By WARREN SLAUGHTER

Before a large crowd at Tuesday’s Dalhart City Council meeting, City Manager Greg Duggan read a proposal for the paving of Jefferson Street. The proposal provided that the city would pay half of the costs for the paving, provided property owners in the area would meet together and decide on how they could pay for the other half of the costs. A rough estimate puts the cost of the project at around $237,000. A more accurate number will be determined when engineering on the street is concluded.

By AMY SCHNIEDERJAN

Did you drive out to the canyon and watch the sun set in a blaze of glory?
I have a new appreciation for the Rita Blanca Canyon after reading so much about it and talking to many of our illustrious Dalhart residents. Last Thursday afternoon, after I sent in my article, the kids and I walked out into the canyon at Trail Head 6, right behind the houses on Yucca Street. As always, our walks include many a discussion about rock collecting, competitive stick searching, and footprint investigation – with our heads generally pointed down on the trail. But Thursday, we were looking upward for remnants of those caves John Dawson talked about, upward for those geese flying over the water in the distance, and upward talking about the history of the canyon as I tried to describe to my children how at one time the very place where we were standing was covered with water.

By TAMMI KATE LEDFORD

Dallam and Hartley County 4-Hers and FFA members arrived before daylight Wednesday, January 18 to prepare their livestock to parade in front of renowned judges. This year’s Bi-County Junior Livestock Show featured prime stock from the area and buyers that were willing to pay premium prices for the top quality animals.

The New AND the Old!

By REV. JUDI WIEGMAN

Pound, pound, pound! The beat of the drums and the synthesizer alerted me instantly that I might not enjoy the new CD I was given as a gift.  After the first song played, my mind was made up; I wouldn’t play that one more than once!  I stopped the CD, placed it back in its case and stuck it on the shelf promising to pass it on to someone “younger” who might enjoy it.