2010 Hall of Famers announced
Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Ben Sargent and award-winning Borger News-Herald photographer Don Rice will be inducted into the Panhandle Press Hall of Fame during the 100th annual convention April 16 in Canadian.
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White to address PPA convention
Democratic nominee for Texas Governor Bill White will address the 100th annual convention of the Panhandle Press Association in Canadian next month.
White, who defeated Farouk Shami and several other candidates for the party nomination, will speak during the luncheon at the Citadelle on Friday, April 16.
Also appearing on Friday will be Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Democratic nominee for Attorney General.
Stay tuned for more information!
PPA Hall of Fame
Members of the PPA Hall of Fame
1992: Ben Ezzell, The Canadian Record; Williams “Bill” Howe, The Shamrock Texan; Harold Hudson, The Perryton Herald; Wendell Tooley, The Tulia Herald; S.B. Whittenburg, Amarillo Globe-News; B.M. Nelson, Castro County News.
1993: Douglas Meador, The Matador Tribune; H.M. Baggarly, The Tulia Herald; Morris Higley, The Childress Index; Jimmie Gillentine, The Hereford Brand.
1994: Gene Howe, Amarillo Globe-News; Putt Powell, Amarillo Globe-News; Virginia Robey, Wellington Leader; Mary Kate Tripp, Amarillo Globe-News.
1995: John Getz, The State Line Tribune; Cherry Kay Hamilton, Fritch Eagle Press; Troy Martin, The Canyon News; Jim Reynolds, The Tulia Herald.
1996: Olin Hinkle, The Pampa News; Wesley Sherman Izzard, Amarillo Globe-News; Orvil Gene “Speedy” Nieman, The Hereford Brand; Dick Reavis, The Moore County News Press.
1997: Kenneth Hogue, Dalhart Texan; Louise Fletcher, Pampa News; Bill Lee, West Texas State University and Amarillo Globe-News.
1998: H. Deskins Wells, Wellington Leader; George Wayne Estlack, Donley County Leader; Bill Cox, Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo Times, Lamesa Daily Reporter, Odessa American, Borger News-Herald; Kenneth Towery, Cuero Daily Record, Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon, Crosby County News and Chronicle.
1999: Marie Harris, Tulia Herald, Amarillo Globe-News, Plainview Daily Herald, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Olton Enterprise; James Roberts, owner of many Panhandle and area newspapers; Gardner Collins, Moore County News Press, Borger News-Herald, Paris News, Hereford Brand; Joseph Miller, White Deer News, Panhandle Herald, Chickasha (Ok.) Daily Express.
2000: J.C. Estlack, The Lovington (N.M.) Leader, The Clarendon News, The Donley County Leader; W.R. “Bill” Rutherford, Moore County News, Amarillo Globe-News, Blackwell (Ok.) Journal-Tribune; Don Nelson, Castro County News, The Arizona Record; Nancy Ezzell, The Canadian Record.
2001: Herschel A. Combs, The Wellington Leader, The Memphis Democat; Van Stewart, Ochiltree County Herald; Bill Ellis, Friona Star, Bovina Blade, Muleshoe Journal, San Mateo (CA) Times; Sue Cannon, Kress, Hart, Olton, Plains, Amherst newspapers.
2002: W.H. “Sonny” Graham, Stratford Star, Bovina Blade, Farwell State Line Tribune, Lovington (N.M.) Daily Leader; Tom Higley, Childress Indez, Sayre Journal, Hollis News; Buford Davenport, Abernathy Weekly Review.
2003: L.H. Carhart, The Clarendon News; David Rasco, Amarillo Globe-News; Garet von Netzer, Amarillo Globe-News; Danny Andrews, Plainview Daily Herald.
2004: Edwin Murry “Ed” Eakins, Quanah Tribune-Chief; Jeane Bartlett, Amarillo Globe-News; Rose Watson, Moore County News Press, Hereford Brand, Amarillo Globe-News; Carol Ellis, Friona Star/Bovina Blade, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Muleshoe Journal.
2005: Trenton Davis, Amarillo Globe-News, Rollie Hyde, Plainview Daily Herald, and Faye Plank, Dalhart Daily Texan
2006: Roy S. Butterbaugh, Boise City News; Felix Phillips, Amarillo Globe-News; Dave McReynolds, Texas Coaster, Galveston Daily News, Friona Star, Cotton Gin and Oil Mill Press, Stratford Star and the Moore County News; Beth Duke, Amarillo Globe-News.2006:
2007: Brad Tooley, Canyon News; Burle Pettit, Lubbock Avalanche Journal
2008: Laurie Ezzell Brown, Canadian Record; Tommy Thompson, Amarillo Globe-Times
2009: Lynn Brisendine, Brownfield News, Seminole Sentinel, Hereford Brand, Lamesa Press-Reporter; Mike Haynes, Amarillo College, Amarillo Globe-News, McLean News, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
2010: Ben Sargent, Amarillo College, Amarillo Globe-News; Don Rice, Borger News Herald.
2011: Ruby Dell Estlack, The Donley County Leader; Doug McDonough, Plainview Daily Herald
2012: Alice Gilroy, Floyd County Hesperian Beacon; Debbie Aylesworth, Canyon News
2013: Jon Mark Beileu, Amarillo Globe-News; John Brooks, Castro County News
2014: Cathy Martindale, Amarillo Globe-News; Susan Hogue Clay, Dalhart Texan
2015: David Stevens, Clovis News-Journal; Kayla Parvin, Booker News.
2016: Edward E. Carhart, Clarendon News; Phillip J. Miller, Groom/McLean/Lefors News, Claude News.
2017: Don Richards, Hale Center American; Toby Brooks, [Wheeler] County Star-News.
2018: Jim Hudson, Perryton Herald; Ron Carr, Friona Star.
2019: Mary Hudson Dudley, Perryton Herald; Larry Thornton, Muleshoe Journal.
2020: Harry Koch, Quanah Tribune; Nancy Young, Borger News-Herald, Pampa News.
2021: Grady Joe Harrison, Texas Spur; Jo Ann Pirtle Harrison, Texas Spur.
