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Sheriff nabs Dallas murder suspect here Monday night

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A Dallas murder suspect was apprehended west of Clarendon by the Donley County and Hall County sheriffs’ departments Monday evening.

Jeremiah Earl Morrow, a 27-year-old black male, was wanted out of Dallas County for allegedly shooting four people Monday afternoon, killing one of them, and also shooting up a carwash in that community.

Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said his office received a “be on the lookout” alert after a Hall County deputy tailed Morrow into Donley County.

The Hall County deputy followed the suspect, who was driving a burgundy Chevrolet Lumina, until Blackburn could catch up to them and back him up about about eight miles west of Clarendon on US 287.

Blackburn then pulled Morrow over, detained him, and placed him under arrest.

Donley County Deputy Sonny Morasco and law enforcement units from the Department of Public Safety and a Texas Game Warden also converged on the scene.

Morrow was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Sarah Hatley on a Dallas County charge of First Degree Murder, and bond was set at $2 million.

Morrow remained in the Donley County Jail at press time Tuesday afternoon, awaiting transfer back to Dallas.

For more about the crime for which Morrow was arrested, including an eyewitness account, check out Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth’s coverage here: https://bit.ly/3t2QCTo.

Kinetic Fun Run to be held here October 7

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The Kinetic Hot Rods to Harleys Fun Run will be held Saturday, October 7, at the Saints’ Roost Museum.

Proceeds of the event will benefit the Christ’s Kids Ministry and the Clarendon Lions Club’s “Toys for Joy” toy drive.

Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. with breakfast. The Fun Run starts at 9:15 a.m. with lunch at noon and awards at 1:00 p.m. Vendor booths will be available at the museum during the fun run.

This year’s 100-mile scenic ride starts and ends at the Saints Roost Museum and travels to Hedley, McLean, and Lake McClellan.

Entry is $25 per vehicle, and registration is available online at ClarendonTX.com/funrun or in person at the Clarendon Visitor Center.

For more information, call the Clarendon Visitor Center at 806-874-2421.

 

 

Broncos sting Tulia Hornets

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Bronco Ranger Drenth goes for the sack on the Hornets Quarterback. Enterprise Photo / Roger Estlack

By Sandy Anderberg

The Bronco football team did everything right last Friday night in Tulia and defeated the Hornets 44-21.

Senior running back Lyric Smith finished with 166 total yards and found the endzone twice for the Broncos. Smith had two catches from quarterback Harrison Howard for 52 yards and carried the ball 14 times for 99 yards rushing.

The Broncos scored first in with just under 10:00 left in the opening quarter and again before the Hornets put seven points on the board. Tulia would find the endzone two more times to take a 12-21 lead in the second quarter. The next four scores belonged to the Broncos as they were able to score at will in the second half as the Broncos line did their job to open the field for the runners and receivers.

Howard put up another set of good stats in his time at the QB position finishing the game with 247 total yards and was 10 of 14 passing with one interception. His longest strike was to Colton Caudle for 53 yards. Caudle had a stellar night on the field with two receiving touchdowns. Mason Sims had four catches for 41 yards, and Easton Frausto grabbed a 48-yard pass for six. Shane Hagood ran the ball 11 times from the backfield for 62 yards. His longest was a 17-yard run.
Smith took a turn under center and had one completion for 15 yards. Kyler Bell also took a turn at the QB spot.

No defensive stats were available at press time.

The Broncos will have a week to rest up before they begin their six-team district schedule on October 6 at home against the Wheeler Mustangs beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Pee wee teams play Childress

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Clarendon’s Pee Wee football teams played Childress on Saturday, September 23. The 3-4 grade team lost by two points with the final score of 16-14. Zi Mathews was running with the ball while AJ Moore was blocking a player to help the Clarendon team score a point. The 5-6 grade boys won the game 23-0. Courtesy Photo / Chrislyn Faris

Benson runs third in Lubbock XC Meet

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Lady Broncos XC team placed 4th in Lubbock on Saturday. Madi placed 2nd and Tandie Cummins placed 12th.Courtesy Photo / Korey Conkin

By Sandy Anderberg

Clarendon High School sophomore Madi Benson ran a great cross country race in Lubbock at Mae Simmons Park last weekend.

Benson’s time of 13:05.1 for the two-mile course put her just under 20 seconds behind the first-place finisher. According to coach Korey Conkin, Benson led the field for the first mile and a half of the race. She and fellow athlete Tandie Cummins both received a medal for their efforts in leading the Lady Bronco team to a fourth-place finish in the meet. Cummins ran 12th with a finishing time of 13:41.9.

Gracie Ellis ran 34th in the field of 141 competitors with a time of 14:19.7, and Berkley Moore ran 36th at 14:32.3. Presley Smith was 53rd with a 15:00.8, Kenidee Hayes was 58th at 15:10.9, and Kennadie Cummins ran the course in a time of 16:08.7 finishing in 93rd place.

Bronco junior Bryce Williams had a great race as well and ran a personal best on the Lubbock course with a time of 18:42.2 for 13th place and a medal. Williams was two minutes off the first-place pace in a field of 127 runners. Tanner Cavanaugh also ran and ended the race with a time of 25:33.9.

The Broncos, Lady Broncos, and junior high Lady Colts will participate in the Greenbelt Gallop on October 3 at Greenbelt Lake.

New pastor for Hedley First Baptist Church

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The First Baptist Church of Hedley has called Braden Montgomery as their new pastor.

Braden Montgomery and family

Montgomery’s first Sunday will be October 1. He grew up in the Panhandle of Texas, going to school in Hedley and graduating from White Deer High School. He has college experience from Wayland Baptist University and has eight years of ministry experience as a youth and music minister. This will be his first pastorate.

Montgomery and his wife, Lauren, have a five-month-old son named Micah. The church is excited about its future and welcomes Braden, Lauren, and Micah with open arms.

Survey seeks input for area passenger railroad service

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Panhandle residents in support of passenger rail service for the area are encouraged to fill out a survey.

Texas Panhandle residents interested in seeing passenger rail service return to the area can make their voices heard with a new Amtrak service study.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is conducting an Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study to evaluate the restoration of daily long-distance intercity rail passenger service and the potential for new Amtrak long-distance routes.

This study will ultimately create a long-term vision for long-distance passenger rail service and identify capital projects and funding needed to implement that vision.

To add a comment to the study, residents can follow this link and mention their support for adding Amtrak service to Amarillo, Texas: https://bit.ly/4677Eyz.

Supporters of passenger rail service say that it boosts economic development and that it connects rural communities to the nation by providing greater travel opportunities.

According to the FRA website, the Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study will: Evaluate options for restoring or enhancing to daily basis intercity passenger rail service along routes; Select preferred options for restoring or enhancing service; Develop a prioritized inventory of capital projects and other actions required to restore or enhance the service, including cost estimates for those projects and actions; Develop recommendations for methods by which Amtrak could work with local communities and organizations to develop activities and programs to continuously improve public use of intercity passenger rail service along each route; and Identify Federal and non-Federal funding sources required to restore or enhance the service.

Eighty years of passenger train service between Dallas and Denver ended when the Texas Zephyr made its final southbound run coming through Clarendon on September 11, 1967, according to the files of The Donley County Leader. The final northbound run had been made the day before.

The FRA says Amtrak was established by the Rail Passenger Act of 1970, which removed the requirement for US railroads to provide intercity passenger rail service and created Amtrak to fulfill that role instead. In 1971, the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) designated 21 city pairs between which intercity passenger trains should operate, and Amtrak began service between those cities later that year. The new passenger rail system was about half the size (by route miles) of the pre-1971 US passenger rail system, which had been operated by multiple railroads.

In 1975, The Clarendon Press reported that representatives from Clarendon and other area towns addressed hearings in Fort Worth attempting to persuade Amtrak to implement passenger service between Dallas and Denver.

At the request of Congress, several long-distance routes were added to Amtrak’s system in the 1970s, but long-distance service contracted in the following decades – especially after a 1978 US DOT report that recommended significant service reductions, the FRA website reports.

Long-distance network service reductions over the past half century have resulted in some communities losing common carrier transportation options, as well as the economic and social benefits of those connections.

Amtrak’s current service map.

Tennessee team wins 2023 chuckwagon cookoff

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2023 Chuckwagon Champions – Camp Cookie. Enterprise Photo

The Camp Cookie wagon team from Germantown, Tennessee, claimed the championship of the Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff last Saturday, September 23, beating out 11 other teams.

Competing in the Saints’ Roost Museum’s 28th annual cookoff, Camp Cookie placed first in Overall Cooking and first in Beans, Meats, and Desserts as well as second in Bread to win the title of best Overall Wagon & Cooking.

The Shadow Peak Chuckwagon from Weatherford, Texas., placed first in Wagon & Camp this year in its first appearance at the Clarendon cookoff.

The 16th annual Junior Cookoff the day before the big event drew nine contestants, who were paired with experienced wagon teams to prepare potatoes for the cooks’ dinner Friday night. First was Elika Wilson cooking with Honey Do Spoiler, second was Jase Conway cooking with D Bar B Wagon, and third was Teagan Chesser cooking with Camp Cookie. The Jake Tolbert Memorial Award, a Dutch oven, was presented to Wilson by Vince Smith Solano Wagon Co.
Other junior participants were Kassie Askew from Clarendon, cooking with Crosstimber; Asa Bains from Clarendon, 2M

Chuckwagon; August Pearson from Clarendon, cooking with Shadow Peak; Noah Pearson from Clarendon, cooking with Double Nichols; Elliott Robertson from Clarendon, cooking with Cocklebur Camp; and Henry Robertson from Clarendon, cooking with Wild Cow Ranch

The Junior Cookoff is sponsored each year by the American Chuckwagon Association.

The trade show was held throughout the day Saturday, and live entertainment was provided.

Competing wagons served a menu of chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, biscuits, beans, and cobbler. Wagons came from as far as Tennessee and Colorado to attend this year’s cookoff.

Prizes totaling $3,250 were paid out to the winners. Complete results were:

Overall Wagon & Cooking: 1) Camp Cookie.

Overall Cooking: 1) Camp Cookie., 2) Wild Cow Ranch of Fritch., 3) Double Nichols of Amarillo, and 4) D Bar B Chuckwagon of Childress.

Best Wagon & Camp: 1) Shadow Peak, 2) J Bar D Ranch of Amarillo, 3) Crosstimber Ranch of Mustang, Okla., and 4) Wild Cow.

Best Meat: 1) Camp Cookie, 2) D-B, 3) Double Nichols, and 4) Wild Cow.

Best Beans: 1) Camp Cookie, 2) Honey-Do Spoiler of Pampa, 3) Crosstimber, and 4) Solano Wagon Co. of Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Best Potatoes: 1) J Bar D, 2) D Bar B, 3) Wild Cow, and 4) Double Nichols.

Best Bread: 1) Shadow Peak, 2) Camp Cookie, 3) Double Nichols, and 4) Crosstimber.

Best Dessert: 1) Camp Cookie, 2) D Bar B, 3) Wild Cow, and 4) J Bar D.

2023 Junior Cookoff Participants

Dorothy Joy Martin

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Dorothy Joy Martin, of Midland, born in Donley County, on October 10, 1928, left this world to
be with the Lord on September 13, 2023.

Dorothy Joy Martin

Dorothy was predeceased by her husband, Ford Martin, her son Mitchell Martin, her grandson Justin Martin, and her sister Jessie Lee Holcomb.

Dorothy leaves behind her son Ricky of Midland, her son Randy of Abilene, sister Carolyn Taylor of Memphis, and brother Jerry Don White of Peoria, Arizona. She also leaves behind numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews, many friends and friends of loved ones that she cared for throughout the years. Dorothy grew up in Lelia Lake. She graduated from Clarendon High School and went to every reunion until she could no longer make the drive from Midland. Dorothy and her husband were residents of Clarendon, along with other members of the Martin family who are laid to rest in the Citizens’ Cemetery of Clarendon.

She worked at the telephone company during World War II along with her husband’s sister Merle Martin who introduced Dorothy to her husband Ford Martin. After leaving Borger, Texas, where she and her family resided for many years, her husband’s work took them to Midland where Dorothy worked for several years at the Odessa Country Club. She even created a Breakfast Mini Muffin Recipe which they still use to this day on their buffet. She then went to work in the safety deposit room at a local bank in Midland which became Chase Bank, and she retired after 25 years of service. She saw the company through many name changes and stayed a dedicated employee throughout all of those transitions. After that, Dorothy went to work for the Yellow Rose Retirement Home. She spent the next 15 years as a cook for the home, taking care of the individual nutritional needs of 8 residents at a time. She worked until they closed their doors. She was 89 years old at that time. She continued cooking for her residents and taking meals to them in their new nursing homes until the last one passed away.

Dorothy dedicated her life to other people, spreading so much joy with her cooking, loving those around her, and giving of herself always. She was so very deeply loved and will be incredibly missed.

She walked this earth as one of God’s angels.

The Family will have a Potluck Dinner and Celebration of Life in Honor of Dorothy at Beall Park Clubhouse 5200 West Wall Street in Midland, Texas, 79703 on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, (her 95th birthday) from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Please bring your favorite dish and join the family.

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