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Looking Ahead - Sports - May 21...

SUNDAY
Baseball
• Albuquerque Isotopes vs. Colorado Springs SkySox, 1:35 p.m., Isotopes Park, Albuquerque

MONDAY
Baseball
• Albuquerque Isotopes vs. Colorado Springs SkySox, 12:05 p.m., Isotopes Park, Albuquerque
• LVLL games, starting at 5:30 p.m., Keyes Park
• La Plaza games, starting at 5:30 p.m., Rodriguez Park
Tee-ball
• LVLL games starting 5:15 p.m., Keyes Park
• La Plaza games starting 5:30 p.m., Rodriguez Park

TUESDAY
Baseball

British soccer camp June 5-9

Area youngsters age 3 to 14 are invited to register for the annual Challenger British Soccer Camp, coming June 5-9 to United World College in Montezuma.

Participants develop speed and agility, juggling, foot skills, passing and control, dribbling and shooting, taught by a team of British coaches.

First Kicks (ages 3-4) runs from 8 to 8:45 a.m. and costs $80 for the week. Half-Day (ages 5-14) runs from 9 a.m. to noon and costs $124. Those who sign up for the half-day camp may opt for additional Golden Goal session from 1 to 3 p.m. ($47).

Straight from the City: City...

It does surprise me when some folks still ask, “What has the city done over the past year?”

I can tell you first-hand that the city has been a whirlwind of activity, since I came on board seven months ago.

What the City has been doing is too broad a topic to address in a single column, so I’ll just touch on a few of the high points.

Let’s start with water.

The city has been working diligently to resolve the half-century-long dispute with our acequias in a way that leaves all parties winners.

Honors list updated

Submitted to the Optic

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The 2017 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference indoor track and field All-Conference teams have been updated to reflect the current RMAC bylaws.

RMAC First Team and Second Team are based on the individual and relay finishes at the RMAC Championships.

The updated All-RMAC teams reflect first, second, and third-place individual finishers and first-place relay teams earning First Team recognition. Second Team consists of fourth, fifth and sixth-place individual finishers and second-place relay teams.

Que Pasa - May 24, 2017

5.26.2017
FRIDAY

1:30 to 7 p.m.
The grand opening celebration of the Abe Montoya Recreation Center from 1:30 to 7 p.m. All recreation services will be available free of charge during the celebration, including free open swims in the newly renovated pool. Food, a DJ and children’s activities including a kiddy bounce will also be part of the celebration.

5.27.2017
SATURDAY

10:45 a.m.

Sky Sox breeze past Isotopes

The Albuquerque Isotopes bookended Monday night’s series finale by scoring runs in the second and ninth, but the innings in between belonged to visiting Colorado Springs.

The Sky Sox won 11-2, dealing the Isotopes (23-21) their most lopsided defeat of the season while outhitting them 18-6 at Isotopes Park.

Albuquerque hosts the Oklahoma City Dodgers in a four-game series through Friday night.

Isotopes weather 9th inning scare

Albuquerque Isotopes and Optic staff reports

The Memphis Redbirds (25-15) loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but the Isotopes (21-18) were able to hang on and secure a 4-3 win on Wednesday night. The victory for Albuquerque marked the team’s third win in the last four games.

In his second appearance with the club, Isotopes starter Thad Weber earned his first win of the season. The right-hander allowed just two runs to the Redbirds potent offense, striking out six and walking one during his five innings on the mound.

Threat should have been quashed

The following editorial was published in the Los Angeles Times on May 16:

The particularly nasty computer program dubbed “WannaCry” that attacked hospitals, businesses and government agencies around the world this past weekend was like a cybercrime highlight reel, a compilation of by-now familiar elements — conscience-free cybercriminals, an obscure vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, older and ill-maintained corporate computer networks and computer users tricked into opening booby-trapped email attachments — that played out on an epic scale.

In Brief - News - May 21, 2017

The Associated Press
AGs pledge fight for ACA
LOS ANGELES — Democratic attorneys general in more than a dozen states announced Thursday they would attempt to intervene in a federal lawsuit that threatens to undercut funding for the Affordable Care Act.

The legal move is intended to give the states a foothold in the case that could disrupt the lives of millions of Americans.

Looking Ahead - Sports - May 24...

WEDNESDAY
Baseball
• Albuquerque Isotopes vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers, 7:05 p.m., Isotopes Park, Albuquerque
• LVLL games, starting 5:30 p.m., Keyes Park
• La Plaza games, starting 5:30 p.m., Rodriguez Park
Tee-ball
• LVLL games starting 5:15 p.m., Keyes Park
• La Plaza games starting 5:30 p.m., Rodriguez Park

THURSDAY
Baseball
• Albuquerque Isotopes vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers, 7:05 p.m., Isotopes Park, Albuquerque