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The Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department was called to a blaze in the southeast part of town late Saturday night for a structure fire.

Fireman Chuck Robertson said the department was paged out at 11:10 p.m. to a storage building that was on fire in the alley between Third and Fourth Streets off of Hartzell Street.

Four firemen and two trucks responded to the fire and stayed on the scene until about 12:45 a.m.

The danger of fire spreading through heavily wooded area presented a threat to other nearby structures, but the fire was contained to the immediate area. The contents of the building were destroyed, he said, and the cause of the fire was not known at press time.

Also on last Saturday, the CVFD was called to a structure fire on North Sully Street, north of the county barn. First Assistant Chief Glen Wright said three firemen responded to the afternoon call. Old tires were found to be burning in an old block building well house. Wright said the fire was extinguished quickly with no real damage to the structure.

Clarendon High School took twenty-four students to compete in eleven contests at the West Texas High Academic practice meet January 21 in Stinnett.

Cate Word earned a second place finish in Ready Writing and a third place in Copy Editing. Avery Halsey received first in Copy Editing while Davin Mays finished third in Feature Writing. Toby Leeper came in fifth in Science.

The next practice meet will be in Canadian on February 11.

The 2023 Donley County Junior Livestock Show was held last Saturday, January 14, at the Donley County Activity Center with Tyler Harper and Taylee Ehlert winning the beef division.

Harper showed the Grand Champion Steer, and Ehlert exhibited the Grand Champion Heifer.

Other top winners were Brandon and his Grand Champion Sheep, Ajax Caudle and his Grand Champion Goat, Kennadie Cummins with the Grand Champion Gilt and Jaxon Robertson with his Grand Champion Barrow.

Reserve Champion honors went to Hudson Howard, steer; Gracen Sims, heifer; Madison Moore, sheep; Flint Pittman, goat; Harrison Howard, barrow; and Jaxon Robertson, gilt.

Thirty-nine youth from the Donley County 4-H and Clarendon and Hedley chapters of the FFA exhibited their animals last weekend.

The livestock auction following the show generated an estimated $33,250 as of Tuesday morning, and that number will increase as donations continue to be received. Last year’s show brought in $40,750 by this point.

Showmanship awards this year went to Brandon Moore – junior sheep, Mya Edwards – senior sheep, Emily McCurdy – junior goats, Laney Gates – senior goats, Hudson Howard – junior beef, Tyler Harper – senior beef, Jaxon Robertson – junior swine, and Harrison Howard – senior swine. The Pee Wee Showmanship winners were Alix Roberts and Tex Naylor.

Complete results of the show are as follows:

Steers

• English – Trigg Harper, Breed Champion; and Presley Smith, Reserve Breed.
  American Light Weight – Trigg Harper, Breed Champion; and Laney Gates, Reserve Breed.
• American Heavy Weight – Harrison Howard, first; and Presley Smith, second.
  Cross Light Weight – Hudson Howard, Reserve Champion; Laney Gates, second; Levi Gates, third; and Grant Haynes, fourth.
• Cross Medium Weight – Tyler Harper, Breed Champion; Grant Haynes, second; and Parker Haynes, third.
• Cross Heavy Weight – Tyler Harper, Grand Champion; Harrison Howard, second; and Levi Gates, third.
• Heifers – Taylee Ehlert, Grand Champion; and Gracen Sims, Reserve Champion.

Sheep

• Class 1 – Brandon Moore, Grand Champion; Madison Moore, Reserve Champion; and Javier Valles, third.
• Class 2 – Mya Edwards, first and second.

Goats

• Class 1 – Kensler Roberts, first; Slaid Pittman, second; Javier Valles, third; Fayde Turner, fourth; Emberly Gonzalez, fifth; and Emily Gonzalez, sixth.
• Class 2 – Emily McCurdy, first; Flint Pittman, second; Ajax Caudle, third; Adleigh Moore, fourth; and Emily McCurdy, fifth.
• Class 3 – Ajax Caudle, Grand Champion; Laney Gates, second; Kensler Roberts, third; and Slaid Pittman, fourth.
• Class 4 – Flint Pittman, Reserve Champion; Kaitin Ehlert, second; Laney Gates, third; and Morgan Mills, fourth.

Gilts

• Kennadie Cummins, Grand Champion; Jaxon Robertson, Reserve Champion; Jase Conway, third; Kaitin Ehlert, fourth; Ehmjey Martinez, fifth; and Tandie Cummins, sixth.

Barrows

• BOPB – Harrison Howard, Breed Champion; and Iziak Weatherread, Reserve Breed.
• Duroc – Maloree Wann, Breed Champion; Trigg Harper, Reserve Champion; and Hunter Wann, third.
• Hamp – Jaxon Robertson, Grand Champion; Savannah Trent, Reserve Breed; and Megan Weatherread, third.
• Cross Light Weight – Maloree Wann, first; Hudson Howard, second; Heston Seay, third; and Tyler Harper, fourth.
• Cross Medium Weight – Cutter Seay, first; Hunter Wann, second; and Zurinity Martinez, third.
• Cross Heavy Weight – Harrison Howard, Reserve Champion; Jaxon Robertson, Reserve Breed; and Hudson Howard, third.