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Elections set for Saturday
Voters will head to the polls Saturday, May 2, in elections for the City of Clarendon, the Hedley school board, and the Clarendon College Board of Regents.
Balloting will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Donley County Courthouse Annex for the city and the college and at the Hedley ISD administration office for the Hedley school board election.
Clarendon has five candidates on the ballot and one write-in candidate for three positions on the city council. Alderman Tom Thompson is running for re-election. He will be joined on the ballot by Ralph Graves, Pharabie Shadle, Brent Knowles, and Ken McIntosh. Former alderman Chris Topliff will be a write-in candidate.
Clarendon College has four candidates for three regent positions. Incumbents Chris Matthews, and Dr. Guy Ellis will be joined on the ballot by challenger George W. Hall.
Incumbent Carey Wann is a write-in candidate for re-election.
Two candidates are running for an unexpired term on the Hedley school board. Incumbent Shawn Willoughby is challenged by April Pierce.
See Facebook.com/TheEnterprise for election results.
4-H members advance to state
Seventeen 4-H members competed in the District 1 Horse Judging contest with both senior members advancing to State 4-H Roundup in June.
MaryJo Dushay was the winner of the contest with Gracie Ellis close behind in second place.
In the Intermediate division, Kassie Askew took the top honors with Paisley Jones winning second place and Emma Howard in ninth place. As a team, the trio brought home the championship.
In the Junior division, the team of Ellott Robertson, Weslynn Shields, Addie Snure and Lainey Hanks placed second while the team of Foster Koetting, Kasie Shields, Madilynn Oliver and Kinze Zongker placed third.
Shaylee Hall, Alix Roberts, Landree Martinez and Clarah Lewis finished in fourth place.
Individuals in the junior top ten were Addie 3rd, Foster 6th, Madilynn 7th and Lainey 10th.
Bound for State
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Clarendon High School junior Hunter Caison earned the title of 2A-Region 1 Lincoln Douglas Debate Champion last Friday at the Regional UIL Academic Contest at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. Caison will now advance to compete at the State UIL Academic meet in Austin.
Pantex breaks ground on new facility
Pantex recently began construction on a new building that will provide around 14,000-square-feet of modern office space for its workforce.
The Flexible Support Facility II incorporates new technologies, allows for efficient travel to and from common job-sites, and is designed to house teams that often collaborate on complex projects.
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“This new office building will allow us to bring these vital teams together under one roof where they can collaborate using the most up-to-date technologies possible and can efficiently travel to areas of the plant where their expertise is needed,” PanTeXas Deterrence President and General Manager Kelly Beierschmitt said.
Pantex Plant, located near Amarillo, Texas, has for decades been the nation’s primary assembly, disassembly, and life-extension center for nuclear weapons. It also serves as the National Nuclear Security Administration’s High Explosives Center of Excellence for Manufacturing.
“We are very excited by this period of growth at Pantex. This is just one of several construction projects at the site. Each project is designed to better meet the current and future needs of our mission – to safely and securely maintain the nation’s nuclear deterrence,” Beierschmitt said. “Some of these new facilities bring together specific tasks that were spread across multiple buildings. Other facilities, like this one, bring together people who will work better and provide a better product by being co-located,” he added.
The Flexible Support Facility II follows a commercial construction approach to allow for cost savings and accelerated construction, with a projected completion date in mid-2028.
“This facility is one example of how we are modernizing Pantex, in this case by using the same ENERGY STAR design used at the Nevada National Security Site,” said Pantex Field Office Manager Jason Armstrong. “Sharing standard, scalable building designs across Nuclear Security Enterprise sites means we can ultimately reduce design costs and accelerate construction of office buildings like this and other non-nuclear facilities.”
Pantex will soon open the High Explosives Science and Engineering Facility and break ground on the High Explosive Synthesis, Formulation, and Production Facility, further solidifying Pantex as NNSA’s High Explosives Center of Excellence for Manufacturing.
Broncos take Wellington at home
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Broncos’ big fifth inning sends them to the winner’s circle
By Sandy Anderberg
The Bronco baseball team took on Memphis last week and earned a two-point win at 12-10 in seven innings. The team connected on 12 hits in the game after a slow-hitting first inning.
With freshman Brentley Gaines on the mound, the Cyclones did not score until the third inning. However, their big inning came in the fifth when they scored seven runs with Gaines still on the mound. Coach Aaron Smith put Hayden Moore on the mound to begin the sixth and Braylon Rice in the seventh to stop the Cyclones at the plate. They were able to put two more runs on the board before the Broncos got another chance on offense.
The seventh inning turned out to be golden for the Broncos as they were able to take advantage of the last at-bat. The opposing pitcher gave away three base-on-balls to load the bases before Parker Hanes hit a sacrifice fly to begin the winning rally. Moore and Kreed Robinson added doubles to secure the Bronco win.
Overall, the Broncos had 12 hits, six walks, and eight strike-outs. Robinson had six hits and a stolen base and Gaines knocked down five hits and two stolen bases. Shaun Childers added three hits and one stolen base, while Hanes, Moore, Aiden Burnam, and Hudson Howard each earned a hit.
Later in the week, the Broncos met up against the Floydada Whirlwinds and failed to put runs on the board losing 4-18. Robinson slammed a triple and Rice added a double, but the Broncos could only get one run home in the first and another two runs in the third. Floydada held a 6-3 advantage after three innings with Rice on the mound. Hanes came into the game as relief in the fourth.
Robinson hit a triple and two more hits, and Rice had a double and two singles. Klay Wilkins got his bat going in the fifth with a double to the outfield, and Gaines had a single and a stolen base.
The Broncos will play Quanah at home on Friday, at 4:00 p.m. to finish their regular season play.
Two Lady Bronco Runners Advance
By Sandy Anderberg
Clarendon senior speedster Madi Benson keeps on winning races in her final season as a Clarendon Lady Bronco. Benson totally dominated the 800m and the 1600m races at the Area track meet and became the top runner in both events. She will advance to the regional meet to be held on the WTAMU campus in Canyon on May 1 and 2.
Benson, who has been running strong since her debut in high school track, has qualified every year in the running events. This year she blasted the field in the 800m with a time of 2:24.04 which was three seconds ahead of the field. Her time of 5:46.83 in the 1600m run was impressive and a good distance ahead of the second-place time of 5:54.83.
Joining Benson at the regional meet will be up and comer Addy Havens, who has been solid in both cross-country and track. Havens finished third in the 3200m race and earned the right to advance. She ran the race in a time of 13:15.09 was not far off the first-pace of 12:49.55. Havens also ran fifth in the 1600-meter crossing the finish line in a time 6:23.64.
Brilynn Bruce qualified in the 200m dash with a solid time of 26.21, just under a minute behind the top qualifier.
Also competing, but not advancing: Emmarie Holland seventh in the 400m, 5th in the 800m, and sixth in the mile relay. At 4:30.71. The other members of the mile relay are Elliot Frausto, Havens, and Benson. The 800m relay was sixth with a time of 1:53.36 and members of the relay are Frausto, Laken Smith, Sequoia Weatherton and Bruce. The sprint relay was run by Frausto, Smith, Weatherton, and Bruce. The foursome finished in a time of 51.79 for fifth place. Smith also competed in the long jump finishing in sixth place with a distance of 32’11”.
Lady Broncos finish second in district play
By Sandy Anderberg
The Lady Broncos have had a good year and finished their regular season in second place in the district race just behind the Floydada Lady Winds.
They will begin the playoffs with a best two of three against West Texas on April 23 and 24. The first game will be played at home at 5:00 p.m. with the second game being played at Stinnett, also at 5 p.m. If a third game is needed, it will be played 30 minutes after the end of the second game in Stinnett.
Stats and other details of the Floydada game were not available from the school by press time.
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