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Life’s lessons
Lessons being learned by the Clarendon College men’s basketball team aren’t just being taught on the court this year.
The team is working to serve others and learn more about the game of life in the process.
“We feel like the message of being a servant and of having a servant’s heart is a lifelong lesson that maybe the kids can take with them.,” CC men’s basketball head coach Tony Starnes said. “They should give of themselves for the good of the whole.”
The idea of serving others applies also applies on the court.
“We tell the kids all time if they are more interested in serving their teammates, then we will not have to obsess over winning and losing; it will take care of itself.”
In recent weeks and months the team has answered phones at the MDA telethon, served meals at Faith City Mission in Amarillo, served meals at the Community Care Center, read to kids at the elementary school, put on basketball clinics in the area, participated in food drives, brought drinks to the Clarendon High School Football team after one of their practices, and much more.
“We have received a lot of positive feedback from people in town and the surrounding communities. There are such great people in Clarendon and in the Panhandle,” Starnes said.
And it’s not just the players who benefit.
“The people we serve appreciate the help, but they really appreciate and benefit from getting involved with the college kids. They see it as a mission field and are very willing to be positive role models for these kids.”
Coach Starnes’ classes have even joined in on the action.
His sports officiating students gathered canned goods last week and donated them to the First Baptist Church’s Downtown Ministry Center.
To expand upon their volunteer work, the men’s basketball team began hosting guest speakers last week.
“Every Wednesday at about 2:55 p.m., we have a guest speaker from the community who talks for about five to 10 minutes,” Starnes said. “The talks focus on being a success in life by being a good husband, a good father, and a responsible adult.”
Coach Starnes hopes to teach the players how blessed they really are through gratitude, selflessness, and an appreciation of others.
“I have learned that God has blessed me with an opportunity to play ball and get an education,” said men’s basketball player Barry Johnson, a sophomore from Lubbock. “I want to give back and be able to help others.”
You can catch the Bulldogs in action around town September 23-24. They will each be working three-hour shifts serving the community in local businesses.
Coach Starnes himself will be waiting tables at Bronco Burger after the football game on Friday, September 23.
Broncos corral Longhorns
Rebounding nicely from their one-point loss in their season opener against New Deal, the Broncos racked up 281 total yards in the win and it was the first for the season.
Vega’s strength came in the air, but their running game was easily handled by the strong Bronco defense that put up a brick wall.
Vega finished with a minus 22 yards rushing. Offensively, first-year varsity quarterback Chance McAnear hit Diego Santos on a 32-yard pass before half time for a five-point advantage going into the locker room.
The other scores came from Williams when he returned a Longhorn fumble for 18 yards and then ran it in from four yards out. The Broncos’ dominated the second half of play with a one-yard score by McAnear and a two-yard run from Williams.
The Broncos will travel to Wheeler Friday, September 9, to take on the Mustangs beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Thomas Glen Fulgham, Sr.
Thomas Glen Fulgham, Sr., 79, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011, in Goodnight.
Services were held Saturday, September 3, in the Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Rev. Chris Downer, officiating. Interment was held at Claude Cemetery in Claude. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Mr. Fulgham was born March 24, 1932, in Ponder to James Willis & Eula Gamble Fulgham. He married Jayness Byford on May 17, 1958, in Muleshoe. He was a US Army Veteran serving during the Korean War. He had been a resident of Goodnight since 1970. Mr. Fulgham was proud of his service to his country. He also served as Armstrong County Commissioner several years ago. He was a mail carrier for the US Postal Service prior to his retirement and was a Baptist. He also loved and cherished his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Billy James Fulgham in 1980; a brother, J.W. Fulgham; and two great-grandchildren, David and Matthew Peacock.
Survivors include his wife, Jayness of Goodnight; two sons, Glen Fulgham of Waynoka, OK and Bob Fulgham of Amarillo; a daughter, Tammy Price and husband Rick of Lubbock; a sister, Rowena Nunn of Amarillo; eight grandchildren, Jake, J.D., Marie, Candice, and Josh Fulgham, Wade and Luke Price, and Cassie Clayton and husband Jayce; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be sent to Odyssey Hospice in Amarillo.
Where were you?
Enterprise fans share their memories of 9/11
Ten years ago this Sunday, America watched in horror and outrage as terrorists killed thousands of our citizens.
The images of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, the smoking hole in the side of the Pentagon, and the burning wreckage of Flight 93 have been etched into our collective memory, and everyone who was alive at the time knows just where they were and what they were doing when they first learned of the attacks.
To commemorate the anniversary of 9-11, the Enterprise asked its readers on Facebook to share with us their memories of that terrible day.
Jennifer Benton Scoggin – I was in my first month of teaching elementary music at Krum ISD. We could only get bits and pieces of what was happening; and, of course, I was stuck in my classroom. It was horrifying with my family scattered over two counties and not knowing what was going to happen. When we all finally got home, we couldn’t tear ourselves away from the TV. We went through the motions of our lives for days while being glued to the news every possible moment. The event was especially poignant because just four months earlier I had spent some wonderful hours with a choir group from my previous teaching job at the top of the World Trade Center; therefore, I was mourning that memory as well as the loss of so many lives.
Audrey Jones – I was in Mrs. Perryman’s fifth grade class.
Leitha Martindale Watson – Working at Clarendon Elementary, it started out as a wonderful day, as it was Cody’s 18th birthday…… but that soon changed.
Chantelle Kelly Naylor – I was a junior at CHS. It was first period during band.
Lura N Larry Helms – At work, typing away…radio in background announced that a plane had hit the World Trade Center in New York. We turned on TV and stood there ….terrified at the horror.
Shannon Armstrong – The morning of 9/11 started off like all others. I was getting ready to go into work at the New Mexico State Veteran’s Home in Truth or Consequences, I turned the TV on like usual and vividly remember watching a clip of the second plane hitting the tower and the title of America Under Attack across the screen. I remember feeling very weak and having to sit down. I made my way to work only to get a sicker feeling on top of my already sick feeling. All Vets who were able were sitting in front of a big screen TV watching what was going on tears were flowing down their faces wanting to know what they could do to help our country. So many were so upset and depressed; it took such a hard toll on them. To this day it still brings tears to my eyes thinking of how hard that day was. Thoughts and prayers to all who have been affected by the horrible events that took place September 11, 2001.
Tiffany Dawn McAnear – Stationed at Robins AFB in Georgia, prego with Chase. We were headed off base for a doc. appointment, saw it when we got there on the TV, could believe it. Barely got back on base in time after the appt, before they locked down the whole place.
Joanna Jarvis – I was living in Baton Rouge and going to physical therapy.
Dana Estlack Heim – Living in Wahoo, Nebraska on my way to work at the law firm in Omaha, Nebraska. Was talking to my husband about how to celebrate his birthday. Unfortunately it is on Sept. 11.
Scarlet Estlack – I was in grad school. We were finally getting cable installed. Someone called and told me. I didn’t believe them. My first day of cable was spent seeing that, sadly, it was true. God bless our country & keep her brave & strong!
Kassie Seitz O’Neal – I was working at Crow Hollow Feed Yard and it came over the radio!
Dee Thompson – Sitting at my apartment in Tyler, Tx. With my roommates skipping school.
Nikki Shahan – I was a senior in high school and when went to 2nd period we watched it on the TV. Still remember the numb feeling and how horrible it was to watch.
Michael McFarland – Just got home after working night shift went to my room and was called in the other room by my mom just in time to watch the second plane hit. I remember crying as the firefighters ran in while the buildings were falling.
Jessica Wright – I was living in Dalhart. I had taken my kids to school and went back home. I had not turned the TV on or anything. Everything was eerily quiet. I could not figure out why there were no cars going by or any sounds. Everything was silent; it was weird. I then heard the sound of sirens, but that was it. I had the feeling I needed to go see what was going on, so I jumped in my car and did not see another car except for the police cars. I went immediately over to my ex-in-laws to feed her animals while they were out of town and I decided to turn on the television. The first thing I saw was the towers burning, and I immediately felt terrified and sick to my stomach. They began showing different videos from people that were at different locations like in other buildings that had started filming thinking that the first plane crash was just an accident, and then screaming in terror after watching the second tower being attacked. My brother and sister-in-law showed up, and I almost lost it. I started crying and getting really scared wondering what else was going to happen. I will never forget that day, ever. I found out that the sirens that I heard and the cops I saw speeding [were going] out to the airport and to shut it down.
Carolina Selvidge – We were in Clarendon.
Joanne Johnsen – I was in my car when it said on the radio. Could/did not want to believe it, got to my sister’s house and she runs out tell me we are under attack.
Beth Foster Newman – High School Geometry with Ms. Hill. We all assembled in the auditorium and watched it on the big screen. Didn’t seem real.
Shonda Phillips Cummins – I was working at Hi-Plains hospital in Hale Center, Texas. I remember having the TV on and just staring in disbelief and tears in my eyes.
Kyle Allen – I was in District Court in Quanah for a hearing. A lawyer came in and said a plane had struck one of the twin towers. We had no idea at the time that it was a commercial jet. There was a kid in a Cessna that had landed on the White House lawn a week before so we thought it may be a copy cat. When I got home and turned on CNN later in the morning, I was in shock. A friend of mine from Ireland was living in Derry and witnessed Bloody Sunday in 1972. He has lived there in that area during all the troubles, bloodshed, and bombings. He called me and said that they were sitting in the pub and it was hard for him and his friends to grasp the gravity of what had happened. It was then that it really struck me how big the event really was. He had lived through terrorism in his own town for decades, lost friends, lost family, and still he was struck by the enormity of the acts on 9/11.
June Miller Cook
June Miller Cook, 87, of Amarillo, passed away on August 30, 2011.
Graveside services will be held on September 9 at 10 a.m. at Citizen Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements are under the direction of Rector Funeral Home of Amarillo.
Mrs. Cook was born as June Ruth Miller on April 15, 1924, in Mansfield, De Soto County, LA to Maynard Michael Miller and Ruth Lorraine Lewis.
She married Homer Charles Speed in 1942, in Amarillo. Following the death of her husband in 1973, she married a longtime friend, Fred Z. Cook in 1977. June attended Clarendon Junior College and Amarillo Junior College and worked a number of years in real estate sales.
June was a compassionate and loving person who always loved to visit the mountains of New Mexico. She spent many hours as a hospice volunteer and was a member of St Luke’s Presbyterian Church. Her life was spent in love and generosity toward her family and friends. She will always be remembered as a kind and caring person who was ready to listen to anyone who carried a burden in life and needed encouragement and understanding.
June was preceded in death by her two husbands and one son, Mark Abbott Speed. She is survived by two sons, Chuck Speed and wife, Cynthia, and Richard Speed and wife, Mary, all of Amarillo; nine grandchildren, Kayla Mann, Monica Speed, Michael Speed, Sean Speed, Chad Speed, Wendy Speed Smith, Dustin Speed, and Kaci Speed Linn; and eighteen great grandchildren, Jessica Mann, Nettie Jo Mann, Amanda Shipman, Logan Holman, Megan Holman, Kalee Speed, Chelsea Speed, Taylor Bergquist, Connor Speed, Derek Pummell, Aidan Speed, Christy Smith, Taylor Smith, Tara Smith, Savana Linn, Trevor Linn, Tristin Speed, and Dakota Speed; and one great-great grandchild, Shye Shipman.
The family requests that any memorials be made to Sandra’s Senior Care, 2100 SE 38th Street, Amarillo, TX 79118.
Dancing in the rain
Take it and run
Trustees approve $5.4M budget
Clarendon ISD Trustees approve a $5.4 million budget last Tuesday, August 30, reflecting a loss of more than $400,000 in state funds.
Superintendent Monty Hysinger said the new budget is about eight percent less than the current budget, and he said falling enrollment is hurting the school district in addition to general education cuts by the state.
CISD also lost more than $100,000 in federal stimulus money which expired.
“We were at 533 two years ago and at 503 at the end of the school year this year,”
Hysinger said. “Today [Sept. 5] we’re at 488.”
Hysinger said he thinks the economy and demographics are behind the falling enrollment.
“We lost a large senior class, and our lower grades are tending to be smaller,” he
said. “I think it’s a sign of the economy and the times as people have to look for work elsewhere.”
Hysinger said enrollments in Claude and Memphis are up but many districts are down.
To deal with the loss of funds, the school reduced 6½ positions and tightened its belt wherever possible.
Looking to next year, Hysinger says the school will lose another $127,000 in expiring federal funds and state funds will be cut by another $100,000 to $150,000 depending on enrollment.
Trustees adopted the same tax rate as last year, $1.04 per $100 valuation, but that is legally the highest the district can have without going to the voters.
“We’ve had that rate the last four years,” Hysinger said. “We plan to work like crazy to stay at $1.04 next year and see what the legislature does [in 2013]. If we don’t get some relief, we may have to ask the voters for some support.”
Hysinger said he believes the case can be made that Clarendon ISD is being prudent with its funds while still being progressive with some programs – such as the school’s laptop computer initiative – and working hard to maintain its facilities.
“We’re positioned as good as we can be,” Hysinger said.
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