Toot`n Totum purchases Express Lane stores

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Vol. 113, No. 19 16 pages in two sections
Dallam County and Hartley County, Texas
Friday, March 8, 2013
Toot’n Totum purchases
Express Lane stores
Discover
Dalhart Area
Home of
Joni Foote
M
arch 7, 2013 – Toot’n Totum announced today that they
have entered into an agreement with Frontier Fuel Co. to
purchase their portfolio of ten Express Lane stores, along
with two parcels of undeveloped land previously targeted for future
convenience store locations.
The stores, located throughout the panhandle, consist of four operating properties in Dalhart, Texas; one store in Stratford, Texas;three
stores in Dumas, Texas;one store in Borger, Texas; and one store in
Pampa, Texas. The make-up of these locations varies from major
dieseltruck operations to large food service stores and traditional
convenience stores.
See PURCHASES on page B4
WORD
OF THE DAY
axial
Definition, Page B2
Texan photo by Susan Clay
Reminder:
Daylight Saving Time
(United States) 2013
begins at 2:00 a.m. on
Sunday, March 10.
SPORTS PAGE ...
WOLVES & LADY
WOLVES WIN
BOBCAT RELAY
Top left: Express Lane on
7th street. Bottom left: Valero
Juan Burrito’s Express Lane.
North.
Texline Tornadoes headed to state
See story, page A8
By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD
T
LIFESTYLES ...
THE FASCINATION
OF BEE CHARMERS
The Texline Tornadoes blew through Dalhart at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday morning on their way to
state in Austin where they’ll play Roxton. Roxton was the number one ranked team in the state
in the final TABC basketball poll.
See story, page B1
INDEX
he Dalhart Police
Department began
investigating a shooting that occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. on
Monday, March 04. A call
was received at the Dallam-Hartley Counties 911
Dispatch Center stating
that a man had been shot on
Texas Street.
Officers from Department
Courtesy Photo
See SHOOTING Damian Garcia, the alleged
on page B4 gunman.
Groundbreaking for new apartments
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Shooting suspect
in custody
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Dalhart Texan
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A
groundbreaking ceremony was held on
Wednesday, March
6 at 1:00 p.m. at East 9th
Street and Maynard Street.
Rita Blanca Apartments,
a 28 unit affordable rental
housing development targeting low income agricultural workers, will be under
construction this month.
“Some of Dalhart’s most
successful projects held
their groundbreakings on
the windiest days of the
year—if this is an omen, today’s weather should bring
you great success,” stated
Dalhart Mayor Kevin Caddell.
The Rita Blanca Apartments project is being
See GROUNDBREAKING
on page B4
Texan photo by Tammi Kate Ledford
A groundbreaking for the new Rita Blanca Apartment project was held Wednesday with Dalhart Mayor Kevin Caddell, County
Judge David Field, City Councilman Joe Garcia, Dalhart Fire and Rescue Chief Curtis Brown, City Manager James Stroud,
local real estate selling agent Dee Dee Bell, GESC representative Diana Lopez and many citizens of Dalhart and support staff
from GESC, USDA and TSAHC.
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Saturday March 2, 2013 in
Amarillo, Texas.
Services were held at
10:30 a.m. Thursday, March
7, 2013 at St. Paul’s United
Methodist Church of Boise
City, Oklahoma with Pastor
Cindy Robertson officiating. Burial was in Boise
City Cemetery by Cimarron Mortuary.
Carl Thrall was born
December 20, 1934 in his
grandmother’s home in
Northern Texas County,
Oklahoma to Beauford
Carl Otto Thrall, 78, of Eugene and Ruth Lucile
Felt, OK passed away due Burkhardt Thrall. He marto an unexpected illness on ried E-Vona Lee “Vonnie”
Daffern on April 4, 1957 in
Clayton, New Mexico. EVona passed in September
2, 2005 and he later married Karen Kay Cochrane
on May 25, 2007 in Hugoton, Kansas.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, his first wife,
E-Vona, and his two brothers, Harold and Ralph.
He is survived by his
wife, Kay, of the home; two
sons, Terry Thrall and wife,
Pam, of Boise City, OK and
Tom Thrall and wife, Katy,
of Uvalde, TX; two daughters, Deb and husband Ter-
The new Texas oil boom
Plain
English
Column
By Mary
Jane
McKinney
T
he Texas oil boom is an
economic powerhouse
for the state. The Cline
Shale development west
of San Angelo is expected
to thrive for 10 years or
more. It seems like every young man, including
my personal banker and
the manager of the maintenance department at my
Honda dealership – has left
a comfortable white collar
job to answer the siren call
of adventure and big bucks
in the oil field. The downside to the
boom doesn’t seem that bad
at this point. RV parks with
extensive septic systems
are going up in every small
town in the vast expanse that
is West Texas. Every motel
has been rented by oilfield
companies. The highways
are showing wear and tear
from the heavy traffic of
heavy trucks. Enrollment at
area colleges and universities has slipped as more and
more young men choose to
postpone college to make
money in the boom. The
sudden rush of traffic, infrastructure, noise, and activity has intruded on the quiet
landscape and lifestyle of
remote West Texas, but residents are taking the boom
in stride. Old-timers tell
tales of booms gone bust.
They’ve seen it all before.
But this time promises to be
different. Another boom is
on the way.
Waiting in the wings to
enrich Texas and its citizenry is the spaceflight industry. This week the Texas
Senate will start hearings
on Senate Bill 267 which
formulates legislation to
regulate spaceflight in Texas. Here’s a rundown on
the coming space boom . . .
- SpaceX, started by
PayPal co-founder Elon
Musk, is buying land near
Brownsville, their first
choice for a launch facility. The company’s current
Texas offices are in a defunct Beal Aerospace facility for testing rockets in the
small town of McGregor
near Waco. SpaceX is the
only private company so far
to have a successful space
voyage. A SpaceX rocket
recently delivered supplies
to the International Space
Station. A launch pad in
Brownsville would provide
splash-down opportunities
in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Blue Origin, started by Amazon founder Jeff
Bezos, is testing rockets
for private space travel at
a facility near Van Horn.
In October 2012 Blue Origin successfully launched
and executed a crew capsule escape system. This
year they will test a new
cryogenic engine fueled by
liquid hydrogen and liquid
oxygen. Blue Origin’s goal
is to develop rockets that
take off and land vertically
– like they do in science fiction movies.
- XCOR Corp. is relocating from California to
Midland and plans to launch
suborbital flights next year.
XCOR’s Lynx, a space vehicle that looks like a small
private plane, carries one
ry Pierce, of Albuquerque,
NM and Lisa and husband
Buddie Henley, of Gallup,
NM; two stepsons, Bruce
Cochrane of Hugoton, KS
and Bret Cochrane, of Durango, CO; eight grandchildren and five great-granddaughters as well as numerous family, friends and
neighbors.
The family suggests that
memorials be given to the
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church or the Delane
Schwindt Memorial Cancer
Fund in care of the mortuary.
pilot and one passenger in
a sub-orbital flight 62 miles
above the earth. XCOR
has also developed a new
aluminum alloy and a noncombustible composite material to use on spacecraft.
Texas has land and offers
companies generous tax incentives to set up operations
in its small towns and wide
open spaces. Ultimately,
rocket flight is projected
to replace commercial airline travel. We will be able
to fly to Europe – from
Van Horn or Midland or
Brownsville – in an hour or
less. That’s the dream that
is quickly becoming reality.
It is possible that Texas will
soon become the center of
the new mode of travel just
as Detroit became the automobile capital of the world.
When the oil fields play out,
there won’t be an economic bust this time. Instead,
there will be a transition to
the spaceflight boom. The
young men in the oil fields
today will be wise to earn
engineering degrees.
Blue Origin’s motto sets
the tone for the future of
the spaceflight industry in
Texas: Gradatim Ferociter
(Latin for “Step-by-step,
ferociously”).
WORD OF THE DAY
axial
\AK-see-uhl\
Definition: adjective: 1. Situated in or on the line about which a rotating body
turns.
2. Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
Examples: “This planet has no axial tilt,” he said as they passed under the portcullis. “And its orbit is circular. So no seasons.”
-- Catherine Asaro, Skyfall
“Axial rotation” is not simply “rotation upon an axis” as nonchalantly defined in
dictionaries, but is circular motion in the true physical sense. . .
-- Nikola Tesla, Very Truly Yours
Axial originates from the Latin axis meaning ‘pivot.’ The Middle English suffix -al,
turns what was once a noun into an adjective by applying the meaning ‘of’ or ‘pertaining to’ an ‘axis.’
Dictionary.com
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3/2/2, 1486 SQ FT home at
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$150.00, Frostless Refrigerator
$225.00. Guarantee free
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3 BEDROOM 1 BATH
home on 8 lots in Hartley,
$77,000. Call Kurt (806) 8849574 or Becki (806) 930-2847,
please leave a message.
HUTCHINSON CO., TX.
2 sections, w/both cultivated
& native grass, currently being
farmed dryland w/irrigation
1994 FLEETWOOD
potential in the immediate area
double
wide. 910 Quail (Sunset
(1/2 mile sprinklers currently
Village
Park). $15,000. (806)
installed adjacent to the property
244-8030
both east & west sides w/other
sprinkler irrigation in the
immediate area).
IN HARTLEY
1200 SOW FARROW TO
For sale or rent 1 ½ lots,
FINISH OPERATION
Small R.V., 2 bedroom/2 bath
– Moore Co., TX. with
rebuildable trailer.
computerized feed mill, owner
(806) 930-7629
managed lease with major hog
co. presently in force until May
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1102 OAK
on pvmt. near Dumas, Texas,
4/2.5 w/car port & shed $75,000
East unit on pvmt. w/two homes
1680 sq ft Pritchett Properties
leased to others at this time for
(806)244-8400
additional income. Two separate
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contact broker for info package
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and price.
approx 650 sq ft, 2/1, 1 car
SHERMAN Co. – 627 ac.,
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Pritchett Properties
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(806)244-8400
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OCHILTREE CO. – 920
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ac. +/- choice land, 6 ¼ mile
paint, big back yard, approx 630
sprinklers, 3 “strong” irr. wells, sq ft $55,000 Pritchett Properties
all tied together w/UG pipe.
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NORTH HANSFORD CO.
– 640 ac. +/- with 3 sprinklers
(1 near new) & 2 irr. wells, on
pvmt. near Gruver, Texas. Test
well drilled and showed very
good potential!
2010 MOBILE HOME
HANSFORD CO., TX. – 320
3/2, needs to be moved & sold
ac. +/- of choice farmland
Immediately. Call or text for
currently being farmed dryland
more information,
w/irrigation potential in the
(806) 626-2657
immediate area.
COCHRAN CO., TX. – 864 ac.
+/- w/ 552 ac. +/- of cropland
HOUSE FOR SALE
presently in improved grasses, TRAILER
2 years old with 3br/2ba on
balance native grass. At
Stacy lane in Dalhart.
$450.00/per acre this property
Call (620) 482-0405
needs looking at (large deer in
the area)!
HARTLEY CO., TX. - 640
ac. +/-, one circle and balance
in CRP.
NEW MEXICO - CAPITAN
1996 TIMPTE
FOOTHILLS RANCH – for
hopper bottom grain trailer.
600 + cows on 40 sections of
New brakes and tarp.
choice ranch land w/excellent
$16,500
homes, barns, pens, livestock
254-722-5995
water & fences. A working ranch
254-709-0053
with improvements in top-notch
condition on an all-weather road
nestled in the foothills of the
Capitan Mountains w/rolling
hills, canyons & large valleys.
UNION CO., NM – Amistad
MOVING SALE
area, 960 ac. w/612 ac. formerly
1102 Oak ave.
under pivot irr., presently
Friday March 8,
enrolled in new CRP contract @
from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
$45.60 per acre, per year, for 10
yrs., irr. wells & pivot points all
connected w/UG pipe. PRICE
1423 YUCCA DRIVE
REDUCED!
March 9, 7:00 a.m. until
www.scottlandcompany.com
1:00 p.m. Moving & combining
www.texascrp.com
households. Appliances,
Shawn Gillispie 806/922-5532
pictures, furniture, household
Ben G. Scott – Broker
items. No early sales!
Krystal Nelson – NM
Qualifying Broker
800/933-9698
MULTI-FAMILY
GARAGE SALE
1920 Harbour Drive
801 MARGARET
Friday, March 8, from 3:00 p.m.
3bd 1 bath house with private
to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March
attached efficiency- $95,000.
9, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Pritchett Properties
Cash only –please.
Rain date: Wed: March 13,
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
1710 OAK
3/2/2 plus utility room with
floor to ceiling cabinets,
212 MOCKINGBIRD LANE
Walk-in closets throughout
Saturday February 23
house with tons of storage.
8:00 a.m.-? Lift chair,
Sprinkler system, storage shed.
home décor, clothes, misc…
A must see! $149,500.00
Call for Appointment
(512) 970-2687.
MOBILE HOMES
FOR SALE
FOR SALE OR
LEASE
GARAGE SALES
BRICK HOME
2/2/1, Extra Large 3 bay
Carport. 1 small storage building
and a 12’x24’ metal storage
building. Recently renovated,
new roof, wood floors & other
extras. Call (806) 268-0424 for
an appointment.
Dalhart Texan
COSMETICS
MARY KAY
Jean Smallwood
244-4429
2004 HITCHHIKER
34’ 5TH WHEEL
Excellent condition, 3 slides,
sleeps 6, satellite, generator &
5th wheel hitch. $22,000.
Call (806) 249-5881
and leave a message.
25CU. FT COMMERCIAL
FREEZER:
$300.00 OBO
Call (806) 244-2336
BROWN SUED COUCH
2 recliners and 2 rocker
recliners, $500.00 OBO
Call (806) 244-2336
5 PIECE SECTIONAL
off white, made with feather
down-$500.00 for set, OBO,
Call (806) 244-2336
2 PIECE SLATE
Pool Table w/ accessories,
$800.00, OBO
Call (806) 244-2336
FALCON FISHING BOAT
King Striper, $5,000.00, OBO
Call (806) 244-2336
WHITE BIRCH
VINYL SIDING
21 sheets, 12ft long = 188 sq ft,
still in the box.
Call (806) 333-8484.
ELECTRIC RANGE,
Dryer, refrigerator, stack washer
dryer combo, fifth wheel
camper needs remodeling, very
reasonable. Call (806) 249-0303
or (806) 220-9669.
FRESH RHODE ISLAND
eggs for sale, (806) 333-4983.
HECK OF DEAL! WORTH
$60,000
2010 Montana Mountaineer
th
5 Wheel, 324 RLQ, beautiful
decor, 4 slides, remote
controlled, lots of storage,
asking $45,000, Call to view
719-680-3773
ESTATE SALE
1333 PRAIRIE DR.
DALHART, TEXAS.
All must go. Lot’s of items
for entertaining including
Wedgewood china, Johnson
Bros. Friendly Village china,
Ruby red stem ware, Lalique
crystal, other crystal pieces,
hand painted china, silver,
kitchen items, dinning room
table 6 chairs, china cabinet,
sofa love seat, coffee and end
tables, tea cart, wonderful
writing desk with leather top,
queen and king bedroom sets,
cedar chest, office furniture,
books, safe, outdoor patio sets,
fishing equipment including
fly rods lot’s of tackle, cameras
including 1950’s boy scout
camera, lawn equipment,
washer, dryer, fridge, freezer.
Too much to list, All must go.
Sale March 7, 8 and 9.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SALE CONDUCTED BY
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HOUSE & SHOP CONTENT,
for the next 2 months.
For viewing and directions,
Call (806) 244-2336 or
(209) 535-3966.
CHILD CARE
DALHART AREA CHILD
CARE CENTER
Quality, Licensed Child Care
CCS vendor,
M-F, 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Birth thru 11 years, M.A.G.I.C.
after school program and
summer programs.
1000 Tascosa, 244-5369
REBUILT 68D TURBO
Caterpillar Irrigation engine.
Call (620) 482-4083
NEED TO SELL
8520 John Deer, 2170 hesston
baler call (806) 930-4293
CARPET & RUGS
Tile, Vinyl, Rems, Backsplash,
Deco Tile, Print Carpets,
Custom Area Rugs, Blinds,
Shutters. Professional
Installation, Design Consultation
K’s Interiors, 322 Denrock
(806) 244-2437
BLINDS & SHUTTERS
21 Years / Professional
Installations
Bring quotes we will beat it!
K’s Interiors 322 Denrock (806)
244-2437 Jeff Flores
2 MALE MALTESE PUPPIES
in Boise City. UKC Registered.
580-544-2223
FOR RENT
CHAPARRAL &
TANGLEWOOD SELF
STORAGE
Your 1-Stop Storage Center.
(10) Sizes from 5x10 thru
10x30.
- Security Lights
- Paved Alley
- Security Fence
- No Deposit
(Open 7 Days a Week)
Call Jay Peeples
333-5655
RV SPACES
Weekly, monthly rates.
Full hook-ups.
Corral RV Park, Hwy 54
East., 249-2798
ELMWOOD RENTALS
Storage Units
Various Sizes
806-244-6248
or 806-333-4749
WEST TEXAS RENTALS
Quality Residential Properties,
Professional Management,
806-244-3418 or
www.westtexasrentals.com
LOOK HERE!
SUPER SIZE STORAGE
RV’s, 5th Wheels, Etc.
804 Hwy. 54 East.
244-2775
NO RENT IN MARCH!!
Offer expires March 22, 2013.
OLD TOWNSITE
WATKINS PRODUCTS
Luxury apartments @ affordable
SELF STORAGE
806-244-3136
prices!!! PLUS FREE
Amazingly low rent- truck
Gas, heat, water & trash.
accessible - well lighted
Full size washer & dryer
- neighbor/Police Station
FIREWOOD FOR SALE
connections in every unit!
- Large Variety of prices
pine, cedar, oak, red cedar post
Ceiling fans in every room!
and sizes.
Extra storage, patio/balconies,
& stays (806)333-9663
fitness facility, Playground,
4x7 - 18x20, $15 - $60
picnic areas & Much, much
220 W. 3rd, 244-4443
or
SEASONED OAK FIREWOOD more! Call Today 244-0012
st
come by 2321 E. 1 ST.
$300 cord shrink wrapped on a
LARGE SHOP
pallet. (806) 753-7465
utilities, bathroom
1012 CONLEN
(806) 268-0602
2bd 1bath, $650. month.
2007 53’ X 102’
No pets, No smokers,
CARROLL’S INN
Refrigerated Van Trailer $30,000
(806) 341-8401
GREAT RATES:
(806) 333-6942
daily, weekly, monthly.
1002 SAGEBRUSH
806-249-6507 - 806-567-3881
3bd 2 bath, $850. month. New
COMPLETE REBUILD
paint and flooring. No pets,
800 HD Molines
TRI-STATE MOTEL
No smokers. (806) 341-8401
Lance’s AG Repair
Nice/clean kitchenettes, hi-speed
806-290-3942
internet, daily and weekly rate.
1102 OAK
Truck parking. Free HBO.
4bd 2.5 bath, $900. month. No
244-2187.
pets, No smokers.
IN GROUND
(806) 341-8401
Basketball hoop. Brand new in
MOBILE HOME LOTS
box. $250 (806) 268-2486
1-806-290-0993
AVAILABLE MARCH 1ST
3Bd, 11/4 bath, garage, fenced
yard, new appliances, floors,
DALHART APARTMENTS
1992 JOHN DEERE 7200
countertops and fixtures. No
Two bedroom with heat & air.
16 R 30” planter with
Pets. (806) 244-3418.
Rent based on income. Washer/
liquid fertilizer residue
dryer hookups.
manager, seed firmers
Call 806-244-7281.
AVAILABLE APRIL 1ST
2 Pt hitch & monitor nice
Office at 1929 Shawnee Trail.
3Bd, 1/14 bath, garage,
planter. Well maintained
TDD # 1-800-833-8973.
fenced
yard,
everything
newly
& ready to go.
This institution is an equal
remodeled,
No
Pets.
1-785-218-0891
opportunity provider
(806) 244-3418.
and employer
IN HARTLEY
TV HUTCH
QUAIL RUN APARTMENTS
For sale or rent 1 ½ lots,
TV 32” and Stereo System
One & two bedroom with heat
Small
R.V.,
2
bedroom/2
bath
$800 like new 244-6083
& a/c for elderly, handicap , &
rebuildable trailer.
disabled. Rent based on income.
(806) 930-7629
Office at 1929 Shawnee Trail.
CUSTOM ORDER
Call 806-244-7281.
BLINDS, SHADES
HONEYCOMB
TDD # 1-800-833-8973.
AND SHUTTERS
SELF-STORAGE
This institution is an equal
Clark Schafer 806-220-4047
1615 Tennessee
opportunity provider
(806) 268-0602 - Jean
and employer
Services
1-DAY SIGNS & BANNERS
Posters, windows, vehicle
lettering. Quality work,
reasonable prices.
(806)333-8711
HANDYMAN
Roofing, drywall, fencing,
and more 806-249-0849
EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER
looking to take care of
someone in their home.
Reliable and available.
Call Jenny (806) 717-8734.
J & D CONSTRUCTION
Painting, flooring and
remodeling. Call Owner, Justin
Banister at (806) 316-0284 or
(806)244-0674.
HOUSECLEANING
will clean your house for $10/hr.
Please call Lisa at
(806) 333-8641.
SCHAFER’S LAWN
MAINTENANCE
Tree trimming & removal,
fall cleanup, stump removal,
Estimates 806-290-5533
LOEPPKY CONSTRUCTION
New editions, remodel and
repair, bathrooms, kitchens,
windows, doors, roofing, siding,
decks, porches, sidewalks,
fences, interior/exterior painting.
Call John for free estimates at
(806) 420-3270.
ADVANCED
HOUSE LEVELING
and foundation repair. Free
estimates, slab/pier and beam.
Lifetime transferable warranty.
Senior discount. (806) 371-0011
WE CLEAN BOTH
HOUSES AND OFFICES
Call Araceli (806)244-0720 or
Anaya (806) 884-1923
FURNITURE REPAIR
and Refinishing Seat Caning
806-244-8083
FOOD BANK MINISTRY
Second Wednesday
2-5 p.m.
Church of the Nazarene
11th & Keeler
244-2777
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AA And Al Anon
In Spanish
AL Anon 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
AA 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Vierges Esquina NW
de la Iglesia Catolica
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Overcomers
Friday evenings 7:00 p.m.
Church of the Nazarene
11th and Keeler
a support group for those
needing to break any type of
addiction--drugs, food, anger,
alcohol, etc.
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Military Connections
Any active military &
family are welcome. For more
information, contact Kelly at
usmcmom@xit.net
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LESSONS!
Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums!
Graves Guitar Studio 1615
Tennessee (806) 244-1830
CHIMNEY SWEEP
(806) 220-4047
SUPPORT
Look up! Food Bank Ministry
Liberty Baptist Church
12020 US Hwy 87 S
1st Wednesday of every month
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
“I will lift up mine eyes unto
the hills from whence cometh
my help” (Psalm 121:1)
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AA and AL Anon
Meet Every Tuesday
8:00 p.m. Central United
Methodist Church
Narcotics Anonymous
Friday Evenings
7:00 p.m.
Central United Methodist
Church
517 Rock Island
244-0404
PREVENT HOME FIRES
Dryer Vent Cleaning
Dalhart Maintenance Service
806-244-0534 or 806-220-4047
DALHART MAINTENANCE
SERVICES
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Tile & Grout Cleaning
Emergency Water Extraction,
Air Duct cleaning
Residential & Commercial
Clark Schafer - Owner/Operator
IICRC Certified
806-244-0534 806-220-4047
Truckmounted Equipment by
MasterBlend
M/C, Visa, Discover accepted
WE DO UGLY
Mowing, Shredding
Weed control &
Commercial spraying
806-341-8725 or
806-884-9738
HAY, FEED
& SEED
HAYGRAZER & OAT
3x4x8 bales (806) 930-4293
AA Meets Every
Monday 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
St. James Episcopal Church
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Dalhart Pregnancy
Resource Center
105 E. Third
Tuesday 2:00-7:00
Thursday 9:00 -2:00
244-1783
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Dalhart Winners Circle
meets 8 to 9 on Monday nights
at the St. James Episcopal
Church, 801 Denver Ave.
Drug and Alcohol
in our Schools
Drug abuse and addiction
affects school aged children
in many ways. Some kids
live with an addicted family
member while others have
started using themselves.
If you suspect that someone
is struggling with addiction,
call Narconon Arrowhead
today! Narconon offers
free addiction counseling,
assessments and referrals
to rehabilitation centers
nationwide.
Call 800-468-6933 or log on to
www.stopaddiction.com
to speak to a qualified
counselor today
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Dalhart Texan
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Classifieds
EMPLOYMENT • HELP WANTED
LOCAL FAST-PACED
COMPANY
needs receptionist and
office help. Must be able to
answer multi line phones,
multi task, have computer
knowledge and
customer services skills.
Send resumes to:
Dalhart Texan
Drawer S
410 Denrock, Dalhart
REGION 16 EDUCATION
Service Center. Bilingual Early
Intervention Specialist, Early
Childhood Intervention (ECI).
Apply on-line at
www.esc16.net. EEOC
NOW HIRING DRIVERS
Class A or B CDL Drivers
Come by XIT Concrete Inc.
3212 US Hwy 54 East
EMPLOYMENT
Now hiring full and part time
custodial positions, Pay up to
$15.00 an hr. Drug screening
required. Call (806) 268-0484.
HANDYMAN NEEDED
40 hours per week. Various
duties including, carpentry,
repair, painting, yard work and
general pick up. Contact Wilder
Farms at 12601 Mackey Rd.,
Dalhart.(806) 384-2202
EXPERIENCED
FARM HELP
wanted, must know all aspects
of farming. Call (806) 220-8105
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
now has opening for
maintenance. Apply in person
at 801 Liberal St., Dalhart, TX.
No phone calls please.
EXPERIENCED SPRAYER
on John Deere and Case
Sprayers. Contact Wilder Farms
at (806) 394-2202 or 12601
Mackey Rd Dalhart.
THE CITY OF DALHART
has a job opening in the Water
Department. Requirements:
Must be at least 18 years old
with a good driving record. Must
have a High School diploma or
equivalent (GED), Must be able
to pass a physical and a drug
test. Applications are available
at City Hall,
(205 Rock Island)
DIESEL TECH SHOP MANAGER
New shop looking for the right
person! General Maintenance
to Major Repairs, Manage
Maintenance Schedule for All
Units, Manage Parts Inventory,
Computer Skills Required,
Bilingual Preference, Feed Lot
Operation with Some Field
Work. Send Resume to:
P.O. Box 201, Felt, Oklahoma
73937 or fax to 580-426-2320
attn. Dewayne,
Call (580) 516-1101 for more
information.
PRECISION
APPLICATOR LLC
is looking for a full time
applicator, Call (806) 922-7965
BEAVER EXPRESS
now taking applications for local
contractor. Call (806) 676-3055
for more information.
VANBEEK TRUCKING
Must have a clean class A CDL,
Tanker endorsement and able to
pass a drug screen test.
Home every evening.
Call (806) 341-8541.
Wanted
Looking for
a treadmill, in working
condition. Please call
(806) 884-9632.
GUNS
Individually or entire
collections.
806-333-2438
WE WILL BUY ESTATES
Large or small. Personal
property or real estate
244-6776
DRIVERS OIL FIELD
- CDL Truck Drivers
WINTER IS COMING!
Work in SUNNY South
TEXAS
Average $60K + per year
Expanding Business
NEW EQUIPMENT
Class A CDL &
1.5 yrs. exp. Req’d
Health / Dental / Life
Paid Vacation & 401K.
A leader in the well services
industry since 1948.
Nabors Well Services
Ph: (877) 947-5232
EEO/M/F/D/V
JOB OPENINGS FOR:
Welder/Fabricator, Electrical
Technician and Pipeline
Technician. All applicants must
have drivers license with clean
driving record. CDL a plus.
Must be willing to work outside
on and around farm equipment.
Pay based on experience. Good
benefits and all tools necessary
for the job are provided. Send
resume to: Fax (806) 244-7940
or P.O. Box 1504
Dalhart, Tx. 79022
CALLING ALL
MECHANICS
Larsen Farms is currently
looking for qualified Diesel and
Auto Mechanics. Competitive
pay plus over time. Please apply
at 12295 Co. Rd. 11, Dalhart.
XIT FORD CHRYSLER
looking for a full time
dependable oil change tech.
Must have a valid driver’s
license. Please apply in person
at 1002 Liberal in Dalhart.
Serious applicants only, ask for
Don Brock.
EMPLOYMENT:
Now hiring for plant positions.
Completive salary with 401K
plan, Insurance, Dental, Vision,
Paid holiday off & Paid time off.
CDL preferred, but not required.
Drug test required. Apply at
Pool Chemical. North Dalhart,
(806) 384-3122.
BEST WESTERN
Now hiring, apply in person at
102 Scott Ave. Dalhart.
THE GRILL
is now hiring.
Apply in person at 706 Cherry
HELP WANTED!
Looking for hardworking
individuals to work 5-6 weeks
installing moisture probes in
crops. Must be able to travel
around the Texas panhandle
and work up to 6 days a week.
Starts late April. Will negotiate
pay. Contact via email lmayo@
aquaspy.com and sscholz@
aquaspy.com
XIT FEEDERS
is looking for a dependable,
motivated person to perform
general maintenance and
grounds keeping duties which
also includes washing water
tanks. Individual must be a team
player with good communication
skills. We offer competitive pay
and affordable family health and
dental benefits. You will need
a valid driver’s license and a
pre-employment drug screen is
required. Please apply in person
8 miles west of Dalhart on
HWY 54. E.O.E. M/F
ELECTRICIANS
& CDL DRIVERS
Larsen Farms is currently
accepting applications for
skilled electricians and CDL
drivers. Come be part of our
growing team and work toward
a fulfilling career. Please apply
at 12295 Co. Rd. 11, Dalhart.
CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Compliant Power Systems, a
drug free work place, looking
for qualified engine technician
to work in the Dumas area, must
have experience and working
knowledge of engines. Must be
self-motivated, have a strong
work ethic and able to work
without supervision. Must have
basic computer skills. Compliant
Power Systems has a generous
salary plan with bonus schedule
and living expenses. For more
information contact our main
office @ (903) 905-4617 or fax
resume to (903) 905-4802
AUTOS
1993 FORD PICKUP
extended cab $1500.
Call (806) 244-8030
2007 GMC CREW
Short bed, 4wd, 88k miles,
silver w/gray cloth, B&W, ranch
hand grill $21,800. Call (806)
244-8511.
2004 MACK TRUCK
$20,000 Good work truck. Call
Danny at (580) 517-1119.
2010 Dodge 2500 Crew
Laramie, Diesel, B&W, Long
bed, 73k miles, tan and silver
leather, $33,500. Call
(210) 379-500
1996 Lincoln Town Car
Very clean, power everything
89k miles, 806-268-0179
85 CHEVY 4.3 V6 MOTOR
overhauled with 3000 break in
miles (806) 244-4796
1994 OLDSMOBILE
BRAVADA
Low mileage, Call (806) 2442897 or (806) 884-6751
CIMARRON FEEDERS
is accepting applications for the
following positions: Assistant
Mill Department Manager,
Management Trainee Mill
Department, Mill Maintenance,
17 miles S Keyes, OK on HWY
171, 15 miles N of Stratford, TX
on HWY 287, then right 5 miles
on HWY 171. Apply in person:
M-F 8:00a.m.-3:00p.m. or call
(580) 543-6383.
Great benefits for full-time
positions that include: Medical,
Dental & Vision insurance as
well as 401K and paid time off.
Pre-employment drug screen
required. EOE M/F
JBS Five Rivers Cattle
Feeding is an equal
opportunity Employer
FULLTIME RECEPTIONIST/
OFFICE ASSISTANT
computer knowledge a plus,
excel spreadsheets, light
bookkeeping, filing, detail
oriented, able to multi-task.
Please apply in person
@ Hunter and Associates
921 W. Hwy 54, Dalhart.
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Union County General Hospital
has 2-Full Time positions, a
Home Health Director and a
Staff RN. Excellent benefit
package including health,
dental, vision, LTD and life
insurance. Annuity retirement
fund with a 3.5% match. For
more information contact:
Jill Swagerty at (575) 3747006, jill.swagerty@ucghc.
com or complete online at
UnionCountyGeneral.com UCG
is a drug free workplace and an
EOE.
TWO MECHANICS
needed, heavy truck and auto.
Pay based on experience.
(806) 333-0690, (806) 384-4490
CARGILL CATTLE
FEEDERS
Job Opportunities in Dalhart
Cargill’s cattle feeding facility
located in Dalhart is seeking a
RNS LPNS PRN
qualified individual to join
OPPORTUNITIES
our growing team. If you want
Corizon, provider of health
to be a highly engaged team
services for New Mexico
player in a safe and wellDepartment of Corrections,
maintained facility, then
has PRN opportunities at the
consider this job!
Northeastern New Mexico
Equipment Operator
Correctional facility in Clayton,
Pen Rider
NM. Corizon offers excellent
JBS FIVE RIVERS
Vet/Processing Crew
rates and shift differentials.
XIT Feeders now taking
Cargill offers a comprehensive
Learn new skills in the growing
applications for Pen Rider,
benefits package, including
specialty field of correctional
will provide care for up to 3
health and dental insurance,
SUMMER INTERNSHIP!
health care! Please call: Sherry
horses. Must be dependable,
life insurance, 401K, long-term
Looking for independent selfPhillips, RN Admin. (575) 374motivated
person
willing
to
disability, pension plan, tuition
starters to travel across the Texas 4005 ext. 1600 or quick apply @
learn. Must be a team player
reimbursement, 7 paid holidays,
panhandle to install/service/
www.corizonhealth.com EOE/
with good communication
and paid vacation. Successful
extract field equipment in crops.
AAP/DTR
skills, able to be on time and
applicants will be required to
Familiar with Microsoft Office,
work
hard,
experience
a
plus,
pass
a company paid medical
Google Earth/Docs, and GPS.
but not required. If you are
exam including a drug/alcohol
Starts early May to August.
DALLAM HARTLEY CO
the right person we will train
screen, reference checks and a
Will negotiate pay. Contact via
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
you. We offer competitive pay
criminal background check.
email lmayo@aquaspy.com and
has an opening for: Jailer
and insurance. Please apply in
Interested applicants can pick up
sscholz@aquaspy.com
pick up application at
person at XIT Feeders 2690 US
an application at the cattle
Dispatch Center
HWY 54 Dalhart TX 79022 M/F
feeding facility located at
th
201 East 5 St
EOE
2795 US Hwy 54 southwest of
THE CITY OF TEXLINE
Dalhart Texas
Dalhart. If you would like an
is currently seeking a City
application mailed to you please
Manager. JOB SUMMARY:
NURSES UNLIMITED, INC.
call 806-384-8200 and ask for
This position performs a variety
HELP WANTED
is seeking enthusiastic attendants
Paula Gilbert.
of professional, administrative,
Housekeeping and front desk
in Dalhart & Stratford areas to
Equal Opportunity Employer
and managerial duties related
clerk. Apply at front desk
to planning, directing and
assist clients in the home with
806) 249-8585
controlling the processes
personal care, meal prep, &
necessary to carry out the
light housekeeping. P-T EOE
TOP PAY FOR
effective operations of the City.
call: 1(888)859-0631
EXPERIENCED COOK.
SCHAFFER TRUCKING
The city manager is the chief
No phone calls please.
is needing an experienced loader
administrative and chief
Apply in person @Bar-H
operator. Call (806) 333-0690.
operating officer of the City of
LOCAL NON-PROFIT
Steak House 1010Hwy 54E.
Texline. The primary purpose of
SEEKING
this position is to oversee and
Part Time Couple to
LOCAL NON-PROFIT
manage all City departments.
lead
Children’s Ministry.
FRONT DESK HELP
seeking part-time childcare send
This position is responsible
Send resume. PO Box 505
Needed. Apply in
resume
PO
BOX
505
Dalhart
for the day to day operations
Dalhart, TX Attn:
Person at
TX
attn:
Search
Committee
of the City and exercises
Search Committee
Super 8 Motel
responsibility through City
staff members. This position
EXPERIENCED
reports periodically to the
EXPERIENCED MECHANIC
EXPERIENCED HELP
IRRIGATION
Council on the affairs of the
For Natural Gas Engines Pay
needed. Housekeeping
engine mechanic needed.
City, and the actions taken both
based on Experience
and Desk Clerk.
Benefits & Health Ins. available.
for their information and, if
Apply
in
Person
@
Cecil’s
Apply
at Econolodge
Contact
Carson
Engine
at
appropriate, for their action.
Diesel.
806-244-6464
(806) 384-2186.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS,
FACTORS AND DEMANDS
– SUCCESS FACTORS. The
EXPERIENCED HEAVY
ideal candidate will be required
to have obtained a high school
TRUCK MECHANIC needed.
diploma, GED, or equivalent, or
Must have own tools,
preferably, a Bachelors degree in
Up to $18.00 per hour.
Public Administration, Business
Call (806) 384-4490 or
Administration, or other
(806) 333-0690.
related field(s). A Minimum
of two (2) years of experience
in progressive responsible
HEISER TIRE SERVICE
professional level public sector
Hiring full time tire technician.
positions is preferred. HOW
Must be 18 yrs. or older with
TO APPLY: All applicants
valid driver’s license to perform
are required to submit a 5 year
service calls as well as after
salary history with applications
hour calls. Competitive salary,
and/or resumes. Please submit
benefits available. Apply within
all applications, resumes, and
920 N Hwy 87 (806) 244-3528
cover letters by mail, email, or
fax to the City of Texline City
Hall, or to:
NOW HIRING FULL TIME
Retail
D. Scott CaldwellCaldwell
dependable employees. Bonus
Business Group, LLC
program, paid holidays. Apply in
You Could
PO Box 19448
person at Subway 216 Liberal,
B
Amarillo, TX 79114-9448
Dalhart
Great Suc e Our Next
F: 806.553.1552
cess Story
scaldwell@caldwellbg.com
!
DALLAM HARTLEY CO.
SHERRIFS OFFICE
FARROWING MANAGER
has
an
opening for: Dispatcher
needed for a 3600 head Sow
pick
up
application at Dispatch
Confinement Unit with a new
Center 201 East 5th St.
full filtration system in Western
Dalhart, Texas
Kansas. Responsibilities
include managing a crew of
approximately 5 individuals
THE CITY OF DALHART
in the farrowing division.
Dollar General, the nation’s largest small-format retail discounter,
has an opening for a mechanic in
Farrowing experience and
the
City
Garage
and
2
openings
with more than 10,000 locations in 40 states, is now hiring in
the ability to effectively
in the sanitation department.
communicate with a unit
Dalhart, TX for the following roles:
Must be at least 18 years old and
manager is a necessity. Very
have a good driving record. CDL
competitive salary, benefits
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package and production bonuses is preferred and required after 90
days. Must have a High School
depending on experience.
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diploma or equivalent (GED).
Moving allowance is available.
Must be able to pass a physical
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Send resume to: Poky Feeders
and drug test. Benefits available
600 E Road 30, Scott City, Ks
Candidates interested in a Management position, apply online
67871 or Call (620) 872-5834 or after 90 days. Applications can
be picked up at City Hall, 205
(620) 271-2828.
and/or send resumes to !3%'!.Į +((.#!*!.(ċ+)ċ All other
Rock Island.
PIVOTRAC IS LOOKING
for someone to fill a
full time position.
If you know the farmers
in our area and know
how a relay works,
this might be the place
for you. The right
pay for the right person.
Call Karlyle at 333-2299
positions may apply online at 333ċ +((.#!*!.(ċ+)ĥ.!!./
EXPERIENCED LOADER
operator needed.
Call (806) 333-0690
LOCAL CDL DRIVERS
WANTED
one full time, one part time
(806) 333-0690
EOE M/F/D/V
Serving others is our mission.
Make it yours.
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Dalhart Texan
Comics
Alley Oop by Jack and Carole Bender
Arlo & Janis by Jimmy Johnson
Buy it
Sell it
Trade it
in the
classifieds.
Call 244-4511
The Born Loser by Chip Sansom
Kit ‘N’ Carlyle by Larry Wright
Herman by Jim Unger
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Dalhart Texan
Sports
Wolves and Lady Wolves win Bobcat Relays
Courtesy Photo
Kortney White during the 800 relay.
Courtesy Photo
Skylar Carranza runs the 800 relay.
Courtesy Photo
Courtesy Photo
Pieree Valencia runs the open 400.
Bobbie Ritter was ready to fly during the sprint
relay.
By RODNEY WHITE
T
he Wolves won first place in the Bobcat Relays in Sunray with 197 points.
In second place was Perryton with 115,
3rd Stratford with 99.4 and Canadian in 4th
place with 60 points. The Lady Wolves
also won the girls’ side with 110 points
followed by Stratford with 100, then Sunray with 91 and Perryton with 60.
Results for the girls: 400 relay 1. Dalhart 53.63 110 Hurdles: 2. Ivey Lobley
17.11 100 2. Bailie Gomez 14.15, 6 Bobbie Ritter 14.93. 800: 4. Kayla Banks
2:40.25. 400: Kayla Banks 1:10.34 800
relay: 1st Dalhart 1:54.50 300 Hurdles:
1. Ivey Lobley 51.16 5. Robyn elan-Puttick 53.31 6. Kazelyn Whitehurst 54.45
200 2. Maddie Sherrill 27.40, 3. Sibbie
Hank Scofield stretches while Bobbie Ritter holds blocks for Justice Thelander.
Courtesy Photo
Priestly 28.26 1600 Sara Smith 5:43.14, 5. Jump: Maddie Sherrill 4-08 Pole Vault:
Robyn Banks 6:23.54 3200 1. Sara Smith 1. Sydney King 10-09, 2. Skylar Carranza
12:47.21 6. Robyn Banks 13:39.44 High 9-00 4. Alexis Stull 9-00 Long Jump:
Sibbie Priestly 14-04, 6. Kayla Banks 1208.75 Triple Jump: 1. Maddie Sherrill
32-02 2. Ivey Lobley 32-00 Discus: Am-
ber Young 100-04 1600 Relay: 1 Dalhart
4:28.03
Results for the Boys: 400 Relay: 4th
Dalhart 46.55 110 Hurdles: 2. Tone Gonzales 15.54 3. Conner Smith 18.36, 4. Ben
Allen 18.83 100: 5. Dominic Baca 11.95
800: Pierre Valencia 2:04.73 400: 1. Hank
Scofield 52.34, 2. Pierre Valencia 53.84 800 Relay: 1. Dalhart 1:36.31 300 Hurdles: 2. Conner Smith 43.91, 5. Ben Allen
46.17 200: 2. Guillermo Davila 24.10, 4.
Val Diaz 24.69 1600: 4. Reese Montgomery 5:01.77 3200: 3. Reese Montgomery
10:58.48 High Jump: Hayden Smith 5-10
Pole Vault: 2. Conner Smith 11-00 Long
Jump: 2. Guillermo Davila 18-09.25, 4.
Val diaz 18-03. Triple Jump: 2. Tone
Gonzales 39-04 3. Mark Schwab38-07.5,
6. Guillermo Davila 36-05.5 Discus: 2.
Dallam Read 120-08; 3. Hank Scofield,
120-06 1600 Relay: 1. Dalhart 3:37.37.
COME WORK WITH US...
Opportunities available:
Entry Level Production
Maintenance
Forklift Operator
Security Guard
Join Our Family...Apply On-line TODAY!
www.hilmarcheese.com
Courtesy Photo
Bobbie Ritter holds the blocks for Justice Thelander before he takes off.
More than a Cheese Company...
12400 US Hwy 385 PO Box 1300 Dalhart, TX 79022 (806) 244-8800
www.hilmarcheese.com
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Courtesy Photo
Bobbie Ritter bringing home the gold on the sprint relay.
Lifestyles
Section B, 8 pages
Dallam County and Hartley County, Texas
The fascination of bee charmers
Melius shows bees to Peyton Longwill and answers her
question.
By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD “We had a queen failure in
L
ocal beekeeper Annette Melius charmed
the area preschool
children at story time on
Wednesday, March 6. Melius read two books to the
eager three and four year
olds about bees, honey and
everything that goes into the
Annette Melius read Honey Bees by Sharon Kahkonen and art of beekeeping. Her first
What’s for lunch? Honey, written by Pam Robson.
selection was Honey Bees
by Sharon Kahkonen. The
beautifully illustrated book
depicted how bees make
their hives and how honey
is produced. Melius’s second selection was What’s
for lunch? Honey, written
by Pam Robson. Melius
fielded questions from the
children and explained in
detail how to indentify the
queen bee, the drone or
the male bee and what the
worker bees do all day.
Melius and her husband,
Texan photo by Tammi Kate Ledford Allyn, are beginning their
second year with their hives,
Melius shows preschool student two bees from her hive.
August,” stated Melius.
The beekeeper had to order
another queen to place in
the hive. Bees are ordered
in a three pound package,
explained Melius, “there
are about 10 or 11 thousands bees in each order.”
The bees produced about a
gallon and a half of honey
last year, but Melius stated
many beekeepers will collect as much as 100 pounds
per hive. The Melius will
have three hives this year,
adding two new hives and
approximately 20 thousand
bees.
“Sarah and Don Skiles,
local beekeepers, have mentored the Melius, “Without
them we probably wouldn’t
be where we are now,”
credited Melius. Don Skiles
worked for a beekeeper
while in high school and is
a wealth of knowledge in
the bee department.
Numbers are way up as
thousands of novices take
up the hobby of beekeeping,
also known as bee charmers. And one might ask who
these new beekeepers are?
Increasingly, they’re women. There are an estimated
100,000 backyard beekeepers across the United States.
Exact numbers are hard to
pin down, but questions
are pouring into the United
States Department of Agriculture, and books about
raising bees are flying off
the shelves.
Honey does have antimicrobial properties; some
hospitals are using medicinal grade honey as a topical
ointment for burn patients.
The healing properties of
liquid gold are what’s making so many bee crazed for
bees. Many people have
a renewed interest in the
age old health claims about
honey. The Roman historian Pliny the Elder declared honey to be the finest, most health promoting
liquid known to man. These
claims are still circulating
today, with many folks us-
Annette Melius explains how the bees cap the cells filled with
honey.
Preschool student dresses in beekeeper protection.
ing honey to try to stave
off allergies, comfort sore
throats and in their tea to
relax in the evening. Even
though some dispute the
claims, there is one thing
that can not be disputed;
there is nothing any better
on toast than pure, fresh
honey.
The organic and grow
your own food movements
fuel enthusiasm, too. There
seems to be a real revival of
interest in rural things and
hobby gardening.
Farmers need bees for
cross pollination of specific
crops. If the sole purpose of
a bee was to make honey,
perhaps the decline of bees
wouldn’t be so troubling.
But these tiny workers are
hugely important to our
food supply. They pollinate
billions of dollars worth of
fruits and vegetables every
year. Think about the things
you’ve eaten today, perhaps
some berries or an apple.
None of these would have
been produced if not for
the power of the bee. Farmers pay to have beekeepers
bring the bees in for the
sole purpose of pollinating
their crops.
The
Dallam-Hartley
Counties Library hosts a
story time twice a month on
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
for all area preschool children. The next story time
will be held on March 20,
2013. For additional information contact the library
staff at 244-2761
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Dalhart Texan
Faith & Religion
Grains of Sand
Grandpa’s
Heart
By Michael
Lee Joshua
A
s I looked to the horizon over the water at
Daytona Beach last week, I
was in awe of the vastness
of this space we share with
others here. It was surreal.
Almost a dream – yet it was
a realization of how small
we are relative to the universe. I watched the waves
roll into the sandy beach
and the seagulls fly overhead. It was quiet this day.
The temperature was only
in the low 70s because it
was February, after all. The
beach was not crowded,
although there were some
young boys nearby building a sand castle with their
dad and a few swimmers
braving the cool water. The
air smelled like the ocean,
a mixture of sea life, moisture and warmth.
Reflection. Not only are
we specks in the cosmos,
we are actually minute beings on this speck called
Earth. We are like the grains
of sand on the beach.
In the grand scheme of
things, we are comparable
to the ants we watch building ant hills. Scurrying
about, squeaking out our
existence moment by moment, hour by hour, day by
day... But we like to calculate our worth in a much
more favorable fashion
than is reasonable. We live
within a fantasy of our own
making – thinking we are
important – even irreplaceable. Legends in our own
minds.
We. Are. Nothing.
That is, without God, we
are nothing.
God changed that when
He breathed life into us and
then decided to send His
Son to reconcile our lives to
Him. We are of value. We
must be, since Jesus came
to save us. From sin to perfection; from nothing to existence; from unworthy to
worthy – all because of the
blood of our Savior.
Looking at nature helps
us to put our own lives into
perspective. Visiting Daytona Beach reminded me of
how big God really is – how
small we really are – but it
is still a limited vision because I can’t really fathom
His glory. All around us the
evidence of God screams
at us to take notice: the
oceans, the mountains, the
deserts… To recognize his
power and pay reverence.
All of His creation of nature spoken into existence.
But when he made us, he
fashioned us from dirt.
Dirt – the same as that
dirt which coated the feet
of Jesus when He walked
here.
Because He walked here,
we are something. Not
of our own doing, but of
God’s.
We. Are. No. Longer.
Nothing.
Evidently to God, we
are worth saving. The vastness of the universe aside,
we are something to Him.
We are an extension of His
love. Saved and reconciled
for eternity.
“I tell you,” he replied,
“if they keep quiet, the
stones will cry out.” Luke
19:40 (NIV)
That’s a real revelation.
Photo courtesy of Michael Lee Joshua
Daytona Beach, Florida.
Glancing or Gazing
Jotting Judi
By Rev. Judi Wiegman
I have a special, “right on” sister-in-law who lives in
the state of Oregon. She and I always have an e-mail,
soapbox dialog going, sharing the deep thoughts that
are on our minds. She makes no apologies for the political stand she is passionate about. I read, agree and
support her with “you go girl,” and “way-to-go-sista,”
comments, yet I shrink back from diving into the thick
of it all.
She supports my writings in The Dalhart Texan and
sometimes even saves them in a special folder for future
reference. So, when she commented on saving “Treasure Hunt,” from last week’s paper, I couldn’t help but
quote a couple of her thoughts. She wrote:
“Too many Christians are not distinguishable from the
non-Christian
down the street—except that the Christian may go to
church on
Sunday. But they listen to the same music; they go to
the same movies,
they drink the same drinks, etc…Obviously Holiness
does not mean what it meant to some of us growing
up… But in our lifestyle, there should be a difference.”
I often come back to the amazing verse that says, “Be
ye Holy, for I am Holy.” I wonder how that should affect our lives. I remember one time as a young adult
seeking my Mother’s advice on going to a certain movie. (I only saw the inside of a movie theater one time
as a child. It was when mother reluctantly let my older
brother take me to see “Lassie Come Home,” AND, he
took me home in the middle because I wouldn’t stop
crying!”) Anyway…her advice has forever been a measuring stick for those “I wonder if I should” moments.
She said, “Picture taking Jesus along with you and asking Him to participate in the activity.” OUCH! So often
we only glance at Jesus while gazing at the world with
its glitz and glamour.
Holiness is a conviction in the heart. It doesn’t mean
walking around with a “HOLY” stamp on our forehead
announcing to the world; look at me—I’m holy! Rather,
it is that still, quiet voice within that gives us direction
for our life and allows us to model His likeness. Though
there are certain things that are a “no brainer” in the life
of a Christian, sometimes God does not place the same
restrictions on each person.
Trouble comes when we go with the frivolous phrase,
“just do it.” Soon, we become glazed over with the
things of the world and glancing in the rear view mirror, we see Jesus becoming a distance figure in our past.
You can’t choose for me and I certainly can’t choose for
you what pattern God wants followed. We can however spend more time in His Word and more time asking
Him what He wants modeled in our lives.
So I take a chance, and take a stand! What are you
watching on TV in the disguise of entertainment? Have
you really taken a look at some of the junk your little
ones are being exposed to? I cringed the other day at
a home where Ratatouille was being watched by a very
small child! (Specifically the rat part at the beginning;
looked like a recipe for night terrors to me!) Have you
really looked in His face and ask how He feels about
where you go, what you watch, what comes out of your
mouth? I’m just asking?
Dalhart Church Directory
DALHART CHURCH OF
THE NAZARENE
Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Sunday School 9:45
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.
GRACE EVANGELICAL
LINCOLN ST. BAPTIST
FIRST UNITED
1019 Lincoln St. Sunday
LUTHERAN
METHODIST
Worship, 11:00 a.m.
1311 E. 16th St. Sunday
301 East Walnut, Texline.
-*Services, 11:00 a.m.
362-4233. Sunday Worship,
DALHART CHURCH
-*11 a.m.
OF CHRIST
NEW LIFE
-*dalhartnaz.org
1420 Denver Ave. 244-5561
402 Tanglewood. Sunday
PEOPLE’S CHURCH
-*Sunday Worship, 10:40
10:30 a.m.
Lake Road & Apache Dr.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF
-*-*244-4624.
GOD
TEMPLO RIOS DE AGUA
PRIMERA
IGLESIA
Sunday,
10:00 a.m.
Corner of Pine & Lincoln.
VIVA ASAMBLEAS DE
BAUTISTA
-*244-4196. Sunday 10:30
DIOS
(Spanish-English Church)
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
-*4th and Oatis
211 Hillcrest.
Scott Ave. at Texas Ave.
FIRST BAPTIST
Sunday School 2:00 - 3:00
-*244-2861.
Sunday, 11 a.m.
Channing, Texas.
Sunday Worship 3:00 p.m.
CHURCH
OF
CHRIST
-*-*Wednesday
TEXLINE
SEVENTH-DAY
FIRST BAPTIST
Service: 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Worship, 11:00 a.m.
ADVENTIST
16th & Osage. 244-5584.
Spanish & Bilguie
-*#2 Pheasant Run,
Sunday Worship, 10:45
(806)-930-0940
FIRST CHRISTIAN
Saturday Service
-*(806)-930-0083
LIBERTY BAPTIST
602 Denver. 244-7500.
-*Sabbath School 10:00 a.m.
Hwy. 87 South. Sunday
COUNTRYSIDE
Worship 11:15 a.m.
Service, 11 am.
MENNONITE
-*-*-*11497 FM 807 - Dalhart.
CHURCH OF JESUS
JEHOVAH’S CHRISTIAN
FIRST BAPTIST
Sunday Worship, 10:45 am
CHRIST OF LATTER
WITNESSES
Hartley. Sunday Worship,
-*DAY SAINTS
1115 E. 1st St. - 244-6631
11:00 a.m.
ST. MARY’S MISSION
Sacrament, Sunday
Sunday 10 a.m.
-*Texline. Mass,
10 - 11:10 a.m.
-*ANTIOCH BAPTIST
Saturday, 7:15 p.m.
-*HARTLEY CHRISTIAN
Rev. Casper C. Green
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL LAKEVIEW-*FELLOWSHIP
“Preaching and teaching
METHODIST Corner
801
Denver
Ave.
244-2396.
of 9th and Johnson.
the gospel.”
1401 Walnut. Sunday
Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
315 Texas St. 249-8020
Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday
5:30
p.m.
-*-*-*-*UNITED
NEW LIGHT BAPTIST
CENTRAL METHODIST
PENTECOSTAL
Rev. James Brady, Pastor ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA 6th & Rock Island. Sunday
CATHOLIC
801 Scott. Sunday 10 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship, 10:50 a.m.
-*Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m. 411 Texas Blvd. Saturday
-*Mass, 5 p.m. (English), Sun.
CHANNING UNITED
-*TEXLINE
9:30 am (English) & noon
METHODIST
FIRST BAPTIST
MENNONITE
CHURCH TEXLINE
(Spanish).
4 Miles South of Texline.
719 Denver. 235-2019.
Rev. Roger Ashley
-*Sunday Services, 9:30 a.m.
Dalhart Texan
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Local Happenings
Dalhart High School 2013 Prom FPC Computer Basics 101 Class
March 8,2013 is the deadline for all Juniors to have Frank Phillips College (FPC) Dalhart Center will offer
their class dues paid in full to be eligible to go to the 2013 a 6 week introductory computer class for local community members. This class is for the novice and beginner
Prom.
-12computer user and will meet once a week from 6:30 p.m.
******
- 8:00 p.m. The first class will be Monday, March 18 and
the last class will be April 22. The Computer 101 Class
CUMC Lenten Luncheons
will introduce participants to the basics of the computer;
Microsoft Word and Excel; internet use and search en Central United Methodist Church will be hosting a gines; digital photos; and cyber security. The instructor
Lenten Luncheon and Sermon Series each Wednesday will be Mr. Matt Talley and the class will be held at the
throughout the Lent season. Join us as Pastor Steve Patter- FPC Dalhart Center Computer Lab in the Dallam County
son explores “God Is...” Real, February 20; Everywhere, Courthouse Annex building. The fee for the six-week
February 27; Strong, March 6; Love, March 13; Patient, class is $55.00 per person. The class must have a miniMarch 20; and Willing, March 27. The luncheons will be mum of 6 participants registered for the class in order
held from 12:00p.m. to 1:00p.m. in the Central United for it to be held, and space is limited to 10 participants
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. All are invited to at- and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
Interested participants must sign up for the class with Dr.
tend!
-29Shannon Degenhart at the FPC Dalhart Center by 5:00
******
p.m., Wednesday, March 13. Dr. Degenhart may be
reached via phone (806) 244-7669; email sdegenhart@
Citizen of the Year
fpctx.edu or in person at the FPC Dalhart Center office
-15Nominations and Other Awards 320 Denver Ave. Dalhart, TX.
The Dalhart Chamber has a License to Thrill: 79022
with Night of Inspiration and Espionage. Mark your calendars for the Annual Chamber Banquet, Thursday April
4th at the Rita Blanca Coliseum. Social will begin at
5:30 pm, program and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Our featured
speaker this year is Kathryn Childers, former secret service agent, so we are planning to Thrill Dalhart with a
Night of Inspiration and Espionage James Bond Style!!!
The evening includes a table decorating contest for our
Corporate Sponsors, James Bond Character Look-A-Like
Contest, Gift Basket Raffle and our awards for Citizen of
the Year, Volunteer of the Year and Ag Family/Person of
the Year. Tickets go on Sale March 15th and are $25 each
or you can reserve a corporate or business table through
March 13th by contacting the Dalhart Chamber office at
(806) 244-5646.
Deadline for nominations is Monday March 11 at 5:00
pm.
Please Remember: Individuals cannot be honored if
they are not nominated.
The selection will not be made on the basis of the number of votes or nominations any one recipient receives.
The final selection will be made by a Chamber of Commerce Award Nominating Committee. Nomination forms
are attached or can be downloaded at www.dalhart.org
and should be returned to the Dalhart Area Chamber of
Commerce, PO Box 967 or delivered to 102 E. 7th St.
You may also fax your nomination to 244-4945 or email it
to chamber@dalhart.org. The 2012 recipients will be announced and honored at the Chamber banquet scheduled
for Thursday April 4, 2013. Please contact the chamber
if you have any questions at (806) 244-5646.
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******
Open enrollment for St.
Anthony’s Catholic School
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School, Open enrollment for new students, Montessori Pre-K through sixth
grade, March 19 through March 21, 2013 from 9:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Enrollment forms are also available online in
English and Spanish. www.stanthonydalhart.com -19-
Share your home, change the world
Host a YFU exchange student
******
Liberty Baptist Church
ladies mini-retreat
Please join us at Liberty Baptist Church 12020 US Hwy
87 S, on Saturday March 23 and again on April 6, 2013
from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a ladies Mini-Retreat featuring a Bible Study by Beth Moore on the Book of Deuteronomy “ The Law of Love”. There will be a charge of
$10.00 for both sessions, payable at the door, which will
include a light breakfast and lunch. No childcare will be
provided. Please call (806) 249-5344 to reserve a spot.
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******
Step Up & Scale Down
with new 12-week program
This is the time of year when everyone seems to be
thinking “Maybe I should try to start exercising or dieting.” Kay Rogers, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service CEA-FCS is offering “Step Up & Scale Down” a
12-week weight management program to help the public
in their healthy lifestyle efforts. The series will host an
additional kickoff event Monday, March 11, 2013. Classes will be held from noon - 1:00 p.m. at 4th and Denver
Ave. (the fitness room) for twelve consecutive Mondays. Step Up & Scale Down is a great program to do with
a friend or family member. It is always easier to reach
your goals when you have additional support. The program will consist of weekly lessons to help participants
move toward a healthier weight and will include a weekly
weight check-in, weekly challenge to “stay the course,
“Dinner Tonight” healthy recipes and tips, exercise resources, and a weight-loss planner. The twelve sessions
include: Scale Down by Setting Goals, Step Up to a
Healthy Plate, Scale Down by Label Reading, Step Up to
Breakfast and Menu Planning, Scale Down with Moves
to Lose, Step Up Your Hydration, Scale Down by Finding
your Motivational Mojo, Step Up to Healthy Snacking,
Scale Down with a Colorful Plate, Step Up to Successful Socializing, Scale Down by Knowing Your Numbers,
and Step Up and Celebrate. The Step Up & Scale Down
program is based on the USDA 2010 Guidelines, which
are intended to help Americans choose a healthful eating plan. “Step Up & Scale Down is a researched based
program that has proven success in weight management
and building healthy lifestyle habits,” Kay Rogers said.
Cost for the 12-week program is $30.00 which includes
all course materials. You can still register by contacting
Kay Rogers at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Dallam & Hartley County Office, at 806-244-443or
come by the Extension office at 401 Denrock, Dalhart Educational programs of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race,
color, sex, disability, religion, age or national origin. The
Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas
Cooperating.
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Youth For Understanding USA (YFU USA) is seeking
local host families to host high school exchange students
for the next school year. Host families provide a place to
live and three meals a day plus the encouragement, advice and love to help their new family member through a
semester or year in a new home. The students bring their
own spending money and good health insurance plus the
willingness to be a good family member, follow family
rules and help out with family responsibilities. YFU provides local representatives who support the students and
families to ensure a good experience for all involved.
Call your local YFU Representative for more information to see if this might be right for you and your family. Department of
You can request profiles of students with interests similar
to your own. Contact Molly Vongsaly at 866.493.8872 or State Health Services
via e-mail at mvongsaly@yfu.org
For more information, please visit Youth For Under- Immunization clinic scheduled for March 12, 11:00
standing USA on our website at www.yfu-usa.org where a.m. to 1:30 p.m. @ 407 Denver.
families and Volunteers can learn more about YFU USA
programs and fill out an on-line application.
American students will also find information there
about how they can become a YFU USA exchange stu- February 18, 2013 through March 3, 2013
dent for a summer, semester, or school year. YFU offers
The Dallam County Sheriff’s Office responded to the
more than 100 programs to 40 countries; including gap following
calls for service. On February 20, Deputy
year/semester abroad programs for recently graduated Morris responded to a report of a jackknifed semi
high school students. YFU USA awards more than 300 out on Hwy 87 S. Bound from Texline. February 20,
scholarships each year. Adult volunteers are also sought DCSO responded to a report of a vehicle stuck out on
who can serve as the primary YFU contact within the 87 by Ware. February 21, Deputy Stevenson respondcommunity. Volunteers support students, families, pro- ed to a report of a motorist needing assistance out on
grams and other volunteers in a wide variety of ways.
87 N. February 21, Deputy Stevenson responded to
a motorist needing assistance out on 385. February
21, Deputy Stevenson, DPS, and Texline City Marshall responded to a report of a jackknifed truck with
a trailer needing assistance out on 87 N. February 21,
DCSO responded to a report of horses out on 385 N.
March 11 - March 15
February 24, Deputy Stevenson responded to a report
of a possible drunk driver out on 87 N. February 25,
Monday March 11
Wednesday March 13
Deputy Stevenson responded to a report of a stranded
French dip sandwich,
Pork roast, baked potato,
motorist N. of Dalhart. February 25, Deputy Stevenpotato salad, relish plate,
broccoli or carrots, hot roll
son responded to a report of an accident out on 87.
chips or sliced bread &
& Butterfinger pie
March 3, Deputy Stevenson and DPS responded to a
cookie
report of an unconscious subject.
Thursday March 14
Tuesday March 12
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes
Chicken fry chicken,
w/brown gravy, green
mashed potatoes w/gravy, beans or corn, hot roll &
green bean or corn, biscuit German Chocolate Cake
March 11 - March 15
& pistachio pie
Friday March 15
NO SCHOOL
Corned beef w/cabbage,
carrots, fried potatoes,
SPRING BREAK!!!
cornbread & dessert
Long Story Short..
Dallam County Sheriff’s Report
Dalhart Senior Citizens Menu
School Lunch Menu
MEMBER
2013
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Legal Notice
Legal Notice
The annual return of the Shaheen Adbullah Charitable
Trust Fund is available for inspection at its principal office
during regular business hours by any citizen who request
inspection within 180 days after the date this notice is
published. Principal Manager: A.S. Abdullah Principal
Location: 804 Liberal Dalhart, Texas 79022.
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Dalhart Texan
Local News
XIT Rural Telephone to host 62nd Annual Membership Meeting
T
he XIT Rural Telephone
Cooperative, Inc. has
scheduled its 62nd Annual
Membership meeting of
its rural landline telephone
members for Wednesday,
March 13. The meeting will
be held at the Rita Blanca
Lake Coliseum. Rural landline members’ and invited
guests’ registration will begin at ll:00 a.m. and will be
followed with a luncheon
catered by Bar H Steak
House, Dalhart, Texas.
Again, this year, members
and invited guests will be
treated to a sit-down dinner
served by XIT’s management and employees. Serving will begin at noon.
The recipients of the
2013 XIT Rural Telephone
Educational Program will
be announced. This is the
fourteenth year that XIT
has offered this program to
rural members’ graduating
seniors.
The business session will
begin at 1:00 p.m. with a
welcome to the membership
and an introduction of the
guests by J.W. McClellan,
President of the XIT Board
of Directors. The business
meeting will conclude with
the election of directors and
the drawing of door prizes.
This year, approximately
$4,000 worth of door prizes
will be given to attending
members. There will be
six grand prizes awarded:
1 - $500 cash prize and 3
- $300 cash prizes and 2
- $100 cash prizes. There
will also be a kids’ draw-
ing. This is for members’
children or grandchildren
who are 12 years old or
younger. Members are reminded that they must be
present to win.
The purpose of the annual meeting is to elect directors for each district, to
present for approval the reports for the previous fiscal
year and to transact such
other business that might
come before the meeting.
According to the bylaws,
a written notice will be
mailed from the business
office not less than ten nor
more than twenty days before the meeting. This notice was mailed to all active
members of the Cooperative on February 27.
A quorum must be present in order for the business
meeting to convene. Based
upon the total number of
the Cooperative’s members, fifty members or two
percent of the members
present, whichever is larger, constitutes a quorum.
The officers and board
members are: J.W. McClellan, President, Walter
E. Lasley, Vice President;
Gary Finch, SecretaryTreasurer, James R. Wilson,
E.H. Little, Marcia French,
Nick Olson, Steve Baskin,
and Gared McBryde.
On February 7, 2013,
the Nominating Committee
consisting of Carl French,
Allan Frerich, Carl Finch,
Kenneth Stanley, Charles
Steel, Philip Walden and
Wallace Bridwell submitted nominations for three
directorships. Allan Frerich
was selected as chairman
of the Nominating Committee. Nominations for the
following districts were:
District I, Dallam County
– J.W. McClellan, Hartley
County – Nick Olson, and
District III, Sherman County – Gared McBryde.
Members vote only for
nominees from the district
in which they reside, or
the district in which they
Colorectal cancer: 9,000 new cases in TX each year
Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative Early detection improves survival rates
establishes scholarship funds
By JOHN MICHAELSON ing to do is raise the aware- ing, lack
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alhart, TX March 5,
2012: The Board of
Directors of Rita Blanca
Electric Cooperative, Inc,
in Dalhart, Texas, has established a scholarship
fund for graduating seniors of Rita Blanca members. Seven scholarships of
$1,000 each will be awarded to qualifying applicants
from Hartley High School,
Dalhart High School, Texline High School, Dumas
High School, Stratford
High School, Sunray High
School and one At-Large.
Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative was created in
1945 to provide electricity
to families living in the rural areas of the Northwestern Panhandle of Texas.
Today, RBEC serves more
than 7,000 active meters
and like all cooperatives, is
owned by those it serves.
For applications and
qualifying criteria, please
contact your High School
Counselor or The Opportunity Plan, Inc. in Canyon,
Texas. Information may
also be found at: www.ritablancaelectric.com or by
calling the RBEC office at
806/249-4506
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Thanks to sophisticated new satellite technology, it now
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When you try to make an impression, that’s the impression
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Our friend was late for work today. His car loves the rain
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ness,” he said, “because it
is an extremely common
condition that is surprisingly very easy for us to prevent through regular colon
cancer screenings.”
The American Cancer
Society suggests that both
men and women start to
follow a testing schedule
when they reach age 50.
Risk factors include family
history, ethnic background,
poor diet, smoking, drink-
PURCHASES
customers and wonderful
employees. We feel these
stores will be a perfectcomplement to Toot’n Totum’s
growth plans. This sale will
now allow us to focus and
expand Frontier’s other
businesses.”
Mitchell also stated, “Not
only do we look forward to
transitioning these locations
to Toot’n Totum stores with
our signature look, services,
and products; we also are
anxious to become viable
members of the communities we serve. Our belief
in serving the communities
extends well past our retail
operations and we look forward to working with the
school districts and charitable causes in each of these
towns, the same as we currently do for our Amarillo
locations. Additionally, as
an added bonus upon closing, these stores will immediately begin offering our
TnT Gas Discount card,
which allows the consumer
a discount of $.10 per gal-
USTIN, Texas - March
is national Colorectal
Cancer Awareness month,
and this year in Texas about
9,000 new cases of colon
cancer will be diagnosed.
More than 3,000 people
will die of the disease, even
though colon cancer is very
treatable when caught early, according to Dr. Paul
Amundson.
“What we are really try-
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According to Greg Mitchell, President and CEO of
Toot’n Totum,“Our strategic plan is targeting expansion outside of the greater
Amarillo area, and the Express Lane stores were a
perfect fit. This acquisition
afforded us the opportunity
to purchase the premier operations in several communities at the same time and
immediately have a strong
presence across the panhandle. We are confident that
we are well positioned to
service these stores through
our relationship with existing supply partners and our
current distribution center.”
Dyke Rogers, President
and CEO of Frontier Fuel
Co. added, “We are pleased
to have come to a mutually
acceptable deal with the
Toot’n Totum group. Our
stores are located in great
communities with great
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of exercise and
advanced age.
Amundson said the focus
on increasing the screening
rates for colorectal cancer is
an important goal because
- as he knows firsthand finding problems early is
vital.
“Get your colonoscopy
like I did last fall,” he said.
“They found a real small
polyp that in five or 10 years
had a chance to become
cancerous. You eliminate
those, you truly prevent a
non-cancerous growth from
becoming cancerous.”
When colorectal cancer
is diagnosed and treated at
an early stage, nine out of
10 people live at least another five years. However,
that survival rate drops substantially if the cancer has
spread to nearby organs or
lymph nodes before being
discovered.
More Texas statistics
are available at http://bit.
ly/14mfOfX.
lon on all fuel purchases.”
Toot’n Totum anticipates
retaining the existing retail
work force and the companies are currently working
on closing the sale within
the next 30 to 60 days.
This acquisition will bring
the Toot’n Totum portfolio
to 71 stores throughout the
Texas panhandle.
Express Lane stores are
a division of Frontier Fuel
Co. serving the northern
panhandle since 1979.
Frontier Fuel Co. will retain
its Kansas Express Lane
stores as well as its seed,
farm management, crop insurance divisions and Express Lane Lube Centers.
Frontier Fuel Co. will also
continue to operate and expand its wholesale fuel and
lubricant operations in Dalhart, Borger, Pampa, Stratford, and Southern Kansas.
Toot’n Totum is a privately owned company
founded in 1950, in Amarillo, Texas. Currently it
owns sixty convenience
stores in Amarillo, Texas,
with an additional store under construction, and one
store in Borger, Texas. It
also owns and operates
ten Mr. Payroll locations
in Amarillo and the northern panhandle, as well as
six Toot’n Totum Car Care
Centers and six Toot’n Totum Car Wash locations.
SHOOTING
Garcia turned himself
in on Tuesday, March 5.
He is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon.
Garcia is being held on a
$500,000 bond in DallamHartley Counties jail.
The victim sustained a
single gunshot wound, and
is currently recovering at
Northwest Texas Hospital
in Amarillo. He is listed in
good condition.
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of Public Safety, Dallam
County Sheriff’s Office,
Dalhart Emergency Medical Services and DPD responded to the call.
DPD asked for the publics assistance in locating
Damian Garcia, the alleged
gunman.
GROUNDBREAKING and Rescue Chief Cur(continued from page A1)
developed by the Guadalupe
Economic Services Corporation (GESC). Joining
GESC at the groundbreaking ceremony were representatives from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) and the Texas
State Affordable Housing
Corporation (TSAHC), the
entities financing the proposed development. On
site for the groundbreaking
were Dalhart Mayor Kevin
Caddell, County Judge David Field, City Councilman
Joe Garcia, Dalhart Fire
tis Brown, City Manager
James Stroud, local real estate selling agent Dee Dee
Bell, GESC representative
Diana Lopez and many citizens of Dalhart and support
staff from GESC, USDA
and TSAHC.
The (TSAHC) is a statewide non-profit organization created by the Texas
Legislature whose mission is to serve the housing
needs of low income Texans and other underserved
populations who do not
have comparable housing
options through conventional financial channels. The Dalhart Texan
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Local News
Weekly Weather Brief
Spring weather may, or may not, start this weekend
By AARON GRAVES
alhart is getting its first
D
glimpse of spring, with
sunny days, warm temps
and possible severe weather this weekend. We are
looking at a 40% chance
of thunderstorms today and
a 20% chance Saturday.
Some of these storms could
be strong or severe. This
being March, of course,
rain could change over to
snow Saturday night.
That was the forecast at
the time of writing (yesterday at noon). Unfortunately, the big supercomputer
weather models cannot
pinpoint exactly where this
storm system is headed.
The core could shift north
or south of its expected
route, which would significantly change the type
and amount of moisture we
could see here in Dalhart.
The Storm Prediction
Center’s convective outlook shows severe weather
is possible for all of the
Texas panhandle, with a
higher possibility inside a
narrow strip that extends
from Dalhart to Borger.
After our near miss with
the blizzard, the past week
has been warm and quiet.
We reached a high of 78 on
Sunday, March 3, and got
near 80 degrees yesterday.
However, early risers on
Tuesdays, March 5, might
have noted a dusting of
snow on the ground.
The blizzard did put a dent
in the drought, with slightly
improved conditions across
the Texas panhandle, according to the U.S. Drought
Monitor issued March 5.
That improvement extended into the southern half of
Hartley county and parts of
Dallam county. However,
almost the entire Panhandle
is still considered in severe
drought, with the harshest conditions now limited
to central areas of Dallam
county.
More good news about
the drought was found in the
latest Hydrologic Outlook,
issued by the Amarillo office of the National Weather
Service yesterday morning.
The report said “precipitation across the [Texas and
Oklahoma] panhandles was
near normal from October
through February.”
However, the report goes
on to say that “soil moisture
conditions are running deficits across the panhandles”,
rivers are below normal levels and reservoirs are below
capacity. In addition, “the
forecast calls for persistent or intensifying drought
conditions for the next three
months” and precipitation
through May is expected to
be below normal.
February 2013 ended
with an average high of
51.1 degrees, an average
low of 24.2, and 0.63” of
precipitation. Most of that
came from a total of 13.8”
of snow. That makes three of
the past five years in which
February has seen decent
snowfall , and it’s the most
moisture we’ve seen since
the 1.44” in 2010.
What about March? Being a transition month between winter and spring,
March is highly unpredictable. Our average high over
the past five years has been
in mid 60s for the most
part, though last year was
warm, with an average high
of 71.7 degrees. For the
past two years, thanks to
the drought, we have seen
little rain and snow during
March. However, 14.1” of
snow fell in 2010, with the
final 6” falling on March 24.
Back in 2009, 16” of snow
fell, with 11” on March 27.
High and low temps the
past week: Feb 28: 51, 23;
Mar 1: 53, 26; Mar 2: 68,
26; Mar 3: 78, 30; Mar 4:
68, 34; Mar 5: 50, 20; Mar
6: 64, 26.
AgriLife Research animal nutritionist:
Added enzymes reduce costly bloat losses
By KAY LEDBETTER
skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu
ERNON – A Texas
A&M AgriLife Research animal nutritionist
is trying to decrease the
severity of frothy bloat,
the major non-pathogenic
cause of death and reduced
performance in cattle grazing hard red winter wheat in
the southern Great Plains.
Dr. Bill Pinchak of Vernon, head of the Bloat Research Project, has spent
eight years developing intervention strategies to mitigate direct bloat impacts,
while enhancing performance in non-bloated animals.
Pinchak said frothy bloat
is a costly disease, with
an estimated $40 million
negative impact on the beef
cattle industry.
The bloat occurs when
a polysaccharide biofilm
coats the contents of the rumen. When it comes in contact with fluid and rumen
contents, the fermentative
gases are trapped and the
animal is prevented from
belching the excess gas, he
said.
Previous research has
determined
condensed
plant tannin extracts, ionophores, surfactants and preplant nitrogen fertilization
effectively mitigate bloat.
Tannin extracts and iono-
V
phores also improve animal
performance.
However, Pinchak said,
there is currently no Food
and Drug Administration
clearance for condensed
tannin extract use as a feed
additive and ionophores
use an antibiotic axis for intervention. So his group has
continued to search for and
evaluate non-antibioltic alternative technologies to
mitigate bloat and improve
performance of cattle grazing bloat-prone forages.
Supplemental enzymes,
particularly proteases, cellulases, amylases and xylanases, were thought to have
bloat intervention potential. Pinchak’s group chose
to evaluate a multi-enzyme
product to determine its
mitigation potential for
cattle grazing bloat-prone
wheat forage.
“Our early studies have
shown that a multi-enzyme
supplement could decrease
the rate and extent of polysaccharide formation, thereby decreasing bloat severity and duration,” Pinchak
said.
As a part of his group’s
enzyme research, an in-vitro experiment utilizing rumen fluid from bloated and
non-bloated rumen-cannulated steers and four levels
of a multi-enzyme product was conducted. In this
study, BovaZyme WP by
York Ag Products in York,
Pa. was the multi-enzyme
product used, he said.
The multi-enzyme supplementation to rumen fluid reduced foam strength,
time of foam collapse, biofilm and viscosity, Pinchak
said.
Subsequently, a grazing
experiment was conducted
with 65 crossbred heifers in
three replicated groups using mineral alone as a control and mineral plus multienzyme in supplemented
herds, he said.
During the 77-day study,
58 of 65 head, or 89 percent
of the cattle, experienced at
least one bloat event. The
number of head experiencing bloat more than four
days was greater in the control set of cattle, more than
two extra days, than in the
mineral plus multi-enzyme
herds.
Conversely, the percentage of cattle experiencing only minor bloat was
greater in the mineral plus
multi-enzyme set of cattle
than in the control herds,
34.7 percent compared to
19.3 percent, respectively.
Collectively,
Pinchak
said, a multi-enzyme with
mineral supplementation
decreased the severity and
duration of bloat under the
grazing conditions of this
experiment.
Total gain and average
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
photo by Dr. Bill Pinchak
These heifers were a part of
the Texas A&M AgriLife Research bloat-reduction study
in cattle grazing hard red winter wheat.at Vernon.
daily gain for the grazing
period also was greater for
the mineral plus multi-enzyme-supplemented mineral group than for the mineral only control group at
14.8 pounds per head and
0.15 pound per head per
day, respectively.
Pinchak said the results
from these preliminary experiments show that there
is promise for a multi-enzyme supplement added
to a complete mineral supplement as a value added
bloat-mitigation program.
However, he said, further
research is warranted over
several years to validate the
results of this research.
2012 Texas top ten most stolen vehicles
D
allas, TX:
Pickups
are not only popular
among Texas drivers, they
are also top targets for
Texas vehicle thieves! The
Texas Department of Public
Safety (DPS) has released
its final MVT19 report on
the top vehicles reported
stolen in Texas during
2012. The MVT19 report
is compiled monthly by
DPS and represents vehicle
theft data entered into the
Texas Crime Information
Center (TCIC) by all Texas law enforcement agencies. An error margin of
plus or minus five percent
is assumed for incorrect
entries by agencies. Based
on the reports, as has been
the case for many years,
pickup trucks top the list
of thieves’ most common
targets for the year. Coming in at No. 1 was the Ford
Pickup followed closely by
the Chevrolet Pickup at No.
2. In the No. 3 position, the
Dodge Pickup also remains
a popular target for Texas
thieves. The Honda Civic
and the Chevrolet Tahoe
round out the top five stolen
vehicles.
The complete top ten list
of 2012 most stolen passenger vehicles in Texas
includes:
1) Ford Pickup
2) Chevrolet Pickup
3) Dodge Pickup
4) Honda Civic
5) Chevrolet Tahoe
6) Honda Accord
7) GMC Pickup
8) Chevrolet Impala
9) Toyota Camry
10) Ford Taurus
Vehicles are stolen for
a variety of reasons, and
contrary to popular belief,
the most stolen vehicles are
several years old. Some are
stolen and stripped for parts.
Others are stolen and resold
by thieves to unsuspecting
buyers. Many vehicles are
stolen for joyriding, for use
in committing other crimes,
to perpetrate insurance
fraud, to burglarize personal items and documentation, or for any number of
other illegitimate purposes.
And vehicle theft directly
costs Texans more than any
other single crime – over
$621 million in 2011.
Personnel from the
Texas Auto Burglary and
Theft Prevention Authority
(ABTPA) and the agency’s
associated vehicle crime
task forces remind Texas
drivers that vehicle thieves
are always looking for opportunities to steal. Vehicle
owners should be aware
that thieves can be lurking anywhere, and drivers
should practice prevention
techniques such as hiding
contents that may be desirable to a thief, locking
vehicle doors, and taking
keys.
The Texas ABTPA, an
office of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles,
has funded law enforcement programs specializing
in vehicle crime investigation, recovery, prevention
and prosecution since 1991.
Since then, Texas has seen
a 61 percent reduction in
the vehicle theft total. Currently, ABTPA funds 29
task force grant programs
statewide, allowing over
150 law enforcement officers throughout Texas to
focus exclusively on the
resolution of vehicle crime
cases.
To locate and contact
the ABTPA task force in
your area, to arrange an interview, to acquire PSAs,
or for more information
on vehicle crime statistics
and prevention, contact
Michelle Lanham with
ABTPA’s RATT program at
214-671-3738, 800-CARWATCH or via e-mail at
michelle.lanham@unt.edu.
Supporters of TX
Medicaid Expansion:
Perry’s “Playing politics”
By JOHN MICHAELSON great, especially in the Rio
Grande Valley.
USTIN, Texas - More “We have probably the
than a thousand peo- highest level of poverty
ple converged on the State and we have the highest
Capitol in Austin Tuesday, level of people who are not
calling for the expansion insured,” she said. “In Hiof Medicaid in Texas. Each dalgo County, it’s around
state has the option to do 42 percent of the populaso under the Affordable tion is uninsured. So, so we
Care Act, with the federal desperately need it.”
government covering al- In addition to the posimost all the additional cost. tive impacts on the health
However, Governor Rick of some Texans, Cass said,
Perry has been adamantly expanding Medicaid would
opposed, saying the system also have an economic efis broken.
fect. She explained that as
Ann Williams Cass, ex- more people go in for regecutive director of Proyecto ular visits and preventive
Azteca, and with the Equal care, they’re supporting the
Voice Network, said Perry
associated jobs.
is playing politics at the ex “Therefore, the Texas
pense of Texans’ health.
“I think he has aspira- Hospital Association wants
tions to run for president expanded Medicaid, beagain in four years, and cause now people will have
he wants to make sure that insurance that will reimhe’s the most conservative burse the hospitals for their
candidate out there,” she care, and people will be
able to stay healthy,” she
declared.
If Texas went ahead said.
with Medicaid expansion, Polls conducted for the
the estimated cost to the Texas Hospital Association
state over the next 10 years and the American Cancer
would be about $15 billion, Society both show a majorbut it would pull in more ity of Texans support Medthan $100 billion in federal icaid expansion. Republicans in the Texas House
funding.
It’s also estimated, ac- have voted against it in its
cording to Cass, that un- current form, but say they
der the expansion, at least would reconsider if the feds
1.5 million poor people would allow for more flexnow without health insur- ibility.
ance could get coverage. More information is at
She added that the need is bit.ly/UBqXd6.
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Ag News
Texas crop and weather report
Outlook for peaches and other fruit crops good thanks to colder weather
By ROBERT BURNS
rd-burns@tamu.edu
C
OLLEGE STATION – Because of a
mild early winter, it was touch-andgo for Texas fruit crops for a while, but
everything now looks just peachy, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Service expert.
“We’re very optimistic right now,” said
Dr. Larry Stein, AgriLife Extension horticulturist in Uvalde who works mainly
with pecans, fruits, grapes and vegetable
crops.
Fruit trees and many fruit crops require
cold weather to grow, flower, and develop properly, Stein explained. This time is
called “chilling hours” and is usually defined as the number of hours in a season
when the temperatures fall below 45 degrees. Different varieties require different
amounts of chilling hours.
“We were sucking air for a while on
chilling hours,” he said. “We were really
concerned. In fact, in the Hill Country I
think they’re going to end up with 750
(chill hours) and probably be okay, but
there were actually a lot of growers who
were applying Dormex.”
Dormex is a growth regulator that helps
overcome insufficient chilling hours, Stein
said.
Peaches are big business in the Hill
Country, according to AgriLife Extension horticulturists, being primarily concentrated in the Fredericksburg area and
surrounding counties. By some accounts,
Gillespie County alone produces 40 percent of all the peaches grown in Texas.
There was also some concern about fruit
trees blooming early, and therefore being
subject to damage by a hard frost, Stein
said.
“But we had a lot of cool nights, and
the days have not really been that warm,”
he said. “They started blooming early, but
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Robert Burns
A Rusk County peach grower sprays oil on his trees to prevent disease.
they slowed down, and this is March 5,
and we think we’re going to be okay there
too.”
Of course, weather is often unpredictable, he noted.
“Right now, we’re okay, but we could
get everything out and then have a freeze
in April. You never know,” Stein said. “A
lot of old-timers say you’ve got to get past
Easter, but Easter comes early this year in
late March.”
There are not many apricots or cherries grown in Texas, but there are large
amounts of blueberries grown, he said.
“But they (blueberry growers) should be
okay too, as long as they did their homework on variety selection,” Stein said.
According the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Texas total peach production was
4,900 tons in 2009, down from 7,900 tons
in 2008. The 38 percent reduction in 2009
was due to an early freeze in April that
wiped out some producers’ entire crop.
More information on the current Texas
drought and wildfire alerts can be found
on the AgriLife Extension Agricultural
Drought Task Force website at http://agrilife.tamu.edu/drought/ .
AgriLife Extension district reporters
compiled the following summaries for the
week of Feb. 26 to March 4.
Panhandle: The region received more
moisture in the form of snow along with
high winds early in the week, with higher
temperatures by week’s end. Snow accumulations ranged from a trace to as much
as 19 inches. Producers with stocker cattle
were challenged by the snow and wind
trying to get hay and water to cattle. Soilmoisture levels were mostly short to adequate. Wheat was mostly in poor condition, but was beginning to improve with
the recent moisture and warmer weather.
Rangeland and pasture continued to be
mostly in poor to very poor condition.
Rolling Plains: The recent snow and rain
replenished soil-moisture levels enough to
make farmers happy. Some counties received some rain followed 1.5 to 8 inches
of snow, which improved winter wheat
and rye pastures almost overnight. Encouraged by the precipitation, cotton producers listed fields and marked off rows.
Livestock were in fair to good condition,
with producers continuing to provide supplemental feed. However, many lakes and
livestock tanks still were critically low.
Most peach trees had not yet bloomed.
South Plains: Blizzard conditions in the
north part of the region closed schools,
businesses and highways. Snow amounts
varied, with Lubbock County receiving
about 4 inches while the more northern
counties got 8 to 12 inches. Winds as high
as 50 to 60 mph caused deep drifts. Fields
with little or no cover crops or wind-opposing furrows did not retain much snow.
In those areas, most of the snow ended
up in ditches and piled along buildings
and fencerows. Consequently, although
soil-moisture levels were somewhat increased, that improvement could be very
spotty. Warm weather followed the storms
and the snow was quickly melting. Bailey
County reported some stocker cattle losses due to the extreme conditions. Most of
the southern part of the district received a
only a light dusting of snow or scattered
showers along with blowing dirt. Rangeland and pastures were mostly in fair condition, with some isolated areas reported
in good condition. Cattle were mostly in
fair to good condition with supplemental
feeding continuing. Producers proceeded
with field preparations as conditions allowed. The snow moisture was welcome,
but significant rains were still needed to
bring the soil profile up to levels that will
support this year’s crops.
Pasture recovery options
discussed at Blackland conference
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Blair Fannin
Beef producers should be mindful of preserving available forages for grazing, particularly as
parts of Texas recover from historic drought.
By BLAIR FANNIN
b-fannin@tamu.edu
W
ACO – Beef producers should be
mindful of preserving available forages for grazing, particularly as parts of
Texas recover from historic drought, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service forage specialist.
Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson of Overton
told attendees at the Blackland Income
Growth Conference there are three key
tools to consider when managing pastures
following drought. The first is grazing
management, making sure not to overgraze and allow pastures to rest and recover.
“Drought is a stressful event, so you
need to allow forages to rebuild root systems into the next grazing season,” she
said.
Next is weed control. Corriher-Olson
said since Bermuda grass has been severely stressed during drought, it’s important
that it has less competition from broadleaf
weeds.
“This is very important as we move into
springtime,” she said. “We need to eliminate those weeds and reduce that competition.”
Another key management tool is fertility management. With fertilizer prices
fetching hefty dollar amounts, she recommends producers have their soil tested to
see what nutrients are needed.
Without a soil test, “you are applying
nutrients blindly.”
“We like to know what we already have
in our soils, then we can make the appropriate decisions,” she said. “(A soil test)
is very inexpensive and hopefully it will
help save some money in the long run.”
A soil test is $10 and kits are available
at AgriLife Extension county offices.
Alternative options such as poultry litter is another source of nutrients for soils.
However, Corriher-Olson said it’s important to get as much information about that
option before applying to a pasture.
“You need to learn more about what you
are paying for, such as the cost per pound
of that nutrient versus the cost per ton.”
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Lucky, a dress, a 45 colt and the Rebekah Lodge
It’s Just
Good
Manners
By TAMMI
KATE
LEDFORD
ur family went through
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several housekeepers
after our nanny; Sallie Lee
Brown’s son, was severely
injured in a powder plant
explosion at the gun powder plant of St. Marks, Florida on Monday, October 11,
1971.
Lucky was one housekeeper we didn’t like or
dislike, but she never told
on us and that was a plus.
Now, the reason she didn’t
tell was because she hit my
parents liquor cabinet upon
entering in the morning, as
the clock struck 12 and just
before quittin’ time.
Ol’ Granny had been
elected the Noble Grand and
it was the evening of her installation or coronation as it
might be called. Ol’ Granny
was a nervous wreck and
had spent the majority of
the day with Jody Leslie,
the family’s personal hair
stylist. I remember her dress
was a light mint green, had
an empire waist with some
hand beading and chiffon
over skirt. Her raven hair
was shiny and every lock
was lacquered in place.
Her nails were polished an
orangey red color and lipstick to match…… and of
course, eyebrows penciled
in with a high arch.
My sisters and brothers
and I were twirled, curled,
sprayed and krinolined up
and placed on the coach until to depart for the passing
of the torch, the secret hand
shakes and the finger food
that followed.
My grandmother had
called our house several
times and everything was
on schedule, or at least at
that moment. Something
triggered my dad, and he
checked his gun cabinet
where he stored his 45 colt
single action revolver with
a pearl handle and a silver
dollar on the holster - it was
missing. It never failed,
something always broke
loose in our house around
some social event, recital
or party, and this occasion
was no different.
Immediately the police were called and a report was filed; my mother
worked in the United States
Attorney’s Office in Tallahassee and my dad was a
beverage agent for the State
of Florida. A gun uncounted for in their name was
not a good thing. My dad
and a police officer went to
Lucky’s house, and the remainder of the family went
on to the celebration for
my grandmother. Needless
to say the party was dampened by the theft, but nevertheless we got through it.
Now I don’t recall how, but
we left the Rebekah Lodge
and went straight to the police station. There were no
cell phones so I can only
assume it was a mere coincidence that Lucky had
been in a bar fight with her
boyfriend and had been
brought into the station.
I could see Lucky through
the glass in the front lobby.
There the ole gal stood in
my mother’s dress with her
bob wig cocked to the side
from her bar rumble and
big pocket book that I later
learned had held my dad’s
gun. My mother told the officer, “That no good woman
has got on my dress, too.”
The officer questioned
Lucky about her Leslie
Faye chocolate brown dress
with a white yoke, size 6.
She claimed she had purchased the dress at Gayfer’s
Department Store and she
had the receipt. Her statement went exactly like this,
“This is my dress. I bought
it to Gadors and I have the
rawcep.” My mother used
several choice words and
told the officer she could
prove the dress was hers
because she had a receipt
as well. She also told the
officer when she purchased
the dress it was too long
and she had hemmed a hem
over a hem and stitched it
with clear nylon thread.
Sure enough it was my
mother’s dress.
In through the front glass
doors of the police station
Ol’ Granny strolled in like
she was in a beauty pageant. She was still dressed
in her floor length mint
green formal gown, but her
face was like stone. “Where
is Betty Ann?” My sister
Terri pointed through the
glass windows showing my
grandmother where the “after party” was taking place.
My grandmother motioned
for my mother to come to
the lobby, Teddi and Tommy had fallen asleep, Terri
was a nervous wreck and I
was taking it all in as fast
as my little brain could
record the events. “Betty
Ann, you and Tom have no
business with the children
out this time of night,” my
grandmother verbalized her
disapproval. “Mother, I am
aware of that, but this has to
be dealt with, not only did
she get Tom’s gun, she stole
my dress and she is wearing it,” my mother replied.
“Which one?” Ol’ Granny
inquired. “It’s my new Leslie Faye, the brown one with
the white yoke,” my mother was teary and disgusted
over the dress. “Well, Betty
Ann,” my grandmother began, “there’s nothing you
can do, let Tom handle
it and take the children
home.” My mother opened
her mouth to rebut, but she
never got a word out, “Take
them home. I have just been
installed as Noble Grand.
We have to remain of high
moral character and social
standing. This entire ordeal
just isn’t good manners.”
Just as my grandmother
got those words out of her
mouth an officer brought
Lucky through in handcuffs,
“Mrs. Ledford, would you
like your dress back,” the
officers asked. My mother
gritted her teeth, and my
grandmother said under her
breath, “Now, now Betty
Ann, remain calm.” “No
officer, but thank you any
way,” my mother told the
officer.
When the officer walked
Lucky into the light I felt a
little sad, our days of playing and letting Lucky lay
drunk on the coach all day,
every day and then running
around and cleaning up a
few minutes before our parents got home, were over.
That thought had no more
flashed through my head
when my grandmother lost
her bearings. She screamed,
“Lucky! Lucky! Where did
you get those shoes?” Ol’
Granny turned to my mother and said, “Betty Ann,
where did that so called
MAID get my shoes?” She
looked at the officer and
said, “Arrest that woman,
she stole my $54 shoes, arrest her!” At this point my
grandmother and mother
had lunged at Lucky in an
attempt to disrobe her of
her stolen ensemble. My
sister had ducked into the
restroom out of embarrassment, and my dad was
leaning against the wall
laughing with tears rolling
down his face at the mother-daughter duo exhibiting
all of their southern grace,
charm and manners at one
time and in one place. As
we exited the police station,
my grandmother looked at
my mother both of them
frazzled and disheveled,
and said, “Betty Ann, we
will never speak of this
again. Why hiring that maid
without checking her references just isn’t good manners. What would people
think?”
Lucky got 14 years in
prison for stealing my dad’s
45 colt single action revolver with a pearl handle and a
silver dollar on the holster,
mother and Ol’ Granny never got their dress and shoes
back and the next maid is
another story all in itself.
Delivering the mail rather than ducking Yankee bullets
TEXAS TALES
By MIKE COX
arly in the Civil War,
E
most Texans optimistically assumed life would
be easier as citizens of the
new Confederate States
of America, but they soon
discovered that what some
called “the old government
in Washington” had actually managed to do some
things right over the years.
Take postal service, for
example. Before the war,
a Texan could go to any
of hundreds of post offices
in the state, buy a threecent stamp, affix it to an
envelope and be relatively
assured that its contents
would be delivered anywhere within 3,000 miles
in a timely manner.
If Southerners used to
such service had the same
expectation of the Confederate post office, which
came into being on Feb. 21,
1861, they soon discovered
the truth of the old adage
about being careful what
you wish for.
Despite the creation of a
Confederate postal service,
the U.S. continued delivering mail in the South until
May 31. The CSA service
technically began operation the following day, but
it had no postage stamps for
its post offices. In fact, the
Confederate post office department had no stamps to
distribute until that fall. To
compensate for that, rebel
postmasters throughout the
south began issuing their
own stamps.
Texan John H. Reagan,
the Confederate postmaster general, tried hard to
make mail delivery effi-
cient during the war, but it
never compared with the
U.S. postal system. If the
Confederate postal service
couldn’t even get stamps
printed in a timely manner,
it follows that mail delivery may not have been as
dependable as it had been
under the U.S. Post Office
Department.
Thanks to stamp collectors, the history of the
CSA postal service and its
stamps has been fairly well
documented. But Confederate mail carriers have received little attention.
Heinrich Wilke came
to Fredericksburg with his
brother in the late 1840s
and earned his living as a
wheelwright. Leaving Prussia (future Germany) for
Texas proved to be a good
decision for Wilke and his
family, at least until Texas
decided to secede from the
Union in 1861.
Like most Germans, who
either did their own work or
hired it done, Wilke surely
had no regard for slavery.
And again like most German-Texans, he had little
interest or inclination in
getting involved in what he
considered someone else’s
fight.
During the Civil War,
according to family lore,
he worked as a Confederate mail carrier in Gillespie
County. When he began
his service, how much the
government paid him, and
what route he traveled may
or may not lie buried in the
records of the Confederate Post Office Department
held by the National Archives.
But one thing is as clear
as the water that then flowed
in Fredericksburg’s Barons
Creek: Wilke did not take
on the job of delivering the
mail out of any sense of
duty to the Confederacy.
Sure, the ability to communicate by letter was important to the people in his part
of Texas – as well as anywhere else – but his intent
is clear in light of Confederate conscription laws.
Wilke did not want to get
drafted into the rebel army.
The Confederate conscription law specifically exempted mail carriers from
any obligation of military
service.
Not that carrying the
mail in Gillespie County
back then would have been
a risk-free occupation. With
the U.S. Cavalry long gone,
and most Texas men serving in the Confederate military elsewhere in the South,
hostile Indians posed a constant threat along the frontier.
Beyond the danger of
losing his scalp and more,
Wilke had to keep a wary
eye out for members of
what came to be called the
Hangenbund, a gang of
Confederate sympathizers
who cheerfully lynched numerous pro-Union GermanTexans in Gillespie County.
While Wilke worked for the
Confederate government,
he was not a Confederate at
heart.
The interest in mail carrying as an avocation during the Civil War was not
unique to the German settlements in the Texas hill
country.
J. Stephen Lay of Marble
Falls, a retired public relations man who began his
career as a reporter for the
Fredericksburg Standard,
says he remembers hearing
about a man who worked as
a Confederate mail carrier
in Galveston.
“The story is that he paid
the local postmaster $20
a month for the job,” Lay
says. “He wasn’t interested
in a salary.”
Lay says he doesn’t remember the man’s name
and never substantiated
the tale, but given the circumstances, it has the ring
of truth. Whoever he was,
that Civil War-era postman
plainly preferred to take his
chances delivering the mail
rather than ducking Yankee
bullets.
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vaccinate, treat or, otherwise molest the newborn.
Alas, this practice has been
labeled Trick-a-Dope. Factors in play seem to be the
innocent belief that humans
are faster, quicker, stronger
or smarter than the cow. It
is a symptom of the cowboy
mentality, who honestly believes he is faster, quicker,
stronger or smarter than the
cow, and is a slow learner.
ADVICE: Let your wife do
it.
ON THE EDGE OF
COMMON SENSE
By Baxter Black, DVM
Safe Calving
Habits
Over the years I have
heard story after story of
accidents related to calving
season. I have researched
the subject with a couple
of guys at the sale barn, a
purebred breeder and a retired cow vet. I came up
with this list of Safe Calving Habits:
1. Far and away the
most common tale I hear
has to do with looping the
OB chain around your wrist
then looping the other end
around the calf’s foot. This
is called Loop-A-Dope.
The scenario is: the mama
cow rises or escapes before the baby is delivered
and drags you, the midwife, across two sections of
cactus, mud, cattails, bone
yards, net wire fence and/or
mine fields. A tip to the wise; let the
loose end of the chain hang
loose. Regardless of what
you think, the uterus
will not swallow it.
2. Another frequent
calving catastrophe involves protective mothers
who interfere with your
post-natal efforts to tag,
3. This calving disaster is the result of extremist
cattlemen who attempt to
grab the newborn calf and
drag him into the pickup
cab before the protective
mama cow can intervene.
It is known as Whack-aDope. It is amazing how
fast, quick, strong and smart
new mamas really are! In
her wake she leaves abrasions, contusions, fractures,
broken hydraulic lines,
concussions, amputations,
explosions, ejections, side
door indentations, warranty
violations, totaled vehicles
and unconscious operators.
Solution: Reserve the
emergency room ahead of
time and have 911 already
dialed before you lean out
the door.
4. Add ropes, spurs,
ice and 4-on-the-Floor gear
shifts to the story and the
possibilities of bodily harm
are endless. Obviously,
Rope-a-Dope.
5. CONCLUSION: In
spite of the risks we take,
our efforts to help the newborn and handle their new
mothers with care remain
heroic. We are on the front
lines where Beef Begins. So
gird your loins, you knights
of the calving barn, stand
tall, keep your wrist out of
the loop, take a deep breath
and dive right in…what
could possibly go wrong?
www.baxterblack.com
Characteristics Of Bible Miracles #2
4. Expectation Not Required. Some are made to believe
that in order to see a miracle they must expect a miracle. Bible
miracles did not require expectation, but were often unexpected.
A good example is when the lame man at the temple gate
expected alms, but received a miracle of healing (Acts 3:2-7).
Why should we expect today that which was unexpected in
Bible days?
5. Not Advertised By The One Performing Them. Have
you observed how modern “miracle workers” advertise and
publicize their “great wonders”? Jesus did not heal for notoriety.
In fact, on a number of occasions, Jesus commanded that the
healed “tell no man” (Mk. 3:7-12, 7:31-37: 8:22-26). Why is a
modern “miracle crusade” preceded by an advertising campaign,
when Bible miracles were not advertised by the one performing
them?
6. Not Done For Money. We read where the lame man of
Acts 3 was expecting to receive alms of Peter and John, but
where do you find Peter and John expecting money or charity
from the lame man? Today’s “faith healers” have it backwards! I
suggest that when the money stops pouring in that the “healing
power” will stop flowing out! Why do “healers” today beg and
plead for money, when healing in New Testament days was not
done for money?
Sunday Services: 10:00 a.m., 10:50 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 7:00 p.m.
CHURCH
OF CHRIST
1013 East 10th.
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Dalhart Texan
Community News
Annual music recital held
She received a one rating
from the judge.
Denise Baumert played
a Dan Fogelberg piece on
guitar and a hymn medley on the piano. Peter,
her husband, also played a
jazzy version of Blue Moon
as Denise sang.
In between the students’
staging, Denise played
Musical Hangman, and
stumped the crowd with the
musical composers name
Liszt and the word Harmo-
ny. However, many words
were figured out, and prizes
of candy were often thrown
to the winners and anyone
else sitting close by.
The crowd was entertained by local musicians,
and fun was had by all.
Refreshments were served,
and enjoyable fellowship
followed the annual performance.
Four of students were
unable to participate, Matthew Sisley-Whitehurst and
Drew Foley, pianists, and
Sergio Ramirez and Jacob
Owens, guitarists.
“There was a lot of talent displayed this night,
and high hopes for a bright
musical future in each of
my students,” stated Denise Baumert. “I love being able to share such a
wonderful gift with such
wonderful people. Dalhart
is definitely blessed with
amazing musical talent,”
she concluded.
St. Anthony’s Fiesta scheduled for June
T
Courtesy Photo
Denise Baumert, musician and music teacher, hosted her annual music recital for her students
on Saturday, March 2 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD on her guitar, using fin- The Stream on piano. Sa-
M
usic filled the air on
Saturday, March 2 at
the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints on
16th Street. Denise Baumert, musician and music
teacher, hosted her annual
music recital. Her students
performed on both the piano and guitar selections.
Madison Todd opened
the recital with March of
the Gnomes and Beauty
and the Beast on the piano.
Elizabeth Piehl followed
with I Will Rise and an old
favorite, Amazing Grace
ger picking and tablature.
On the piano, John Taylor
amazed the audience with
Trombone Player followed
by a duet with his music
instructor. Taylor and Baumert performed Star Wars.
Claudia Taylor played On
Fourth Avenue and a familiar family favorite, She’ll be
Comin’ Round the Mountain on the piano. Claudia
is John’s older sister.
On the guitar, Samantha Todd played two classical pieces, The Toy and
Malaguena. Rhiana Todd
played Court Jester and
mantha is the youngest of
the Todd musicians. Kenzie Dennis performed Cat
Walk on the piano. Dennis’s
performance mirrored a cat
walking up and down the
piano keys. She also followed with another feline
favorite, Kitty Cat Blues.
Lea Baumert, a member of
the Dalhart Golden Wolves
band and flautist recently
selected for Small School
All State Band, played
Tribute. Lea also presented
this piece the week before
at the West Texas A & M
University Piano Festival.
he St. Anthony’s Fiesta / Jamaica is an annual event held at the Rita
Blanca Park grounds every
year. This year’s event will
be held on Sunday, June 9
from 12:00 p.m. through
7:00 p.m. There is a fundraiser held to determine the
crowing of Little Miss. St.
Anthony. This year the contestants are; Michelle Pena
and Kimberly Yatziry Brincas.
Pena is the three year old
daughter of Maribel Gonzalez. Gonzalez is employed
at La Cabana Restaurant.
Pena likes to dance, sing
and socialize in her spare
time.
Yatziry Brincas is the
seven year old daughter of
Lizbeth Montoya and Francisco Javier Perez. Brincas
attends Dalhart Elementary
School. In her spare time
she enjoys reading, coloring and riding her bike.
The title of Little Miss St.
Anthony’s is determined by
the amount of money each
contestant raises. All proceeds from the fundraisers
will benefit the St. Anthony’s building and education
funds. The two beautiful
little girls will raise money
through food sales, games,
raffles and several other
creative ideas this year.
The winner will be announced the day of the Fiesta/Jamaica. Like always,
the entire community is
invited to attend for a day
of fun, food and music. For
additional information regarding the festivities or the
fundraiser please contact
Bea or Sammy Vasquez at
333-4441 or 333-4375.
Yatziry Brincas is the seven year old daughter of Lizbeth
Montoya and Francisco Javier Perez.
Pena is the three year old daughter of Maribel Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is employed at La Cabana Restaurant.
XIT Communications donated
to the 2013 Dalhart Project Graduation
Courtesy Photo
Receiving a monetary donation from XIT Communications’ Sales & Customer Relations
Representative, Trena Howell (center) for the 2013 Dalhart High School Project Graduation is
DHS Seniors, Marcus Trujillo (left) and Allison DeJong (right). Project Graduation offers DHS
seniors a safe and exciting place on graduation night to enjoy fellowship and fun!

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