owner to make sure their dog or cat is secured. The City Code requires that an animal be secured at all times. Allowing an animal to run at large may result in penalties assessed by the Municipal Court of Colorado City. In the event a dog or cat is found roaming and is picked up by an offi cer, the animal will be taken to the shelter or impoundment. The owner may reclaim his dog or cat from the shelter upon payment of a reclamation fee. The fee for the reclamation is as follows:

Spayed/Neutered Not Spayed/Neutered

First offense $10.00 $25.00

Second offense $25.00 $50.00

Third offense $50.00 $100.00

Fourth offense $100.00 $125.00

(f) If the dog or cat is four (4) months old or older and not wearing a collar with valid rabies and license tags attached, the owner must present a certifi cate showing that the dog or cat has been vaccinated and licensed within the immediate preceding twelve (12) calendar months. If such a certifi cate of vaccination and/or the license cannot be produced, and the animal is three (3) months old or older, a warning notice shall be issued to the owner and the animal may be released to its owner on the condition that the owner shall immediately have the animal vaccinated against rabies and purchase a city license, In that event, the animal shall be vaccinated and/or licensed, as herein provided and acceptable proof thereof exhibited to the director of animal control or his agent within seventy-two (72) hour after the animal’s release. If acceptable proof of vaccination and/or licensing is not presented within the seventy-two (72) hours, the director shall cause a complaint to be fi led against such owner in the municipal court of the city. Animals which are not at least three (3) months of age may be released without immediate vaccination and licensing being required. However, the department of animal control may give written notice to the person claiming said animal that proof of vaccination and licensing must be presented, as required herein, on or before a certain date. The date shall be a date estimated as falling between the third and fourth monthly anniversary of the animal’s birth. In the event such written notice is given and the proof of vaccination and licensing is not provided on or before the date stipulated, the director of the department of animal control shall cause a complaint or complaints to be fi led.

(g) Any animal not reclaimed by its owner in compliance with the provisions of subsection (f) above, within the fi ve (5) days excluding the day of impoundment, shall become the property of the city and shall be either placed for adoption or humanely put to death by an animal control offi cer.

(h) An impounded animal which is not claimed and redeemed by its owner within the fi ve-day period may, if in good health and not having been observed to be vicious, be adopted by any person who pays an adoption fee of fi ve dollars, ($5.00) and the cost of impoundment plus cost of vaccination, provided that the requirements of subsection (f) above must be met by such person, and provided that it shall be unlawful for any person to adopt or attempt to adopt any impounded animal in an effort to avoid or circumvent the penalties applicable to owners-violators.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This Ordinance shall become effective no less than ten days following passage of the ordinance and after publication by the City Secretary of the descriptive caption and the penalty section of this ordinance in a local newspaper twice within a ten-day period in accordance with Section 29 of the City Charter.

_________________________ Donna Madrid, City Secretary

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The Colorado City Wolves Booster Club is actively seeking new members, both individual and businesses.

The booster club supports all Wolf athletic teams, and money raised will be spent on helping our kids, such as donating $800 to-ward a charter bus rental for the football team traveling to Alpine later in the season.

The Adopt-a-Wolf program is currently ongoing. Cost to adopt a varsity football player, volleyball player or cheerleader is $15. Those adopting can have their photo taken with their Wolves. Buttons are being printed.

The 2010-2011 newly elected Wolves Booster Club officers are: Kaci Griffith, president; Catherine Gainey, vice president; Julie Bul-lard, treasurer; and Tammy Johnson, secretary.

The booster club meets each Monday of the week at 7 p.m. at La Fe Restaurant during football season. However, on Monday, September 6 there will be no meeting as Pigskin Preview will be held that eve-ning. To join, call Kaci Griffith at 242-0993.

By Patrick GaineyThe Colorado City varsity foot-

ball team gave the fans a glimpse of this year’s offensive ‘blitzkrieg’ package. The scrimmage against the Cisco Lobos on August 19 went exactly how Head Coach Frank Johnson wanted.

Looking back on the scrim-mage and after fine tuning adjust-

ments, coach Johnson and the staff weighed and measured each mem-ber of this year’s starters for the var-sity squad, but we all know as fans we keep thinking about the score card. Did we win the scrimmage?

“You really can not weigh a scrimmage by a win or loss. The most important factors for a good and clean scrimmage are: 1. no in-

juries 2. improvement 3. learning and playing at varsity level,” Coach Johnson said.

The Wolves made a run-away score in the live quarter of play. “We have eight wide-outs and all of them are capable of execut-ing what our offense is intended for. Tracy Russell along with our wide-outs will burn you if you do not respect them,” Johnson said of his offense.

The overall scrimmage was…well what a scrimmage normally looks and feels like: a bunch of confusion on the field. The coach-ing staff was carrying out indi-vidual assignments to their players on the line and between the plays. This year’s team has many threats offensively and defensively. Every individual has a part and their part will eventually come to light.

Take the Wolves’ offense for example. During the scrimmage against Albany, you had the Derek Gainey to Nick Reyna show and this past week against Cisco you had the Bailey Spencer to Ronald Aoyama show.

“Our coaches have prepared

us in the past two weeks and we feel very confident where we stand right now,” said Aoyama.

Coach Johnson is pleased with Spencer’s performance. Spencer, who played at Moran last year, has had to adjust from six-man to eleven-man in a hurry, and that’s no easy feat when having to learn the Wolves’ offensive package.

This week the Wolves play Merkel in Colorado City. Expect big plays from both teams.

When asked the question of how to contain Frankie “The Train” Harris, coach Johnson answered, “Any time you have the 7 to 9 play-ers on the field at once that’s what we call our Fly-Squad. We are go-ing to fly to the ball regardless of who we’re lined up against.”

The Wolves have experience and look forward each week to im-provement. Merkel will be tough and it will be a battle. So the ques-tion is, “Do the Wolves have what it takes to step up and start the sea-son on the right track?”

See you at the ball game Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Wolf Sta-dium.

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THE WEIGHT ROOM at Colorado High School received a facelift recently in the way of new signs on the north wall of the building. The signs were a project of the Wolves’ Booster Club.


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IN THE 7TH tournament of the year, Jimmy Kiker of Snyder and Wendell Pinkerton of Colorado City placed 1st and 2nd respectively in a bass fishing tournament held on Oak Creek Reservoir last Sat-urday. Photo courtesy of Ray Ellis.

The Colorado City Bass Club held its 7th tournament of the year August 21, and if you ques-tioned the majority of the anglers they would probably tell you that they wish they had slept in this last Saturday morning.

The tournament was held at Oak Creek Reservoir near Blackwell. The club had a good number of participants making the drive to Blackwell at 5:00 am. The lake, famous for its large fish, gave up only a few of its smallest bass. Oak Creek is a clear water lake similar to our own Lake Champion south of Colorado City.

The water temperature this past weekend ranged from 86.9 to 89.0 degrees. The anglers re-ported that the fish were isolat-ed. Only eight of the 14 anglers turned in one fish each. When one does the math, every angler catching a fish only caught one keeper. This is very unusual when a tournament is won with one fish, and what makes it even more unusual is the winning fish was less than three pounds.

Needless to say, many anglers were disappointed in the fishing, but as the old saying goes, “A bad day on the water is still better than a great day in the office”.

The club would also like to welcome two new members from Snyder that joined at the tourna-ment. They are John Stokes and Scott Hand.

Results of the tournament are: Jimmy Kiker, 1st, 2.70 pounds; Wendell Pinkerton, 2nd, 2.25 pounds; Jason Bond, 3rd, 1.95 pounds; Jeff Ellis, tie for 4th, 1.90 pounds; Byrle Chapman, tie for 4th, 1.90 pounds; Clay Eades, 5th; 1.60 pounds; Ray Ellis, 6th, 1.55 pounds; and John Stokes, 7th, 1.40 pounds.

Jimmy Kiker not only won first place money but also big bass money. Jimmy’s first place fish figures to be worth $49.26 per pound. Bet he’s glad he didn’t sleep in.

Local anglers fi shOak Creek Reservoir

The Loraine Bulldogs Booster Club will meet Monday, August 30 in the school cafeteria for their first meeting of the year.

Election of officers will high-light the meeting. All Bulldog supporters are encouraged to at-tend.

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Card of Thanks Thank you for the food, calls, visits and prayers provided at the passing of our beloved wife and mother, Virgie Goodlett. We are so grateful for the care and compassion that was shown to my wife and our family at Mitchell County Hospital. The love and support that was given to us by this community will be long remembered.

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of the impact than you first realized. Chiropractic usessophisticated diagnostic techniques to identify

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MEMBERS OF THE 2010 Loraine Bulldog football team are: (front row, l-r) Nick Kaucher, Tristan Mosher, Sean Casey, Timothy Garza, Este Benivamondez, Ricky Cantu and Randy Munoz; (back row, l-r) Coach Robert Sanchez, Scotty Bailey, Andy Limones, Toby Garza, Joe Iglehart, Brandon Gibson, Coach Brandon Langston and Head Coach Robert Jackson.

By Sharon GreenLoraine Correspondent

Saturday evening, August 28th beginning at 6 p.m. there will be an ice cream social fundraiser held down at the Senior Center in Lo-raine.

Come out and enjoy the home-made ice cream and live music to help support the Senior Center! Prices are $5.00 for Adults and $3.00 for children 10 years and un-der. You may contact Jennifer Fales for information at 325-737-2711.

***The Center’s guests for the week

included Betty Safford’s daugh-ter Janet and husband, Ray Cline. Mamie Lou New and Elizabeth Wilson came down to visit from Snyder, and Charline Hays and Lil-lie Funderburg brought the musical entertainment last Friday.

***Lillie Funderburg also brought

the special music at the First Meth-odist Church in Loraine on Sunday. And don’t forget that Fifth Sunday Sing-along on August 29th will be held at the Loraine First Baptist Church at 3:00pm. All churches, all people are welcome and encour-aged to come.

***It’s Monday morning, the 23rd of

August and all is in order. There may have been total chaos and ten-sion running rampant in your home right up to almost 8 a.m., but there is a sense of peaceful structure now. No matter our age, position in life or the temperature outside, the be-ginning of school makes it feel more like fall.

I am sympathetic to the mom-mies that took their little ones to school for the first time. To those that watched their middle school child exit the car without so much as a look back, keeping their cool in front of their peers, as well as the parents who will watch their college bound student drive away this fall, never to return the same again.

There is no description for the ‘empty nest’ we are left to recreate into that different, yet happy home they will all expect to come home to.

And we will. Once our cry is over, despite the emotional strain, we will begin to formulate plans that make our ‘student’ feel drawn to the comforts of home again. For every last nerve we thought they got on through the summer, their of-

fenses quickly diminish in our mind as all is forgiven and our devotion to them rekindles into purpose for continued family unity.

***The Warren-Graham Reunion

was held in Pontotoc, Mississippi, this year.

Those attending were: Roland Graham of Loraine; Billy and Ruth Kelly of Loraine; Annette Cooper of Savoy; Steve and Debbie Graham of Colorado City; Roger and Gayla Graham, Jordan Graham, Richard and Patsy Long of Sweetwater.

Roland Graham, Ricahrd and Patsy Long visited the Lone Ranger Museum and the Dr. Pepper Mu-seum at Waco. They also visited the LBJ State Park in Luckenbach.

***Rick Lucas said that first days

back in school are often pretty hectic, but LISD’s first day actu-ally went more smoothly than normal. Rick said even the typical pre-schooler’s accidental lunch tray dropping was avoided today.

Good Job Guys! We will pray for these type days to follow you throughout the school year ahead.

***Tome and I made another razzoo

to Austin last Sunday, returning our precious cargo to Texas School for the Deaf for the fall semester. The house looks like a tornado hit it from digging out bed linens and school supplies that have been packed away all summer.

One minute I’m frantically sign-ing explicit instructions to Fynlan, the next minute I’m squeezing the life out of her like I think one more hug will slow down the departure.

At TSD, we are herded into this tiny entryway of the gym to line up and orderly go through the process of registration. My sign language leaves a lot to be desired, so I let

Fynlan do most of the talking. De-spite the mounds of paperwork I filled out prior to school and sent in, I find myself filling out and signing another sizable stack at almost every booth.

Fynlan is talked into cheerlead-ing, driver’s ed, a part time volun-teer job at the animal shelter and the coach is chasing her all over the building signing for her to come back and sign up for track as she darts in and out of the masses with the sign for “no” held high in the air.

By the end of the day, she has just about talked herself out of cheerlead-ing as any extracurricular activity in TSD keeps you away from home on the weekends, and due to the spe-cial circumstances, they actually fly all over the US playing other teams from deaf schools. It sounds excit-ing, but when she boards a plane for home or back to school twice a week, the idea of getting on a plane and flying to who knows where doesn’t seem to thrill her.

Fynlan, Kasey Smith and Alex Maddux were finished with regis-tration and had checked into the dorms by about 2 p.m. The kids were starving, and we hit the streets of Austin in search of a Red Robin they “think” they remember how to get to.

Alex is riding with Tome and I with directions in hand and Kasey and Fynlan are in the car with Kas-ey’s dad following us. After going in tight little circles for a bit, Kasey’s dad Mike gets in the wrong lane and has to turn at a major intersec-tion. My automatic thought is to go back to TSD, regroup and go some-place closer and more familiar, but those boys amazed me. Alex tells me to turn around and go back, tells me to pull in somewhere and stop. I pull into a closed auto store and

park. Within minutes, here comes Mike and the kids pulling in beside us. I’m mentally giving Mike nine kinds of kudos when Kasey jumps out of the car and explains how he tracked Alex’s phone with the GPS system on his cell phone which brought them right to us. Although impressed, I was kinda looking over my shoulder for Big Brother the rest of the day.

We did find the Red Robin after that, went shopping for a forgotten pillow and a replacement for the backpack that ripped at the seams the night before and finally buzzed in at the TSD residential gate about 8:45p.m. We tearfully dropped off our lovelies and headed for home with Mt. Dew and double espresso shots lined up in the cooler. It was a harrowing adventure but we miss her already, and with one more good night’s rest, we’d probably be ready to go back and do it again.

Call me with your news at 325-737-2003. Thanks!

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