What a rock!

Walton Fowler, Jodell Golden and Don Monroe discovered a rock in Dalhart in 1951 that turned out to be uranium. (It is unknown what order the boys appear in this photo.)

Down and Dirty Ditching was recent honored

Omaha, Neb. – Lindsay Corporation, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, has recognized Down and Dirty Ditching LLC, located in Elkhart, Kansas, and in Dalhart and Dumas as one of the company’s Top 10 Zimmatic™ dealerships. Tyler Carnesecca, Guillermo Davila, Bobby Johnson, Jeremy Lenz, Kourtney Lenz, Alex Lujan and Kolby Ortiz accepted the award during the company’s convention, which was recently held in Nassau, Bahamas.

Senate approves $15 billion in property tax cuts

By Richard Lee
Senate Media Services

Texans would see the largest property tax cut in history under a set of bills approved unanimously by the Senate Wednesday. SB 3, by Houston Senator Paul Bettencourt, would raise the homestead exemption, letting homeowners write off $75,000 of property value before assessments, which he says will take $800 off the average property tax bill in Texas.