The Clarendon Enterprise received a first place plaque last Saturday during the Texas Press Association’s Summer Convention in Montgomery.
The Enterprise competed in Division 10 this year and also received two second place and one third place award.
The paper placed first in Editorial Writing for column its stance on open meeting violations by the Clarendon College Board of Regents last spring and a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s attacks on free speech.
The Enterprise also received second place honors for its fall/winter Clarendon Welcome Guide and for Feature Articles written by Roger Estlack about Moffitt Hardware and the new Hedley Senior Citizens Center.
The third place award were for Advertisements designed by Roger Estlack and Ashlee Estlack.
The Sweepstakes Award in Division 10 went to the Double Mountain Chronicle in Rotan.
This year 142 newspapers submitted 1,410 entries in the Texas Better Newspaper Contest. The contest is broken down into 10 divisions in which newspapers compete against papers of similar circulation size. Eighty-nine weekly newspapers competed in Divisions 6 through 10.
Attending the convention and representing the Enterprise were Roger, Ashlee, and Ella Estlack.
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