Dateline: July 27, 2006

Enterprise wins top award from WTPA

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

The title of the best small weekly newspaper in West Texas went to The Clarendon Enterprise, following the results of the West Texas Press Association’s 2005 Better Newspaper Contest.

The Sweepstakes Award was presented to the Enterprise during the WTPA’s 76th annual convention held here last Saturday. The local paper received three first place plaques and one second place certificate in Division D (weeklies with circulations of 1,800 and below).

The Clarendon paper received first place in the General Excellence competition with judges from Texas Tech University’s College of Mass Communications saying the “consistently good writing joined by clean, consistent layout make the Enterprise a pleasure to read.”

The paper also received first place in Feature Writing with judges calling Ashlee Estlack’s article about Tristen Miller a “great story” with “great structure” and also praising Roger Estlack’s story about L.L. Wallace.

The Enterprise also received first place honors in Photography for work by Cheryl Johnson and Roger Estlack, and second place honors were awarded to the Enterprise for Editorials.

Accepting awards on behalf of the Enterprise were Publisher Roger Estlack, Office Director Ashlee Estlack, and Copy Editor Helen Estlack.