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Seven members of the Hedley Owl football team have been named to the District 1-1A All-District teams.
HHS senior Collin Monroe was named utility back for the first offense team and noseguard for the first defense team. Hedley junior Jordan Upton also made the first defense team as a punter.
Making the second offense team were senior Elijah Booth, tight end; junior Estaban Carreon, wide receiver; freshman Josh Booth, quarterback; Upton, spreadback; and senior Cody Flores, special teams player. Hedley freshman Cody Body was named a defensive lineman on the second team defense.
Chamber of Commerce officials encourage to shop “Totally Locally” this month for a chance to win big prizes during Late Night Shopping on December 12 and 19.
Last week saw four lucky winners get to spin the wheel for prizes. Those winners were Kaysea Christopher, Stephanie Barnes, Chrisi Tucek, and Savannah Askew, who each won a prize gift from one of the participating merchants on the wheel.
The Chamber’s Totally Locally Gift Ideas blog is now up on ClarendonTX.com and features gift ideas from about a dozen participating businesses. Each gift idea costs $50 or less and are available for sale and also are on the Prize Wheel to be given away at 8 p.m. at Saye’s on the next two Thursday nights, December 12, and 19, during Late Night Shopping.
“Totally Locally” merchants participating at press time are A Fine Feathered Nest, Clarendon Outpost, Cornell’s Country Store, Country Bloomers Flowers & Gifts, Every Nook & Cranny, Floyd’s Automotive, Henson’s, J&W Lumber, Mike’s Pharmacy, Saye’s Tack Store, Studio E, and Turquoise & Rust. Shoppers can register at any “Totally Locally” merchant during the season for a chance to spin the wheel for prizes and for a chance to win $500 in Clarendon Cash.
Shoppers must be present to spin the wheel, but you don’t not have to be present to win the $500 drawing on December 19.
According to small business advocates, every $100 spent in locally-owned stores returns $68 to the local community through taxes, payrolls, and other expenditures. That same money spent in another town or online returns nothing to your local community.
Shop at home this holiday season and remember the important role your local merchants play in keeping your community strong.
State Sen. Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) gave an overview of the last legislative session and talked about upcoming issues during a town hall at the Bairfield Activity Center last Friday.
The senator opened his comments by talking about the loss of his committee assignments following a public disagreement with the Republican leadership.
“I voted against two of 30 things the lieutenant governor wanted and was removed from the committees,” Seliger said.
If that bothered the senator, he didn’t show it. Instead he touted his commitment to local control and local government Friday in the face of actions by his own party against those interests.
“It was a terrible session for local control and local governments,” Seliger said, “and it will get worse before it gets better.”
He mentioned specifically his opposition to property tax reforms that limited how much new revenue local governments could raise.
“What would we do if Washington told us we had to lower our severance tax or our sales tax,” he asked. “We would go nuts!”
Seliger was pleased with the improvements that were made to teacher salaries and retired teacher benefits, but he said neither of those went far enough to address those issues.
Looking ahead, Seliger said legalizing marijuana won’t happen any time soon, and he said Texas won’t turn Democratic soon either but said that depends on how Republicans relate to Latino voters.
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