Golden Wolf Band perfect at competition

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Vol. 113, No. 84 16 pages in two sections
Friday, October 18, 2013
Dallam County and Hartley County, Texas
Golden Wolf Band perfect at competition
Discover
Dalhart Area
By THOMAS LOTT
Home of
Alice Garner
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traight 1’s. That is the goal in UIL (University Interscholastic League) competition for any and every band in the state of
Texas. You can’t do much better than straight
ones.
In fact, you cannot do any better than
straight ones in competition. Your school’s
band has to be on point and exceptional from
start to finish to receive straight ones.
The Dalhart High School Band has been
exceptional this year. They have gotten better week to week and have been showing off
their performance at halftime shows this year
and people have noticed the improvement.
The Golden Wolves band received straight
ones in UIL competition on Saturday to show
just how well they are playing.
“We went to UIL contest October 12 last
Saturday and achieved straight ones,” band
director Jim Paslay said. “That is a Division I rating which is superior. There were
35 bands at the contest Saturday, again that’s
1A through 5A, and only nine bands received
straight ones at contest.”
Paslay is originally from Oklahoma and
WORD
OF THE DAY
whipsaw
Definition, Page A2
SPORTS PAGE ...
PIVOTAL PASSING
Texan Photo by Thomas Lott
See BAND on Page 4 Dalhart’s drum majors Riley Guile, Lea Baumert and Ben Howell and their trophy from UIL competition.
See story, page B1
SENIOR NIGHT
Superintendent discusses breaking down bus issue
After third breakdown in three weeks, parents bring case to school board on Tuesday
By THOMAS LOTT
I
f you happened to drive down
Boys’ Ranch road the night of
Friday, (Sept. 27), you would
have seen a bus sitting on the side
of the road with no one in it, no
one standing around it, and seemingly no way to move it.
That bus belongs to Dalhart
I.S.D. and that bus was carrying
the high school band that was on
their way to Littlefield for a football game.
They did not make it to that
game, had to be picked up, and
left a lot of fans wondering where
the musical accompaniment was
for the Golden Wolves 27-19 win
over the Wildcats that put their
season record at 4-1.
This is not an isolated incident
either. One more busload of students was left stranded on the side
of the road a few weeks ago when
a bus broke down on the way
back from a junior high volleyball
game.
See BUSES on Page 4 Dalhart has had three buses break down in a matter of weeks with the most recent occuring over the weekend.
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Winner of the Week
Halloween happenings in Dalhart
Directly after the tailgate event, the Golden
Wolves will face off against Borger at 7:30
taff of the Dalhart Area Chamber of p.m. in a district matchup.
Commerce are hosting a couple of
events to help community members get to Halloween happenings
know each other a little better while networking around some fun seasonal events. Halloween is quickly approaching and
The first is a tailgating event slated for Fri- many organizations are planning a fun
day (Oct. 18) called the Fall New Neigh- filled evening in the community. The chambors Welcome Tailgate Party from 5:30 to ber of commerce is organizing a Trunk-orTreating night along with rounding up all
7:30 p.m.
The festivities will take place in the park- business and entities who want to hand out
ing lot of the Dalhart Golden Wolf Memo- candy or provide fun games for all little
ghouls and goblins.
rial Stadium on Spirit Trail.
“Everyone is invited to join the chamber All the night’s events happen Downtown
of commerce and our sponsor, Full Circle near the Courthouse on Denrock. Trunk-orInsurance for this welcoming tailgate party Treading will be around the XIT Museum
with free hotdogs, lemonade, door prizes area of Downtown. A costume contest is
and more,” a release from the chamber also going to take place sponsored by the
states. “New Dalhart Residents will be the chamber. There are several age groups
guests of honor as we welcome you to Dal- from: 0-3 years old, 4-5 years, 6-7, years,
hart and help you get acquainted with oth- 8-9 years, 10-12 years, 13-17 years and
18 and up in age. First through third place
ers in our community.”
If you know someone who is new to Dal- awards will include Dalhart Dollars and a
hart, bring them along for a great time.
See HAPPENINGS on Page 4
By JOE WARREN
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Selso Ramirez is the First National Bank of Dalhart Public
Picks winner of the week. Selso went 9-1 this week even
though, like everyone else he chose Oklahoma to beat
Texas. Selso received $50 for his win from First National
Bank of Dalhart. Try your hand at the picks this week
and maybe you will be the next winner. Good luck to
everyone.
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Dalhart Texan
Obituaries
Services to be held for Ruby Caughron
Weatherfor Monday October 21
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Ruby Caughron Weatherford, 91, died Wednesday,
October 17, 2013 in Dalhart, Texas
Graveside services were
held at 2:00 pm Monday
October 21, 2013 at Memorial Park Cemetery. Officiating will be Russell Ballew,
Elder, Dalhart Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
Ruby Mae Caughron was
born June 29, 1922 in Ballinger, Texas to Augustus
and Maude (Jones) Caughron. Ruby came to Dalhart
in 1943 and on December
01, 1945 she married Virgil
Weatherford. They made
their home in Dalhart, Virgil died in 1987. Ruby enjoyed gardening, reading
and spending time with her
grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, her
husband Virgil, a daughter,
Leora Coots, 2 sisters and 3
brothers.
She is survived by her
children - Roy Weatherford
and his wife Gladys, Ralph
Weatherford and Laura
Swart all of Dalhart. Nieces
Lorene Ballew of Dalhart,
Pat Powell Doyle of Wentzville, MO, Laretta Hooser of
Amarillo, Hazel Walker of
Dalhart and a nephew Russell Caughron of Dalhart as
well as 9 grandchildren and
13 great-grandchildren.
Rita Blanca Lake once a regional attraction
By ZELDA BETH LANG
F
or many years, several
years ago, Rita Blanca Lake, south of Dalhart
was a calling card for Dalhart residents, neighborObituary Policy
ing towns and neighboring
states. The lake was a place
The following is the standard obituary policy of
to come fish, water ski,
the Dalhart Texan:
boat and camp out. A lot of
weekends the area around
•
Name, age, date of death;
the Lake looked like a small
•
Service time and location, who is officiating,
city, with Coleman lanand the name of the funeral home;
terns, campfires and large
•
Brief
biography
stating
facts,
not
flashlights lighting up camp
observations;
areas all around the lake.
•
List of immediate family members who preceded
The Lake is now almost
person in death;
a memory, although there
•
List of immediate family survivors;
is some water inhabited
•
Suggested memorials.
by ducks, geese and other
birds. There is now a walk
Immediate family includes the person's father
ing trail around the lake for
and mother, brothers and sisters (full and half or
those that enjoy walking
step), spouse, children and step-children. It does not
and being in the great outinclude grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins,
doors.
nieces, nephews, and in-laws.
Obits can also include a 1 x 2 photograph. There is a Lake Board
that oversees it. The lake
Additional information added to the basic obituary
area is owned by the City
will be charged by the word.
of Dalhart.
Rita Blanca Lake came
Call 244-4511 to start your
into being in May 1938.
subscription today!
Wm. M. Anderson, landscape engineer with the
Bureau of Agricultural
Economics of Amarillo was
in Dalhart. He was here to
confer with Dallam County
Judge Floyd McNeill, Mayor Frank Farwell, H. Coon
and Joe M. Scott Jr. These
men met and discussed the
possibility of a dam on Rita
Blanca Canyon. This would
supply recreational facilities for handling of rodeos,
softball fields, pageants and
other public events.
Joe Scott said there was
an opportunity for Dalhart
to obtain much needed improvement and the committee must have the wholehearted support of the citizens of Dalhart, especially
the landowners.
The dam was completed
in 1939 and Dalhartans patiently waited for the lake
to fill.
Their wish came true in
an unexpected event when
a continuous rain fell from
Sunday, Sept. 21, through
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1941
when Dalhartans were astonished to find that the
lake was brimming full and
gushing three and a half
feet over the spillway.
One of the huge cement
wall slabs at the lower end
of the broad spillway tore
loose from its mooring
that Tuesday morning and
fell. The spillway remained
damaged until March 15,
1957. At this time the City
of Dalhart, then owners of
the lake, appointed a Lake
Park Commission. The
Commission appointed by
the City Council made a
study and recommended
plans for the rehabilitation
and development. The report was a nine-page document that included a bid to
cover the condition of the
spillway, tunnel under the
spillway, water elevation,
depth, surface acres and
acre-feet storage.
The report stated in order
to have a Lake for fishing
to be developed the Lake
has to have a stable level.
The Commission studied
the matter of drilling wells
to pump water into the lake
when needed. The wells
needed would be two for
the summer and one in the
winter.
On Nov. 5, 1957 an election was held to transfer the
Lake from the City to Dallam and Hartley County
deeded over the lake property to the joint County
Commissioners. The wells
were designed to keep the
level of the Lake at 35 feet.
Constant problems began
to appear: moss, rough fish,
superintendents to oversee
the area and whether to kill
the lake or not to kill the
lake. It was decided in July
1967 that a fish kill take
place which would mean no
fishing for two years. But it
was decided not to kill out
the lake at that time by a
vote of the Commissioners.
Stocking of fish continued
until Sept. 7, 1972 when
a complete rotenone fish
kill in the lake took place.
Restocking of fish began
about Oct. 13, 1972 just a
little over a month after the
kill.
Since January 1979, the
on again off again well
situation continued. The
wells were shut of on May
14, 1979 and turned back
on June 11, that year. This
was done by the vote of the
two Commissioners Courts.
On July 9, 1979 Hartley
County could no longer
come up with money to
run the wells, it was voted
by both counties to turn off
the wells as Dallam could
not foot the bills alone. The
vote included leaving them
off until the new budget
year October 1, 1979.
In 1978 the average cost
of running the two Lake
wells was $3,500 a month
with the total bill for all
three wells, including the
park well was $3,900 a
month, with the wells running full blast. All three
wells were electric and the
cost of operation went to
Southwestern Public Service. In 1979 the average
cost per month when the
wells ran was $5,200.
Facilities available at the
Lake in 1979 were boating,
fishing, water skiing, a well
equipped playground, large
rodeo arena, bull barn and
two large coliseums, used
for dances, banquets and
other events. The 55 Plus
Club converted the old bath
house into a meeting place.
A bait house was there in
1979 and other attractions
came and went including
the XIT Museum. A café
was operated there once
and even a miniature train
which circled the park.
nicking and the buildings
also are used. But the loss
of fishing, boating and water skiing was a disaster to
the area. In the hey-day of
the Lake between 100,000
and 200,000 people would
visit the lake annually. The
water shed that came from
New Mexico down the Rita
Blanca and Carizzo Creeks
is gone and has been for
several years. Dams have
been built along the creeks
by ranchers. Grassland was
broken up and now there
are circles of corn in creek
bottoms in many places.
A highlight many years
ago was when word would
come to Dalhart that there
was water coming down
the creek a lot of residents
would gather at the bridge
on West Highway 54 and
watch for the wall of water,
which could be heard as it
neared the bridge, bringing
tree limbs and other debris.
It was an awesome sight,
something not seen too often and will probably never
be seen again. On Tuesday
night, Sept. 11, 2001 the
Dalhart City Council approved Mayor Gene Rahll
to sign the agreement with
Dallam and Hartley Counties to accept the Rita Blanca Lake Property and begin
operating the facility as of
Oct. 1, 2001. The city still
maintains the lake property. Many trees have been
planted through the years
and the coliseum has been
remodeled and improved
and used almost every week
for some kind of event. The
Lake Board members meet
usually once a month. The
board is made up of the two
county judges, Mayor, City
Manager, a member of the
Economic
Development
Corporation and two at
large members to make up
the seven member board.
A sidelight to solutions for
the Lake could be heard in
interesting conservations
at the First National Bank
Coffee room. There were
two that day, Sept. 7, 1979,
both unique. One was to go
up to the mountains where
the water table level is high,
drill a well, and run plastic
pipe to the lake and run the
water downhill all the way.
The other solution was to
build a large funnel over the
Lake to catch all the rain
and keep it off Dalhart.
WORD OF THE DAY
whipsaw \HWIP-saw\, verb:
1. to subject to two opposing forces at the same time: The real-estate market has been whipsawed by
high interest rates and unemployment.
2. to cut with a whipsaw.
3. to win two bets from (a person) at one turn or play, as at faro.
4. (of a trailer, railroad car, etc.) to swing suddenly to the right or left, as in rounding a sharp curve at
high speed.
noun:
1. a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise.
The hour was past midnight; rumor and slander continued to whipsaw the throng.
-- Steven Pressfield, Last of the Amazons
Carter’s human rights policies were thus whipsawed between moral and strategic considerations, as
well as between different parts of the bureaucracy.
-- Walter LaFeber, Inevitable Revolutions
Commissioners Court. The
bond issue was passed and
a deed was drawn up.
Two wells were drilled
in 1957-1958 after the city
There were little league ball
parks still in existence today
that have been improved
through the years. Much of
the park is still used for pic-
View obituaries online at
Dalhart Texan
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Community Events
United Supermarkets going
pink
United announced Pink Tuesdays, this year’s fundraising
promotion to help support breast cancer research and
awareness. On Tuesdays throughout October, United
will donate $1 for every guest wearing pink who makes
a purchase of $10 or more, up to a maximum donation
of $25,000. Guests can also purchase pink reusable
bags for $2 each, with $1 from each purchase going to
the cause.
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RightPath Health Screenings
RightPath Health Screenings is coming to Dalhart on October 19th.
If you - a friend - a family member is looking for options in personalized health care, consider this screening.
Cardiovascular and Abdominal Screenings 11 Screenings only $200. For a list of screenings and descriptions
go to: www.cathedralhealthservices.org/screenings.html
For an appointment: Call: 800-770-0240 CALL EARLY
– SPACE IS LIMITED!
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2nd Annual Brawt Trot
5K Run and 1 Mile Walk/Fun
Run
Saturday, October 19, 9:00 a.m. ~ Rita Blanca Coliseum.
All proceeds benefit the St. Anthony Catholic Church
Youth Group.
Registration forms available at St. Anthony Catholic
Church office, Goodbodies and CrossFit Awakening.
For more information, contact: Renae Lenz 806-3334567, Jennifer Gergen 806-683-3882 or Reynaldo Encinias 806-333-8773
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St. Anthony’s annual
Oktoberfest
Please join us Sunday October 20 for St. Anthony’s Annual Oktoberfest. The meal will be served from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. at the Rita Blanca Coliseum. There will be dine in,
take out and drive thru available. On the menu is homemade sausage, homemade sauerkraut, green beans, potatoes, bread, apple sauce and dessert. Tickets for adults
$10, children $5 and may be purchased in advance from
any St. Anthony’s school student or at the door. There
will be bulk sausage for sale. A silent auction begins at 11
a.m. and a live auction will begin at 1:30 p.m.
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People’s church hosting ladies’
conference next week
Tuesday
Forgiven ladies conference Oct 24&25, 6:30 p.m. dinner and childcare (0-6)
Oct 26, 9am, breakfast, morning session and clothing
Dalhart Senior Citizens Menu
October21- October 25
Monday, October 21
Italian Sausage Soup,
Frech Bread Pizza Slice.
Veggie Tray, Crakers &
Mosaic Dessert Bars
24
Chicken/Beef Fajitas,
Rice, Beans, Tossed Salad,
Chips, Salsa & Cinnamon
Bar
Tuesday, October 22
Chicken Fry Chicken,
Mashed Potatoes w. Gravy,
Sliced Carrots or Corn,
Roll & Pumpkin Cookie
Friday, October 25
Chicken Salad Sandwich,
Minestrone Soup, Potatoe
Salad, Relish Plate, Chips
& Dessert
Wednesday, October 23
Neatballs w/ Gravy, Baked
Potato, Green Beans or
Corn, Egg Roll & Dessert
Thursday, October
School Lunch Menu
Ocotber 21- Ocotber 25
BREAKFAST
Monday
Oatmeal BAr and Yogurt
Tuesday
Chicken and Waffle Stick
Wednesday Sunrise Sandwich
Thursday Sausage Biscuit
Friday
Cinnamon Roll
LUNCH
Monday
Tangerine Chicken w/ Brown Rice, Carrots, Steamed Broccoli, Pineaplle Tidbits, Milk
Tuesday
Hamburger, Hamburger Garnish, Tater Tots, Western Beans, Diced Pears, Milk
Wednesday Toasted Ham and Cheese, Multi Grain Chips, Garden Salad, Salas, Hot Cinnamon Apples, Milk
Thursday Chicken Fajita Salad w/ Torrilla Chips, Baby Carrots, Salsa Fresh Fruit Bowl, Milk
Friday
Chicken Parmesan, Breadstick, Garden Salad, Svory Green Beans, Apple Slices, Milk
swap
Conference fee: $25
Friday
Tonight! Forgiven ladies conference 6:30 p.m., dinner
and childcare (ages 0-6)
Tomorrow 9am, breakfast, morning session, clothing
swap MEMBER
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“One Heart” Counseling
Training Adventure
Coming to the First Christian Church, 602 Denver, on
Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, is a Counseling
Training Adventure.
John Kiehl, from House on the Rock Ministries will
be in Dalhart to conduct this training. The first session
will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 and
on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This includes a
training manual and Saturday lunch. There is a cost but
interested persons may contact Pastor Jeff Mize at the
church office at 244-7500 or Jon Green, 249-2823.
At One Heart, persons will receive God’s powerful
plan for helping brokenhearted people and marriages
find: what the heart is and how special it is to life and
relationships: the destructive impact broken heats have
on relationships: how the heart is wounded and resulting
beliefs and strongholds: God’s powerful life giving truth
to mend and heal any broken heart: Jesus’ keys for heart
transformation and how to use them effectively and how
to guard a newly healed heart and continue to claim new
ground.
The training will have a marriage emphasis but applies
to all relationships. Participatents may be a couple or
individual. If you would like to attend, contact one of
the men mentioned above and they will tell you how to
register, the cost and answer any questions you might
have.
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Downtown Trick or Treat
Festival being planned for
October 31st in Downtown
Dalhart
The Downtown Trick or Treat Festival is being planned
for Thursday October 31 in Downtown Dalhart from
5:30 to 8 p.m. Businesses and nonprofit organizations are invited to
host a booth with games, food or other activities for the
evening. There will also be an area set up for individuals, groups
or businesses who would like to do trunk or treating and
just give away candy. Anyone interested in participating in the trunk or treat
or hosting a booth at the festival is asked to register with
the Chamber of Commerce office at 102 E. 7th St. The chamber once again plans to host the Costume
Contest inside Hillside Church. Participants must register prior to the start of the contest
at 6:30 pm.
No entries will be taken after the judging begins.
Contestants will be judged in the following categories:
0-3 years, 4-5 years, 6-7 years, 8-9, 10-12, 13-17, and
18 & up.
Please call the Chamber for more information 806-2445646.
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BUSES
(continued from page 1)
Just this last weekend, the
band had to change buses
when they felt one yellow
dog sputtering out on their
way out of town.
Parents, directors and
coaches alike are taking
notice of the issue and they
made their way out to the
school board meeting on
Tuesday night to express
their concern to Dalhart
I.S.D. superintendent John
Massey among others.
Amy Gonzales’ son is in
the high school band and
she took the time to speak
her mind during the pub‑
lic participation portion of
the meeting.
“I’m here about the
buses,” she said. “They
are consistently breaking
down. My concern is for
all children. If the buses
continue to break down
and this is a problem, why
can’t we fix them?”
Amy Whitehurst and
her husband Randy ad‑
dressed the board as well.
Their son is in band and
their daughter plays bas‑
ketball.
“The band bus has bro‑
ken down three times this
year already,” she said.
“This last time around,
you could still see the high
school when it broke down
on the way to a competi‑
tion.”
“Seven hours later it
was still sitting on the side
of the road with its lights
flashing and the doors
wide open,” Randy added.
“It seems like it’s happen‑
ing a lot recently.”
Other parents have ex‑
pressed their concern in
different ways. Some have
called up Superintendent
Massey themselves to
bring light to the issue.
However, Massey is
one person who can see
the issue from both sides.
In fact, the issue hits him
close to home.
“My kid was on the band
bus both times,” he said in
an interview on Tuesday.
“It’s not like I’m trying to
send out broke down bus‑
es, if I did, I wouldn’t put
my own kids on it.”
Though there were par‑
ents who expressed their
concerns on Tuesday
night, the board could not
take any action because
the item was not on their
agenda. However, they are
in the process of finding
the best way to address the
issue as you read this.
The problem facing the
school is that they have an
aging fleet. Of the 15 buses
the school uses for athlet‑
ics, band and driving kids
around, the youngest bus
they have is around five or
six years old. The oldest
buses are 17 to 22 years
old. The most logical step
may be to purchase new
buses, but that option can
get expensive if they want
to go with a brand-new
bus.
“Every time they add
any equipment to those
buses the prices keep go‑
ing up, so a 72-passenger,
one of the big buses is
going to run you around
$140,000,” Massey said.
“So, we’re looking to
see what we can do, but
we just haven’t got there
yet.”
Another
option
is
bringing in a transporta‑
tion service to help out.
They would help service
the fleet and make sure
the buses are ready to go.
The problem is that for the
service to come in, there
has to be enough students
and enough routes for the
services to be viable with
their charter buses.
At this point, they may
not be. The distance they
would have to travel would
be an issue too.
“I’ve called (Durham
Transportation) and looked
at some charter buses and
seeing what charter buses
cost,” Massey said. “The
problem is, where Dalhart
lies trying to get some of
those transportation ser‑
vices to come look at what
we have, they don’t want
to come this far out. We
don’t have enough routes
and enough kids to war‑
rant them to bring a whole
new fleet out.”
There is no easy an‑
swer to the situation, but
the school board is in the
exploration phase to see
what the best course of ac‑
tion is.
No matter what they de‑
cide to go with, the num‑
ber one concern on their
minds is the students.
“We have the buses
that we have, we’re going
to try to make sure that
they’re running the best
that we can, they’re me‑
chanical and they’re old,”
Massey said. “The most
precious resource that we
have in the school district
is our kids.”
BAND
getting to some competi‑
tions.
They continue to im‑
prove from contest to con‑
test and that is evident by
their improvement from
their performance just one
week before the UIL con‑
test.
“On October 5 we par‑
ticipated in the High Plains
Marching Festival in Am‑
arillo, competed with 20
bands, 1A through 5A,”
Paslay said. “We placed
nine out of 20. We’re very
proud of that.”
The band is on the up‑
swing and is as good as
it has been in the last few
years. Their marching is
good, their arrangements
are well done and they
look to get even better to‑
ward the end of the year.
“My wife and I are very
proud to be here at Dal‑
hart,” Paslay said. “This
is a good band and we’re
really proud of them.”
HAPPENINGS
we can accommodate any
special requests,” Chamber
President Kristine Olsen
said. “This is not like the
Block Party where we will
be bringing in vendors, but
more open to business own‑
ers and organizations.” The Dalhart Texan along
with Mazzio’s Pizza are
hosting a Halloween Dec‑
orating contest. Applica‑
tions can be picked up at
Mazzio’s, or at the Dalhart
Texan office.
Applications must be
submitted to the Texan on
or before Monday, Oct. 21
by 5 p.m. The winners will
be announced in the Tues‑
day (Oct. 29) edition of the
Texan. Have fun and happy parade is welcome.
decorating.
Also according to the
release, there will be floats
Coming up
decorated and ready for vet‑
erans to ride, and special
XIT Rangers are spon‑ cars for Gold Star Families,
soring a Veterans Day Pa‑ Purple Heart Veterans and
rade, Monday (Nov. 11) at P.O.W.s.
10 a.m. This event is to hon‑ The parade will line up
or and show appreciation to behind the Dalhart Police
all those who have served or Station on Second Street
are now serving America.
and Rock Island and end at
According to a release Veterans Memorial Park on
from the XIT Rangers they Seventh Street with a cer‑
would appreciate support emony honoring our veter‑
from local students, the ans.
Dalhart High School Band, In the event of inclem‑
area businesses and the en‑ ent weather, the ceremony
tire community to help make will be held in the Dalhart
this event a success. Anyone Senior Citizens Center, 610
wishing to participate in the Denrock Ave.
the band has grown a lot
in the few years that he
has been in Dalhart.
The band has done a
very good job so far this
year despite having some
troubles with buses and
special treat for the chosen
contest winners.
XIT Radio 94.5 FM is
hosting a pumpkin carving
contest downtown as one
of the evenings draws with
special prizes for the win‑
ners.
Contact the chamber with
any questions at 244-5646.
“We want business or or‑
ganizations to let us know
what they plan to do and
where they want to set up
for the night’s events so
there is no confusion and
Legal Notice
Attempts to set up interviews with Jim Line Transportation Director were
unsuccessful. Joe Warren
also contributed to this report.
NO. 2706
ESTATE OF
COURT
WALTER DANIEL BUTLER
A/K/A WALTER DAN BUTLER,
DECEASED
TEXAS
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IN
THE
COUNTY
DALLAM
COUNTY,
OF
NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST
ESTATE OF WALTER DANIEL BUTLER, A/K/A
WALTER DAN BUTLER, DECEASED
NOTICE is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary upon the Estate
of Walter Daniel Butler, a/k/a Walter Dan Butler were issued to Loyd Daniel Butler,
Independent Executor, on the 16th day of September, 2013, in the proceeding indicated
above, which is still pending, and that Loyd Daniel Butler now holds such Letters. All
persons having claims against said Estate which is being administered in the County
above named, are hereby required to present the same to Bradley M. Pettiet, Attorney
at Law, P.C., as the attorney for said estate to the address below given, before suit upon
Courtesy Photo
the same are barred by the general statutes of limitation, before such estate is closed, These children enjoy a day of picking pumpkins at Mayer pumpkin patch.
and within the time prescribed by law. The address to which claims may be presented
is listed below my name.
allam and Hartley
They approved a radio During the Joint meeting
County
Commission‑
maintenance
agreement Ann Hills with Meals on
DATED this _________ day of October, 2013.
ers
met
Tuesday
morning
with
the
PRPC
(Panhandle
Wheels spoke to the two
(Oct. 15) as Monday was a Regional Planning Com‑ courts to be able to apply Respectfully submitted,
holiday and county work‑ mission) in Amarillo.
for a grant from the Texas
ers celebrated Columbus There will be a COPSYNC Department of Agricul‑
Day.
911 placed at the Dalhart ture, both Commission‑
Bradley M. Pettiet, Attorney at
Hartley
County
had
a
long
Annex on 14th Street, ers Courts agree to pay 25
Law, P.C.
agenda. They approved across from the Swimming cents for all residents over
the quarterly investment Pool Park. This will pro‑ 60 years of age. This is
By______________________________ report, the regional public vide security for the An‑ usually $250 to $300 a year
Bradley M. Pettiet
defenders contract and ap‑ nex.
from each of the two coun‑
proved a resolution for in‑ A Website and Email, ties. The Commissioners
State Bar Number: 15858445
digent defense grant.
CIRA agreement was ap‑ agreed to this request.
1661 Broadway
Commissioners
voted
to
proved.
A representative from
Lubbock, Texas 79401
buy a 140 Cat Motor Grad‑ Dallam County reappoint‑ Meals on Wheels requests
Telephone
(806) 747‑3420
er for County Roads.
ed two Dallam County this each year before Nov.
Facsimile
(806) 747‑1931
Commissioner also voted members to the Appraisal 1 which is the deadline.
to buy a Chevrolet four- Board. Reappointed were Bills for the Bi-County,
door Pickup for the Sher‑ Wes Ritchey and David Jail, Library and Extension
Attorney For Plaintiff
iff’s Department.
Field.
Service were paid.
Counties hold joint meeting
D
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The Dalhart Texan Presents:
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Texas Tech at West Virginia
UCLA at Stanford
Florida St. at Clemson
USC at Notre Dame
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Last Week (Overall)
T
Weekly Weather Review
Cool days ahead
he weather dipped into the low
30s this week for the overnight
lows and is expected to remain there
for the next week according to reports
from Weather Underground. Friday’s
weather is reported to be 27 for the
overnight low and only reach 48 degrees for the high. Saturday’s overnight low is expected to get down to
36 degrees and up to 63 in the daytime. Sunday will see much of the
same, 37 degrees on the low end and
66 for the high.
Next week Weather Underground
predicts the highs to be in the low to
mid 60s while the lows will hit the
low 30s to 40s and the daytime highs
will be in the low to mid 60s in Dal-
hart. Thursday has a chance of rain at
20 percent with zero percent chance
of rain beginning Friday and going
into next week.
Freeze warning remains in effect for much of the area. Low temperatures between 29 and 32 degrees are expected across the northwestern Texas Panhandle this week.
The Dalhart Police Dept. investigated or
followed up on the following incidents
October 7 - October 13, 2013
The Dalhart Police Dept. being passed at a local
investigated or followed up business.
on the following incidents.
There have been sevMonday October 7, 2013 eral
occurrences
of
counterfeit currency being
1. 700 Blk. Ash, Offi- passed around town. $1’s,
cers received further in- $10’s and $50’s are all
formation regarding an ID that we know about at this
Theft
that
occurred time. Please report any
originally
on
Sep- fake money to the police
tember
10,
2013. so that we can follow up.
2. 800 Blk. Dallam, Officers responded to a burglary of a camper in which
a
his
flat
screen
TV
was
stolen.
2. 500 Blk. Blair, Officers responded to a request to issue criminal
trespass warnings to some
suspicious
individuals.
Wed. October 9, 2013 3. 500 Blk. Blair, Officers responded to a report
1. 600 Blk. Denver, Of- of theft. Suspects have
ficers followed up on a re- been identified and folport of counterfeit money low-up has begun in this.
Thurs. October 10, 2013
1. 1100 Trinidad, Officers responded to a citizen
complaint regarding an
assault. The caller wished
to file assault charges
and a complaint was
delivered to City Hall.
1. 2100 Blk. E. 16th,
Officers responded to
a report of brass theft.
Identifying evidence was
obtained in this case and
follow up is on going. Sunday October 13, 2013
Friday October 11, 2013 1. 1300 Blk. N. Hwy.
87, Officers responded to
1. Tanglewood, Officers a report of beer theft. A
responded to an unknown witness said that a male
disturbance. Upon arrival subject took two 30
it was determined that packs of Bud Light beer.
one subject was having an
emotional crisis. Family 2. 1000 Blk. Chanmembers remained with ning, Officers responded
the individual.
to a report of domestic
violence. The suspect
had left the scene for ofSaturday
ficers arrival. A report is
October
12,
2013 being filed.
Deadline nearing for certain Insurance
T
he deadline is nearing for Pasture, Range
and Forage Insurance,
designed to provide livestock and hay producers
protection against acreage
losses, said DeDe Jones,
Texas A&M AgriLife
Extension Service risk
management specialist in
Amarillo.
The 2014 sign-up and
acreage reporting deadline for this program is
Nov. 15, and notices of
premiums due will be sent
by July 1, Jones said.
“Insurance is a critical
component in producers’
risk management port-
folios during periods of
drought or uncertainty,”
she said. “This policy benefited many cattle producers around the Panhandle
in 2011 and 2012 due to
the low rainfall conditions.”
Payment is not determined by individual damages, but rather area losses
based on a grid system,
Jones explained. Producers can select any portion
of acres to insure, but they
must also choose a minimum of two two-month
intervals or a maximum
of six two-month intervals
per year to insure.
Coverage levels between 70 and 90 percent
are available, she said.
Once coverage is selected, the producer chooses
a productivity factor between 60 and 150 percent.
The productivity factor is
a percentage of the established county base value
for forage.
The base value is a standard rate published by the
Risk Management Agency
for each county. It is calculated based on the estimated per-acre cost of grazing,
Jones said. For example,
Hansford County’s value
is $8.11 per acre. She said
Check us out on the web
Texas uses a rainfall index
to determine the insurance
coverage. The rainfall index uses National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Climate
Prediction Center data and
a 12-by-12 mile grid system.
A decision-support tool
to help producers determine coverage levels and
intervals can be found at:
http://agforceusa.com/
rma/ri/prf/dst.
For more information about the insurance
and how it fits into a risk
management plan, contact
Jones at 806-677-5600 or
dljones@ag.tamu.edu.
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Migrant Education program at Dalhart ISD flourishing
By JOE WARREN
T
he Migrant Education
Program at Dalhart ISD
headed by Alicia Williams,
the district’s Migrant Coordinator and Recruiter, is
flourishing.
It currently is responsible
for an enrollment of 74 students, seven of those students are ages three to four
years old.
The migrant program is
funded by the federal government and is in place to
educate migrant workers’
children, who oftentimes
move around where the
work is, mainly in agriculture areas. It keeps track of
the workers’ children and
their educational needs,
keeping their education
moving forward, filling
gaps in educational lapses
or adding tutoring or even
helping purchase school
supplies in some cases.
The program does much
more, but is basically in
place to ensure that all migrant students reach challenging academies standards and eventually graduate with a high school diploma.
The local program was
honored recently by having
one of its very own students
picked to be part of a Youth
Leadership trip to Washington D.C. as part of Close Up,
an organization that coordi-
nates trips to the nation’s
capitol giving students a
better understanding of the
workings of America.
“It was a trip of a lifetime,” Alejandre Varela
the local student who was
the first ever from Dalhart
ISD selected to attend. “I
learned so much while on
the trip and will remember
forever my experience.”
Alejandre is enrolled in
the migrant program at Dalhart ISD in the 11th grade.
She presented her experiences to the Dalhart ISD
Board of Education at its
regular meeting Tuesday,
(Oct. 15) along with a powerpoint presentation.
Genna Stotts an Education Specialist with the Migrant Department in Region
16 based in Amarillo where
Dalhart ISD falls, said the
program is all about educating students while making sure they continue their
education and see it through
high school.
Our main focus is working with the children,”
Stotts said. “We offer these
children, who often have
breaks in the education
— our system fills in the
gaps.”
Stotts said the program
also works with the students’ parents.
“Parents have to be
there as parents are the first
teachers,” she added. Stotts
made the trip to Dalhart to
help Alejandre present her
experiences to the board.
Also with Alejandre was
Alice Williams the district’s
migrant coordinator.
The program is funded by
the U.S. Department of
Education. Following are
the program’s description,
projects, goals from the
U.S. Department of Education Website:
Program Description
Funds support high quality education programs for
migratory children and help
ensure that migratory children who move among the
states are not penalized in
any manner by disparities
among states in curriculum,
graduation requirements, or
state academic content and
student academic achievement standards.
Funds also ensure that
migratory children not only
are provided with appropriate education services (including supportive services) that address their special needs but also that such
children receive full and
appropriate opportunities to
meet the same challenging
state academic content and
student academic achievement standards that all children are expected to meet.
Federal funds are allocated
by formula to SEAs, based
Texan Photo by Joe Warren
Gene and Louise Rahll receive an appreciation certificate during the school board meeting
from Alejandre Varela for their generous help in financing Valera’s trip to Washington D.C.
on each state’s per pupil
expenditure for education
and counts of eligible migratory children, age three
through 21, residing within
the state.
instruction; vocational instruction; career education
services; special guidance;
counseling and testing services; health services; and
preschool services.
Types of Projects
Program goal
for responsible citizenship,
further learning, and productive employment.
Special Initiatives
The Office of Migrant Education has several leadership initiatives in place to
States use program funds The goal of the Migrant increase the capacity of
to identify eligible children Education Program is to State educational agenand provide education and ensure that all migrant stu- cies, local school districts,
support services. These dents reach challenging schools, and other commuservices include: academic academic standards and nity organizations to coninstruction; remedial and graduate with a high school tinuously improve the educompensatory instruction; diploma (or complete a cational outcomes attained
bilingual and multicultural GED) that prepares them by migrant children.
School board talks through agenda items
By ZELDA BETH LANG
A
lthough not on the
agenda, several concerned parents were present
Tuesday night at the DISD
Board meeting. Amy Gonzales was spokeswoman for
the group.
According to Gonzales,
a couple of weeks ago a bus
broke down on the highway
between here and Littlefield
and sat there three days.
Just this past week before a
bus got out of town it broke
down and sat there seven
hours. She has a daughter in
band but she was concerned
for all students, athletes and
others on trips when buses
continuously break down.
The students are more vulnerable when on the highway. Supt. John Massey
said the item was not on the
agenda but “It is a concern
of mine and I will get back
to you.”
A presentation was
shown on a trip in June of
12 Migrant Students who
went to Washington, D.C.
Alejandre Varela, was the
first student from Dalhart to
ever get to go on a leadership retreat. Other students
from Stratford, Friona, and
Bovina ISD also made the
trip. Spokesmen for the
presentation said seven of
the 12 students had never
been on a plane and five
had never been away from
home. They were able to
visit with two Senators and
Representatives and tour
several sites in Washington.
Alejandre presented a certificate to Gene and Louise
Rahll, who were present,
for providing the financial
help for her to make this
trip.
Scott Hand told the
Board he had gotten the applications for the E-Rate for
the school to be partially
reimbursed by the Federal
Government for the telephone, internet and other
tele-communication items.
An update on school improvement plans was discussed. Intermediate School
Principal Mark McCormick
talked about five significant
Representatives from the Migrant Program make their presentation to the school board..
areas they are studying.
Supt. Massey said in his
report that a representative
from Region 16 in Amarillo
was here last week to speak
to all the principals.
Next week they will be
here to do more data training and explain to principals the process they will
teach at the teacher level
and work on what is week
in education of each student.
The enrollment was dis-
cussed and it was reported
that 96.5 percent of the students came to school every
day since the beginning of
school, which is what the
District set as their goal.
The CTE (Career Technology Education) report
was discussed and approved.
The Dallam County Appraisal District Collection
Contract was discussed and
approved.
The Dallam County Ap-
praisal District collects all
local taxes for both Dallam
and Hartley Counties and
sends the portion received
to the DISD after all taxes
are collected.
Hartley County Appraisal District Nomination was
Mario Gomez, Cheri DeJong, David Spinhirne and
Jay Peeples. For Dallam
County it was Peter Baumert.
There was no executive
session.
Local graduates from Marine boot camp
P
vt. Christopher D. Garcia graduated from US
Marine Corps Boot Camp
on Friday, October 4th,
2013, at the USMC Recruitment Depot in San Diego CA, with a commendation for marksmanship.
Christopher
attended
schools in Dalhart TX,
Elkhart KS and Pampa TX,
and graduated from Pampa
High School in June 2013.
He is the son of Amanda
Garcia and the brother of
Anjelica Garcia, both of
Pampa TX, and the son
of Chris Garcia of Elkhart
KS.
He is the grandson of
Jimmye & Wendy Cole of
Gainesville TX, and Danny Garcia and Janie Rojas,
both of Dalhart TX. For
the next several months,
Chris will be involved in
rifle training, specialized
training and other schools
for the US Marines; then
will attend college for two
years while serving in the
Marine Reserves. Chris
will then serve at least two
years on active duty.
Family and friends are
very proud of Chris for
his achievement, and for
his service to our country!
We would appreciate your
prayers for him and for all
our military service memCourtesy Photo
bers and veterans.
Pvt. Christopher D. Garcia graduated on October 4.
Call Dee at 244-4511 or 336-8200 to advertsing in the
upcoming Veteran’s Special Section on November 8
Also contact Dick Knight to enter a float or vehicle in
the parade on Monday, November 11
Dalhart Texan
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THORNBERRY: Pentagon playing
political games with death benefits
Congressman Mac Thornberry (RClarendon), the vice chairman of the
House Armed Services Committee,
made the following comments in response to the Pentagon’s decision to
freeze death benefits for families of
the fallen:
“I am very concerned that the Administration’s attempt to play politics with the lives of Americans has
extended even to military families
who have lost loved ones.
Ten days ago, before the government was partially shut down, the
House and the Senate passed a bill
to pay troops, civilians, and contractors in DOD. The President signed
it into law on September 30.
Amazingly, Pentagon lawyers
seem to have gone out of their way
to interpret that death benefits to surviving family members of fallen service members were not covered in
this bill. Rather than squabble with
lawyers, the House arranged an immediate vote to make it abundantly
clear that such benefits should be
paid. It passed the House today by a
bipartisan vote of 425 to 0.
Just as the House was about to
vote on the measure, the White
House announced that the President
had instructed the Pentagon to “fix”
the issue, and Secretary of Defense
Hagel issued a statement this afternoon that his lawyers would allow
an outside group to provide the benefits temporarily and then be reim-
A
bers and birthdates, have
been panned by many
technology and digital
security experts as being
vulnerable to malicious
attacks by hackers. Even
those not using the website are still at risk due
to what is called “target
spear phishing attacks”
where scam artists send
out emails pretending to
be legitimate organizations in an effort to get
people to follow nefarious web links or unknowingly submit personal information.
“Everyone should always be extra vigilant
but more so right now
with the information
they share over the Internet, especially via email.
Criminals who could be
thousands of miles away
in foreign countries can
be just as much of a threat
to your security over the
Internet,” said Thornberry. He emphasized that
“people need to look at
any email they receive or
website they are told to
go to in regards to signing
up for Obamacare with a
great deal of skepticism.
Double check the sources
and the web addresses before clicking on anything
and especially before submitting personal information.”
Security experts urge
people to beware of:
Anyone contacting you
by phone, email, or text
offering to help sign you
up for insurance in exchange for a fee. Never
agree to provide anyone
that offers such a service
in exchange for money or
your personal information (e.g. bank account
numbers, Social Security
ID, credit card accounts);
Government
imposters. Government agencies may send information about the insurance
exchanges to you via
mail, but they will not
call or email you request-
and a co-director of the poll.
“In many scenarios, support
increased by more than 10
percentage points.”
Asked to rate the importance of the state’s infrastructure needs, 93 percent
said water infrastructure was
very or somewhat important.
Roads and public education
were rated as very or somewhat important by 94 and 92
percent, respectively.
By a wide margin, Texas
voters prefer to vote directly
on the state’s big decisions,
rather than leaving the decisions to legislators. Seventyfive percent said it is best to
let the voters decide on big
decisions, with only 16 percent agreeing that big decisions should be left to legislators.
“Many scholars and policymakers would prefer to let
legislators and other elected
officials determine things
like this,” said Daron Shaw,
a government professor at
UT Austin and co-director
of the poll. “But the public
wants to maintain control,
and the Texas Constitution
specifically gives them that
right.”
This is the latest in a series
of online polls conducted
by the Texas Politics Project and The Texas Tribune.
Comprehensive poll results,
information about methodology and the survey dataset
will be available at the Texas
Politics Project website later
this week.
Support for the poll was
provided by the Meadows
Foundation, which helped
establish The Meadows
Center for Water and the
Environment at Texas State
ing money or credit card
numbers; Emails or phone
calls from people using
high-pressure tactics that
try to scare or threaten
you to submit sensitive
information in order to
avoid a fine or jail time;
Bogus claims that
you need an Obamacare
card to receive insurance
coverage; The only official website to sign up
for the Affordable Care
Act exchanges is www.
healthcare.gov. Always
make sure to type out the
website name and never
blindly follow any link
that says it will take you
to the official website.
People should avoid any
other site claiming to be
able to sign them up for
the insurance exchanges.
Anyone receiving a
telephone call or email
seeking money or sensitive personal information
should refuse the demand
and report the threat to
the Congressman’s office
1701 Hwy 87 South
(806) 249-5589
THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE
Winch Up
By BAXTER BLACK,
DVM
A while back I decided to
build up my ranching reputation by improving my
equipment. I purchased
a 1997 crew cab GMC
one-ton diesel with only
254,000 miles on it. I traded in a 74 one-ton flat bed
F350 with a winch, plus
$4,000. I asked the used
car dealer if I could keep
the winch. He said it was
the only reason he took the
flatbed in trade!
Cal told me his neighbor
Jerry came by to show him
his new purchase. A brandspankin’ new ¾ ton 4wheel drive with payments
of $600 a month over 5
years…but, what Jerry was
most proud of was a 20-ton
winch with 50’ of cable
mounted on the front bumper. Jerry talked Cal into
goin’ to check cows with
him. It was a beautiful fall
day in the Palouse country
of Idaho. Miles of yellow
pasture and wheat stubble,
not a tree in sight. As they
motored through the herd
they noticed a cow with a
lump on her jaw, one big
tit and, what looked like a
bundle of wire around one
foot.
Together these cowmen
University-San Marcos.
On the Web: An interac- decided to catch her, tie her
tive chart titled “Turnout as to a fence to remove the
a Percentage of Voting-Age
Population in Five Types of
Texas Elections and Presidential Elections,” which
includes specific special
election turnout figures
from 1977 to 2011, can be
found at the website of UT
Austin’s Texas Politics Project. A table with the results
of various voter screens of
the poll results can also be
found at the site.
Texans show strong support for water
infrastructure funding
majority of Texas voters
believe it is important
for the state to invest in water infrastructure and support a constitutional amendment allotting a portion of
the state’s Rainy Day Fund
to finance water projects, according to a University of
Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.
Fifty-two percent of Texans said they would vote in
November for Proposition 6,
which would allot $2 billion
from the Rainy Day Fund
to assist in the financing of
Texas water projects. Nineteen percent said they would
vote against financing the
funds, and 29 percent said
they don’t intend to vote or
don’t have an opinion.
The statewide poll, conducted Sept. 27 to Oct. 4,
surveyed 800 registered
Texas voters and had a margin of error of 3.46 percentage points.
The pollsters caution that
with extremely low turnout
in constitutional elections,
overall results need to be
carefully interpreted. After
the survey was completed,
the UT researchers looked at
various subsets of the polling
results using “voter screens”
— different combinations of
voters’ expressed interest in
politics, the legislature and
the upcoming election — to
estimate different groups of
likely voters.
“We found strong overall
support for Proposition 6,
and the percentage supporting the measure increased
in all of the likely voter
screens,” said James Henson, director of the Texas
Politics Project at The University of Texas at Austin
Dalhart Animal Hospital
bursed.
ON
This situation is ridiculous and
unnecessary. The White House’s
failure to develop a solution to a
problem that they manufactured
before the House forced the issue
seems to be further evidence that the
Administration is on a campaign to
make the partial lapse of appropriations as painful and as dramatic as
possible. If there is any group that
should be exempt from such maneuvers, it should be families of those
lost in battle.
Secretary Hagel should focus all of his energies on getting the Presi- dent to support and the Senate to
pass the House-passed bill without
delay.”
Thornberry alerts residents to be on
guard for Obamacare scams
Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) is
alerting 13th District residents to be on guard for
possible scams and fraudulent websites meant to
take advantage of people
seeking to sign up for
the Affordable Care Act,
more commonly known
as Obamacare.
“There is a great deal of
confusion among people
when it comes to Obamacare, and there are a lot
of scam artists out there
who are already trying
to prey on unsuspecting
folks caught up in that
confusion,” Thornberry
said. “The problems occurring with the launch
of the healthcare act’s
website have greatly increased the risk of potential identity and information theft.”
The official Affordable
Care Act website and its
data hub, which stores
sensitive user information
like Social Security num-
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lump. They rifled through
his toolbox and found an
old rope and a halter with
no lead rope. Cal easily
caught the cooperative cow
and haltered her. Before he
could get the rope attached,
Jerry suggested that he
hook the winch to the halter. It was just an excuse to
play with his new toy.
They pulled 20’ of cable
from the winch and hooked
it to the halter. Jerry stood
by the winch with the remote in his hand like
Theodore Roosevelt in a
backhoe about to take his
first bite out of the Panama
Canal…modern man vs.
Mother Nature.
The cow immediately
pulled back and went ballistic! She raced to the right
till the cable tightened and
swung her around the pickup behind the right rear
wheel well! She managed
to take Jerry out with the
cable, broke off the headlight, tore off the side mirror and bashed in the rear
fender.
As soon as Jerry arose,
the cow reversed course
and made the left side symmetrical! Jerry climbed on
the hood, remote in hand,
as the cow continued to
swing back and forth pendularly, from one side to
the other.
By the time she was
reeled in tight to the winch,
the pickup looked like it
had been in a dogfight with
a switch engine! One taillight survived, unlike both
headlights, side panels,
mirrors and the driver’s
side window.
They removed the tangle
of wire and wisely decided
to cut the nylon halter off
with a pocket knife rather
than give her some slack
and try to unbuckle it.
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The apostle Paul wrote in Col. 2:14, “having blotted out the bond
written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he
hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;” This plainly teaches the
O.T., was nailed to the cross. Some object saying it only states the “ORDINANCES” were nailed to the cross. Eph. 2:15 states, “having abolished in his
flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;”
Since the commandments were contained in ordinances, and the ordinances
were nailed to the cross, the commandments were nailed to the cross.
In Mt. 5:17 Jesus said, “Think not that I came to destroy the law or
the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.” The PURPOSE of the LAW
and PROPHETS was to get people ready for Christ. Jesus did not destroy that
purpose. He fulfilled it. Note the next verse, Mt. 5:18, “For verily I say unto
you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
away from the law, till all things be accomplished.” This plainly teaches NO
PART of the LAW (O.T.) would pass away until it all passed away. Has any
part of the O.T. passed away? Sure it has! You don’t see anyone following the
O.T. (Lev. 16) to offer animal sacrifices, do you? If any of the O.T. has passed
away, it has all passed away. We are NOT under the O.T., as a law, today.
The first question many ask is, WHY then do we have the O.T. in our
Bibles? EXCELLENT QUESTION! The Bible teaches (Rom. 15:4) the things
written aforetime were written for our learning. WHAT can we learn from a
good study of the O.T? A GREAT DEAL! We learn the history of God’s
people. We see types and shadows (Heb. 9:9, 23; 10:1) of things to come in
the N.T. The book of PROVERBS teaches us WISDOM in dealing with our
spouses, children, neighbors, and others. In studying the O.T. we also learn
about God. We learn the NATURE of God, the POWER of God, the GOODNESS of God, the SEVERITY of God, and the TRUTHFULNESS of God.
Since God cannot lie (Num. 23:19), we know we can trust Him to keep His
word. We learn a lot from the O.T., but the law we are under today is the N.T.
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Lifestyles
Dalhart Texan
FFA places at state fair competition Ribbon cuttings for local businesses
Sharon’s Flower Shop
Courtesy Photo
Picture left to right Jake Massey, Tyrell Yeager, Geriet Lenz and Jaden Massey
Hartley and Dalhart FFA
members traveled to Dallas
during the week of October
7, to particpate in the State
Fair.
Four students competed in the prepared public
speaking contest in various
divisions. The young men
were among 108 students
from all over the state.
Jake Massey, Dalhart
FFA, placed fifth in the
Animal Science Division.
Tyrell Yeager, Hartley
FFA, placed fourth in the
Western Heritage Division. Geriet Lenz, Hartley
FFA, placed third in the Ag
Communications Division.
Jaden Massey, Dalhart
FFA, placed first in the Ag
Communications division
and was the Reserve Champion of the Jr. Contest.
Sharon’s Flower Shop hosted a ribbon cutting on Saturday, October 12. The new business is
“These boys did a great located at 502 E 7th Street
job representing their respective schools and our
community,” stated Becca
McEndree.
Panhandle Ballet Academy
Scholarships Awarded
Texan Photo by Dee Brown
Panhandle Ballet Academy welcomed their students and the community to their new location
of the academy at 305 Denrock
C
aitlyn Elizabeth Skalsky, a graduate of
Hartley High School, has been awarded
a scholarship by the Texas Interscholastic
League Foundation.
Skalsky received the Dean Weese Scholarship in the amount of $1,000, payable for
the first year of higher education. The Dean
Weese Scholarship is sponsored by Whataburger Inc. & Southwest Shootout Inc., who
also sponsor the Leta Andrews Scholarship.
This scholarship is awarded to a student who
has participated in the University Interscholastic League Academic State Meet and who
has compiled an outstanding record of academic and extracurricular achievement. They
must have also participated in Girl’s High
School Varsity Basketball.
This year the TILF awarded 411 new scholarships and will renew 179 multi-year awards
for a total of 590 scholarships being distributed during the 2013-14 academic year, with
a value of over $1.1 million. Recipients must
attend any approved college or university in
Texas.
Skalsky competed in social studies at the
2013 UIL Academic State Meet. He also
competed in UIL basketball and literary criticism.
Skalsky plans to attend West Texas A&M
University and major in Communication Disorders.
C
assidy Aline Horn, a graduate of
Channing High School, has been
awarded a scholarship by the Texas Interscholastic League Foundation.
Horn received the Lori McGlamery
Portugal Scholarship in the amount
of $1,000, payable for the first year
of higher education. The Lori McGlamery Portugal Scholarship is
awarded to students who have competed at the University Interscholastic League Academic State Meet and
who have compiled an outstanding record of academic and extracurricular
achievement.
This year the TILF awarded 411
new scholarships and will renew 179
multi-year awards for a total of 590
scholarships being distributed during
the 2013-14 academic year, with a
value of over $1.1 million. Recipients
must attend any approved college or
university in Texas.
Horn competed in feature writing
at the 2011 and 2012 UIL Academic
State Meets. She also competed in
UIL basketball, cross country, news
writing, headline writing and one-act
play.
Horn plans to attend Baylor University and major in Journalism.
White Chili Recipe
Ingredients
1 lb large white beans, soaked overnight in water,
drained
6 cups chicken broth
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 medium onions, chopped (divided)
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 4-ounce cans chopped green chilies
2 tsp ground cumin
1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
4 cups diced cooked chicken
3 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese
1 jalapeno chopped (optional)
Direction
Combine beans, chicken broth, garlic
and half the onions in a large soup pot and bring
to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until beans are
very soft, 3 hours or more. Add additional water
(or watered-down broth), if necessary.
In a skillet, sauté remaining onions in oil
until tender. Add chilies and seasonings and mix
thoroughly. Add to bean mixture. Add chicken
and continue to simmer 1 hour. Check seasoning;
add jalapeno to level of desired hotness.
Serve topped with grated cheese.
Garnish with cilantro, chopped fresh tomato,
salsa, chopped scallions, and/or guacamole. Serve
with fresh warmed flour tortillas or tortilla chips.
These ain’t your granny’s caramel apples
T
hese festive apples are
made from the basic
recipe found on the back of
the Kraft caramels package,
with a twist. Anything goes
with candy and caramel apples and it’s a great way to
use small amounts of nuts,
candy and sprinkles. These
delicious desserts can be
used a center piece for your
table or add a pop of color
to the buffet.
Dalhart Texan
Page B1
Friday, Ocotber 18, 2013
Lady Wolves win in straight sets
Lady Wolves head into weekend match-up with Borger on three-match winning streak
By THOMAS LOTT
A
fter the Lady Wolves volleyball team
fell to Borger in four games, Dalhart
has kicked their season into overdrive
and dominated each of their last three
opponents.
The most recent victim of the Lady
Wolves run was the River Road Lady
Cats who they took down 3-0 (25-17,
25-19 and 25-17).
“I’ll be honest, I was nervous about
this,” head coach Kira Satterfield said.
“Because I know that River Road is a
good team, I know they’ve struggled
some this year, but I was worried that they
were going to come out all guns blazing
and was worried that we might think
‘well, we beat them’ and sometimes you
start the second round and you’re playing people for the second time and they
know you a little better that year and you
know them, so sometimes it becomes a
slugfest.”
Dalhart controlled the game from start
to finish, but they really limited their mistakes and allowed the Lady Cats to beat
themselves in the three-game sweep.
They did have some problems with
errors in the first set, totaling 12 in the
game, but they had a grand total of 13
combined in the second and third.
As the season has gone on they have
cut down on the errors each time and it
has helped their offense dramatically.
“It’s good hard work,” Satterfield said.
“We really talked about it, we really focused on why those things really hurt us.
We just tried to make a conscientious ef-
fort to, in practice, say ‘OK, this is what
we need to do today to win this day.”
What they have done in their last three
district wins is get the ball to Madison
Sherrill. She is one of the leading scorers
in the district, and when she is healthy,
there has not been a team that has come
up with an answer for her.
But the thing that has really made this
team better is the implementation of the
whole team into the attack. Everyone is
scoring right now from Sherrill to Katelyn Sybesma to Bailey Clements and on
down the list. Britt Wilson also had one
spot down on the right side of the River
Road defense that they could not figure
out all night. She finished with six kills
for the match.
In fact, if you look across the board,
the Lady Wolves had their best scoring
Dalhart 3, River Road 0 (25-17, 25-19 and 25-17)
night of the season balance wise. Sherrill
had 13 kills, Bailey Clements had seven,
Robynn élan Puttick had six, Wilson had
six, Katelyn Sybesma had two and Breena Read had one.
The numbers are leveling out with
less kills coming out of Sherrill, which
gives the opposing defense fits because
they don’t know what is coming. They
will need that diversity come Saturday
when they take on Borger at 3 p.m. on
the road.
“We’ve got to go and focus on what
we’ve been doing,” Satterfield said.
“We’ve got to have good serve-receive,
we need to move the ball around, we need
to serve tough and cut down on service
errors. We know we’re going to have a
few, you can have that being aggressive,
but we can’t have 16.”
Use Your Words
On Borger
“We’ve fixed a lot of mistakes that we had against them, and we’re
definitely ready. There’s a new team coming at them.” –Joselyn
Martinez
On Team’s performance
“We’re just really determined to win and we just pushed forward
and all worked together. It was a good team effort.” –Courtney
White
On Back line play
“I thought they did a great job and that allowed us to start getting
everyone involved. When we were passing we were mixing it up
and, you know, it let Britt become offensive when she was on
the front line, in particular, but it let us run our middles and our
right sides.” –Kira
Satterfield
Macie Shelton gets one of the many good first touches of the day on a serve for the Lady
Wolves. The Lady Cats of River Road only had two aces for the entire match.
First pass pivotal
Dalhart’s back line set up the team for victory
By THOMAS LOTT
ump, set, spike. That
is what is entailed in
an attack in volleyball. Or,
if you want to say that and
refrain from upsetting volleyball people call it touch,
set, hit.
There are stats to track
each part of the series. Digs
for the touch, assists for
the set and kills and kill attempts for the hit. On most
every kill there is an assist,
so much of the attention on
offense falls on the setter
and the hitter.
Who often gets ignored
in the sequence is the one
who started it all. That
would be whoever is on
the back line which could
be just about anyone, but
is most often either the Libero or a defender.
They do not get assist on
a kill if the setter gets a gets
up a good second touch,
but the point would not
have been possible without
the back line player getting
the play going and into system.
It’s often a thankless job,
but without that first touch,
there is likely no kill. Ev-
B
ery day in practice, those
players on the back line
work on getting that ball in
the right place.
“We put our heads into
passing the ball into a certain spot,” defender Joselyn Martinez said. “That
way, if it does go a little bit
out of there, she (Britt Wilson) is able to set her feet
and set it good.”
The back line is also
solely responsible, most
of the time, with serve-receive. Serve-receive is a
very important part of the
game because, if a team
gets an ace it is a huge momentum boost.
Robynn élan Puttick can
tell you just how much an
ace puts momentum on the
serving side’s team because
an ace quite often leads to
a run of points that is difficult to stop.
On Tuesday night, the
Lady Wolves’ serve-receive was spot on. They
gave up two aces through
three games and set up the
offense flawlessly from the
beginning.
“We just talk to each
other and we let each other
know that we’ve got each
other’s backs,” Martinez
said. “We know who has
what, and we see the servers and we know where
they’re going to serve that
way we know exactly what
to do (at) that point in the
game.”
When a team continuously puts up good touches
off the back line, servers
get frustrated and often try
to get too fine with their
attempts. That can lead to
multiple service errors.
In game one River Road
did not do all that poorly
with their serve. They had
one error, but they were
getting it over well. However, they were not putting down any aces. They
had zero in fact in that first
game.
After the first game, they
were trying too hard. They
totaled 15 service errors in
the second and third games
alone.
“We had a good team effort the whole game,” Libero Courtney White said.
“When we had good passes, we had a great set and it
was down. We really relied
on each other and had a lot
of trust this game.”
“That’s what we’re
going to have to have,
we’re going to have
to have that back
row getting the ball…
keeping us in system,
you know, getting the
ball where the setter
can spread it around.
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Dalhart Texan
Sports News
Dealing with two Bulldogs
Dalhart prepares for two runningbacks in weekend match-up with Borger tonight
By THOMAS LOTT
B
orger has underachieved this season.
That is the first thing that should be
said when previewing a match-up with
the Bulldogs.
They are 1-5 on the season and currently on a five-game losing streak and were
fortunate enough to have a bye week in
Week 1 of district play with hopes of stopping the bleeding.
However, with the bye week, the Bulldogs have a chance to regroup. The team
has been going through some changes and
they have had some tough times to start
the season. This bye could not have come
at a better time for them.
Now they have had two weeks to prepare for the Golden Wolves of Dalhart and
have an opportunity to get their season
on track, because, let’s face it, no team is
out of a district race when four out of five
teams make the playoffs.
“You don’t know what you’re going to
get,” head coach Stephen Young said of
the Bulldogs. “You know you’ve got two
very, very talented backs, but I wouldn’t
trade my backs for their backs or anything.
Our backs have run super hard. I’m sure
theirs (have) too, but I’ll keep my two and
we’ll go from (there).”
Dalhart, in contrast to the Bulldogs, has
been rolling lately. They are coming off
of a 32-14 district opening win over River
Road and are currently on a three-game
winning streak with a 6-1 season record.
The Golden Wolves are the only team in
district to have a winning record, and up
until last week, they were the only team in
the district with more than one win. They
have played solid football week in and
week out and have done their best with
what they have. They have also put some
of the preseason prognosticators in an
awkward position considering they were
picked to finish fourth in the district.
It is still possible for that to happen, but
it is highly unlikely considering the way
the Golden Wolves have played to this
point in the season.
“We were picked as low as fourth in a
lot of polls,” Young said. “So, I’m very,
very proud of these kids. At one time (if)
you said we’d be 6-1 right now, I’d probably say ‘well, I don’t know’, but we are
and it’s a (tribute) to the way our kids have
practiced, the time that they put in and the
hard work.”
There is not particularly a match-up to
watch in this game like a conventional
runningback versus an athletic linebacker
or anything, but what needs to be watched
going into the game is the performance
of one team’s runningbacks versus the
performance of the other team’s runningbacks.
And there is a reason the word runningback is plural. Both teams have two good
runningbacks coming into this game. Dalhart’s star backs Guillermo Davila and Val
Diaz have combined for more than 1,700
yards and 22 touchdowns to this point of
the season and together, they have been
the district MVPs by far.
Mark Schwab (11) gears up to help on the tackle with Conner Smith (44).
But the Bulldogs have two good backs
of their own in Kendrick Freeman and
Dontrea Butler, and Young knows it.
“They’re very talented,” Young said.
“They’re very, very talented. They’ve got
two great backs and then you look at them
and they went to the spread so you don’t
know what to prepare for. That puts us in
a bind because you don’t know what team
you’re going to get.”
But what the Golden Wolves do know
is that they are going to get the Bulldogs
best shot on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in
Dalhart.
Dalhart seniors to be honored tonight at Memorial Stadium
Senior leadership has 2013 Golden Wolves at 6-1 record, looking for a district title
By THOMAS LOTT
enior night for Dalhart is set
for tonight when the Golden
Wolves take on the Borger Bulldogs at Memorial Stadium at
7:30 p.m.
The Golden Wolves are in the
midst of a great season and that
would not have been possible
without the contributions of each
and every one of these players in
games, during practice and in the
classroom.
The leadership of this class
has the Golden Wolves at 6-1 this
season and with the hope of their
first solo district title since 1979.
They could take one step closer to that goal tonight.
With all of that being said, here
is your list of seniors with a little
bit extra on each and every one.
Players are listed in numerical
order. See back page for pictures.
More to come Tuesday.
S
Pierre Valencia,
DB/WR,
1 VL
The senior defensive back unfortunately tweaked a muscle before
the season started and has had
limited playing time as a result of
that injury.
However, he has three tackles
this season in time spent mostly
in the safety spot. Valencia is part
of the boys’ cross country team
that is looking to qualify for the
state meet in Round Rock on November 8.
He is also a gifted track runner as well and performed well at
state last year as well.
Santos Rodriguez,
DB/WR,
2 VL
Rodriguez has been one of the
best defensive players for the
Golden Wolves this year. He is
second on the team with 40 tackles.
He also has four passes defensed and one fumble recovery
as well. Rodriguez has a lot to
worry about as a defender in the
safety spot.
Dalhart employs one-deep
coverage quite often and a lot of
pressure is put on Rodriguez to
diagnose plays correctly and help
over the top when he has needed.
He also had 72 yards on 24 carries as a runningback in 2012.
Fabian Bencomo,
DB/WR, 2 VL
Bencomo has spent some time on
the field this season at the Wing
Back spot and has done well
when he has been called on to run
the ball.
He has also spent some time at
runningback as well late in games
and always runs hard and gets the
job done that needs to be done.
This season he has 59 yards on
11 carries and one touchdown.
He carried the ball five times for
nine yards in 2012.
hit stop you in your tracks if you
come his way and has shown that
on many occasions filling up the
stat sheet across the board.
He is tied for third on the team
in tackles with 28, he has two
sacks which is tied for the team
lead, he has forced a fumble as
well as recovered on, has defended a pass and picked one off as
well.
Greyson Jones,
Anything that has been asked
DB/WR,
of him this year he has done.
2 VL
Not to mention he leads the
Golden Wolves in receptions
The senior wide receiver and de- (5), receiving yards (93) and is
fensive back has spent time at second in receiving touchdowns
wide receiver where he and the with one.
rest of the selfless players out
there have done a great job of
Maurice Coleman,
blocking.
DB/WR,
He has spent time in the defen2 VL
sive backfield and has one tackle
this season.
Coleman has been called on to
do several things this year for
Mark Schwab,
the Golden Wolves including
OLB/WR,
holding down a wide receiver
2 VL
spot, spending time at corner and
serving as the safety in Dalhart’s
Schwab has stepped up his game special package when the Goldin the last few weeks and given en Wolves face a pass-heavy ofGuillermo Davila a much needed fense.
break at outside linebacker this His numbers may not show
season.
up heavily on the stat sheet, but
He had several nice plays he was a big part of the Golden
against River Road that prevent- Wolves holding Bushland to 13
ed runningbacks from breaking points on homecoming week. He
to the outside.
has seven tackles this season.
He had two big catches that
night as well. This season he has
Guillermo Davila,
four catches for 87 yards. He also
RB/OLB,
has 17 tackles and one pass de2 VL
fensed.
If the district awards were handed
Ben Allen,
out today, it would be very diffiQB/DB,
cult not to hand the MVP to Da1 VL
vila outright.
His teammate Val Diaz could
Ben Allen came into this sea- make a push for that award as
son as an unknown piece of the well, but Davila has been as good
puzzle, but has stepped up and as anyone in the district on the ofthrown the ball very well this sea- fensive side of the ball this season especially in the rain against son.
Bushland and over the top against He currently leads the team in
River Road.
rushing yards (935), is second in
Allen was a homecoming king touchdowns (11) and is one of the
nominee and is the fourth leading leading tacklers on the team with
ball carrier on the team.
17.
This season he is 25-48 through He now has 1,830 rushing
the air for 420 yards and three yards in his career and 22 touchtouchdowns.
downs.
He has also run for 79 yards on He also has seven career catch25 carries and scored one touches for 101 yards.
down.
An MVP award may be in his
future simply as a career achieveNoe Subealdea,
ment award.
OLB/WR, 2 VL
Val Diaz,
Subealdea has rarely been off the
RB/MLB,
field when the opposing offense
2 VL
is on the field and he has done all
he can to help lead this defense When it was said that Val Diaz
that returned very little from a could compete with Davila for
year ago.
the district MVP, that was not an
Though short in stature, he will exaggeration.
Though he is behind his backfield counterpart in yards (765),
he leads the team in carries (109)
and leads the team in touchdowns
(12).
He is fifth on the team in tackles with 28 and leads the team in
fumble recoveries with two.
He also has a sack on the season as well as five catches for 60
yards.
For his career, Diaz has 1,400
combined yards between rushing
and receiving.
He also has the Golden Wolves
lone special teams touchdown
this year which went for a 90yard kick off return touchdown
against Friona.
Jackson Cearley,
DB/WR,
1 VL
Cearley is another one of those
receivers who does the thankless
job of blocking for Diaz, Davila
and Conner Smith every game,
but he has done a good job when
he has gotten the chance to lead
the way for the team’s two workhorses.
He has spent some time on
special teams and defense as well
and has four tackles this season.
Frankie Medina,
LB/RB,
2 VL
le on defense from his defensive
tackle spot.
Gabe Marquez,
LB/OL/K
2 VL
Marquez has spent most of his
time at place kicker this season
for the Golden Wolves and has
kicked 19 extra points this season.
He has kicked off on occasion
as well and has two tackles in his
time at linebacker.
Antonio Galdean,
DE/OL
1 VL
Galdean is another one of the
trusty lineman that the Golden
Wolves have relied on from start
to finish this year.
The senior has done a very
good job along with everyone
else on the offensive line and will
be one of the key components to
the Golden Wolves’ success late
in the season.
Sergio Orozco,
DL/OL,
2 VL
Orozco has spent time on the
field this season on offense, defense and special teams and has
two tackles during the season.
Medina has seen most of his time
Jeremiah Detwiler,
at linebacker this season and has
DL/TE,
done a good job when he has got2 VL
ten the chance to contribute.
The senior saw most of his time Detwiler was named to the allwhen the Golden Wolves took on district team in 2012 and looks
Fritch, Bushland and Friona.
to be on his way back there in
2013.
Jorge Cruz,
He is tied for third on the team
DB/WR/K,
with 28 tackles and has forced a
2 VL
fumble and recovered one as well
on the season.
Cruz got to see some action at He has two blocked kicks on
kicker just this last weekend special teams.
when the Golden Wolves took on Detwiler and Jake Allford have
River Road.
been solid bookends all season
He had a few nice kick-offs as long and will leave a great mark
Dalhart was forced to try to match on the Golden Wolves.
the performance of the Wildcats
star kicker who proved to be one
Jake Allford,
of their best weapons.
DL/TE,
2 VL
Javier Torres,
DL/OL, 2 VL
Allford had one of the best games
of his career a couple of weeks
Torres has been one of the Golden ago when the Golden Wolves
Wolves best linemen all season took on the Friona Chieftains.
long and has started every game He had a sack as well as a
this season.
forced fumble and set up his line Torres is a very important backers repeatedly in the 42-14
cog in the running attack for the victory. He also got his first catch
Golden Wolves and they have a of the season last week in the win
very good chance of having two over River Road. Allford has 17
1,000 yard rushers this season.
tackles this season and one pass
Torres has also made one tack- defensed as well.
Dalhart Texan
Page B3
Faith & Religion
Face to Face
is not good for man to be
By MICHAEL LEE JOSHUA alone.” By extension, cre-
I
reached for the potatoes.
Baked potatoes for dinner. That works. I am tired
of being by myself. But I
do have to eat. I could have
left over tacos, or the spaghetti…but I’m not in the
mood for leftovers.
As I reached into the
bag of potatoes, I realized
that this was just one more
verse of the same song. I
had done this before: chosen baked potatoes for dinner. It’s not that I am a vegetarian – or even that I have
anything against those who
are – it’s just that I don’t
feel like going through the
motions or cooking a full
dinner for myself. Alone.
And baked potatoes are
so easy. Microwave. Butter. Sour cream. A little
pepper. Dinner is served.
We are not meant to
be alone. God said so. “It
ating Eve to be with Adam
shows that neither party
was supposed to fly solo.
Each of us needs a partner,
a soul mate, a significant
other. With almost 32 years
of marriage behind me, I
don’t enjoy being alone.
But here is where I found
work to do. Although, I
must admit, I do enjoy the
quiet.
Here in Wyoming, I
have the luxury of rare
outside noises disturbing
me. Occasional truck motors whine and the repetitive blows from the train
horns as they pass through.
The trains are regular traffic here in the frontier area
of this laid-back state. A
state where parents travel
as much as 90 minutes to a
high school sporting event
where their children compete. And they think nothing of it.
John 3:8
The wind blows where it
wishes, and you hear its
sound, but you do not know
where it comes from or
where it goes. So it is with
everyone who is born of the
Spirit.”
Snow doesn’t stop
them, it merely slows them
down.
Sometimes, slow is
good.
My wife lives in a larger
city in another state. And
hears neighboring dogs
bark when she steps into
her own backyard. And
noises from the street out
front…and neighbors when
they are outside…many,
many neighbors, many,
many passing cars.
We are far apart, but it
does not change how much
we love each other. We experience our loneliness in
different ways, but much
the same. Our time spent
together is that much more
valuable when we are – together. Twice a month or
so…
Jesus left the comforts of
Heaven and the arms of a
loving Father. He left a serene place in order to come
to earth. A noisy (and an-
Along came a caravan!
gry) mob awaited him. But
He came because this is
where He had work to do.
My loneliness doesn’t
seem so tough when I consider how much Jesus gave
up when He became our
Savior. My job is all but
meaningless in the grand
scheme of things, while His
was the Grand Scheme.
So, I will work in Wyoming and see my wife as
often as I can. It will be
easier once the winter is
past to make the trip to another state and visit in person, instead of by phone.
Knowing that the joy of
seeing one another faceto-face is all the more precious.
When the winter was
over for Jesus, He had
made a way for us and he
returned to His Father.
Face-to-face…Again. Joy
abounds!
Leviticus 26:4 Then
I will give you your
rains in their season,
and the land shall
yield its increase,
and the trees of
the field shall yield
their fruit.
Jotting
Judi
By Rev. Judi
Wiegman
T
he story of Joseph in the book of Genesis is filled with
anger, resentment, jealousy and betrayal. His blended family was dysfunctional; to say the least. He was
next to the youngest of twelve boys, highly favored by
his dad and hated by his brothers because of it! To make
matters worse, he paraded around in a brightly colored
coat made especially for him by his dad and constantly
got in his brother’s faces sharing his dreams which really
set them on edge.
The older brothers were tending the flocks quite a distance from home and dad sent Joseph to the field and
see how they were doing. They spotted him coming in
his one-of-a-kind-coat! “Here comes the dreamer.” They
said to each other. The closer he got, the more anger they
felt. So, they hatched up a plot to get rid of the kid! They
were actually going to kill him and throw him in a dry
cistern. The oldest brother, Rueben, intervened and suggested they just put him in the cistern for now! He was
hoping to buy some time and figure out a way to return
Joseph to his dad. Thinking he had talked some sense
into his brothers, he went off to another field to check the
flock.
When Joseph arrived at the camp, they ripped off
his fancy robe, worked him over a bit and dropped him
in the cistern. Out of sight, out of mind, they sat down to
eat lunch. It was probably a lunch Joseph brought from
home.
Looking off in the distance, they saw a caravan approaching. One of the brothers suggested they spare the
kid’s life and sell him to the spice traders. They hoisted
him up from the cistern, settled on a price, and sent him
on his way. Rueben returned, did not find Joseph in the
cistern and thought the worst! When he found out what
they had done, he agreed to the plan to make it look like
an animal got him. They took the infamous robe smeared
with goat’s blood and started home. They had bitterness
in their hearts and a lie on their lips.
Meanwhile, the caravan arrived in Egypt and Joseph
was sold again. This time he ended up in the house of
Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officers. But God was with
Joseph and he prospered in the house of Potiphar gaining
more and more favor. Before long, the lady of the house
screamed “rape” and he ended up in jail! But God was
still with him. Even in jail he prospered.
A blended family, anger, dysfunctional people, hatred,
plotting, lies, favoritism, immaturity and jealousy were
all elements in Joseph’s story. Months before the story
began, God arranged for a caravan to start out heading
for Egypt. At just the right time it arrived beside the cistern in the desert and rescued Joseph from certain death.
What are you facing; anger, hatred, jealously, financial
ruin, jail time or _________? Look on the horizon! He
prepared a caravan to rescue you and He will be with
you, through your storm and beyond.
James 2:19
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the
demons believe—and shudder!
Dalhart Church Directory
DALHART CHURCH OF
THE NAZARENE
Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Sunday School 9:45
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.
GRACE EVANGELICAL ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
XIT Cowboy Church
LUTHERAN
Every Tues. night at 7 p.m.
CATHOLIC
1311 E. 16th St. Sunday
XIT Rangers, Lake Road
411 Texas Blvd. Saturday
Services, 11:00 a.m.
-*Mass, 5 p.m. (English), Sun.
-*9:30 am (English) & noon TEMPLO RIOS DE AGUA
NEW LIFE
VIVA ASAMBLEAS DE
(Spanish).
dalhartnaz.org
402 Tanglewood. Sunday
DIOS
-*-*10:30 a.m.
4th and Oatis
LINCOLN ST. BAPTIST
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF
-*Sunday School 2:00 - 3:00
1019 Lincoln St. Sunday
GOD
PRIMERA IGLESIA
Sunday Worship 3:00 p.m.
Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Corner of Pine & Lincoln.
Wednesday
BAUTISTA
-*844-4209. Sunday 10:30
(Spanish-English Church)
Service: 7:00 p.m.
DALHART CHURCH
-*211 Hillcrest.
Spanish & Bilguie
OF CHRIST
FIRST BAPTIST
-*(806)-930-0940
1420 Denver Ave. 244-5561
Channing, Texas.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
(806)-930-0083
Sunday Worship, 10:40
-*TEXLINE
-*-*FIRST BAPTIST
Sunday
Worship,
11:00
a.m.
SEVENTH-DAY
COUNTRYSIDE
16th & Osage. 244-5584.
-*ADVENTIST
MENNONITE
FIRST CHRISTIAN
#2 Pheasant Run,
11497 FM 807 - Dalhart.
-*602 Denver. 244-7500.
Saturday Service
Sunday Worship, 10:45 am
LIBERTY BAPTIST
Sunday
Worship,
10:50
Sabbath
School 10:00 a.m.
-*Hwy. 87 South. Sunday
-*Worship
11:15 a.m.
FIRST
UNITED
Service, 11 am.
CHURCH OF JESUS
-*METHODIST
-*CHRIST OF LATTER
JEHOVAH’S CHRISTIAN
301 East Walnut, Texline.
FIRST BAPTIST
DAY
SAINTS
WITNESSES
362-4233.
Sunday
Worship,
Hartley. Sunday Worship,
Sacrament, Sunday
1115 E. 1st St. - 244-6631
11 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Sunday 10 a.m.
10 - 11:10 a.m.
-*-*-*-*CENTRAL
METHODIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST
HARTLEY CHRISTIAN
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL
6th & Rock Island. Sunday
Rev. Casper C. Green
Worship, 10:50 a.m.
FELLOWSHIP
801 Denver Ave. 244-2396.
“Preaching and teaching
-*Corner of 9th and Johnson.
Sunday 9:30 a.m.
the gospel.”
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
TEXLINE
Wednesday 5:30 p.m.
315 Texas St. 249-8020
-*MENNONITE
-*-*UNITED
4 Miles South of Texline.
ST. MARY’S MISSION
NEW LIGHT BAPTIST
PENTECOSTAL
Texline. Mass,
Rev. James Brady, Pastor
801 Scott. Sunday 10 a.m.
-*Saturday, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
-*PEOPLE’S CHURCH
-*Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.
CHANNING UNITED
LAKEVIEW METHODIST Lake Road & Apache Dr.
-*METHODIST
244-4624.
1401 Walnut. Sunday
FIRST BAPTIST
719 Denver. 235-2019.
Sunday, 10:00 a.m.
Worship, 11:00 a.m.
CHURCH TEXLINE
Sunday Services, 9:30 a.m.
-*-*Rev. Roger Ashley
Dalhart Texan
Friday, October 18 2013
Page B4
Construction - Home Improvement
Auto Repair - Services
Beauty Services
Antiques
Agriculture
PREVENT HOME
FIRES
Dryer Vent Cleaning
Dalhart Maintenance
Service
806-244-0534 or
806-220-4047
Assisted Living - Personal Care
HANDYMAN
No job to big or small,
Call Danny Garcia
(806) 884-9758. 9/13-TFN
Computer - Office Equipment
Lawn Care . Mowing and Shredding
WE DO UGLY
Mowing, Shredding
Weed control &
Commercial spraying
806-341-8725 or
682-459-5468
Place your
boxed classified
here!
Wheat Seed certified
tam111. Call Joe Brand,
Dalhart Consumers
333-4546 9-27-10-22
Heavy Equipment Service
LOCAL GUYS
looking to mow lawns,
Call (806) 268-1158
Pest Control Services
Place
your boxed classified here! Call
Dee Brown
244-4511 or
336-8200
Schafer’s Lawn
Maintenance
Tree trimming and
removal, fall cleanup, stump removal.
Estimates
806-290-5533
Party Supplies - Rentals
Place
your boxed
classified
here! Call
Dee Brown
244-4511 or
336-8200
Electric Motors
Appliance - Service/Sales
Place
your boxed
classified
here! Call Dee
Brown
244-4511 or
336-8200
Place your boxed classified here!
Call Dee Brown
244-4511 or 336-8200
Professional Services
BOOKKEEPING
in my home. Call Barry
Walker, 249-0804 9/2010/15P
NEED
BOOKKEEPING HELP?
Call Kelle Key at
806-418-3005 9/10-TFC
THIS
SPACE
could be yours
for $30 per
month!
Call Dee
at 244-4511
Misc Services
1-DAY SIGNS &
BANNERS
Posters, windows,
vehicle lettering.
Quality work,
reasonable prices.
Lynn Ballew
(806)333-8711
Need
Housekeeping
work
Call Lisa
806-333-86419-27-10-11
Education and
Misc . Classes
LESSONS!
Guitar, Piano, Bass,
Drums! Graves Guitar
Studio 1615 Tennessee
(806) 244-1830
THERAPEUTIC
RIDING SESSIONS
$25 for 30 minutes.
Please call Shirley 806244-5838
Cindy 806-333-0678
Sharon 806-244-0068
9-24
Place your
boxed
classified
here! Call Dee
Brown
244-4511 or
336-8200
ARE YOU READY
for a second chance
at earning your
HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA? Point
Rock Alternative high
school in Elkhart
Kansas is here to
help you. If you are
interested please call
us at 620-697-1253 to
set up an appointment.
9-20
THIS
SPACE
could be yours
for $30 per
month!
Call Dee
at 244-4511
Place
your boxed classified here! Call
Dee Brown
244-4511 or
336-8200
Dalhart Texan
Friday October 18, 2013
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Page B5
Classifieds
FOR SALE
Corn Fed--Local Grown
Black Angus Beef whole,
halves, quarters &
ground beef available
753-7609
LaQunita Inn and Suites
Saddle Leather Desk Chirs $20
801 Liberal 249.1145 9-27-10-22
SUPPORT
FOOD BANK MINISTRY
September 18 and
October 16
2-5 p.m.
Church of the Nazarene
11th & Keeler
244-2777
**********************
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
**********************
Dalhart Pregnancy
Resource Center
105 E. Third
Tuesday 2:00-7:00
Thursday 9:00 -2:00
244-1783
**********************
AA Meets Every
Monday 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
St. James Episcopal Church
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
CHILD CARE
WANTED
**********************
Dalhart Winners Circle
meets 8 to 9 on Monday nights at
2000 Freightliner 450 Cat day
the St. James Episcopal Church,
cab 1999 Jet Hoprer 575-207801 Denver Ave.
9873 10-15-11-8
Drug and Alcohol
in our Schools
Solid Maple table and 6 chairs
Check our websites for other
installed adjacent to the property
room”. Large rooms, closets,
Drug abuse and addiction
$400. Small entertainment center
properties.
both east & west sides w/other
laundry room and kitchen
affects school aged children
$125. 806-333-2628 10-18
POTTER CO., TX. - 655.2 ac.
sprinkler irrigation in the
with lots of storage. Beautiful
in many ways. Some kids
+/-, 4 miles from loop 335, on
immediate area).
original hard wood floors and
live with an addicted family
pvmt., home, barns, large set of HANSFORD/SHERMAN CO.,
on parade route! 3000+ sq ft,
member while others have startstate-of-the-art working pens,
TX. – 821 ac. +/-, nice irr. farm
$275,000.00,
ed using themselves.
3 domestic wells, regulation 16
w/1/2 mile sprinkler, 2 strong
Call (806) 341-8401.
If you suspect that someone
to 27 yard trap field w/5 walks
irr. wells, all tied together
is struggling with addiction, call
2005 GMC Canyon 98,000
& w/Western trap throwing
w/underground pipe. PRICE
Narconon Arrowhead today!
miles
5
speed
manual,
great
**********************
machine.
REDUCED!
519 Oak
Narconon offers
gas mileage, runs great asking
Overcomers
HORSE MOTEL –
1200 SOW FARROW TO
1250 SQ. FT. 3 Bedrooms, 1
free addiction counseling,
$7000
call
Kurt
806-884-9574
Friday
evenings
6:30
p.m.
TUCUMCARI, NM - known
FINISH OPERATION – Moore
bath priced at $56,000
assessments and referrals
10-1-11-5
Church of the Nazarene
coast-to-coast and in all parts in Co., TX. with computerized feed
READY TO MOVE
to rehabilitation centers
11th and Keeler
between - 4 ac. +/- on the edge
mill, owner managed lease with
Pritchett Properties
nationwide.
a support group for those Call 800-468-6933 or log on to
of town. Nice metal frame horse major hog co. presently in force
806-244-8400 9-24-TFC
needing to break any type of
stables w/pipe-rail pens. Nice
until May 2016. Main unit well
www.stopaddiction.com
addiction--drugs, food, anger,
brick home, 3 bdrm., 2 bath.
located on pvmt. near Dumas,
to speak to a qualified
alcohol, etc.
Excellent opp.!
Texas, East unit on pvmt. w/two Cute, smaller home, 3 bedrooms,
counselor today
Moving
Sale!
one
day
only!
no
1 bath, single
SINCERE CREEK RANCH
homes leased to others at this
early sales. Saturday October 19
car garage, storage
– PONTOTOC CO., OK.
time for additional income. Two
8:30 -?. Little bit of everything.
building in back,
– 779.02 ac. +/-, pvmt. on four
separate units, can be divided!
New Troy-bilt mower, never
nice neighborhood.
sides, rural water avail., brick
Please contact broker for info
used, patio furniture, furniture,
DALHART AREA CHILD
Call 806-282-8010 9-27-10-22
home w/large set of steel pens,
package and price.
dishes, etc 1916 Harbour Drive
CARE CENTER
5153 ac. ranch across the hwy. is
NORTH HANSFORD CO.
GUNS Individually or entire
10-15-18
Quality, Licensed Child Care
avail. w/excellent improvements
– 640 ac. +/- with 3 sprinklers
collections. 806-333-2438 HPA TFN
CCS
vendor,
& location.
(1 near new) & 2 irr. wells, on
M-F, 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Moving Sale 1918 Harbour Dr
HILLTOP RANCH
pvmt. near Gruver, Texas. Test
Birth thru 11 years, M.A.G.I.C.
WE WILL BUY ESTATES
Sat. 10-19 from 10 a.m.
– PONTOTOC CO., OK.
well drilled and showed very
MARY KAY
after school program and
Sun 10-20 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Large or small. Personal
- 1,370.84 ac. +/-, on pvmt.,
good potential!
Jean Smallwood
summer programs.
two sets of improvements w/an
UNION CO., NM – Amistad
property or real estate. 244-6776
244-4429
1000 Tascosa, 244-5369
abundance of steel pens, feed
area, 976.42 ac. w/612 ac.
Fall Sale, winter clothes,
HPA TFN
exercise equipment lot of
mill, barns & out buildings.
formerly under pivot irr.,
everything on corner across
COAL COUNTY RANCH –
presently enrolled in new CRP
from subway Sat 8-12
974.25 ac. +/-, brick home, steel contract @ $45.60 per acre, per
pens, barns & out buildings.
year, for 10 yrs., irr. wells &
POTTAWATOMIE CO., OK.
pivot points all connected w/UG
– 1,200 ac. +/-, 600 ac. +/- of
pipe. PRICE REDUCED!
corn for 2013, cheap pumping
See our website for info on
from two pumping stations on these properties and other choice
the little river, pivot sprinklers,
ranches, farms, CRP, land
balance in choice grassland,
w/precon. pens and give us a
barn w/apartment, steel pens, on
call to discuss this property in
pvmt., 800 mature pecan trees, detail, any other properties listed
very scenic.
on our website, our new ranch
CIMARRON RANCH –
listings in Oklahoma & large
COLFAX CO., NM – 1,854 ac.
ranches in New Mexico.
+/-, 5 pivots, ditch water rights,
Demand is good and we are
elk hunting, on pvmt.
looking for new listings of all
SHERMAN Co. – 627 ac.,
types in the 4 state area.
choice land w/irr. wells, four
www.scottlandcompany.com
¼ mile sprinklers w/drip irr.
www.texascrp.com
currently installed on the SE ¼
Ben G. Scott – Broker
We are currently looking for qualified individuals who are
section, fully developed, one ¼ Krystal Nelson – NM Qualifying
mile off Hwy. 287 on paved CR
Broker
ready to join our team.
– CC, 3 phase electricity.
800/933-9698
HUTCHINSON CO., TX. – 2
Shawn Gillispie 806/922-5532
Looking for applicants with experience in:
sections, w/both cultivated &
native grass, currently being
farmed dryland w/irrigation
1308 DENROCK
potential in the immediate area
•
4 BR, 2 Bath, potentially 5 BR,
(1/2 mile sprinklers currently
3 Bath with basement “Theatre
AUTOS
GARAGE SALES
COSMETICS
EMPLOYMENT • HELP WANTED
Employment Opportunity Available
FOR RENT
DUMAS APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
1/1 Bdrm - $550 per mo
All bills paid available, ask
for price. Weekly Rent $299
Charles Palmer
421-1045
or Stephanie Trevino
717-9107
806-935-3722
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
CARROLL’S INN
GREAT RATES:
daily, weekly, monthly.
806-249-6507 - 806-567-3881
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
OLD TOWNSITE
SELF STORAGE
Amazingly low rent- truck
accessible - well lighted
- neighbor/Police Station
- Large Variety of prices
and sizes.
4x7 - 18x20, $15 - $60
220 W. 3rd, 244-4443
ELMWOOD RENTALS
Storage Units
Various Sizes
806-244-6248
or 806-333-4749
QUAIL RUN APARTMENTS
One & two bedroom with heat
& a/c for elderly, handicap , &
disabled. Rent based on income.
MOBILE HOME LOTS
Office at 1929 Shawnee Trail.
1-806-290-0993
Call 806-244-7281.
TDD # 1-800-833-8973.
This institution is an equal
TRI-STATE MOTEL
opportunity provider
Nice/clean kitchenettes, hi-speed
and employer
internet, daily and weekly rate.
Truck parking. Free HBO.
244-2187.
3 bedrooms, 2 bath brick home
930-7629 10-11-tfn
DALHART APARTMENTS
Two bedroom with heat & air.
Rent based on income. Washer/ 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with
central heat and air, detached
dryer hookups.
garage.
Located
in
nice
Call 806-244-7281.
Office at 1929 Shawnee Trail.
neighborhood on large corner lot,
TDD # 1-800-833-8973.
partially fenced. 244-5519 10-11-25
This institution is an equal
opportunity provider
3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 car
and employer
garage $1285 month, Great
neighborhood. Pick up rental
Rent your property in application at Glenn Cummings
Real Estate 249-6759 10-15-11-15
the only printed local
classifieds in town
The Dallam-Hartley County Jail is
currently hiring for a full time jailer
and a full time dispatcher. Starting
salary is $26,000 per year with full
benefits. Applications can be picked
up at the jail.
$190 for Focus Group on Sat. 11/23 in
Amarillo (plus food/ possible extra gas $ for
distance driving). We need people of all ages
(if over 21) and backgrounds. No minimum
education required. Must be a resident of
a county outside Potter County such as
Dallam, Gray, Hutchinson, etc. If you live
w/in 1.5 hrs of Potter County, we need you
to call! (888) 415.5652.
CARGILL CATTLE FEEDERS competitive pay, benefits, 401K
Please email resumes to darin.
Job Opportunities in Dalhart
stollings@commconn.biz 9-27Cargill’s cattle feeding facility
10-25
located 5 miles west of Dalhart
on Hwy 54 is seeking a
OFFICE ASSISTANT
qualified individual to join
NEEDED: Computer skills
our growing team. If you want
necessary, Quick Books
to be a highly engaged team
knowledge a plus. Outgoing
player in a safe and
personality and good
well-maintained facility,
communication skills a must.
then consider this jobs!
Apply in person at G and G
Cattle Department
Operators, LTD Hwy 54 East,
Pen Riders
Dalhart 10.3 tfn
Doctor
Processors
Feed Department
TRUCK MECHANIC
Feed Truck Driver
NEEDED GENERAL SHOP
Mill Department
KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY.
Maintenance Supervisor
Apply in Person at G and G
Yard Department
Operators,
LTD Dalhart 10.3 tfn
Maintenance
Cargill offers a comprehensive
City Gifts & Radioshack is
benefits package, including
looking for a full ttime upbeat
health and dental insurance,
& techno savvy person. This
life insurance, 401K, long-term
disability, pension plan, tuition will either be a store manager or
reimbursement, 7 paid holidays, team member position. Bilingual
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Cargill has current job openings
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If you have any questions please
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Manager and Sales Reps Needed
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for Dumas and Dalhart Areas.
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Sports News
The importance of a good start
Junior Sara Smith talks about one key to her cross country success
By THOMAS LOTT
W
hich is more important
in a cross country meet:
the start, or the finish? Lady
Wolves cross country runner
Sara Smith says it’s the start and
her words carry a lot of weight
considering she has won her
last five meets of the season.
She is also the defending
district and regional champion and finished third at state
last year as well. She knows
what she’s talking about.
“I really think that the start
is the most important part of
the race,” she said. “You have
to be in a good position in the
front or you’re not going to
catch up, they’re just too fast.”
The Lady Wolves main competition this year has been the
Bushland Lady Falcons. They
are the defending 2A state champions and they have finished either first or second in every meet
they have run with Dalhart in it.
They finished third, fourth,
fifth and seventh respectively
on Saturday morning and they
have defeated the Lady Wolves
as a team twice this year based
on performances like that.
Smith’s performance much of
the year is based on her competition with the Lady Falcons who
are a great measuring stick for
Smith and the whole team. Getting off to a good start is pivotal
in taking down the Lady Falcons.
“Bushland is too fast,” Smith
said. “If you don’t go out front
and get out in front of them before you’re halfway through the
race, you’re not going to catch
them, they’re just too good.”
Now, Smith was not always a
front runner. It has taken her a
few years to hone her craft and
to see what works for her best.
The goal every week for
Smith and the Lady Wolves
is to win and they have had to
learn how to do that as they
have gotten older and better.
“I’ve actually changed my
start,” she said. “In junior high
I would start in the back and go
around everybody and then pick
people off. Now, I like to fly.
I’m called a flyer. I go out, I get
in front and I try to just add to
my lead, try to add to my lead,
try not to let anyone pass me.”
That has worked for her. She
has only finished outside the top
Photo by Thomas Lott
spot once this season and she will Sara Smith has won five straight races dating back to the second week of the season atTexan
Wolf Creek.
go back to Wolf Creek on October 25 to defend her district title. start there. She will try to get off well as for the postseason. The on November 1 and the state meet
She will try to get off to a good to a good start on the course as regional meet will be in Lubbock in Round Rock on November 8.
Freshmen come back to win against River Road
Dalhart falls in first game, comes back behind strong serving and performances from Batenhorst, White
By THOMAS LOTT
G
etting down one game to none in a
five-game set is not a big deal. Getting behind one game to none in a threegame set is very difficult to overcome.
The freshmen girls volleyball team did
not let that affect them however as they
came from behind to beat River Road 21 (19-25, 25-18 and 25-19) on Tuesday
night to move to 4-1 in district play.
The Lady Wolves were up early on the
Lady Cats in game one, but due to some
problems in the serve-receive game, they
fell behind and could not get back on their
feet and fell 19-25 in the first game.
They allowed nine aces in game one
and fell despite getting three kills from
Dominique Smith and Leslie Batenhorst.
Caroline Herring and Elyse White added
two kills of their own and White had seven assists in the game.
In game two, the Lady Wolves got up
early behind two more kills from Batenhorst 11-8. Batenhorst also had two aces
and a dig in the early minutes.
They added onto their lead as the game
went along as Herring would add four
more kills of her own to take the game
25-18. White added five more assists to Avry Thelander sends one back toward her hitters in the freshmen win on Tuesday night.
Third place finish in Stinnett
By BRYANNA ALBERT
T
zano till 2:30 and then they
had to leave for band. They
helped them win game one
with a score of 15-8 and
then had to leave.
However, the other
girls stepped up and filled
those holes and won 15-9.
Gracie King and Anzleigh
Swecker were players of
the match. So, in Pool play they
only lost two games and
were able to advance to
bracket play. In bracket play they
played Fritch and lost in
two. This was played like
a regular game. First team
to 25. They lost 23-25 and
19-25. They struggled in
serve receive and communication. Player of this
match was Karley Orman.
They had a rematch
Monday as traveled to
Fritch to play.
With the loss to Fritch,
that put them playing for
third place against Highland Park again and they
won in two. Scores of 2521 and 25-19.
Autumn Rutherford had
to play front row and back
row, since two players were
gone to band; therefore,
she is player of this match. he 8th grade A girls
played in the Stinnett
tournament this past weekend and got third place.
They played three games in
pool play, then the top two
teams out of eight would
advance to bracket play. In pool play, it was only
two games to 15. They
played Highland Park first
and lost in two with scores
of 13-15, 7-15. It was an
early morning game and
they lacked focus and
didn’t do a lot of the little
things right. Player of this
match was Desiree Valdez.
The second match in
pool play was against River
Road and they beat them in
two. 15-10 and 15-11. Savannah Renshaw had some
great hits to help them get
started and so did Mikah
Barton. Mikah served six
in a row in game two to
help pull off the win. The third pool play was
against Borger. They had
lost to Borger earlier in the
season and the girls were
ready for a rematch. However, two key players had to
leave in the middle of this
match to go to band contest. They were able to use
Courtesy Photo
Faith Beller and Yareth Lo- The eighth grade A team finished in third place in Stinnett.
her total to give her 12 in the match.
In the third and final game, the Lady
Wolves grabbed a big lead at 18-8, but
they let the Lady Cats get back into it as
their lead was cut to 20-19.
But that was when Jakala Goolsby
saved the day as she ended the match with
five straight aces. They took the game 2519.
Batenhorst finished the match with
nine kills, White finished with 16 assists
and six aces. Goolsby finished the night
with six aces as well.
Junior Varsity
The junior varsity continued their winning ways as they took down the Lady
Cats in straight sets for the second time
this year.
They are now 4-1 in district play with
all of their wins coming in straight sets.
Six of their last seven wins have come in
straight sets.
It is likely that the district title will be
decided with their match-up with Borger
on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Their only loss on the district schedule
to this point was to Borger 2-0 (24-26 and
24-26).
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Dalhart Texan
Senior Night
Ben Allen QB
Jake Allford DE/TE
Fabian Bencomo WR/DB
Jackson Cearley, WR/DB Maurice Coleman, WR/DB Guillermo Davila, RB/OLB
Jeremiah Detwiler, DE/TE
Val Diaz, RB/MLB
Antonio Galdean, OL/DL
Javier Torres, OL/DL
Gabe Marquez, K
Pierre Valencia, WR/DB
Santos Rodriguez, S Mark Schwab, WR/OLB Noe Subealdea, WR/OLB

Golden Wolf Band perfect at competition

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