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Broncos get homecoming win
By Sandy Anderberg
The Clarendon Broncos amped up their game on both sides of the ball Friday night against the Wheeler Mustangs to come up with a big Homecoming victory at 18-12. The Broncos were deserving of the win and gave a hard-fought performance on the field. They racked up 141 yards rushing and threw for 151 yards in the win.
Defensively, the Mustangs only managed 82 yards rushing and 65 yards in the air against a Bronco defense that was keyed in on nearly every play.
“I thought we played a very good game, especially on defense,” head coach Clint Conkin said. “We had several players with tackles and our defense flew around all night and made big stops when we needed them.”
Seniors Caton Grahn and Dalton Benson showed their strength on defense with 13 tackles each. Grahn earned a sack on the quarterback for the second week in a row. Jamal Butler, Isaac Dunham, and Harm Drenth each had seven tackles with Butler causing a fumble and Dunham and Drenth getting a QB sack. Preston Elam had five tackles, and on fumble recovery while Cole Franks had three tackles and one sack.
Clay Ward had four tackles and several other Broncos had tackles as well.
Offensively, Noab Elam was 11 of 19 passing for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Ryan McCleskey ran through the Wheeler defense on 28 carries for 132 yards. Preston Elam had six carries for eight yards and caught three passes for 26 yards and two touchdowns. Benson had three carries for two yards and a TD and also caught seven passes for 77 yards. Collin Butler caught a long pass for 44 yards and Nate Lee caught a pass for four yards.
The Broncos have an open date on Friday, September 21, but will defend their winning streak at Memphis September 28 at 7:00 p.m.
The Queen and her court
County okays $2.8 million budget for FY ’19
Donley County Commissioners approved a $2.846 million budget for fiscal year 2019 when they met in regular session Monday.
County Judge John Howard said the new budget will address improving county salaries and also continue to build reserves for the county.
County employees will receive an across the board $900 per year raise with the exception of road hands and jail dispatchers, who are receiving higher targeted raises.
“We have difficulty training and keeping dispatchers at our current salaries,” Howard said.
Health insurance prices continue to be an escalating expense for the county. Premiums have doubled in the last ten years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. This year, for the first time, county employees will be contributing $40 per paycheck to their own health insurance.
The new budget includes money for building an addition to the county barn to protect equipment. Commissioners also on Monday accepted a bid of $57,300 for construction on that project. Materials for that work costing about $27,000 were purchase in the current budget.
The 2019 budget will be the first to include revenue from the wind energy facility in the northern part of the county. Howard said the $200,000 revenue line item is the first of ten the county will have before that facility’s tax abatement expires and the equipment goes on the tax rolls.
“We’re taking an approach of spending half and saving half of those funds,” Howard said. “If we can do that for ten years, we’ll have saved $1 million.”
The new budget is supported by a total tax rate of $0.69984 per $100 valuation, which is not far off from the current rate of $0.69941. Due to higher property evaluations, the new rate will bring in an extra $103,446.14, which is an increase of about 7.75 percent.
County officials continue to worry about the state government shifting cost burdens to local government without providing funding for those responsibilities, and Howard also said there is still talk in Austin about limiting the ability of counties to raise taxes. But he is optimistic the county can live within its means at the current tax rate.
“I think we can function well at this tax rate even though everything continues to go up,” Howard said. “Our expenses are up 20 percent in five years, but our tax rate has only gone up about 10 percent.”
In other county business Monday, commissioners approved a resolution declaring September as National Preparedness Month, approved an election services agreement with the clerk’s office and Memphis ISD for a tax ratification election on November 6, approved the holiday schedule for 2018-2019, and voted to move the regular October meeting to October 10 to avoid meeting on Columbus Day.
Motions were also approved to purchase a computer for the clerk’s office, participate in the Panhandle Ground Water Planning Group, and to approve the county attorney’s attendance at a Galveston meeting.
Antro demoltion to start this week
Demolition of the Antro Hotel building could begin as early as Thursday, September 13, according to the contractor in charge of the job.
Matthew Tamplen of TNT Construction met Tuesday afternoon with city and economic development officials as well as the neighboring property owners and representatives of Southwestern Electric Power Co. Discussions centered on the order of work, proper insurance for all concerned parties, and how the removal of material would be handled.
Portions of First and Kearney streets are expected to be closed off during the work, which will begin with the upper portions of the south wall adjacent to the former Clarendon Office Supply building.
The historic hotel sign and other architecturally significant elements of the building, including the facing brick, will be salvaged for future use by the economic development board. The rest of the building and related salvage will become the property of the contractor.
Demolition is expected to take about two weeks.
The three-story brick building was already severely deteriorated when a July 29 windstorm pushed most of the north wall into the structure.
The Antro Hotel was built in 1926 and opened in 1927 by G.W. Antrobus. The property has been shuttered for about 40 years.
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End of an era
Calvin Ky Sherrod
Calvin Ky Sherrod, 89, of Amarillo, went to be with his Lord and Savior September 6, 2018.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 15, 2018, at Region 16 Education Service Center, 5800 Bell Street. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery East. Visitation will be Thursday, September 13, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at LaGrone Blackburn Shaw, 8310 S. Coulter St.
Ky was born in Aspermont, Texas on September 3, 1929, to Lester A. and Claudie Bell Sherrod. He graduated from Aspermont High School and West Texas State College where he was a kicker on the football team. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Education. Ky married the love of his life, Frances Florene Bussard in Raton, NM on August 23, 1952. They moved to Channing, Texas where Ky was employed by the Channing ISD. He coached for one year before he was promoted to Principal. He held that position for one year and was promoted to Superintendent. He proudly served as Superintendent of Channing Schools for 36 years. Frances and Ky were blessed with three athletic sons, Randy, Brent and Mark. Family time was spent honing basketball skills, disciplining school kids, and contributing to the Channing community. He believed the “Spare the rod, spoil the child” theory as taught in the Bible. He disciplined with love and was respected by both school children and their parents.
The Channing School System was fortunate to have excellent teachers who gave each student a solid base for furthering their careers at the University level if they so choose. Many lifelong friendships were begun in Channing and students still came by to visit Ky through the years. What an educator Ky Sherrod was in all aspects of his life! He never met a stranger. Ky loved his family, friends and especially “those” grandchildren. He was always ready to do anything his grandkids wanted to do and take them anywhere they wanted to go. It did not matter what day it was or what time, Ky would not disappoint!
Ky served on the Education Service Center Board of Directors from 1995 to 2016. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a Lifetime member of the Texas State Teachers Association and a Lifetime member of the Texas Association of School Administrators. Ky was a member of Crossroads Country Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife Frances, his son Mark, his brother ML, and his parents.
He is survived by his brother, Wham Sherrod and wife Barbara; son, Randy Sherrod and wife Carolyn; granddaughter, Tara Dunn and great granddaughter, Hadley Dunn; son, Brent Sherrod and wife Joy, granddaughter, Tiffini Arrington and husband Shawn, great grandkids, Noah, Cross and Alexandria; grandson, Brett Britton and wife Sonya, great granddaughter, Bentley; grandson, Trey Britton, great granddaughters, Kristen and Linzy; granddaughter, Darcee Maddy and husband Tim, great grandsons, Eli and Ethan; granddaughter, Keelie McDonald and husband Eric; grandson, Caeleb Ky Sherrod and wife Michelle, grandkids, Collin Ky, Blake and Kate.
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