St. Anthony 3rd, 4th graders donate money for new nursing home

 Following the Ash Wednesday Mass on February 18, the third and fourth graders at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School decided to collect change to donate to the new Nursing Home as their Almsgiving Project during the Season of Lent. As the deadline for community contributions to the Nursing Home was March 31, the students sent their coins to the bank to be changed into a cashier’s check that amounted to $319.33. The classes invited Mrs. Louise Rahll and Mr. Zach Bickel to come to the school on Tuesday March 31 to accept their check on behalf of the DHCH Foundation. Mrs. Rahll is shown here accepting a replica of the check from the students. Photo submitted.

Dalhart 7^th grade student passes away
Counseling provided to students after loss

Dalhart ISD Superintendent Jeff Byrd released the following statement on Monday April 6: 

“It is with an extremely heavy heart to report that the Dalhart ISD Administration was notified on Saturday [April 4] that a 7^th grade Dalhart ISD student died as a result of a tragic incident on the night of April 2, 2026. The entire Dalhart ISD community is deeply saddened by this event. Words cannot express the sorrow we feel about the loss of one of our students. We extend our deepest condolences to the student’s family.”

Climbing the family tree

BY JONNA BRIDGMAN
Special to the Dalhart Texan

 There is a song by Kaci Musgraves titled “Family is Family”. I think it must have been written especially for my family! Almost everyone tracing their ancestry will find some nuts and squirrels among those branches or skeletons in the closet.