Morgan Wheatly

Bargain shoppers will be in for a treat during the seventh annual “Trash to Treasures” garage sale event to be held in Clarendon and nearby communities this Saturday, June 2.
Twenty-one individual sales are scheduled to be held. A complete description of each sale is printed on the official Treasure Map located on the last page of this week’s Enterprise.
From a tractor to a Texaco light, this weekend’s sales will feature hundreds of treasures just waiting to be uncovered at bargain prices.
Other items included in this year’s sales are leather recliners, a hot tub, books, a piano, a Maytag washer, and more.
“Trash to Treasures” is being promoted with advertising dollars in area communities; and many people from neighboring counties attend.
After visiting all the sales, hungry shoppers are urged to stop by sale number 21 where the Assembly of God Youth Group will be having a hamburger lunch from 11 a.m. til the food runs out.
Trash to Treasures is organized by The Clarendon Enterprise as a service to the community.

Kids’ College classes at Clarendon College will get underway next Monday.

There will be more than 20 classes offered in the month of June for kids age 5-15.

“We have a wide variety of classes for kids this summer, and we’ve set things up so that even kids who go on vacation can still hopefully attend a portion of the offerings,” CC Marketing Coordinator Ashlee Estlack said. “We love offering Kids’ College as a way for kids to learn in a fun environment right here at home.”

This year’s courses feature popular returners from last year including Let’s Have a Tea Party, Take Home a Pet Tornado, Erupt a Volcano, and Make an Ocean in a Bottle.  New to this year’s schedule are Telling Tall Tales, Creative Writing, Fabric Crafts, Hand Sewing, Rooms Crafts and Jewelry Making, Fun with Fossils, and Jelly Making.

“Another class we are excited to offer is Basics in Babysitting,” Estlack said. “This course is taught by the American Red Cross and is graciously underwritten by the City of Clarendon in order to make it affordable for the students.  The class is for anyone ages 11 to 15 and features training in first aid and home safety and is perfect for anyone interested in babysitting neighbors or relatives.”

Students can be registered up until 3:00 p.m. the day before any class starts.  The first classes start Monday, June 4, and classes will continue until Friday, June 29.

For more information on Kids’ College stop by the Student Services office in the Instructional Center or visit www.clarendoncollege.edu. Anyone with questions can also contact Ashlee at 806-874-4808.

The college is open Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

TSgt. Ben Vorheis, son of Mary Vorheis, who is stationed at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan with a Combat Search and Rescue team, sent a special American flag to the library that was flown on one of their missions.

Along with the flag is a framed document stating that it is presented to Burton Memorial Library in appreciation for support and caring for our military troops involved in “Operation Enduring Freedom.”

Friends of the library sent recordable story books to a unit in Afghanistan so that the military members could record their own voices as they read the story to their children at home. The military members then sent the books to their sons and daughters who are anxiously waiting for Daddy and Mommy to come home to them.

This shipment is just one of the many that have been sent overseas to the troops by Friends of the Library members and patrons who put items in the Troop Box at the Library.

If you would like to contribute items to be sent overseas, stop by and get a list of the items needed by the men and women serving there and in Iraq.

Clarendon College recognized Martha Smith, Scott Cone, and Joyse Gammage for their achievements at spring commencement on Friday, May 4

Martha Smith of Clarendon received the Walter B. Knorpp Outstanding Academic Achievement award.

Selected by the faculty, a student is chosen for the Knorpp Award on the basis of overall academic excellence, grades earned, scholastic papers and/or projects completed, and other indicators of scholastic achievement.

Smith has worked at Clarendon College for 12 years and in 2009 went back to school to earn an Associate in Science degree. She was named the Clarendon College Employee of the Year in 2005 and has been a co-sponsor of the international student organization at Clarendon College. She performed in the college play “Kiss or Make-up” in 2006 and is a member of the Clarendon Community Choir and the worship committee at First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.

Smith’s favorite pastime is gardening and caring for plants, and she volunteers each year to beautify the campus with the flowers that greet students and visitors at the academic center each day. She is a second mom for many students at the college and, along with her husband, is one of the biggest Bulldog and Lady Bulldog fans in town.

Smith’s name will be engraved on the Walter B. Knorpp Outstanding Academic Achievement trophy that is permanently displayed in the Vera Dial Dickey Library as tribute to her academic performance at Clarendon College.

Scott Cone of Glenwood, New South Wales, was named the Top Honor Graduate at the CC spring commencement.

The Top Honor Graduate is selected each April based on guidelines of overall grade point average and outstanding academic achievement.

Cone came to Clarendon College from Australia to further his education and improve his baseball skills. He is a member of the Clarendon College Bulldog Baseball team and graduated with an Associate in Science degree.

He will be transferring to West Texas A&M University in Canyon this fall to major in Biology.

Joyse Gammage of Pampa received the Outstanding Graduate award at the CC spring commencement.

The Outstanding Student honor awards not only academic achievement, but also leadership, integrity, and character. In order to receive this award, the student must be voted on by the full-time faculty. The Outstanding Student Award originated in 1965 with the Clarendon Jaycees. Upon the disbanding of the Jaycees, Clarendon College took upon itself the continuation of the tradition into the present.

Gammage is an Amarillo native who now lives in Pampa with her husband and 4 daughters. She has a family, works as a veterinary technician at a Pampa vet clinic and attended Clarendon College. Prior to attending CC, she attended Palo Duro High School.

Looking past CC, Gammage plans to attend West Texas A&M University in the fall with future plans of attending the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M where she hopes to achieve her childhood dream by earning a Doctorate in Veterinary Science.