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Thomas to speak at awards banquet
Award-winning author Jodi Thomas will be the headline speaker when the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce holds its annual Awards Banquet on Thursday, February 13, at the Bairfield Activity Center, and tickets are on sale now.
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wards to be given will be the Saints’ Roost Award for a lifetime of service to the community, the Man and Woman of the Year, and the Business of the Year as well as naming outstanding youth.
With millions of books in print, Jodi Thomas is both a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 50 novels and countless short story collections. Her stories travel through the past and present days of Texas and draw readers from around the world.
In July 2006, Thomas was the 11th writer to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. With five RITA’s to her credit, along with National Readers’ Choice Awards and Booksellers’ Best Awards, Thomas has proven her skill as a master storyteller.
This year’s banquet theme is “Clarendon: Sweetheart of the Panhandle.” Table sponsors are encouraged to decorate with a Valentine theme, and a prize will be given for the best table decoration.
Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance at the Visitor Center. For more information, call 874-2421.
CC Bulldogs top regional poll
The Clarendon College Bulldogs are ranked number 10 nationally and number one in the region going into their home game against New Mexico Military Institute this week.
Clarendon has a 7-1 conference record and is 19-2 for the season following a victory over Western Texas College in Synder Monday night. The Bulldogs outscored their opponents in both halves of the game to defeat WTC, 84-70.
Donchevell Nugent led the scoring for Clarendon with 23 points. Also scoring were Russell Harrison 17, Elijah Gonzales 15, Michael Underwood 10, Esahia Nyiwe 9, Da’Vantre Vitor 4, Dimitar Pandev 4, and Jokorl Pal 2.
The Bulldogs had climbed as high as number six on the National Junior College Athletic Association poll before slipping back to number 10 this week. The Western Junior College Athletic Association this week has Clarendon number one in the region.
The CC men will face NMMI Thursday night at 6 p.m. at home in the Dawg House.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to Western Texas Monday night 50-71. The CC women are 0-7 in conference play and 13-10 for the season. Scoring Monday for Clarendon were Jayla Johnson 19, Carria Smith 14, Mahogany Nails 3, Taylor Sparks 3, Nay Dawson 3, Olivia Shannon 3, Kelzie Orr 3, and Jade Nails 2.
Candidates continue signing for local offices
Candidates continue to step forward for the 21 local offices up for election this spring, but some local governments have had no interest shown in their boards.
Chrisi Tucek has joined Kyle Davis as new candidates for seats on the Clarendon CISD Board of Trustees. Two positions are up for election on that board this year with Reneé Mott and Weldon Sears being the incumbents though neither have filed yet.
In Clarendon, the two-year terms of Aldermen John Lockhart, Larry Jeffers, and Eulaine McIntosh are up this year. Jeffers has filed for re-election.
In Howardwick the terms of Aldermen Mary Grady, Johnny Hubbard, and Marietta Baird are expiring. Those are all two-year terms. Jeremy Kindle has signed up for alderman.
The Donley County Hospital District Board of Directors has four two-year terms up this year. Those are currently held by Jan Farris – Place 4, Nikki Adams – Place 5, Mark C. White – Place 6, and Lori Howard – Place 7; and all of those incumbents are running again.
Hedley ISD has three full three-year terms up this year. Those seats are held by Troy Monroe, Cindy Lambert, and Susan Cosby. Lambert and Monroe have filed for re-election.
The City of Hedley and Clarendon College had no candidates filed as of Tuesday.
Hedley has two aldermen’s seats and the mayor’s position up this year. Those are two-year terms and are currently held by Mayor Carrie Butler and Aldermen Dustin Shatswell and Danny Russell.
Three positions are up this year on the Clarendon College Board of Regents, which serve for six years. Darlene Spier and Carey Wann hold two of those seats, and the third is currently vacant.
Filing continues through Friday, February 14. All local boards are elected at-large, but hospital board candidates must file for a specific place on the ballot. Candidate applications are available from the administrative offices of each entity. Elections are scheduled to be held Saturday, May 2, 2020.
Jewell Edwards Judd
Jewell Edwards Judd of Clarendon passed away in Amarillo on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the age of 93.
Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Lance Wood, officiating. Private burial will be at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Jewell was born November 4, 1926, in Oklahoma to James Thomas and Carrie Bell Turner Edwards. Jewell was one of eleven children born in the Edwards’ household. She married Preston Colvin “Snooks” Judd on April 8, 1948, in Wellington. Jewell moved from Amarillo to Clarendon in 1971 when she and her husband purchased a farm in Donley County. She had been a housewife most of her life while they lived on the farm.
Jewell loved fishing, being outdoors, and especially loved working out in the yard with her flowers and plants. Jewell also loved singing and playing the guitar. Jewell was a member of the First Baptist Church in Clarendon.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, James and Carrie Edwards; her husband Preston “Snooks” Judd; by a son, Randall Judd in 1969; and by 10 brothers and sisters.
She is survived by a son, Calvin Judd and wife Janice of Amarillo; a daughter Gale Jones of Amarillo; three grandchildren, Mike Judd, Rocky Jones, and Rhonda Lane; 12 great grandchildren; 11 great-great grandchildren; and close friends, Terri Luna, Rosemary Winters, and Wanda Dromgoole.
The family would like memorials to be sent to First Baptist Church, PO Box 944, Clarendon, Texas 79226.
Sign our online guest book at www.RobertsonFuneral.com
Su San Jeannette Couch
There will be a memorial service for Su San Jeannette Couch, at the Hedley Methodist Church on Saturday, February 1. at 2:00 p.m.. Su San lost her battle with cancer on January 24, 2020, in Corsicana, Texas.
Su San was born in Hedley on April 11,1962 and raised in the Hedley and Giles communities. She graduated from Hedley High School in 1980, and from the Clarendon College School of Nursing in 1987, obtaining her LVN license. She was a devoted nurse and worked for many years caring for people in the area before moving to Corsicana and continuing her work.
She was preceded in death by her father, Fred Watt, her mother, Peggy Watt, and a brother, Leon Couch. She is survived by two brothers, Keith Watt, and Guy Watt, both of Hedley, her sister in law, Linda Couch of Winters, several nieces and nephews, cousins, and many friends.
In lieu of flower, the family asks that memorials be sent to the Rowe Cemetery fund, or to a favorite charity.
UPDATED: Childress man dies in Hedley accident
A Childress man died in a traffic accident in Hedley Monday morning, January 27, becoming the third fatality in the US 287 construction zone there and leading the state agency to close crossings there.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Kelly Hill said 46-year-old Ronald Shane Simpkins was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Pat White after his westbound service truck collided with an eastbound semi-truck driven by Calvin Wayne Renfro, 43, of Irving, pulling a double trailer.
Hill said an eastbound pickup truck pulling a trailer was stopped on US 287 preparing to turn north onto the Bailey Street railroad crossing and another semi-truck was parked behind that vehicle. When Renfro came up on the stopped vehicles suddenly, he “took the wrong evasive action,” Hill said, steering to the left into the oncoming westbound traffic.
Simpkins, going westbound, steered to the right when he saw the oncoming semi-truck, and the two vehicles collided in closed lanes which are under construction.
Renfro was uninjured in the accident. A passenger in Renfro’s semi, 52-year-old Keith Williams of Waco, was transported to Amarillo for medical treatment.
Earlier this month, two women lost their lives in a January 6 accident in the US 287 construction zone in Hedley, and Trooper Hill said at least six accidents have occurred in the zone.
On January 17, the Texas Department of Transportation Childress District closed the Hwy. 203 / Main Street railroad crossing on US 287 in Hedley. Monday afternoon, TxDOT closed the remaining two railroad crossings in the city at Bailey Street and McDougal Street.
TxDOT says travelers needing to access Hedley from US 287 are advised to take FM 1260 east of Clarendon then take FM 2471 to either FM 1932 or State Highway 273. Justice of the Peace Pat White also advises travelers coming from Memphis can take CR 28 near the Giles rest area and then CR W to enter Hedley.
On Tuesday afternoon, TxDOT had reports of drivers going around the barricades on the closed intersections in Hedley. Those violators could face fines of up to $400 if workers were present.
TxDOT closes railroad crossings in Hedley construction zone
TxDOT’s Childress District is closing all three railroad crossings into Hedley from US 287 today. The news comes after another fatal accident this morning in the highway construction zone in that city.
TxDOT says travelers needing to access Hedley from US 287 are advised to take FM 1260 east of Clarendon then take FM 2471 to either FM 1932 or State Highway 273. Justice of the Peace Pat White also advises travelers coming from Memphis can take CR 28 near the Giles rest area and then CR W to enter Hedley.
More details on January 27’s fatal accident are available here.
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