BY BILL KELLYEditor

The Hartley High School UIL Academics team competed in the District 3-1A contest on Friday March 23 at West Texas A&M University and brought home the district championship. Hartley scored a total of 413 points, beat-ing second place Happy by 28 points.

Hartley sent 21 students to the district contest, and 19 of them qualified for Regional in at least one contest by either placing in the top three individually or being a member of a winning team. Hartley took the top four places in Calcula-tor Applications. Elva Soto won first place with a score of 177 points, Omar Perianez placed second with 149 points, Jordan Smulders placed third with 135 points, and Arturo Perianez placed fourth with 100 points. As a team, Hartley

won first place in Calculator with 461 points, so all four advanced to regional.

Hartley won first place as a team in Current Issues & Events with a total of 58 points. Wyatt Jones won first place as an individual with 27 points, Ellis Kholton placed fifth with 22.5 points, and Edgar Chavira and Kelly Wieck were also members of the team.

Brent Wheeler, Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative (RBEC) CEO and General Manager, opened the 72nd Annual Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 21 in the Rita Blanca Coliseum to a full house after lunch was served. The Dalhart High softball team assisted members with the meal.

After Wheeler welcomed the membership and the guests he introduced the current Board of Directors: Chairman Carl Finch-Hartley County; Vice Chairman Charles Sheldon-Moore County; Secretary/Treasurer S. Brent Spurlock-Sherman County; Brad McBryde-Sherman County; Shad McDaniel-Dallam County; Member at Large J. Kuper-Hartley County; David Higgins-Dallam County; Darren Stallwitz-Moore County; and Brad Green-Hartley County.

John Pope was recognized for 30 years of service working for the Coop. Wheeler was recognized for 15 years of service, and

Erik Badillo and Dale Cleavinger were each recognized for 10 years of service.

Wheeler then gave the manager’s report by first introducing Jeff Butler, Cooperative Finance Corporation Regional Vice President. Butler presented a slide show of Key Ratio Trends comparing RBEC to other coops in the state of Texas and the U.S. RBEC ranks lowest in the state in many of these.

Mark Schwirtz, President and CEO of Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, RBEC’s Generation and Transmission provider, presented a video recapping recent achievements in the industry.

Wheeler concluded the presentation by reminding the membership that over 2 million dollars was returned to RBEC members in Capital Credits in 2017.

Robert Elliott, the RBEC legal counsel, then introduced the election committee after a quorum was established. Next,

BY BILL KELLYEditor

Dalhart Christian Academy (DCA) will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year this Sunday, April 8 as it hosts its Annual Steak Out at the Rita Blanca Coliseum beginning at 11 am.

The event will begin with lunch, which will be from 11 am-1 pm. Lunch will include beef tenderloin, a baked potato, green beans, a roll, drink and dessert. Tickets for the lunch are $15 each. Everyone who buys a ticket for the lunch will also be entered into the door prize give-a-way. In order to win a door prize, a person must actually be present at the Steak Out.

There will also be a silent auction that will begin 11 am, and a live auction that will begin right after lunch at 1:15 pm.

Some of the items that will be available in either the silent auction or live auction include a fishing and hunting trip in New Mexico; a guided elk hunt in New Mexico

which includes a five night cabin stay for one hunter plus a guest; a half of a beef; a Dalhart Wolves basket that includes high school football tickets, stadium chairs, Yeti tumblers, Dalhart Wolves clothing, and more; dinner for six; and a full day at Ute Lake with a boat and driver included. There will be many other items up for bid as well.

DCA has been in operation for 20 years now. It began as a school for children in pre-k through sixth grade, and this year they added seventh grade as well. Those seventh graders will move up to eighth grade next year, at which point DCA will have a full junior high as well as elementary. Enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year began on Sunday April 1 for children from four-years old through eighth grade.

Tickets for the Steak Out are available now, so anyone who is interested can call (806) 244-6482 for tickets or more information. Tickets will also be available at the door at Rita Blanca Coliseum on Sunday.

BY ZELDA BETH LANGReporter

The Dalhart City Council met Tuesday night, March 27.

There were only two items on the agenda. The council voted to table a request from the Planning and Zoning Commission. The item tabled was a first reading of Ordinance 2018-08, which is a proposed zone change to place a manufactured home in an area that is not

currently zoned for manufactured homes.The other item on the agenda concerned

a recommendation from the Economic De-velopment Committee to provide matching funds for a grant in the amount of $100,000 for vocational training for Frank Phillips Col-lege. The city council members voted to ap-prove this recommendation and provide the matching funds.

With no other business to conduct, the city council meeting was then adjourned.

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Charles Sheldon, who is retiring from the Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative Board of Directors, received a framed Texas flag that was flown over the State Capitol. L-r: Brad McBryde, Shad McDaniel, J. Kuper, S. Brent Spurlock, Charles Sheldon, David Higgins, Brad Green, Carl Finch, Darren Stallwitz, and Chris Sheldon. Courtesy Photo

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Hartley High Wins District UIL Championship

Enrollment currently underway

Dalhart City Council approves matching funds to Frank Phillips

Dalhart Christian Academy Steak Out coming Sunday

Correction: The article about the Dallam-Hartley Counties Hospital District Board of Director’s meeting on page 2 of the Friday March 30 edition had an incorrect byline. It was written

by Zelda Beth Lang, and her name should have been attached to the story. I apologize for this error.

Bill Kelly-Editor

Correction

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These Hartley High students competed at the District 3-1A UIL Academics competition at West Texas A&M on March 23 and won the district championship. Courtesy Photo

Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative holds 72nd

Annual Membership Meeting

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The Hartley High Math teams won all three math contests at district. L-r: Omar Perianez, Emma Detwiler, Aidan Weber, Melissa Mize, and Elva Soto. Not pictured are Jordan Smulders and Arturo Perianez, who compete in Calculator. Courtesy Photo

Secretary Spurlock presented the minutes from the last meeting of the membership for approval.

Nick Olson, chairman of the nominating committee, announced the three candidates to be on the ballot for the 2018 Board election. Earning another term on the Board were: incumbent, Shad McDaniel-Dallam County; incumbent, Brad Green-Hartley County and nominee and newly elected board member, Chris Sheldon, representing Moore County.

Wheeler then recognized retiring Director Charles Sheldon for 70 years of service on the Board of Directors. A Board resolution was read recognizing Sheldon as a leader of the board in which he valued the cooperative business model and earned the trust of members and demonstrated integrity and commitment in his service. A framed Texas Flag that was flown over the State Capital was presented to Sheldon.

The meeting concluded with another round of door prizes being drawn and the $500 energy

Community Calendar

PRAyER GATHERING FOR RAIN & REVIVAL• There will be a “Prayer Gathering for Rain & Revival”

today through Sunday April 8 at 7th Street Park. Today, Thursday, and Friday, it will be held at 5:30 am, 12:15 pm, and 5:30 pm. On Wednesday, it will be held at 5:30 am and 12:15 pm. On Saturday, it will be at 6 am, 10 am, 12:15 pm, and 5 pm. There will be Lunch in the Park (brown bag type lunch) on Saturday at 12 pm. It will be at 4 pm on Sunday April 8.

TURKEy & DRESSING FUND RAISER• Coon Memorial will be hosting a Turkey and

Dressing Fundraiser lunch at Dalhart Senior Citi-zens Center tomorrow, April 4, from 11:30 am-12:30 pm. The cost is $10, and the drive-thru window will be open.

BLOOD DRIVE• Coffee Memorial will be holding a blood drive at the

Dalhart Senior Citizens Center tomorrow, April 4, from 12-6 p.m. Anyone donating blood will be given a free T-shirt, and will have different shirts to choose from.

DAFAA Art Display• The Dalhart Area Fine Arts Association will be

displaying current art that has been done by mem-bers and other artists at the Dalhart Senior Citizens Center beginning on Wednesday April 4 and run-ning through April.

DAFAA Meeting• The Dalhart Area Fine Arts Association will hold their

next regular meeting on Saturday April 14 at 9:30 am in the XIT Museum. The program for the meeting will be about Indian Art. Anyone interested in art is invited to come check it out.

Children’s Storytime• The Dallam-Hartley County Library holds Children’s

Storytime every Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 am.

Kids Club• First Christian Church of Dalhart hosts Kids Club for

kids from Kindergarten through 5th grade every Wednesday from 6-7 pm. Dinner is served each Wednesday at 5:30 pm. The church is located at 602 Denver. They hope to see you there!

Home Health & Hospice• Coon Memorial Home Health and Hospice is in need of

volunteers. Those interested would sit with patients, run er-rands for patients or perform office work at the home health site. For more information, call 806-244-8738.

Want your event featured here? Call The Dalhart Texan, 806-244-4511.today to have

your event listed. Or send an email to bill.kelly.texan@gmail.comIt's your community calendar!

NFPA and State Farm encourage communities to participate in 2018 Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Hartley County Sheriff’s

Department weekly call logsThe following information is public information by The Public Information Act. Hartley County Deputies had 34 citations and 5 service calls for the week of

March 18-March 24.HCSO call logs...3-18 1810 grassfire3-19 1121 grassfire3-20 0810 officer responded to Airport Rd for motorist assist3-20 0848 calf out3-20 1857 request to speak with an officer3-21 1042 request to speak with an officer3-21 1304 officer responded to HWY 385 for reckless driver3-21 1420 request to speak with an officer3-23 1144 grass fire3-23 1414 officer responded to HWY 87 for reckless driver3-24 1243 request to speak with an officer

Wildfires are causing more damage to homes and businesses each year, not only in California but in states as different as Tennessee, Montana and Florida. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and State Farm® are helping communities take steps toward safety with their fifth annual national Wildfire Community Preparedness Day event on May 5, 2018.

Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is a reminder that there are many steps communities can take to be prepared for wildfire and an opportunity for residents to participate in wildfire safety activities. There is still time to prepare to take action with regard to wildfire safety and NFPA and State Farm encourage people to get involved by planning a project and participating on May 5. Print a free list of project ideas.

Preparedness Day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqt-r9oLsLs

Recent wildfire events make the need for Preparedness Day more important than ever before. Last October, more than 40 people lost their lives in a rash of Northern California wildfires that burned more than 245,000 acres. In December, wildfires near Los Angeles forced more than 230,000 people to evacuate their homes. Several other states that experienced large fires in 2017, including Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Utah, have put the U.S. on pace to exceed the average acreage burned annually over the past 10 years.

“Since NFPA and State Farm first partnered together on Preparedness Day, the number of projects has grown tremendously. We are pleased to provide 150 communities

with $500 each to fund their wildfire risk reduction activities on May 5,” said Vickie Hodges, P&C underwriting analyst, State Farm. “For State Farm, the largest home insurer in the U.S., it is important to us to take a leadership role in helping homeowners stay safe and better protect their property.”

For more information about national Wildfire Community Preparedness Day including resources, videos, and tip sheets, and to see the list of winning projects and their locations, please visit www.wildfireprepday.org.

By PAULA NUSZContributing Writer

Legacy Assisted Living was happy to host a Medicare Fraud program on Monday, March 19. Lauri McAfee, a representative of Area Agency on Aging, which is located out of Amarillo, presented a very informative lecture about the new Medicare cards and how to detect and report Medicare fraud.

The new Medicare cards will no longer have one’s Social Security number on them. The new cards will have a number consisting of letters, numbers and symbols. The new cards will be sent by mail and will start being received in April 2018 and will continue through April 2019. Once the new card has been received, place it in a safe place and shred your OLD card. Your medical

providers will need to see your new card at your next visit.

Medicare fraud wastes about 10% of all Medicare medical claim money. After a visit to a medical provider, hospital or other services, one will receive an explanation of benefits to review. If something is seen that is not correct, the provider should be contacted first and asked for review of the bill. It could simply be a coding error and could be corrected. If the issue cannot be resolved, then contact Medicare to help resolve the issue. Another resource could be the Texas SMP – a statewide program to empower seniors in resolving mistakes in Medicare/Medicaid or private insurance payments for seniors. The number is 1-888-341-6187. Legacy is proud to be able to offer community enrichment programming.

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In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Gabrielle Ruiz placed sec-ond at district and will advance to regional. In Literary Criticism, the Hartley team placed first with a total of 133 points. Soto placed first as an individual with 48 points, winning a three-way tiebreaker, and Smulders placed third with 48 points as well. Joshlyn Jones placed fifth with 37 points.

In the Mathematics contest, the Hartley team placed first with 318 points, more than double the next closest team and the top scoring team out of all districts in Region 1. Emma Detwiler won first place as an individual with 136 points, which is the top individual score in the region. Aid-an Weber placed second with 94 points, Soto placed third with 88 points, and Omar Perianez placed fifth with 54 points.

In Number Sense, the Hartley team won first place with 425 points, once against more than twice the second place team. Hartley swept the top four individual places in this event as well. Weber won first with 155 points, Melissa Mize placed second with 143 points, Soto placed third with 127 points, and Omar Perianez placed fourth with 124 points.

The Hartley Science team won first place as well with a total of 86 points. Kylee Martinez won first place as an

individual with 42 points, Clayton Kirby placed second with 34 points, and Detwiler, Arturo Perianez, Weber, and Jayda Knight were on the team as well.

In Science, the individual sections of the test are also scored, and the top placer in each section qualifies for regional as well. Hartley swept all three sections of the test. Martinez won first place in Biology, Arturo Perianez won first place in Chemistry, and Kirby won first place in Physics.

In Social Studies, the Hartley team won first place with a total of 140 points and swept the top four individual places. Ethan Vincent won first place with 73 points, Knight placed second with 61 points, Stephan Salas placed third with 54 points, and Anthony Sotelo placed fourth with 39 points.

In Spelling and Vocabulary, the Hartley team placed second with 62 points, only two points behind first place Texline. Sophie Davis placed third with 23 points and so will advance to regional as an individual. Khodee Gomez placed fifth with 20 points, Wieck placed sixth with 19 points, and Marianna Mendoza was also on the team.

The Hartley students who placed in the top three individually or who were members of teams that won first place will compete at the Region 1-1A contest at South Plains College in Levelland on Friday, April 13.

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By SHANE BUFFALOEChicago Tribune

Who I became has a lot to do with my upbringing and the adversities I faced.

Growing up biracial and without a fa-ther in a predominantly white, affluent New Jersey suburb left me with feelings of abandonment and indifference. While most of my friends had two parents and nice houses, I had a mother and a one-bedroom apartment.

I was 12 when my brother and I learned our father wasn’t in our lives because of his heroin addiction _ I always wondered how someone could choose drugs over a relationship with their own children. My mother did the best she could to raise us, but I never shook that feeling of abandon-ment. I told myself I would do everything possible to avoid my children enduring the same pain.

But my story didn’t go that way.At 11, I took my first hit of marijuana

and fell in love. It became a way for me to suppress my feelings and stay out of my head, so to speak. Not long after, I was introduced to alcohol, and the two drugs were an outlet for me throughout grammar and high school. I loved play-ing sports but never excelled because all I wanted to do was get high.

A few months after graduating, my then-girlfriend told me she was pregnant and I was going to be a father. In January 1998, my first daughter arrived, followed by my second daughter one year and 11 months later. At 20 years old, as I experienced the gift of fatherhood for the first time, I didn’t realize I was also becoming an addict.

Marijuana and alcohol were soon ac-companied by cocaine and ecstasy, and although I shared joint custody of my daughters, I always found time for night-life. My addiction began spiraling out of control, but I was still in denial.

After several years, I began a relation-ship with another woman and my third daughter was conceived. During her preg-nancy, I started taking Vicodin after a back injury led to a prescription. It was a horrific mistake. When my doctor discon-tinued my prescription and I started going through withdrawal, I purchased opiates on the street just to not feel sick _ from Vicodin to Roxicet to OxyContin _ but that grew difficult and expensive.

A few days after the birth of my daugh-ter in March 2009, I began sniffing heroin. Six months later, I was the father with a needle in his arm.

For the next six years, heroin stole my soul and everything I loved _ nothing else mattered. My relationship with my two

oldest daughters began to deteriorate. My youngest was too little to understand, but that relationship also started dwindling away. There were times my daughters begged, “Daddy, please don’t leave us.”

I went from having a good job, my own apartment and living with all three daugh-ters to losing everything. I felt so worth-less.

But all that mattered was supporting my heroin addiction, so I began stealing from friends and family, and eventually from stores. I was arrested and jailed for a month after being accused of robbing a gas station, and although I didn’t commit the crime and was never convicted, my family wanted nothing to do with me. Ev-eryone thought jail was for the best.

As the days in jail passed and withdraw-al kicked in, all I thought about was how much I missed my children. My mother and brother eventually bailed me out, and although my body was cleansed of drugs, I went right back to where I left off _ a month later, I was arrested for possession of narcotics.

I was given the opportunity to take drug court _ an alternative to jail for nonviolent drug-addicted defendants that consists of random drug and alcohol testing, a cur-few, and mandatory court appearances, among other strict guidelines. But after being accepted to the program, I contin-ued to use. My addiction eventually led to six jail cells; three drug rehabs; physical, mental and spiritual abuse; and suicidal thoughts.

On Feb. 23, 2015, after fleeing drug court because of another failed drug test, I had finally had enough _ the thought of continuing like this was absolutely de-grading, and I didn’t want to live in the horrors of drug addiction anymore. The pain was so great, and I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired, I just wanted to die.

With 40 bags left of a brick of heroin (50 bags), I was going to inject 20 so there was no chance I’d survive.

That morning, I told my oldest daugh-ter I would turn myself in to jail, but my true intention was to commit suicide. She cried and told me she was going to miss me. I also started to cry. At this moment, I had an unexplainable moment of clarity. Taking my own life, leaving my daughters and my family, would be such a selfish and cowardly act.

My daughter saved my life.I turned myself into jail, and being in-

carcerated was a huge part of my recov-ery and staying clean. Time away from my daughters _ 2 { months in jail, three months in drug rehab and four months in a halfway house _ gave me the will to try, this time, to surrender to the 12-step pro-gram I was previously introduced to.

The program promised me one thing: An addict, any addict, can lose the desire to use and find a new way to live.

On Feb. 25, 2018, I celebrated three years clean from all drugs and alcohol.

Today, I share and carry the message of recovery to anyone who struggles with the horrors of active drug addiction.

Today, I have and practice integrity.Today, I try to continue to do the next

right thing.Today, I don’t have to feel bad for myself

and want to take my own life.Today, I am so grateful to be the father

and best friend of the three most beautiful girls in my world, because if it weren’t for them, I don’t think I would be here today.

Today, my daughters don’t have to say, “Daddy, please don’t leave us.”

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Shane Buffaloe, 38, a recovering heroin addict, has been clean for more than three years. He says he hopes to carry the message of recovery to anyone who still struggles from the horrors of addiction. Courtesy Shane Buffaloe

I was the father with a needle in his arm. How I took my life back from heroin

FROM MAyO CLINIC NEWS NETWORKMayo Clinic News Network

What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is the act of being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling at every moment _ without interpretation or judgment.

Spending too much time planning, problem-solving, daydreaming, or thinking negative or random thoughts can be draining. It can also make you more likely to experience stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression. Practicing mindfulness exercises, on the other hand, can help you direct your attention away from this kind of thinking and engage with the world around you.

What are the benefits of mindfulness exercises?

Practicing mindfulness exercises can have many possible benefits, including:

Reduced stress, anxiety and depression

Less negative thinking and distraction

Improved moodWhat are ways to practice

mindfulness? Pay attention. The next time you

meet someone, listen closely to his or her words. Think about their meaning and uniqueness. Aim to develop a habit of understanding others and delaying your own judgments and criticisms.

Make the familiar new again. Find a few small, familiar objects _ such as a toothbrush, apple or cellphone in your home or office. Look at the objects with fresh eyes. Identify one new detail

about each object that you didn’t see before. As you become more aware of your world, you might become fonder of the things around you.

Focus on your breathing. Sit in a quiet place with your back straight but relaxed. Feel your breath move in and out of your body. Let your awareness of everything else fall away. Pay attention to your nostrils as air passes in and out. Notice the way your abdomen expands and collapses with each breath. When your mind wanders, gently redirect your attention to your breath. Don’t judge yourself. Remember that you’re not trying to become anything _ such as a good meditator. You’re simply becoming aware of what’s happening around you, breath by breath.

Awaken your senses. Get a raisin. Sit in a quiet place with your back straight but relaxed. Look at the raisin. Smell it, feel it and anticipate eating it. Taste the raisin, and slowly and deliberately chew it. Notice the way the raisin’s taste changes, your impulse to swallow the raisin, your response to that impulse and any thoughts or emotions that arise along the way. Paying close attention to your senses and your body’s reaction to the raisin might reveal insight into your relationship with eating and food.

For other mindfulness exercises, such as focused breathing, you’ll need to set aside time when you can be in a quiet place without distractions or interruptions. You might choose to practice this type of exercise early in the morning, before you begin your daily routine.

Aim to practice mindfulness every day for about six months. Over time, you might find that mindfulness becomes effortless. Think of it as a commitment to reconnecting with and nurturing yourself.

BY HEIDI STEvENSChicago Tribune

I have a soft spot for stories about young people on a mission.

I’m inspired, and a little amazed, at the kids who look around at the world they’ll inherit and decide to go ahead and start changing it now _ not when they’re paying taxes or raising kids or feeling unfulfilled at work. They don’t need the trappings of adulthood to wake them up to inequality and need. They look around and see plenty of both, and then they look around for ways to solve them.

So it is with a group of Chicago Public Schools high schoolers who will spend spring break in Puerto Rico helping rebuild the island, which is still reeling from a hurricane that struck six months ago.

Eight students, all friends from Storehouse Church in Portage Park, a suburb of Chicago, will travel with a church leader and two parents to help rebuild homes and distribute resources in the San Juan, Carolina, Camuy, and Moca regions.

“You read a lot about how we’re in a culture of self-focus and iPhones and iPads and i-everything,” Storehouse Pastor Lou Ramos told me. “But when we put this idea out there, the response was amazing. I’m speaking to them, and they don’t see this as giving up anything. They see this as an amazing opportunity to make a difference.”

Seven of the students are high schoolers, ranging from freshman to senior at Lincoln Park High School, Jones College Prep, Noble Prep, Chicago International Charter School Northtown Academy and Elmwood Park High School. One is a student at Triton College.

Each student had to raise at least $1,000 to cover travel and lodging expenses.

“None of them, obviously, had 1,000 bucks just sitting around,” Ramos said. “They raised funds through friends and grandmoms and uncles and partners.”

Ramos is not going on the trip, but his daughter, Faith, a sophomore at Jones College Prep, is.

I asked her if the prospect of spending spring break doing work _ likely, grueling, messy, hot work _ rather than chilling with friends left her feeling conflicted.

“Personally, I’d much rather help other people out,” she said. “I just feel

more happy being able to go and make a difference.”

Her family traveled to Puerto Rico two years ago for vacation. When they watched the videos of Hurricane Maria’s devastation, she said, they were heartbroken.

The church collected 300,000 pounds of water, diapers, formula and other supplies to ship to Puerto Rico last fall. But Pastor Ramos said the students _ “our young leaders,” he calls them _ wanted to do more. So they started planning this spring break trip late last year.

“I’m 50 percent Puerto Rican,” Elyan Mendez, a freshman at Lincoln Park High School, told me. “I have family on the island.”

He said his dad asked him if he wanted to go on the trip, and he never hesitated.

“Anyone should jump at the chance to be able to do something like this,” Mendez said. “People are going through something tragic, and they need help, whether they’re family or not.”

Category 4 Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory in 89 years. At least 60 people were killed. Six months later, more than 100,000 families and businesses still don’t have power.

The reports remain heartbreaking: Lines, 250 deep, of people waiting for bottled water and a single box of food. Families buying ice every day to keep milk and perishables in coolers.

The Chicago students will be volunteering at a home for the elderly and working with local churches to rebuild houses and deliver food, clothing and other supplies.

“I think it’s going to encourage our young leaders to dream at an even bigger capacity,” Pastor Ramos said. “Some of them, they struggle. I have been asked, ‘Can you get me some money to take the CTA?’ You know what I’m saying? Some of them have never flown in an airplane. This is going to be a life-changing moment for them.”

Faith Ramos said the students belong to a youth group at their church, which gives them opportunities to volunteer closer to home, as well.

“We make food packages and give them to homeless people,” she said. “We stay and talk to them for a while.”

Pastor Ramos thinks the trip will

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CPS students headed to Puerto Rico for spring break: ‘Personally,

I’d much rather help other people out’

By WALTER V. WENDLERPresident of West Texas A&M University

Americans are becoming more insular. Universities value international exchanges and study experiences for the benefit to students. IES Abroad and other study-abroad organizations encourage learning abroad because of the many identified, positive outcomes. A lack of understanding between different people groups is probably the root of many challenges of contemporary society. The genesis for international experiences comes from the

idea that understanding “others” is invaluable in becoming an educated human being. In addition, such experiences have economic benefit.

The idea that someone must leave the United States in order to experience “others” is not true. “Humans of New York” presents a variety of people, values, ideas, thoughts and perspectives, plus the trials and challenges of life, all on a 23-square-mile island purchased for 60 guilders — or about 24 dollars — from the Canarsee tribe of the Lenape people.

As an unapologetic American exceptionalist, I believe a world awaits the interested observer within our borders. Alexis de Tocqueville was correct in describing America as an exceptional nation. G. K. Chesterton said, “America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence. . .” We as a nation are founded on the concept of freedom of belief: principles ordained by an understanding of the sovereign God, yet tolerant and welcoming of many viewpoints. International travel is indeed

exciting, but every aspect of the human condition can be found right here at home, if we but look.

AmeriCorps provides opportunities to disconnect from the familiar and engage the different. The variety of perspectives and things to see is rich in the United States. Although they must actively be sought out, the traveler’s discoveries affirm the United States is an exceptional nation, filled with aspirations from every continent, usually within spitting distance of one’s home.

For a better understanding of the notion of a free society and its foundations, the northeastern colonial hub of the United States in the environs of Washington, D.C., and New England provide an appreciation for the foundations of a free society. The roots of the revolution — an appropriate national government, the beginning of industry and trade and the opportunity for personal growth — are still present in homes, places of worship and work and in town squares

of the great American cities of the Northeast. To more deeply understand the value of tenacity and hard

work, entrepreneurism and risk-taking, one could spend time in the American West. An appreciation for settling a challenging landscape, for raising food, for extracting minerals and for bracing against the elements would follow like the shadow of a tree at high noon. While there are many examples, the Panhandle of Texas seems a good place to start.

The importance and values of traditions and the cultural contributions from practiced religion are alive in our nation. The Deep South provides a vivid opportunity to see the intersection of family, religious life and community at work — presenting an especially powerful picture of how faith

influences life. Cultural distinctiveness in a melting pot is possible and

evident in any major city on the West Coast. See what happens when nationalities, languages, cultures and customs coexist — and at times collide — in close quarters. Horace Mann’s appreciation for Manifest Destiny made popular the admonition, “Go west, young man.” New York may be the cauldron where the stew was first cooked; however, it is but one example of many. American metropolises provide a platform to comprehend cultural variety and the thread of commonality that bond people together.

The point of all this is to remind ourselves that experiencing the range of America is an important function of the educational process. Traveling the globe provides the chance to absorb both the differences and similarities of various cultural perspectives. However, it is possible to find the variety of the human experience within 100 miles of almost any place in the United States. It does not require a Boeing 747.

I was admonished in church long ago to “grow where you are planted.” That does not necessarily mean to stay put, but to understand and value where one is within this exceptional nation. On a five-day walk, multiplicities of the human condition and the commonality that binds us together will be uncovered.

As I have previously written, “Emily Dickinson, writing in her upstairs bedroom with only the fortification of family and familiarity, touched the world mightily for generations. She understood deeply rooted cause and effect human emotions common to all souls and was able to express those relationships through the prism of her outwardly small world. An international audience that crosses every geographic and cultural divide harmonizes with her sensibilities of the human condition. She was a contributing citizen of the world community from a second floor bedroom.” And this all occurred in an “internetless,” seemingly insular society.

It is not travel that opens the mind or its lack that makes one narrow, but sight.

Walter V. Wendler is President of West Texas A&M University. His reflections are available at www.walterwendler.com.

OPINION Tuesday edition4 • DALHART TEXAN, April 3, 2018

Travel and Education

NFL going too far with new helmet-lowering rule

BY BILL KELLYEditor

On Tuesday of last week, the owners of the 32 teams in the National Football League (NFL) approved a new rule that is intended to protect players and, let’s be honest here, hopefully prevent any potential future lawsuits from players who end up with significant health issues down the road. Unfortunately, the new rule goes to such an extreme that it basically changes the very nature of the game of football and has the potential to cause total chaos when the 2018 season begins in September.

Playing Rule Article 8 states “It is a foul if a player lowers his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent. The player may be disqualified. Applies to any player anywhere on the field. The player may be disqualified.”

Evidently, the player “may be disqualified,” since they included that phrase twice. Think about this rule for a minute. “It is a foul if a player lowers his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent.” A player lowers his head to make contact with his helmet against an opponent on every single play in football. If a defensive lineman lowers his head slightly in an attempt to push his way

around a blocker, does he now get penalized and possible kicked out of the game?

If a running back lowers his helmet in an attempt to make a tackler miss and ends up making incidental contact with a defensive player, will he get a flag, and maybe an ejection? Are refs now going to have to read players’ minds to decide if they lowered their head to make contact or if they lowered their head for some other reason?

This rule simply goes too far in an attempt to make the game safer. It makes no distinction between a player lowering his head to make contact with an opponent’s abdomen in order to push through the opponent or tackle someone and a player lowering his head in an attempt to strike an opponent hard in the head.

Someone could be kicked out of a game even for an attempted arm tackle if it isn’t done right. A player could lower his head and shoulders in an attempt to hit an opponent with his shoulders, and then have the opponent move just enough so that his head hits the opponent as well. Under this new rule, that player might be kicked out of the game unless the officials can tell that he didn’t “lower his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent.”

I watched a video of

highlights from the past NFL season on You Tube as I was writing this article. There were many times when players lowered their heads even when they weren’t really attempting to use their helmet as a weapon, and many times when their head did make at least incidental contact with an opponent while lowered.

If this new rule is enforced as written, officials will probably be throwing a flag on nearly every single play. Games that currently take about three hours will suddenly become much longer. Officials will also have to decide exactly when “a player may be disqualified” and when it should just be a penalty, unless the NFL decides to add automatic disqualification to the rule, which is still a possibility.

There are already rules against targeting in the NFL, but evidently they aren’t enforced the way they really should be. Maybe the NFL should try actually enforcing those rules before it completely changes the game.

This new rule is a knee-jerk reaction to the problem of concussions, and knee-jerk reactions are usually problematic. The NFL owners and executives should sit down with players and coaches , those who know the game the best, and discuss how to make the game safer without dictating a rule that goes too far.

Opinion: A grand bargain? In a talent economy, Texas has to improve schools and resultsBy MITCHELL SCHNURMAN

The Dallas Morning News

March 27--About six years ago, Fidelity Investments was gearing up its operation in Westlake and was soon recruit-ing over 200 workers a month from Massachusetts, California and elsewhere.

“The first question they asked: ‘What are the schools like?’” said Fidelity executive Scott Orr.

That issue has taken on more significance today because employers are competing aggressively to attract talented workers and hold on to those they already have. In a boom-ing economy with low unemployment, the quality of education has become a major factor in corporate decisions to relocate and expand.

That should prompt some soul-searching in Austin.The state ranks near the bottom in spending per public

school student and below average in many educational out-comes. Last week, Orr and other leaders urged local compa-nies to help push for school reforms in Austin, saying the business community’s voice would add clout and credibility -- and drive home the need for a top workforce.

“We’ve talked a lot about recruiting a little company known as Amazon,” Priscilla Camacho, who leads public policy at the Dallas Regional Chamber, told an audience of about 100. “But we won’t be able to do that if we don’t have the people to fill the jobs.”

Increasingly, that means workers with a college degree or postsecondary credential. About 11.6 million U.S. jobs were created from January 2010 to January 2016, but only 80,000 -- less than 1 percent of the new jobs -- went to people with a high school education or less.

About 8.4 million jobs went to workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to a report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The re-port was titled: “America’s Divided Recovery: College Haves

and Have-Nots.”Amazon is currently searching for a second headquarters

location and has a long list of attributes. A large, high-quality workforce may be the most important.

Based on Amazon’s public documents, it’s looking closely at K-12 schools and colleges, and the workforce pipeline.

By one metric -- the share of millennials with a college de-gree -- the Dallas area ranks next to last among the finalists for Amazon HQ2. In Dallas County, just 16 percent of eighth-graders in 2006 completed a college degree or postsecondary certificate within six years of high school graduation.

Gov. Greg Abbott has set a goal of 60 percent of Texans getting a postsecondary credential by 2030. At the current trajectory, Texas won’t hit that mark until 2051, according to the Commit Partnership, a nonprofit focused on improving education.

In 2011, after the recession, Texas legislators cut $5 billion in education spending. Since then, academic progress has de-clined dramatically, Tom Luce told a commission on public school finance last week.

Luce is a highly regarded expert on education and helped lead a statewide push to reform schools in the 1980s. That effort led to more funding and accountability -- including no-pass, no play -- and prepared Texas for the economic growth that followed.

Most believe the public school finance system is broken today, in part because more districts are contributing much more to help low-income schools. The largest districts in Aus-tin and Houston are pumping in hundreds of millions annu-ally. Next year, Plano ISD payments will top $200 million and Dallas ISD is expected to contribute at least $50 million.

Residents are paying much higher property tax bills but most of the additional money is leaving their local districts. Meanwhile, the state’s share of education funding is dropping from about half to 38 percent.

Luce advised the state panel to think big as it considers an overhaul.

“You cannot change the school financing system and deal with adequacy and equity unless you strike a grand bargain with the taxpayers and policymakers of the state,” Luce said. “You have to persuade the public that they will receive more if they invest more.”

Despite the state’s record on education, both Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas have been leaders in recruiting new employ-ers and workers. One reason is there’s a wide range in quality among districts and individual campuses.

In one measure of college readiness, just 22.5 percent of students statewide met the college testing criterion in 2016, according to the Texas Education Agency. But in Plano ISD, the number was 61 percent. In Southlake Carroll, it was 77 percent. In Highland Park, 83 percent.

At Dallas ISD’s School for the Talented and Gifted, 95 per-cent met the college-testing criterion.

Such results demonstrate that a high-quality education is widely available in the metro area. The challenge is to reach more students, especially from low-income families. That would improve their prospects and the economy, and help Texas remain a top choice for expanding businesses.

In the past, Sun Belt cities were popular destinations large-ly because they had low costs, said Gene DePrez, a longtime site selection expert at Global Innovation Partners in the New York area.

“That battle is kinda over,” he said. “Now everybody’s talking about talent and the quality of the workforce. You gotta have that to compete for high-wage jobs and high-tech industries.”

Having enough high-end workers may not be enough. Com-panies are increasingly concerned about a community’s open-ness and reputation because they affect recruiting and reten-tion.

Employers often ask about diversity and culture, and grow-ing gaps in inequality, he said. A great disparity in education could be an issue.

“Companies want to be in cities that are preparing for the future,” DePrez said.

Editorial: Facebook’s privacy woes are a good reminder

nothing comes free-even onlineThe Dallas Morning News

March 30--It’s easy to forget how young the Silicon Valley companies that dominate so much of our lives really are. One need be only a freshman in high school to have been born in a time before Facebook existed. And a baby delivered on the day Google was incorporated would turn 20 only this September.

In just the single lifespan of a teenager, those two firms -- along with many other competitors and allies -- have generated riches and international clout to rival the nation’s grandest commercial enterprises. Ad sales made Google’s parent company the fifth-most-profitable in the U.S. last year, and Facebook’s ads drove it to $10 billion in profits as well, enough to rank 20th among the Fortune 500.

Vast as these companies are, it’s not the dollars involved that reveal how deeply embedded they have become in our lives. Some 1.4 billion people worldwide use Facebook daily. Google conducts as many as 40,000 searches per second.

In addition to greatly enriching the firms, this ubiquity has also created whole new digital economies and marketplaces for countless other companies. For the rest of us, it has provided constant and often extraordinarily helpful services and conveniences.

And it’s all been free of charge. In lieu of payment, the companies ask merely for us to provide a peek into our most private lives and telling habits. We provide real-time information about families, friends, our likes and dislikes, locations, travel, eating, drinking, reading and viewing habits -- and much more.

In short, we consent to be not their customer, but their product. They sell to third parties an opportunity to sell us things, to tell us all kinds of stories -- true or trivial or just made up -- and to influence our behavior as consumers and citizens.

For many, it has seemed a healthy exchange. You keep me in touch with my friends, long-lost cousins and classmates, and I’ll let you

have access to everything you want to know in order to sell my attention to your clients.

But the tides are turning. Many have been outraged by revelations that Russians and other have exploited Facebook’s close knowledge of we, the users, to further inflame our public discourse, and how third-parties unscrupulously used users’ personal data without their consent.

In its wake, more of us are second-guessing our relationship with Facebook, and with the countless other firms that trade access to our private lives for their otherwise free services.

Most Americans aren’t ready to cut ties to their social media sources. But the companies would be foolish to ignore this moment of recalibration. The companies, and the users and everyone involved, should commit to auditing these relationships, if they are to remain healthy.

What should happen next?We need a three-part compact between the

Internet titans, users and government:1. Companies are going to want to use

our information -- from search histories to friends lists to social media likes and dislikes -- to better target the ads they sell to third parties. Fair enough. But they should make it easier for users to opt out and limit what information can be used.

They must enable users to block any firm from providing that information in a way that identifies the user to a third party. When exceptions are required by law, the users should be informed and the companies should insist on a subpoena or warrant.

2. Users should audit privacy settings on each app they use, and take the critical step of reconsidering which apps they sign into through Twitter, Google or Facebook. How well do you really trust the company behind the latest app you installed on your phone?

3. Congress and other governments must demand accountability from Facebook and others and insist on strong firewalls between the identities of the people whose data they use to sell adds and the firms who purchase them.

BY BILL KELLYEditor

The Hartley High track teams drove to the other side of the Panhandle to compete in the Miami Warrior Relays on Saturday March 24.

The Lady Tigers placed third overall in the meet with a total of 80 points.

In the 100-meter dash, Khodee Gomez placed third with a time of 14.18 seconds. Gomez also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 31.05 seconds, and in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute 12 seconds.

In the 800-meter run, Kelly Wieck placed second at 2 minutes 46.71 seconds and Michaela Leaton placed fifth with a time of 2 minutes 55.55 seconds.

In the 1600-meter run, Wieck placed second with a time of 6 minutes 20.24 seconds, Michaela Leaton placed third with a time of 6 minutes 41.68 seconds and Jazmin Romero

placed fourth with a time of 7 minutes 9.09 seconds.

The Lady Tigers took the top three places in the 3200-meter run. Wieck won first place with a time of 13 minutes 40.21 seconds, Michaela Leaton placed second at 14 minutes 43.50 seconds and Romero placed third at 14 minutes 54.36 seconds.

In the shot put, Kyllie Richardson placed second with a throw of 29 feet 10.25 inches and Emma Detwiler placed fifth with a throw of 27 feet 9.5 inches.

The Hartley boys’ team also competed at Miami. In the 200-meter dash, Marshall Johnson placed sixth

with a time of 26.37 seconds. In the 800-meter run Michael Green placed sixth at 2 minutes 51.18 seconds.

In the high jump, Kholten Ellis placed fifth with a jump of five feet six inches.

The next track meet for Hartley will be at Dumas on Friday April 6.

BY BILL KELLYEditor

The Dalhart Golden Wolves’ track team won their third straight meet on Thursday March 29 with a victory at the Spearman Lynx Relays. The Wolves scored 184 points, beating West Texas High School by 43 points.

In the 100-meter dash, Xaviar Hammett placed second with a time of 11.46 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Adismel Campos placed third with a time of 23.46 seconds and Hammett was right behind in fourth place at 23.67 seconds.

In the 400-meter dash, Marco Hernandez placed second with a time of 54.04 seconds and Alex Brewer placed sixth at 55.37 seconds.

Dalhart had runners win all three of the longest events, with Aaron Hembree winning two of them. In the 800-meter run, Hembree won first place with a time of 2 minutes 4.06 seconds. In the 1600-meter run, Hembree won first with a time of 4 minutes 49.81 seconds and Francisco Guerrero placed third at 5 minutes 6.74 seconds. Guerrero won the 3200-meter run with a time of 11 minutes 25.76 seconds.

In the 110-meter hurdles, Ryan Bornemeier won first place with a time of 14.90 seconds and Carson Smith placed third with a time of 16.90 seconds. In the 300-meter hurdles, Bornemeier won first place with a time of 42.06 seconds and Smith placed fourth at 43.57 seconds.

In the 400-meter relay, the team of Usbaldo Zarate, Ethan Sneller, Brewer, and LaDaryl Smith placed third at 46.43 seconds. In the 800-meter relay, the team of Smith,

Hammett, Campos, and Bornemeier took second place at 1 minute 33.08 seconds. In the 1600-meter relay, the team of Campos, Hernandez, Brewer, and Hembree won first place with a time of 3 minutes 32.22 seconds.

In field events, Bornemeier won first place in the long jump with a jump of 21 feet 0.5 inches. In the triple jump, Bornemeier placed second with a jump of 41 feet 1.50 inches. In the high jump, Brewer placed third with a jump of 5 feet 6 inches.

Dalhart took three of the top four places in the pole vault. Smith placed second with a vault of 12 feet 6 inches, and Grayson Garcia and Rally Stull tied for third, each with a vault of 11 feet 6 inches. In the shot put, Guss Jameson placed sixth with a throw of 38 feet 2 inches.

Dalhart’s JV team competed in Spearman as well and placed second in their division with 134 points.

Trey Campbell won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.15 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Campbell won first place at 25.30 seconds and Owen Adeboyejo placed second at 25.92 seconds.

In the 400-meter dash, Matthew Haisten won first place with a time of 58.61 seconds and Brennan Lloyd placed fifth at 60.28 seconds. In the 1600-meter run, Buddy Garcia placed third at 5 minutes 43.02 seconds and Nolan Atha placed sixth at 6 minutes 8 seconds. In the 3200-meter run, Garcia placed second at 12 minutes 47.02 seconds and Atha placed third at 13 minutes 33.93 seconds.

In the 400-meter relay, the team of Adeboyejo, Taylor Przilas, Will Moore, and Lloyd placed fourth at 48.37 seconds. In the 800-meter relay, the team of Adeboyejo,

Przilas, Moore, and Campbell placed third at 1 minute 42.38 seconds. In the 1600-meter relay, the team of Lloyd, Przilas, Moore, and Haisten won first place with a time of 3 minutes 50.20 seconds.

In the discus, D’waine Smith placed fourth with a throw of 102 feet 5 inches. In the pole vault, Lloyd won first place with a vault of 11 feet even. In the high jump, Lloyd placed third with a jump of five feet even.

In the long jump, Campbell placed second with a jump of 17 feet 7.50 inches. In the triple jump, Campbell placed third with a jump of 36 feet 3.75 inches.

The Wolves will compete next at a track meet in Pampa this Thursday, April 5. That will be the final meet before district.

BY BILL KELLYEditor

The Dalhart Lady Wolves continued what has so far been a dominant season, winning their fourth straight track meet in Spearman on Thursday March 29. The Lady Wolves scored 202 points, beating the host team Spear-man Lynxettes by 57.67 points.

The Lady Wolves took the top two places in the 100-me-ter dash, and three of the top six. Karley Orman won the 100-meter with a time of 12.43 seconds. Kelsi Wing placed second at 13.38 seconds, and Caryce Guerrero placed sixth at 13.84 seconds.

Dalhart did the exact same thing in the 200-meter dash. Orman won the race with a time of 26.03 seconds, while Madison Todd placed second at 27.28 seconds and Kaeona Marquez placed fourth at 28.11 seconds.

In the 400-meter dash, Sidney Fahnert placed second with a time of 1 minute 3.78 seconds. In the 800-meter run, Bailey Dettle placed fourth at 2 minutes 45.37 sec-onds.

In the 1600-meter run, Maly Delgado placed second with a time of 5 minutes 50.56 seconds and Ariana Mendoza placed fifth at 6 minutes 26.22 seconds. Delgado won first place in the 3200-meter run at 12 minutes 12.89 seconds and Mendoza placed sixth at 13 minutes 49.67 seconds.

The Lady Wolves took three of the top six places in the

100-meter hurdles. Ashley Amico placed second at 17.07 seconds, Yareth Lozano placed third at 17.11 seconds, and Calie Rutherford placed sixth at 17.71 seconds.

In the 300-meter hurdles, Rutherford placed third at 51.53 seconds, Lozano placed fifth at 51.88 seconds, and Angie Rodriguez placed sixth at 51.95 seconds.

In the 400-meter relay, the team of Wing, Marquez, Todd, and Guerrero placed third at 52.95 seconds. In the 800-meter relay, the team of Todd, Orman, Guerrero, and Marquez placed second with a time of 1 minute 50.07 sec-onds. In the 1600-meter relay, the team of Crosby, Kyra Morgan, Dettle, and Fahnert placed fourth at 4 minutes 30.22 seconds.

In field events, Ali Hickey won first place with a jump of 4 feet 10.5 inches, and Fahnert placed second with a jump of 4 feet 10.25 inches.

In the pole vault, Amico won placed second with a vault of 9 feet 6.25 inches, Hannah Shugart placed fifth with a vault of 7 feet 6.25 inches, and Hanna Wilkerson placed sixth with a vault of 7 feet 6 inches.

In the long jump, Rodriguez placed fifth with a jump of 14 feet 11.75 inches and Marquez placed sixth with a jump of 14 feet 8.75 inches. In the triple jump, Rutherford placed third with a jump of 32 feet 6.5 inches and Guer-rero placed fifth with a jump of 30 feet 10 inches.

Dalhart took two of the top three and three of the top six places in the shot put. Brittany Johnson won first place

with a throw of 30 feet 4.5 inches, Crescence Miller placed second with a throw of 29 feet 6 inches, and Hannah Hol-mes placed fifth with a throw of 28 feet 3 inches. In the dis-cus, Johnson placed second with a throw of 99 feet even.

There were no JV results available at press time. The varsity and JV Lady Wolves will compete next at Pampa on Thursday April 5, which will be their final meet of the season before district.

Softball

Dalhart Varsity Girls, Bushland, Away, April 3, 4:30 pm

Baseball

Dalhart Varsity Boys, Bushland, Home, April 3, 4:30 pmDalhart Varsity Boys, Fritch, Away, April 7, 12 pmDalhart JV & Varsity Boys, Clayton, Home, April 10, 4 pm

Track

Dalhart JV & Varsity Girls & Boys, Pam-pa, Away, April 5, TBADalhart Junior High Girls & Boys, Dis-trict Meet, Pampa, April 7, TBAHartley JV & Varsity Girls & Boys, Du-mas, Away, April 6, TBA

Tennis

Dalhart JV & Varsity Boys & Mixed Dou-bles, District Meet, Borger, April 4, TBAHartley Varsity Girls & Boys, District Meet, Boys Ranch, April 10, TBA

Athletic Schedules April 3 -April 10

Lady Wolves’ winning streak extends to 4 in a row

Dalhart Wolves win Spearman Lynx RelaysBoys claim third straight track meet

Lady Tigers place third in meet

Karley Orman won both the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the Spearman Lynx Relays. Bill Kelly | Staff Photo

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Ryan Bornemeier won both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles in Spearman. Bill Kelly | Staff Photo

Hartley track teams travel to Miami

Dalhart girls win Spearman Lynx Relays

By JONATHAN FEIGENHouston Chronicle

April 01--SAN ANTONIO -- A day after the Rockets were assured the NBA’s best record, leaving nothing at stake, the Rockets got a reminder of what will be waiting for them in the postseason against a team with so much on the line.

With a Spurs team playing, and especially defending, with postseason ferocity, the Rockets’ offense broke down in its worst game of the season, with the Spurs easily finishing off a 100-83 blowout on Sunday, ending the Rockets’ winning streak at 11 games.

The Rockets had their lowest-scoring, worst-shooting game of the season, with the Spurs swarming them at the 3-point line and at the rim and the Rock-ets unable to take advantage of anything left available in between.

James Harden led the Rockets with 25 points and 8 assists, but he made just 8 of 19 shots, going 1 of 6 from the 3-point line. The Rockets made just 7 of 31 (22.6 percent) 3-pointers, their fewest made 3s of the season. They went 26 of 77 overall (33.8 percent) for their fewest made field goals of the season.

The Spurs blew the game open in the fourth quarter, scoring on six consecutive possessions, but the Rockets had struggled from the start with Chris Paul sitting out for the fourth time in five games.

The Rockets somehow kept themselves in the game most of the way, but did it while shooting worse than they had in any game this season, giving little reason to expect any sort of late run.

With the Spurs closing out on 3-point shooters and back-pedaling big men to the rim, as they had in last season’s play-off series, the Rockets never found a rhythm on the good looks from the 3-point line they did get and rarely could stack scor-ing possessions.

They trailed by 11 four minutes into the fourth quarter, making just 32.8 percent of their shots, 23.1 percent of their 3s without any sign that they had solved the Spurs’ defense that had controlled the game as their starters returned to the floor.

When Patty Mills sank a pull-up jumper and a 3-pointer, the Spurs pushed their lead to 16. After a Harden drive to a three-point play interrupted things, the Spurs finished off the blowout.

For the second first half in three days, the Rockets strug-gled to put the ball in the basket, but Sunday’s issues were very different from Friday’s against the Suns.

They might have begun from the same place, with the Rockets lacking the fire with everything the regu-

lar season could offer locked up. But against the Suns, when the Rockets made 13 of 42 first-half

shots in their worst shooting first half of the season, they missed good shots. Against the Spurs, when they made 13 of 41, they had trouble getting them.

The Rockets made just 4 of 19 3-pointers on their way to 38 first-half points, their fewest of the season. Some of the misses were on open looks, but they also took four

3-pointers just to beat the shot clock with Harden rushing up three of those attempts as

he missed all four of his 3s in the first half.The Rockets were often left taking uncharac-

teristic shots, from Trevor Ariza driving and shoot-ing over defenders to Clint Capela going one-on-one and

putting up jump hooks. Harden often drove into the teeth of the Spurs’ defense, unable to draw many fouls and having to shoot over big men at the rim.

Where Paul would normally probe the area between the 3-point line and paint, the Rockets often worked to get tough shots against the strength of San Antonio’s defense. They never could make nearly enough go to pose much of a threat until all doubt was gone.

By CHANDLER ROMEHouston Chronicle

April 01--ARLINGTON -- Uncertainty hung in the air when uncharted territory arrived.

Manager A.J. Hinch had just the six weeks in spring train-ing to understand his new acquisition, the attitude with which he approaches each start and how he must manage during them. Those games of no meaning only revealed so much about Gerrit Cole, obtained this offseason in hopes of giving Houston the best starting ro-tation in the sport.

Hinch scouted Cole when he was a col-legian and on his way to securing No. 1 pick in the 2011 MLB Draft. He managed against Cole in August of 2016, too, while the floppy-haired righthander anchored the Pirates rotation.

Video and scouting reports only di-vulge the basics. He possesses four pitches and, as Hinch described it, an “attacking” mentality regardless of the score or situation he finds himself.

“Early in the season will be a feel-ing out process,” Hinch acknowl-edged Sunday.

Its start was sublime. Cole delivered seven innings of one-run baseball. He struck out 11 and yielded just three walks. His offense was more than welcoming, pummeling five Texas pitchers for an 8-2, series-clinching win of which Cole was the story.

Hinch arrived to Globe Life Park on Easter morning to Cole’s voice. He and catcher Max Stassi were reviewing hitter re-ports. Cole’s cerebral manner was a pleasant surprise, “much more advanced” than his new manager originally assumed.

Twenty-one of his pitches were swung upon and missed -- the most in his five-year career. Not since Sept. 28, 2014,

when Cole struck out 12 Reds, had he amassed this many strikeouts. He struck out the side in the fifth and seventh inning.

Sandwiching that was the sixth inning. Runners stood at the corners. No Ranger had crossed second base since the first. One was out, the Astros clung to a three-run lead and Cole approached 90 pitches. No Astros starter this weekend had eclipsed 100. Still, the bullpen was inactive.

Cole stared into Nomar Mazara. A first-pitch changeup sailed inside. Cole threw another.

Mazara golfed it to Jose Altuve, who flipped to Carlos Correa. A double play was turned.

Cole pumped his fist and pointed to his shortstop as he sauntered from the

field.Eleven of his four-seam fastballs

elicited a swing and miss. Seven of his 11 strikeouts came on the pitch, which maintained a velocity around 96 mph. His 68th pitch to Jurickson Profar was 98.5 mph, the hardest he threw all game.

He snapped a curveball on the 69th. Profar stood no chance, the seventh strikeout victim of the

afternoon. Nine of the 15 curve-balls Cole tossed were either swung on and missed or called strikes.

Another was put in play. It was Cole’s only mistake, a first-inning hanger left at Joey Gallo’s belt. Against Houston’s now famous four-man outfield, Gallo deposited it to the opposite field for a short-lived Texas lead.

Last season was Cole’s worst as a professional. He pro-duced a 4.26 earned run average. Only twice did he strike out 10 batters in a game. Never more. Thirty-one home runs were hit against him across 203 innings.

Therein sat the uncertainty. Questions that, at least for one day, were answered.

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Rockets’ 11-game win streak snapped by Spurs

To repair the dysfunctional Dez Bryant-Jerry Jones relationship, both must first agree on one thing

By DAVID MOOREThe Dallas Morning News

April 01--Camps on both sides continue to mobilize in anticipation of the summit meeting between Dez Bryant and Jerry Jones.

Lines are clearly drawn. You are convinced of Bryant’s stardom, argue he remains the Cowboys’ best receiver and believe the club is delusional to consider cutting ties with him if he refuses to accept a pay cut. Or in your eyes No. 88’s decline is evident, inexorable and the Cowboys are justified in seeking a reduction.

Regardless of where you fall in this debate, there should be at least one point of agreement, one Bryant and Jones must also accept:

The relationship has become dysfunctional. Bryant and the Cowboys must correct the partnership now or split.

Money drives this impending showdown. Let’s not be naïve. But it’s become about so much more.

Bryant professes his love for the Cowboys and can’t imagine playing for another team. He must examine whether that love is truly for being a part of this team or comes from the status and celebrity that sets him apart.

Advancing age has a way of stripping away pretense. Bryant must determine if he can still survive on athletic ability and sheer will or be truthful with himself and acknowledge that’s no longer enough. He must work on elements of his game he didn’t always pay attention to in the past.

Don’t confuse passion, a word that Bryant and supporters have used as a shield to excuse all manner of behavior, with hard work.

Does Bryant work hard? Sure. There have been no

complaints about his approach to practice.But some athletes only work hard in areas they already

excel. They avoid the hard, tedious approach necessary to improve areas of weakness. This is often a failure of pride. Great athletes sometimes refuse to work on what they don’t do well in front of others because it makes them vulnerable.

This description applies to Bryant.Sure, he’s working with a route guru this offseason. But

even that begs the question: if a 29-year old receiver entering his ninth season was serious about his craft, wouldn’t he have taken this step earlier in his career?

When Bryant received the franchise tag three years ago, he took it as an insult. He stopped working out around his teammates and stayed away until a long-term contract was in place shortly before training camp began.

The receiver was not in shape when camp began. Bryant broke a bone in his foot in the opener, missed the next five games and suffered through the worst season of his career.

Contrast that to DeMarcus Lawrence. The defensive end was working out at The Star before the franchise tag was applied and has continued to work out at the facility since. He has no intention of skipping anything this offseason.

Every player has the right to handle his business the way he sees fit. But one shows a greater appreciation for team than the other.

The Cowboys are culpable in this deteriorating relationship with Bryant. The support system put in place early, the one that gave a young, immature athlete the structure he craved and needed to succeed, now serves to entitle Bryant.

How often do club officials look the other way when

See Dez Byant, page 10

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SAN DIEGO _ Heart and brain activity are routinely measured through the skin with adhesive electrodes. But diagnosing gastric diseases may require patients to endure a tube stuck through the nose, down the throat and into the stomach.

Scientists led by UC San Diego researchers say they have a better option for these patients. They’ve invented a stomach-monitoring device worn like a fanny pack.

The prototype picks up the stomach’s electrical signals through 10 electrodes stuck to the belly. Stomach activity changes with meals, sleep and other daily routines. Interruptions of these normal patterns can signal disease.

Because it can be worn for up to 24 hours, those being monitored can go about their day without being confined to a hospital or doctor’s office. It’s paired with a smartphone app, so wearers can record their activities to associate with the device’s readout.

More work is being done to refine the device to improve patient care, said Todd Coleman, a UCSD bioengineering professor. This perhaps could be done by licensing it for commercialization.

Children who wouldn’t tolerate getting a tube through their nose without sedation are prime subjects for this technology, Coleman said. He led the study with Armen A. Gharibans, a bioengineering postdoctoral researcher in Coleman’s lab.

The device was tested on 11 children who had simultaneously undergone monitoring via a catheter inserted through the nose, and one adult. The wearable device yielded useful and reliable data on stomach activity, the study found. Published March 22 in Nature Scientific Reports, it can be found at j.mp/stomachmonitor.

Adults can also benefit from the continuous monitoring the device provides, he said.

“A lot of these disorders are transient,” Coleman said. “Pains are not always there, and likewise for nausea.”

In addition, it may not be easy to tell if gastrointestinal problems are what they appear on the surface, or a manifestation of mental stress.

“Is this basically a brain problem manifesting in the gut? Or do you have something fundamentally wrong with your gut?” Coleman said. “We think that our technology has the potential to disambiguate that, which is huge because the treatments are very different.”

DOCTORS AND ENGINEERSThis “marriage” of engineering and

medical specialists was necessary to make a workable prototype, Coleman

said. By working side by side, engineers and physicians can identify and overcome obstacles in developing solutions to medical problems, he said.

Personal motivation also made the project possible, said Coleman, whose father died of pancreatic cancer.

“It turns out he lost his mother, who passed before I was born, to stomach cancer,” Coleman said. “So it was rather personal.”

That motivation also fueled research funder Larry Smarr, a prominent UCSD physicist-futurist and father of Benjamin Smarr. The elder Smarr underwent a resection of his colon in 2016, having first assisted his surgeon by developing a high-resolution map of the region.

Coleman said he had bonded with Smarr over the years, sharing a common interest in applying data and engineering principles to medicine, and the gastrointestinal system in particular.

“When I first got to UCSD, a lot of people looked to me as a person who builds these miniaturized sensors,” Coleman said.

“Larry came to realize that my original background is really data science and data analytics. And so when he saw some of the innovative things that we were doing, he and I just realized that we’re two birds of the same feather.”

MEETING CHALLENGESStarting around 2012, Coleman

researched previous attempts to develop noninvasive gastrointestinal monitoring. Knowledge of why these attempts failed helped the team solve these pitfalls, Coleman said.

While the GI system is controlled by detectable electrical impulses, these are far fainter than the heart’s electrical signals. That makes readouts prone to interference by the body’s other electrical signals. So extracting enough usable data proved to be a challenge.

“Armen Gharibans was a new PhD student in my group and I made him aware of this ‘high-risk, high reward’ idea of trying to modernize assessment of the gut by monitoring its electrical rhythms,” Coleman said.

He also said he had a hunch that previous efforts had failed because there was not a close cohesion between engineers and physicians. A “seamless” team encompassing those disciplines might address the problem.

“Keep in mind that at the time, this was not a sexy research area and virtually no one in the clinical community was using this readout. I applaud Armen’s willingness to nonetheless take this risk, congratulate him on his outstanding work, and am relieved that the bet paid off,” said Coleman.

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Rx: Wear this on your tummy and call me in the morning

• CPS students headed to Puerto Rico for spring break

Con’t from Page 4

FROM MAyO CLINIC NEWS NETWORKMayo Clinic News Network

With spring break shorts and swimsuit season here, many people are showing off their legs for the first time in months, and for some, that also means deciding what to do about varicose veins.

The bulging purple or blue lines may be simply a cosmetic issue, or they could be a sign of a serious medical problem, says Mayo Clinic Emeritus vascular surgeon Peter Gloviczki, M.D.

“Twenty to 25 percent of Americans have varicose veins and about 6 percent have more advanced venous disease including skin changes or, occasionally, ulcerations,” says Gloviczki, who helped develop Society for Vas-cular Surgery and American Venous Forum guidelines for the treatment of varicose veins. “Evaluation of varicose veins with ultrasound is an easy and accurate way to assess the need for treatment. New, minimally invasive therapy is available today that is effective and is performed as outpatient treatment.”

Varicose veins are virtually impossible to prevent, Gloviczki says. Like their smaller cousins _ spider veins _ varicose veins typi-cally appear in the legs, ankles and feet, be-cause standing and walking put more pres-sure on veins in the lower body. The loss of vein elasticity through aging may cause vari-cose veins, and pregnant women often devel-op them. People who are obese, sit or stand a

lot or have a family history of varicose veins are also likelier to get them.

Enlarged veins can ache, itch and burn, and patients with such discomfort should have a physician check whether the varicose veins are a sign of more serious medical prob-lems, Gloviczki says. Varicose veins can lead to swollen legs, skin changes, bleeding from varicose veins, blood clots (phlebitis) and ul-cers. Exercising, losing weight and elevating the legs can ease pain and prevent varicose veins from worsening. Special hosiery called compression stockings that squeeze the legs, improving blood flow, is often suggested be-fore medical procedures are pursued.

For the majority of patients, varicose veins are merely unsightly. They can opt to have cosmetic work, but it may be difficult for consumers to know which options are safe and best. Gloviczki advises people to screen treatment providers’ credentials rather than simply choosing someone based on a TV ad or billboard. Checking for membership in a credible national medical organization, look-ing up a provider’s history on the state medi-cal licensing board website and seeking rec-ommendations from one’s primary physician are some of the ways consumers can find a sound specialist to treat varicose veins.

“New therapy with radiofrequency or laser is safe and effective, but such procedures should be done after careful evaluation, in selected patients only,” Gloviczki says.

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he’s late to a team meeting or misses a therapy session? How many times has the word “passion” been evoked to excuse poor behavior?

How many times do those in position of authority shrug, roll their eyes and dismiss actions they wouldn’t from lesser players by saying, “That’s just Dez”?

No one should blame Bryant for putting himself first. The Cowboys have too often put Bryant first. He’s simply following their lead.

Example: A reasonable approach to Bryant’s contract would be to reduce his base salary yet build in incentives that would allow him earn that lost money back if he returns to form. It’s a win-win.

There’s one problem. If Bryant failed to reach those incentives, there’s no doubt in the minds of many in the Cowboys organization that he would view it as a conspiracy to

prevent him from reaching those numbers and the money he deserves.

Solve one problem and create another. That happens in a dysfunctional relationship. Each side anticipates problems before they occur.

How will Bryant react if he stays on the team and Allen Hurns gets more receptions because he runs more precise routes? You think Cowboys management hasn’t asked themselves that question?

Can Bryant and the Cowboys still work? Maybe, if the receiver puts his ego aside and the Cowboys recognize the system that once supported him has fed this problem.

Altering Bryant’s contract isn’t just about gaining more salary cap room. It’s about altering the relationship.

It’s the only healthy option that remains for both parties.

• Dez Bryant-Jerry Jones relationshipCon’t from Page 8

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“Here in the States, we’ve got all the amenities,” he said.

And he hopes the students help put Chicago in a different light, as well.

“I want people to know Chicago is so much more than the bad stuff,” he said. “It’s not just people getting shot. There is also a lot of good.”

He teaches his church: Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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Lovely, spacious home. 3BR, 2 1/2 bath, 3,200 + living area including 1,000 sqft finished basement which combines den, playroom, separate bedroom and storage with new carpet and acoustic ceiling. Oversized garage with attached shop. Sprinkler system. new HVAC, HWH. New privacy fence. Call for appointment

806-249-1376 or 806-333-0676.

XIT FEEDERS IS HIRING FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

Water Tank Washer Feed Truck Driver (No CDL required)

Pen Rider Yard Maintenance

Farm ForemanMill Maintenance

Individual must be dependable, motivated and a team player

with good communication skills. We offer competitive pay and

affordable family health and dental benefits. You will need a valid

drivers license and pre-employment drug screen is required.

Please apply in person eight miles west of Dalhart on Hwy 54.

EOE M/F

For Rent

WEST TEXAS RENTALSQuality Residential

Properties,Professional Management,

806-244-3418 or www.westtexasrentals.com

Beautiful Apartments in Dalhart!•1, 2and 3 Bedrooms•Gas Heat, Water/Sewer and Trash Paid•Fully Appointed Clubhouse•Full Size Washer and Dryer Connections•Laundry, Fitness & Business Centers•Handicap & Visually Impaired Apts Available•Playground

2321 E. 1st Street Dalhart, Texas 79022

manager@stoneleafatdalhart.comwww.stoneleafatdalhart.com

RV & Mobile Home Spaces; Apartments; Rent Houses.

King Property Management/Sunset Village Park

333-3030

STEEL STORAGE CONTAINERS 20/40’ New and Used. Delivery available. Located in Groom. Call John

806-236-1179.

Offices for rent. Call Jay Peeples at 806-333-5655 . $400 per month / utilities

included.

Super Storage. 36 ft long. 14.5 ft wide. 14 ft high.

HWY 54 East. 806-244-2775

Vista Rita Blanca Apartment We are a Farm Labor Property. Now leasing! Come apply today at 701 Maynard H3 Dalhart,

TX 79022 or call (806)620-5228.

2 Bedroom-1 Bath 3 Bedroom-1 Bath

ALL ARE INCOME BASED! 4 Bedroom-2 Bath Applying is FREE!! This institution is an equal opportunity provider

and employer.

QUAIL RUN APARTMENTS VACANCY One & two bedroom with heat & a/c for elderly, handicap, & disabled. Rent based on income. Office at

1929 Shawnee Trail. Call 806-244-7281.TDD#

1-800-833-8973 This institution is an equal opportunity provider and

employer.

DALHART APARTMENTSTwo bedroom with heat & air. Rent based on income. Washer/dryer hookups. Call 806-244-7281.Office at 1929 Shawnee Trail. TDD # 1-800-833-8973. This institution is an equal opportunity provider

and employer.

For sale Frigidair Upright Freezer

Like new $250.00(806) 268-0867

Alfalfa for sale. Small square bales- barn stored. Round

millet bales.806-333-3975.

2013 36’ft Bumper Pull Camper 3 slide outs

Made by Heartland Northtrail $21,000 Call Sam @

(903) 388-1815

Split oak for sale $400 per cord or $200 half a cord. Gravel $500 per load (about 25 cubic yards). Quarter size pebbles. Excellent for driveways. Delivery available to Dalhart, Hartley, Dumas, Stratford, Cactus, Clayton.

Contact Pieter or Zara at (903)563-3337,

(806) 340-1964 or (903)563-3233.

Vogel BrothersIs looking for farm help Pay based on experience Drivers License Required Insurance after 90 days

Drug test required Call Tom at 806-333-6643

or Josh at 806-316-9851

House For sale1705 Denver Ave

2 bd 2 bath 2 living area

2400+ living space Corner lot, Landscape w/ solid brick fence

Price under appraisal Call 806-678-2980

Driver needed. High pace environment. Furniture assembly Customer service skills. Daily duties. FT M-F 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Apply in person at SPC,

221 Denver.

Wanted CDL Drivers. Must have two years experience and a clean driving record. Local hauls only. Part time, full time, day and night shifts available. We offer health insurance, 401k and bonuses, Sign on bonus if pass pre-qualification and 30 day training. Located at the Sweet bran plant in the east building 2892 Fm 1727, Dalhart, Texas. Apply in person or text Jerry @ 806-268-1792 for

more information.

CDL Driver Wanted- CDL required, hazmat is a plus. Contact Ag Producers Co-op Agronomy Warehouse

for more info at 806-249-6549.

Help Wanted Plumbers helper needed. No experience required

but helpful. Call 806-268-6141

Van Beek Trucking Driver needed. Must have class A CDL, medical card, and pass drug screening. Please

contact 806-341-8541.

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AGRICULTURE Tuesday edition12• DALHART TEXAN, April 3, 2018

Businesses & Ser vicesDirectory for Dallam and Hartley Counties

Texas Tarps Has got you covered

302 C Rock IslandDalhart, TX 79022

Monday thru Friday 8:00 to 5:00

Phone: 806-244-0060Cell: 806-333-3497Fax: 806-244-0061

txtarps@outlook.com

FABRICATING THE FOLLOWING TRAILER TARPS: Belly dump Belt Trailer

Grain Hopper Dump Truck Live Bottom

And most repairs

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Cattle on Feed

Weekly Broiler Report

Texas Livestock Producers May be Eligible for 2018 Drought Disaster Assistance

March 23, 2018 Contact: Carol Pittman or Jason Hardegree

This report contains results from the March 2018 Cattle on Feed Survey collected during the first two weeks of March. Data provided by Oklahoma and Texas producers are the foundation of the estimates made for the South-ern Plains region. We would like to thank all producers who respond-ed to the survey. Results from the next monthly survey will be made available on April 20, 2018.

Cattle and calves on feed for

slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.68 million head on March 1, 2018, up 10 percent from a year ago. Producers placed 365 thousand head in commer-cial feedlots during February, up 14 percent from a year ago. Texas commercial feeders marketed 320 thousand head during February, unchanged from 2017.

On March 1, there were 2.32 mil-lion head of cattle and calves on

feed in the Northern High Plains, 87 percent of the state’s total. The number on feed across the area was up 8 percent from last year and up 1 percent from the Febru-ary 1 total. February placements in the Northern High Plains to-taled 314 thousand head, down 11 percent from the January total. Marketings were down 14 percent from last month at 277 thousand head.

USDA today announced that ranchers and livestock producers in impacted Tex-as counties may be eligible for assistance through the 2018 Livestock Forage Di-saster Program (LFP).

Many Texas counties recently met qualifying drought ratings and may be eligible for LFP compen-sation for grazing losses for

covered livestock on land that is in native or improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or certain crops planted specifically for grazing.

Qualifying drought ratings for this USDA Farm Ser-vice Agency (FSA) program are determined using the U.S. Drought Monitor located at http://droughtmoni-tor.unl.edu/.

Eligible livestock include alpacas, beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, dairy cattle, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, lla-mas, reindeer, or sheep that have been or would have been grazing the eligible acres during the normal graz-ing period.

Long Season Small Grains (67 Counties)

Applications are required for 2018 losses. To expedite applications, producers who experienced losses in 2018 are encouraged to collect records documenting their losses. Supporting documents may include information related to grazing leases, federal grazing permits, con-tract grower agreements, and more.

“We encourage producers to contact their county office and make an appointment to learn more about applying for LFP and related program requirements,” said Gary Six, FSA state executive director in Texas.

FSA disaster assistance program information can also be found online at disaster.fsa.usda.gov. To apply for LFP, contact your local USDA service center.

Cattleman’s Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TXFeeder Cattle Narrative Report for Thursday

03/29/18

Cattle and Calves: 1,475 Week ago: 2,743 Year Ago: 993

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs firm; feeder steers over 500 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower. Heifers in all weight categories mostly 2.00-4.00 lower in a light test. A few loads of feeder steers and heifers were a part of the offerings coming off graze out winter wheat. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate. Bulk of supply Medium and Large 1-2 350-925 lb feeder steers and heifers. Slaughter cows made up 20 per-cent, slaughter bulls less than 1 percent, replace-ment cows less than 1 percent, and feeders 80 per-cent. The feeder supply included 63 percent steers and 37 percent heifers. Near 71 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs.

Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 pkg 270 lbs value added 230.00; 300-400 lbs value added 210.00-224.00; 400-500 lbs value added 175.00-195.00; 500-550 lbs value added 171.50-179.00; 550-600 lbs value added 159.00-161.00; 600-650 lbs 151.00-159.00; 650-700 lbs 147.00-149.00;

lot 725 lbs 140.50; 775-800 lbs 132.00-135.00; two loads 810 lbs 132.75; 900-950 lbs 118.00- 122.00.

Medium and Large 1-2 400-500 lbs value add-ed 168.00-173.00; few 500-550 lbs value added 167.00-171.00; pkg 650 lbs 145.00; 700-800 lbs 130.00-133.00; pkg 810 lbs 123.00; pkg 980 lbs 116.00.

Medium and Large 2 800-900 lbs 115.00-119.50.

Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 pkg 260 lbs thin fleshed 232.00; pkg 295 lbs value added 190.00; few 300-400 lbs value added 170.00-179.00; pkg 415 lbs 169.00, pkg 430 lbs value add-ed 174.00, pkg 415 lbs 159.00; 500-550 lbs value added 150.00-151.00; 550-600 lbs 137.00-140.00; 600-700 lbs 134.50-139.00; 700-800 lbs 122.00-125.00; lot 825 lbs guaranteed open 122.50.

Medium and Large 1-2 few 300-400 lbs 162.00-166.00; 450-500 lbs value added 145.00-152.00; few 500-600 lbs 137.00-143.00; few 600-700 lbs 130.00-133.00, pkg 685 lb calves 110.00; 800-850 lbs 117.00-118.75.

Slaughter Cows: Percent Lean Weight Avg Dressing Hi Dressing

Lo DressingBreaking 75-80 1300-1500 61.00-65.00 ----- Boning 80-85 1200-1400 63.00 67.50-68.00 Lean 85-90 1000-1200 ----- 64.00-67.00 Lean 85-90 800-1000 55.00-59.00 65.00-

67.00 Dairy Slaughter Cows:Breaking 75-80 1500-1700 63.25-66.00 -- Boning 80-85 1200-1400 60.50-65.00 ---47.50-

57.50Lean 85-90 1000-1200 60.00-64.50 ----- 47.50—

54.50 Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2 1300-1700 lbs

81.00-84.00 High Dressing 1500-2000 lbs 88.00Low Dressing Not TestedReplacement Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: Not Tested.

Oklahoma hatcheries set 7.31 million eggs inincubators during the week ending March 24, down2 percent from the week prior and 2 percent belowthe previous year.The number of chicks placed for meat productionduring the week of March 24, was 4.99 million , up25 percent from the previous week and up42 percent from the previous year.Contact: Abner Custodio or Jason HardegreeTexas hatcheries set 16.0 million eggs in incubatorsduring the week ending March 24, down 2 percentfrom the week prior, but up 1 percent from theprevious year.The number of chicks placed for meat productionduring the week of March 24, was 13.1 million, downslightly from the previous week and down 1 percentfrom the previous year.