BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

Rawling Harrison, age four, smiles as his car seat is inspected at a safety check held Thursday morning at the Rita Blanca Coliseum.

Sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, representatives checked that car seats were installed properly in vehicles and provided education to the parents and caregivers about how to make sure their car seat is providing a safe ride for their children.

BY Bill Kelly
SPORTS EDITOR

Dalhart High School held its yearly Awards Assembly on Thursday, May 9 in the high school auditorium. Students received awards for individual classes and for achievements throughout their high school careers.

Dalhart High principal Scot Wright welcomed everyone to the ceremony, and then turned things over to Counselor Christy Dovel, who introduced the first few presenters.

Nixie Sanderson
The Dalhart Texan

Warden Billy Thompson of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Dalhart Unit welcomed gueststo the fallen officer memorial ceremony held Friday morning.

Fallen officers were honored in a memorial service held Friday morning at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Dalhart Unit.

Nixie Sanderson
The Dalhart Texan

The Dalhart Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday morning at Mom & Papa’s Restaurant, 301 Denrock Avenue.

BY Bill Kelly
SPORTS EDITOR

The Dalhart High School counseling center organized the first ever “Adulting 101” Day for seniors in order to teach the students some basic skills that they will need to know as they move out on their own in the real world. 

A total of eight different classes were held for the seniors during the morning of Wednesday May 8. Interviewing, cooking, laundry, safety, medical, auto, budgeting, and taxes, banking and credit were the classes that were taught that morning.

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

Dalhart area kids gathered at the children’s fishing pond at Rita Blanca Lake on Saturday morning for the 18th Annual Fishing Derby.

Bill Kelly
The Dalhart Texan

Konnor White and Austen Kirkland were named 2019 Dalhart High School Prom Queen and King on Saturday night at the Rita Blanca Coliseum.

Nixie Sanderson
The Dalhart Texan

Frank Phillips College hosted their second graduation celebration in their new building in Dalhart on Saturday morning.

BY Zelda Lang
REPORTER

The votes are in for the Dalhart ISD school board election. A total of 259 voters cast their ballot this year.

Nixie Sanderson
The Dalhart Texan

The Dalhart High School Golden Wolf Band Boosters hosted their annual awards banquet
Saturday, April 27 at the Central United Methodist Church.

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

Volunteers at the Dallam-Hartley County Hospital District were honored with an awards lunch on
Monday afternoon.

BY Zelda Lang
THE DALHART TEXAN

The Dalhart Independent School District Board of Education election will be held tomorrow, Saturday, May 4 at City Hall, 205 Rock Island, as in previous years. There are three candidates for two  Positions.

Submitted To
THE DALHART TEXAN

Dalhart Intemediate School student Cody Bolton collects trash at the annual Trash Bash Saturday
morning at the Rita Blanca Lake and surrounding canyon area, as well as around all of the schools in Dalhart, downtown and along major streets.

Nixie Sanderson
The Dalhart Texan

Local fourth grade students had the opportunity to participate in the annual water festival Thursday at the Rita Blanca Coliseum in Dalhart.

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

Dalhart firefighters responded to a fire caused by lightning south of Channing on Saturday.

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

Three candidates are seeking the opportunity to fill the two seats open this year on the Dalhart  Independent School District Board of Education. The seats held by Joni Atha and Colette Moorhouse are up for reelection this year. 

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

An air ambulance from Rico Aviation lands at the site of the wreck on Highway 385 south of Channing on Monday. Cristian Soto-Ruiz, 26, of Dalhart, was transported to Northwest Texas  Hospital and later to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., where he remains in critical condition.

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

Coon Memorial Nursing Home hosted their annual Easter egg hunt on Thursday afternoon.  Children hunted eggs, with special prize eggs distributed among the hidden eggs. 

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

No injuries were reported in a collision on Highway 281 approximately a half a mile south of Highway 87 in Hartley County Friday afternoon. “A white pick up pulled out in front of a semi,” Hartley County deputy Penny Loudder said.

BY Nixie Sanderson
MANAGING EDITOR

First Baptist Church of Dalhart recently welcomed Michael Wilcox as the new senior pastor. Wilcox has now been with the church for several weeks, and April 7 was his first Sunday to preach as the new pastor.