Dateline: April 14, 2005

CC Alumni to hold annual reunion, banquet Saturday

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Graduates of Clarendon College will reunite during the 67th Annual Ex-Students Reunion on Saturday, April 16.

This year’s theme, The 50s, is in honor of the 1955 graduating class. As a special honor, 1955 graduates will receive a Clarendon College Golden Diploma. The graduating classes of 1970, 1975, 1980, and 1985 will also be recognized.

The reunion begins with registration and brunch at 10 a.m., in the Bairfield Activity Center. A brief alumni association business meeting will follow at 11:15 a.m.

Between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., guests will tour campus facilities such as the Livestock and Equine Center, Baseball and Softball fields, Vera Dial Dickey Library, Regents Hall, and Southwest Hall. Visits to the town of Clarendon include the newly renovated courthouse, the “Jewel of the Plains,” and a visit to the Saints’ Roost Museum.

A silent auction will be available in the Vera Dial Dickey Library from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., and 6 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. The Alumni banquet begins at 6 p.m. in the Bairfield Activity Center.

All Clarendon College ex-students, faculty, and friends are invited to attend. Cost for brunch is by donation only. Tickets to the banquet are $10. Guests are encouraged to RSVP for the banquet by noon, Friday, April 15, by calling 806-874-4813.

Also this weekend, CC will honor 44 outstanding students of the 2004-2005 academic year during the 67th Annual Ex-Students Association banquet Saturday, April 16, 2005.

The following students will be honored: Biology – Max Simon of Pampa; Lindsey Schofield of Dallas; Callie Crouch of Pampa; and Tammie Blue of Canadian; Business – Katie Buenger of Bellville; COSC (Computers) –Jared Fletcher of Elk City, Okla; Music & Fine Arts – Gary Utsey of Clarendon and Scarlett Sperry of Quitaque; Government – Jerilyn Brooks of Pampa and Amanda Ferguson of Clarendon; Speech –Sandi Anderson of McLean and Natasha Robinson of Wheeler; English – Whitney Warrior of Bunch, Okla.; Jeri Ragsdale of Childress; and Chelsea Harada of Amarillo; History – Tennessee Brown of Brock and Audra Smith of Silverton; Horse Judging – MikaJo Polomski of Silver City, New Mexico, and Matthew Cruse of Happy; Equine Science – Mary Stuary Womack of Eustace and Leeya Davis of Glen Rose; Theatre – Scarlett Sperry of Quitaque and Christi Jones of Childress; Accounting –Ryan Flavell of Sydney, Australia; Troy McDonald of Pierson, Fla.; and Amanda Ferguson of Clarendon; Organic Chemistry – Kevin Green of Clarendon; Math – Kasandra Gurtner of Cimarron, Kan. and Paula Harry of Victoria, Australia; Meats – Justin Myers of Aspermont and Brandon Borgdtedt of Waller; Livestock – Cassi Matejovsky of Tucson, Ariz., and Tonya Lane of League City; Men’s Basketball – Julio Mike Sanchez of San Antonio; Ed Miles of Dallas; Rick Hamilton of Houston; and Stanley Titsworth of Muskogee, Okla.; Women’s Basketball – Lauren Hill of Hedley and Meghan Hyde of Mabank; Volleyball – Aleia Paden of Dallas; Softball –Michelle Martin of Flower Mound; and Rodeo – Troy McDonald of Pierson, Fla., and Brad Koepke of Lakeview.