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Congratulations to Easton Frausto and Braylee Shields for winning the first Enterprise Coloring Contest. Now we invite readers to select which winning entry will be on the cover of next week’s Santa Letter section. Will it be Division I or Division II?
Clarendon and Howardwick volunteer firemen work in sub-freezing temperatures to battle a fire at the residence of Patrick Green in the 300 block of Angel Street in Howardwick Monday afternoon. Clarendon Fire Marshall Jeremey Powell said the cause of the blaze was electrical, and sources tell the Enterprise that the house was not occupied at the time the fire broke out
Lowell Heckman, 89, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in Pampa.
Services were held at 10a.m. Saturday, December 3, 2011, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Marilynn Frye and Rachel Potter, officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with military honors courtesy U. S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas. Arrangements were under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
Mr. Heckman was born May 3, 1922, in Antelope Flat, on the southeastern edge of the Palo Duro Canyon, to George and Annie Mae Heckman. His family moved to Clarendon in 1929 where Lowell lived during his school years. Lowell worked for the J. A. Ranch in Clarendon and Palo Duro, as did his grandfather and father, and his family was befriended by Charles Goodnight during their time on this ranch.
He was a decorated veteran of WWII for his service with the U. S. Army 104th Timberwolf Division, which participated in the Battle of the Bulge campaign. After the service, Lowell married the love of his life, Cora Lee Muse, and graduated from Texas Tech University. During his career in the petroleum industry, he and Cora Lee moved to Pampa in 1968 where they raised their four children.
Lowell was an example of a life well lived. His family and friends will forever be inspired by his devotion to family, tireless work ethic, immeasurable patience, easy manner and a wonderful sense of humor.
Lowell was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: Ray Heckman and Cecil Heckman; one sister: Leola Gilmore; and their oldest son: Richard Heckman.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years: Cora Lee Heckman of the home; two daughters: Cheri Rutledge and husband Bob of Grapevine, and Teresa Heckman of Pampa; a son: Rodney Heckman and wife Cathy of Sachse; four grandsons: Josh Shelton and wife Alexis of Pampa, Kylar Rutledge and wife April of Saginaw, Hal Rutledge and wife Kelli of North Richland Hills, and Riley Heckman of Sachse; four great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter.
The family suggests memorials be made to Disabled American Veterans National Headquarters, 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY 41076.
Frank William Corder, Sr., 84, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011, in Clarendon.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 3, 2011, at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon with Patrick Robertson officiating. Services were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Frank was born May 31, 1927, to Charles and Sarah Corder in Amarillo. He married the former Vivian Marie Wiggins on February 18, 1953, in Paris, TX. Frank worked as a Warehouseman and Shipping Clerk at Vinson Supply for 25 years before retiring in 1977 to the farm in Donley County. He served in the United States Army – Armed Forces tour in Germany. While in Amarillo, he coached and refereed sports for Kids, Inc. and he loved all sports. Frank loved all his family and felt God had truly blessed his, and he had no regrets with choices he made in his life, and Frank said, “Without my family, I’m nothing”.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Vivian Marie Corder Hatfield in 2001 and her husband, Stephen Edward Hatfield in 2000; his beloved great-grandfather, William Henry Corder; one brother; and three sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Vivian Corder; his son, Frank William Corder, JR; his daughter, Kathy Lynn Corder Swanson and husband Orville James; four grandsons, William Henry Corder, James Edward Swanson, Richard Eugene Corder, and David Seth Corder; his great-granddaughter, Heather Renee Swanson; his great-grandson, James Ray Swanson; two brothers, David Roy Corder and Troy “Fat” Lee Corder; two sisters, Ruth Corder Price and Sarah Jane Corder Geary; many cousins, nieces and nephews, and let’s not forget his faithful dog, Blue.
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Mahdeene DeBord, 86, died Friday, December 2, 2011, in Amarillo.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2011, in the Hedley Church of Christ with Bright Newhouse, Minister, officiating. Interment followed at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley. Services were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Bessie Mahdeene DeBord was born October 16, 1925, in Shamrock to I.M. and Allie Barrington. She was the second of three children. She moved to Amarillo at the age of three months. She graduated from Amarillo High School in 1944, and worked at several banks in Amarillo until marrying Connie DeBord on December 8, 1951. She moved to Hedley in 1955 where she became a homemaker and devoted wife for almost sixty years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Bob Barrington; and a sister, Ira Woods.
She is survived by her husband, Connie; two daughters, Connie Lee Wilson and husband Troy, and Deborah Flanary; four grandchildren, Cory and wife Shelley, Brad and wife Julie, Katherine, and Zachary; and four great grandchildren, Taylor, Joseph, Connor, and Collin.
The family suggests memorials be made to Rowe Cemetery Association.
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Nothing by hustle and intensity was on the minds of the Lady Broncos at home Tuesday night when they took on and easily defeated Paducah 65-33. Junior guard Jentry Shadle hit six three-pointers to lead the ladies on the scoreboard with 21.
The Lady Broncos came out on fire and took a commanding lead in the first quarter of play. They held a 26-point lead at the break and never looked back. Shadle, Dronzek, and McKayla Cartwright all finished in double figures. Coach Molly Weatherred was pleased with thehustle of her players. “I thought we did a good job of controlling the pace of the game and we shot the ball really well.”
Scoring: Shadle 21, Cartwright 11, Dronzek 10, Anna Ceniceros 6, Gaines 4, Ryann Starnes 4, Berry 3, Deborah Howard 2, Camra Smith 2, and Lydia Howard 2.
Over the weekend the Lady Broncos participated in the River Road Tournament and took second place behind Gruver. They played Randall JV in the first round and defeated them 53-24. It was all Clarendon as the ladies set the pace of the game early on and held the Lady Raiders to single digits at thebreak.
Scoring: Shadle 16, Cartwright 12, Deborah Howard 8, Ryann Starnes 7, Anna Ceniceros 5, Marqueda Gaines 3, and Lydia Howard 2.
The ladies played Pampa in the next round and defeated them 46-34.
Scoring: Shadle 17, Starnes 9, Cartwright 7, Trevela Dronzek 4, D. Howard 4, Gaines 2, Ceniceros 2, and L. Howard 1.
The win over Pampa put them in the championship game against Gruver. They played hard, but were defeated 33-56.
Scoring: Cartwright 10, Starnes 9, D. Howard 6, Dronzek 5, Gaines 2, and Shadle 1.
The annual Angel Tree for Panhandle Community Services is up and full of stockings to be taken. Participants my stop by our office at 416 Kearney to take a name from the tree. We also are accepting donations for those that would rather not do the shopping.
Office hours are Mon-Wed-Fri 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm. All gifts must be returned to our office by Dec 19th.
Please come and help us make a child’s Christmas special this year.
Clarendon College has joined Amarillo College and Frank Phillips College in forming a partnership that is unique in the state of Texas and is aimed at making students’ lives easier.
The three colleges will begin instituting policies that ease and improve transferability between the institutions; align programs and program offerings; and provide greater overall options for students.
Representatives from each school met later the same day to begin the process of working together to benefit students and will meet again in January to continue the process.
“I think this is a huge leap forward,” Clarendon College President Phil Shirley said. “Anytime that you can come together and agree that the student is number one, you have put yourself in a position to help the student the most.”
Dates are also being scheduled in the early spring for each school’s representatives to visit the other colleges in order to be better informed about each college’s programs and course offerings.
Shopping at home next Friday, December 16, will benefit the community even more when several Clarendon merchants donate part of their sales to the Donley County Senior Citizens Center.
So far six local businesses have signed up for a special promotion to help raise funds for the senior citizens.
“We always give money to projects at the school and the college, but this is a chance to help those who have served our community for years,” said Terri Floyd at Every Nook & Cranny. “They’ve done their part for Clarendon, and now we can give back to them.”
Floyd said other communities are not as fortunate to have such a good senior center, and she hopes people will participate and help the merchants in this endeavor.
“We’re lucky to have a good facility, and they have a great leader in Mary Shields,” Floyd said.
Shields said she was excited when Floyd approached her with merchants’ idea.
“It’s excellent and wonderful,” Shields said. “We really appreciate the businesses, and I certainly intend to do most of my Christmas shopping at home. The value of these local businesses is often overlooked. They are so valuable to our community.”
Senior citizens centers are constantly in need of funds, but recent government regulations have put even more burden on these organizations. New dietary guidelines banning fried foods and canned foods means the local center needs about $5,000 in new equipment to prepare its daily meals.
“We also are looking at a new expense of $800 to $1,000 per month to deliver milk to everyone on Meals on Wheels,” Shields said.
The government now requires that milk be included with each meal even if the client does not want the milk, she said.
A complete list of merchants participating in next Friday’s fundraiser is not yet ready, but so far the businesses include: Every Nook & Cranny, Stavenhagen Video, Mike’s Pharmacy, Country Bloomers & Gifts, Henson’s, and Sayes. Look in next week’s Enterprise for more information.
A Clarendon woman received a ten-year sentence when the district court met here last Tuesday, November 29.
A contested revocation resulted in the maximum sentence of April Randall.
District Attorney Luke Inman prosecuted the case for the State of Texas with the Honorable Judge Stuart Messer presiding.
Randall, 25, pleaded true to allegations listed in the State’s Motion to Adjudicate Guilt of Defendant. After the plea of true, a punishment hearing was held where the State called one witness.
The State called Marci Mills, a probation officer with the 100th Judicial District Community Supervision Corrections Department.
Mills testified that Randall had committed two other misdemeanor offenses which she had been convicted of after being placed on probation in the 100th Judicial District.
After all the testimony and evidence was presented, Randall was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
On November 16, 2010, Randall originally pleaded guilty to the third degree felony offense of retaliation that occurred on July 17, 2010.
This criminal case stems from a criminal jury trial in which Randall’s husband, Michael Randall, was convicted and sentenced by a Donley County jury on a sexual assault of a child, according to Inman.
“Victims and witnesses that come forward and testify in criminal proceedings must be protected,” said Inman. “The Donley County Sheriff’s Office was able to diffuse a hostile situation quickly and protect an eyewitness from April Randall shortly after the jury trial against her husband concluded.”
According to Inman, Randall accosted a testifying witness at the Dollar General after Randall’s husband was sentenced to 13 years in the Institutional Division of the TDCJ.
The State filed the motion to adjudicate on March 31, 2011, alleging one violation of community supervision.
Randall is also required to pay $437 in court costs to Donley County.
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