Creepy and Kooky
CC rodeo competes in Lubbock
The Clarendon College Rodeo Teams competed at Texas Tech University for their final rodeo of the semester this past weekend.
The Men’s Team finished in 2nd place with 535 pts trailing the 820 pts put up by Tarleton State University. The Bulldogs had three bareback riders qualify for the short round of competition, but only two were able to compete as Trent Dannheim suffered a broken arm on his dismount in the first round.
Cole Franks and Josh Green split 2nd-3rd place with their 78 point rides in the first round, and Dannheim was 5th with a 75 point ride. In the short round, Franks was 72 points splitting 4-6th and finished 3rd in the average. Green was 70 points for 8th place and finished 4-5th in the average.
In the Saddle Bronc Riding, Clarendon College fielded half of the contestants with five of the 10 qualifiers. Riggin Smith won the first round with a 77pt ride, was 2nd place in the short round with a 71pt ride, and finished 2nd in the average. Keene Justesen was 72 pts on his first horse, good enough for 3rd and 70 pts in the short round for 3rd and finished 3rd in the average. Seth Waldron was 8th in the first round, 5th in the short round and 5th in the average. Cole Franks was 4th in the first round, 7th in the short round, and 6th in the average. Caleb Newell Qualified for the short go round in 10th and finished 10th in the average.
On the Women’s team, Blake Ramsey became the first girl to put Clarendon College on the board for the year. Ramsey roped her first round Breakaway calf in 2.6 seconds, which put her in a split for 8-12th out of 170 contestants in that event. In the short round, Ramsey caught her calf in a respectable 3.1 seconds for 4th place in the round and the average.
The 60 pts she earned placed the women’s team in 9th place of the 17 teams competing.
The Texas Tech Rodeo in Lubbock was held at the South Plains Fairgrounds and marks the end to the first half of the season for the teams. The Men’s Team is currently in 2nd place with 2020 points, not far behind the leaders, Tarleton State University, with 2475 points.
The Women’s team is in 14th place and have five more rodeos to improve their rankings next semester.
The teams have a long break before the next rodeo in Odessa on February 20-22 and will be practicing daily to improve.
The Clarendon College rodeo teams will be hosting their annual NFR watch party and banquet at the Bairfield Activity Center on December 7 at 7:00 p.m. You can help support the team by purchasing a ticket from one of the team members or by contacting Bret Franks at (806) 440-1366.
Treva Marlene Fulton
Treva Marlene Fulton, 79, of Howardwick passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2019, in Amarillo.
Services were held on November 2, 2019, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Elder Don Watson and Elder Don Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
Treva was born March 10, 1940, in Borger to Jeff and Lois Still. She attended schools at Lefors where she met Donald Gene Fulton. They married on August 19, 1956, in Sayre, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on December 19, 2018. They lived in the Texas Panhandle until 1962 when they moved to Andrews where their four children were reared, and then moved back to the Panhandle in 1990.
She spent 45 years as an LVN in the medical field working in West Texas before moving to the Texas Panhandle where she retired in 2009. Treva was a founding member of Old Paths Primitive Baptist Church in Howardwick. Whether crocheting afghans for family members, painting and firing ceramic nativity sets for her children, or traveling with her husband to grandkids’ activities, Treva loved her family. “Grandmama” was famous for her pecan pies, pink salad and Mardi Gras cake.
She also was preceded in death by a son, Donald Gene Fulton II, and her parents.
She is survived by four daughters: Linda Rowland and husband Mike of Howardwick, Karen Fulton of Stanton, Lesa Hardy and husband Warren of Andrews, and Lana Jackson and husband John of Amarillo; a sister, Georgetta Taylor of Lawrence, Kansas; sisters-in-law, Patricia Curtis of Sunray and Laverne Fulton of Pampa; a brother-in-law, Billy Joe Fulton and wife Joy of Alanreed; 11 grandchildren – Brad Mills, Lisle Rowland, Treva McKinney, Garrett Fulton, Tyler Fulton, Randal Greer, Pamela Reed, Jennifer Tatum, Rachel Jackson, John William Jackson and Jeff Jackson; 14 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Texas voters to decide amendments
By Davis Rich, Texas Tribune with additional reporting by The Clarendon Enterprise
Texas voters are about to weigh in on 10 proposed amendments to the state constitution, which deal with everything from retiring law enforcement animals to the state’s tax code.
Voters in three state House districts will also participate in special elections to fill empty seats.
Early voting runs through Friday, November 1, at the Donley County Courthouse Annex. Election Day will be on Tuesday, November 5, with local polling places listed on page one of this week’s Clarendon Enterprise.
During this year’s legislative session, lawmakers passed several bills that require amendments to the Texas Constitution. A majority of Texas voters must vote to support any change to the state constitution in a statewide referendum. In 2017, all seven constitutional amendments on the ballot passed.
Below are the 10 amendments on the ballot next month. More analysis on each proposition, from the House Research Organization, is available here.
Proposition 1
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time.”
What it means: Municipal court judges adjudicate city ordinance violations and certain misdemeanor criminal cases. The proposition would permit elected municipal court judges to serve multiple municipalities at the same time. Currently, only appointed municipal court judges – who make up more than 95 percent of the state’s municipal court judges, according the House Research Organization – can serve multiple jurisdictions at the same time, making it more challenging for small and rural cities to find qualified candidates, some argue.
Proposition 2
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $200 million to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.
What it means: This would allow TWDB to issue bonds to fund for water and wastewater infrastructure projects in areas where median household income is at or below 75% of the statewide median income level.
Proposition 3
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.”
What it means: This would allow the Legislature to create temporary property tax exemptions for people with property damaged in governor-declared disaster areas. The Legislature would be able to pass laws determining the eligibility requirements for exemptions, as well as the duration and amount of any write-offs.
Proposition 4
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax, including a tax on an individual’s share of partnership and unincorporated association income.”
What it means: This would make it more challenging for future lawmakers to enact a personal income tax, requiring support from two-thirds of the House and Senate and a majority of Texas voters. Currently, the state Constitution requires that any proposal be approved a majority of lawmakers in the House and Senate and a majority of voters in a state-wide referendum.
Proposition 5
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue received from the existing state sales and use taxes that are imposed on sporting goods to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission to protect Texas’ natural areas, water quality, and history by acquiring, managing, and improving state and local parks and historic sites while not increasing the rate of the state sales and use taxes.”
What it means: It would earmark all revenue from the sporting goods sales tax toward the state parks and wildlife department and historic commission, as intended when the tax was created in 1993. In the past, the Legislature has not appropriated all available tax revenue to TPWD and THC.
Proposition 6
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase by $3 billion the maximum bond amount authorized for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.”
What it means: This would allow the Legislature to double the maximum amount of bonds it can issue on behalf of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, to $6 billion.
Proposition 7
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment allowing increased distributions to the available school fund.”
What it means: This would allow the General Land Office, the State Board of Education and other entities to double the amount of revenue they can provide the Available School Fund each year. The Available School Fund provides classroom materials and funding for Texas schools.
Proposition 8
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects.”
What it means: This would create a flood infrastructure fund that the Texas Water Development Board could use to finance projects following a disaster.
Proposition 9
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this state.”
What it means: This would allow the legislature to create a property tax exemption for precious metals held in state depositories – like the Texas Bullion Depository, scheduled to open next year in Leander.
Proposition 10
How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment to allow the transfer of a law enforcement animal to a qualified caretaker in certain circumstances.”
What it means: It would allow for former handlers or qualified caretakers to adopt retired law enforcement animals without a fee.
Voters elsewhere in Texas will also decide three special elections to fill vacate state House seats. Two of the districts – HD-100 and HD-148 – are reliably Democratic. In HD-28, Democrats are trying to flip a seat that Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, held from 2007 until last month.
CC Meats Team wins national title
The Clarendon College Meats Judging Team brought home the national championship after placing first in the 2019 Cargill High Plains Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest in Friona.
At the awards presentation in Hereford Sunday night, Clarendon College had the highest placing team with team members Paige Perryman as the 4th high individual; Arliss Corliss, 5th high; Patrick Sharp, 6th high; and Conner Mikkelson, 7th high.
Additionally, Clarendon’s Jake Gillespie was high individual alternate, Matthew White was 2nd High individual alternate, Koby White was 3rd high alternate, Rance Smith was 5th high alternate, and Abby Reed was 9th high alternate.
Earlier last week, the CC Livestock Judging Team competed in Kansas City and placed 17th out of 25 total teams and 19 complete teams.
Members of the livestock traveling team are Eliza Lazenby, Holly Perez, Shelby Burlile, Sadie Arnold, Bailee McKay, Payton Havens, Nathan Shadle, Luke Willard, and Will Boyd.
Go, Band!
Ag lesson
Election Day to be held next Tuesday
Texas voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, November 5, to decide the fate of ten proposed amendments to the state constitution.
Early voting on those measures, which are detailed in an article on page eight of this week’s issue, continues through this Friday, November 1.
Polling on election day will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations:
Precinct 101 – Bairfield Activity Center; Precinct 102 – Howardwick City Hall, Precinct 201 – Donley County Courthouse, Precinct 301 – Assembly of God Fellowship Hall, Precinct 303 – Hedley First Baptist Church, and Precinct 401 – Church of Christ Family Life Center.
Check your voter’s registration card to determine which polling place is appropriate for you.
XC runners advance to state meet
Two Donley County cross-country runners are state bound following the regional meet in Lubbock Monday.
Clarendon’s Kenny Overstreet and Hedley’s Jordan Upton will compete in the Class 2A and Class 1A divisions respectively at the state meet.
A CHS senior runner Overstreet gave a great effort at the regional meet to earn the right, once again, to compete at the State level. Overstreet ran the 5000m race in a time of 17:12.40 and finished fifth in a field of 143 runners for Class 2A. Panhandle’s Elijah Brown won the meet in a time of 16:37.80.
Hedley junior Upton came in tenth with a time of 18:22.10 in the Class 1A division. Other Owls running in Lubbock included Collin Monroe 19:30.50, Tyler Harper 20:15.90, Joshua Booth 20:19.40, and Elijah Booth 22:56.50.
“The boys team did an amazing job of pushing themselves and were able to bring their team into the 10th spot at Regionals out of 20 teams,” Hedley coach Kim Harper said. “Out of 138 runners, individual places for the boys were Jordan Upton, 10th; Collin Monroe, 26th; Tyler Harper, 53rd; Joshua Booth, 54th; and Elijah Booth, 102nd.”
Two Lady Owls also ran at the regional meet among 170 runners. Avery Sawyer finished 12th with a time of 13:46.80, and Cara Lambert was 17th with a time of 13:53.20.
“It was heartbreaking for us as they were only two and seven spots away from advancing to state,” Harper said, “but they’re young and still have a couple more years to strive for that goal.”
Harper said Hedley’s runners all made their families and their school proud and they look forward to cheering Upton on in the state meet.
Madi Smith competed for the Lady Broncos and finished 39th with a time of 13:31.10 for the two-mile course. Team members Makenna Shadle and Aliyah Weatherton finished 90th and 99th with times of 14:28.90 and 14:34.90.
Also for Clarendon, Kira Weatherton ran 135th at 15:25.10 and Finley Cunningham was 146th with a finishing time of 15:43.90. Aubrey Jaramillo was 150th at 15:54.10 and Aleyah Weatherton finished in a time of 16:17.40 for 158th place.
The State Cross-Country Meet will be held November 9 in Round Rock at the Old Settlers Park.
Bruno Charles Schwertner
Bruno Charles Schwertner, 85, of Clarendon died Sunday, October 27, 2019, in Ama-rillo.
Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 31, in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon. Mass will be celebrated at 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 1, 2019, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon with Fr. Arokia Raj Samala and Msgr. Tim Schwertner, as the celebrants. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Clarendon.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Bruno was born October 15, 1934, in Shallowater to Rudolf and Mary Kuba Schwertner. He married Norma Jean Verkamp on August 30, 1958, in Lubbock. He proudly served our country in the US Air Force from 1954 to 1957. He had farmed at Nazareth and Stratford before moving to Clarendon where he had farmed for a total of 50 years. He was a member of the Knight of Columbus and American Ag Movement. Bruno was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Hubert, Rudy, August, Joe, and Lawrence; his sisters, Mary Kitten, Agnes Kitten, and Sister Martha Schwertner; a half-brother, Alvin Schwertner; and half-sisters, Ella Knapek and Hermina Kahliq.
He is survived by his wife, Norma Schwertner of Clarendon; three sons, Curtis Schwertner and wife Dorothy of Dumas, Steve Schwertner and wife Trish of Clarendon, and Eugene Schwertner and wife Robyn of Amarillo; three daughters, Karen Wilkinson of Wolfforth, Sharon Allison and husband Rick of Amarillo, and Christina Kaderka and husband Kelly of Midland; a brother, Monsignor Tim Schwertner of Stanton; eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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