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Hedley play advances

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Hedley High School’s One Act Play, “Over The River and Through the Woods,” is advancing after the district competition last Thursday, March 4, in Groom.

Hedley High School’s One Act Play will advance to bi-district after competing in Groom last week. Courtesy Photo

Schools at the competition were Groom, Silverton, White Deer, and Hedley. Advancing schools were Hedley, Groom, and White Deer.

The advancing schools will compete in bi-district competition on Thursday, March 11, at Ft. Elliott High School. The Owls will take the stage at 10:00. Visitors will be allowed at Ft. Elliott; however, masks are required.

Earning recognition from Hedley were: Best Performer-Savannah Trent; Best Performer-Jordan Upton; All Star Cast- Leandra Mestas; All Star Cast-Joshua Booth; Honorable Mention All Star Cast-Elijah Booth; Over All Technical Crew- Esteban Carreon, Astin McAllister, Danika Middleton, and Liam Branigan; and Best Sound- Danika Middleton.

Clarendon troupe advances

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Clarendon High School’s One Act Play is advancing to bi-district after competing in Panhandle last week. CHS will next perform on Wednesday, March 10, at 2 p.m. at Stinnett. Clarendon students receiving honors at the district level were Josiah Howard and Kaye Breeze Fanelli, who made all-star cast, and Sophie Bilbrey, who made honorable mention all-star cast. Courtesy Photo

Frank L. Neal

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Long-time Fort Collins resident Frank L. Neal, 83, died March 2, 2021 with his family by his side.

Frank L. Neal

A graveside service with military honors will be held at the Groom Cemetery in Groom on March 15, 2021, 2:00 p.m.

Arrangements are by Vessey Funeral Service in Fort Collins, CO., and Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Frank moved to Colorado in the late 1950’s after serving in the Army and became a successful business leader in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He spent many years developing real estate, commercial businesses such as a travel agency, restaurants and entertainment venues, including a bowling alley and Cheyenne’s Big Country Speedway.

Frank served faithfully at REZ church for nearly thirty-six years with his wife, Sharon Neal, and found some of his greatest enjoyment in watching the church grow and impact families across Northern Colorado. He shared a passion for being one of the last great “Texas Cowboys”, raising livestock, boating on Horsetooth and camping along the Front Range. In his retirement years he cherished planting trees and building a small ranch in Bellvue, Colorado.

As a father, and later a grandpa, Frank was always ready to joke, impart wisdom, or simply sit and listen, and his outgoing nature left an impression on his kids and all those he loved. He was overjoyed to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary this past year to Sharon Rose Neal (Yosten) of Columbus, Nebraska. He is survived by his wife, six children and their spouses, sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, as well as his brother Bennie.
Sign the online guestbook at www.robertsonfuneral.com

Broncos win regional quarter final

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Hard-fought games bring out the best in a team and the Clarendon Broncos proved that Friday night with a huge Regional Quarterfinal win over Floydada in Canyon.

2021 Regional Quarterfinal Champions

The 62-52 win puts them in the Regional Semi-Final Round this week. The Broncos were scheduled to play Christoval at Slaton on March 2. Game results will be posted on ClarendonLive.com and Facebook.com/TheEnterprise.

On Friday, the two fairly evenly matched teams went toe-to-toe in the opening eight minutes of the game and ended with the Broncos up one point. It looked like it might stay that way through halftime until the Broncos found an offensive edge with just a little time on the clock before the half. They were able to score six unanswered points that results in a big momentum boost going into the locker room.

Another scoring run in the third allowed the Broncos the cushion they needed to all but secure the win. Floydada fought hard, but too many turnovers cost them the game. Fighting foul trouble, the Broncos were able to stay solid on both ends to get the win.
Jmaury Davis led the way with 22 points and Lamarcus Peniger was right behind him with 21. Jordan Herndon added seven, Cayden D’Costa had five, Sylvester Ballard helped with four, and Donovan Thompson had three.

Earlier last week, the Broncos played Farwell at Vega and claimed the area championship with a victory of 58-49.

State shot clinic to be here March 5

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The state health department will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Clarendon College Bairfield Activity Center Friday, March 5; and local residents are asked to sign up now for an appointment.

Donley County Judge John Howard, MD, said the state is bringing 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and will administer the shots from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The primary purpose of the clinic is to give as many people as possible the first dose of the two-step vaccination. A second clinic will be held on April 6 to administer the second dose, Howard said.

However, if a person has already received the first round of the Moderna vaccine, they can get the second dose during the March 5 clinic. State officials request those needing the second dose schedule as late in the day as possible to allow the most people to get the first round of the vaccine.

Those wishing to receive the vaccination must pre-register online for a specific timeslot at the following link: https://bit.ly/2PoL3el or by viewing this article at ClarendonLive.com. Residents without Internet access can go by the Burton Memorial Library for assistance signing up.

The clinic is for people age 18 and older with priority given to residents in Phases 1A and 1B as explained at this link along with other important information: https://bit.ly/3sErJYJ

The state personnel will be staying over in Clarendon Friday night and will hold another vaccination clinic in Memphis the next day, Howard said. If a local resident cannot make the Friday clinic in Clarendon, they might consider trying to go the Memphis site. Details on the Memphis clinic were not available at press time.

The arrival of the vaccination clinic comes as the number of active COVID-19 infections has fallen off in Donley County.

The Clarendon Family Medical Center reported Monday that it had no new positives at all last week, and there are currently no active cases in the clinic’s care. This again does not include information on people who have may have tested at facilities outside the county.

Updated numbers from the state list Donley County as having 13 fatalities from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

Tunnell named county clerk

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New clerk
Judge John Howard administers the oath office to Vicki Tunnell as the new Donley County Clerk after she was appointed to the position by county commissioners in a called meeting last Friday. Tunnell succeeds Fay Vargas, who retired at the end of last month after more than 34 years in office. Courtesy Photo

Texans urged to fill out disaster survey

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Texans are urged to fill out the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s State of Texas Assessment Tool to help state and emergency management officials identify damages that occurred during the recent winter storm.

FEMA has asked the state of Texas for additional information regarding the amount of damage in the counties that have yet to be declared, and TDEM will continue to present that information until all Texas counties that qualify for federal assistance receive the assistance they need.

Texans are also encouraged to pass this survey on to family, friends and organizations who live and operate in counties not currently declared for federal assistance. The survey can be found at www.TDEM.texas.gov/warm.

Texans who live in current disaster-declared counties should apply for disaster assistance at disasterassistance.gov.

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