Home lost in morning blaze

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Vol. 114, No. 66 • 16 pages in two sections
Discover Dalhart Area
Dallam County and Hartley County, Texas
Tuesday August 26, 2014
WORD OF THE DAY: Crinose - Definition, Page A2
Home of Jena Thompson
Home lost in morning blaze
By JOE WARREN
J
ena May Thompson knew something was not right Friday morning
as she lay in bed with her dog Mirage,
who is not only her pet, but a service
dog. Mirage helps Jena whenever a
seizure is coming on or when she’s
having one.
Jena went from the back of her trailer
where she was hanging out with Mirage, because she sensed something
was wrong. When she reached the living room she could see flames coming
out of the area her swamp-cooler was
and tried to kick it out into the yard,
but she couldn’t. She called for Mirage, grabbed her dog, dropped to the
floor and went outside. Her home was
on fire and there was nothing she could
do but watch it burn.
“I just bought the home, just signed
the title and it had not come back to
me yet,” she said. “I am finally on my
own, I don’t want to put anybody out, I
was trying to be independent and now
my home is gone.”
Texan Photos by Joe Warren
To make matters worse, with no title and newly inked papers, she didn’t
have time to purchase insurance for the
home yet. But sitting on the curb across
the street watching firefighters do their
work, all she could think about was a
very special heirloom that was inside. Dalhart and Hartley Firefighters extinguish a fire at 1402
“All I want is my bag my dad gave me Lincoln Friday morning. It is the home of Jena Thompfrom when he was a boy, it’s the bag he son and her dog Mirage. A fund has been set up at Dalused for school when he was at the or- hart Federal Savings and Loan to help Jena regroup
losing everything in the blaze. Below: Jena comphanage.” Jena said with tears starting after
forts Mirage after the traumatic event and watches her
to run down her face. “Everything else newly purchased home go up in flames. If you would like
is just materialistic stuff, but that’s all I to help Jena, make a donation at the local band in her
have that was my dad’s.”
name, Jena May Thompson.
Luckily, the fire was in the front part
Brown, is ruling the cause of the fire prob- Jena said
of the trailer and the bag was in the back
and later in the day firefighters were able to lems with the electrical system. Brown said she didn’t know of any electrical problems
it’s the second time there has been a fire at
retrieve it for her.
See FIRE on page A7
Dalhart Fire Marshal and Chief Curtis this trailer due to electrical issues.
Local woman starting over
after losing everything
DAR working with
area students
By ZELDA BETH LANG
T
he Good Citizen’s Program for
students in seven area towns has
started with the new school year. The
National Society of the Daughters of
the American Revolution (DAR) local and area chapter Molino de Viento
sponsors this series. Becky Castleberry is chairman of the Good Citizens
Program along with Carol Smith and
Johanna Milam.
To be a good citizen, teachers or a
school counselor evaluates students
and decides which students can participate in the program. The process
of evaluation is going on now. Judges
are selected to read the essays and
monitor the qualifications of the students.
A tea will be held in April to announce the Good Citizens (students).
There are currently 29 members in
the Molino de Viento chapter with one
to be reinstated. They meet one time
a month in one of the seven different
towns in the area the chapter covers.
The meetings are the second Monday
of each month at 6:30 p.m.
Their next meeting will be on Monday, September 8, in Dalhart at 318
Rock Island. Dallas Mayer of Hooker,
Okla., will be the speaker on Leadership. Guests are welcome.
Another upcoming event the group is
working on is in observance of Constitution Day, which is on September
17. There will be more information
on this special day and events in the
near future.
Spencer flew gliders at Vinita,
Okla., before going to Dalhart AAF
school at Spencer, Iowa.
He trained there from July
11, 1942 until September
4, 1942 for a total of seven
weeks and six days.
After training at the “dead
stick” school at Spencer,
Iowa, he was transferred to
ne of the many stu- Blackland Army Air Base
dent glider pilots who near Waco, Texas for adtrained at Dalhart AAF in vanced training; but at the
WWII was Leon B. Spen- time, the school was listed
as elementary advanced
cer.
Spencer was born in training.
Spencer and his classMontgomery, Ala., on the
September 6, 1924. He en- mates traveled from Spenlisted in the service, in the cer to Waco by rail.
US Army Air Corps, when He was stationed at Blackhe was 16 years old on Oc- land in Waco from September 7 until October 21,
tober 17, 1940.
Spencer first trained as 1942.
a glider pilot at the pre- “There were only a few
glider, or “dead stick”, planes and a few gliders
Editor’s note: This is the
13th article in a series on
DALHART ARMY AIR
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and too many students”, he
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So he only stayed at Waco
for a few weeks and did
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then sent to Vinita, Okla.,
for basic glider training.
He also traveled by rail
from Waco to Vinita.
At Vinita, Spencer flew
gliders which were really
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elongated for an extra,
third passenger.
Spencer was stationed
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amily received friends
Monday at Memorial Park Funeral Home in
Amarillo.
Funeral services will be
at 2 p.m. Tuesday August
26, 2014 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
with Pastor Eddie Johnson officiating. Arrangements are by Memorial
Park Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Klarissa was born August 29, 1993 to Steven
and Irene Russell in Amarillo. She grew up in Dalhart. Klarissa valued her
friends and family and es-
pecially her niece, Jacie.
She was recently engaged
and enjoyed cooking, music and eating out. Rissa
was always the life of
the party. She was deeply
loved and will be dearly
missed by all who knew
her.
Klarissa is survived by
her father, Steven Russell
of Roanoke; her mother,
Irene Russell of Dalhart;
a brother, Kolton Russell;
two sisters, Kimberly Russell and Chelsey Russell
all of Dalhart; two stepsisters, Lakresha Roush
and Lukacey Roush of
Dalhart; a grandmother,
Linda McGraw of Amarillo; her fiance, Bryce Skalsky of Hartley; a niece,
Jacie Trefethen of Dalhart
and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins
In lieu of flowers the
family suggests memorials be made to Klarissa’s
memorial fund at any
Wells Fargo Bank.
Word of the Day
Crinose
\KRAHY-nohs, KRIN-ohs\
adjective
1. hairy.
Quotes
Clarence Wells at last surrendered To fate’s fitful
draughy phases, And,
one day, sir, with a razor Off he swiped those crinose daisies!
-- , Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 1924
Origin
Crinose finds its origin in the Latin crinīs meaning
“hair.” The suffix -ose
is used in formation of adjectives borrowed from
Latin to denote “full” or “
abounding in.” Crinose entered English in the
1720s.
Wheat, stocker cattle lease
decisions impacted by corn prices
W
ith all the rain in July,
things are looking a little
more optimistic for wheat and
stocker cattle operators than in
the past four years in the Rolling Plains of Texas and southern Oklahoma, according to a
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.
“It looks like we will have
some pasture once we get our
wheat crop in; at least we have
some moisture to plant our
wheat on,” said Stan Bevers,
AgriLife Extension economist
in Vernon.
And that leaves wheat and
stocker cattle operators with
some decisions to make in the
next few months.
“What we are looking at now
is, ‘Should I try to harvest for
a wheat crop next spring,or
should I run cattle through the
entire season?’” Bevers said.
While little to no corn is
grown in the Rolling Plains
region, the corn market has a
big impact as it is the intersection between cattle and wheat,
the two largest commodities
of the region.
“Right now we have a very
large corn crop growing out
there, which looks like it will
influence wheat prices to the
lower side,” he said. “So that’s
kind of a dark cloud hanging
over wheat. And we have to
ask ourselves what will prices
be come spring next year. It
certainly appears that it is going to be lower than the last
few years.”
Bevers said the Aug. 10 corn
report reported the largest
corn crop in history at 14 billion bushels. If the price is to
start moving up, it will be after
that. On July 29, the July 2015
wheat contract pricewas $6.30
a bushel. Adjust for local basis
and the local price is between
$5.75 to $6.
“What are your expenses per
bushel – about $6 a bushel, depending on yield average,” he
estimated. “So there are a couple of options to look at when
it comes to the wheat crop we
are about to plant.”
One option for the Rolling
Plains is to graze stocker cattle
on wheat pasture for a portion
of the year. The problem with
that is stocker cattle are very
expensive right now, Bevers
said. Cattle as a whole are in
very short supply, so producers must understand they are
going to have to pay very high
prices.
“So one of the things we’ve
talked about is if I don’t want
to own the cattle and make that
investment, we can take cattle
in ‘on the gain,’” he said.
The next decision will be:
What should the lease price on
wheat pasture be?
He said the wheat producers
want all they can get and the
stocker operators want to pay
as little as possible.
The wheat guy needs enough to
make him whole again, knowing with grazing he will lose
some bushels and have some
increased expense, “so you
as the stocker operator need
to pay him enough to get him
back to where he didn’t graze
it at all – and then some.”
From the wheat producer
standpoint, the things that
come into the equation are 5-6
bushel loss per acre, a heavier
seeding rate and added fertilizer, which averages out to
about $11 per acre, he said.
The stocker operator has to
determine the maximum he
can pay by looking at everything except pasture costs.
“Using the numbers we have
now, the average is about 62
cents per pound of gain,” Bevers said. “That’s what a wheat
producer and stocker operator
would kind of negotiate as the
mid-point to start the bidding,
and that number could go as
low as 55 cents or as high as
64 cents.”
The wheat producer has to
have 54.1 cents per pound of
gain to make him whole again.
The stocker operator can pay
up to 70 cents for him to generate zero.
Dalhart Texan
Strike Out Cancer
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Community Events
The 10th Annual Strike Out Cancer Co-Ed Softball
Tournament is Saturday Sept. 13 in Dalhart. Along
with the tournament, there will be a silent auction,
concessions and a dance at the coliseum beginning at
9 p.m. with DJ Rockin’ Redneck shuffling the tunes.
The dance is $10 per person or $15 per couple. All
proceeds benefit local cancer patients.
at 806-244-5646.
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Join Keep Dalhart Beautiful
Do you enjoy gardening? Would you like to help
Keep Dalhart Beautiful? Keep Dalhart Beautiful is
gearing up for the spring and has plenty of opportunities for you to participate! Whether you enjoy planning or the hands-on aspect there’s a spot for you!
Their next meeting will be held September 2, 2014 at
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5:30 pm. This group has got a lot of great ideas for
Preston and Howard Wedding our town! Attend one of their next meetings to learn
more or contact Annette Melius at 244-5843 or by
Reception
email at amelius61@gmail.com for more information. If you can’t commit to monthly meetings but
A wedding reception for Kelly (Preston) and Bryce How- would like to help with one of the following projard will be held Saturday September 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. ects, your help would be greatly appreciated: Cleanat the home of Kalynn and Mike Kulavy at1801 Denver up projects - Maintaining flower beds - Selection of
Ave. Selections are at A to Z, Bed Bath & Beyond, B. Yard of the Month -Downtown Beautification
Whimsy, Dillard’s Sears and The Pear Tree.
Please email Annette and let her know what projects
you are interested in and she will add you to a contact
list for that project.
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GED Testing now at FPC in
Dalhart
If you have put off testing for your GED (high school
diploma equivalent) for any reason, now is the time
to get it. You can register to test online at ged.com or
come by our Center at 412 Denver Ave. Ste. 504 and
we will help you get registered. We can also register you by phone at 806-244-7669. Need a refresher
course before you test? We offer that too. Plan now
to get your GED testing completed before the Fall Session begins on August 25. Let us help you get yuour
college classes started with us quickly and easily.
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Block Party Plans underway
Booth Registration for the Keep the Shine on Denrock
Downtown Block Party will begin Wednesday August
13th at 9 a.m. Registration forms will be available at
the Chamber office or online at www.dalhart.org
The 2014 Block Party is scheduled for Saturday September 20th. Booths will be registered on a first come
basis. Contact the chamber for additional information
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United Supply to host Open
House
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Epicenter is back
Epicenter is cranking up again for the school year. Join
them Wednesday Sept. 3 for free pizza and snow cones.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m., worship starts at 6:30 p.m.
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New service times at Hillside
Hillside Christian Church in Dalhart is excited to announce new service times this Fall beginning Sunday
Sept. 7. Services will be at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
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Hillside looking for volunteers
Come join Hillside Christian Church’s worship team.
They are always welcoming people who want to share
their musical and technical abilities with the community. Contact Jared for more details at: jared.mckinney@
hillsidewired.com.
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Blood Drive at Senior Center
in Dalhart
United Supply Customer Appreciation and Open House
is 11a.m. – 1 p.m. on Friday Aug. 29. The event is at The Boots & Badges Blood Drive is Thursday Aug. 28 at
the store located at 1225 US Hwy 87 South. They will the Dalhart Senior Center from 1 to 7 p.m.
be serving Hamburgers, chips and a drink. There will be
door prizes, games to play for a prize, samples of some of
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our new items and 10 to 50 percent off on select items.
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Fund-raising meal for
Volleyball teams
Widows’ Connection Meeting
Are you a widow and looking for something to do on
Monday, Labor Day, September 1? The Widows’ Connection group will be meeting at the ROC on 16th Street
at 2:00 that day for an ice cream social and games. All
widows are welcome to join us for fun and socializing.
The Dalhart Lady Wolves volleyball teams will be hosting a fund-raiser meal on Sunday, Sept. 7 at the Dalhart
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High School from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. They will be serving
baked potatoes with all the toppings, green beans, salad,
City closes for Labor Day
rolls and cobbler. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased
from any of the volleyball players or at the door. Please All departments of the City of Dalhart, including the
come out and support our volleyball teams and enjoy a landfill will be closed for the Labor Day Week-End bedelicious meal.
ginning Saturday, Aug. 30 through Monday Sept. 1. We
will resume regular business hours Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Five-State
Beef
Conference
sessions
set
Sessions to be held in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
H
igh cattle markets and
lingering drought conditions have beef producers continually planning
to maximize their assets –
water, grass and cattle.
Beef producers from five
states can hear from experts on these topics at
three sessions scheduled
as a part of the “Five-State
Beef Conference,” said
Dr. Ted McCollum, Texas
A&M AgriLife Extension
beef cattle specialist in
Amarillo.
The programs area joint
effort of AgriLife Extension, Colorado State University, Oklahoma State
University, New Mexico
State University and Kansas State University. While
it is primarily geared to
cow/calf producers, the
material will be beneficial
to stocker/feeder operations and feedlots, McCol-
lum said.
This year’s conferences
are scheduled as follows:
- Sept. 9, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
MDT, Clayton Livestock
Research Center, 9 miles
east of Clayton, New Mexico, on State Highway 56.
- Sept. 10, 2:30-7 p.m.,
High Plains Technology
Center, 3921 34th St. in
Woodward, Oklahoma.
- Sept. 11, 2:30-7 p.m.,
Ochiltree County Expo
Center, 402 Expo Drive in
Perryton.
The programs at Woodward and Perryton will be
identical, McCollum said.
Topics and speakers include:
• Projections in a Dynamic
Cattle Market, Dr. Jerry
Hawkes, New Mexico
State University Extension
animal sciences and natural resources department
head, Las Cruces.
McCollum said the program at Clayton is considerably longer because it
will include a “bud box”
demonstration by Dr. Ron
Gill, AgriLife Extension
livestock specialist and
associate animal science
department head at Texas
A&M University, College
Station. A bud box is a facility design for controlling
cattle flow.
Preregistration by Sept.
2 is $35 per individual
or $50 per couple for the
Clayton and Perryton sessions. Registration will be
$50 per individual or $65
per couple at the door.
The Woodward meeting
is free, but advanced registration is requested for
planning purposes.
Participants for all meetings should register online
at:
http://fivestatesbeef.
nmsu.edu/.
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Dalhart Texan
Local News
DPS reminds drivers to watch for children now that school is in session
For the Texan
A
s the academic year
begins, the Texas Department of Public Safety
(DPS) is reminding all
drivers to watch out for
children walking to and
from school or waiting
for school buses. Drivers
must also follow all traffic laws related to school
buses and school zones.
“With children heading back to school, drivers can help keep Texas
students safe by obeying
all speed limits – especially in posted school
zones – and stopping for
school buses,” said DPS
Director Steven McCraw.
“Individuals who illegally
pass stopped school buses
endanger our children,
and DPS officers will not
tolerate drivers who break
the law and put others in
harm’s way.”
One of the most dangerous times of a student’s
trip on a school bus is
when they are entering or
exiting the bus. Drivers
are urged to slow down
and pay attention in school
zones since children may
step into a roadway without checking for oncoming traffic.
State law requires that
approaching drivers stop
when a bus is stopped and
operating a visual signal –
either red flashing lights
or a stop sign. Drivers
should not proceed until
the school bus resumes
motion; the driver is signaled by the bus driver
to proceed; or the visual
signal is no longer activated. A driver does not
have to stop for a school
bus if it is on a highway
with roadways separated
by an intervening space
or physical barrier. (If a
highway is divided only
by a left-turning lane, the
roadways are not considered separated, and drivers must stop for school
buses.)
Drivers who illegally
pass school buses face
fines as much as $1,250
for a first offense. For individuals convicted of this
offense more than once,
the law allows DPS to
suspend the driver license
for up to six months. (A
ticket for illegally passing a school bus cannot be
dismissed through defensive driving.)
Students and parents
cross the very busy crosswalk to Dalhart Elementary School Monday morning for the first day of class
in Dalhart. Local police,
sheriff deputies and the
Texas Department of Public Safety warn drivers to
be extra careful and watch
for children walking to and
from school
First Baptist Church announces Fall Kick-Off events
F
rist Baptist Church
in Dalhart officials
announce Fall Kick-Off
evnts at the ROC.
Wednesday, August 27
5:00-6:00 PM – Churchwide Meal
5:30 PM – Awana Parent Night
6:30 PM – Choir!!! Join
us as we fellowship and
worship together
through song.
We
will meet in the Choir
Room.
7:00 PM - “Back to
School Beach Party” at
the ROC
Friday, August 29
6:00 PM Tail Gate Party- Look for the FBC
Banner in the parking
lot.
5th Quarter after football
game until midnight for
Junior High and High
Schools at the ROC.
Dallam County youth participate in Texas
Wildlife Leadership Camps
D
allam County resident, Ben Bezner of
Texline, participated in the
Texas Brigades summer
leadership camps in June
and July. He was among
one hundred sixty-five high
school students that took
part in this award-winning
leadership
development
program.
The Texas Brigades’ mission is to educate and empower youths with leadership skills and knowledge
in wildlife, fisheries, and
land stewardship to become conservation ambassadors for a sustained natural resource legacy.
There are seven Brigade
camps each summer; two
Buckskin Brigades, two
Bobwhite Brigades, Bass
Brigade, Waterfowl Brigade, and the newest addition, Ranch Brigade. They
are held on private ranches
in various locations across
Texas. Participants must
be between 13 to 17 years
of age, and submit a com-
plete application for consideration. Dates for 2015
will be available no later
than January 1st.
Brigade graduates are
available to give presentations to schools and civic
groups.
For more information,
www.texasbrigades.org, or
contact Helen Holdsworth,
Executive Director, at 855TXBRIGS, or via email at
hholdsworth@texas-wildlife.org.
XIT 1-Mile race results
1 Mile
Overall Male: Michael
Kelso 5:42.7
Overall Female:
Sara Smith 6:09.1
Men
0-14
1..Peter Wright
2..Thomas Merger
3..Kyler Banks
15-19
1..Michael Kelso
2..Ben Allen
20-29
1..Cristian Barrera
30-39
1..Ricardo Morillion
2..Jim Pod boy
3..Jeremy Faust
40-49
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1..Raymond Weld
2..Mike Flores
3..Greg Oelke
60+
1..Fidel Melendez
2..Van Josselet
3..Bobby Sanford
Women
0-14
1..Kabna Marquez
2..Ashlyn Banks
3..Emily Wright
15-19
1..Sara Smith
2..Kate Allen
20-29
1..Mirram Morillion
30-39
1..JennyCampbell
2..Kari Pod boy
3..Stephanie Faust
40-49
1..Jan Kersey
2..Lori Pruett
3..Ginger Cleavinger
50-59
1..Karen Davis
60+
1..Caylene Caddell
2..Barbara Kabul
3..Denise Stovall
Texan Photo by Joe Warren
Frank Phillips College Corner
“Changing futures, one student at a time”
By Ann Green
Y
ou know, the “real
life” stories of the students attending Frank Phillips College are as varied
as Texas Tall Tales. We
want you to get to know
our students through their
own personal stories. What
motivates them to pursue
a college education? What
are they going through to
get that education? This is
the story of Sam, a Frank
Phillips college student.
A 26-year-old man named
Sam Benton moved to Dalhart from Dumas, where
he grew up and attended
school. Sam is a young father who takes responsibility for his daughter, Amber,
very seriously. His move to
Dalhart was prompted by a
job in a fast food restaurant.
He knew the money would
help support him and his
daughter. It wasn’t long
after he took the position
that he began looking for
another job. Once again,
he found employment in
another fast food restaurant. His life looked like a
dead-end street, one short
job after another.
One has to wonder what
made Sam decide to go to
college with money so tight
and the need for a steady
income. Well, as Sam puts
it, it was because of a lady
who came into the restaurant who had nerve enough
to ask him if he could do
better things with his life.
This woman, Ilene Walton,
Director of Frank Phillips
College Dalhart Center,
talked to him about starting
classes at FPC. Ilene invited him to visit the Center
to talk about the possibility
of becoming a college student.
Sam, being “iffy” about
his life, started thinking
about what a better education would do for him. He
thought about how much
more he could provide for
his daughter and himself if
he could go to college. The
more he thought about college, the more he became
afraid of the changes he
would have to make in order to attend college. He
would not be able to have
the steady income he needed.
But, being true to his word,
Sam drove over to FPC
to visit with the staff. He
sat in his pickup for some
time dealing with fear of
the changes he would make
in his life. Sam eventually got out of the pickup
and walked to the front
door. Still struggling with
the changes and obligations he had, he paced for
some time in front of the
door, deciding if he wanted
to open that door and step
inside. Finally, he entered
and was welcomed warmly
by the staff. They sat down
and discussed the possibilities of college for Sam.
Ilene, being a very determined woman, and knowing
more about Sam’s situation
after their visit, presented
Sam with an option. He
could apply to become a
prison correctional officer
and get paid while he was
training. Because of the
cooperation between Texas
Department of Criminal
Justice, Dalhart, and Frank
Phillips College at Dalhart,
Sam was able to train as a
correctional officer and attend his college courses.
He also applied for financial aid, which Sam learned
was an option for students
in his financial position.
Knowing he is a better
person and a much stronger man because he made
these changes in his life,
the vision for his future has
changed. He plans to continue his education upon
completion of an Associate’s Degree and eventually
obtain a BS degree in Criminal Justice. Eventually, he
would like to obtain an MS
in Criminal Justice. To become a warden of his own
unit is a long-term goal for
Sam.
As told to me by Sam, “All
of this is because of one
stubborn woman who was
trying to help a young man
that she believed in, better
himself.”
We at Frank Phillips College can help you expand
your vision of the future. If
you are willing, we are able!
The staff of FPC in Dalhart
is a dedicated team ready to
assist you in setting higher
standards for your future.
XIT 5-K race results
Overall Male:
Thomas Kelso
Overall Female:
Sara Smith
Men
0-14
1..Colten Brown
2..Ethan Wood
3..Aaron Hers ree
15-19
1..Thomas Kelso
2..Reese Montgomery
3..Emory Lobley
20-29
1..Cristian Barrera
30-39
1..Dennis Wright
2..Wesley House
3..Ricardo Morillion
40-49
-none50-59
1..Raymond Weld
2..Mike Flores
3..Greg Oelke
60+
1..Van Josselet
2..Steve Stovall
3..Fidel Melendez
Women
0-14
1..Sarah McDaniel
2..Daphine Pate
3..Summer Simmons
15-19
1..Sara Smith
2..Allison DeJong
3..Brooklyn Strauss
20-29
1..Callie Wiley
2..Kamilia Burks
3..Juni Phipps
30-39
1..Kari Pod boy
2..Andrea Brazeal
3..Lorelyn Wright
40-49
1..Heather Males
2..Jennifer Been
3..Lorrie Beckner
50-59
1..Kim Allen
2..Tammy Johniedesa
3..Connie Wilmer
60+
1..Caylene Caddell
2..Barbara Kabul
3..Debby Brown
Dalhart Texan
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Local News
XIT Mud Bog official results announced
IT Mud Bog organizer
Curt Haschke has announced the official results
for this year’s Mud Bogs.
Haschke said there were
50 entrants this year, down
from previous years due
to other mud bog events
in the area, one in Elkhart,
KS and one in New Mexico scheduled the same
weekend as the 2014 XIT
Rodeo and Reunion.
“We still had a good showing even though there were
a couple of events that conflicted with our mud bogs,”
Haschke said. “This year
was down a little but there
were still a good amount
of participants.”
In all Haschke said all entry fees were given back in
prizes, a little over $6,000
in total prizes given out in
eight classes over the Saturday events of XIT.
“It was a good year,
people were entertained,”
Haschke added. First place
received $450, Second
Place got $300, third place
got $200 and fourth place
won $50 during this year’s
events plus trophies were
awarded to first through
third place in each class.
Following are this year’s
results:
Open/Extreme
X
1st Randy Keeth, time
2.819
2nd Otis Lenley, time
2.834
3rd Kurt Haschke, time
4.113
4th Joe Scott time, 4.313
Pro Mod
1st Sawyer Lenley, time
3.194
2nd James Komer, time
3.841
3rd James Perez, time
3.849
4th Vernon Adams, time
3.682
Stock
1st Ryan Johnson, time
4.717
2nd Sandra Mowry, time
4.818
3rd Eddie Golden time,
4.987
4th Coby Smith time
5.140
35.5 to 39 Modified
1st Shon Smith,
4.275
2nd Josh McCauley,
4.381
3rd Bobby Clark,
4.642
4th Josh Garritt,
5.030
39.5 and up Modified
1st Jenna Hicks, time
4.973
2nd Tyler Carnesecca,
time 5.343
3rd Bobby Clark, time
6.006
4th Steve Tijerina, time
6.068
ATV
1st Colton Hicks, time
7.117
2nd Sheldon Keeton, time
6.389
3rd Aaron Rodgers, time
17.873
Powder Puff
1st Sawyer Lenley,
3.553
2nd Brook Scott,
4.030
3rd Emma Young,
4.572
4th Kadenze Mowry,
5.545
time
time
time
time
time Tractor
Tire/Mega
Truck
time
1st Jay Hicks, time 3.903
time 2nd Tim Morgan, time
4.084
time 3rd Joe Scott,time 4.466
4th Coby Reid, time
4.897.
Texan Photos by Dee Brown
Joe Embry makes his way through in his souped-up Scout.
Vernon Adams shows his stuff during the 2014 Mud Bogs.
It gets a little dirty when you take on the mud pit.
James Komer rips it on his first run.
James Perez driving the Paul’s Windshield truck at the start (top) and at the finish
(bottom) Perez finished third in the Pro Mod division.
Sawyer Lenley finished first in the Pro Mod and the Powder Puff divisions.
Congratulations to all participants
in this year’s XIT Mud Bogs!
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Dalhart Texan
Comics/Puzzles
languages
CLUES ACROSS
1. Leaf attachment
5. Gaiters
10. Nearly all
14. Carbonated soft drink
15. Dogma
16. Plural of ascus
17. Highly excited
18. Annuity
19. 750 mi. So. African
river
20. “Blue Bloods” Danny
23. Away from wind
24. Ardor
25. Senior officer
28. Consumed
29. Radioactivity unit
30. Make lacework
33. Courtesy titles for
women
35. Of she
36. Wolf (Spanish)
37. Jordanian seaport
38. Father
39. Clear wrap
40. Gastric fold
41. __ student, learns
healing
42. Placate
43. Neckwear
44. More (Spanish)
45. Post-office box
46. Belonging to a thing
47. Antique Roadshow
twins
48. Bark
50. Retiring Late Show
host
56. AKA Matakam
57. Seamlike union
58. River in Florence
59. Arab outer garments
60. Distinctive spirit of a
people
61. Up to the time of
62. Disfiguring marks
63. Slants from vertical
64. A branch of the Tai
CLUES DOWN
1. Any of several carangid fishes
2. African nation
3. University in North
Carolina
4. __ Carta, British Constitution
5. Thoroughfares
6. Herman character
7. Tolstoy’s Karenina
8. Attached by a rope
9. Like a star
10. Expert
11. Narrow ridges
(Swedish)
12. Street name for
heroin
13. ‘__ death do us part
21. Annona diversifolia
22. Not good
25. Intelligent
26. Chilean superfruit
27. Saying
30. Shinto temple gateway
31. Toward the stern
32. Broadway awards
34. Fabric for 59 across
35. Possessed
36. Varnish ingredient
38. Abandoned
39. Expensive fur
41. Lathe spindle
42. A woman poet
44. Japanese apricot
45. Large Old World
boas
47. Russian barley brew
49. Swift Malayan sailboat
50. Biu-Mandara
51. From a distance
52. Cubage unit
53. Messenger ribonucleic acid
54. Gaming stake
55. A small alcove
56. One’s mother (Brit.)
Crossword answers
from Fri.
.
“A man
who stops
advertising
to save
money is
like a man
who stops
a clock to
save time.”
Word Search
Answers
- Henry
Ford
Dalhart Texan
Spencer
(continued from page A1)
basic glider training while at
Vinita.
The three-place gliders were
Taylorcraft, Piper, or Aeronca
single-engine planes which
had the engines removed and
the nose elongated for a third
seat. A tow plane, such as the
Vultee BT-13 Valiant or the
Stinson L-1 Vigilant, would
then be used to pull the threeplace gliders into the air.
These gliders would usually have two students and an
instructor in them. Once the
correct altitude was reached,
the student pilot would release the tow rope and glide
the plane back to the ground
and land it.
In a recent interview, Charles
Day, secretary of the National
WWII Glider Pilots Association, gave more details about
the three-place gliders used
by Spencer at Vinita, Okla.
“These three-place gliders
were the TG-5, TG-6 and
TG-8, by Aeronca (TG-5),
Taylorcraft (TG-6) and Piper
(TG-8). They were not sailplanes in the normal sense of
a sailplane that could soar for
hours under necessary wind
and air current conditions.
They were high wing monoplanes similar to the WACO
CG-4A glider. There were
750 of these built without engines. That is, they did not
have engines removed.”
“Instead of mounting an
engine, the wheel carriage
was modified to give a lower
stance as the nose framework
was extended and modified
to create a third seat in the
airframe. The idea of using these airframes was that
of the then head of the then
CAA in Washington, DC”,
explained Day.
“Aeronca built the first one
which was test-flown under
Aeronca ownership as NX
34213. That airframe was
delivered to the USAAF
and became USAAF #4257229.”
“The then head of the glider
branch under General Arnold,
Major Lewin Barringer, flew
that glider from the Aeronca
airfield at Middletown, Ohio
to Washington, DC through
thunder storms and inclement weather proving the aircraft’s ability as a glider. It
also established that the flying characteristics of the
aircraft were very similar to
the CG-4A as opposed to the
characteristics of sailplanes
or soaring gliders which were
not so similar to the CG-4A”,
commented Day.
“The accompanying photo,
#94584, is a USAAF Wright
Field photo and is of a threeplace Aeronca glider numbered as NX 34213. Based
on the trees in background, I
believe it was made at Middletown, Ohio as opposed to
Wright Field”, said Day.
“I never established who the
man in the glider was but he
was either an Aeronca engineer or was John Harris who
had been a WACO engineer/
technician who was kind of
conscripted by the USAAF
into the glider branch at
Wright Field and Clinton
County AAF and served for
the duration as a civilian”, he
added.
According to Day, John
Harris’s daughter did not believe that the photo was of
her father.
After finishing his basic
glider training at Vinita,
Okla., Spencer then went to
South Plains Army Air Field
(SPAAF) in Lubbock for a
brief time before going to
Dalhart AAF.
He ran into the same problem at Lubbock as he did
in Waco: too few airplanes
and gliders and too many
students. He and his fellow
students arrived in Lubbock
Local News
by rail about December 12,
1942. He was in Lubbock
for advanced glider training.
“Since they realized they
weren’t going to be able to
train us, they couldn’t accommodate us, they gave us
what they called a ‘furlough’
until early January (1943)
because they had nothing for
us to do and had too many
students.”
“I took a train to my hometown, Montgomery, Ala.,
and spent my furlough (now
known as “leave”) with my
parents.
When Spencer returned to
SPAAF in Lubbock after his
Christmas furlough of 1942,
he commented on his spare
time in Lubbock.
“I dated a few girls, went
to the movies and church and
generally had a good time. I
was bored to death at SPAAF
because we had nothing to
do and the Army Air Force
realized morale was low and
gave us a break.”
Spencer would next be
transferred to Dalhart AAF
for his advanced glider training.
More about Leon Spencer’s
time training in gliders during WWII will be discussed
in the next article.
Spencer is now a retired major from the USAF Reserves.
He lives in Prattville, Ala.,
and researches the glider
program from home. He will
turn 90 years old on September 6, 2014.
Readers are encouraged to
visit Silent Wings Museum
on I-27 at Exit 9 just north of
Lubbock to learn more about
the glider program of WWII
(www.silentwingsmuseum.
com).
Readers are also asked to
visit www.researchwars.org
for more information about
Dalhart AAF and call to John
McCullough at (806)7934448 if they can help with
his research.
TDJC Dalhart Unit Graduation
Ceremonies for Summer Class
he Texas Department
of Criminal Justice
(TDJC) Dalhart Unit conducted graduation ceremonies for its Summer2014
Correctional Officer Cadet Pre-Service class on
Aug. 22 at the Frank Phillips College Dalhart campus. Cadets completed 216
hours of training required
by the State of Texas as
the first phase of Correctional Officer training with
TDCJ. Graduation Correctional Officers were: Nataly Anaya Ruiz, Michael
Bloomer, Mickenzie Gill,
Isaac Gonzales, Denise
Howard, Glen Milton, Oswbert Olivas, Hunter Steele
and Ronald Winegardner.
TDCJ Dalhart Unit awarded Michael Bloomer the Dr.
George J. Beto Award for
Academic Achievement.
Graduating Correctional
Officers were trained in a
variety of necessary job
skills such as: the history of
TDCJ; First Aid; CPR; Defensive Tactics; Professionalism and Ethics; Chemical
T
Page A7
Agents; Firearm Safety and
Use; Mental Health Issues;
Suicide Prevention; Communications Skills; Legal
Aspects of Corrections;
Risk Management—Emergency Procedures; and Incident Command System
(ICS) for Corrections.
The TDCJ Dalhart Unit
partnered with Frank Phillips College (FPC) Dalhart
Center to provide professional development documentation of the TDCJ
Dalhart Unit Correctional
Officer Pre-Service training. Through this collaboration the new Correctional
Officers earned 21.6 Continuing Education Units
from Frank Phillips College, in addition to their
TDCJ awarded Certificate
of Completion for Correctional Officer Pre-Service
Training.
The new Correctional Officers will now complete
the second phase of their
pre-service training to become fully qualified State
of Texas Correctional Of-
ficers. The second and final
phase of their training consists of 112 hours of mandatory On-The-Job (OTJ)
Training on the TDCJ
Dalhart Unit under the direct supervision of experienced Trainers and Correctional Officer Mentors.
Upon successful completion of the OTJ Training,
new Correctional Officers
will receive Certificates of
Completion from TDCJ
Dalhart Unit Senior Warden Norvel Arnold and an
additional 11.2 Continuing
Education Units awarded
from Frank Phillips College.
TDCJ Dalhart Unit will
conduct the next Pre-Service Class for Correctional
Officers in Dalhart Nov. 6,
2014. Those interested in
employment as Correctional Officers with the Texas
Department of Criminal
Justice should contact the
TDCJ Dalhart Unit Human
Resources Department office by phone at (806) 2498655.
Fire
(continued from page A1)
or past fire issues when
she bought the trailer, but
she said firefighters told
her about them when they
arrived.
“This happened before,”
she said. “The firemen
told me this is the second
fire at this trailer due to
electrical issues.”
Brown said three Dalhart
EMS responded along
with three firefighters
from Hartley and 14 firefighters from Dalhart. The
call came in at 8:05 a.m.
“We got the fire extinguished fairly quickly,”
Brown said. “There is fire
damage in the front half
of the trailer and heavy
smoke damage throughout.”
Jean Womble, her grandmother, is trying to setup
a fund for Jena and as of
press time it has not been
done because Jena needs
proper
identification,
which burned up in the
fire.
The Dalhart Ministerial
Alliance has rented her a
room for four days so she
had time to regroup.
“I’m on disability due
to my seizures,” Jena
said. “All I wanted to do
is be on my own and not
be a burden to anyone
and I was finally getting
there.”
Dallam Co. sets Tax Rate
D
allam County Commissioners
met
Monday morning for a
special meeting, August
25. There was only one
G
item to consider, a public
hearing to consider setting proposed tax rate.
No one showed up from
the public for the hear-
ing. Commissioners set
the tax rate at 43 cents
per $100 valuation. This
is the same as last year’s
tax rate.
Creative healthy snacks
cooking class slated
etting your children in the kitchen is
a great way to spend time with them.
Cooking with children is a wonderful adventure. It’s also encourages them to try
different foods as they help make them.
Please bring your child and join Kay
Rogers, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Service, FC S-CE A in creating healthy
snacks. There is not a fee charged to at-
tend. “FREE”
Date: Tuesday August 26
Time: 11a to 12p
Location: Rita Blanca Apartments, East
9th St and Maynard St, Dalhart Tx.
For more information call the Dallam/
Hartley Extension office at 806-244-4434
or come by 401 Denrock Ave. Dalhart.
All Local
All the
Time! The
Dalhart
Texan!
Legal
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase
The CITY OF TEXLINE will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties
on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 7.552987 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower
of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a
greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to
the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
The first public hearing will be held on September 4, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Texline City Hall, 517 S 2nd St. Texline,
TX.
The second public hearing will be held on September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Texline City Hall, 517 S 2nd St.
Texline, TX.
The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows:
FOR:
AGAINST:
PRESENT and not voting:
ABSENT:
Ricky Arnold, Micah Deason, Gary Laramore, Leo Martinez, and Brett
Poling
None
Jim Smith
None
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in CITY OF TEXLINE last year was $35,727. Based on last
year's tax rate of $0.721800 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home
was $257.88.
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in CITY OF TEXLINE this year is $38,653. If the governing
body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.778500 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed
this year on the average home would be $300.91.
If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.837300 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes
imposed this year on the average home would be $323.64.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.
Courtesy Photo
Graduating Correctional Officers of TDCJ’s Summer 2014 Correctional Officer Cadet
Pre-Service Class were: Nataly Anaya Ruiz, Michael Bloomer, Mickenzie Gill, Isaac
Gonzales, Denise Howard, Glen Milton, Oswbert Olivas, Hunter Steele and Ronald
Winegardner.
* "Appraised value" is the amount shown on the appraisal roll and defined by Section 1.04(8), Tax Code.
** "New property" is defined by Section 26.012(17), Tax Code.
*** "Taxable value" is defined by Section 1.04(10), Tax Code.
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Dalhart Texan
Breaking down
the Pack, more
on Dalhart’s tie
with Spearman
Page B7
A Perfect Weekend
Lady Wolves go 7-0 on way to tournament win at Sanford-Fritch
By THOMAS LOTT
D
Texan Photo by Thomas Lott
Courtney White is back serving after a year off.
Senior Libero
thrilled to be
serving again
Macie Shelton (left) and Breena Read (right) go up for a block.
alhart needed some wins. The
Lady Wolves had started the
season 4-4 and were coming off of a
disheartening loss in three games to
Caprock on August 19.
The Sanford-Fritch Tournament
could not have come at a better time.
It’s a tournament the Lady Wolves
have played in before and had success in repeatedly.
This weekend was no different.
Dalhart went 7-0 on their way to
a championship trophy defeating the
Borger Lady Dawgs in three games
20-25, 25-12 and 25-19.
The level of competition was not
the best for the Lady Wolves in the
tournament. Perryton had a chance
to finish in third place and were in
the semifinals against Borger if that
reveals anything.
But a win is a win and the head
coach Kira Satterfield is not taking
that for granted.
“We said last week it’s always
nice to bring home hardware, but it’s
really nice to bring home a championship,” she said. “It’s great, I’m really proud of these ladies.”
Dalhart did not face much of a
challenge until the final day of the
tournament. They won all eight
games they played on Friday afternoon and won all of them by an average of 12 points per game in wins
See PERFECT on page B8
Satterfield: ‘It’s just a blessing to
have her back serving.’
Last Game: Dalhart 2,
Borger 1 (20-25, 25-12 and
25-19)
Record: 11-4
he serving game for Next Up: Tonight @ TasDalhart was a strength cosa v. Amarillo & Tascosa
of last year’s team. Britt Twitter: @DalhartTexan
Wilson, Robynn Elan- the team and was named to
Puttick and Bailey Cle- second team all-district in
ments all played big roles 2013. But she was limited
on the serve and helped throughout the year while
set the tone early in games recovering from an injury.
and close out closer games White suffered a torn
late.
labrum before the season
However, all three of and was unable to serve
them graduated, which left during the year. Head
the Lady Wolves looking coach Kira Satterfield said
for three new servers to she was one of the team’s
step into that role and do best servers coming into
as well as that graduating the season and losing her
class did.
did not help at all.
Losing those three serv- But this season, White is
ers was not helpful, but back and making an impact
gaining one back from on the serve while helping
two years ago has already make up for the loss of
proved beneficial.
servers like Wilson, Elan Courtney White is a se- Puttick and Clements.
Chandler Renshaw (34) and Jesse Lujan (8) take down a Spearman ball carrier in Dalhart’s scrimmage on Friday night.
nior Libero this season.
She is one of the leaders of
See WHITE on page B8
By THOMAS LOTT
T
Can You Dig It? Golden Wolves, Lynx tie
More on Dalhart’s tournament win
at Sanford-Fritch over weekend
By THOMAS LOTT
T
he plan coming into
this season was that the
Lady Wolves would run a
6-2. Avery Ballard and Macie Shelton worked well together on the junior varsity
last season and there was
no reason to expect they
would not do well together
once again this season in
the same system.
However, Ballard has
been dealing with a shoulder injury recently, which
forced the Lady Wolves
back into a 5-1 over the
weekend and thrust a new
player into the mix in the
Fritch tournament.
Elyse White has been
one of the best players for
the Lady Wolves on the junior varsity throughout the
season and she used this
success to receive a callup for the tournament this
weekend.
She had her ups and
downs, but the ups were
much clearer than the
downs considering Dalhart
only lost one game through
seven matches over the
weekend.
It’s unclear whether the
sophomore is up for good,
or just for the duration of
the Ballard injury, but she
certainly made a case for
herself over the weekend.
“We’re just going to have
to wait and see and evaluate, but I thought she did a
See DIG on page B8
Offense looks good in final scrimmage, defense has adjustments to make
By THOMAS LOTT
T
he Golden Wolves
don’t mess around
when they set up their preseason schedule. Last week
Dalhart took on a team that
rose all the way to a No.
Last Game: Dalhart 14,
Spearman 14
Record: N/A
Next Up: Friday v. Sanford-Fritch, 7:30 p.m.
Twitter: @DalhartTexan
Radio: KXIT Radio
1 state ranking in Class A
in Stratford and this past
Friday, the Golden Wolves
took on Spearman who
won a playoff game before
falling in a close game to
See TIE on page B7 Manuel Guzman dives to take down a ball carrier.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
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3 Bedroom brick home 2 Large
Living areas with fireplace,
central H/A. Sprinkler system,
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1502 Sandhurst. 249-5010, 2492886, 333-2075.
House for sale.
1402 Oak.
3 bed 2 bath, walk-in closets.
Call (806) 244-1607 or (806)
324-7131...8.5p-8
10 Acres west of Dalhart, fenced
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288 acres on US 87 with 3 wells
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817 Keeler
$850.00 /mo, $850 dep.
No pets, no smokers.Available
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Properties 806 341 8401
...7.22-tfn
$500.00 month / $500 deposit
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properties 806-341-8401
...8.5tfn
Shop/Storage building
215 Liberal.
Available 9/1
$800/Month
(806) 683-0960
4,829 sq. ft. house with
5 bedrooms and 41/2 bath.
Hardwood floors, granite, many
extras. 5 acres with 3 stall barn
and heated waterers. Fully fenced.
Call 341-5653 for details.
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FOOD BANK MINISTRY
September 18 and
AA meets Mon. and Thurs. at
October 16
St. James Episcopal Church, 801
2-5 p.m.
Denver in Dalhart from
Church of the Nazarene
8 to 9 p.m.
th
11 & Keeler
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244-2777
AA and AL Anon meets Tues.
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at the Central United Methodist
AA And Al Anon
Church in Dalhart from 8 to 9
In Spanish
p.m.
AL Anon 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
AA 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Vierges Esquina NW
de la Iglesia Catolica
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Dalhart Pregnancy
MAINTENANCE
Resource Center
Tree trimming & removal, fall
105 E. Third
clean up, stump removal,
Estimates 806-290-5533
Tuesday 2:00-7:00
TFN
Thursday 9:00 -2:00
244-1783
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WE DO UGLY
Overcomers
Mowing, Shredding
Friday evenings 6:30 p.m.
Weed control &
Church of the Nazarene
Commercial
spraying
11th and Keeler
806-341-8725 or
a support group for those needing
806-244 8400.. TFN
to break any type of addiction-drugs, food, anger, alcohol, etc.
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Narcotics Anonymous
& TumblingBoys & girls ages
Friday Evenings
4-12Enroll by phone, call
7:00 p.m.
Russchelle Hanbury 806-244Central
United
Methodist
4092...7.22-tfn
Church
517 Rock Island
244-0404
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Dalhart Winners Circle
meets 8 to 9 on Monday nights at
MARY KAY
the St. James Episcopal Church,
Jean Smallwood
801 Denver Ave.
244-4429
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TFN
320 acres of irrigated farm.
3 pivots, 3 wells. Equipment
in great shape. Call Pritchett
Properties: (806) 244-8400
...6.6tfn
Office space for rent.
HWY 54 East. 17x19 $400 per
mo. 9x20 $325 per mo. Security
systems new heat/AC. Call Jay
Peoples at 806-333-5655
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EMPLOYMENT • HELP WANTED
City Gifts & RadioShack
We are going to be offering
a new in-store service soon
and we need an experienced
computer technician. Training
will be offered. Come by and
fill out an application. No phone
calls please. Bilingual a plus.
6.24-tfn
Truck Driver needed
806-333-2488...5.23-TFN
Extreme Cusine
wait staff / kitchen help needed
for interview call 806-3333663...8.5..tfn
New Life
Is looking for Quality nursery
workers. $10/Hr.
Call Carlos @ 806-886-4193
For more information. TFC
JBS Five Rivers
XIT Feeders is seeking
dependable, motivated
applicants to fill open
positions in the following
departments- yard maintenance,
pen rider. Individuals must
be team players with good
communication skills. We
offer competitive pay and
affordable family health and
dental benefits. You will need
a valid driver’s license and a
pre-employment drug screen is
required. Please apply in person
8 miles west of Dalhart on
HWY 54. E.O.E. M/F...4.1tfn
CDL DRIVERS NEEDED
Clean driving record. Two years
CDL experience. Home every
night. Apply in person. Bailey
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NOW HIRING
Outside sales person
needed
Experience preferred.
Front counter help
needed
Apply in Person
221 Denver Ave
Seeking full-time CNA. Apply
in person. Coldwater Manor
1111 Beaver Rd Stratford, TX.
EOE
VANBEEK TRUCKING
Must have a clean class A CDL,
Tanker endorsement and able to
pass a drug screen test. Home
every evening. Call 806-3418541...2.18 tfn
Unruh & Sons is looking to fill
several full time positions for the
hay season. Tractor driver and
service work. Good pay. Call
Phillip at 806-336-4907
...5..20-tfn
BEST WESTERN
NURSANICKEL MOTEL
Front Desk, Housekeeping and
Manager Preferred experience &
bilingual. 102 Scott Ave
244-5637...TFN
Dependable truck driver needed
with good driving record. CDL
Requred 268-0290...8.26p-2
Caregiver Position
Full time & summer positions
must be 18 years old Have high
School diploma or equivalent.
Dalhart Area Child Care
apply at 1000 Tascosa
...5.16-tfn
Hunter Construction now hiringconcrete finishers, steel erectors,
laborers, machinery operators.
Apply 12211 Truckline Road
5.13-tfn
Wanted Irrigated farm for lease
or lease pruchase contact 432249-1167 - Don
...8.1p-8
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Subway is hiring full time help
starting pay is above average,
with paid holidays and vacation.
Apply in person...TFN
Hunter Overhead Doors now
hiring experienced Overhead
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Need field mechanic that is
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Natural gas engine repair We
offer benefits overtime after
40 hours. Pay will be based
on experience. Please apply
in person at 601 Ashe Ave at
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The Cow Feed Company,
Looking for customer service
a liquid cattle feed dealer, is
and purchasing/warehouse work looking for a self-motivated, full
2M . Call 806 244 8536 ..6.13-tfn time employee to join our team
at our Dalhart, TX location.
We offer competitive wages
with more opportunity based
on your performance. We also
offer Health/Dental insurance,
participation in company
Heiser Tire has an opening
funded profit sharing plan,
for Tire shop help. Must have
paid holidays and sick leave.
current drivers license. Apply in
You must be able to pass a preperson...4.29tfn
employment drug test. Applying
in person is preferred-The Cow
Feed Company – 715 E 7th
Super 8 is hiring front desk help.
St. Dalhart, TX (across from
Apply in person
Radio Shack) or call Sammy
...5.20-tfn
Dominguez (806) 268-1880 or
email
Stratford ISD is seeking Director sdominguez@kansasfeeds..com
...7.8-tfn
of Maintenance/Transportation.
Call 806-366-3300 for application.
CARGILL CATTLE FEEDERS
Job Opportunities in Dalhart
Cargill’s cattle feeding facility
located 5 miles west of Dalhart
Driver needed must have CDL
on Hwy 54 is seeking a
Full time position local route.
qualified individual to join
Medical, Dental, Vision,
our growing team. If you want
401K & paid time off available
to be a highly engaged team
please call 806-344-7422
player in a safe and well...7-8tfn
maintained
facility, then consider this jobs!
XIT Ford is looking for Auto
Technician/ mechanic plus other
shop help needed. Contact Don
244-8511 ..5.23-tfn
Mill Department
Maintenance Supervisor
The Dallam/Hartley County Jail
is currently taking applications
for the following full-time
positions:
Jailer
Dispatcher
Records/office clerk
Jailer/Dispatcher requirements:
Applicants must be 18 years
old, have a high school diploma
or GED, be a US citizen, and
be able ot pass a criminal
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organized, detail-oriented and
able to work at a fast pace. Must
be able to work various shifts,
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can make up to $2,400 a month
in as little as 3 months’ time.
Raises based on performance.
Medical, dental, vision, and
Health Insurance is provided
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Excellent county retirement.
No experience necessary.
Cattle Department
Pen Rider
Processor
Doctor
Full-time records/office clerk
requirements:
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organized, detail-oriented and
able to work at a fast pace. Pay
will be between $12 and $14 an
hour depending on experience
and skills. Raises based on
performance. Medical, dental,
vision, and Health Insurance
is provided for employees free
of charge. Excellent county
retirement.
No experience necessary.
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Cargill offers a comprehensive
benefits package, including
health and dental insurance,
life insurance, 401K, long-term
disability, pension plan, tuition
reimbursement, 7 paid holidays,
and paid vacation. Successful
applicants will be required to
pass
a company paid medical exam
including a drug/alcohol screen,
reference checks and a criminal
background check.
Interested applicants can pick up
an application at the cattle
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questions please call
806-384-8200 and
ask for Paula Gilbert.
Equal Opportunity Employer
... 8.5TFN
Waitress/Bartender needed call
244-4148 or 249-8022.
House Cleaning needed call
244-4148.
Two Fulll-Time Positions
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Nurses Unlimited, Inc. is
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Filings, scaning, and attaching
PO’s
Help in stock room, help with
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Email rsume to bmoody@
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ARE YOU UPBEAT &
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Shop looking for Techs to
join a positive Team. If you
have the right attitude & some
experience –
CALL 806-244-0369 for appt.
CARGILL CATTLE FEEDERS
Job Opportunities in Dalhart
Cargill’s cattle feeding facility
located 5 miles west of Dalhart
on Hwy 54 West is seeking a
qualified individual to join
our growing team. If you want
to be a highly engaged team
player in a safe and wellmaintained
facility, then consider this job!
Admin Dept
Temporary Harvest Help
Full-Time and Part-Time
positions available. Successful
applicants will be required to
pass a company paid medical
exam including a drug/alcohol
screen, reference checks and a
criminal background check.
Interested applicants can pick up
an application at the cattle
feeding facility located at
2795 US Hwy 54 southwest
of Dalhart.If you have any
questions please call
806-384-8200 and
ask for Paula Gilbert.
Equal Opportunity Employer
...7.1tfn
Bookkeeping and PA position
open at PivoTrac. QB and
computer experience and an
Ag background are big pluses.
Knowing the farmers in this area
also helpful. Call Karlyle and
let’s see if PivoTrac is right for
you. The right pay for the right
person. 333-2299
...7.8-tfn
Professional working
environment, family oriented,
needing Receptionist/Secretary.
Experience with Microsoft
Word, Excel and Adobe a plus.
Send resume to Dalhart Texan,
410 Denrock Dalhart, TX 79022
Attn: Blind Box A
69th Judicial District CSCD
(Adult Probation) seeks qualified
person for Administrative
Assistant, fulltime. MS Office
experience required. Excellent
benefits. Apply in person at 412
Denver, Suite 501, (Courthouse
Annex) Dalhart. (806) 249-5276
Full Time help needed. Country
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person. 8.22-4
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Dalhart Texan
Sports News
SPEARMAN 14
14 DALHART
Tie
(continued from page B1)
eventual state champion Cisco.
Neither of those games was easy and
the Golden Wolves performed admirably
in both with the most recent game against
Spearman ending in a 14-14 tie at Memorial Stadium.
“They are a very good team,” head
coach Stephen Young said. “They’re going to have success, likewise we’re going
to have success. Defensive-wise, you take
out Conner Smith, you’re putting in, really a rookie sophomore and you’ve got a
sophomore safety and you’ve got a couple
other sophomores are playing so you’re
going to take some bruises.”
There were certainly some bruises
handed out on Friday night, but defensively and physically. Dalhart gave up
two plays with a 37-yard touchdown run
and a 31-yard touchdown pass and saw
things get a little chippy late in the game
as some personal foul flags flew at the final whistle.
“I didn’t hear much mouthing, but I
did see a couple of late hits,” Young said.
“Right at the very end they had a bad late
hit on us, a post chop, those are when your
knees get torn up and I just can’t stand that
part of the game.”
It’s not too surprising that some frustraStephen Tello hauls in a touchdown pass in the first offensive series for Dalhart.
tions were coming to the surface late in
the game. No one could stop anyone on defense on either side of the ball. Spear- man had the two big plays on their side,
Breaking Down the Pack
but Dalhart had the biggest play of the
game on either side.
That play came on the first play after
Spearman scored their second touchdown
to go up 14-7. Isaiah Perez took a handoff
and burst through a hole big enough for a
bus to drive through and went untouched
80 yards to the end zone to tie the game at
14.
That made Spearman’s coaches nonetoo-happy and they surely got onto their
players for giving up the big play.
So unsurprisingly late in the game
Spearman was a little frustrated and Dalhart couldn’t have been too happy with
themselves for giving up all the offensive
yards they did.
All in all, the game was a recipe for
frustration.
Add that to the fact that Spearman and
Dalhart both play smash mouth football,
the game was bound to get physical, and
with it being just a scrimmage, not a lot of
adjustments were being made to deal with
the opponents’ success.
“I think that running back might have
had 1,600, 1,700 yards last year, he’s a
stud, and they were doing an overload
and we weren’t going to shift,” Young
said. “If that would have been a team next
week, we would have slid over a man and
solved some of our problems.”
That team this week in Sanford-Fritch.
The Golden Wolves are set to take on the
Eagles on Friday night in Dalhart at 7:30
p.m.
A little more on the Golden Wolves 14-14
tie to Spearman on Friday night
By THOMAS LOTT
T
here is one thing that is
indisputable about Dalhart’s first two scrimmages,
the offense looks extremely far ahead of where they
may have been thought to
be this early in the season.
In a total of three possessions on Tuesday night, the
Golden Wolves scored two
touchdowns, while they
moved the ball on the third
drive before setting themselves back with penalties.
Dalhart scored once
through the air on a touchdown pass from Hank Scofield to Stephen Tello and
another time on the ground
as Isaiah Perez broke an
80-yard touchdown run in
an immediate response to a
Spearman touchdown.
And though Jacob Harris
didn’t score a touchdown,
he got some good yards on
the day and Scofield ran for
a few more on his own.
This offense could be
incredibly good this year
once again, it’s just a matter
of them believing they can
do it and staying healthy in
the short and long run.
“In truth (the running
game) should have been
the best part of what we
have coming back when
you throw the line in that’s
got experience, a power
running back and you got a
pretty good speed running
back and now you’ve got
a quarterback threat going
on,” head coach Stephen
Young said. “So that should
be the strength of our ball
team now.”
As tough as they come
Tyler Brewer came off the
field on the second defensive series of the game on
Friday night. He took a hit
Jacob Harris carries defenders.
Isaiah Perez breaks free for an 80-yard touchdown run.
to his left shoulder and said
three fingers on his hand
went numb.
Brewer is a returning offensive and defensive all-
district performer and solidifies the middle of both
the offensive and defensive lines for the Golden
Wolves.
He did not reenter the
game on Friday night. It
was found out later that
he re-aggravated an injury
he sustained last year in
the Littlefield game to his
shoulder.
It was also discovered
that he plans to play with
the injury during the season while it is something
that may eventually require
surgery, but will not be necessary in the near future.
We will not delve further
into what the exact injury is
due to the fact that it is uncertain, but to play nearly
two full seasons with an injury shows just how tough
this junior is.
His toughness along
with the strength of the offensive line and the leadership that they are bound
to show to this team could
be a deciding factor on just
how far the Golden Wolves
go this season.
Brewer is proving just
how much he and the rest
of this team want to win by
fighting through injury and
he deserves some serious
credit for his perseverance
in football.
preseason. The Golden
Wolves forced some five
turnovers in two warm-up
games in 2013, while they
have forced only two in
two scrimmages so far this
season.
The first team defense
did not force a turnover until the second game against
Spearman, but this turnover
was incredibly pivotal in
the game on Friday night.
On the first play from
scrimmage for Spearman,
Hank Scofield shot in from
the outside and forced the
ball loose. Dalhart would
recover and score on offense just a few plays later.
Plays like this may not
be as frequent as last season, but they may be even
more important considering some of the injuries
the Golden Wolves are currently dealing with.
“That’s the defense that
I think we’ll eventually
get to, causing turnovers,
interceptions and stuff,”
Young said. “Again, it all
Turnovers scarce, but
boils down to experience,
have shown up
we don’t have much experience, the more experience
Dalhart has not forced that we can get, the much
turnovers nearly at the better we’re going to feel
rate in which they did last about playing.”
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Dalhart Texan
Sports News
Perfect
White
over Fritch, River Road, Memphis and Perryton.
But on Saturday morning, the competition
level went up and the tone of the matches
changed. That was never truer than in Dalhart’s third match-up this year with Highland
Park.
The Lady Hornets are incredibly familiar with the Lady Wolves obviously and they
know what they have to do to compete with
Dalhart.
On Saturday afternoon they did more than
compete. They took Dalhart to the brink.
In fact, the Lady Hornets took a 24-18 lead
into the final minutes of the match-up with
the Lady Wolves. But Dalhart did not give up.
They fought back to tie the game and eventually won 30-28 which broke the Lady Hornets
proverbial back.
“They had to work hard,” Satterfield said.
“Borger’s still good and they’re always going
to be out to get us and Highland Park gave us
everything we wanted and more today.”
Dalhart won the second game over Highland
Park 25-10 as the Lady Hornets were down after the game one loss, which put Dalhart in the
championship against Borger.
The Lady Dawgs did not mess around either. Though some of their best talent is gone
from a year ago and they are getting used to a
new coach, they were ready for the challenge
Dalhart brought and they took it to the Lady
Wolves in the first game.
Borger won game one 25-20. That was the
first game the Lady Wolves lost all tournament
long, but the way they reacted to the loss was
In fact, she was the most
important server on the entire team in the match-up
with Highland Park on Saturday afternoon.
Dalhart was down 2418 in the first game of the
match and were on the
brink of losing their first
game of the tournament
and giving the Lady Hornets a leg up on an entry to
the championship match.
But White stepped up
and dominated when they
needed her to. She led the
Lady Wolves on a 6-0 run,
and though she only had
one ace in the six points,
her placement of her serves
force repeated free balls,
which allowed the Lady
Wolves to set up the offense and Madison Sherrill who dominated once
again to the eight kills in
the game.
“It was very nerveracking,” White said. “I
felt like there was a lot of
pressure, but then again,
thinking ‘I didn’t have this
chance last year, so I was
going to finally serve’ and
I was surprised… so I was
just thankful, but it was
awesome being the one to
be able to serve.”
White started off the season on a tear from the line.
In the first scrimmage of
the season when the Lady
Wolves took on Palo Duro,
White had four aces showing that she was back and
fully ready to serve.
The Lady Wolves and
coach Satterfield are more
than happy to have her back.
“It’s just a blessing to
have her back serving, it
just adds to our arsenal,
to have her, and knock on
wood as I say things, we
still have some service errors where we shouldn’t,
but I like that we’re serving aggressive and if we’re
serving aggressive and
making other teams have
to pass and have to work
on serve-receive, that is a
huge plus for us,” she said.
“So we’ve really been trying to focus on that and
that sometimes we need to
go between people, sometimes we’re right at people,
and in different situations
there’s different ways we
serve.”
Dalhart went 7-0 at the Sanford-Fritch Tournament. Pictured are (front row, from left) Elyse White, Sibbie
Priestly, Courtney White, Breena Read and Sabrah Howell. (Back row, from left) Madison Sherrill, Peyton
Shelton, Katelyn Sybesma, Jordan Strawn, Macie Shelton, Emilee Roth, Emily Clements and Avery Ballard.
the best sign they showed all weekend.
Dalhart came back to win the second game
25-12 and the third game 25-19 to seal the
championship trophy.
Seven games and seven wins. The Lady
Wolves played their guts out over the weekend and they were rewarded in the end. Now,
Dalhart needs to carry this momentum into the
next few weeks. The confidence they gain may
be the most important part of the weekend.
trated. Oftentimes teams
get frustrated because
Katelyn Sybesma can shut
down an attack all on her
great job,” head coach Kira own, and Saturday afternoon was no exception.
Satterfield said.
The junior middle blocker had three blocks in the
Blocking Borger
second game while Jordan
When Dalhart is solid on Strawn had a solo block of
the block teams get frus- her own and Peyton Shel-
Dig
ton and Breena Read split
one along the way.
The Lady Wolves used
the block to dominated the
Lady Dawgs in the second
game 25-12 and took that
momentum into a win in
game three in which they
had three more blocks and
a victory.
Satterfield said the success had less to do with
changing actions on the
block and more to do with
shoring up mistakes from
the first game and the Lady
Wolves first loss of the
weekend.
“We just needed to fix
some mistakes we were
making because if we’re
going to get some blocks
we weren’t doing the
things necessary to get
that done the first game,”
she said. “We were too
early, we were floating
and we weren’t setting
where we needed to so we
talked about that between
games.”
Still working on
serve-receive
Peyton Shelton takes a swing.
“You try to get that balance to where you’re
challenging yourself, but you’re not punishing
yourself,” Satterfield said. “So we wanted to
be challenged, but this is a weekend not to totally beat ourselves up.”
That cannot be said for tonight. They are
heading down to Amarillo to take on the Lady
Sandies and the Tascosa Lady Rebels starting
at 6 p.m. We’ll see how well that confidence
carries over.
Elyse White puts up a pass.
we did come back, because
there have been times, this
year even, and in years past
where we’ve had a breakdown and it wasn’t three
or four points that people
got on us, it was seven or
eight before we could stop
it,” Satterfield said. “So
the fact that we’re adjusting for the most part and
we really worked on servereceive and I feel that we
have a lot more depth at it
this year with who we can
put out there to pass and
that is a bonus.”
At times this year Dalhart’s serve receive has
been good. At other times,
it has been bad. In game
one against Borger on Saturday, it was bad as Dalhart allowed five aces, but
by game three, it was good
when the Lady Wolves allowed none.
The serve-receive game
has been a work in progress since last season and it
will be a work in progress
up until the final whistle
sounds in the final game of
the season.
The Lady Wolves are
going to try to get better
every single week and they
have shown some signs of
doing just that.
“We had some breakdowns and that’s why
you’re playing all these
games at the beginning,
you can see that and you
can work on it and try to
fix things, and the fact that Courtney White missed out on serving in 2013 due to injury.

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