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Hedley will host its 82nd annual Cotton Festival this weekend with activities starting Friday night.
A chili supper will be held at the Lioness Club starting at 5 p.m. and barbecue sandwiches at the Lions Den with chips and drinks. Johnny Woodard will provide music, and everyone is invited to come, stay, and visit.
The Hedley One Act Play student will also have their annual Bingo games starting Friday from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Hedley Senior Citizens Building.
The Hedley Volunteer Fire Department will get the day started Saturday with a breakfast fundraiser from 7:00 to 9:30 a.m. or until the food runs out. The breakfast will be at the Hedley Senior Citizens building and will cost $9 per person.
The firefighters will also be holding a 50/50 raffle that day. Tickets are available from any firefighter or at Country Bloomers in Clarendon.
The Hedley Senior Citizens will be having a raffle for a Henry Golden Boy .22 rifle and a Henry Lever Action .410. Tickets will be for sale in front of the senior citizens building. The One Act Play Bingo and silent auction will continue from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The Cotton Festival Kiddie Parade will be held at 11 a.m., and the Festival Parade will be at 1 p.m. For parade entries, contact Mark C. White at 806-277-0412.
The third annual Wicked Fast Poker Run will take off from the Big Red Barn at 2:30 p.m. Barbecue will be available there at noon with check-in beginning at 1:00 p.m. The cost is $25 per person and proceeds benefit the Rowe Cemetery Association. Call Stephanie Wilkinson at 806-930-1252 for more information on the poker run.
The senior citizens will serve hamburgers and chips at noon for lunch, and barbecue sandwiches will also be available again in the Lions Den. All drawings for the festival will be held at 6 p.m. at the Lions Den.
The festival will close out with a community dance Saturday night behind City Hall with a DJ providing music.
A Clarendon businessman and former city council member is out on bail this week, facing a charge of assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said Jesus Hernandez was arrested Monday, October 2, and charged with Indecent Assault, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Blackburn said the alleged assault occurred on September 23, and Hernandez was arrested following an investigation into the report.
Hernandez turned himself in, and Justice of the Peace Sarah Hatley arraigned him October 2 and set his bond at $5,000. He was released on bail the same day.
Hernandez has been in the local restaurant business for about 26 years. That business has been closed for more than two weeks now with no signs of reopening. Hernandez also served as a Clarendon city alderman from 2011 to 2013.
Clarendon High School Principal John Moffett announced recently that senior Toby Leeper has been named a Commended Student in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program.
A letter of commendation from the school and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation was printed to the student at a Bronco Pep Rally.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2024 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2024 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
“Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” an NMSC spokesperson said. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”
By Sandy Anderberg
The Lady Bronco cross-country team landed another team win last week in the Annual Greenbelt Gallop at Kinkaid Park. They were able to take the top spot in the team competition for the fourth year since the Gallop began.
Cross-Country Coach Korey Conkin was pleased with the outcome of all of the divisions.
“I am super proud of our cross-country teams today,” she said. “Bryce Williams and Brice Wagner also medaled in the top three and the Lady Colts had a good showing with Addy Havens and Karli Jones bringing home medals, also. We are looking good going into district championship week. Keep ‘Holding the Rope’.”
No finishing times were available at press time.
By Sandy Anderberg
The Broncos breezed to a victory at home last Friday night in a 42-0 shutout over the Wheeler Mustangs in their District opener.
Solid play on both sides of the ball put the Broncos in a good spot going into this Friday’s game in Quanah at 7:00 p.m.
Taking over the helm as quarterback while senior Harrison Howard is out due to a collarbone injury was fellow senior and Bronco running back Lyric Smith. He was able to throw for 140 yards, two touchdowns, and racked up 241 yards rushing finding the endzone twice. Overall, the Broncos posted 311 total yards.
Mason Sims, Easton Frausto, Colton Caudle, Quay Brown, and Shane Hagood were all on the receiving end of Smith’s passes. Sims was three catches for 49 yards, Caudle grabbed five passes for 49 yards and one TD, and Brown had one receiving touchdown for a total of two catches and 37 yards. Frausto had two catches for eight yards and Hagood caught one pass in the game.
Hagood shined in the backfield for the Broncos and added 30 yards rushing on 11 carries.
Both Bronco lines played strong all over the field and stopped the Mustangs all night long. From Wheeler’s first offensive possession to their last series, the Broncos held them to three and out several times and added a safety late in the game.
Senior Jared Musick led the way with eight tackles and Sims and Anthony Ceniceros followed with seven each. Dalton Coles wrapped up six and Smith, Caudle, and Grant Haynes had five apiece. Bryce Williams and Ranger Drenth each grabbed two. Ceniceros and Drenth teamed up to sack Wheeler’s QB once.
Governor Greg Abbott appointed Dale Rabe, Jr., on October 6 to the 100th Judicial District Court in Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, and Hall counties for a term set to expire on December 31, 2024, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.
Rabe succeeds former district Judge Stuart Messer, who retired September 30.
“I would like to thank all those who have assisted me throughout my career and in my pursuit to become the Judge of the 100th Judicial District, the support has been overwhelming,” Rabe said. “I look forward to serving the 100th Judicial District and hope I can live up to the standard Judge Messer has established.”
Dale Rabe, Jr., of Childress is a solo practice attorney. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, member and former president of the 100th Judicial District Bar Association, and former member of the 46th Judicial District Bar Association. He has served on the boards for the Childress County Hospital District and the Childress Municipal Development District.
Additionally, he is a former board member and former president of the Childress Chamber of Commerce, former member and former president of the Childress Lions Club, and former volunteer and coach for the Childress Little League and Dub Nelson Flag Football League.
Rabe received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from The University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law.
Panhandle PBS will co-host with the Mulkey Theatre an in-person watch party for Ken Burns’ new two-part documentary “The American Buffalo” on October 16 and 17 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Episode One – “Blood Memory” will be October 16 and is a look at how America’s national mammal, once numbering in the tens of millions, was driven to the brink of extinction with startling swiftness.
Episode Two – “Into the Storm” will be October 17 will look at how the buffalo survived. By the late 1880s a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the mammal from extinction – a lesser-known part of the story.
For more information on the Clarendon event, contact the Mulkey Theatre at 806-874-2421.
Panhandle PBS is the public television station for the Texas Panhandle. Additional Panhandle PBS-produced content telling the story of bison in our area will be available this fall on air, online, and on the station’s social media platforms. For more information, visit www.PanhandlePBS.org or call 806-371-5479.
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