The Clarendon Enterprise May 10, 2007
Your guide tO "what's happening"
around Donley County.
May/2
Election Day
Broncos v. New Deal in Canyon at 12
p.m.
May 13
Mother's Day
May 25
CHS & HHS Graduation
June 1
Saints Roost Museum Members Appre-
ciation Dinner Museum grounds
June 16
Trash to Treasures Citywide Garage Sale
Watch for details to come
June 17
Father's Day
May 14 - 18
Donley County Senior Citizens
Men: Hot steak sandwich, French
fries and gravy, green beans,
strawberry and banana, sugar
cookies
Toe: Catfish, turnip greens, corn
dressing, coleslaw, poach cobbler,
hushpuppies
Wed: Ham salad sandwiches,
vegetable sticks, cottage cheese
and tomatoes, tropical apple crunch
Thu: Roast beef with brown gravy,
mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables,
mixed fruit, Texas cake, rolls
Fri: Chicken spaghetti, vegetable
medley, tossed salad, Jello with
topping, garlic toast
Hedley Senior Citizens
Men: Chicken strips & gravy,
scalloped potatoes, green peas,
cantaloupe, butterscotch pudding,
biscuits
Tue: Mexican casserole, Spanish
rice, beans, tossed salad, apricot
halves, chips & crackers
Wed: Steak & gravy, baked potato,
buttered squash, Jello salad, baked
apples, rolls
Thu: Butter beans & ham, veggie
sticks, pineapple & cottage cheese,
brownie, corn bread
Fri: Turkey & dressing, sweet
potatoes, green beans, fruit salad,
pumpkin pie, roll
Clarendon ClSD
Breakfast
Men: Cereal, toast, fruit, milk
Tue: Sausage, biscuit, gravy, fruit,
milk
Wed: Pancakes, juice, milk
Thu: Eggs, toast, fruit milk
Fri: Cinnamon rolls, juice, milk
Lunch
Men: BBQ chicken sandwich, beans,
salad, fruit, milk
Tue: Chef's salad, crackers, pears,
roll
Wed: Turkey, gravy yams, green
beans, fruit, roll, milk
Thu: Enchilada casserole, beans,
salad, pineapple, milk
Fri: Hot dog, fries, salad, fruit, milk
Hedley ClSD
Men: Pepperoni pizza, corn, tossed
salad, fruit cup, milk
Tue: Nachos grande, pinto beans,
tossed salad, sliced apples, chips
& salsa, milk
Wed: Chicken strips, mashed
potatoes, cut green beans, salad &
fruit, hot rolls, milk
Thu: Diced turkey ham, grated
cheese, baked potatoes, salad &
fruit, Texas toast, milk
Fri: Corndog, waffle fries, baked
beans, orange quarters, chocolate
chip cookies, milk
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By MaryRuth Peacock
May has been dedicated as Older
Americans Month.
The theme for Older Americans
Month 2007 is "Older Americans:
Making Choices for a Healthier
Future."
This theme encourages us to
think differently about health and
long-term services and supports,
and to work together to continue to
improve our current systems so that
we may adequately plan for and
address the needs of current and
future generations.
The urge is for all citizens
to honor older Texans and those
who care for them during May and
throughout the year and for people
of all ages to take time during this
month to reaffirm our commitment
as individuals and as a state to meet
the challenges of an aging society.
Working together, we can improve
the lives of our older citizens, their
families, and their caregivers and
strive to ensure that all Americans
have the opportunity to make the
choices they desire to enjoy a healthy
and rewarding future.
As our state's Baby Boomer
generation rapidly becomes our next
generation of older Texans, advances
in medicine, public health, science,
and technology are keeping us all
healthier and adding years to our
lives. Older Texans contribute every
day to our state's social and eco-
nomic well-being.
They inspire us with their
wisdom in the workplace, with self-
lessness as they volunteer in our com-
munities, and with their perseverance
and dedication as they provide care
for family, and friends. They embody
the best of the Lone Star State,
defining excellence, and sharing the
expertise on which we continue to
build the Texas of tomorrow.
Those who work with our older
citizens know that they want to have
choice and control over how and
where they live as they age. Our many
healthcare services groups, Senior
Citizens Centers, Donley County
Extension, churches, Clarendon Col-
lege and their partners, care givers,
and volunteers all endeavor to carry
out their mission to provide for and
protect the independence and dignity
of our older citizens.
Innovative, affordable options
of care and support that provide an
array of choices of how and where to
live are key to meeting the challenge.
Both individuals and communities
must plan and prepare in all areas of
life to enable people to live lives of
dignity and independence and help
ensure a better life tomorrow.
Wall Across Texas groups are
moving along. If you haven't been
to the Burton Library or Lowe's,
stop in to see where the groups are
currently located. Ask some of them
what the scenery is like where they
are walking. You might want to visit
sometime !
Team walking results: First Step-
pers - 139.5 miles; Mileage Makers
- 206 miles; Burton Buslers - 134
miles; and Walk-a-holies 102 miles.
Individuals: Wilma and Andy Callus
walked 34 miles together
For more information contact
Donley County Extension at 874-
2141.
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May and Mother's Day just
go together, but without the efforts
of two single, childless women the
day might be like any other. Julia
Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis were
so impressed with their own Moth-
ers and so appalled at the neglect
adult children showed mothers each
began campaigns, independently, to
honor all mothers. The efforts paid
off and on May 8, 1914, President
Woodrow Wilson signed a resolution
designating the second Sunday in
May as Mother's Day. Today phone
calls are made, cards and flowers are
sent all saying "I love you Mom," and
remember to do this, she may not be
here next year.
This year I begin the "bragging
list" of graduates with one of my
own. Matthew Franklin, who is mar-
ried to our granddaughter, Rachel,
graduated from the University of
Kentucky, Lexington on May 6 with
a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He
has taken a position with EM&S, a
consulting firm for natural gas pipe-
School May
25. Brad .
moved here
from Ran-
dall High in
Amarillo and
plans to attend 6w|ale
Clarendon
College in the
picks
fall. by peggy cockerham
Congratu- Howad,~& 874-2886
lations to all
these grads as they enter a new part
of their life. If you have a graduate
or someone who received a special
award, call me at 874-2886, and I
will tell our part of the world.
April showers bring May flow-
ers, and the wild flowers are bloom-
ing in Howardwick. Lee and Tiva
Jackson have a field of bluebonnets
and our roses are beautiful. Dec Hol-
liday and Buster Baird are keeping
the mowers busy, and school will
soon be out, which means more
visitors to the lake. Unfortunately
with the good comes the bad, and
lines. s omeone hawdriverr tm e"l ark ewas=
Steven Alan Tibbets, grandson ing damage so we will all have to
of Clois and Carolyn Robinson of
Howardwick, will graduate from
WTAMU on May 12 with a BS in
Sports and Exercise Science.
Bradley Dale Hagood, better
known as Brad, son of Norm and
Annette Hagood and grandson of
Luke Hagood all of Howardwick,
will graduate from Clarendon High
become more diligent and watch and
report any vandalism.
Lena Carter fell last week and
has a broken hip along with pneu-
monia. She is in Bivens Rehab in
Amarillo. Please put this sweet lady
on your prayer list.
Fire department meets May 10 at
7:00 pm at City Hall.
The Classy Dames of Clarendon
Red Hatters form third local club
A third "Red Hat" Club has
started in Clarendon - "Classy
Dames of Clarendon."
This club was organized in
March of this year, and their motto
is "Love and Laughter is where it's
at in a Purple Frock and a Big Red
Hat!" The Classy Dames will be out
and about with trips planned to the
Gem Theatre in Claude, the Kwadahi
Indian Dancers in Amarillo, and to
see the play "TEXAS" and eat the
wonderft0 barbecue from the Big
Texan, just to name a few.
There are currently eleven char-
ter members, and they're looking for
women who want to go out and have
a good time. This past Thursday, the
Classy Dames were spotted raising
the roof at the Red River Steakhouse
in McLean. There were nine red hats
and two purple hats in attendance.
Our purple hat birthday gals were
Roxana Hamilton and Dorothy Brin-
son. Everyone enjoyed the tasty and
plentiful "all you can eat" barbecue
ribs and the excellent service. It
seems that everyone loves to see the
Red Hats coming, because you never
know what they'll do next.
This club meets once a month
for a meal and business meeting; and
when the spirit strikes them, they'll
meet at other times and at other fun
places! Any age is welcome to join.
If you're 50 or over, you wear red
hats and purple outfits; and if you're
under 50, you wear a pink hat and
lavender outfits. Then when you
"graduate" to 50, a celebration called
a "Reduation" is performed, and you
would be fitted for your new red hat!
It is great fun and what an enjoyable
and positive way to grow older!
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Are you ready to enjoy dis- Battle Fought To A Draw. It was tling of Texas
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covering more adventurous, true never published until his grandson, Panhandle and :
experiences of Texas heroes and Jim Gober, discovered the dishelved western Okla- :~
trailblazers? Are you interested in manuscript and prepared it for pub- homa, and :: it'
exciting events, which occurred in lishing under the title, Cowboy Jus- the shaping
our Texas Panhandle and close sur- tice, Tale Of A Texas Lawman. The of Amarillo
rounding areas? How about mysteri- Texas Lawman, Gober's grandfather, accompanied check it 0He
ous legends and folklore concerning vividly relates events as he worked by photo-
our Texas heritage? If any of this as a homesteader, freighter, restaura- graphs might by mary beth nelson
sounds appealing, you will be glad
to know it is all waiting for you at
Burton Memorial Library.
A Cowman's Wife is a rangeland
classic in which author and ranch
woman Mary Kidder Rak portrays
her life on a cattle ranch, which she
operated with her husband.
James R. Gober (1964-1933),
bank guard and private detective in
teur, saloonkeeper, cattle commission
agent, and livestock detective.
Gober came to the Texas
Panhandle in 1882. At age 22, he
became County Sheriff of Potter
County in 1887. His marriage was
Potter County's first wedding. His
association with Pat Garrett, Sam
Bass, Charlie Siringo, and Temple
Houston reveal colorful adventures.
Amarillo, began his autobiography Action is kept alive through accurate
during the 1920's. He described his accounts of attempted assassinations,
especially
appeal to area readers.
J. Frank Dobie: A Portrait of
Pancho by Winston Bode demon-
strates wit and courage of this "giant
among men." He is said to be the first
Texan outside of O. Henry to become
a national literary figure. Many
considered Dobie one of the greatest
teachers in and out of the classroom
until he died in 1964.
Trailer of the White Savages, by
"bittersweet personal recollection of trials, and plans of capture. Gober's Gary Wiles and Delores Brown is
fascinating and often tragic life, Life's story of a region in transition, the set- "a fine work of history, but a read-
able novel". It entails vivid true-life
adventures of 1800's trailblazers,
Andrew Jackson, Kit Carson, and
Sam Houston among others. Readers
will find this entertaining and histori-
cally accurate.
Legends and folklore are an
inherent part of Texas heritage. If
you enjoy occasional venturing into
the supernatural, author Ed Syers
provides 51 enticing century-old leg-
ends in Ghost Stories of Texas.
Earl Murray offers more intrigue
in Ghosts of the Old West. "Phantom
of fort Laramie," "Ghost in the Sheri-
dan Inn;' and other selections allow
readers to experience haunted cabins,
desert spirits, and other strange
encounters to tingle the spine. Syers'
and Murray's writings are obtainable
in Burton Memorial Library's Texas
Collection.
Why not check it out.
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Captain places fourth
at state UIL contest
CHS senior LaDez Captain
(pictured above) placed fourth in
Prose reading at the State Academic
UIL competition at Austin on May
4 and 5.
LaDez has been competing in
this event since his sophomore year.
This marks his first attempt at State
competition.
Ray earns bachelor's
degree from UMHB
BELTON - The University of
Mary Hardin-Baylor Spring Com-
mencement was held on' Saturday,
May 5, at the Bell County Expo
Center.
Students received 288 bacca-
laureate degrees, and 19 received
master's degrees. Those graduating:
included Sarah M. Ray, formerly of
Clarendon and now of Huntsville
who received a Bachelor of Arts in
Communication.
the lion's tale
by roger estlack i
The Clarendon Lions Club held !
their regular Tuesday noon meeting!
May 8, 2007, with Boss Lion Jim',
Shelton handling the'gavel. '.
We had 19 members and four!
guests this week: Scarlet and Daniel i
Estlack, guest of LionRussell Est- !
lack; Ashlee Estla k ~guest,of Lion'.
Roger Estlack; and Jeff Tucker, guest !
of the club. ',
A membership application was',
received from Mr. Tucker, who is the ;
manager at Stanley Chevrolet now, ;
and he was quickly elected as our;
newest member.
Lion Monty Hysinger reported
that CHS has athletes going to the~
state track meet this week and said.
the Broncos will be in the area'
baseball championship game this
weekend.
The Boss Lion called a directors'
meeting to nominate new officers for
the coming year, and an election for
officers will be held next week.
There being no further business,
we were adjourned.
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