By ZELDA BETH LANG
THE DALHART TEXAN

Early voting for the Dalhart City Council and Dalhart Independent School Board opens on Monday, April 25 and ends on Tuesday, May 3.

The election will be Saturday, May 7, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall.

This allows voters to only have to go to one voting place to vote, rather than two.

By ZELDA BETH LANG
THE DALHART TEXAN

The Hartley County Commissioners met in a special meeting Tuesday morning, April 19.

During this meeting Commissioners lifted the Hartley burn ban. The burn ban was lifted in Dallam County Monday.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

Each year on April 22, Earth Day reminds us to take action in an effort to take care of the earth. Common activities across the globe celebrating Earth Day include planting trees, flowers, fruits and vegetables, making an extra effort to conserve electricity, and riding bikes or walking instead of driving.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

Dalhart High School’s Science Club volunteered time Thursday to do fun and educational Earth Day activities with Dalhart Elementary third grade students.

Free GED test preparation classes will be held at Frank Phillips College (FPC) in Dalhart each Tuesday and Thursday beginning today.

By NIXIE SANDERSON
THE DALHART TEXAN

The deadline has passed for candidates to confirm their attendance at the upcoming town hall debates.

Hillside Christian Church and The Dalhart Texan have partnered to sponsor a town hall debate for candidates in the contested races in the upcoming Dalhart city council and school board elections.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

A recent incident at Dalhart Intermediate School (DIS) involving an alleged threat made to students has parents in the community concerned about their children’s safety while at school and walking to and from school.

According to a statement by Dalhart Independent School Police Chief Chanze Fowler, two male students were participating in PE activities at the football stadium and track adjacent to DIS when they were allegedly approached by a Hispanic female with black hair, wearing a polka-dot shirt, denim jacket and blue jeans. The suspect was reportedly driving a gray four-door pickup.

By NIXIE SANDERSON
THE DALHART TEXAN

Area residents are continuing to assess the damage from hail and localized flooding resulting from severe storms that rolled through the area Friday night and Saturday.

“The storms just kept training over that area,” meteorologist Mike Gittinger, U.S. National Weather Service in Amarillo, said. “Especially Friday night, it was really confined to the western counties in the panhandle and into Oklahoma.

By ZELDA BETH LANG
THE DALHART TEXAN

The Dalhart City Council met on Tuesday night, April 12.

Lola Barrow, council member, presented information regarding nine streets on the north side of town for paving. There was no paving last year.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

The Dalhart Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting April 7, for the new location of City Gifts and Radio Shack.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

A Dallam County Grand Jury convened Thursday, April 7 and handed down five indictments.

The following information is provided by the Dallam County Court Clerk’s office.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School interim principal Stephanie Gaines takes a creampie to the face as part of a celebration for students meeting their Accelerated Reading goal for the fifth six-week period of the school year.

By NIXIE SANDERSON
THE DALHART TEXAN

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly referred to as “mad cow disease” in late March.

The FDA is seeking to reduce human exposure to cattle materials that could potentially contain BSE and goes into effect April 18.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

The Dalhart Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony April 2, for CraveThyme, located at 416 Denrock. CraveThyme will offer a wide variety of frozen casseroles and will soon introduce a lunch buffet including salad and special lunch choices. 

By ZELDA BETH LANG
THE DALHART TEXAN

Hartley County Commissioners met Monday morning, April 11 at 8:30. They approved bills and approved the financial reports, minutes from the March meeting and the quarterly investments reports.

There were two items on the agenda, and they were discussed with no action taken.

David Swinford discussed the possibility of a wind farm in the area in the future.

Commissioners also discussed speed limits on certain county roads, but made no decisions.

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

Pictured above, Tim Jones and Colette Moorhouse ask St. Anthony School fifth grade student Erin McDaniel questions about her project during the judging portion of the annual science fair.

By NIXIE SANDERSON
THE DALHART TEXAN

The Department of State Health Services has issued a retraction regarding the changes to immunizations clinics announced in March.

By ZELDA BETH LANG
THE DALHART TEXAN

A letter written by the Code Department of the City of Dalhart, Paul Brown and Laura Mize, was enclosed in the March City of Dalhart bill.

The letter urges all the neighbors in Dalhart to help “Keep Dalhart Beautiful!”

By IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN

Sheriff’s Deputy Tommy Hughes and his four-legged partner, Blitz, make up the K-9 Division for Hartley County Sheriff’s Office.

By NIXIE SANDERSON
THE DALHART TEXAN

Dalhart’s Coon Memorial Hospital recently received a gift of a GE Panda Infant Warmer through a grant from the Children’s Miracle Network