Donley County Social Hour 10
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Fifty attend solidarity meeting here
More than 50 people attended a Solidarity Event Monday evening at the Donley County Courthouse as a call for unity and a memorial for George Floyd, who died in police custody last month in Minneapolis, Minn., sparking outrage across the nation and overseas.
The local event was the idea of four local young ladies – Rosie and Lillie Dale, Brianna Martin, and Kira Weatherton. The purpose, Weatherton told the Enterprise, was for the community to come together in prayer.
“Prayer is a way to unite a community,” she said. “It’s very powerful and helpful in situations like this.”
Weatherton said the event drew more people than she expected and said some folks did not understand what was going to happen.
“A bunch of people said we were going to start a riot and throw bricks and stuff,” Weatherton said, “but that wasn’t it. It was super peaceful and quite, and everyone was so attentive.”
Mary Ann Moreno was one of the first to speak Monday night and addressed past discrimination and how things are different now locally.
“Times have changed,” Moreno said. “We have a good sheriff.”
Moreno also said more needs to be done to bring homeownership to young people.
Martha Daohenang spoke of her love for the local community and the love that has been shown to her.
“The whole community – black, white, brown – helped me when I lost my son,” she said. “Recently, I had a flat tire and a highway patrolman changed my flat tire. We’re all children of God.”
Other speakers included Deb Dale, who encouraged voter registration and filling out Census information, and Latonya Wilson, who said her message was that “we will face our challenges but that we can win and succeed anyway.”
Several prayers were offered, and the highlight of the event was when those in attendance who were able and willing kneeled in silent prayer for eight minutes and 46 seconds. That’s the time that Floyd was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck.
Organizers thanked city and county officials for their support and also thanked local law enforcement who attended the event as well.
Prayer of solidarity
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COVID recovered
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Shields stepping down from senior center
After 13 years, Mary Shields will be stepping down as the program director of the Donley County Senior Citizens Center this Friday, June 5.
The incoming director, Denise Bertrand, says a come and go reception for Shields will be held Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for everyone who would like to come wish her well.
The senior citizens center has been very busy during the COVID-19 pandemic, preparing two meals (in one container) per day to an average of 130 people in Clarendon and Howardwick since April 1 with most of those being delivered.
The center reopened its dining room Monday with a soft opening and a small crowd. Bertrand and Shields say the center is following state guidelines for social distancing. The center will open for a greater capacity as that becomes acceptable.
The Donley County Senior Citizens Center serves meals from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For a menu, see page four of each week’s Clarendon Enterprise.
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On the big screen
Donley graduates’ awards total $373k
Donley County high school graduates for 2020 received $373,414 to further their education, according to announcements made by Clarendon and Hedley high schools during commencement exercises last weekend.
Clarendon High School seniors are eligible for or have received $371,414, and the total for Hedley seniors is $3,000.
CHS held its commencement at the Sandell Drive-In Friday, May 22. Each graduate was recognized for their individual awards and scholarships as well as the number of dual credit hours they had earned through Clarendon College. Not all scholarships mentioned will be used due to the student’s choice of schools.
Regan Rene Allen earned six dual credit hours.
Joseph Matthew Boyd II earned six dual credit hours and received a PEAK Scholarship worth $750 per semester at Clarendon College.
Bryce Tanner Burch earned 19 dual credit hours and received a PEAK Scholarship of $750 per semester at Clarendon College, Bill Talley Memorial Scholarship for $1000, and the Homer Estlack Scholarship to Clarendon College for $250.
Nyjamal Tynerick Butler-Evans was honored with the Fighting Heart Award and a Wayland Baptist University Athletic Scholarship.
Victoria Grace Cranford earned six dual credit hours and received a PEAK Scholarship of $750 per semester.
Mattee Mae Johnson earned 45 dual credit hours, was named the Girl Athlete of the Year and received a $12,000 Oklahoma Baptist Trustees Academic Scholarship, a $6,500 WTAMU Academic Scholarship, a $16,000 HSU Presidents Scholarship, a $19,100 HSU Academic Scholarship, and a Lions Club Sweetheart Scholarship of $500.
Harmond Kaase Drenth earned 63 dual credit hours and Associate’s Degree from Clarendon College received a University Scholastic League Scholar Award, the Knorpp Valedictory Scholarship, the State of Texas Valedictorian Tuition Waiver, a $1500 Ron Hudson Memorial Scholarship of the Pioneer Gun Collectors Association, a Texas Valedictorian Scholarship which pays one year tuition, a Baylor University financial aid package which totals $198,264 over the next four years, and the Baylor ECS Scholar of $7,500 per year.
Trenton Andrew Smith graduated with 74 dual credit hours and an Associate’s Degree from Clarendon College and received a University Interscholastic League Scholar Award, the Knorpp Salutatorian Scholarship, the Knorpp Cup Award, a Herring Bank Scholarship for $300, a Jack Roach Scholarship for $2000, a Les Beaux Arts Club Scholarship of $500, a Kenady-Lee Scholarship to WTAMU for $2,000, a T Boone Pickens Academic Excellence Scholarship to WTAMU of $2000, a Smith Family Scholarship of $10,000, and $64,000 to Baylor University.
Schkiria Kameel Weatherton earned 39 dual credit hours and received a University Interscholastic League Scholar Award, a Lions Club Sweetheart Scholarship of $500, an FCA Scholarship worth an unknown amount at this time, a Wayland Baptist Pioneer Scholarship of $22,000, and a Wayland Baptist Cheerleading Scholarship of $2,000.
Henry Logan Dushay earned 12 dual credit hours.
Madisen Paige Gay earned 27 dual credit hours and received a PEAK Scholarship worth $750 per semester at Clarendon College, a Cross Roads Peanut Scholarship of $500, and a Clarendon College Athletic Scholarship.
Samara Ann Christine Johnson earned 18 dual credit hours.
Maritza Guadalupe Mercado-Vazquez earned eight dual credit hours.
Jaden Spence Monds earned 59 dual credit hours.
Kenneth William Overstreet earned eight dual credit hours.
Braylee Danielle Shields earned six dual credit hours.
Hedley High School held its graduation Saturday night at the Sandell after a threatening storm blew over town.
School officials recognized Collin Monroe, Perla Carreon, and Mica Alvey for achievements in service and academics and Monroe for having completed up to 20 hours of duel credit course with Clarendon College. Carreon and Alvey were also recognized for earning more than 20 hours of dual credit.
Erykah Martinez received the Hedley Lioness club scholarship for $300
Collin Monroe received the Roper T. Copelin Memorial Scholarship for $500 and the Lila Kate and Kylie Allison Monroe Scholarship for $300.
Mica Alvey received a Cross Road Peanut Company scholarship for $500, a Herring Bank graduate award for $300, a Herring Bank scholarship for Clarendon College for $500, and the Lila Kate and Kylie Allison Monroe Scholarship for $300.
Perla Carreon received the University Interscholastic League Scholar Award and the Donley County Retired School Personnel Scholarship for $300. Perla has been named as the 2020 Highest Ranking High School Graduate of Hedley ISD. This award will exempt Perla form tuition fees for her first year of college.
Both Clarendon and Hedley school officials expressed their thanks to John and Tammi Morrow for making the Sandell Drive-In available to hold graduation exercises during this time of social distancing.
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