After many months of hard work and a family effort, the CASA Playhouse is ready for its summer tour.  Our Dalhart friends may have watched as the playhouse took shape on the lot of the H & R Construction workshop at 220 Denver Avenue.  The completed CASA Playhouse was transported from the lot on June 12th just in time for its first public appearance in the Dogie Days Parade in Dumas the next day. 

The Las Viajeras Club’s Short Story and Poetry contest winners are Luke Daniels, Sidney Fahnert, Colton Bezner and Kerstin Schroder.  The winners and their families and friends were invited to the club’s March 9th meeting to read their winning entries.  Their entries were then sent for judging in the state’s Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs.  Luke Daniels, Sidney Fahnert, and Colton Bezner placed second place in the TFWC’s state contest.  The Las Viajeras Club is very proud of these students and their accomplishments.

The Best Laid Plans

    I waved good-bye as my husband left on a trip in January.  I had my plans all made; I would drag out my scrap-booking material and spend the next four days secluded in my own little world “catching up” on a hobby I love.  I would organize, crop, do layouts and work late into the night; stopping only if necessary.  I had it all planned. I passed by my newly acquired “scrap-booking center,” anxious to get to work. 

Question:  With the death of a pop star that had sole custody of his three children, I was wondering, what could happen to Michael Jackson’s three children since he has passed away?

International dairy producers and Jersey cattle experts from across the country and throughout the world visited several dairy facilities in the Dalhart area last week as part of the 2009 Jersey Worlds Combine tour and annual meeting.

Members of Jersey cattle associations from all over the world come together for this annual event, which is held in a different country each year. This international conference provides producers with an opportunity to network with other dairymen; learn about the latest practices being used in dairy production throughout the world; and celebrate the success of the Jersey breed.

On Monday, the World Heath Organization (WHO) has officially classified 70,893 cases as influenza A (H1N1) infection, swine flu.  To date 311 people have died worldwide.  The United States has reported 27,717 laboratory confirmed human cases or 39.09 percent of the total cases worldwide.  Deaths in the United States have reached 127 or 40.83 percent of the total deaths worldwide.  The Phase 6 Alert continues.

The Dallam-Hartley Counties Historical Association presents local photographer Sylvia Renick in her third gallery showing at a reception to be held at the XIT Museum on Thursday, July 2nd beginning at 7:00 p.m.  The subject matter of Renick’s exhibit will be unveiled along with the photographs. 

As Code Compliance Officer for the City of Dalhart, Nick Martinez’s responsibilities include enhancing the neighborhoods of Dalhart, keeping the citizen’s health, safety and welfare always in the forefront, while operating in a responsive and fair manner.  Martinez also strives to improve customer service and increase customer awareness, all the while respecting the property rights of citizens. 

Sorting out the chaff

It is time for wheat harvest.  The “amber waves of grain” sway stately in the field waiting for the farmer to glean their treasured heads.  As the combine makes its way down the field, the hopper glistens with the fruit of the labor while the chaff is discarded and blown in the wind. Webster describes chaff as worthless matter.