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5K, Easter event set for Saturday

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A 5K walk/run and a Community Easter Event will be held at the Donley County Courthouse this Saturday, April 9, as the Clarendon Lions Club and the Clarendon Elementary Pony Parents team up for two fun events.

The morning will start off with the tenth annual Chance Mark Jones Roar & Run 5K at 8:30 a.m.

The race seeks to raise awareness of Child Abuse and is held in honor of the late Chance Mark Jones, who passed away in January 2011 as a result of abuse.

Registration for the Roar & Run 5K are open through the day of the event for $30.

Race and plunge registrations are available at the Clarendon Visitor Center at the Mulkey Theatre, at the Enterprise, or online at https://bit.ly/2Qp85lE.

For more 5K information, contact Lion Roger Estlack at 806-874-2259.

Following the 5K awards presentation, the Pony Parents’ first Community Easter event will also be held on the Courthouse lawn beginning at 11 a.m. and continuing until 1 p.m.

Free egg hunts will be held for kids ages 11 and under with two free bicycles being given in each age category.

The Easter event will also feature carnival games and bounce houses that can be enjoyed by the kids with the purchase of a wristband.

Shonda’s Snack Shack and HUD’s Food Truck will also be set up with food and refreshments all morning.

CC holds community service day

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Clarendon College students help members of the Clarendon Lions Club prepare hundreds of US Flags for retirement last week as part of CC’s day of service to the community. Enterprise Photo

Students, faculty, and staff from Clarendon College participated in a service day to benefit the Clarendon community on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.

Morning classes for CC were suspended to make way for a UIL competition; and in turn, the college hosted a day of community service. There were 194 students, faculty, and staff who volunteered to undertake several projects throughout Clarendon.

  • Some of the projects included:
  • Adopt-a-Highway, where roadside cleanup along a two-mile stretch of State Highway 70 was completed.
  • Cleanup of Citizen’s Cemetery.
  • Worked with members of the Clarendon Lions Club to prepare US flags for proper retirement by our local Cub Scouts.
  • Helped with the Donley County Senior Citizens Center to prepare vehicles for home delivery of meals.
  • Cleanup of the train tracks area behind Lowe’s, Western Skies Motel, Dollar General, Pizza Hut, Sonic, and Best Western Plus Red River Inn.
  • Cleanup of the CC welding center on First Street.
  • Shrub removal and cleanup of flowerbeds on the Clarendon College campus.
  • Painted bulldog paw prints along College Drive.

“I’m very proud of our students, staff, and faculty for taking a day to give volunteer service to the Clarendon community,” CC President Tex Buckhaults said. “It’s an excellent mark of citizenship to be of service to the community, and Clarendon College wants to show that mark of excellence. We are thankful for the support of the Clarendon community, and this is a nice way to give back to show our thankfulness.”

Ken McIntosh, who headed up the Adopt-a-Highway effort stated, this was a good thing for both the college and the community because it allows the college to show, and the community to see, that we care.

Kamrynn Patterson, a student from Kim, Colorado, stated that she volunteered for the service day because she was raised to believe in the value of community service through 4H and wanted to continue showing those values here in Clarendon.

There are plans to make a service day an annual event.

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