The Clarendon Enterprise received 14 awards at the 116th annual Panhandle Press Association Convention in Amarillo last weekend to claim the General Excellence Award.
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Competing in Division One for weekly newspapers, the Enterprise earned 12 first place awards and placed second in two other categories.
Sandy Anderberg won First Place for the Enterprise for Sports Writing, and the crew of Tara Allred, Ashlee Estlack, and Roger Estlack won First Place for Advertising Designs. Entries by Roger and Ashlee Estlack and Kari Lindsey took first place in Human Interest Photos.
The Enterprise was also first place Front Page Layout, News Writing, Spot News Photos, Society & Lifestyles, Serious Columns, Special Section, Editorials, and Website. Feature Stories by Roger Estlack and Sandy Anderberg were first place as well.
Elaina Estlack was second in Sports Photos, and the Enterprise was also second in Headline Writing.
Cub Reporter Benjamin Estlack was named as one of this year’s PPA Scholarship Award winners.
Carol Whitmire of the Quanah Tribune-Chief and Shaun and Frank Wink of the Panhandle Herald were named to the Hall of Fame this year.
PPA officers for the coming year are President Tara Huff of the Eagle Press in Fritch/Borger, Vice President Shane Lance of Quanah, Immediate Past President Tim Ritter of the Canyon News, and Secretary Roger Estlack of Clarendon. They are joined on the board by directors Jeff Blackmon of Hereford, Shannon Cook of Canyon, Macee Sater of Groom, Suzanne Bellsnyder of Spearman, and Shaun Wink of Panhandle.
Attending this year’s Panhandle Press Association convention from Clarendon were Roger, Ashlee, Benjamin, and Elaina Estlack; Tara Allred; and Emmalyne Roys.
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