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Tickets on sale for Mulkey opening

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Tickets are on sale now for the opening night of the renovated Mulkey Theatre on Saturday, May 25.

General admission for the event is $50 per person each for a full evening of entertainment. The doors will open at 5 p.m., and the entertainment will start at 6 p.m.

Dusty and Nikki Green shoot a promotional video for the opening of the Mulkey Theatre Tuesday morning. Enterprise Photo / Roger Estlack

In addition to a red carpet entrance and food and refreshments, organizers have planned a program to take attendees back in time to the opening of the 1946 theatre while also demonstrating the theatre’s new capabilities.

The Mulkey’s first live musical performance will be the South Plains Jazz Orchestra playing big band hits from the 1940s, and the artistic director from the outdoor musical “TEXAS” is preparing a live theatre act to follow the band.

The featured motion picture presentation for the grand opening will be a 1946 John Wayne and Claudette Colbert movie, “Without Reservations.”

Tickets for the May 25 grand opening must be purchased in advance of the show at the Clarendon Visitor Center, which is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Tickets can also be purchased by phone at 874-SHOW.

Following Saturday night’s grand opening, the Mulkey will hold four free admission matinees on Sunday, May 27, and Monday, May 28, at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. each day. There will be no admission charge on a first come, first served basis.

Movies tentatively scheduled for those matinees are “Greece” followed by “The Majestic” on Sunday and “Despicable Me” followed by “The Cowboys” on Monday. Those selections may change based on availability.

The annual Mulkey Block Party, which has been held on Memorial Day weekend, is not being held this year as efforts focus on getting the theatre itself open. If there is enough interest, the block party may return in the future.

For more information about the Mulkey Theatre or the opening weekend, contact the Clarendon Visitor Center at 806-874-2421.

City sales tax hits new all time high

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Clarendon hit a new record last week when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar distributed monthly sales tax allocations to local governments.

The city’s May allocation came in at an all-time monthly high of $56,593.42, which was up more 27.73 percent over the same period one year ago.

The figure blew past the previous monthly high, which was set just six months ago in November with a total of $45,308.43. Clarendon closed out calendar year 2018 with the highest sales tax revenue in his history, collecting $421,334.60.

After seeing declining revenues in the first months of 2019, this month’s allocation has caused excitement at City Hall and now puts the city 6.21 percent ahead for the calendar year-to-date at $181,324.46 up from $170,708.75 at this point in 2018.

May’s allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers.

Hedley and Howardwick also posted gains this month. Hedley’s May allocation was up 157.9 percent to $2,340.71, putting that city 14.84 percent ahead for the year-to-date at $4,776.72.

Howardwick brought in 27.2 percent more at $1,220.53 and is now up 3.88 percent for the year at $5,648.26.
Statewide, Hegar sent local governments $867.7 million in local sales tax allocations for May, 0.7 percent more than in May 2018.

High-speed chase ends in Memphis

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An Iowa Park woman was booked into the Donley County Jail Monday after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Clarendon to Memphis.

Michelle Dehoyos, age 40, was wanted out of Iowa Park for a hit and run involving a police officer when she was spotted in Clarendon shortly before 9 a.m. Monday. A Donley County deputy gave pursuit and as Dehoyos fled east on US 287 at speeds of up to 120 mph.

Sheriff Butch Blackburn said Dehoyos wrecked her car in Memphis, hitting a pipe fence near the old John Deere dealership on the west side of town.

The Iowa Park Leader told the Enterprise that police in that city had been dispatched to an apartment complex where a woman was reported to be acting erratically. As officers responded, the suspect fled in a blue car. One officer managed to get her patrol car behind Dehoyos’ vehicle, but the suspect then put her car in reverse and backed into the officer’s vehicle and fled.

Dehoyos later called her children and said she was headed to Vernon.

Donley County Justice of the Peace Pam Mason arraigned Dehoyos Tuesday on charges of Driving While Intoxicated and Evading Arrest in a Motor Vehicle. Bond was set at $1,500 on the DWI and $10,000 on the evading charge.

The Leader reports that Dehoyos is also facing charges in Iowa Park of evading and causing an accident involving damage greater than $200.

CC Lady Bulldogs fall in tourney

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The Clarendon College Lady Bulldogs closed out their 2019 season Monday at the NJCAA Region V tournament in Lubbock.

CC won its first game against Odessa College on Saturday, 10-7, but then fell to Midland College on Sunday, 1-2.

The Lady Bulldogs then were eliminated from the tournament with an 8-0 loss to Howard College on Monday. Howard went on to win the tournament championship.

Mulkey grand opening to be May 25

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The grand opening of the Mulkey Theatre is just two weeks away, and workers are busy putting the finishing touches on the project to make it show ready on Saturday, May 25.

Tickets for the gala opening event will go on sale to the general public next Tuesday, May 14, for $50 each and a full evening of entertainment is being lined up.

In addition to a red carpet entrance and food and refreshments, organizers have planned a program to take attendees back in time to the opening of the 1946 theatre while also demonstrating the theatre’s new capabilities.

The Mulkey’s first live musical performance will be the South Plains Jazz Orchestra playing big band hits from the 1940s, and the artistic director from the outdoor musical “TEXAS” is preparing a live theatre act to follow the band.

The featured motion picture presentation for the grand opening will be a 1946 John Wayne and Claudette Colbert movie, “Without Reservations.”

Tickets for the May 25 grand opening must be purchased in advance of the show and are expected to sell out quickly.
Following Saturday night’s grand opening, the Mulkey will hold four free admission matinees on Sunday, May 27, and Monday, May 28. Two movies will be shown each afternoon with no admission charge on a first come, first served basis.

Mulkey fans have been asked this week to make suggestions for what those movies should be by commenting on a thread at facebook.com/MulkeyTheatre. Show times and movie selections for those matinees will be announced in the near future.

For more information, contact the Visitor Center at 806-874-2421.

 

Clemishire wins mayor at Howardwick; Robinson to join CISD board

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Tony Clemishire will be the new mayor of Howardwick, a new face will join the Clarendon school board, and Clarendon residents approved a tax measure during voting last Saturday, May 4.

A total of 148 votes were cast in the race to determine who would succeed Howardwick Mayor Greta Byars. Clemishire easily carried the election with 105 votes followed by Alderman Brice Hawley 32, Coy Cooper 9, and J.D. Kindle 2.

Alderman Johnny Floyd won re-election to the Howardwick City Council with 130 votes, and former code officer Jerry Mulanax was also elected to the council with 89 votes. Others running for City Council were Beverly McCaskill 29, Tammy Jordan 12, and Ericka Mills 9.

Howardwick residents also voted in favor of reauthorizing a quarter-cent sales tax that raises money for street maintenance but a margin of 133-11.

Street maintenance was also before Clarendon voters, who voted 60-12 to abolish a half-cent sales tax that went towards property tax reduction and replace it with a quarter-cent sales tax for street maintenance and a quarter-cent tax for general revenue. The property tax reduction sales tax had been lowering the city’s ad valorem rate by about 20 cents per $100. The new tax will raise about $50,000 for street maintenance and $50,000 for general revenue.

A total of 126 ballots were cast in the city election, but only 72 people voted on the tax question.

Also on the city ballot, Mayor Sandy Skelton and Aldermen Jacob Fangman, Nathan Floyd, and Eulaine McIntosh were all up for re-election but faced no opposition.

A very close election added challenger Zack Robinson to the Clarendon ISD Board of Trustees. In the four-person race for three seats on the school board, Robinson received 117 votes and incumbents Chuck Robertson and Robin Ellis were returned to the board with 114 and 112 votes respectively. Incumbent Will Thompson fell just short of re-election with 111.

CHS names top students for 2019

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Clarendon High School announced this week that Noab Elam and Gavin Word are the top students for the Class of 2019.

The valedictorian for this year’s graduating class is Noab Elam. He is the son of Brad and Adelita Elam and has a weighted GPA of 5.829.

Noab Elam

Elam has been very involved in extracurricular activities while attending CHS. He has played football for four years, basketball for three years, and baseball for four years. He has been a regional and state qualifier in UIL Academics participating in Currents Issues and Events, Social Studies, and Editorial Writing. He is a member of the Clarendon High School Student Council and he has also been a columnist for The Clarendon Enterprise.

Elam has been the recipient of many honors. He has been elected class president two years including this year. He was elected first team all-district in football and baseball. He also served as team captain for the Bronco football team that went deep into the playoffs the last two years. He has been the recipient of multiple Honor C’s for academic performance. Elam is a member of the National Honor Society and was elected first team Academic All-State Football. He was named the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce’s Young Man of the Year for Clarendon.

Elam’s community service includes taking part in the Shattered Dreams program which provided students with education on the effects of impaired driving. He has helped in trash pickup on US 287 and has helped in the baseball field cleanup.
His hobbies include writing conservative opinion articles for The Clarendon Enterprise and playing video games. He plans on attending Sam Houston State and getting a law degree.

The salutatorian for CHS is Gavin Word, son of Tiffanie Word and Cameron Word. He has a weighted GPA of 5.637.
Word played football for one year, golf for four years, ran track for four years, was a member of the Bronco Band for three years, and played basketball for one year. He is a member of the Student Council.

Gavin Word

Word has received many honors also. He ran cross country for four years where he was a regional medalist and state qualifier. He was a regional UIL Academic qualifier and participated in Number Sense and Computer Apps. Word also qualified for regional in golf. He was named freshman class president, sophomore vice president and junior vice president.
His community service has included the highway trash pickup by the student council, Teacher Appreciation Week, and Red Ribbon Week, and he helped with Powder Puff Football.

Word’s hobby is golf and he plans on attending West Texas A&M University where he plans to get a degree in mechanical engineering

Elam and Word will both be recognized during Clarendon High School commencement exercises on Friday, May 24, in the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center at Clarendon College.

HISD hires new administrators

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Hedley ISD will be under a new administration next month after the Board of Trustees named a new superintendent and principal for the school at its most recent meeting.

Garrett Bains was named as Hedley’s new superintendent, and Eric Alston, a Hedley alumnus, will succeed Bains as the school’s principal.

Garrett Bains

Superintendent Terry Stevens was very pleased with the selections following the April 15 board meeting.

“I think these are two really good hires that will be here for the long term,” Stevens said.

Bains spent seven years as a coach and history teacher at Hedley before becoming the school’s principal two years ago. He’s a Clarendon native, and Stevens said he was a good fit for becoming superintendent.

“I think he’ll be a great superintendent,” Stevens said. “The main thing Hedley wants is a local person who wants to be here. He will be a good long term hire.”

Stevens said HISD posted the superintendent’s job but only Bains applied. The board then named him as the lone finalist for the position in March before formally selecting him for the job April 15.

After naming Bains the lone finalist, the school posted the principal’s position. Stevens said Alston was among four candidates the board interviewed before he was offered the position last month.

Eric Alston

Stevens told the Enterprise the school has also hired Kim Harper to coach girls’ basketball. She is from Lelia Lake and has been coaching in Claude, he said. The school is now looking at candidates to succeed Alston as the boys’ coach, the superintendent said.

Bains and Alston are expected to begin their duties June 1, Stevens said.

Lady Bulldogs to play in regional tourney

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Clarendon College’s Lady Bulldogs are the number two seed going into the NJCAA Region V West Tournament this Friday, May 10, in Lubbock.

CC finished the regular conference season last week, sweeping four games with Western Texas College at home. The Lady Bulldogs and number one seed Howard College will both get a bye in the opening round of the tournament. Clarendon will play at 6:30 p.m. at Lubbock Christian University against the winner of the Odessa College v. Western Texas match up earlier in the day.

Clarendon slipped one place in the national rankings last week, coming in at number 13 in the NJCAA poll released last Tuesday, April 30. The Lady Bulldogs are currently 47-7 for the season and 24-4 in conference play.

In last Saturday’s opening game at home against WTC, Clarendon’s Morgan Stevenson threw a gem on as the Lady Bulldogs beat Western Texas by a score of 7-0. Stevenson was the winning pitcher for Clarendon as she went seven innings, allowing zero runs on two hits and walking zero.

CC secured the victory thanks to five runs in the sixth inning. The offense was led by Regina Garza, Savannah Flinn, Mariyah Sandoval, and Shaylah Dominguez, who each had RBIs in the inning. The offense totaled 12 hits in the game. Dominguez, Claudia Telles, and Flinn each collected multiple hits. Flinn, Telles, and Dominguez each collected two hits to lead the Lady Bulldogs.

Saturday’s second game saw Devyn Yanello shut down WTC, throwing a complete game shutout and leading CC to a 12-0 victory. Yanello surrendered zero runs on five hits over five innings, striking out five and walking zero.

Clarendon got things started in the first inning with a single by Destinee Alvarez, a stolen base, and a single by Savannah Flinn, scoring one run. Shaylah Dominguez drew a walk as Sierra Wooley doubled to RF to score one, and Yanello singled to score two. The Lady Bulldogs also scored six runs in the third inning as Jasmin Marticorena, Destinee Alvarez, Claudia Telles, and Brie Worley all contributed in the big inning with RBIs.

The Lady Bulldogs racked up 14 hits on the day. Alvarez, Telles, Yanello, Flinn, and Wooley each managed multiple hits. Alvarez led with three hits in four at bats. The team stole five bases during the game as two players stole more than one. Alvarez led the way with two.

In day two of the series, CC won 13-0 as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Morgan Stevenson took the win for Clarendon as she surrendered zero runs on one hit over four innings, striking out two and walking one. Dezire Garcia threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.

In the first inning, the CC got its offense started when Shaylah Dominguez doubled on a 0-1 count, scoring three runs. Clarendon collected 16 hits as Destinee Alvarez, Savannah Flinn, Jasmin Marticorena, Dominguez, and Regina Garza each managed multiple hits. Flinn and Alvarez had three hits to lead the team. The Lady Bulldogs were sure-handed in the field and didn’t commit a single error. Claudia Telles had the most chances in the field with seven.

The Lady Bulldogs delivered another shutout to close the series Sunday with an 11-0 win as three pitchers combined to throw a shutout.

Clarendon secured the victory thanks to eight runs in the third inning. The offensive onslaught by Clarendon was led by Mariyah Sandoval, Sierra Wooley, Jaylyn Hernandez, Savannah Flinn, and Claudia Telles, who each had RBIs in the inning. The Lady Bulldogs saw the ball well racking up 11 hits in the game. Telles and Flinn each collected multiple hits.

Dezire Garcia was credited with the victory as she surrendered zero runs on two hits over three innings, striking out two and walking zero. Devyn Yanello and Hope Arnold entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief.

CC rodeo team wins regional title

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Clarendon College’s Men’s Rodeo Team made school history and secured its first trip to the National Finals last weekend after winning the Southwest Region title at the Tarleton Stampede in Stephenville April 25-27.

The team went into the regional contest in second place before capturing 515 points, which catapulted Clarendon College to the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region Men’s Team Championship for the first time in school history.

CC’s team will now advance to the College National Finals held in Casper, Wyo., June 9-15.

Tegan and Riggin Smith received several honors following the rodeo. Tegan was named the 2018-19 All Around Champion Cowboy for the second year in a row, the Reserve Champion Saddle Bronc Rider, and the third place finisher in the Bull Riding. He was also nominated to represent the Southwest Region for the Walt Garrison Scholarship Award.

CC’s Riggin Smith was the 2018-19 Saddle Bronc Riding Champion.

Clarendon rodeo coach Bret Franks was also voted the Coach of the Year for the NIRA Southwest Region.

Other team results included Justin Opatrny, a freshman from Cochranton, Penn., who won 3rd in the first round of Bareback Riding. Josh Green, a sophomore from Wetumpka, Ala., made the short round in the fifth position and won third in the round and finished third in the average pulling in 100 team points for his efforts.

In the Tie Down roping, Brody Rankin, a freshman from Roaring Springs, placed 5th in the first round won the short round and the average to bring 140 points for the team.

In the Saddle Bronc Riding, Clarendon College had three representatives in the short round. Tegan Smith placed 2nd, Clint Franks and Riggin Smith split 4th and 5th in the first round; but when the finals were over, Tegan Smith was the Champ, Riggin finished third and Clint was 5th, all of which accumulated 275 points for the team.

CC’s rodeo team was also highlighted at the Tarleton Stampede during an emotional tribute to the late Dalton O’Gorman. The sophomore from Shamrock was a team roper for CC before he passed away in an accident on March 18.

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