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THIS WEEK2 An analysis of Obamacare show the program isn’t working very well.4 Peggy gets stuck in the house during the Big Blizzard of ‘15.5 Hedley’s NHS chapter carries out a project in the spirit of Christmas.6 And the Broncos win the Gruver Holiday Classic!All this and much more as The Enterprise

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State group honors local school boards

January 2016 is School Board Recognition Month, a time to thank the more than 7,100 locally elected citizens who deeply care about the success of all Texas children.

These dedicated men and women serve without pay on local school boards. Each year the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) encourages par-ents, district staff, and community leaders to show appreciation to board members for their commit-ment to Texas schoolchildren.

“The full potential of our state and nation depends on how well our students are prepared to embrace and master the chal-lenges ahead. In communities across the state, school board members step forward to tackle serious issues, deal with fi nancial uncertainties, and provide excel-lent educational experiences for all of our children,” said James B. Crow, TASB executive director.

Clarendon School Trustees are Wayne Hardin, Jim Shelton, Reneé Mott, Chuck Robertson, Robin Ellis, Wes Hatley, and Weldon Sears.

Hedley trustees are Dana Bell, Lana Ritchie, Carole Ward, Michael Metcalf, Aaron Harper, Billy Hall and Troy Monroe.

“Please join me in recogniz-ing the important role that school boards play in providing a quality education for young Texans. We applaud them for seeing that our students have the tools necessary for success and building an even stronger foundation for the Texas of tomorrow,” he said.

Texas school board members are the largest group of elected offi cials in the state. The districts they represent serve more than 5.2 million public school students.

The Donley County Appraisal District reminds everyone that Janu-ary 31 is the legal deadline to pay your 2015 property tax without pen-alty and interest, unless the date falls on a holiday or weekend.

That means your payment will still be considered timely if paid or postmarked by Monday, February 1, 2016. If payment is not received or postmarked by that date, a seven percent penalty and interest fee will attach and also become due.

There are several payment options available. You may make your payment in the appraisal offi ce at 304 S. Kearney or send your payment by mail to PO Box 1220, Clarendon, TX 79226.

Taxpayers can also visit the website at www.donleycad.org and

make your payment online. Credit card payments have a transaction processing fee.

If you have qualifi ed for the over 65 or the disabled person exemption, you may pay your taxes in four installments without penalty and interest fees. To avoid penal-ties and interest on each installment amount, you must pay the install-ments before February 1, April 1, June 1, and August 1.

The appraisal district will mail a Confi dential Business Personal Property Rendition to business owners this month.

Fill out the rendition, listing the January 1, 2016 business inven-tories, furniture, fi xtures, machinery, equipment and vehicles and return the form to the offi ce by April 15.

A rendition received after the fi ling deadline is subject to additional fees for late fi li ng.

The rendition forms were rede-signed by the Comptroller’s offi ce last year, so let the offi ce know if you have questions. Contact the district at (806) 874-2744.

As you are concentrating on paying your 2015 tax amount this month, the 2016 appraisal of your property is already well under way. Field appraisers are inspecting prop-erties, updating property records, requesting information on recent sales, and analyzing sales data.

The appraisal district will be looking closely at market changes refl ected in sales prices and rental rates in preparation for the January 1, 2016 valuation of your property.

Six GOP incumbents lock up ‘16 election

Incumbents appear to have the 2016 election all locked up in Donley County following the December 14 fi ling deadline.

According to the County Clerk’s offi ce, the terms of six local offi ce holders are expiring this year, and each of the people now in those positions has fi led to run again.

Those include Sheriff Butch Blackburn, County Attorney Landon Lambert, Tax Assessor/Collector Linda Crump, Pct. 1 Commissioner Mark White, Pct. 3 Commissioner Andy Wheatly, and Pct. 3&4 Contstable Doug Wright.

None of those candidates face any opposition, the clerk’s offi ce said, and all are running as Republicans.

Also running unopposed for re-election in the GOP primary are Clarendon’s own US Rep. Mac Thornberry, and State Rep. Ken King of Canadian. District Judge Stuart Messer and District Attorney Luke Inman have also fi led for reelection this year and are unopposed.

The Republican Primary will be held March 1, 2016, with early voting occurring February 16-27. The General Election will be held November 1.

Winter Storm Goliath did not pack quite the punch in Donley County that it did in other parts of the Texas Panhandle, but the meteorological fi nale of 2015 still left its mark.

Heeding warnings ahead of the storm, Lowe’s Family Center was swamped Satur-day, December 26, by local residents stock-ing up on essentials, and the shelves of milk, eggs, and bread were bare by that night.

Rolling into the High Plains Saturday evening, the storm blasted the area with strong winds that lasted through Sunday and periodically pelted the county with ice and snow. Offi cial reports said local snowfall amounted to between three and four inches, but strong north winds pushed much of that snow into drifts while leaving some areas of bare ground.

The primary diffi culty for local folks were power outages. While electric service in Clarendon stayed on, some county resi-dents suffered power losses with a few being in the dark for several days even after the storm subsided Monday. Landline telephone and even some cellular phone services were also disrupted.

Southwestern Electric Power Co. reported that at Goliath’s peak, 15,500 SWEPCO customers were without power, with 5,400 outages in in the areas of Clarendon, Hedley, Wellington, Memphis, Shamrock and Wheeler.

Employees with the Texas Department of Transportation worked diligently to keep major highways passable. Travel during the storm was discouraged, but several motor-ists continued to push their luck and had to

be rescued.By 5 p.m. Sunday,

state offi cials had closed Interstate 40 through the Texas Panhandle, and by 8:30 that night, US 287 from Childress to Amarillo was closed as well.

TxDOT’s Chil-dress District at that time reported “heavy sleet and snow falling with snow pack and black ice on roadways,” and the department said it had numerous reports of vehicles sliding off of roadways, rollovers, and jackknifed trucks.” Downed power lines across roadways and widespread power out-ages were also reported.

Clarendon’s Red Cross shelter at the First United Methodist Church opened its doors to 110 stranded motorists, and the Church of Christ Family Life Center shel-tered about another 50 people.

Roads re-opened Monday, but it was still a few days before some folks in rural areas were able to get their lives back to normal.

By last Wednesday, Greenbelt Electric still had local men working to restore all their members’ power with help from two other electric cooperatives as well as con-struction crews from Oklahoma, Louisiana,

and from Lubbock.Road graders were called in to help

clear county roads to get linemen to downed poles, according to Greenbelt Electric’s Randy White.

“Donley County commissioners and hands really stepped up, working nights and weekends to help clear roads for us,” White said. “I was impressed.”

White said Greenbelt Electric lost a total of 250 poles during the storm, and the last residential outage was not restored until Sunday, January 3. As of Tuesday, Greenbelt was still working to repairs lines to some rural water wells.

Greenbelt Electric lineman Levi Proaps trudges back to his truck through blowing snow after repairing a service at the intersections of County Roads W and 14 southeast of Clarendon last week. COURTESY PHOTO / GREENBELT ELECTRIC

A Greenbelt Electric crew replaces broken poles on the McDowell Ranch near Shamrock. The cooperative lost 250 poles in the storm. COURTESY PHOTO / GREENBELT ELECTRIC

Junior stock show to be Saturday

Local 4H and FFA members spent last weekend making preparations for the annual Donley County Junior Livestock Show & Sale this Saturday, January 9, starting at 9 a.m.

The young people were busy setting up live-stock panels and arranging chairs for the show at the Donley County Activity Center.

A total of 79 exhibitors have been working with their lambs, goats, beef and pig projects. Each one has quickly learned that despite the cold and snowy weather, the animals still need to be fed and watered daily.

Preliminary activities will be happening Friday evening as fi nal preparations are made for the show. A chili supper will be held that evening starting at 5:30 for $7 per person with proceeds benefi ting the stock show.

An on-site concession stand will open at 10:30 Saturday morning and will offer pulled pork sandwiches, baked potatoes, beans, brown-ies, and Frito pies. Proceeds from that stand also go to the stock show.

Following the show, the buyers’ barbecue dinner will precede the livestock sale that evening at 6:00 p.m.

The junior livestock association still wel-comes donations to the buyers’ club by calling 806-874-2421. Those can also be dropped off at the Extension Offi ce or mailed to DCJLS at PO Box 661, Clarendon, TX 79226.

Scheduled to exhibit animals this year are: Ethan Babcock, Tanner Burch, Lane Cabler, Andrea Coccini, Chardy Craft, Izzy Craft, Bailey Downing, Issac Dunham, Mya Edwards, Taylee Ehlert, Blaine Ellis, Brandalyn Ellis, Brenna Ellis, Marie Francksen, Clint Franks, Cole Franks, Laney Gates, Levi Gates, Christopher Gonzales, Cutter Goodpasture, Bryce Grahn, Caton Grahn, Darcy Grahn, Jayde Gribble, Hadleigh Halsell, Taylor Halsell, Tristen Harper, Tyler Harper, Brock Hatley, Bryce Hatley, Calder Havens, Payton Havens, Grant Haynes, Kasie Hinton, Lane Hinton, Makenzie Hinton, Hannah Hommel, Harrison Howard, Riley Jantz, Ray Jaramillo, Tristin Kain, Clay King, Emma Lam-bert, Jayden Lambert, Kenlee Lambert, Jasmine Lockeby, Christian Lucero, Jaxan McAnear, Kelsey McAnear, Heath McCleskey, Klaiton McCleskey, Evelyn Mills, Steven Mills, Caylor Monroe, Collin Monroe, Angel Olivas, Kynna Phillips, Jodee Pigg, Emeri Robinson, Misit Scott, Madison Shelp, Raylyn Shelton, Alysse Simpson, Malerie Simpson, Madison Smith, Koyt Tucek, Reagan Wade, Riley Wade, Grayson Waldrop, Kennady Waldrop, Maloree Wann, Clay Ward, Ryan Ward, Emmelise Warren, Joseph Watson, Bryce Williams, and Mycah Woodard.

Brandalyn Ellis smiles with her prize lamb ahead of Saturday’s stock show.

Goliath strikes

2015 taxes are due Jan. 31

CC Livestock Team wins ArizonaThe Clarendon College Livestock Judging Team brought home

weekend in Phoenix. Annie Beldon, Quentin Quintana, Brayden Hawkins, and Kirsten Midkiff all placed in the top ten at the contest. Also representing Clarendon were team members Kris Johnson and Trey Tidwell. Coaches are Johnny Treichel and Curtis Wertman. The team’s next competition is in Denver, Colo., this weekend. CC COURTESY PHOTO






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TxDOT to hold child safety seat checkup

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will hold a car safety seat checkup event on February 11, 2016 at the Clarendon Fire Hall from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Inspections are by appoint-ment only. Call Jolie Person, TxDOT Traffi c Safety Specialist at 940-937-7179 to schedule an appointment, and allow 30 min-utes for each seat.

Three out of four kids are not buckled correctly. This is an opportunity to learn how to buckle your child in correctly and get your safety seat check by a regis-tered technician.

Child passenger safety tech-nicians will check your child’s car seat for correct installation, recalls and damage, and the best fi t for weight, height, and age

For more information, con-tact [email protected] or (940) 937-7288.

Texas humorist Tumbleweed Smith will be the headline entertain-ment when the Clarendon Cham-ber of Commerce holds its annual Awards Banquet on Thursday, Feb-ruary 11, at the Bairfi eld Activity Center.

The awards to be given that night will be the Saints’ Roost Award for a lifetime of service to the com-munity and the Man and Woman of the Year for the man and woman who have made signifi cant contributions to the community during 2015.

Smith is producer of The Sound of Texas, a radio series that began in Big Spring and became the most widely syndicated feature radio show in Texas. In doing his daily program for more than 45 years, Smith has gathered the largest pri-vate collection of oral history in the United States. Texas Highways Mag-azine says he has probably recorded the voices of more Texas characters than anyone else.

Tumbleweed taught broadcast-ing and speech in the University of

Texas system 34 years. He is a syndi-cated newspaper columnist. His one-man shows have been performed all over Texas and in six other states and four foreign countries. His honors include two CLIO advertis-ing awards, two Telly statuettes, the governor’s award for tourism, the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Cultural Achievement Award, The (2012) DAR Texas Media Award, and two Freedoms Foundation Awards.

He is a past district governor of

Rotary International and an Admi-ral in the Texas Navy. He has a star on the Texas Trail of Fame in Fort Worth. Smith lives in Big Spring with his wife Susan. They have two sons, two daughters-in-law, and four grandsons.

This year’s Chamber event with a Mardi Gras theme will begin at 6 p.m. with a hospitality and hors d’oeuvres along with a silent auction followed by the banquet, entertain-ment, and awards at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $20 per person and

must be purchased in advance at the Visitor Center located inside Mulkey Theatre. Businesses are also invited to purchase blocks of tickets by sponsoring tables at the event. Table sponsors will get to decorate their tables to refl ect their business and the theme of the banquet with a prize given for the best table decoration.

For more information, contact Chamber Manager Bonnie Camp-bell at the Clarendon Visitor Center at 874-2421 or Chamber President Roger Estlack at 874-2259.

Hometown hero Kenny King received a standing ovation in the Bronco Gym last Friday, January 22, as he a presented special award to Clarendon High School and the community on behalf of the National Football League.

A special golden football noting King’s participation in Super Bowls XV and XVIII is now on permanent display at the school, but the former Oakland Raider said he was not the focus Friday night.

Former Clarendon coaches Clyde Noonkester, Bob Lemons, and Jeff Walker were on hand as King presented the golden football

to Clarendon ISD Athletic Director Gary Jack.

“It’s been a great ride – where I’ve gone, what I’ve done, and where I’ve been – and to be able to come back and do something of this magni-tude,” King said during the presenta-tion. “It’s not that many players who actually get the chance. It’s not that many cities, it’s not that many towns, it’s not that many communities that have this opportunity. So I wanted to make sure that I could come back and share this with Clarendon.

“It’s not about me tonight,” King continued. “It’s about you. It’s about the community, and as we all

know this is a very strong commu-nity.”

The large crowd gathered for the Broncos v. Wellington game applauded and cheered the presen-tation, and King signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans throughout the night and again Sat-urday at the Riley Shadle benefi t.

King graduated from CHS in 1975 after playing football for the Bronchos for four years, including Clarendon’s 1973 appearance at the state title game, and played with Jack for three of those years.

King then played for the Uni-versity of Oklahoma before signing

on with the Houston Oilers and later the Raiders in Oakland. In Super Bowl XV, he caught a pass from quarterback Jim Plunkett and ran a record-setting 80 yards for a touch-down during Oakland’s victory over Philadelphia. He won his second national title in Super Bowl XVIII in 1984.

Last fall, the NFL kicked off its Super Bowl High School Honor Roll to recognize the schools and commu-nities with a connection to the more than 3,000 people who have played or coached in the Super Bowl as part of the celebration leading up to Super Bowl 50 next month.

When King learned of the NFL’s program, he knew he wanted to honor his hometown.

“This is something the NFL is allowing us as players to do for our community,” King told the Enter-prise Saturday. “I’d been talking to Gary (Jack) about this for some time, but with everything that happened it wasn’t the right time,” King said, referring to Riley Shadle’s injury early in the football season.

King said everything just worked out after Friday’s date had been picked, and he was glad that the timing allowed him to help with Sat-urday’s benefi t.

Christian radio now on air in Clarendon

Months of planning and vol-unteer efforts have resulted in a new Christian radio station now being available in the Clarendon area.

The Kingdom Keys Network out of Amarillo is now broadcast-ing locally at 91.5 FM through a translator at the Christ’s Kids Ministry Center. The station fea-tures family-oriented Christian programing, and more informa-tion and a programing guide can be found at KingdomKeys.org.

“Amazing” is the word is being used to describe the Riley Shadle Benefi t held at the Donley County Activity Center last Saturday, Janu-ary 23.

Benefi t organizer Chandra Wright estimates about 2,000 people attended the event, which raised more than $45,000 to help with the expenses of the Clarendon High School senior who suffered a severe neck injury during the Broncos v. Lockney football game last fall.

With donations still coming in, the evidence continues to strengthen the view that Clarendon and her Texas Panhandle neighbors are a very close and supportive of each other.

“For me, I didn’t set a goal for us,” Wright said. “But we way past the expectations of anybody.”

Donations for the live and silent

auction at the event came in from all over, and more examples of goodwill are still coming in, including a spe-cial fundraising event February 22 in Amarillo.

“The Blue Sky Café will hold a Riley benefi t on that day,” Wright said. “They are giving 20 percent of the sales that day to help Riley.”

She said people in Amarillo, Pampa, Wheeler, and elsewhere already knew Riley’s story and were eager to help. And other volunteers gladly helped, particularly one Clarendon celebrity.

“Kenny King was awesome,” she said. “He and his wife, Wanda, came and just stayed and didn’t leave until it was over. It was brilliant.”

Wright was particularly impressed with the Bronco football team and cheerleaders who showed up to serve food and didn’t leave

until the event was over.“It’s just breathtaking to see

people come out and take part in a benefi t like that for riley. It was such a blessing, and there were lots of tears, I can tell you that,” she said.

Wright particularly noted the help from her husband Bobby, Keith and Beverly Taylor of Pampa, and Mandy Roberts for helping orga-nize the benefi t. Meat for the event was cooked by Bobby Wright, D.J. Edwards, Jeremy Hicks, Tony Her-rera, Keith Taylor, and Kevin Winget.

“They worked their tails off,” Wright said.

Riley’s grandfather, Jim Shadle, took the microphone following the live auction to thank the crowd.

“We praise God every day,” he told the crowd. “Riley’s getting better everyday. God does amaz-ing things everyday. This family

King brings NFL honor to Clarendon

Texas humorist to headline Chamber awards banquet

is so blessed because of you guys and people beyond you guys. It’s so encouraging that people love people.”

Charles Clinton and the Opti-mistics and the Texas Pearl Snaps

provided musical entertainment for the evening, and many other people volunteered and participated.

“We just appreciate everyone for the help and heart and spirit,” Wright said.

ENTERPRISE PHOTO / ROGER ESTLACK

Former Clarendon High School coach Jeff Walker watches as Super Bowl legend Kenny King addresses the crowd at the Bronco Gym last Friday night during the presentation of a golden football to the community from the NFL as part of the

ENTERPRISE PHOTOS / ASHLEE ESTLACK

TOP PHOTO: Coach Gary Jack holds the

duces guest speakers Coaches Clyde Noonkester, Jeff Walker, Bob Lemons, and Kenny King before the Broncos game. BOTTOM: Kenny King with Riley Shadle’s

offers trees for sale Spring is just around the

corner and that means it’s time to think trees.

The Donley County Soil & Water Conservation District has a wide variety of small, medium, and large sized evergreens, decid-uous shade, shrubs, and fruit trees. Orders are due by February 22, 2016. The trees should be deliv-ered around the second week in March.

Extra trees will be sold on a fi rst come, fi rst served basis at that time. For more information, contact the Donley County Soil & Water Conservation District at 806-874-3561, extension 3, or stop by the offi ce at 321 Sully in Clarendon.

CC to expand dual credit opportunities

Clarendon College Regents okayed changes during their meet-ing last Thursday, January 21, that will allow high school students to take more dual credit classes.

CC President Robert Riza said the changes will open the opportunity for students to com-plete a college degree while still in high school.

In other business, Regents ratifi ed the hiring of Dr. Ken McIntosh as a new history instructor and Minnie Douglas to run a clinical simulation lab and accepted the resignation of nurs-ing instructor Cory Dunn.






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By Sandy Anderberg

The Clarendon Bronco basketball team has had a great season, but it came to abrupt end in Littlefi eld last Friday against a good Panhandle team.

The game went into overtime, and the Bron-cos were defeated 56-62 in a game that was nip and tuck all the way.

The Broncos played hard from beginning to end and had a great strategy going in. They held a two-point lead after one, but the Panthers took over in the second quarter taking a two-point lead into the break. The Broncos refocused and put themselves in a great spot with only eight min-utes remaining with a three-point lead. A few missed shots down the stretch hurt the Broncos and Panhandle was able to force extra minutes.

The Broncos did all they could do in the OT period, but were unable to stop the Panthers.

Bryce Grahn led the Broncos on the score-board with 16 points. Junior Ceniceros fi nished with 15, Marshal Johnson had 12, Chance Lock-hart put in 11, and Colt Wood had two. Grahn

had fi ve rebounds and three steals, Lockhart had four assists and Ceniceros helped with three. Johnson had fi ve rebounds and Wood grabbed two steals.

“We played a good game against a good team,” coach Brandt Lockhart said. “We played with great effort from beginning to end.”

The Broncos did have a great season, which ended too soon for players and fans. However, the Broncos had a lot of successes during their season that included a big win over Panhandle in a tournament.

“We fi nished the season with two tourna-ment wins and a Bi-District Championship,” Lockhart said.

Lockhart was also pleased with the effort by the two seniors on the team. Junior Ceniceros and Chesson Sims fought hard with the Broncos all year.

“I appreciate the work that Chesson and Junior put in in their four years,” he said. “I also appreciate the senior trainers, Shelby Baxter, Kendra Davis, Alysse Simpson, and Josh Solis.

The Broncos fi nished the season with a record of 25-7.”

Earlier in the week, the Broncos claimed the Bi-District Title in Amarillo when they soundly defeated the Gruver Greyhounds, 71-47.

The Broncos totally dominated the Grey-hounds and stifl ed everything they tried to do. The Broncos led by no less than 16 points most of the game. Grahn and Ceniceros put in 28 points each, Lockhart added 26, Johnson had 24, Sims helped with 14, and Damarjae put in 10. Wood had eight, and Keandre Cortez had four.

Grahn had 24 rebounds for a double-dou-ble, eight assists and six steals. Lockhart had 18 rebounds and 12 assists for another double-double. Johnson grabbed 11 rebounds and Sims had nine. D. Cortez also added four steals on defense.

“I thought we played great defense,” Lock-hart said. “We were able to hold them to 14 points the fi rst half. We fi nished the game with fi ve guys nine points or better and we also domi-nated the boards.”

Court hears three local cases plea

The district court heard three pleas on Donley County cases during the month of February.

The court met in Clarendon on Friday, February 26, 2016, to hear one plea.

Steven Wayne Kelley was placed on probation for a period of eight years for the second degree felony offense of failure to register as a sex offender enhanced. Kelley pleaded guilty and was placed on deferred adjudication for the offense.

Kelley, 54, from Amarillo, was arrested in Donley County for the offense that took place on Novem-ber 24, 2014, by DPS Trooper Travis High. Kelley was indicted by a Donley County Grand Jury on Janu-ary 25, 2016.

Pursuant to the plea agreement, Kelley is required to pay a $500 fi ne to Donley County, $488 in court costs, and successfully complete 300 hours of community service. If Kelley violates probation, he could face up to 20 years in the Institu-tional Division of the TDCJ.

On Monday, February 22, the court met in Childress and heard a plea from David Louis Barrett, who was placed on probation for a period of three years for the third degree felony offense of prohibited sub-stance in a correctional facility.

Barrett, 41, from Lawton, OK, pleaded guilty and was placed on deferred adjudication for the offense.

Barrett, was arrested in Donley County for the offense that took place on February 1, 2016 by Donley County Deputy Sonny Marasco. Barrett pleaded to an information fi led by the State on February 17, 2016.

Pursuant to the plea agreement, Barrett is required to pay a $3,000 fi ne to Donley County, $488 in court costs, $180 restitution, and complete 200 hours of community service. If Barrett violates probation, he could face up to 10 years in the Institu-tional Division of the TDCJ.

The court also met in Panhan-dle on Monday, February 8, where

City administrator’s contract extended

The contract of City Admin-istrator David Dockery was extended to 2018 following an evaluation of his performance by the Clarendon City Council last Thursday, February 25.

City aldermen met in closed session about 50 minutes before returning to open session to extend Dockery’s contract and approve a pay raise for the administrator.

“We are very pleased with David for his relationship with the council and his relationship with citizens,” said Mayor Larry Hicks, who also praised Dockery for his professionalism and depth of knowledge of municipal affairs.

Next week marks one year that Dockery has served Clarendon as its city administra-tor.

In other city business, the council gave fi nal approval to combining the positions of code enforcement and animal control and received a good audit report from Denise Foster of Foster & Lambert for the city and the eco-nomic development corporation for fi scal year 2015.

In his administrative report, Dockery updated the aldermen on a request for a tax abatement from Apex Secure Care, a company that is reportedly considering opening the former Medical Center Nurs-ing Home.

Dockery said the company’s representative had not sent any requested information and Alder-man Sandy Skelton raised con-cerns about Apex’s performance record with the state.

Commissioners okay burn ban

Donley County Commis-sioners approved a Burn Ban during a called meeting last Tues-day, February 23.

The 90-day ban on outdoor burning is effective on Red Flag Warning days, and all planned fi res must be reported to the Sher-iff’s Offi ce prior to ignition.

The National Weather Ser-vice issues statements to the sheriff’s offi ce when Red Flag Warning conditions are in effect.

In other county business, the commissioners’ court approved a grant application to the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission for state funding to provide a vehicle and deputy for highway traffi c and drug interdiction.

Preventive maintenance issues with the Courthouse heat-ing and cooling system were discussed, and a request by St. Mary’s Catholic Church for recy-cled asphalt product was approved for their new building which will also serve as an emergency shel-ter.

Hedley OAP to hold Dessert Theatre

Hedley High School will present their 2016 One Act Play “The Red Velvet Cake War” at a dessert theatre on Monday, March 7, 2016. Desserts will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for a $5 charge. The play will follow at 7:00 p.m.

If you’ve skipped paying that speeding ticket that you stuffed in your glove box, you could soon fi nd yourself wear-ing a pair of handcuffs when the Texas Warrant Round-Up begins Saturday, March 5.

Donley County Justices of the Peace and more than 200 other jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies across the state will be participating in the round-up, and offi cials say it’s best to pay your fi ne now before it starts.

Local justice courts handed numerous open cases over to a collection agency in

Amarillo, which has sent letters out to those individuals.

The courts have already put a hold on the driver’s licenses of the offenders in question, and for those who don’t pay up, warrants will be issued and the offenders will be arrested.

Precinct 3&4 Justice Denise Bertrand said Donley County has had good results from participating in the Texas Warrant Round-Up in years past.

“It has been successful in the past,” Bertrand said. “I con-sider it a success when they pay

their fi ne, and we don’t have to put out a warrant or put them in jail.”

As collection agents’ let-ters show up in mailboxes and word gets out about the round-up, local courts are already seeing an infl ux of people paying their fi nes.

If someone is unable to pay their fi ne, offi cials still say it’s better to contact their offi ces before warrants go out Saturday.

“Community service is an option if they can prove they can’t pay their fi ne,” Bertrand said.

The spring/summer edition of the Clarendon Welcome Guide is greeting visi-tors and newcomers to Donley County this week courtesy of The Clarendon Enterprise in cooperation with the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce.

The 40-page, magazine format guide features welcomes from Mayor Larry Hicks, Donley County Judge John Howard, and Clarendon College President Robert Riza and includes information on local events sched-uled through August 2016.

“We’re very proud of this publication, and we appreciate the support of all the local businesses and organizations who pur-chased advertising space in this endeavor,” said Enterprise publisher Roger Estlack. “We believe this will be something that people will want to keep handy for all kinds of infor-

mation.”The Welcome Guide has maps for

Clarendon, Hedley, and Howardwick with locations of popular attractions and land-marks marked; lists important information and contact numbers for those cities and the county; and provides contact numbers and information for local schools, daycares, and health care providers.

Local churches are listed in Guide as are local real estate agents and rental properties. Greenbelt Lake and the Clarendon Coun-try Club are featured prominently, as is the Saints’ Roost Museum. A directory of Cham-ber member businesses and organizations is also published in the Guide.

“I think this is one of the greatest things we’ve done,” Chamber Manager Bonnie Campbell said. “It is a great way to get infor-

mation to people about what we have here and the things there are to do in Clarendon.”

The Welcome Guide is updated and published twice each year. The next edition will be for Fall and Winter and will be pub-lished the fi rst week of September.

Chamber and Enterprise personnel will distribute the guide this week to the Texas Travel Information Center in Amarillo as well as hotels, restaurants, convenience stores, and other select outlets in Clarendon and Donley County. The Welcome Guide is also available in the Clarendon Visitor Center at Mulkey Theatre and will be included in bags the Chamber prepares for visitors throughout the year.

A digital edition of the Welcome Guide will be available this week at Clarendon-Chamber.com.

PEAK donationClarendon Elementary Principal Mike Word presented a check to Superin-tendent Mike Norrell last week on behalf of the Pony Parents organization. The check for $3,750 will be added to the PEAK scholarship fund. CISD PHOTO

Spring, summer welcome guide being distributed

Broncos win bi-district title

Warrant Round-Up to start arresting ticket holders who haven’t paid up

The varsity Broncos lift the bi-district trophy after defeating Gruver last Tuesday, February 23, in Amarillo. ENTERPRISE PHOTO / ROGER ESTLACK

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CASA training to be held in Clarendon

CASA of the High Plains will hold training in Clarendon on April 7, April 12, and April 14 for those interested in becoming vol-unteers for the organization.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) has the goal of ensuring the highest quality advocacy possible for all children in the child protection system. CASA volunteers safeguard the children’s best interests to ensure that they are placed in safe, per-manent homes as quickly as pos-sible.

For more information or to sign up for the training, call 806-669-7638.

CC, Texas Tech plan joint press meeting

Clarendon College and Texas Tech University offi cials will hold a joint press conference this Thursday, March 24, at 11 a.m. in the Bairfi eld Activity Center to herald a new articulation agree-ment between the schools.

CC and Tech are working together to address a nursing shortage in the region and put local students on a clear path to a four-year nursing degree.

The City of Clarendon is close to completing a project to loop water lines on the south side of the city, according to a report made to the City Council’s regular meeting March 10.

City Administrator David Dockery said the project ties lines along Browning Blvd. from Carhart Street to Parks up to Barcus and then west to Bugbee Avenue.

“This will help take care of the biggest part of the red water in that part of town,” Dockery told the

council. “I want to compliment the public works crew for accomplishing this job while stilling taking care of their usual tasks.”

Public Works Director John Molder also spoke on the looping project, agreeing with Dockery that the works should “just about allevi-ate the red water” and noting that the city is receiving good water from Greenbelt.

“We’re delivering a good prod-uct with bad lines,” Molder said, referring to cast iron lines that were

put into service early in the 20th cen-tury.

Dockery also reminded the council of the Town Hall meeting that will be held Tuesday, March 29, in the Bairfi eld Activity Center at 7 p.m. to discuss further improvements to the water system at a cost of about $4 million through a USDA grant/loan program.

In other city business, the coun-cil opened sealed bids on a city-owned hanger at the Smiley Johnson Municipal Airport. John Morrow

bid $1,200 on the hanger, and Gary Campbell bid $1,203.99. The coun-cil accepted the high bid.

Aldermen also discussed the bylaws and articles of incorporation for the Clarendon Economic Devel-opment Corporation. Mayor Larry Hicks said discrepancies had been discovered in how the CEDC is oper-ating compared to what the bylaws actually call for. The chief discrep-ancies are a requirement in both the bylaws and the articles of incorpora-tion that requires board members to

be residents of the City of Clarendon and a provision in the bylaws set-ting the date of the regular monthly CEDC meetings.

City offi cials say the bylaws need to either be followed or changed to fi t current practice. The CEDC will discuss the bylaws at its next meeting.

Also at the March 10 meeting, Aldermen gave fi nal approval to Ordinance 451, fi nishing the process of closing a portion of Fourth Street west of Collinson Street.

WASHINGTON - US Con-gressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clar-endon) voted last week in support of a resolution, H. Res. 639, authoriz-ing the Speaker to fi le a legal brief on behalf of the House of Repre-sentatives in support of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s 2014 executive actions on the deportation of some illegal immigrants.

The lawsuit was fi led by the State of Texas and 25 other states and will be heard by the Supreme Court this summer. The resolution passed the House by a vote of 234-186.

“The importance of this lawsuit cannot be understated as it goes to the heart of the separation of powers in our constitutional system,” Thorn-berry said. “The Supreme Court should recognize that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, should have the power to circumvent Congress and undermine the rule of

law.” “This is very important. If

we’re going to maintain the founding principle of being a self-governing people, if we’re going to maintain the founding principle of government by consent of the governed, the legisla-tive branch of government needs to be the one writing the laws—not the executive branch,” said Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI).

In a ruling last year, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the states in the lawsuit. The Court’s decision prevents the Obama Admin-istration’s implementation of the executive actions while the matter makes its way through the legal system.

In the lawsuit, the Supreme Court asked whether the Presi-dent’s executive amnesty violates his duties under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution to “take Care

City nears completion of looping project

Lions 5K to be held on April 9

The fourth annual Chance Mark Jones Roar ‘N Run 5K is three weeks away, but those wanting to participate are reminded that the early registration deadline is next Friday.

The Clarendon Lions Club is hosting the event on Saturday, April 9, to coincide with Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Those interested in running or walking the 5K (about 3.1 miles) are encouraged to sign up before April 1 to take advantage of the early bird discount. Registration costs $25, but those who sign up early save $5. Signing up by April 1 also guarantees participants the offi cial 5K t-shirt.

The year’s race will start and end on the Clarendon College campus and will run through the city, around Prospect Park, and past several historic structures, including the Donley County Courthouse, the First United Methodist Church, and the S.W. Lowe House.

The race will begin at 9 a.m. Race registrations are available at the Clarendon Visitor Center at the Mulkey Theatre, at the Enterprise, or online at http://bit.ly/1PrEcUy.

Sponsorships are also available, and potential sponsors are also asked to sign up by April 1 to ensure their names are on this year’s T-shirt.

Proceeds will go towards the many charitable activities of the Clarendon Lions Club, which includes eyeglasses for local school kids, Christmas baskets for local families, hosting the local offi ce of The Bridge – Children’s Advocacy Center, local scholarships, continued park improvements, and monetary support for other local charities.

For more information, contact Lion Ashlee Estlack at [email protected] or 806-874-4808, Lion Jacob Fangman at 806-874-3556, or Lion Roger Estlack at [email protected] or 806-874-2259.

Clarendon College sophomore Brayden Hawkins was ranked 7th in the All-American Standings and has been named to the All-American Junior College Livestock Judging Team after 5th place fi nish at the Houston Livestock Show this week-end.

Each year roughly 300 freshmen start judging livestock in the college ranks, and as sophomores only 15 will are named to the All-American team, a ranking that takes into account both academics and judging success.

The award is fi fteen years old

and Brayden is only the 6th person in Clarendon College history to ever receive this honor.

Hawkins is the grandson of Glenda Hawkins of Clarendon and the late Jerry Hawkins.

The CC Sophomore Livestock judging team fi nished the Spring semester strong with a 9th place over-all fi nish at the Houston Livestock Show.

This team has made the top ten at Phoenix, Denver, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, and Houston, and the last time the College achieved this was

fi ve years ago. The team was also just 26 points away from winning the reasons contest.

Individually, Hawkins placed 5th overall and was in the top 10 in reasons; Annie Belden placed 2nd high in sheep and goats; and Kirsten Midkiff placed 14th overall in rea-sons.

Other members of sophomo-relivestock judging team are Austin Browning, Quentin Quintana, Trey Tidwell, and Chris Johnson. The team is coached by Johnny Treichel and Curtis Wertman.

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City to hold town hall next Tuesday

The City of Clarendon will hold a Town Hall meeting Tues-day, March 29, in the Bairfi eld Activity Center at 7 p.m. to dis-cuss a proposed $3.9 million project to address water quality problems and other issues.

City offi cials say residents in some parts of town are suffer-ing from discolored water that is caused by miles of cast iron pipes.

Through a USDA Rural Development program, Clarendon will receive a grant of $1.387 mil-lion and a loan for $2.522 million. The loan would take 40 years to pay off at 2.5 percent interest and with an annual payment of about $100,500. Paying the loan would require new revenue equal to $10 per month per water connection.

For more information about the project, contact Dockery at City Hall at 874-3438.

Plans set for prayer meeting April 26

Plans are being made for a Community Prayer For America gathering to be held Saturday, April 26, at 5:30 p.m. at the Ten Commandments Monument at on the Donley County Courthouse Square.

The gathering will be held in conjunction with a prayer gather-ing at the Texas State Capitol led by Franklin Graham.

St. Mary’s barbecue tickets now on sale

Tickets are on sale now for St. Mary’s Annual BBQ to be held Sunday, April 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Donley County Activity Center.

Advance tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children and can be purchased from any St. Mary’s member or by calling 874-1281. Tickets at the door will cost more. See ‘Thornberry’ on page 10.






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Two incumbent city aldermen took the oath of offi ce last Thursday, May 12, when the Clarendon City Council met in regular session.

Mayor Larry Hicks adminis-tered the oath to Aldermen Beverly Burrow and John Lockhart, both of who were unopposed for re-election this year.

Alderman Larry Jeffers was also unopposed but was absent from last week’s meeting and will be sworn in at a later time.

The council voted to keep Alderman Sandy Skelton in his posi-tion as mayor pro-tem.

In other city business, the coun-cil heard a report from the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department on improvements that have been made to the upper fl oor of City Hall, and the aldermen expressed their appre-ciation for the work the fi remen do for the city.

Dr. Robert Riza, Clarendon College president, and local pharma-cist Brandon Frausto were appointed to fi ll vacancies on the Clarendon Economic Development Corp. board, and the council expressed its appreciation for the willingness of Nathan Floyd and Stephen Bivens to

serve on the CEDC. The council also approved an amendment to CEDC bylaws regarding the date and time of that board’s regular meetings.

A report was given that 3,300 feet of pipe have been laid by city crews as part of a water looping project.

City Administrator David Dockery reported Third Street drain-age work has been delayed due to weather and the completion date for that project will need to be extended.

Dockery also reported Raul Mendoza has been hired as the sea-sonal attendant for Prospect Park.

Early ballots being cast in runoff vote

Without much fanfare, early voting is underway as Texas Democrats and Republicans hold primary runoff elections for a handful of statewide offi ces.

Democrats have only one race to consider, and that is select-ing the party’s candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, either Cody Garrett or Grady Yarbrough.

Republicans have three races on their ballot with the follow-ing candidates available: Texas Railroad Commissioner – Wayne Christian or Gary Gates, Court of Appeals Place 2 – Mary Lou Keel or Ray Wheless, and Court of Appeals Place 5 – Scott Walker or Brent Webster.

Early voting continues through this Friday, May 20, and the runoff Election Day will be next Tuesday, May 24. All polling will be conducted at the Donley County Courthouse Annex.

Voters need not have voted in the primary to cast ballots in the runoff. However, if you did vote in the primary election, you cannot change parties for the runoff.

City sales tax check rebounds

Clarendon’s sales tax revenue posted a strong gain when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed May allocations last week.

After several months of poor performance, the city’s sales tax check was up 15.25 percent at $42,149.89 for the month compared to $36,571.80 last May.

The May allocation is based on sales made in March by busi-nesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly fi lers.

Clarendon is now less than one percent behind for the calendar year-to-date, down 0.75 percent at $158,010.73.

City offi cials are hoping for an even better showing for next month’s allocation which will refl ect April sales and include traffi c from the Clarendon College Invitational Judg-ing Contest and the opening of the Whistle-Stop Trade Days.

Also of local interest, Hedley was up 4.44 percent for the month at $1,056.12 and up 17.79 percent for the year-to-date at $3,553.66, but numbers were still soft at Howard-wick, coming down 13.28 percent at $969.47 for the month and down 1.21 percent at $5,413.87 for the year-to-date.

On the state level, Heger reported sales tax revenue in April totaled $2.38 billion, up 3 percent compared to April 2015.

“Growth in sales tax revenue was led by remittances from the retail trade and construction sectors,” Hegar said. “As expected, receipts from oil and gas-related sectors continued to fall due to the ongoing decline in drilling activity.”

The Last Stage to Matador left Clarendon on Friday after two days of fun and education at the Saints’ Roost Museum and is now making its way to Motley County.

The Journey, an original 1880 Butterfi eld Overland Stage, arrived in Clarendon via trailer on Wednes-day, May 11, accompanied by its owners Rick and Beverly Hamby and a crowd of support staff, and representatives of Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

Dozens of Clarendon Elemen-tary students visited the stagecoach on Thursday where they sat in rapt attention as “Cowboy Rick” talked to them about a wide variety of topics including American history,

modes of transportation, Indians, communication, and the importance of good character.

“This stage leaves tracks everywhere it goes,” Hamby told an interviewer last week. “We as people also leave tracks behind us, and we need to make sure they are good tracks.”

The ABC and CBS affi li-ates from Amarillo were also in Clarendon Thursday as the local students received pen pal letters from fourth and fi fth graders in Mis-souri.

A fi lm crew with CBS Sunday Morning and correspondent Luke Burbank also recorded the Jour-ney’s visit here and followed the

stage on the fi rst leg of its trip. That segment will be aired nationally at a future date.

In addition to the television coverage, community newspapers in Texas and Missouri covered the Last Stage to Matador, and photog-rapher Dennis Crider was also gath-ering material for a book about the Journey’s fi nal trip.

Four horses were hitched to the Journey Friday morning, and the team pulled out of the gates of the museum as the driver cried, “Last stage to Matador!”

The stage took the backroads south of town, and then offi cially left Clarendon on the JA Road at about 10:30 a.m. on a 2½-hour jour-

ney to Mulberry Creek, where the crew camped that night.

The Journey will stop in Cap-rock Canyons State Park this week before making its arrival at the Mat-ador Jail at high noon on Friday.

The 136-year-old stagecoach has retired twice in its history and has completed seven long-distance mail runs since Hamby revived it 15 years ago.

After returning to Missouri, the stage will then enter its third retire-ment on display at Silver Dollar City; but as Cowboy Rick told local students, there’s always hope that a young person will catch the spark to give the old stage a new life on the road at some future time.

TxDOT seeks public input on TIP plans

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Chil-dress District will hold a public meeting to receive comments on the Rural Transportation Improve-ment Program (TIP) for the Chil-dress District, which includes Donley County.

The TIP is a used by TxDOT and the Federal Highway Admin-istration to fund projects for the next four years. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 31, at the Childress Fair Park Auditorium.

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Donley County Commis-sioners met in regular session last Monday, May 9, to consider several agenda items.

Commissioners okayed more than $5,000 for a new Linux server for the clerk’s offi ce to strengthen cyber security.

County Judge John Howard said some counties have been hit by cyberattacks in which government data is encrypted and then held for ransom. The new server will add a layer of protect for the county.

The court also approved a new panic button system for the Precinct 3&4 Justice of the Peace offi ce in Hedley to be compatible with the new digital system in use in other county offi ces.

Offi cials also heard a report from Justice of the Peace Denise Bertrand regarding electrical needs for lighting the west side of the courthouse square during the holi-days. No action was taken, but the county will be consulting with an electrician.

The court approved $500 to sponsor the Saints’ Roost Muse-um’s chuckwagon cookoff and approve up to $100 for new fl owers and planters at the courthouse.

Howard also updated the court on a state grant which would pay 50 percent of the cost for a new patrol vehicle and 100 percent of the cost to employee one offi cer to work the highways for one year. A decision on the grant will come this summer.

Cyber security threat prompts county action

By Sandy Anderberg

Clarendon High School’s junior long-distance runner Bryce Grahn made a great showing at the State Track Meet held at Myers Stadium in Austin last weekend.

Grahn brought home the Bronze medal in the 3200m run with

a personal best time of 9:57.25. All three places in that race were from our region.

He also ran his personal best in the 1600m with a time of 4:35.47 and fi nished fi fth.

Grahn has been a powerhouse all season long and will be looking

forward to running again next year as a senior.

“Bryce ran well,” coach Johnny Nino said. “Bryce has worked really hard to get to this point. I am very proud of how he competed at the meet. I am really looking forward to next year.”

Grahn runs third at state ENTERPRISE PHOTO / TRAVIS HARSCH

Mulkey Block Party is next weekend

Commemorative T-shirt orders are now being taken for the fourth annual Mulkey Block Party, which will be held on Sat-urday, May 28.

T-shirts are $15 and must be ordered at the Visitor Center by Friday, May 20. Booth spaces are also still available for $50 each.

For more information on the Block Party, call 874-2421.

Trash to Treasures sign-ups underway

The sign-up period for Clarendon’s 11th annual “Trash To Treasures” garage sale event is underway, this year’s sale is slated for Saturday, June 4.

Residents who wish to participate are asked to sign up by Friday, May 29. For more information, call 874-2259.






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Blood drive to be held next Tuesday

The Coffee Memorial Blood Center will hold a community blood drive at the Clarendon Col-lege Bairfi eld Activity Center on Tuesday, September 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A valid photo ID or donor IS is required, and each donor will get a free t-shirt and a haunted house ticket.

For an appointment, call 331-8800 or visit donate.the-giftofl ife.org.

Clarendon ISD to hold open house

Open House has been sched-uled at Clarendon ISD for Tues-day, September 6.

The event will start at 6:00 p.m. in the CHS auditorium. After a short meeting, parents will be released to go to the campuses and talk to their student’s teach-ers. Open House will end at 7:30.

CISD Trustees okay $5.6 million FY 2017 budget

HISD open house will be next Tuesday

Hedley ISD will hold an Open House for all parents and students from 5:30-6:30 on Tues-day, September 6, 2016.

Heavy rains the last two weeks have pulled Greenbelt Lake out of its Stage 3 Drought condition.

The lake level was sitting at 52.9 feet Tuesday afternoon, gain-ing about 1,600 acre-feet of water in just ten days, according to Green-belt Water Authority General Man-ager Bobbie Kidd.

The reservoir’s Stage 3 Drought contingency is triggered at a depth of 51 feet.

“We actually just crossed back

into Stage 2 on August 25,” Kidd said, noting that the rising lake level would reach its Stage 1 level when it gets back to 54 feet.

As of Tuesday, Greenbelt had come up about three feet in the last ten days and was now at 28.4 per-cent capacity. The reservoir is at its fullest point since November 30, 2010.

If the lake climbs to 57 feet, it will be at Stage Zero or completely out of drought contingency.

The lake was still rising Tues-day afternoon after more than three inches of rain was recorded at the fi lter plant Monday and Monday night.

“We’ve received 7.69 inches in August,” Kidd said. “Kelly Creek is where we have seen the biggest gain recently.”

Kidd said heavy water fl ow on Kelly has now washed the lake’s low water crossing on that creek twice since May.

“Our culvert is currently about 200 yards down from the crossing, and we’ve got to go pull that out,” Kidd said.

The forecast is calling for more rain this week. Measured pre-cipitation varied over the county recently, but Lori Howard, Coop-erative Observer for the National Weather Service, reported that her gauge west of Clarendon registered 9.54 inches for the ten-day period before Tuesday.

State to hold shot clinic here Sept. 8

The Texas Department of State Health Services will hold an Immunization Clinic next Thurs-day, September 8, at the Burton Memorial Library in Clarendon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Clinic hours are subject to change or cancellation in case of extenuating circumstances.

For immunizations at other times, contact the Pampa TDSHS offi ce at 806-665-1690.

Early deadlines set for next Enterprise

The Clarendon Enterprise will be closed for the Labor Day holiday next Monday, September 5, and early deadlines have been established for next week’s issue.

All news, ads, classifi eds, and photos are due into the offi ce this Friday, September 2, by noon in order to be printed in the Sep-tember 8 edition of the paper.

Everyone have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune

A state representative who has passed legislation aimed at reel-ing in Texas’ standardized testing regime is calling on the state to ditch required STAAR exams while it “tries to iron out STAAR’s many kinks.”

State Rep. Jason Isaac’s pro-posal comes the week after the Texas Education Agency announced it was penalizing the New Jersey-based company that develops and administers the controversial exams more than $20 million over prob-lems that surfaced during spring-time testing — including computer glitches that caused students to lose answers. It is the fi rst year Educa-

tional Testing Services has overseen STAAR administration after the state scrapped the bulk of its long-time contract with London-based Pearson Education.

“Flawed testing practices threaten the State of Texas’ abil-ity to fulfi ll our education system’s goals — and our children’s futures,” Isaac, R-Dripping Springs, said in a statement Monday. “The litany of errors being uncovered about STAAR is simply a disservice to our students, hard-working teach-ers, and families.”

While the state works with ETS to resolve the issues, Isaac suggested “schools be given the freedom to choose from a variety

of nationally normed standardized tests.”

“School districts should not be hampered by an ineffi cient and inef-fective system,” Isaac said. “Adding a dose of free-market philosophy to education by allowing a variety of standardized test options can only drive down costs and improve qual-ity.”

Isaac told The Texas Tribune he will fi le legislation next year that would allow school districts to use something like the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills instead of STAAR. He fi led a similar bill in 2013.

Last year, Isaac co-authored a bill that passed overwhelmingly requiring that 85 percent of elemen-

tary and middle school students be able to complete STAAR exams within two or three hours (two hours for third through fi fth grade; three hours for sixth through eighth grade.) House Bill 743 took effect last June.

A group of parents is suing the education agency, alleging it did not comply with the law this year.

“I hope my colleagues will join me when the 85th Legisla-tive Session convenes in seeking transformational changes that will ensure that testing is a benefi t, not a burden, to Texas’ students, teachers, and families,” Isaac said.

The legislative session begins in January.

The Clarendon ISD Board of Trustees approved a $5.6 million budget for fi scal year 2017 during a called meeting last Monday, August 22.

The new budget will be about $130,000 higher than the current budget, and Superintendent Mike Norrell says the increase is mainly due to step raises for teachers and a 2.25 percent increase for at-will

employees of the district.Norrell said the budget is based

on an average daily attendance of 440 students, just as last year’s budget was. Clarendon ISD’s enroll-ment Tuesday morning was sitting at 471.

The superintendent also said the district is not planning in major upgrades or renovations in the physi-cal plant, but part of a $140,584 line

item will be used to make upgrades to the school’s computer network servers. That expense will be par-tially covered by some federal funds the district will receive.

The $5.6 million budget includes $244,558 for food services.

Claredon ISD will maintain its current tax rate of $1.17 per $100 valuation as approved by voters three years ago. Due to higher prop-

erty values, that tax rate will gener-ate about $1.6 million in revenue, an increase of about $200,000 from last year.

Norrell said the school does receive some payments in lieu of taxes from the Salt Fork Wind Proj-ect, which generated about $45,000 last year and is expected to bring in a similar amount this year. The remaining funds to support the

fi scal year 2017 budget will come from state appropriations and other sources.

The fi scal year for Clarendon ISD begins on October 1.

In other business last week, trustees accepted a bid on tax delin-quent property in Howardwick, and approved a Legal Services Agree-ment with Eichelbaum Wardell as presented.

Sandell to raise cash for MulkeyDrive-in to show Elvis double feature Sunday

The Sandell Drive-In will mark its 61st anniversary this Sunday, September 4, with an Elvis Presley double-feature to benefi t the Mulkey Theatre.

“Harum Scarum” will be screened at dusk followed by “The Trouble With Girls,” and admission will be free but a donation for the Bring Back the Mulkey project will be requested at the gate. The dona-tion will also put you in the drawing for door prizes between features.

The Sandell began as dream of Gary and Nell Barnhill, who had met at a Dalhart theatre. They married, moved to Turkey, Texas, and were raising two young girls – Sandra and Adele – when they purchased the land in Clarendon where the drive-in now sits on.

The Barnhills would later pur-chase the Mulkey Theatre and oper-ate it in tandem with the drive-in.

The family operated the the-atres continuously until 1984. The Sandell then sat vacant for 18 years before John Morrow and his family reopened it in 2002. At the peak, Texas had 532 drive-ins. After the Sandell re-opened, there were 16 still operating.

The Mulkey Theatre was pur-chased in 2008 by the Clarendon Economic Development Corporation and renovations have been made to the 1946 landmark since that time and are continuing.

In May of this year, the CEDC received a grant of $50,000 from the Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation to help install new heating and air-conditioning in the Mulkey. Project supporters have until December 31 to raise matching funds to help with that phase of the renovations.

Morrow is looking for a big crowd this weekend at the Sandell, and he hopes everyone will come enjoy the movies and help raise funds for the Mulkey Theatre proj-ect.

The gates will open at 6:00 p.m. and Elvis impersonator Smokey Binion, Jr., from Stinnett will be on hand to set the mood and entertain the crowd.

The Sandell will also be show-ing Kubo and the Two Strings as its featured presentation this Friday and Saturday. To learn more about the Sandell Drive-In, visit www.sandell-drivein.com.

To donate to the Bring Back the Mulkey project, send your check or money order to the Clarendon Community Fund, PO Box 906, Clarendon, TX 79226.

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Screenings planned for pre-schoolers

Clarendon Elementary will hold Pre-school and Speech screening for three-year-old chil-dren on Wednesday, September 7. Children to be screened must be age three on or before September 7. Call 874-3855 to schedule an appointment.






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Angel Tree taking applications now

Applications for the Community Angel Tree are now available at the Burton Memorial Library for children age 12 and under living in Donley County. Applications must be completed and returned by Thursday, December 1.

Donations in support of the Angel Tree Project can be made at Pilgrim Bank or mailed to PO Box 45. For additional information please call the Library at 874-3685.

Robinson and Hommel to be honored at CC homecoming

Clarendon College exes and friends are encouraged to attend homecoming activities next week that will include honoring two distinguished alumni and dedication of a state historical marker for the Panhandle’s oldest institution of higher learning.

Festivities will begin Thursday, November 17, with CC’s fall theatre production of “Dulcitius,” at 7 p.m. in the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center, which will also have a matinee performance Sunday, November 20, at 3 p.m.

The Bulldog basketball team will be in action in the Dawg House Friday, November 18, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 19, at 1 p.m. as they host the

Also on Saturday, the Donley County Historical Commission will dedicate a state historical marker recognizing Clarendon College as the fi rst college in the Texas Panhandle having been established in 1898. That ceremony at 3 p.m. will be held in front of the Instructional Center with a reception to follow in the Vera Dial Dickey Library.

CC graduates Ruth Robinson and Laura Hommel will receive the college’s Distinguished Alumni awards during a banquet Saturday night, November 19. A silent auction and wine pull fundraisers for the Ex-Students Scholarship Fund will precede the banquet at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person, and RSVPs need to be turned into Ashlee Estlack by November 14 by calling 806-874-4808.

Plans set for annual Thanksgiving meal

The annual Clarendon Community Thanksgiving dinner will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24.

The dinner is free to the public and will be served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Clarendon school cafeteria. Transportation service to and from the dinner is available along with delivery service for the handicapped and by calling 874-2007 in advance.

Donations for the Thanksgiving dinner can be made at Pilgrim Bank or mailed to PO Box 45. For further details or to volunteer to help, please call 874-2007.

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

You never know where life’s road will take you, and that has certainly been true for Dusty and Nikki Green – a

Howardwick couple who decided to follow a dream and are now on their way to becoming national celebrities on public television.

Nine years ago, the Greens started a simple blog – an online journal – called “Two for the Road” when they gave up their careers in Amarillo and started a grand adventure of traveling the globe. What began as a whim evolved into a web video series then a regional PBS television show and is now going nationwide.

“I never in a million years thought this is what we would be doing,” Nik says.

Dusty, a former executive with Channel 7 in Amarillo, and Nik, who worked in a dentist’s offi ce, sold everything they had to follow their passion – traveling. An eight-month adventure in South America exhausted their savings, and they returned to Texas, setting up shop and combining their careers to shoot testimonial videos for dentists. That led them to shooting videos for touring companies to promote vacation getaways.

The “Two for the Road” blog really started as a way to keep in touch with family, but by the time they started putting videos in a web series, it was television that they had in mind.

“We knew when we started going on trips, we would have this mountain of material,” Dusty said, noting that the travel company promotions were only a few minutes long. “The web series was a way to get attention and to put the material together.”

The trip that started the series was a journey to Antarctica, and Nik says it confi rmed for her the goal of what they were

trying to do.“We were searching for videos about

what it’s like to travel to go to Antarctica, and there was nothing out there,” Nik said.

Having previously moved into a place owned by Nik’s parents at Howardwick, the couple returned from their Antarctic trip to what their family calls “the Camp,” and there, on a kitchen table, they started producing what would become their “Two for the Road” television series and began pitching the idea to networks.

“We talked to the Travel Channel,” Nik said. “They wanted a hook. Like, you take another couple and you have $500, but that’s not what we wanted to do.”

So Dusty took the concept to the folks at Panhandle PBS last October, where he knew the people that worked there and also knew that PBS would allow them to have more creative control of their show. They loved it and started helping the Greens get their foot in the door with other PBS affi liates.

“It helps when your local station is working as a ‘presenting station,’” Dusty said. “They showed us how to pitch the show to national PBS.”

By June, the Greens were knocking on the door of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) in South Carolina, trying to sell the group that licenses and distributes educational programming in all 50 states, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

“They told us, ‘don’t call us, we’ll call you,’” Dusty said. “We just kept calling.”

In August, they had about given up, but that’s when NETA called and gave them the answer they were looking for and said they would pick up the show with just a few changes.

A trip to a conference in Baltimore

then gave the couple the opportunity to start promoting the show to other PBS affi liates.

“Two for the Road,” as a 30-minute television show premiered on Panhandle PBS in September with eight episodes in the fi rst season, and Dusty and Nik hit the road to sell the show to other PBS affi liates in Texas.

“Our fi rst stop was in Dallas to meet with this guy that everybody around the state listens to,” Dusty said. “And he was just like, ‘Well, yeah, I’m going to run the show.’”

By the end of the Texas road trip, Dusty and Nik had nine of the 12 PBS stations in the state agreeing to air “Two for the Road,” and then last week, the announcement came that the show will be available for national distribution to PBS stations in January. One of the fi rst out-of-state affi liates interested in the show is in Philadelphia with an estimated 1.6 million viewers.

There are still challenges. Each PBS affi liate decides on its own whether to run an available show. So the Greens and their supporters must continue to lobby stations to pick the show up, and they must also work to secure their own underwriters for the show.

Meanwhile, Panhandle PBS began re-running the fi rst season last week in the show’s regular timeslot, Thursday at 8 p.m., and Dusty says 13 episodes are ready for season two when it airs next year.

Even with the burgeoning success of “Two for the Road” – which is still literally produced on a kitchen table in Howardwick, the couple is very happy making their home base in Donley County, although they did move out of “the camp” and bought their own house one block away.

“The people at Howardwick are nothing but supportive,” Dusty said. “And we’ve got deer, and turkey, and raccoons, and we can

The Clarendon Lions Club held its 94th anniversary Charter Banquet last Tuesday night, November 1, and presented awards during the evening.

Lion Jacob Fangman was recognized not only for his service as president in 2015-2016 but was also named the Lion of the Year for the second year in a row.

Cire Jaurequi and Brooke Smith were formally crowned as two of the club’s three Sweethearts for the current year. Hannah Howard is also serving as a Sweetheart but was unable to attend last week’s banquet.

Lion Robert Riza was recognized with a centennial certifi cate for sponsoring a new Lion member, Brian Fuller, during the

current centennial anniversary of Lions International.

Boss Lion Tex Buckhaults lined up special entertainment for the enjoyment of the club and guests. Buffi e Smith, mother of Sweetheart Brooke, was the double winner of two activities for the evening.

Those attending this year’s banquet were Boss Lion Tex Buckhaults and wife Dolly and mother-in-law Linda Haynes, Lion Ashlee and Lion Roger Estlack, Lion Robert Riza and wife Cobette, Lion Jerry Woodard and wife Nelda, Lion Russell and Lion Scarlet Estlack, Lion Larry Capranica and wife Karen, Lion David Dockery and wife Diana, Lion Mike Norrell and wife

High school troupe to present comedy

Clarendon High School’s drama department will stage the comedy “My Son is Crazy But Promising” this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, November 12 and 13, in the CHS Auditorium.

Tickets for the Saturday performance are $15 each and include a meal at 6 p.m. with the show immediately following. The Sunday matinee performance at 2 p.m. is $5 for the show only. Tickets are available at the CHS offi ce, or from any theatre student.

In the farce by Tim Kelly, eccentric Hollywood screenwriter Bud Granger decides to give up life in the fast lane and buys a lodge in Tumbleweed , Ariz. The inn is a termite pile, but as it’s near the fabled “Lost Dutchman Mine,” Bud thinks he might soon be a reclusive millionaire.

What he didn’t fi gure on is that the lodge is full of nuts – a little old lady who is in touch with “space people,” outraged tourists who thought the lodge would be like the Ritz, Oysters Rockefeller – an emotional mobster who won’t stay dead, and aspiring starlet Chi-Chi Vazoom who thinks lizards are “cute.” Then Bud’s zany mother arrives.

The play is a fun, screwball whodunit with an outlandish plot and amusing complications.

Services will honor veterans this week

Donley County residents will have several opportunities to honor America’s veterans this week with services planned in Clarendon and Hedley.

The Donley County VFW Auxiliary were scheduled to place about 500 fl ags on veterans’ graves in Citizens Cemetery as the Enterprise went to press this week.

Clarendon Elementary School will hold its annual Veterans Program on Thursday, November 10, at 12:15 at the Bronco Gym.

Clarendon College’s Veterans Day Celebration is also scheduled for Thursday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center auditorium. The Honorable Ernie Houdashell, Randall County Judge and veteran of two tours in in Vietnam, will be the guest speaker. There will be military recognition and the families of active service men and women will also be recognized. The VFW Auxiliary will provide refreshments in the foyer following the program.

On Friday, November 11, the American Legion will have placed 231 fl ags on the graves of veterans buried in Rowe Cemetery and will hold its annual Veterans Day Program there at 10 a.m. Donley County Judge John Howard, who served as a Navy pilot and fl ight surgeon in the Marine Corps will bring the address. In case of bad weather, the service will be moved to the Hedley Lions Hall. A veterans program at the Hedley school will follow the Legion’s program.

Also on Friday, the VFW will also hold a special Veterans Day ceremony November 11 at 11 a.m. at the Donley County War Memorial. A hot dog lunch will be served at the VFW Hall following the ceremony.

Two for the RoadFrom Donley County to the World!

Leslie, Lion Jacob Fangman, Lion John Howard, Lion Don Smith, and Sweethearts Brooke Smith and Cire

Jauregui with their parents David and Buffi e Smith and Nicole and Larry Beams.

Clarendon Lions Club marks 94th anniversary

Nik and Dusty Green, stars of the new PBS series “Two for the Road” with a Clarendon College pennant on top of the Great Wall of China. COURTESY PHOTO / DUSTY & NIKKI GREEN

Immunization clinic to be held Thursday

The Texas Department of State Health Services will hold an Immunization Clinic on November 10, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Burton Memorial Library.

Clinic hours are subject to change or cancellation in case of extenuating circumstances.

Lion Jacob Fangman with Sweethearts Cire Jauregui and Brooke Smith and Lion Robert Riza. ENTERPRISE PHOTO / ROGER ESTLACK

See ‘Two for the Road’ on page 8.






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By Brian Whitt, Goldthwaite Eagle

Two weeks ago, hands that have worn boxing gloves, grappled in wrestling rings, cooked chuck wagon meals and repaired teeth rested from their labors. For Dr. Keith “Fuzzy” Hudson, November 2 marked the conclusion of a highlight-fi lled dental career that has garnered accolades not only in Texas but nationally and internationally, and as he recalled favorite moments, the stories fl owed.

For nearly a decade, patients visiting Hudson’s offi ce in San Saba have had access to a visual history of his life, told through high school report cards, awards and other mementos decorating the walls of his offi ce. How good of a dentist has he been? In a word, exceptional.

Hudson is much more than a family dentist. To his colleagues and law enforcement offi cials, he has been one of the world’s foremost forensic odontologists, tasked with identifying human remains at disasters and crime scenes based on the individual characteristics of teeth. Perhaps his best-known identifi cation was of Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and dozens of his followers after the gun battle and fi re in Waco in 1993. Modestly, he is quick to mention the people who worked with him.

“We had the best forensic team in the world, and they made us look good. You’re no better than the people you’re surrounded with,” Hudson said.

His leadership in the dental profession has brought Hudson

extensive recognition and numerous awards. As a dentist practicing in Colleyville, he was Vice-President of the Texas Dental Association and a multiple nominee for Texas Dentist of the Year. Hudson is also a member of the International College of Dentists, and the list of honors goes on. As a teacher and example, he has helped other dentists to be their best through innovation, which has in turn benefi ted their patients.

Summing up his friend’s achievements, fellow dentist Dr. Tom Cody Graves said Thursday, “He’s really good for dentistry.”

In his youth, Hudson was also an accomplished athlete, starting out as a boxer while a student in Clarendon, Texas, and progressing to wrestling at the University

Man facing charges for sexual assault

A 20-year-old man remained in the Donley County Jail facing a sexual assault charge this week following his arrest last Tuesday, November 10.

Sheriff Butch Blackburn said his offi ce was called shortly before midnight on November 5 with a report that a 19-year-old female had been sexually assaulted in a Clarendon College residence hall room by another student.

The victim was transported to Northwest Texas Hospital for an examination, and an investigation was conducted by the sheriff’s offi ce that resulted in an arrest warrant being issued on November 8 and Lenyn Napoleon of the Dominican Repu blic being taken into custody that same day.

Napoleon was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Pam Mason on November 10, and bond was set at $25,000.

CC to dedicate historic marker

Clarendon College exes and friends are encouraged to attend homecoming activities this week that will include honoring two distinguished alumni and the dedication of a state historical marker for the Panhandle’s oldest institution of higher learning.

Festivities begin Thursday, November 17, with CC’s fall theatre production of “Dulcitius,” at 7 p.m. in the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center, which will also have a matinee performance Sunday, November 20, at 3 p.m.

The Bulldog bask etball team will be in action in the Dawg House Friday, November 18, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 19, at 1 p.m. as they host the Lawrence Overcast.

Also on Saturday, the Donley County Historical Commission will dedicate a state historical marker recognizing Clarendon College as the fi rst college in the Texas Panhandle having been established in 1898. That ceremony at 3 p.m. will be held in front of the Instructional Center with a reception to follow in the Vera Dial Dickey Library.

Also Saturday evening, CC graduates Ruth Robinson and Laura Hommel will receive the college’s Distinguished Alumni awards during a presentation at the Bairfi eld Activity Center.

Building permits are no longer required in Clarendon following action taken by the City Council at its regular meeting last Thursday.

Two weeks after a visit from a representative of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, city aldermen deliberated the municipal codes governing such things as construction and electrical and plumbing work and the costs associated with inspecting those activities.

City Administrator David Dockery said after the meeting that the city feels there is no longer a need for building permits due to the low volume of construction in Clarendon and because of the requirements for inspections to be performed by a certifi ed inspector.

The council voted to specifi cally repeal codes governing plumbing and electrical materials in houses moved into the city, fences extending into streets or alleys, the

building code, the residential code, the plumbing code, the fuel gas code, the mechanical code, and the electrical code.

Still in force are codes governing Property Maintenance and Dangerous Structures.

City offi cials say plumbing, electrical, building, and mechanical work within the corporate limits of Clarendon will now fall exclusively under state laws governing those areas.

In other city business, the council approved increases to animal fees, raising the cost of dog tags from $1 to $5, the fi rst increase for dog tags since 1901. Other increased rates were impounding, $55 up from $50; boarding, $10 up from $8; and adoptions, $27.50 up from $25.

A schedule of fees was adopted to cover the cost of city workers and city equipment during demolitions of dilapidated properties. Those fees are published in a legal notice in this

week’s Enterprise.The council took no action on

electrical bids for work at the City Barn, and approved a proposal by architect Lynn Ramsey to conduct an ADA evaluation of City Hall.

Ronna Newman was appointed to a vacant seat on the Clarendon Economic Development Corporation Board, and aldermen accepted the contract with the Donley Appraisal District for the collection of taxes for fi scal year 2017.

Thanksgiving meal to be held Thursday

The annual free Community Thanksgiving dinner will be, Thursday, Nov. 24, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Clarendon school cafeteria. For details, call 874-2007.

Wheatly wins easy re-electionRepublican straight tickets carry the day

A Republican tidal wave hit the polls in Donley County as local voters chose Donald Trump as their preferred candidate for president during last week’s general election.

Of the 1,480 votes cast, 1,073 voted a straight Republican ticket, and Mr. Trump picked up a total of 1,225 votes in Donley County. Democrat Hillary Clinton received 191, Libertarian Gary Johnson picked up 40, and the Green Party’s Jill Stein got 14. Four other write-in votes went to Evan McMullin.

In the only locally contested race, Precinct 3 County Commissioner Andy Wheatly received 226 votes over his write-in challenger Neil Koetting, who picked up 88.

In terms of percent, voter turnout locally was up slightly from the last presidential election with 64.2 percent of registered voters casting ballots, but the actual number of voters going to the poll was down from four years ago with 1,480 this year compared to 1,539 in 2012.

Clarendon native Republican Mac Thornberry coasted to another term in Congress and received 1,266 votes compared to 95 local votes for Libertarian Calvin Deweese and 45 for Green Party candidate Rusty Tomlinson. Republican Ted Cruz led all candidates locally and statewide to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchinson in the US Senate.

Ken King (R) of Canadian was also unopposed in seeking to represent Donley County in the State House of Representatives and received 1,273 local votes.

District Judge Stuart Messer was unopposed and received 1,291 votes. District Attorney Luke Inman also faced no opponent and got 1,252 votes.

All other county level races were also uncontested with incumbents cruising to re-election. Results are as follows: County Attorney Landon Lambert 1,258, County Sheriff Butch Blackburn 1,313, County Tax Assessor/Collector Linda Crump 1,334, County Commissioner Pct. 1 Mark White 295, County Commissioner Pct. 3 and Constable Prcts. 3&4 Doug Wright 578 .

By Sandy Anderberg

Clarendon High School’s Bryce Grahn ran to a third place fi nish in the State Cross-Country Meet in Round Rock last weekend.

Grahn fi nished the race with a time of 16:35.75.

Clarendon High School sophomore Gavin Word also ran in the meet and fi nished a respectable 34th with a time of 17:48.59. Grahn and Word ran a personal best in the meet.

This was Grahn’s fourth trip to a state cross country meet. Before coming to Clarendon, Grahn ran

in the Colorado state meet as a freshman. In his sophomore year as a Bronco, Grahn fi nished 13th and last year he ran 6th.

“We knew this year he had a chance to fi nish at the top, but you never know how a season is going to go,” coach Kalen Grahn said.

“The runner from Sundown that was the state champion is a very good runner and the young man from Port Aransas who came in second was last year’s state champ. We felt great where we came in.”

“We had a blessed week at

Round Rock,” Grahn continued. “Bryce and Gavin both ran great races. Gavin grew as a runner to understand what a state meet feels and looks like. You can tell him, but until you experience fi rst-hand, then you fully understand what it is like. it is the fastest meet you will be in.”

Word has improved his time by over a minute the last two weeks and he will be leading the Bronco team next year, according to Grahn.

“He has made some great steps the past two weeks to show

himself and the other runners that he is ready to take over the leadership role of this team,” Grahn said.

Grahn was appreciative of the support the CC team received.

“We want to thank the Clarendon School for all their support,” Grahn said. “Especially want to thank the other CC runners who ran and competed this year. I enjoyed taking Gavin and Bryce to state, but I want to take our entire team to Round Rock and bring back a State Championship trophy not just medals.”

Community service to be held Sunday

The annual community Thanksgiving service will be held this Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Community Fellowship Church with First Baptist Church pastor Lance Wood delivering the message. The event is sponsored by the Donley County Ministerial Alliance.

City repeals most building codes

Grahn wins bronze at state

The Hands of a Boxer

awards. Hudson retired from a successful career as a dentist earlier this month.

See ‘Boxer’s Hands’ on page 8.






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A recent ranking by Schools.com lists Clarendon College as the #2 Community College in the state of Texas for 2016.

This marks the second year in a row that the organization has ranked CC as the state’s second best com-munity college.

Sixty-six colleges were ranked and scored on a 10-point scale, using data including the percentage of stu-dents enrolled in distance education, student-to-faculty ratio, cost of atten-dance, graduation rate, the number of transfer to four-year public col-lege in Texas, and fl exibility.

“Obviously we are very excited and proud,” CC President Dr. Robert Riza said. “This just goes back to the hard work and dedication of our fac-ulty and staff.”

The article praises the CC’s

online course offerings and low student-to-faculty ratio, which is one of the lowest in the state. Clarendon also has the second highest gradua-tion rates in the state, the article says.

Clarendon College says its stu-dent-teacher ratio is 16:1 compared to a 20:1 state average and its aver-age time for students to earn an asso-ciate’s degree is 2.3 years compared to the state average of 4.4 years.

In addition, the College’s rank-ing by CNNMoney for best student success in Texas was also recog-nized.

Galveston College is ranked #1 on the top 10 list, with Lone Star, Collin County, and Western Texas rounding out the top 5 schools.

To read the entire ranking, visit the Schools.com article at http://bit.ly/1FyTm4R.

Christmas events and trade days Saturday

A busy weekend is at hand as the city prepares to welcome visitors to the fourth annual “Christmas in Clarendon” sales event and the monthly Whistle-Stop Trade Days.

More than 100 vendors will be set up Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11, at the Whistle-Stop with all kinds of merchandise available, includ-ing Christmas gifts, antiques, junk, tools, furniture, boutiques, home décor, and more. Many vendors will also be open on Friday at the Whistle-Stop, and, as always, there will be live music, food, and cold beer at the Whistle Stop. Santa Claus will also be making an appearance at the Trade Days.

The big day will be Saturday as local merchants roll out Christmas savings, and downtown Clarendon is a center of activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Local holiday vendors will be set up in the Arena of Life Cowboy Church and at the Crossties Ministry Center on Kearney Street, and St. Mary’s Catho-lic Church will have lunch and conces-sions available in the Masonic Lodge Dining Hall.

Santa Claus will be available for pictures with kids at the Mulkey The-atre from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and then kids movies will be showing in the Mulkey from 1 to 4 p.m. with popcorn and drinks available.

The Chamber also has new “Home for the Holidays” long sleeve Clarendon t-shirts available for this Christmas. The shirts are $20 each and are available now in the Clarendon Visitor Center or on Saturday at the Chamber booth in the Cowboy Church building.

In addition to sales at merchants both downtown and along the highway, the Masonic Lodge will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for those interested in learning more about free-masonry or activities of the lodge.

To support the local sales, the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce is giving away $250 in Clarendon Cash to one lucky shopper who shops at home this Saturday. A purchase of $100 or more at a Chamber member will qual-ify for an entry into the drawing, and sign-up information will be at Chamber members during the day. The drawing

Senior citizens plan holiday party Friday

The Donley County Senior Citizens Center invites everyone to joins them in celebrating the Christmas holiday with a gather-ing on Friday, December 9, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Great food will be provided along with live music and draw-ings for door prizes. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy fel-lowship and celebrate the “Reason for the Season.” For more infor-mation, call 874-2665.

State to offer shot clinic here Dec. 8

The Department of State Health Services will hold an immunization clinic in Clarendon this week on Thursday, December 8.

The clinic will be held at the Burton Memorial Library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clinic hours are subject to change or cancellation in case of extenuating circum-stances.

For more information or for hours of the regular clinic in Pampa, call 806-665-1690. The offi ce will be closed on holidays, the last two business days of each month, and on December 20, 26, and 29.

The site is chosen, the design is set, and now the effort to build a water recreation facility in Clarendon has entered its most critical phase and is meeting with success.

Active fundraising for the $2 million project began at the end of September, and as of Tuesday morning, $128,000 has been raised to meet the $500,000 challenge that anonymous benefactor put up in July of last year. That fi gure is encouraging to committee mem-bers as a general push for dona-tions gets underway.

Clarendon Mayor and Water Recreation Steering Committee Chairman Sandy Skelton says the facility will be a tremendous asset to the community.

“The City of Clarendon has a unique opportunity to enhance the quality of life for all citizens by developing a nice aquatic center close to the downtown area,” Skel-

ton said. “Members of the Steer-ing/Fund Raising Committee are confi dent we can meet the benefac-tor’s challenge of raising $500,000. Citizens will be given an opportu-nity to donate over the next several months in order to help meet that challenge. Clarendon has never had a swimming pool and it is now time to make it happen.”

The large majority of funds committed so far are from private businesses and individuals with the exception of $5,000 from Donley County and $25,000 approved by the Clarendon Economic Develop-ment Corp. this week.

The city-appointed steering committee spent several months evaluating two different locations for the project before voting in April to select property already owned by the city on the south-east corner of Fourth and Kearney Streets, east of the Post Offi ce.

Over the next few months,

a design was created by working with Waters Edge, the same design fi rm that worked on the Wellington Aquatic Venue. The fi nal design includes 4,345 square feet of water surface area and features intended to provide something for citizens of all ages.

The plan includes four lap lanes, a diving area, a climbing wall, a shallow play area, a slide, and amenities for playing volley-ball and basketball in the water. Water sprays and fl oatable play devices will add to the excitement for children.

The water will be accessible for those with disabilities, and the site plans also include sunshades, tables, and a combination bath-house, fi lter building, and conces-sion building. The facility will be fenced and lighted as well.

The fundraising committee is now meeting with potential donors with the goal of meeting the bene-

factor’s $500,000 challenge by May and then use the combined $1 million to apply for match-ing funds from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

Groups that are interested in seeing a presentation about the project are asked to call City Administrator David Dockery at City Hall at 806-874-3438.

Those interested in making a donation to the project can contact Dockery or Skelton or send con-tributions directly to the Donley County Community Fund, PO Box 906, Clarendon, Texas 79226, and please note “Water Recreation Project” in the memo.

The Donley County Com-munity Fund is a component fund of the Amarillo Area Founda-tion, which makes donations tax deductible under 501(c)3 rules. Money donated for this purpose will be dedicated for a water recre-ation project in Clarendon.

Water project moves forward

Fundrasing is underway for Clarendon’s proposed water recreation facility, depicted above in renderings by Waters Edge, the same company that designed the Wellington Aquatics Venue. The top picture shows the park from the southeast corner looking

looking northeast from Kearney Street toward the Donley County Senior Citizens Center. IMAGES BY WATERS EDGE

CC ranked as #2 college in Texas for second year

Clarendon College Vocational Nursing students recite the Florence Nightingale pledge during a pinning ceremony Saturday at the Harned Sisters Auditorium. Fifteen VN students graduated this semester and took part in the event. Additionally, 58 students participated in Commence-ment at Clarendon College in a ceremony Friday evening. CC PHOTO / ASHLEE ESTLACK

See ‘Christmas’ on page 3.

Santa Letters due to paper this Friday

THE CLARENDON ENTERPRISE is getting ready to make its annual North Pole run, and Letters to Santa must be turned in by this Friday, December 10, in order to make that printing.

Letters can be mailed to the ENTERPRISE, PO Box 1110, Clarendon, TX 79226, or deliv-ered personally to the offi ce at 105 S. Kearney Street (after hours drop box available). Letters can also be emailed to [email protected].

Santa Letters will be pub-lished the December 22 issue of the ENTEPRRISE.

Toy donations can

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) in the Texas Panhandle has collaborated with Toys for Tots, a national charita-ble organization that collects toys to give to needy children in the Texas Panhandle.

DPS ask that toys remain in their original packaging. Toys for children ages 0-2 and 12-17 of either gender are in the most demand.

Residents are invited to donate toys at Clarendon Highway Patrol Offi ce at 723 W. Second (US 287 West) in Clarendon.

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January 7, 2016Goliath strikes

Winter Storm Goliath did not pack quite the punch in Donley County that it did in other parts of the Texas Panhandle, but the meteo-rological fi nale of 2015 still left its mark.

Rolling into the High Plains Saturday evening, the storm blasted the area with strong winds that lasted through Sunday and peri-odically pelted the county with ice and snow. The primary dif-fi culty for local folks were power outages. While electric service in Clarendon stayed on, some county residents suffered power losses with a few being in the dark for several days even after the storm subsided Monday. Landline telephone and even some cellular phone services were also disrupted.

January 14, 2016Tucek repeats show win

Koyt Tucek and Tyler Harper exhibited the top animals in the Beef Division during the annual Donley County Junior Livestock Show last Saturday, January 9, at the Donley County Activity Center.

Tucek repeated his 2015 per-formance by showing the Grand Champion Steer, and Harper had the Grand Champion Heifer.

January 14, 2016Guns not welcome in courts

Licensed open carry is the law of the land in Texas, but don’t try packing in the Donley County Courthouse.

During their regular meeting Monday, the county commission-ers’ court held that guns are pro-hibited in buildings where courts meet in Donley County, specifi -cally the Courthouse, Courthouse Annex, and Justice of Peace offi ces in Clarendon and Hedley.

January 21, 2016Site selection continues for possible water park

Clarendon’s pursuit of a water recreation facility is continuing through the site selection process following action by the City Coun-cil last week.

Following the project steering committee’s recommendation last Wednesday, the City Council met Thursday, January 14, and autho-rized the fi rm of Thornton Tomasetti to perform a structural evaluation of the former Elizabeth Stevens School building (also known as the Texas Saddlery building) south of Prospect Park.

January 28, 2016King brings NFL honor home

Hometown hero Kenny King received a standing ovation in the Bronco Gym last Friday, Janu-ary 22, as he a presented special award to Clarendon High School and the community on behalf of the National Football League.

A special golden football noting King’s participation in Super Bowls XV and XVIII is now on permanent display at the school, but the former Oakland Raider said he was not the focus Friday night.

January 28, 2016Benefi t raises $45k

“Amazing” is the word is being used to describe the Riley Shadle Benefi t held at the Donley County Activity Center last Saturday, Janu-ary 23.

Benefi t organizer Chandra Wright estimates about 2,000 people attended the event, which raised more than $45,000 to help with the expenses of the Clarendon High School senior who suffered a severe neck injury during the Bron-cos v. Lockney football game last fall.

February 4, 2016City hosts TML meeting

More than 140 people attended when the City of Clarendon hosted the Region 2 Texas Municipal League meeting in Amarillo last Thursday evening, January 28, at the Civic Center Grand Plaza.

Danny Mullins warmed up the crowd with musical selections during the hospitality hour, and Jo

Shaller opened the program with several pieces of cowboy poetry. Ashlee Estlack delivered the key-note address entitled “Branding Your City for Success,” which focused on consistent marketing for communities.

February 11, 2016Bread of Life feeds families

For fi ve years the Bread of Life ministry has been feeding people’s bodies as well as their souls thanks to the faithful service of several vol-unteers, but the growing ministry also has a growing need for support.

Operation of Clarendon’s food pantry moved to the First United Methodist Church in 2011 and began by serving about 30 families per month.

But as time went by, the minis-try has grown, according to Kather-ine Monroe, the lead coordinator of the ministry.

“We served 169 families in December,” Monroe said. “That represents 250 to 300 individuals.”

February 18, 2016Chamber honors Skelton

Frances Skelton was honored by the Clarendon Chamber of Com-merce with the 2015 Saints’ Roost Award for her lifetime of service and commitment to the community during the annual Chamber Awards Banquet last Thursday, February 11. Man of the Year honors went to Bob Weiss, and Katherine Monroe was named the Woman of the Year. The Sandell Drive-In was named the Business of the Year.

February 25, 2016CC records 4th high spring

Clarendon College currently has its fourth highest spring enroll-ment in the school’s history accord-ing to information presented at the February 18 meeting of the Board of Regents.

Total headcount after the 12th class day was at 1,229, Executive Vice President Tex Buckhaults reported, an increase of 14.86 per-cent over the spring 2015 semester.

March 3, 2016Broncos end season as bi-district champs

The Clarendon Bronco bas-ketball team has had a great season, but it came to abrupt end in Little-fi eld last Friday against a good Pan-handle team. The game went into overtime, and the Broncos were defeated 56-62 in a game that was nip and tuck all the way.

The Broncos did all they could do in the OT period, but were unable to stop the Panthers.

March 10, 2016Meeting to focus on water

The City of Clarendon will hold a Town Hall meeting this month to discuss a proposed $3.9 million water system upgrade that is designed to solve water quality problems and other issues.

The meeting on Tuesday, March 29, will be held at 7 p.m. in the Bairfi eld Activity Center on the Clarendon College campus, and city leaders will take questions on the need for the improvements, the opportunity for a partial grant, and the debt the city will incur to take on the project.

City offi cials say residents in some parts of town are suffering from discolored water that is caused by miles of cast iron distribution pipes and poor fl ow through the system.

March 17, 2016County okays abatement for Salt Fork II

Donley County Commis-sioners approved a tax abatement for a new wind farm Monday and received an update on the Salt Fork project already under construction.

During its regular meeting, the court consented to a ten-year one hundred percent tax abatement for what’s being called the Salt Fork II project, which is located adjacent to the west of the current project along the northwestern part of the county.

As a condition of the abate-ment, Donley County will receive payments in lieu of taxes amounting

to the greater of $1,500 per mega-watt or $75,000, annually for ten years. The fi rst payment is expected in 2018.

March 24, 2016City fi nishing looping project

The City of Clarendon is close to completing a project to loop water lines on the south side of the city, according to a report made to the City Council’s regular meeting March 10.

City Administrator David Dockery said the project ties lines along Browning Blvd. from Carhart Street to Parks up to Barcus and then west to Bugbee Avenue.

“This will help take care of the biggest part of the red water in that part of town,” Dockery told the council. “I want to compliment the public works crew for accomplish-ing this job while stilling taking care of their usual tasks.”

March 31, 2016City okays drainage fi x

The drainage nightmare on Third Street is closer to being over following action taken by the Clarendon City Council during its regular meeting last Thursday, March 24.

Aldermen approved a $132,405 bid to address drainage problems on the street between Bugbee Avenue on the west and Broncho Stadium on the east.

March 31, 2016CC, Texas Tech deal creates new opportunities

A new agreement offers Clarendon College nursing students a direct path to a bachelor’s degree through Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC), offi cials from both schools announced last week.

CC President Robert Riza, speaking before dozens of nursing students Thursday morning, March 24, said the agreement was the result of months of work by many people at both schools and was pos-sible because of the cooperation of local communities.

April 7, 2016Whistle-Stop plans big opening this week

After months of anticipation, the Whistle-Stop Trade Days will open this weekend with hopes of attracting people from miles around to attend a monthly shopping event in Clarendon.

Owner Kimberly Britten says the Whistle-Stop won’t be a typical business.

“It’s going to be an exciting event that happens once a month,” she said.

April 14, 2016Clarendon welcomes Press

Clarendon will welcome more than 70 registered attendees during the Panhandle Press Association’s 106th annual convention this week, Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16.

PPA President Ashlee Estlack and the staff of The Clarendon Enterprise are hosting the event, which has been designed to show-case Donley County and leave a positive lasting impression on the

members of the regional group of community newspapers.

“We’ve worked to put together a program that is informative to our members while giving Clarendon a chance to shine,” Estlack said. “Local support for this convention has been terrific, and we believe it will have a positive impact on our community.”

April 21, 2016Enterprise wins tops honors at PPA convention

The Clarendon Enterprise was recognized with the General Excel-lence Award and the Community Service Award at the 106th annual Panhandle Press Association Con-vention held here last week.

Winners of the PPA’s Better Newspaper Contest were announced Saturday at the Bairfi eld Activity Center, and the Enterprise received four fi rst place plaques in the cat-egories of Sports Photography, Edi-torial Writing, Feature Writing, and Advertising Initiative.

Clarendon also took home the Community Service Award for its coverage of the water recreation project, and the Cub Reporter, Ben Estlack, was specifi cally mentioned by judges for his columns on the subject.

April 21, 2016County seeks to save water

Conserving water on was among the topics discussed at last Monday’s meeting of the Donley County Commissioners’ Court.

County Judge John Howard said commissioners are interested in saving money on watering, and the county is studying the water it puts on the lawn around the court-house.

The watering schedule has been cut back to two days per week, and county offi cials are making sure that the sprinkler system is set to run in the most effi cient way pos-sible. If water usage cannot be cur-tailed suffi ciently, the county will consider installing a well for land-scape purposes, Howard said.

April 28, 2016CHS students headed to state academic meet

It’s back to the state academic meet again this year for Clarendon High School senior Caleb Cobb, and this time he’s bringing some folks along with him.

Cobb, last year’s regional champion in Current Issues and Events, narrowly missed winning a second straight individual title, placing 2nd at this year’s meet. But he led his team to the regional team title, and the group is headed for Austin May 23-25 to compete for a state championship.

Cobb is joined by fellow seniors Emilie Thompson and Cooper Bilbrey, and by freshman Noab Elam. The team has had an outstanding year, winning district earlier this year with one of the region’s best scores.

Another CHS senior who has had an outstanding academic year is Chesson Sims, who won the regional gold medal in Chemistry. Sims has competed in six meets this year and has won the Chemistry championship in fi ve of them, cap-

ping off a stellar career in science competition. In regional competi-tion Sims defeated last year’s state Chemistry champion to win a ticket to Austin.

April 28, 2016TxDOT plans new signals

New traffi c signals on US 287 will mean improved safety for both motorists and pedestrians, accord-ing to the Texas Department of Transportation.

The new signals will feature pedestrian buttons and crosswalk lights at the intersections of US 287 with Kearney Street and Koogle Street in Clarendon, and Flashing Yellow Arrows (FYA) signals will also be installed.

May 5, 2016Davis, Cobb top CHS grads

Clarendon High School announced this week that its top students for the Class of 2016 are Kendra Davis and Caleb Cobb. Both students will be recognized during CHS commencement on Friday, May 27.

May 5, 2016Trade Days, Rodeo, BBQ on tap this weekend

Clarendon is planning to wel-come a large crowd of visitors this weekend with several activities planned Friday through Sunday, May 6-7. Trades days, a rough stock rodeo, and a barbecue cookoff will give locals and out-of-towners alike lots of options for things to do.

The second monthly Whistle-Stop Trade Days opens Friday at noon and will continue Saturday and Sunday. The Clarendon Out-door Entertainment Association is hosting its fi rst Saints’ Roost Rough Stock Challenge this Saturday.

May 12, 2016Rough Stock Challenge draws 34 cowboys

The Clarendon Outdoor Enter-tainment Association held its fi rst Saints’ Roost Rough Stock Chal-lenge last Saturday, May 7, with moderate attendance.

COEA estimates 426 people attended the event, which had a total of 34 participants.

May 12, 2016Wells, Bernal top HHS grads

Hedley High School has named Kelsey Wells and Adam Bernal as their top students for the Class of 2016.

Wells and Bernal will be hon-ored during commencement exer-cises in the Owl Gym on Saturday, May 28.

May 19, 2016Grahn runs third at state

Clarendon High School’s junior long-distance runner Bryce Grahn made a great showing at the State Track Meet held at Myers Sta-dium in Austin last weekend. Grahn brought home the Bronze medal in the 3200m run with a personal best time of 9:57.25. All three places in that race were from our region.

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2016: Stagecoach makes fi nal tracksMay 19, 2016Stagecoach makes fi nal trip

The Last Stage to Matador left Clarendon on Friday after two days of fun and education at the Saints’ Roost Museum and is now making its way to Motley County.

The Journey, an original 1880 Butterfi eld Overland Stage, arrived in Clarendon via trailer on Wednes-day, May 11, accompanied by its owners Rick and Beverly Hamby and a crowd of support staff, and representatives of Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

Dozens of Clarendon Elemen-tary students visited the stagecoach on Thursday where they sat in rapt attention as “Cowboy Rick” talked to them about a wide variety of topics including American history, modes of transportation, Indians, communication, and the importance of good character.

May 26, 2016Broncos claim the Quarterfi nal Championship

The Broncos were able to run over the Abernathy Antelopes in two games in their three-game series at Randall High School last weekend for the Quarterfi nal Championship.

The Broncos annihilated the Lopes in the fi rst game Friday night defeating them 17-6 with Kade Hun-saker on the mound. He is 11-4 for the year. There were as many as six lead changes in the game, but the Broncos took the lead for good in the fourth inning. The Broncos trailed after three innings but used a rally in the fourth and fi fth to jump start their big win. Josh Cobb was three for six with two doubles and four runs scored, while big brother Caleb had four runs batted in including a two run double to left fi eld.

May 26, 2016Twisters bypass residents

Mother nature has made her presence known in Donley County this week in the form of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.

Sunday and Monday evenings both were marked by harsh weather, but fortunately tornadic activity missed populated areas. The How-ardwick community had a near miss Sunday with a large tornado going north of the city, and then on Monday night, sirens blared as it appeared that Clarendon might get hit with one coming from the west.

June 2, 2016Community Fund awards $1,000 grants

Two local organizations were the recipients of grants from the Donley County Community Fund during the fourth annual Mulkey Block Party Saturday evening.

The Hedley Lioness Club and the Saints’ Roost Museum received $1,000 each for projects those orga-nizations are undertaking.

The Donley County Commu-nity Fund is working to build an Endowed Legacy to benefi t chari-table organizations for the entire county

June 2, 2016Harrington Foundation awards $50k to Mulkey

The Mulkey Theatre project is the recipient of a $50,000 grant from the Don & Sybil Harrington Founda-tion, according to an announcement made at the fourth annual Mulkey Block Party last Saturday.

The grant is intended to help

complete Phase 3B of the ongoing rehabilitation of the 1946 theatre, specifi cally the installation of heat-ing and air-conditioning.

The Block Party marked the completion of Phase 3A of the proj-ect, which included a new stage for live performances and construction of a new handicapped accessible seating area as well as restored house and cove lights in the auditorium.

June 2, 2016Local grads receive $421k in scholarships

Donley County high school graduates for 2016 have received $421,350 to further their education, according to announcements made last week.

Clarendon High School seniors are eligible for or have received $379,650, and the total for Hedley seniors is $41,700.

June 9, 2016Bugbee work showcased

Scores of members of the Saints’ Roost Museum sat in silence as they learned more about one of Clarendon’s most famous son’s during the annual Members Appre-ciation Dinner and Open House last Friday, June 3.

Michael Grauer, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs/Art and Western Heritage of the Panhan-dle Plains Historical Museum pre-sented the program on Harold Dow Bugbee and the impact of his art.

Grauer presented a triptych of Bugbee’s oil paintings, “The Chuck Wagon,” “The Rope Corral,” and “Branding.”

The three paintings were done in the late 1920s and were shown together on several occasions by the artist. They were planned out and meant to be viewed as part of a story.

June 9, 2016Stadium lights come down after forty years

The lights of Broncho Stadium were lowered to the ground this week, marking the end of 40 years of service.

The unique old standards have glowed over every home football game since 1976 when the Clarendon community worked together to upgrade the earlier antiquated lights.

June 9, 2016Bulldogs picked in MLB draft

Two Clarendon Bulldogs have been drafted to play in Major League Baseball.

Clarendon College outfi elder Hosea Nelson has been drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the the ninth round, 272nd overall. Nelson just completed his second season with the Bulldogs.

Also, former Bulldog Michael Cruz of Puerto Rico, was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 7th round, 224th overall. Cruz is currently a catcher playing at Bethune-Cook-man University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Cruz attended Clarendon College in 2013-15.

June 16, 2016County to preserve records

A proposal to preserve historic county records was among the sev-eral agenda items considered by Donley County Commissioners at their meeting Monday, June 13.

County Clerk Fay Vargas pre-sented a proposal from Data Pres-ervation Solutions to conserve one

county survey records book dating back to 1873. The proposal would have cost approximately $2,000 and would have been paid for from the Records Management Fund.

June 23, 2016Enterprise wins state awards

The Clarendon Enterprise received two fi rst place plaques last Saturday during the Texas Press Association’s Summer Convention in Montgomery.

The paper placed fi rst in Fea-ture Photos by Roger Estlack, Morgan Wheatly, and Matthew Mar-tinez. The winning entry was com-prised of three photos featuring the Mulkey Theatre. The Enterprise’s Fall/Winter Welcome Guide won fi rst for Special Sections, eliciting strong praise from contest judges.

Sports Photos by Morgan Wheatly and Roger Estlack took third place, and the Enterprise also received third place for News Photos by Ella Estlack and Roger Estlack.

June 23, 2016CC earns full re-accreditation

Clarendon College received word last week that it has been fully reaccredited by the Southern Associ-ation of Colleges & Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges.

The offi cial decision of the SACS board came last Thursday and was announced at the regular meet-ing of the CC Board of Regents, bringing a close to the lengthy decennial accreditation process.

“This is the result of a lot of hard work especially by Execu-tive Vice President Tex Buckhaults, former Vice President of Instruction Roger Schustereit, Marketing Coor-dinator Ashlee Estlack, and QEP Chairman Brian Fuller,” CC Presi-dent Robert Riza said.

June 23, 2016Casper wins national title

Clarendon College’s Wyatt Casper won the 2016 National Inter-collegiate Rodeo Association saddle bronc riding title this weekend at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.

Wyatt turned in a score of 73.5 during the fi nal round Saturday and had a four-ride total of 290 points.

June 30, 2016That old house on city agenda

It was the same subject with not much of a different outcome when the Clarendon City Council met last Thursday, June 23, and discussed the old Neece house at 602 Bugbee Avenue.

Owner Linda Lewis again appeared before the council to dis-cuss work that has been done and work that is planned for the property, and aldermen again expressed little satisfaction with the progress that has been shown.

June 30, 2016TACCM taps Estlack for offi ce

Clarendon College’s Ashlee Estlack was elected as the secretary of the Texas Association of Commu-nity College Marketers (TACCM) during the group’s annual confer-ence in Corpus Christi, June 12-14.

Estlack will serve as a member of the executive committee of associ-ation’s 15-member board during the next year. Additionally, she is serv-ing on the statewide Communication Advisory Board for the Texas Asso-ciation of Community Colleges.

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¿Qué Pasa?Community Calendar

January 3Lady Broncos & Broncos v Amarillo Flames • 5/6:15/8 p.m. • Home

January 6Lady Broncos v Memphis • 5/6:30 p.m. • Away

Broncos v Bushland • 5/6:30 p.m.• Away

Lady Owls v McLean • 6:30 p.m. • Home

January 7Donley County Junior Livestock Show and Sale

January 9Broncos v San Jacinto • 5:30 & 7 p.m. • Home

Owls & Lady Owls v Ft. Elliott • 6 p.m. • Home

January 10Lady Broncos v Wheeler • 5/6:30 p.m. • Home

Lady Owls & Owls v White Deer • 6:30 p.m. • Home

January 13Lady Broncos & Broncos v Wellington • 4/5/6:30/8 p.m. • Away

Lady Owls & Owls v Groom • 6:30 p.m. • Away

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Donley County Senior Citizens

Mon: HolidayTue: Lasagna, tossed salad, green beans, garlic bread, blueberry cobbler, iced tea/2% milk.Wed: Baked chicken breast, mashed sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables, sliced peaches, cookies, wheat roll, iced tea/2% milk. Thu: Enchilada casserole, pinto beans, tossed salad, slices peaches, cookie, iced tea/2% milk.Fri: Spaghetti/meatballs, garlic toast, tossed salad, spinach, strawberry/whipped cream, iced tea/2% milk.

Clarendon ISDBreakfast Mon: Sausage biscuit, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Tue: Breakfast bowl, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Wed: Chicken-n-waffl es, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Thu: Stuffed bagel, sausage, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Fri: Butch waffl e, fruit, fruit juice, milk.

LunchMon: Enchiladas, charro beans, garden salad, hot cinnamon apples, milk.Tue: Chili cheese combo, fresh veggie cup, chocolate pudding, milk.Wed: Fiesta bowl, garden salad, tiny tomato cup, fruit cup, milk.Thu: Chicken nuggets, mac & cheese, savory green beans, broccoli, apple slices, milk.Fri: Cheeseburger, hamburger garnish, oven fries, baby carrots, sliced peaches, milk.

Hedley ISDBreakfast Mon: Pancake wrap & yogurt, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Tue: Sunrise sandwich, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Wed: Biscuit & gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Thu: Oatmeal & cinnamon toast, yogurt, fruit, fruit juice, milk.Fri: Breakfast burrito, fruit, fruit juice, milk.

LunchMon: Corn dog, baked beans, broccoli bites, apple pineapple delight, milk.Tue: Nacho Grande, refried beans, salsa, lettuce, tomato & cucumber dippers with ranch, pears, milk.Wed: Chicken sandwich, oven fries, lettuce, tomato garnish, fresh veggie cup, orange smiles, milk.Thu: Salisbury steak, biscuit, brown gravy, mashed potatoes, garden salad, fruity Jello-O, milk.Fri: Hot dog, corn chips, broccoli salad, baby carrots with ranch, fresh grapes, cookie, milk.

June 30, 2016DOE picks CC for pilot grants

Clarendon College is one of 67 colleges and universities selected nationally to participate in the US Department of Education’s Second Chance Pell pilot program, which will allow incarcerated Americans to access Pell Grants to pursue post-secondary education.

Only seven colleges in Texas were named for the program, and CC is the only college in the state selected west of I-35.

“This is a great opportunity that will allow motivated students to begin or continue their educational goals,” CC President Dr. Robert Riza said. “The recidivism rate for inmates that complete educational creden-tials is amazing, if they achieve their GED, or college degree, while incar-cerated, their odds of returning go down into the single digits.”

July 7, 2016Large crowd gathers to celebrate Fourth of July

Beautiful weather greeted a patriotic crowd gathered on the Courthouse Square last Saturday, July 2, for the 139th annual Saints’ Roost Celebration.

The Kids’ Parade started the day with the youngsters peddling or driving from Third Street down Sully Street in front of the Courthouse. In the 0-4 age group, Chloe Newton was fi rst, Gunner Williams was second, and Leylin Henderson third. Haylin Bivens won the 5-8 age group with Makenna Williams second and Justus McAnear third. The 9 and up age group was won by Kennadie & Tandie Cummins, Henry Bivens second. Saints’ Roost Museum took Grand Champion and best fl oat in the Herring Bank Parade, Shawn Barker won best car or truck, No Gutter Ranch of Canadian won best tractor or farm equipment, Doyle Littlefi eld family won best riding unit, and best “other” entry went to the Bronco boys’ basketball team.

July 14, 2016Downtown site chosen for water recreation project

One year after an anonymous benefactor offered a $500,000 chal-lenge grant to help Clarendon build a water recreation facility, slow but steady progress is being made toward meeting that goal, city offi cials say.

A city-appointed steering com-mittee spent several months evaluat-ing two different locations for the project before voting in April to select property already owned by the city on the southeast corner of Fourth and Kearney Streets, east of the Post Offi ce.

The downtown site was selected for several reasons, among which were the fact that it is already owned by the city, the fact that it is connected with the city’s park by a lighted walking trail (making it eli-gible for a state park grant), and its proximity to the central business district.

July 21, 2016City, ISD open talks on ballfi elds’ ownership

The City of Clarendon began talks last week about transferring its ownership in two local ballparks to the public school.

Currently, McClellan Field is used by the varsity Broncos but is owned by the city. The Lady Bron-cos softball fi eld is on property that is owned half by the school and half by the city. Hart-Moore Field, which is used by local little league teams, is owned by the school.

City Administrator David Dockery and CISD Superintendent Mike Norrell say water is the driving issue that has opened the discussions between the two entities. As city facilities currently, the water use on the ball fi elds is not metered.

July 28, 2016Enterprise picks up awards

The Clarendon Enterprise received two fi rst place honors in the West Texas Press Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper Contest last Satur-day, July 23.

Results of the contest were announced during the WTPA’s 86th annual convention in San Angelo.

The Enterprise won fi rst place in Advertising with display ads designed by Morgan Wheatly for the paper’s 2015 StayCation promotion and by Roger Estlack for Ladies’ Night promotion for Cornell’s Coun-try Store. The paper also received a fi rst place plaque for its 2015 Fall/Winter Welcome Guide.

July 28, 2016Taxable property values increase slightly

Property values in Donley County have risen in general, bring-ing good news to most taxing entities that are busy working on new bud-gets for fi scal year 2017.

Paula Lowrie, Chief Appraiser of the Donley Appraisal District, said Monday that most entities and all county-wide entities have seen moderate increases in values this year, thanks to values of property owned by utilities.

The City of Clarendon is the only entity to see its total apprais-als go down this year. The city has total property taxable values of $59,326,427 this year, refl ecting a loss of more than $990,000.

August 4, 2016City eyes revenue increases

The Clarendon City Council is faced with raising taxes and sanita-tion rates to balance its 2017 budget and will hold tax hearings on August 11 and 28.

During its regular meeting last Thursday, July 28, aldermen voted to propose a tax rate of $0.74800 per $100 valuation, which is higher than the effective rate (the rate required to bring in the same revenue as last year) of $0.707967. In addition, City Hall is looking to correct a nearly $30,000 defi cit in the sanitation department by proposing to raise trash rates by about nine percent.

August 11, 2016County doubles down on vacant constable offi ce

Donley County Commission-ers put another nail in the coffi n of the Precinct 1 & 2 constable’s offi ce during their regular meeting Monday.

The county had offi cially declared the offi ce as “dormant” in March of 2003 following contro-versy in which a write-in candidate was elected to that offi ce in 2000 after it had been vacant since 1978. A legal battle over the offi ce’s salary ensued before the constable resigned in 2001 after failing to become a cer-tifi ed Texas peace offi cer.

However, County Judge John Howard says the county has since discovered that a seven-year waiting period must elapse during which the constable’s offi ce is vacant before the county can take action.

As a result, the commissioners court again voted unanimously this week to declare the offi ce as dor-mant.

August 11, 2016CC, CISD partner on Spanish offerings

A new partnership between Clarendon ISD and Clarendon Col-lege will provide more opportunities for local students to earn foreign lan-guage credits while in high school.

Clarendon ISD Trustees approved a memorandum of under-standing with the college to formal-ize the agreement Monday night during their regular meeting, accord-ing to Superintendent Mike Norrell.

Under the agreement, CC

instructor Bruno Castel will teach Spanish I and II at Clarendon High School, and Clarendon College will offer dual credit classes for high school students who take Spanish III and IV.

August 11, 2016City backs off some proposed increases

Clarendon residents may still see their taxes go up, but the city is backing away from earlier discus-sions of other fee increases.

Last week’s Enterprise reported that the City Council was consider-ing a seven percent increase in sewer rates, but during a budget workshop last week, aldermen said they did not wish to raise that rate at all this year, expressing an aversion to hitting citi-zens with too many increases.

August 18, 2016County to raise library funds

Donley County’s proposed budget raises taxes slightly but allows for a modest increase in sala-ries and restores some funding to the Burton Memorial Library.

Budget conditions being more favorable this year allowed the county to partially reverse cuts it made last year in its support for the Burton Memorial Library, restoring $5,000 out of the $8,000 reduction and bringing county support for the library to $30,000.

August 18, 2016Local schools meet standards

Clarendon and Hedley schools met the state’s expectations during standardized testing this spring, according to information released by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) last week.

The ratings reveal that approxi-mately 94 percent of school dis-tricts and charters across Texas have achieved the rating of Met Standard, including Clarendon and Hedley ISDs.

August 18, 2016PEAK to cover dual credit

The cost of a college educa-tion is now even more affordable for Clarendon High School students thanks to the expansion of the PEAK Scholarship program.

As part of a pilot program, the PEAK will now pay for current Clarendon High School students to take dual credit courses through Clarendon College.

August 25, 2016Seliger, King fi eld questions on education, health care

Education and the rising cost of health care insurance were lead-ing topics on citizens’ minds last Friday when State Sen. Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) and State Rep. Ken King (R-Canadian) held a town hall meeting at Clarendon College’s Bairfi eld Activity Center.

“We’re telling people not to ask for more money, although there are areas of exception,” Seliger said, noting that lawmakers would be looking to put more money into public education and the department of transportation.

Seliger also praised the work of community colleges for doing an “exceptional job” of preparing people for higher degrees and for the workforce.

September 1, 2016Rains benefi t Greenbelt Lake

Heavy rains the last two weeks have pulled Greenbelt Lake out of its Stage 3 Drought condition.

The lake level was sitting at 52.9 feet Tuesday afternoon, gain-ing about 1,600 acre-feet of water in just ten days, according to Greenbelt Water Authority General Manager Bobbie Kidd.

The reservoir’s Stage 3 Drought contingency is triggered at a depth of

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As of Tuesday, Greenbelt had come up about three feet in the last ten days and was now at 28.4 percent capacity. The reservoir is at its fullest point since November 30, 2010.

September 8, 2016Howardwick uses grants to improve safety

Four grants over the last two years have resulted in improved ser-vices and better public safety in the City of Howardwick, according to an announcement made last Wednes-day, August 31, at Howardwick City Hall.

The USDA Rural Development funds totaled $131,000 that were matched by $51,000 in city funds.

September 15, 2016Mayor Hicks resigns

Clarendon Mayor Larry Hicks surprised many in the community when he announced his resignation during last Thursday’s City Council meeting.

“I must regretfully resign my positions as your Mayor,” Hicks told the council. “It was a diffi cult deci-sion to make, but due to health and personal reasons, I cannot keep with the day-to-day duties. It is a very demanding yet rewarding position.”

Hicks served as a city alderman before being appointed as mayor following the resignation of Mayor Chris Ford in September 2010.

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Katherine Monroe has a knack for helping people in her community and stepping up for worthy causes.

When Katherine has seen a need for a school supply drive or coat drive for needy people, she makes those things happen.

She and her husband operate a successful business near Hedley, and Katherine is also a tireless volunteer with the Girl Scouts, working to be a

youth. She is active in her church and is always ready to serve other people

Katherine has worked particularly hard with the Bread of Life food pantry. Under her leadership and example, a team of volunteers have developed a mission which serves more than 160 families each month and makes sure their most basic needs are met.

The Whistle-Stop and the community salute Katherine Monroe for her charity, her hardwork, and her dedication to making lives better in Donley County. Thank you, Katherine!

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2016: St. Stephens gets markerthan $4,000 worth of damage to the Chance Mark Jones Playground in Prospect Park.

The Clarendon Lions Club Tuesday voted to put a $250 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for the damage.

September 15, 2016CC fall enrollment increases almost 10 percent

Clarendon College fall enroll-ment is the second highest in the school’s 118-year history with 1,482 students enrolled on the 12th class day.

Total enrollment settled at 1,482 following the 12th class day last Thursday. That’s up 9.8 percent from the Fall 2015 enrollment of 1,350.

September 22, 2016Marker honors St. Stephens’

One of Clarendon’s oldest churches received well-deserved recognition last Saturday, September 17, when a state historical marker was dedicated at St. Stephens Bap-tist Church.

A crowd of about 40 people were on hand to commemorate the founding of the Texas Panhandle’s fi rst African American church and the pioneer spirit embodied by its earliest members.

September 29, 2016City okays 2% trash rate hike

The Clarendon City Council authorized high garbage rates during their regular meeting last Thursday, September 22.

The two percent increase is expected to bring in $7,190 in added revenue for the city. City offi cials were able to avoid a larger rate increase by moving one employee from sanitation to public works.

In other city business, alder-men appointed Nathan Floyd to fi ll the vacant council seat created ear-lier last month when Sandy Skelton was appointed to fi nish the term of Mayor Larry Hicks.

September 29, 2016C Bar C team wins third title

It was déjà vu all over again when the C Bar C Ranch won the 22nd annual Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff last Saturday.

The wagon team members from Hartley bested 13 other teams to claim their third consecutive cham-pionship from the Saints’ Roost Museum, placing in four out of fi ve cooking categories on their way to taking fi rst place for Overall Cook-ing and the champion bean pot for best Overall Wagon & Cooking.

C Bar C Ranch has earned fi ve championship titles at the Clarendon cookoff and is the only team to win three titles in a row from the cookoff.

October 6, 2016Hedley to host 65th Festival

Hedley will be the place to be this weekend with the 65th annual Cotton Festival taking place Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 8.

Planned activities include a Chili & Stew Supper, a quilt show Saturday, a BBQ dinner at noon, raffl es, and a parade.

October 6, 2016City to increase water rates

Clarendon Aldermen will be considering a $10 increase to the base water rate when they hold their next regular meeting October 13 at 7 p.m. in City Hall.

The increase is being called for to help fund a $3.9 million project to improve the city’s water distribution system.

October 13, 2016Show features CEDC plans

A vision of a revitalized down-town Clarendon received its fi rst public viewing during the First Friday Art Trail event in Lubbock last Friday, October 7.

More than a dozen renderings were on display at the Urban Tech offi ce in the Texas Tech University Downtown Center, and TTU archi-tecture students were on hand to discuss their ideas for storefronts on Clarendon’s Kearney Street. The exhibit was part of a larger walking art show that had displays in differ-ent locations in downtown Lubbock.

The Clarendon plans were prepared as part of an agreement between the Clarendon Economic Development Corp. and Texas Tech’s College of Architecture that was signed about one year ago.

October 20, 2016City hears messy tale

A frustrated Clarendon couple took their case to City Hall last week after an August 29 downpour caused a sewer line to back up in their home.

B.J. and Jennie Owens told the City Council at its regular meeting October 13 that their homeowners’ insurance had denied their claim for damages, and City Administra-tor David Dockery reported that the city’s insurance had also denied a claim for the same damages. Mr. Owens said the sewer backed up in a shower, rain down a hallway, fi lled up a fl oor furnace, and then found entry into the basement.

October 20, 2016Stampede draws big crowd

The Clarendon College Stam-pede was a huge success with 548 contestants from 17 schools compet-ing from the Southwest Region.

Stampede offi cials told the Enterprise that this was the biggest number of contestants ever for an NIRA rodeo in this region.

Clarendon College had three Saddle Bronc Riders and a Team Roper in the fi nals.

Tyler Turco won 4th in the fi rst round of saddle bronc riding but was bucked off in the fi nals. Kyle Hash and Robert Haley made the fi nals in the bronc riding as well. Hash also made the fi nals in the Team Roping and won second in the fi nals and split 2nd and 3rd in the average.

October 27, 2016County waits on more power

Donley County Commissioners discussed a proposal to add electrical outlets on the jail and the west side of the Courthouse Annex to better accommodate Christmas lights on that side of the square.

County Judge John Howard said the proposal was for about $2,000, but commissioners took no action on the proposal at this time.

The county is planning to install a water well on that side of the square to alleviate the expense of watering the courthouse lawn. When electrical is run for the future well, accommodations for lighting outlets could be made at that time.

November 3, 2016CC earns marketing awards

Clarendon College received recognitions during the National Council for Marketing & PR District 4 meeting in Santa Fe last week. CC President Robert Riza was honored with the Pacesetter Award for his strong focus on the college’s market-ing, communications, advocacy and fundraising campaigns, and Claren-don’s Chief of Staff Ashlee Estlack was awarded the Silver Medallion in Outdoor Media for the College’s cosmetology billboard from Summer 2016, and a Gold Medallion in Elec-tronic Newsletter the 2015-16 Col-lege Newsletters.

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November 17, 2016Wheatly wins easy re-election

A Republican tidal wave hit the polls in Donley County as local voters chose Donald Trump as their preferred candidate for president during last week’s general election.

In the only locally contested race, Precinct 3 County Commis-sioner Andy Wheatly received 226 votes over his write-in challenger Neil Koetting, who picked up 88.

November 17, 2016City repeals most codes

Building permits are no longer required in Clarendon following action taken by the City Council at its regular meeting last Thursday.

Two weeks after a visit from a representative of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, city aldermen deliberated the municipal codes governing such things as con-struction and electrical and plumb-ing work and the costs associated with inspecting those activities.

November 17, 2016Grahn wins bronze at state

Clarendon High School’s Bryce Grahn ran to a third place fi nish in the State Cross-Country Meet in Round Rock last weekend. Grahn fi nished the race with a time of 16:35.75.

Clarendon High School sopho-more Gavin Word also ran in the meet and fi nished a respectable 34th with a time of 17:48.59. Grahn and Word ran a personal best in the meet.

November 24, 2016Hommel, Robinson named CC Distinguished Alumni

The Clarendon College Ex-Stu-dents Association bestowed its Dis-tinguished Alumnus Award on two former students during the 73rd CC Alumni Banquet last Saturday in the Bairfi eld Activity Center.

Ruth Robinson and Laura Hommel, were each recognized for professional and personal achieve-ments, civic responsibility, and continuing support of Clarendon College.

November 24, 2016CC dedicates historic marker

Clarendon College secured its place in history as the Texas Panhan-dle’s fi rst college Saturday, Novem-ber 19, with the dedication of a state historical marker.

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students and college employees were present for the dedication and to cel-ebrate the history of the college.

December 1, 2016Local man featured in fi lm

A special screening will be held in Amarillo next week of the docu-mentary fi lm Citizen Soldier, which features Clarendon native Colt Floyd.

Citizen Soldier tells the true story of a group of young Soldiers and their life-changing tour of duty in Afghanistan. Using real footage from multiple cameras, including helmet cams, these Citizen Soldiers give the audience an intimate view into the chaos and horrors of combat and, in the process, display their bravery and valor under the most hellish of conditions.

December 8, 2016CC ranked as #2 in Texas

A recent ranking by Schools.com lists Clarendon College as the #2 Community College in the state of Texas for 2016.

This marks the second year in a row that the organization has ranked CC as the state’s second best com-munity college.

The article praises the CC’s online course offerings and low student-to-faculty ratio, which is one of the lowest in the state. Clarendon also has the second highest gradua-

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December 8, 2016Water Park funds being raised

The site is chosen, the design is set, and now the effort to build a water recreation facility in Clarendon has entered its most critical phase and is meeting with success.

Active fundraising for the $2 million project began at the end of September, and as of Tuesday morn-ing, $128,000 has been raised to meet the $500,000 challenge that anonymous benefactor put up in July of last year. The large majority of funds committed so far are from pri-vate businesses and individuals with the exception of $5,000 from Donley County and $25,000 approved by the Clarendon Economic Development Corp. this week.

December 15, 2016City gives ballfi elds to school

Clarendon’s baseball and soft-ball fi elds are now entirely the prop-erty of the public school following action by the city council and school board in the last few days.

The City Council at their regu-lar meeting last Thursday, December 8, approved conveying the properties to the school, and the Clarendon ISD Board of Trustees accepted the deal Monday night.

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only $8.50 per month. Call 874-2259 to have your club or organiza-tion meeting listed.

7782 Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Regular

Regular

p.m. at the Clarendon Visitor Center.

p.m. 7 p.m.

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Saints' Roost Museum610 East Harrington

Tuesday - Saturday10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Open for appointments.Call 874-2746.

ANNOUNCEMENTSFACILITIES AVAILABLE

CLARENDONRECENTLY UPGRADED 3 BEDROOM - 1 BATH WITH MANY EXTRAS- including walk-in bath tub - range - dishwasher - large utility room with washer/dryer hook-ups - central heat/air - ceiling fans - basement with wide entry - unattached 768 sq ft 2-car garage & shop building - sprinkler system and metal roof and 712 S Goodnight for $59,900.

GREENBELT3 BEDROOM - 4 BATH - (1-full / 2-3/4 / 1-1/2) 1608 SQ FT plus 330 SQ FT FULLY ENCLOSED PORCH- kitchen has range, d/washer, refrig/freezer, lots of cabinets & counter tops and work island - extra large open living / dining room with wood burner stove - central h/a - utility room - large wood desk - bricked patio - unattached 2-car garage with shop plus 2-car port - lots of mature trees - most furniture and appliances

negotiable. (no extra charge for the deer, turkey, quail and other wildlife that regularly frequent the property)

CLAUDE COMMERCIALCHOICE BUSINESS BUILDING SITE - Intersection of Hwy 287 and State Hwy 207 North with frontage on both busy highways. Diagonally across Hwy 287 from new Cefco complex - survey available.

Visit

www.joetlovellrealestate.comto view pictures and details.

Joe T. Lovell Real Estate202 W. 3rd St.

Call 806-874-9318 to schedule a showing of the following listings.

WE BUY OIL, GAS, & MINERAL RIGHTS

Both non-producing and producing including Non-Participating Royalty Interest (NPRI)Provide us your desired price for an offer evaluation.

CALL TODAY: 806.620.1422 LOBO MINERALS, LLCPO Box 1800 • Lubbock, TX [email protected]

FOR SALE620 W 6th St., 3 BR, 1 1/2 bath, LR, DR, Large updated eat-in kitchen, hardwood floors, finished basement, 2 car detached garage, large BK Y w/privacy fence, new

paint inside and out, central air/heat, and on a large lot. $84,900

806-626-8534 • 913-522-8178

FOR RENT REAL ESTATE

COMMERCIAL IN CLARENDONAll utilities included.

For Lease or sale 2250 sq. ft. Newly renovated throughout. $165,000.00Hitchin Post HWY 70 N. 11.65 acres. Prime commercial . is available with acceptable down payment. Prime Commercial LocationUNBELIEVABLE PRICE $28,000.00

CLARENDON RESIDENCES317 acres south of Lelia Lake. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, horse pens and shed, 16 GPM submersible well, per well log, Blue stem left ungrazed through the growing season.Great Hunting: Whitetail deer, Blue and Bobwhite quail, etc. $474,500.00Stately Home at 303 W. 5th Street. Clarendon- 2 Story, 2213 Sq. Ft., 5 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Detached garage, and Storm Shelter. Price: $115,000.00.611 S. Gorst on corner lots. Completely remodeled 3/2/1. Metal roof and Cellar. Only $69,900.00

Move-in ready. Located at 4481 FM 2162. The house and 2.6 acres may be bought separately for $80,000.00.48.4 acres can be bought without house for $108,900.00.200 E. Barcus, great location 3/1, metal roof, new plumbing and wiring. MOTIVATED SELLER. Only $40,000.00.406 S. Koogle 3/2/1. Completely renovated. $76,000.00.720 W. 4th St. Brick, 2/2/1. Water well and Cellar. Price is $63,000.00.24.426 Acres w/ irrigation well. 2/1 in need of TLC. $59,000.00401 E. White St. 2/1 624 sq. Ft. Newly Renovated. $27,000.00218 N. Sully St. 3/1 1152 sq. Ft. , carport, shop, newly renovated. $40,000.00155.67 acres on South 70 with one submersible, 3 bedroom house and large metal barn with CRP acreage. $311,340.00.

1.134 acres, 3144 sq.ft. home, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, two-car carport, two-car garage, storage shed, storm Cellar, water well, pecan grove, sits on 18 city lots. 118 N. Gorst. $167,000.00.

HEDLEY PROPERTIES 102 Line St.3 bedroom, 1 bath, country kitchen, and storm

shelter. $17,000.00Vacation Cutie in Giles, TX. 1.27 ac., 1888 sq. ft., 3/2/1, and shop. Amazing price $65,000.

Brick 2052 sq.ft. 3/3/2, sitting on 5 acres with two water wells. $150,000.00.

Brick, 2/2/2, sits on 3 corner lots. Price includes 3 Additional lots / storm cellar UNBELIEVABLE PRICE: $90,000

HOWARDWICK & GREENBELT LAKE PROPERTY1984 sq. ft. 3/2. 2 Car attached gar. on 4 corner lots. $198,000.00

www.lmnaylorrealestate.com

LINDA M. NAYLOR REAL ESTATEProviding a Personal Touch!

Texas Licensed Real Estate Broker License # 604414

Cell Phone: (806) 204-0005506 Blair St. Hedley, Texas 79237

e-mail: [email protected]

Jim Garland Real Estate806-874-3757

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As we usher in 2017, we would like to extend our best wishes to everyone

who helped make us so successful.

We appreciate your patronage, and we look forward to serving you

in the years to come.

From everyone at Herring Bank, we wish a happy, healthy, and

prosperous new year to all!

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