Members of the Dalhart City Council held a hearing to abate a detached garage at 521 Olive. The building has been deemed dangerous due to its deteriorated state. During the hearing, City Code Enforcement Officer Nick Martinez circulated photographs of the building among the council members.

    In a calculated move to cope with industry struggles and proposed legislation that would restrict packer ownership of cattle, JBS S.A. has divided the ownership of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, with JBS USA retaining ownership of the 10 feedlots and J&F Oklahoma Holdings assuming ownership of the cattle.

    On Monday, the World Heath Organization (WHO) has officially classified 52,160 cases as influenza A (H1N1) infection, swine flu.  To date, 231 people have died worldwide.  The United States has reported 21,449 laboratory confirmed human cases or 41.21 percent of the total cases worldwide.  Deaths in the United States have reached 87 or 37.66 percent of the total deaths worldwide.  The Phase 6 Alert continues.

The 97th birthday bash for Clara Murphy began with a limousine ride from her home on Kiowa to Bar-H Restaurant, where friends and family were waiting to surprise her and celebrate her birthday with her.

Simmons Limousine pulled up to the corner of Apache and Kiowa Saturday evening, June 20th at approximately 6:30 p.m.  The entire event was planned from beginning to end, including Susan Clay waiting for the limo to arrive to snap a few photos of the surprise.

    Question:  I work where I hear teens talking a lot.  What they say about alcohol is confusing.  The teens that I have heard talking have said everything from it’s okay for them to drink as long as an adult buys the alcohol to they can’t get arrested for driving while intoxicated if they don’t have an open container in their vehicle.  None of that sounds right to me.  What is the correct law on drinking when it comes to teens?

    Are you ready to move on from air guitar to the real thing? If so, join Denise Baumert’s Beginning Guitar class slated for Wednesdays in July from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Offered through Community Connect, the class will introduce students ages 8 through adult, to strums, finger and flat picking, and basic chords. The musical fun begins July 1 with an extended class, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., so that students can learn to tune their instruments. Registration is open online at www.dalhartcommunityeducation.org or at DISD Central office, 701 E. 10th Street in Dalhart.

    Take a few days this summer to learn how the other half lives; the other half being those four-legged or even no-legged creatures with which we share this space we call home. At Nature Camp, June 30 through July 2, 10:00 a.m. to noon, campers ages 8, 9 and 10, will learn about habits and habitats of our fellow critters from fish to fowl, from mammal to reptile.

    Waylon Bucher, a student at Dalhart Jr. High School, has been accepted into the People to People Student Ambassador Program, an educational travel program founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.  Bucher will explore Japan for 14 days this summer as a member of the Amarillo Area delegation. 

   Move America Forward, an organization based in Sacramento, CA and dedicated to providing U.S. Troops overseas with care packages, is holding a Troop-A-Thon on June 25th.  The event may be viewed online for free.  The organization is planning to meet its goal of sending the largest shipment of care packages to U.S. Troops in history.

   Lightning is blamed for a fire on Wednesday, June 17th.  The fire broke out just as thunderstorms began entering the Dallam and Hartley Counties area.  The Dalhart Fire Department was dispatched to the scene with three units and the fire was quickly contained.

    Sales for Dalhart Consumers Fuel Association, Inc. for the year ending February 28, 2009, were $97,472,370.24 which was a decrease from last year by $10,652,927. Net savings before taxes for the locally owned Cooperative were $3,348,688. Since Dalhart Consumers is owned by its customers, the Cooperative owners benefit from the Cooperative positive financial performance.

   The Dalhart Water Department diligently began repairs to a broken water main on Wednesday at the intersection of Denver and 7th Street.  The repairs continued on Thursday, June 18th, and completion is expected before the weekend.

    Several staff members of Coon Memorial Hospital and EMS participated in a simulated disaster on Tuesday, June 16th.  The drill took place in the emergency room area of the hospital and was overseen by an evaluator for the Regional Advisory Council, RAC.  The afternoon simulation was brief, but the skills practiced were invaluable.

    Gaskill, Pharis & Pharis sponsored the June Senior Meal Hamburger cook-out. The meal was held during the lunch hour at the Dalhart Senior Citizens Center on Friday, June 12.  The afternoon luncheon cook-out was a success with beautiful weather, which made the event a perfect day!