By WARREN SLAUGHTER

Council Chambers at Dalhart City Hall were filled to near capacity Tuesday night with citizens and well-wishers on hand to witness the swearing in of a new mayor and incumbent city council members. Outgoing Mayor Kevin Caddell called the meeting to order and delivered some farewell remarks.

By RODNEY WHITE

The last two years Coach Young has stated that this has been the most successful year in the history of Dalhart sports.  The trend continued as again Young stated that this is the most successful overall year in Dalhart High School history.  Coach Young thanked the great athletes for making this possible along with his appreciation to all the coaches, staff and parents who contributed to the success of the program.

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

The Airport Café that burned June 2, 2012 was purchased by Wally Johnson. Misty Matthews was at the café when grease that had been over heated caught fire. The café received smoke damage throughout and extensive damage to the kitchen. The café was constructed prior to the requirement of fire suppression hoods and this too was a contributing factor in the destruction and damage to the local favorite breakfast and lunch spot.

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

More than 1000 bikes and 1300 riders roared through Dalhart as part of the Five State Run. The annual event was sponsored by The Iron Thunder Motorcycle Club in Guymon, Oklahoma. The first of the 1000 participants made their appearance around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 11.

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By WARREN SLAUGHTER

Dalhart voters gave an enthusiastic stamp of approval to Kurtis Thomas as the next Mayor of Dalhart. Thomas, a city councilman since 2010, garnered 465 votes. Gene Rahll received 243 votes and Tammi Kate Ledford received 60 votes.

By RODNEY WHITE

Dalhart sent three students to the state track meet in Austin over the weekend, and they represented Dalhart well.  The meet started with rain delays on Friday, but Dalhart didn’t compete until Saturday, and the weather was beautiful.  Sara Smith got the team started when she ran the 3200 at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.  Sara finished fifth in the state with a time of 11:23.49, which was a new personal best time on the track.  Sara beat her regional qualifying time by over 12 seconds so she had an amazing run against some great competition.  After the race Sara stated, “I probably ran a little fast on the first mile, my split time was 5:31 on the first mile.”

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

Dalhart Volunteer Fire Department Chief, Curtis Brown and law enforcement officers answered a call Saturday morning at approximately 9:00 a.m. Three BNSF tank cars were parked on the overpass over Denrock Avenue and a substance was leaking onto the road.

By AARON GRAVES

March and April left us high and dry, but May decided to be nice. Clouds rolled in, thunder rumbled and Dalhart enjoyed its first official spring thunderstorm Thursday, May 9.

By RODNEY WHITE

The Lady Wolves like to play long ball, but this past weekend they ran into a Snyder team that used their speed to defeat the Lady Wolves.  The Lady Tigers tried to bunt almost every time they approached the plate and were able to get runners on base and then steal to take advantage of the Lady Wolves.  

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

Dallam County Volunteer Fire Department answered a call at 1022 Keeler at approximately 6:00 p.m. Monday, May 6. The home of Susan and Billy Thorne, owners of Extreme Cuisine - a fine dining restaurant, had noticed smoke coming from the bathroom, according to Mrs. Thorne. “We smelled smoke during the day.” The Thornes had run some errands and returned to cook dinner. They noticed smoke coming from the bathroom.

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By REV. JUDI WIEGMAN

May was special when I was growing up. We celebrated Mother’s Day and always attended a grown up tea to celebrate one person; Mother.

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

The railroad over pass has been a topic of conversation in Dalhart for several months. The City of Dalhart was asked by TXDot to form a work group to begin brain storming about the project according to TXDot Engineer, Stan Swiatek. The members of the work group were selected by the City of Dalhart, and TXDot requested a few members be added to the group as well, stated Swiatek.

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

Record or near-record turnouts are being reported by the City of Dalhart in early election for the Mayoral race and Councilman race in Ward 1. Three hundred and thirty four early ballots have been cast as of 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 6. “We usually don’t have this many total with early voting and election day,” commented Francis Childers, City Secretary, “And it’s not even over yet.”

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

Carson & Barnes Circus arrived in Dalhart early Friday morning to begin setting up for two shows at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. that afternoon. The chill of the 40 degree weather and wind speeds gusting to approximately 31 mile per hour made setting up the huge tent tedious. Roustabouts were tying the tent off to stakes placed several feet in the ground. A small tractor was at the south end of the tent holding it taught as the sides were slowly raised.

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

Last week TxDot announced Texas Panhandle airports were receiving grants to make improvements to the airports’ runways and ramps. This funding comes from the Federal Excise Tax from fuel sales. The sale of jet fuel generates 25 cents per gallon, and 100 octane fuel generates 20 cents per gallon, which is paid to the federal government as a fuel tax by every plane that purchases fuel at every airport.

By RODNEY WHITE

The slogan on this year’s playoff shirt is “Be the first”; well, the Lady Wolves have accomplished that with a playoff sweep of Seminole this past weekend in Lubbock.  Dalhart defeated Seminole 6-3 in game one Friday night and won 5-2 in the Saturday game.

By RODNEY WHITE

The Dalhart squads did great at the Regional Track meet in Lubbock last weekend with Dalhart advancing three athletes in four events to the state tournament.
The Wolves finished in a tie for 19th place with 16 points, and the Lady Wolves finished in 9th place with 26 points.