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Vol. 118, No. 37 • 12 pages May 8 2018 Serving Dallam and Hartley Counties Schniederjan and Bailey Win Dalhart ISD school board election BY ZELDA BETH LANG votes. Boyd Barrow, whose seat on the school board permanent superintendent to replace John Massey, Reporter was also up for election this year, chose not to run for who resigned in a mutual agreement with the board reelection, so Bailey will basically take his position back in March. Dr. Ken Miller is currently serving as The election for the two open positions on the on the board. interim superintendent of the district. Dalhart Independent School District (DISD) Board of There were 266 voters at Dalhart City Hall on Trustees was held Saturday, May 5 at the Dalhart Saturday. The total number of voters who voted City Hall. Since there were two open positions on early from April 23 to May 1 was not immediately the board and since all the positions are considered available. The early votes were cast in the Dallam at-large, each voter was allowed to vote for two County Courthouse in the office of Terry Banks, candidates and the two candidates who received the County and District Clerk. most votes were elected to the board. Schniederjan and Bailey will be sworn into office Incumbent Tammy Schniederjan was reelected at the next meeting of the DISD Board of Trustees. with 339 votes, which was the most of any of the At that time the board will reorganize and elect new candidates. Bob Bailey was elected to the other open officers for the following year. One of the top priorities position with 327 votes. Tami Moore received 278 of the board in the next few months will be hiring a Frank Phillips holds GED graduation ceremony New facility used for the first time BY BILL KELLY guests, including Louise Rahll. It was Editor Louise and Gene Rahll who donated the $4 million needed to construct the facility. Frank Phillips College (FPC) held a She also recognized those in the room special graduation ceremony on Saturday who had graduated the previous night May 5 for eight students who received with their associates’ degrees from FPC their GEDs this year at the Louise and at a graduation ceremony on the main Gene Rahll Education Center, their new campus in Borger. facility in Dalhart. This was the first official Mary Barker, who is the counselor at function to be held in the new building. Dalhart’s Frank Phillips campus, spoke The ceremony was held in the Multi- next about the GED program and the Purpose room on the south end of the eight students who were graduating. She facility. It began with the graduates then introduced the first student speaker, walking in and taking their seats at the Jessica Mulder. front of the room. Ilene Walton, who is the dean of the Frank Phillips campus in Dalhart, welcomed everyone to the See GED, page 3 ceremony and recognized several special

These eight students were honored in a GED graduation ceremony by Frank Phillips College in their new Louise and Gene Rahll Education Center on May 5. L-r: Joshua Hernandez, Jessica Mulder, Deisy Sotelo, Kaylee Smith, Lauren Barrett, Abigail Robinson, Matthew Maddox, and Stetson Weeden. Bill Kelly | Staff Photo Massey named Vyve Broadband Teacher of the Month program honors outstanding teachers in the communities Vyve serves who are chosen by Dalhart residents through an online voting process. Massey teaches kindergarten at Dalhart Elementary It was standing room only at the Dalhart Elementary Kindergarten Graduation on School, and this is the second time this Thursday May 3, as the seven kindergarten classes were honored with a special ceremony year that Massey has won this award, as at the Dalhart High School auditorium. The students sang several songs about the past she was also the Dalhart March Teacher year and being ready for first grade, and then received their kindergarten diplomas. Bill of the Month. Kelly | Staff Photo The Vyve Teacher of the Month program recognizes teachers who have gone above expectations to create an exceptional learning environment for Dalhart High seniors their students. Vyve takes great pride in William Ortiz and Courtney recognizing the work of teachers in their Kirkland were voted 2018 communities because many of them are Prom King and Queen at unsung heroes that go unnoticed. the Dalhart High Prom “Vyve is honored to advocate for on Saturday May 5. The teachers and proud to be able to shine theme of the prom was Brandi Massey, who teaches kindergarten a light on their invaluable contributions “Beauty and the Beast.” Bill at Dalhart Elementary School, was named to the lives of their students and their Kelly | Staff Photo April Teacher of the Month by Vyve communities,” said Diane Quennoz, Broadband in an online voting process. Vyve SVP, Marketing and Customer This was the second month in a row that Experience. “As we celebrate National Massey was honored with this award. Bill Teacher Appreciation Week this week, Kelly | Staff Photo we want teachers in all communities Vyve Broadband is excited to celebrate to know that we appreciate their work National Teacher Appreciation Week by and the support, love and time they give announcing Brandi Massey as the Dalhart See Vyve, page 3 April Teacher of the Month. The monthly

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Additionally, the two facilities • Dalhart High School will hold its annual awards Mexico customers over 30 years have gained verbal approval Xcel Energy will build qualify for 100 percent of the federal assembly on Thursday May 10 at 6 pm in the high from Texas regulators. production tax credit, the benefits of which will be entirely school auditorium. Letters have been sent home with In discussion today, the Public Utility Commission of passed on to regional customers. students who will be receiving awards, and the public Texas agreed to advance a plan to add 1,230 megawatts of Customers will begin to see the benefits of reduced fuel costs, is invited to attend. additional wind energy to the regional generating mix. This which represent about one third of a residential customer’s plan includes production and savings guarantees to Xcel bill, as soon as the projects begin commercial operation. 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Bring a few art supplies as the group will be “We’re grateful for the support of our community partners, Sagamore Wind Project near Portales, N.M., will start in 2019. sketching and/or “plein air” painting. There will be no who recognized the significant savings these new wind Together, the new Xcel Energy-owned facilities will produce meeting during May at XIT Museum; the next meeting facilities will achieve. Their input was invaluable as they enough wind energy to power about 360,000 homes, create at XIT Museum will be on June 9. worked with us over the past year to fine tune this plan,” said approximately 600 construction jobs and 40-50 full-time David Hudson, president, Xcel Energy – New Mexico, Texas. positions, and generate $154 million in additional revenue for Caregivers’ Group “The new wind farms will help power a growing regional state and local governments and school districts. • May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Dal- economy with clean energy while providing the lowest-cost Wanzek Construction has been selected to build both the Hale hart Senior Care Solutions and DHCHD Home Health generating resource on our system. Not only will these wind and Sagamore wind facilities. 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Mulder gave a very emotional speech or Mr. B as they call him. Mr. B helped the to their students. To every teacher in dedicated service to their students, vote about her life and how she ended up in students with math three days a week, all Dalhart, thank you!” for an exceptional teacher for Teacher Dalhart. She has been through some very on a volunteer basis. National Teacher Appreciation Week of the Month. The Teacher of the Month difficult times, but mentioned in her speech After the speeches, Walton called each is May 6 to 12. Vyve is encouraging program has recognized more than 100 that with the help of friends and her church student’s name and their received an FPC students and parents to show appreciation teachers in 12 markets Vyve operates. she had been able to pull through those lanyard from Barker and their certificate for their teachers by saying “thank you” Vyve will continue the program through times. Mulder was very grateful for the from Beasely. The students then had their for their dedication to helping students the end of the school year, and invites the help that FPC had given her in obtaining pictures taken along with the other FPC thrive in and outside of the classroom. community to visit www.vyvebroadband. her GED. graduates who had come to the ceremony. Dozens of teachers impact each student’s com/teacher or www.facebook.com/ Kaylee Smith spoke next, and also talked Following the GED graduation ceremony, educational journey, whether they helped vyvebroadband to vote for who should about her life and trying to get her GED a special lunch was served in honor of all a student earn a better grade, gave a be the teacher of the month. Teachers while holding down a job and being a mom. the FPC graduates from Dalhart, both student encouragement to do better, or from any public school in Dalhart are Lauren Barrett also spoke, in her case those who received their GED and those were just there when a student needed eligible, Pre-K through High School. They about their math teacher, Curtis Beasley, who received associates degrees. to talk. will receive a Vyve Golden Apple trophy To join Vyve in saying thank you to and be entered to win an iPad for their teachers like Ms. Massey this National classroom. Opinion: Dear Starbucks: To avoid ‘unconscious Teacher Appreciation Week for their bias,’ why don’t you just charge for table space? Editorial: Don’t be fooled by D.C. By Jacquielynn Floyd the swipe of a credit card or a cellphone The Dallas Morning News app, you can claim the table for, say, an sideshow, the West is taking significant hour. You could charge more in busy, April 23--Even if you don’t like coffee, high-volume urban locations; less in low- even if the mass-replicated pseudo- traffic areas or during slow hours. steps to fence in the Russian bear Italian slacker vibe makes you antsy, I would gladly have paid a modest fee The Dallas Morning News Russian officials, a state-owned weapons- Starbucks is inevitable. It’s inescapable. to use the space late last year, when our Death, taxes, Starbucks. trading company and a subsidiary bank. home internet service was disrupted by an April 24--In the daily combat that passes Our European allies and the North Atlantic Ultimately, you will be seduced by its electrical storm and we had to wait a week utility. I caved a long time ago, conceding for American politics, it can be easy to lose Treaty Organization are also taking strong for repairs. My neighborhood has plenty sight of what is really happening. And in actions. NATO expelled Russian diplomats that the chain’s usefulness as a neutral of Starbucks to choose from -- they’re meeting place or satellite office outpost many ways, that is what is happening in thought to be undeclared agents and cut in every strip mall and supermarket for regard to Russia. the number that could be in the Russian sometimes outweighs its baroque miles around -- so I spent a lot of time overproduction of what ought to be an We’ll postulate here that Russia is more mission by one-third. More significantly, as a space-consuming, wifi-using, outlet- of a menace on the world’s stage than any NATO stepped up defense spending and honest cup o’ joe. hogging table camper. That said, its ubiquity (with 28,000 of us wants. And that menace goes beyond assembled a strike force that could mobilize Figuring the polite thing to do was to meddling in our elections. The days of the 40,000 troops within 48 hours in support of outlets worldwide, it approaches the order something, I got a bottle of water golden arches as a globally familiar Soviet threat are gone, but we are now its members. NATO members also don’t shy or juice, even though I didn’t want it. I seeing the return of a forward-leaning away from keeping troops at the ready. brand) creates a level of scrutiny a mom- didn’t even try ordering coffee, which and-pop diner doesn’t expect in the event Russian state. All of this ensures that the alliance is according to some guides, requires eight Given this reality, we decided to look into better positioned as a deterrent than in of a spectacular managerial screw-up. separate decisions for every cup (no, you Which is exactly what Starbucks how the United States and its allies are recent years, said NATO Secretary General can’t order “just coffee”). dealing with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. What Jens Stoltenberg during a recent visit to our got -- and richly deserved -- when two That was $3 or $4, plus a $2 tip for the black men at a Philadelphia outlet were we found is that even while President Donald editorial board. person who sold it to me, which seemed Trump might sow confusion among some That doesn’t mean Russia is boxed in. arrested and hauled off in handcuffs for fair. But if there are unwritten rules, how “trespassing,” defined in this case as not political observers -- given his panache for Meddling in elections, disinformation do you know what they are? How long did reversing course -- what used to be called campaigns, cyber attacks and attempted ordering anything and asking to use a that entitle me to use the table? Should I restroom. The West is taking significant steps to fence assassinations on foreign soil seem to have have kept ordering more drinks, even if I in the Russian bear. become standard operating procedure for What’s absurd is that these two men, didn’t finish them? If there were plenty of who were waiting on a third person for Let’s start with the response to the alleged the new Russia. So more needs to be done. empty tables, was I less obligated to buy Russian poisoning of a former spy in Great It doesn’t help that Trump appears a business meeting, were doing exactly than if there weren’t? what Starbucks’ corporate mission has Britain. The U.S. expelled 60 Russian reluctant to call out Putin directly or I would have been happier just renting diplomats and suspected spies, about the engage in the possibility that Russia tried to purported it wants: For customers to the table at an established price, leaving use its stores as a “community space” same number as did European allies. That influence our elections. But if actions speak the server (can’t bring self to use the Trump reportedly exploded in anger at his louder than words -- and they usually do or “third place” (in addition to home and psesudo-Italian “barista”) a tip. Ordering work) to treat as a familiar, personal staffers after learning France and Germany in international affairs -- it seems clear would have been optional, and I wouldn’t expelled fewer diplomats than the U.S. is a that leaders across the West have come to hangout. have had to worry about it. Well, kind of. Maybe. Sometimes. And sideshow. Facts matter. And the fact is, a lot understand the danger Russia poses and Frankly, I didn’t have much to worry of Russian diplomats were sent packing. are actively working to oppose it. that’s a problem. about. Because the reality here is that A quick Wall Street Journal survey Trump has taken other steps as well. What’s left is for the American president a 50-something white woman in a He sent defensive weapons to Ukraine, to lend his voice to an organizing principle published over the weekend found that prosperous suburb is a lot less likely to the chain doesn’t have a consistent policy something the Obama administration in standing against the vision Putin offers be ordered to move-it-along than a young refused to do. Additionally, the Treasury the world. for handling people who take literally black man in a downtown district. the invitation to treat Starbucks as Department sanctioned seven Russian I’m less likely to get pulled over for a oligarchs and their companies, 17 other top their “third place” without seeing a cash minor infraction, or questioned about transaction as part of the deal. a holdup, or bawled out for jaywalking. According to the Journal, Starbucks The Philadelphia Starbucks incident just “guidelines for how to treat lingering non- underscored the reality that the rules paying customers in general are vague at can vary, depending not always on what best -- if they exist at all.” you do, but on who you are. The chain’s founding billionaire, But thanks, Starbucks -- and I mean NEW PROPERTY LISTINGS Howard Schultz, said the Philadelphia this sincerely -- for giving me an easy, store manager (who seems to have predictable place to do a little work or vanished in a column of vapor since this meet friends. It would be easier, though, 1402 Yucca Dr. incident became a viral PR calamity) if you just charged me for using the View of the canyon outside and great space inside! Three large bedrooms, was exercising “unconscious bias” in space. singling out black male customers. The That way, we’d all know what the 2.5 bathrooms, an o ce, a cozy loft and an enclosed patio provide comfort corporation will shut down all of its rules are. And they’d be the same for throughout this established home. The architectural details demand attention. company-owned stores for an afternoon everybody. next month to conduct “anti-bias training” There is an antique beveled glass window above the kitchen sink, antique brass for employees -- sorry, “partners.” bed headboards and footboards compose the railing on the upstairs loft and I certainly don’t think antique wood corbels in the living room. this mystery manager needed to call the cops, and I don’t think the cops 1722 Denver Ave. needed to arrest these guys once they got there. A great home on a large corner lot! The large open living space oers 2 living I also don’t think it’s wise areas, a dining space and the kitchen with nice granite countertops and plenty of to leave it on individual storage. Down the hall are 3 bedrooms and a large bathroom. The sunroom is a managers to make snap judgments over the comfortable space. When you come in from the attached garage you will nd the difference between waiting well organized mud/laundry room and a nice bathroom. for someone, lingering, and loitering; to decide who has had enough 601 Olive Ave. time to finish up and who A 2 for 1 property! The main house is in good condition, has 2 bedrooms, 1 hasn’t; to make arbitrary judgments over who can bathroom, laundry room, & central heat and air conditioning. The e ciency use the bathroom and who apartment is small and well organized. can’t. All of this furor entirely sidesteps the fact that #9 Southpark the central mission of Starbucks is not to Timeless custom home! Great corner location. The garden room has a replace provide a cozy “community and antique brick ooring. The living room has a replace, built-ins and access to hangout” or give you the screened in patio. A wonderful gourmet kitchen has a baking center, double a place to revise your unpublished screenplay. ovens, warming drawer, 2 dishwashers, butcher block counter tops and much It is to make money. more, you must see this kitchen to appreciate it. There are 3 bedrooms suites (the Pretending otherwise is owner’s suite has a replace), an o ce with attached bath, a basement with bath what got them in trouble. It will keep getting them that could be used for a media room or 4th bedroom, the large patio has plenty in trouble as long as they of shade and a custom water feature. issue ambiguous and even contradictory statements about paying-versus-non- #15 Southpark paying customers, and Lots of space for family and friends! This 5 bedroom home oers a large open dumping the onus on individual managers to sort oor plan where the kitchen, den with replace and casual dining are located. it all out. The dining room is spacious and has great natural light. The living room has a A few weeks ago, I met a vaulted ceiling and a grand replace. Just o the den is a large o ce. The owner’s couple of former colleagues for a quick reunion. We suite has a spa like bathroom and access to the back yard. There are 4 bedrooms chose a Starbucks near upstairs, a sitting area and an awesome amount of storage space. The basement Love Field. I arrived first, is a great game room or media room and has a bathroom. and staked out a table, figuring I would wait for them to arrive to place an order; I didn’t want to stand in line for something I didn’t Dyke Rogers, Land Broker really want, anyway. It was Dee Dee Bell, Agent probably 10 minutes or so, and nobody said a word. [email protected] Here is my suggestion: 323 Denver, Dalhart, TX 79022 806-884-0952 Rent table space. It would be easy to do: Install a meter www.dalhartrealestate.net on every table, where, with 4 • DALHART TEXAN, May 8 2018 opinion Tuesday edition Trump’s tariffs and trade talk could disrupt 156,000 Texas jobs, and firms are worried By Mitchell Schnurman was scheduled to say which U.S. allies would be exempted list’ of hallmark American industries -- one that appears well- The Dallas Morning News from tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Some countries calculated to scare both red and blue America,” the report were confident about getting exemptions while others were said. May 01--The U.S. economy has been expanding for over 100 bracing for the worst and preparing to retaliate. Late Monday, A county-by-county map shows a wide swath of at-risk jobs, months, unemployment is near a historical low and Dallas- Trump said that decision would be delayed another month, including heavy concentrations in Texas. Fort Worth has been creating an average of over 100,000 jobs prolonging the uncertainty. Over 156,000 Texas jobs would be vulnerable to disruption, a year. So what’s the worry? “Businesses tell everybody they can work with any set of second to California, according to the report. Two Texas For businesses in the region and beyond, a labor shortage rules as long as they know what the rules are,” said Harvey counties, Tarrant and Harris, are among the five counties is the major concern. During an economic expansion, that’s Rosenblum, a former research director for the Dallas Fed. nationwide with the greatest exposure. always top of mind. “Well, the rules just changed -- and they’re not clear.” Tarrant is a major manufacturing hub, including General Next up, it’s President Donald Trump -- or at least his Uncertainty raises costs and the natural response is to Motors’ SUV plant in Arlington, and Harris has many refineries policies and rhetoric, and the uncertainty they’re creating. pump the brakes while things get sorted out, he said. But that make oil and gas products. Together, the two counties His approach to trade, his tariffs on steel and aluminum, companies want to capitalize on the corporate tax cuts, so have over 58,000 workers who could be affected by Chinese and his anti-immigrant push were among the chief concerns delaying isn’t ideal. tariffs, Brookings said. cited by regional businesses in the latest Beige Book. Released “This has thrown everybody into a tizzy -- as it should,” said “President Trump’s actions on trade are no longer just talk,” in mid-April, the Dallas Fed report features anecdotal Rosenblum, a professor of business economics at SMU’s Cox the report concludes. “They could soon have real implications information about the economy in the eleventh district, which School of Business. “Nobody wins a trade war.” for real jobs in real local economies.” includes all of Texas and parts of New Mexico and Louisiana. So far, it’s still a trade skirmish, but the clash with China Another Brookings expert is skeptical. In a report last week, The summary on the latest sentiment: “Outlooks, while still is heating up. The U.S. imposed tariffs on solar panels and Geoffrey Gertz explained why Trump’s trade policies keep optimistic, have become more uncertain due to new tariffs washing machines, and then steel and aluminum. China coming up empty. He reeled off a list of announcements that and trade concerns,” the report said. countered with tariffs on 128 U.S. products, including wine never materialized, including tariffs on Mexico to pay for a Digging deeper into various industries, the same theme and pork. border wall, a reciprocal tax on imports and a new free trade emerged. Retailers’ “expectations were clouded by the potential Trump responded by threatening tariffs on $50 billion in agreement with an unnamed African country. negative impacts of trade and immigration policies.” Staffing Chinese goods, which led to another threat from China. Trump “There is one fundamental rule for making sense of trade companies had high demand but “uncertainty surrounding said he might double the tariffs on Chinese goods. policy over Trump’s first 16 months in office: Do not overreact trade policy and the new tariffs.” China has listed 106 additional products for potential to new announcements,” Gertz wrote. “Several manufacturers said that talk of steel tariffs retaliation, including cars, soybeans and chemicals. If they’re Trade policy analysts and journalists should dramatically immediately resulted in higher steel prices,” the report said. added to current tariffs, some 2.1 million U.S. jobs in 40 discount the importance of Trump’s trade statements, he One architecture firm said a client might not go ahead with industries could be disrupted, according to a report by the said. But companies may have to react, perhaps by hedging a project. Brookings Institution. against price changes and delaying investments. Indeed, construction costs have increased for 18 months, Not all those jobs would be lost, Brookings’ Mark Muro said, “Business leaders can’t afford to ignore Trump’s trade talk according to IHS Markit, an information company. Steel prices but that’s the number that face potential dislocation. And the altogether,” Gertz wrote in an email. “But they should bring were higher in April, and pumps, compressors and turbines targets appear to be carefully selected by the Chinese. a healthy skepticism to any new trade policy announced by had double-digit increases. Just over half the at-risk jobs are in red counties that voted this administration, whether that’s imposing new tariffs or “Steel buyers seem paralyzed by uncertainty,” IHS’ John for Trump, which means members of Congress from both launching new free trade talks.” Anton said last week. parties stand to face pushback. The uncertainty won’t end anytime soon. Many were hoping for more clarity by Tuesday, when Trump “The count encompasses a diverse and shrewdly chosen ‘hit Blue Cross faces skepticism on billing change for use of out-of-network ERs By Sabriya Rice ing taken by Blue Cross of Texas and a handful of other major slope. The Dallas Morning News U.S. health insurers is the right way to go about it. “It may be HMOs today and PPOs tomorrow,” said Love, who “It’s like using an atomic bomb on a cockroach problem,” would like to pull together insurers and medical providers for April 29--The largest health insurance company in Texas’ is said Betsy Imholz, director of special projects for the nonprofit a discussion on emergency care issues. being closely watched by consumer watchdogs and hospital consumer advocacy group Consumers Union. “You can strike Last year, the Indianapolis-based health insurance gi- trade groups in Texas and across the U.S. as it prepares to a balance with benefit design and education, not with simply ant Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield introduced a procedure crack down on overuse of costly emergency care services. denying coverage.” change that sparked outrage, partly because it included a list Starting in June, about 500,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield The devil will be in the details, say observers such as Love of medical conditions that would not be covered. of Texas members with HMO policies -- which require the and Imholz who are seeking to understand the immediate and Hospitals in states affected by the policy have already taken use of in-network doctors except in emergencies -- will need long-term ramifications for hospitals and patients. their arguments to court. to think twice before going to an out-of-network emergency One key challenge will be more clearly defining “appropri- In a lawsuit filed in Atlanta’s Fulton County earlier this room. ate” emergency care, a concern raised by some Dallas Morn- year, a group of hospitals said Anthem never sought approval If it is later determined that a health problem wasn’t serious ing News readers on social media. for the policy despite existing network-provider contracts. enough to warrant emergency attention, the patient could be “So now you have to be your own doctor and determine if it’s The lawsuit accused the insurer of being motivated solely by left on the hook for the entire medical bill. The Dallas Morning really a heart attack or indigestion before going to the hospi- a desire to reduce costs, regardless of potential consequences News detailed the coming change last week. tal,” one Facebook post read. It’s “the ultimate Monday morn- on access to care. A similar case filed in Virginia called the Blue Cross said it would share details on the change through ing quarterback, but with millions of money at stake,” wrote policy unilateral and aggressive. benefit booklets and letters it will begin sending this week to another. It’s too early to tell if Texas emergency providers will do the HMO customers who used out-of-network emergency rooms Those are among the concerns that emergency providers same. But it wouldn’t be out of the question, given laws that last year. It was not immediately known if details would be will face. require them to provide care and the fact that determining a posted on the SmartER website set up to help patients decide Emergency rooms that accept federal money must, by medical emergency is not always straightforward, Puff said. when to visit an emergency room. law, evaluate everyone who walks in the door. If that starts “That’s where the conflict is,” she said. “In the gray area, in Few dispute that more needs to be done to direct patients to to change, it could have legal implications, said Christian K. that ‘you should have known’ zone ... and in whether it’s fair lower-cost primary and urgent care clinics when appropriate. Puff, a Dallas-based health care lawyer with Hall Render, a to put that onus on the people and the providers.” “We all want to strive to get better health, better care and national firm that represents medical providers. Medical providers that Puff’s law firm represents have been better value. There’s no question about it,” said W. Stephen There is a big risk, Puff said, in sending someone home with closely following how the change plays out in other states. Love, president and CEO of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital “sorry, you’re probably fine ... and then the member dies on “Like most people do when there’s something unkown,” she Council. the way home.” said, “they’re preparing for the worst. There’s far less agreement about whether the approach be- There’s also worry that the effort could become a slippery The other ‘nerves of steel’ in an aviation emergency: air traffic controllers By Jacquielynn Floyd the pilot, because they’ve got a lot on their The Dallas Morning News hands.” The radio transmission exchanges between April 20--Unless -- or, perhaps, even if -- Shults and an unidentified Philadelphia Sam Houston returns from the afterlife, the controller is riveting. At one point, they briefly 2018 Texan of the Year is a slam-dunk: Hero summarize the emergency: pilot Tammie Jo Shults. Shults: “Could you have the medical meet Not “female” pilot -- enough of the gee- us there on the runway there as well? We’ve whizzin’ that women can actually fly airplanes, got injured passengers.” too -- just “hero.” If you haven’t heard the Controller: “Injured passengers, OK, and is recording of Shults’ radio communications your airplane physically on fire?” after the catastrophe on Flight 1380, give it Shults: “No, it’s not on fire, but part of it is a listen: Shults is focused, calm, totally in missing.” control. This conversation is as cool as a cucumber This is the kind of situation that commercial salad. It’s calm, focused, direct. With the pilots train for their entire careers, but rarely naive admiration of a starstruck fangirl, I’m have to face: Safely landing a seriously impressed. I’m wowed. damaged airplane full of people, some of whom Because, friends, there is no amount of may be injured and all of whom are terrified. training and preparation that could have Shults, one of the Navy’s first female fighter prevented me, on either end of this exchange, pilots (gee-whiz acceptable here) deserves from weeping and shrieking and clawing my every ounce of respect she’s receiving. head. I’m not designed to withstand that kind As does the flight crew. And as do the of pressure. These people are. passengers who tried to save the one passenger As Shults neared the Philadelphia airport, 22nd who was killed, Albuquerque bank executive controllers quickly cleared other traffic out of Jennifer Riordan. A lot of people were at the the way, which is not a simple business when top of their game on that airplane. we are talking about airborne objects moving There were other fast-thinking, steel- at 600 mph. The pilots of those other flights nerved professionals at work that day, people didn’t ask questions or waste air time -- they we may be inclined to overlook -- air traffic acknowledged and complied. 15th 22nd controllers. It was just like the corny vintage 1970 The men and women in airport control melodrama Airport -- well, except without a towers and regional radar rooms don’t always mad bomber or a little old lady or swingin’ spring to mind when we’re talking about Dean Martin in the cockpit. The no-nonsense dicey aviation incidents, but they should. controllers, though, were pretty much dead- They’re the ones who have to re-choreograph on. an intricate, high-speed, three-dimensional Air traffic controllers don’t make the news ballet without pausing to hold a meeting or much, not since the famous controllers’ draw diagrams or fetch coffee. strike of the Reagan era. When we do hear There have been air traffic controllers as about them, it’s rarely in a heroic context. long as there has been air traffic, beginning We’ve had critical reports about overworked with spotters on the ground who lit bonfires to controllers suffering from severe fatigue; guide barnstorming pilots to rural runways. surveys citing the stress of the profession; Currently, there are more than 15,000 politicians arguing over whether to privatize controllers nationwide, all Federal Aviation the industry. Administration employees. Perhaps it goes without saying that they Their job is to keep what is sometimes perform complex, technical jobs that demand criticized as an outdated, overburdened intense concentration and ability. But maybe system moving as efficiently as possible. In it doesn’t -- because if airline passengers an emergency, a cool head is paramount. must have absolute confidence in the pilot, “The pilot is dealing with a tremendous the pilot has to have absolute confidence in amount,” said Patrick Ream, an air traffic the controllers on the ground. control specialist and the local president Ream was not in the tower when Shults for the National Air Traffic Controllers landed the plane, but he said controllers who Association in Philadelphia, where the were could see the massive damage to the crippled Southwest Airlines jet made its aircraft’s port engine. emergency landing Tuesday. “The last thing “They were just incredibly relieved when they need is a controller who is showing signs that airplane had landed safely,” he said. of stress.” In the movies, of course, there would have Ream said Philadelphia controllers were been lots control-tower high-fiving and fist- aware when the flight was handed off from pumping: We did it! New York-area airspace control that the flight Was it like that? Ream was kind of shocked was in trouble, but the plane’s condition and that I asked such a dumb question. the extent of the damage remained unclear. “Well, no,” he said. “We’re we’re not “It’s kind of a real fine line between getting applauding. We’re not cheering,” he said. the information we need and not bothering “There’s work we have to do. Page 5 Tuesday, May 8 2018 www.thedalharttxan.com High school sports winding down State track meet last event of season BY BILL KELLY all of their regular season track meets and then placed second Editor at district, with 15 qualifying for Area. They went on to place second at Area as well, with nine qualifying for Regional. The high school sports season is coming to an end this The boys’ track team also had a very good year. 11 athletes week, with the State track meet in Austin on Saturday being qualified for the Area track meet out of district, and then the the final event that Dalhart athletes will compete in during the Wolves went on to win the Area track meet, with ten moving 2017-2018 school year. on to Regional. Dalhart High School’s sports teams have had a great deal At the Regional track meet, Ashley Amico started off things of success during the spring sports season. Someone in every by placing second in the pole vault with a vault of 10 feet sport except tennis advanced past district. Kullen Sorrels 6 inches, a new personal record and an improvement of 12 became the first Dalhart golfer in several years to qualify for inches from district. Amico qualified for State with her second the Regional golf tournament, and Lexi Posey was very close place finish. to qualifying as well. In fact, the entire Lady Wolves’ golf team Later in the afternoon, Karley Orman qualified for State in nearly made it to Regional this year, missing a second place two different events. Orman placed second in the 100-meter finish at the district tournament by just nine strokes. dash, and then a little while later placed second in the 200- The softball and baseball teams both made it to the playoffs meter dash, setting personal records in both events and this year as well, with both winning play-in games to advance qualifying for State. to Bi-District. The softball team took on Seminole in the first Karley Orman, Ryan Bornemeier, and Ashley Amico will Dalhart had one final runner make it to State. Ryan round of the playoffs in a best-of-three series on Friday April compete at the State Track Championships this weekend Bornemeier, who had barely missed out on qualifying for State 27 and Saturday April 28. Seminole won the first game 17-0, in Austin. Orman will compete in the 100-meter and 200- earlier in the day in the long jump, had qualified for the finals and won the second game 15-3. meter dashes, Bornemeier will compete in the 110-meter in the 110-meter hurdles, and was seeded third. Bornemeier The baseball team advanced to the playoffs for the first hurdles, and Amico will compete in the pole vault. Bill was able to move from that third seed to a second place finish time in over ten years. The Wolves played Levelland in a best- Kelly | Staff Photo to get a trip to State as well. of-three series in Bi-District on Friday May 4 in Lubbock Amico, Orman, and Bornemeier will compete at the State and Saturday May 5 at West Texas High School in Stinnett. time.) Track Championships this Saturday, May 12 at the University Levelland won the first game 6-4 and then won the second Dalhart had the most success in track. The Lady Wolves won of Texas at Austin. game 13-3. (Details of the game were unavailable at press 2018 UIL State Track and Field Championships May 06--2018 UIL State Track and Noon Sydney Ritter;Jr.;Groom Brandon Daniels;Sr.;Perryton Dax Allen, Juan Villareal) Class 1A Field Championships Class 3A triple jump boys Class 1A boys long jump 800 Relay boys Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin Trent Willis;Jr.;Childress Griffin Poage;Sr.;Miami Noon White Deer (Hadley Freeman, Hunt- Class 1A 400 Relay girls er Warmski, Kason Vigil, Gage Free- Friday and Saturday 12:30 p.m. 6:55 p.m. Happy (Kenli Johnson, Rylee John- man). A timeline follows of Amarillo-area Class 2A high jump girls Class 3A 400 boys son, Kross Hiatt, Abigail Drake). athletes schedule for the Friday and Bailey Chadwick;Fr.;Farwell Riley Ramos;So.;Tulia Class 4A Triple jump boys 1:45 p.m. Saturday meet Class 2A high jump boys Cody West;Sr.;Bushland Class 1A 400 girls Note: Athletes are listed alphabeti- Roberto Trevizo;Jr.;Farwell 7:05 p.m. Rylee Johnson;Jr.;Happy cal by last name if more than one Dalin Williams;Sr.;West Texas Class 3A hurdles girls 12:10 p.m. Sydney Ritter;Jr.;Groom in an event Saylm Cook;Jr.;Canadian Class 1A 400 Relay boys 1:00 p.m. Alana Holloway;Jr.;Spearman Valley (Joe Carrera, Juan Villareal, 1:55 p.m. Friday’s schedule Class 1A pole vault girls Dax Allen, Jayton Smith) Class 1A 400 boys 8:00 a.m. Riley Patterson;Jr.;McLean 7:45 p.m. Davis Jackson;Jr.;Happy Class 5A discus girls Class 3A 1600 girls 12:20 p.m. Eric Hill;Soph.;Nazareth Audrey Hughes;Jr.;Canyon 1:30 p.m. Ivey Guerra;So.;Tulia Class 1A 800 girls Class 5A shot put girls Kenli Johnson,;Fr.;Happy 2:05 p.m. Class 5A high jump boys Audrey Hughes;Jr.;Canyon 7:55 p.m. Class 1A 300 hurdles girls Dodge DeLozier;Jr.;Hereford Class 5A 1600 girls 12:30 p.m. Chesna Harbert;Fr.;Channing Class 5A shot put boys 2:00 p.m. Gabi Davis;Fr.;Canyon High Class 1A 800 boys Isaac Huseman;Sr.;Canyon Class 5A triple jump girls Jake Merrell;Sr.;Valley 2:10 p.m. Adut Angong;Sr.;Caprock 8:05 p.m. Class 1A 300 hurdles boys 8:20 a.m. Class 5A triple jump boys 12:45 p.m. Gage Freeman,Jr.;White Deer Class 3A 3200 boys Ali Kodi;Jr.;Palo Duro Class 3A 1600 Relay girls Class 1A 100 hurdles girls Jace Sanchez;Jr.;Dimmitt Spearman (Mia Pipkin, Maddie Mc- Chesna Harbert; Fr.;Channing 2:25 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Cloy, Jaden Blan, Alana Holloway) Class 1A 200 girls 8:40 a.m. Class 1A high jump boys 12:50 vp.m. Brianna Deveraux;Jr.;Shamrock Class 5A 3200 girls Jackson Davis;Jr.;Happy 8:15 p.m. Class 4A 100 hurdles girls Sydney Ritter;Jr.;Groom Gabi Daivs;Fr.;Canyon Griffin Poage;Sr.;Miami Class 5A 1600 Relay girls Kirrah Powell;Sr.;Borger Class 3A discus boys Canyon (Ryleigh Taylor, Caitlynne 2:35 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Rhett Pennington;So.;Canadian Speegle, Mackenzie Grimes, Alyssa 12:55 p.m. Class 1A 200 boys Class 3A shot put boys Harris) Class 1A 100 girls Sean McCoy;Sr.;Channing Tyler Richardson;Sr.;Canadian 3:30 p.m. Saturday’s schedule Sydney Ritter;Jr.;Groom Joe Carrera;Sr.;Valley Class 5A pole vault boys 10 a.m. Brandon Stokes;Sr.;Randall 8 a.m. 12:55 p.m. 2:40 p.m. Class 2A pole vault boys Class 1A triple jump girls Class 1A 100 boys Class 4A 200 girls Saben Florer;So.;Sanford-Fritch 5:30 p.m. Sydney Ritter;Jr.;Groom Sean McCoy;Sr.;Channing Karley Orman;Sr.;Dalhart Luke Williams;Sr.;Wellington Class 5A 800 girls Class 5A long jump girls Gabi Davis;Fr,;Canyon 8:20 a.m. 1 p.m. 2:55 p.m. Nikki Ezbon;So.;Amarillo High Class 2A 3200 boys Class 1A 1600 boys Class 5A long jump boys 5:35 p.m. Ryan Robinson;Jr.;Boys Ranch Class 2A shot put boys Jake Merrell;Sr.;Valley Alex Loving:Sr.;Amarillo High Class 5A 800 boys Noah Harris;Sr.;Stratford Class 3A high jump boys Cooper Newsome;Jr.;Amarillo High 9 a.m. Jon Carl Tucker;So.;West Texas 3:15 p.m. Abraham Bonilla;Jr.;Spearman Class 1A pole vault boys Wheelchair shot put boys Class 1A 1600 Relay girls 5:45 p.m. Justin Bressler;Jr.;Happy Ever Briseno;So.;Spearman Happy (Kenli Johnson, Abigail 10:30 a.m. Class 3A 100 hurdles girls Hadley Freeman;Sr.;White Deer Class 4A 110 hurdles boys Drake, Daisy Berry, Rylee Johnson) Class 2A shot put girls Alana Holloway;Jr.;Spearman Class 4A pole vault girls Ryan Bornemeier;Jr.;Dalhart Bree Baker;Jr.;Panhandle Ashley Amico;Fr.;Dalhart 3:25 p.m. Class 3A pole vault girls 6 p.m. 1:15 p.m. Class 1A 1600 Relay boys Maren Garnett;Sr.;Spearman Class 1A discus girls 10 a.m. Class 4A 100 girls Valley (Dax Allen, Juan Villarreal, KD McCloy;Sr.;Spearman Ashlyn Schilling;Jr.;Follett Class 1A triple jump boys Karley Orman;Sr.;Dalhart Jayton Smith, Jake Merrell) Class 1A long jump girls Jackson Davis;Jr.;Happy Class 2A long 1:20 p.m. 4 p.m. jump girls Class 4A 100 boys Class 2A triple jump girls L a n i e Marlon Jones;Sr.;Borger Laynee Burr;Sr.;Stratford Stapp;Fr.;Claude Zoe Webb;So.;Vega Let your mother know how 11 a.m. 1:35 p.m. Class 4A Pole Class 1A 800 Relay boys 5 p.m. much you love her by Vault boys Valley (Joe Carrera, Jayton Smith, Class 2A 400 Relay girls sharing your favorite selfie!

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Sunray (Hope Castillo, Olivia Grasse, 7:25 p.m. Kaitelyn Hernandez, Faith Castillo) 6:15 p.m. Class 2A 300 hurdles girls Vega (Skye Bain, Calleigh Kirkland, Kate Class 2A 100 boys Zoe Webb;So.;Vega Link, Zoe Webb) Damarjae Cortez;Sr.;Clarendon Jaykob Hernadez;So.;West Texas 8:05 p.m. Class 2A discus boys Class 2A 1600 girls Garrett Barnett;Sr.;Panhandle 6:35 p.m. Mattie Lovell;Jr.;Claude Class 2A 800 Relay girls 5:10 p.m. Sunray (Hope Castillo, Olivia Grasse, 8:15 p.m. Class 2A 400 Relay boys Faith Castillo, Kaitelyn Hernandez) Class 2A 1600 boys Panhandle (Houston Heck, Luke Ray, Vega (Skye Bain, Caitlyn Gee, Kate Link, Ryan Robinson;Jr.;Boys Ranch Braden Durst, Cooper Jones) Calleigh Kirkland) West Texas (Avian Cruz, Emilo Hernan- 8:20 p.m. dez, Seth Young, Jaykob Hernandez) 6:45 p.m. Class 6A 1600 boys Class 2A 800 Relay boys Wes McPhail;Sr.;Tascosa 5:30 p.m. Panhandle (Ray Luke, Braden Durst, Re- Class 2A 800 boys ece graham, Cooper Jones) 8:25 p.m. Blake Rios;Sr.;Stratford Class 2A 1600 Relay girls 6:55 p.m. Vega (Kate Link, Calleigh Kirkland, Madi- 5:45 p.m. Class 2A 400 girls son Yosten, Skye Bain) Class 2A 100 hurdles girls Savannah Sumrall;Jr.;Wellington Zoe Webb;So.;Vega 8:35 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Class 2A 1600 Relay boys 5:55 p.m. Class 2A 400 boys Wellington (Jojo McKnight, Seven Wilbur, Class 2A 110 hurdles boys Luke Ray;Jr.;Panhandle Jalen Roland, John Michael Holcomb) Brady Gabel;Sr.;Claude Gaskill, Pharis & Pharis, LLP Full Service Accounting Firm GOOD LUCK So you wanna be a ref, huh? A behind-the-scenes to all area athletes look at the crazy world of officiating Texas football this season. 
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It’s part of the territory that comes with the job, a price under fire from university administration since the Austin is willing to pay even if he weren’t officiating spring. Sumlin’s “hot seat” is ranked among the top 1601 E 16th St, Dalhart games in one of college football’s most prestigious five, Austin tells the crew. (806) 249-5513 conferences. “We’ve never had a problem with Coach Sumlin, but “If I wasn’t doing it, I’d probably still be doing it at he is under pressure,” Austin said. “They need to do the high school level,” Austin said, hours before he well.” and his crew worked Texas A&M’s home game against That sense of pressure isn’t lost on officials such Louisiana-Lafayette on Sept. 16. “I just love football, as Rodney Lawary, the umpire on Austin’s crew, who and I like being an official.” meticulously preps for each game. But in recent years, other people have felt differently. The night before, he reviews the portion of the officials’ Various factors -- chiefly the treatment of officials by manual detailing his specific responsibilities. He eats fans, coaches and players -- have made officiating a breakfast in the morning, irons his uniform, showers less lucrative venture. and then lies in bed for 15 minutes inside his hotel Numbers game room, visualizing his important tasks for the day. According to Michael Fitch, the executive director of Even though he’s done this for years, he’s still the Texas Association of Sports Officials, the number of dedicated to the routine for a big reason. football officials has grown “It’s just that fear of in recent years, but there’s messing up, the fear of still a shortage in the state. failure,” Lawary said. Fitch estimates 30 “The wives are “You just want to be officials are needed for prepared. One day the every new high school that game will find you.” Play like a champion! opens. Officials still quit at In the high school a rate that exceeds the rate the backbones of game of the occupation’s growth. While the SEC crew According to Fitch, TASO members watch film has more football officials of their previous game older than 60 than under officiating,” and get critiqued by the DALHART FEDERAL the age of 30. league office the night SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION, SSB “That’s the alarming before the A&M-ULL www.dalhartfederal.com number to me,” Fitch said. game, a local crew is 502 Denrock Ave. Dalhart, TX | 7th & Bliss, Dumas, TX It’s easy to see why people Austin said. less than 3 miles away are quitting at high rates. calling a game. For many, the payoff to be an official isn’t worth it. The nucleus of this crew, led by referee Jerrod Some people just don’t want to spend their free time Jackson, started working together in 2007. getting yelled at. On this Friday, all of them are in a position to leave Those trying to ascend the ranks of officiating with their jobs at decent times to head over to a local game Good Luck Wolves! hopes of one day making it to the NFL are in for a rough at Bryan High between the Vikings and Magnolia West. realization. Between the six-man crew and those operating the “So many guys come in with aspirations, but they see distance markers, there are three father-son duos. it’s a slow process in a lot of cases,” Austin said. “They Bill Van Eman, the president of College Station’s don’t love it as much as they thought they did.” TASO chapter and the umpire on this crew, said the So why do they sign up for this in the first place? No. 1 reason officials quit is the treatment they get from For some, it’s the ability to stay active and attached coaches. DALHART, TX DUMAS, TX PERRYTON, TX BOISE CITY, OK to a sport they loved. For others, it’s a way to pocket a You’ll have coaches that will lose control of themselves 806-244-5608 806-935-7720 806-435-4036 580-544-2542 small paycheck while experiencing what football is like and yell and scream about something,” Van Eman said. PAMPA, TX GUYMON, OK SPEARMAN, TX in different places. And for a select few, it’s a chance to “Sometimes when they’re really wrong, and sometimes 806-665-1888 580-338-8511 806-659-2568 be a part of football on its biggest stage. when they’re only a little bit wrong.” “You just sit there and look around and think, ‘Well, Despite that and even though there isn’t as much I’ve reached the pinnacle, and this is not a good day glamour as officiating on a bigger level, it’s still to have a bad day,’” said Larry Rose, an observer for something officials such as Jackson and Van Eman GOOD LUCK the SEC, a retired NFL official and the side judge at enjoy, week after week. to all our Super Bowl XLII in 2008. “There’s 100 million people “These are the people that I lean on for so much,” said watching.” Jackson, who had a crewmate recently install a sink in area teams Breaking in the business his home. The night before the A&M-ULL game, Austin and Van Eman said any flare-ups with coaches turn into this season! the members of his eight-man crew flew in to College stories to tell officials as they pass the time traveling to Station and met at a hotel, armed with snacks and towns to calls games. Van Eman grew up in West Texas pizza as they started the preparation for the 11 a.m. and remembers what it was like to drive into town when kickoff. his school, Midland Lee, faced Odessa Permian during Austin’s career didn’t start in 100,000-seat stadiums. the glory days of Friday Night Lights. In 1990, when his wife told him to pick one sport to There are a lot of reasons people sign up to be officiate, he opted for football and started calling high officials. There’s the fellowship that comes with getting school games in Kentucky. From there, he worked his screamed at, being an impartial participant in a football Show them how great you are! way to the Mid-South Conference and then the Ohio game and getting to see how the sport can impact so Valley Conference. After a combined eight years at the many, whether it be a multitude at a college game or Good Luck to all area athletes this season. mid-major level, he worked his way up to the SEC. thousands crammed into bleachers to watch the local Entry-level officials across the country might call high school team. middle school and junior varsity games in the middle of “Football is still a unifying force in a community,” Van the week before maybe working a varsity game on the Eman said. “It can also be a dividing force, but most of weekend, all outside of a regular day job. the time it’s a unifying force. It’s everybody on the same That workload can affect one’s personal life. page, working together, ‘Let’s go support the kids.’ John & Summer Peoples “The wives are the backbones of officiating,” Austin “Going forward, hopefully that will continue. As long 212 Denrock Ave, Dalhart, TX said. “You either have a wife who loves football and as it continues, there’s going to be a need for officials.” (806) 316-1020 (806) 884-8411 embraces what you do, or you’re probably divorced.” facebook.com/thepeoplesgymforthepeople Getting ready UNITED SUPPLYGET INC. Good Luck to GOOD LUCK IN THE all area teams TO ALL GOOD LUCK TO this season. OUR AREA ALL AREGAME!A ATHLETES ATHLETES! THIS SEASON! 709 Denver • Dalhart 
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Receipts on offer were lbs 187.00, pkg 295 lbs 185.00; 300-400 moved five times during pregnancy in 20- Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist. day intervals from day 60 of the pregnancy, mostly pre-conditioned and moderate to thin lbs 174.00-180.00, pkg 395 lbs thin fleshed Dr. Ron Randel, AgriLife Research physiologist, fleshed. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-4.00 190.00; 400-500 lbs value added 175.00- Randel said. said the three-year grant will finance research At this point, Randel said his research has lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good. 178.00, pkg 475 lbs thin fleshed 184.00; focused on the “effect of prenatal stress on Bulk of supply Medium and Large 1-2 350- 500-550 lbs value added 166.00-168.00, pkg not identified how these changes in the DNA DNA methylation and correspondence with hold up as the animal reaches maturity. But 875 lb feeder steers and heifers. 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Funding was provided by the U.S. Department Steers: Medium and Large 1: 300-400 Medium and Large 1-2: pkg 295 lbs in other tissue that control hormones of Agriculture National Institute of Food and controlling stress responsiveness, Randel lbs value added 207.00-211.00, pkg 375 lbs 180.00; 400-500 lbs 162.00-166.00, pkg 495 Agriculture. 190.00; pkg 425 lbs thin fleshed 209.00; lbs 155.00; pkg 525 lbs 147.00; 550-600 said. Randel said the research will follow his and “While DNA is immutable, the function of three pkgs 475-495 lbs value added 186.00- lbs 139.00-140.00; few 600-650 lbs 127.00- others’ previous studies of Brahman cattle 195.00; 500-600 lbs value added 178.00- 131.00; load 775 lbs 124.85, load 795 lbs the DNA is not immutable,” he said. “This herds at the center, which found stresses is one possible mechanism that could be 188.00, pkg 575 lbs 175.00, pkg 550 lbs thin 124.35. Medium and Large 2: pkg 475 lbs pregnant cows experienced affected calves fleshed 191.00; 600-700 lbs 156.00-162.00, 149.00, pkg 450 lbs thin fleshed 158.00; few functioning to prepare an organism for a in utero, making them more aggressive than changing environment, and the change in load 675 lbs 152.00, pkg 625 lbs 165.00; pkg 700-750 lbs 118.00-121.00. calves born to unstressed mothers. 750 lbs 142.00, pkg 775 lbs 141.50; load 875 temperament may in fact be a mechanism Temperamental animals are more difficult by which the animal is prepared to live in a Slaughter Cows: to manage, so producers look for genetic more stressful environment.” Percent Lean Weight Avg Dressing Hi Dressing Lo Dressing markers that indicate docility, Randel said. Randel said researchers are already studying Breaking 75-80% 1400-1600 56.00-59.00 ------“Stress causes changes in unborn fetuses how stress responsiveness impacts rodent Boning 80-85% 1100-1300 55.00-59.00 ------51.50-53.50 and those changes are expressed after offspring, and scientists are interested in Lean 85-90% 1000-1200 ------62.50 ------the animal is born,” he said. “This is a big looking at mechanisms and similar coding in Lean 85-90% 800-1000 55.00-60.00 ------deal because it shows there are behavioral humans. Dairy Slaughter Cows: changes that affect the way DNA causes RNA “This research is a big deal,” he said. “It will Percent Lean Weight Avg Dressing Hi Dressing Lo Dressing to function.” have immediate impacts on cattle production Breaking 75-80% 1400-1700 50.00-53.75 ------Randel also studied stored white blood and the way producers breed and handle their Boning 80-85% 1200-1500 53.00-53.50 ------47.25-51.00 cells from 28-day-old calves to examine the animals, but there are also implications that Lean 85-90% 1000-1400 50.00-52.75 ------39.00-48.00 methylation patterns of the animals’ DNA. He could be tied to other mammals, including Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2 1300-1700 lbs 75.00-82.00 found major differences in those patterns in humans, when it comes to prenatal stress High Dressing Not tested. a significant number of genes important for and its effect on behavior.” Low Dressing Not tested. animal production and health. Replacement Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: Not tested. Methylation is a process that adds methyl groups to DNA molecules and can change the activity of a DNA segment. “The questions this grant will answer are, ‘Are there differences that remain through maturity affecting the function of both DNA and RNA, which is how the genetic code is expressed, and are they modified by more or less methylation of the DNA?’” Randel said. Randel said this discovery is important because cattle breeders have a number of genetic markers that have been identified and are being used to make mating selections based on DNA sequences. “At this point we don’t know how many Dr. Ron Randel, Texas A&M AgriLife markers are affected, but we know that Research physiologist looks over a herd markers tied to stress responsiveness, or of purebred Brahman heifers at the temperament, are affected by environmental North Farm near the Texas A&M AgriLife conditions,” Randel said. “That says the way Research and Extension Center in animals perform under certain stress will Overton. Photo by Adam Russell Texas A&M not be as predictable by DNA analysis in AgriLife Extension Service 8 • DALHART TEXAN, May 8 2018 Texas News Tuesday edition Dem governor candidates agree to debate By Mike Ward said. “I have always believed candidates should talk about our debate) would not have been a winner for her.” Houston Chronicle values, our experience and our vision. “That’s why I’ve been Even U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, an El Paso Democrat run- traveling across Texas, meeting folks, listening to voters and ning to unseat Republican Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, had re- May 03--AUSTIN -- The two Democratic candidates for gov- grassroots activists.” cently joined those calls, saying a debate would benefit unde- ernor, just weeks before a May 22 runoff to decide who will After several terse exchanges with White in recent days, af- cided Texas Democrats -- including himself. challenge Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott, agreed ter White won the endorsement of a Latino group over her on Interactions between the two Democrats had been cordial Wednesday to an Austin debate on May 11. Sunday, Valdez took a shot at him in her closing: and friendly since they started their campaigns in December, Final details have not been confirmed for the matchup at “I have long known what my values are. I am a Texas Dem- but things turned downright chilly this week -- and the debate the University of Texas between Houston entrepreneur An- ocrat,” she said. “I look forward to seeing which opponent had been a centerpiece of that earlier Wednesday. drew White and former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, the shows up: the ‘very conservative Democrat or moderate Re- On Sunday, after an Austin political forum where Valdez two campaigns announced. publican.’ “ was confronted for her actions on immigration enforcement Campaign insiders said it will feature a traditional debate White has touted himself as a common-sense Democrat, while she was the Dallas sheriff, White told reporters she format with a moderator, the first time that has been used in and has said he hopes to attract moderate Republicans to vote should not dodge the questions. the current campaign and one that could give Texans insight for him who are disaffected by the state’s current conservative She responded the following day with a 700-word apology into their understanding of state government. GOP leadership. for not answering the question, and defending her record as White has been pressing publicly for a debate for weeks, Even though the two candidates have participated together sheriff. and Valdez has said she was considering it but no agreement in numerous question-and-answer forums across the state in White faced his own questions at the forum over his own- had been reached in the increasingly acrimonious race until recent months, the debate will be their first -- coming less ership of a firm that makes devices used in border-security Wednesday. than two weeks before the runoff to determine who will be enforcement, an issue that immigration activists had raised Both candidates have been struggling to get attention and party’s nominee to face Abbott in November. months ago. He had confirmed Tuesday that he is working to raise money for months, in what had been mostly a sleeper Valdez and White survived a field of nine Democrats in a sell sell his interest in the firm. race in which Valdez was the perceived frontrunner because March 6 primary election to get into the May 22 runoff. White fired this Tweet back at Valdez on Wednesday morn- of her support from the state’s party elite and her finish well Democratic political consultants and party insiders had ing: ahead of White in the primary. said for weeks that there was little reason for Valdez, the per- “The sale of Geovox (Security Inc.) is underway, but it won’t Abbott, with a campaign war chest of well over $40 million ceived front-runner, to agree to a debate that would give White happen before the runoff in 3 weeks. What can happen before and a popularity lead, is considered tough to beat in Republi- a showcase to get his message out. But in recent days, as the runoff is a debate.” can-controlled Texas, a state where Democrats have not won a drumbeat among Democratic groups from Houston to San “Lupe wasn’t able to answer an 18-year-old’s question about a statewide office in 24 years. Antonio to Dallas had pressed for a debate, Valdez seemed her record. What other questions will she avoid? It’s time for “The debate is on!” White announced about 7:15 p.m. in a open to one. a debate.” text message. “Democratic voters are looking for the best can- Brandon Rottinghaus, a political scientist at the Universi- Her campaign quickly responded: didate to beat Greg Abbott, and I welcome the opportunity to ty of Houston, said Valdez carries the most risk in debating “Just days ago, Andrew White was saying owning a com- convey my message of common sense, sanity and doing right White. pany that benefits from a militarized border is a “perfect” ex- by Texas. “It’s bad for her as a frontrunner, where she will be on stage ample of the type of leadership he wants to bring as governor,” “Even as the underdog, our momentum has been building with him on an equal platform,” he said. “Frontrunners want Valdez spokesman Juan Bautista Dominguez said in a state- over the past few months.” to be seen as not on the same level as another candidate. An- ment Wednesday morning. In a statement, the Valdez campaign said the “grassroots” other danger here is that she will not be prepared and will be “Now that he has new friends, he says he would divest ‘if he debate would be organized by the state Tejano Democrats, the challenged by a moderator or by White, or that she appear to wins.’ If he thought it was truly problematic, he would divest Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, Texas Stonewall Demo- crumble under pressure as she has in the past.” now, stay divested, and not wait,” Dominguez continued. “It crats, Texas Young Democrats, Texas College Democrats, Tra- Jerry Polinard, a political scientist at the University of Tex- very much sounds as if he makes decisions on what’s politi- vis County Democratic Party and others. as-Rio Grande Valley, agreed. But he said it also could provide cally expedient and not doing right by Texas, as goes his cam- Without providing additional details, they said the debate is opportunity. paign motto. to take place at the University of Texas. “The question people have asked, based on what we’ve seen “Should Democrats wonder if his stances will change if he “Elections should be about the concerns that keep work- so far, is does she have enough policy chops?” he said. “This wins the Democratic nomination? ing Texans up at night, not 30-second sound bites,” Valdez is a chance for her to prove that she does. For her to decline (a Oil job market hasn’t caught fire yet as drillers wary of recovery By Collin Eaton most qualified candidates. to 55,000 at the end of last year, with much of hiring concen- Houston Chronicle In the meantime, he has watched geologists give up on the trated in boomtowns of Midland and Odessa, near the Perm- industry, becoming financial advisors or finishing master’s ian Basin, where the workforce has grown slowly and labor May 04--Kris Schwendeman flung a leather satchel around degrees in business. shortages have quickly materialized. his back and hiked across the vast showroom floor of the off- It all comes down to the investment energy companies have But oil companies and service firms that are hiring say few- shore industry’s largest annual summit, offering handshakes, made in oil and gas fields in Texas, the Gulf of Mexico and er of the workers who lost jobs in the downturn are coming business cards and resumes in the hope that one of the hun- around the world. Even with recent U.S. tax cuts, which most back to the industry. And with unemployment near historic dreds of oil companies at Houston’s NRG Park would hire an companies returned to their shareholders, spending on oil lows, they also have found themselves competing for talent experienced geologist. field exploration and development is not growing enough yet with other industries, including technology. The unemployed offshore specialist is one of thousands of to stir broad job market activity. In an effort to become more competitive in the job market, job seekers still working to return to an industry that only Oil companies, analysts added, also are reluctant to acceler- Halliburton recently expanded its benefits package, increas- 18 months ago was shedding workers by the thousands as ate hiring out of worries that crude prices could quickly tum- ing the number of days an employee can take to care for a oil prices languished and corporate profits tumbled. As U.S. ble again. Instead, they are turning to robotics, data analysis, sick family member and increasing paid maternity leave to up oil prices cruise above $65 a barrel, job seekers like Schwen- artificical intelligence and other technologies to pump more to 16 weeks and adding paid paternity leave benefits for eight deman converged on the Offshore Technology Conference, oil with fewer workers. That’s the biggest reason employment weeks. banking on the belief that things must have turned around growth at oil explorers hasn’t kept up with rising prices and “We’re losing people to Google and Amazon,” said Mahesh by now. rig counts. Puducheri, global vice president of human resources at Hal- They were wrong. Joshua Osagie, 20, of Nigeria was in high gear Wednesday liburton Co. “We’ve got to be thinking about, ‘What am I going While oil field workers are getting snapped up for jobs in the afternoon in the NRG Arena, scouring the conference for a job to do to retain them?’” booming shale plays of West Texas, the market for scientists, he can take after he graduates with a petroleum engineering Jose Gonzalez contributed. engineers and other knowledge-based professions that domi- degree next year. nate Houston’s energy workforce have yet to return in any Looking for a position pretty significant numbers. Overall hiring in the oil and gas industry much anywhere around the continues to lag behind the rise in oil prices, leaving skilled, world, the young college stu- experienced workers like Schwendeman to keep networking, dent said he’s eager to start passing out resumes and hoping for the phone to ring. working and finally see the “It really hasn’t picked up yet,” said Schwendeman, who massive tools of the offshore lives in Houston. “I’m just kind of going around and talking to industry in action -- machin- people and seeing what lines of work they’re in and hoping to ery humming and whirring in apply that to what I do.” the ocean, the real life version As Schwendeman demonstrates, job seekers who have of what he’s seen in videos pinned their hopes on the oil market recovery of the past few and textbooks in school. But months are likely to have wait a while longer before companies Osagie’s efforts hit roadblocks start increasing the pace of hiring .While U.S. employment in at OTC. oil and gas extraction is off its recent bottom -- a decade low of Most exhibitors shooed him 144,500 in December -- the industry has recovered fewer than away, he said, directing him 6,000 of the nearly 60,000 jobs lost in oil bust that began in to online applications on their mid-2014, according to hte Labor Department. websites. Few companies had In Houston, employment in oil and gas extraction -- which recruiters on site. If they did, encompasses exploration and production companies, but Osagie acknowledged, they excludes energy services firms -- is just reaching a bottom. were probably looking for In March, extraction companies shed another shed another more experienced candidates. 2,000 jobs in Houston compared to year earlier, bringing total But Osagie still had his pitch job losses during the downturn that began in 2014 to 20,000, ready. decline of more than one-third, according to the Labor Depart- “I don’t have any experi- ment. ence,” Osagie said, “but I want “There’s a perception of recovery, but there’s really no re- to get experience from you.” covery at this point,” said Ramesh Anand, president of Ameri- Some oilfield services com- can Personnel Resources in Houston. “It hurts me to see ex- panies such as Halliburton ceptionally qualified Ph.D.s who were talking to me two years of Houston, which slashed its ago still meet me today looking for a job.” workforce by nearly 40 per- Anand, who has recruited workers for the energy industry cent during the recent down- since the 1980s, said he’s seen more leads for reservoir man- turn, have hired back crews agers and other skilled professionals in the Middle East than for rigs and hydraulic fractur- in the United States. Here, instead of combing professional ing fleets in West Texas, where publications, social media and conferences to find workers drillers are pumping at full for oil companies, Anand is sifting through the thousands of tilt. Halliburton’s headcount resumes that have inundated his clients to help them find the has risen from 50,000 in 2016

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By Laura Garcia For almost two decades, White has invited her children, 15 White is getting assistance from a national organization called Victoria Advocate, Texas grandchildren and more than 30 great-grandchildren over to Samaritan’s Purse. her home. Immediately after Harvey, Samaritan’s Purse helped 892 April 28--Pearlie Mae White is going to be OK. “They’re all my babies,” she said. families in the Crossroads, spokeswoman Kaitlyn Lahm said Eight months ago, the 86-year-old Victoria woman’s home She also considers the many children who lived at the Friday. During the past few months, the organization brought was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. She’s not complaining, Brownson Home as her own. The state-licensed home funded almost 10,000 volunteers to help the state recover. though. by the estate as directed by the late Catherine Brownson was Samaritan’s Purse has started a multiyear rebuild program The Federal Emergency Management Agency provided run by Deaconess Gladys Hall. to help families recover and set a goal of seeing up to financial assistance and various charities have stepped in to White was a cook but often cared for the children in other 1,000 families get back into their homes through repair or help her recover from the storm. ways, even taking them to get annual shots with her own manufactured home replacement. “I don’t know,” she said. “I leave it to the Lord.” daughters or on vacation to the bay. “That’s one job I just Lahm said Samaritan’s Purse has approved three families And she thanked God when she heard that her home was loved,” she said. for mobile home replacement in Victoria and two families for still standing. She ran into one of her Brownson Home children, Shelia major home repairs in Refugio. White lives with her daughter, Inez Perry, and her teenage Lawrence, a few weeks ago. Additional applications are still in the review process, she twin great-grandsons in a five-bedroom mobile home. The Lawrence, now 62 and living in San Diego, grew worried said. tarp-covered roof has come down in several bedrooms from when she came into town for a funeral and found out White White’s daughter said the nonprofit is helping them work extensive water damage, and her air-conditioning isn’t wasn’t living in the best conditions. out issues with the title and already assisted them with the working. Perry, 62, is a former health care worker now on “All she did her whole life was take care of everybody ele,” process of getting current with past-due property taxes. disability, and White gets about $1,000 monthly from Social said Lawrence. “She’s just a really beautiful human being.” Perry said she still has to sign paperwork but believes Security, but they always find a way to get by. Lawrence moved into the home when she was just 18 Samaritan’s Purse will be able to help them get a replacement When White was offered the chance to stay in a hotel, she months old and has fond memories of White with a big pot mobile home. declined: “I ain’t never been to a hotel in my life.” cooking crabs right on the beach and watching as the children She said Friday her mother is having a good day. White uses White spent her whole life caring for others in Victoria. She played hide-and-seek in the hallways. an oxygen tank to help her breathe but is otherwise healthy. worked at the Brownson Home for 40 years and also drove a She started a crowdfunding account hoping to raise She drives herself to church talking to God along the way. school bus for 16 years while raising her seven daughters. donations for her former caregiver as she recovers from With a smile, she also reminds people from time to time: “I’m The plot of land where she currently lives is near where Harvey. She even texted the city’s mayor hoping to get White here. I’m still alive.” her husband built an eight-bedroom home. This was the some help but said she didn’t hear back. Laura Garcia reports on health and nonprofits for the place where all the kids from the neighborhood would go after She contacted the newspaper, and the Advocate confirmed Victoria Advocate. She may be reached at [email protected] school. But after he died when she was 58, the home fell into through the Victoria County Long-Term Recovery Group that or 361-580-6585. disrepair. Area residents participate in National Day of Prayer By Douglas Clark evangelism, business, education and church / family. Lord.” Amarillo Globe-News, Texas Vonna Ossenbeck offered prayer for the nation’s education Amarillo House of Prayer member Carrie Townsend said the system. initiative has her filled with joy. May 04--With nationwide unification serving as the “Lord, we pray for the teachers,” she said. “We pray for “We came here to worship God and pray for our country,” overarching petition, Amarillo area residents gathered at a the universities and colleges. Lord, we ask you to move in she said. “It makes me feel good to know this is happening all pair of venues Thursday to participate in 2018 National Day a special way in the schools, in the universities and in the over the country. As a Christian, it’s wonderful to know that of Prayer observances. colleges, for we know you can change our education system. our brothers and sisters are out here praying for one another The Amarillo House of Prayer hosted the first observance, Our forefathers founded the education system with the Bible and the country on the same accord. It’s a wonderfully joyful which was conducted from noon to 1 p.m. at 800 S. Bryan St. in mind and, Father, we pray you would restore that once blessing. It really is.” while the Potter County Courthouse lawn served as the site of again. We know you love our children and declare the victory Conveners and participants said the 2018 National Day the second gathering. in your name.” of Prayer has the potential to serve as a springboard for an The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint Ken Miller prayed for a renewed spirit within the realm of enhanced faith outlook in Amarillo. resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Harry government. “I thought it was very good,” Amarillo House of Prayer Pastor S. Truman, officials said. In 1988, the law was unanimously “We speak against and declare against division, chaos, William “Bill” Meyerholtz said with regard to the observance. amended by both the House and the Senate and signed into turmoil and bitterness in Washington, DC,” he said. “We pray “We had a great representation of a lot of people. There were a law by President Ronald Reagan on Thursday, May 5, 1988, that you penetrate through the forces of darkness and visit lot of different churches represented in the spirit of unity, with designating the first Thursday of May as a day of national our leaders. We pray the repentance and desire to turn from the singular mindset the churches have got to come together prayer. division be present in Washington, DC, within the FBI, the in Jesus’ name. We moved here in 2001 for initiatives just like Amarillo House of Prayer attendees offered praise and Department of Justice and the CIA. We pray for your presence this. We want to help bring the body of Christ together and worship, as well as personal reflection, with individual among all of the police departments and law enforcement I think the whole nation needs to come together more than petitioners offering prayer for the Seven Centers of Cultural entities across the land, among the elected officials and those what we have. This action has the potential to be transforming Influence in the form of government, the military, media arts, in leadership. Touch them all with your presence. Visit us, here.” Opinion: Dear Starbucks: To avoid ‘unconscious bias,’ why don’t you just charge for table space? By Jacquielynn Floyd column of vapor since this incident became a viral PR calamity) an electrical storm and we had to wait a week for repairs. My The Dallas Morning News was exercising “unconscious bias” in singling out black male neighborhood has plenty of Starbucks to choose from -- they’re customers. The corporation will shut down all of its company- in every strip mall and supermarket for miles around -- so I April 23--Even if you don’t like coffee, even if the mass-repli- owned stores for an afternoon next month to conduct “anti- spent a lot of time as a space-consuming, wifi-using, outlet- cated pseudo-Italian slacker vibe makes you antsy, Starbucks bias training” for employees -- sorry, “partners.” hogging table camper. is inevitable. It’s inescapable. Death, taxes, Starbucks. I certainly don’t think this mystery manager needed to call Figuring the polite thing to do was to order something, I got Ultimately, you will be seduced by its utility. I caved a long the cops, and I don’t think the cops needed to arrest these a bottle of water or juice, even though I didn’t want it. I didn’t time ago, conceding that the chain’s usefulness as a neutral guys once they got there. even try ordering coffee, which according to some guides, re- meeting place or satellite office outpost sometimes outweighs I also don’t think it’s wise to leave it on individual managers quires eight separate decisions for every cup (no, you can’t its baroque overproduction of what ought to be an honest cup to make snap judgments over the difference between waiting order “just coffee”). o’ joe. for someone, lingering, and loitering; to decide who has had That was $3 or $4, plus a $2 tip for the person who sold it to That said, its ubiquity (with 28,000 outlets worldwide, it ap- enough time to finish up and who hasn’t; to make arbitrary me, which seemed fair. But if there are unwritten rules, how do proaches the golden arches as a globally familiar brand) cre- judgments over who can use the bathroom and who can’t. you know what they are? How long did that entitle me to use ates a level of scrutiny a mom-and-pop diner doesn’t expect in All of this furor entirely sidesteps the fact that the central the table? Should I have kept ordering more drinks, even if I the event of a spectacular managerial screw-up. mission of Starbucks is not to provide a cozy “community hang- didn’t finish them? If there were plenty of empty tables, was I Which is exactly what Starbucks got -- and richly deserved -- out” or give you a place to revise your unpublished screenplay. less obligated to buy than if there weren’t? when two black men at a Philadelphia outlet were arrested and It is to make money. I would have been happier just renting the table at an es- hauled off in handcuffs for “trespassing,” defined in this case Pretending otherwise is what got them in trouble. It will keep tablished price, leaving the server (can’t bring self to use the as not ordering anything and asking to use a restroom. getting them in trouble as long as they issue ambiguous and psesudo-Italian “barista”) a tip. Ordering would have been op- What’s absurd is that these two men, who were waiting on a even contradictory statements about paying-versus-non-pay- tional, and I wouldn’t have had to worry about it. third person for a business meeting, were doing exactly what ing customers, and dumping the onus on individual managers Frankly, I didn’t have much to worry about. Because the re- Starbucks’ corporate mission has purported it wants: For to sort it all out. ality here is that a 50-something white woman in a prosperous customers to use its stores as a “community space” or “third A few weeks ago, I met a couple of former colleagues for a suburb is a lot less likely to be ordered to move-it-along than a place” (in addition to home and work) to treat as a familiar, quick reunion. We chose a Starbucks near Love Field. I arrived young black man in a downtown district. personal hangout. first, and staked out a table, figuring I would wait for them to I’m less likely to get pulled over for a minor infraction, or Well, kind of. Maybe. Sometimes. And that’s a problem. arrive to place an order; I didn’t want to stand in line for some- questioned about a holdup, or bawled out for jaywalking. The A quick Wall Street Journal survey published over the week- thing I didn’t really want, anyway. It was probably 10 minutes Philadelphia Starbucks incident just underscored the reality end found that the chain doesn’t have a consistent policy for or so, and nobody said a word. that the rules can vary, depending not always on what you do, handling people who take literally the invitation to treat Star- Here is my suggestion: Rent table space. It would be easy to but on who you are. bucks as their “third place” without seeing a cash transaction do: Install a meter on every table, where, with the swipe of a But thanks, Starbucks -- and I mean this sincerely -- for as part of the deal. credit card or a cellphone app, you can claim the table for, say, giving me an easy, predictable place to do a little work or meet According to the Journal, Starbucks “guidelines for how to an hour. You could charge more in busy, high-volume urban friends. It would be easier, though, if you just charged me for treat lingering non-paying customers in general are vague at locations; less in low-traffic areas or during slow hours. using the space. best -- if they exist at all.” I would gladly have paid a modest fee to use the space late That way, we’d all know what the rules are. And they’d be The chain’s founding billionaire, Howard Schultz, said the last year, when our home internet service was disrupted by the same for everybody. Philadelphia store manager (who seems to have vanished in a Don’t let fire ants ruin your summer, take steps this spring

BY ADAM RUSSELL worst mounds with an individual mound treatment, such as a insecticide. Contributing Writer liquid drench, or some form of granular, non-bait, insecticide “Most products applied directly to the mound kill the colony or dust. in 1-2 days,” Knutson said. “If the area has just a few mounds, DALLAS – Dealing with fire ants is no picnic, but getting rid There will inevitably be small colonies that get overlooked by then it may not be necessary to apply bait. Just go to Step 2.” of them can be as easy as Step 1, Step 2, according to Texas individual mound treatments, so AgriLife Extension still rec- Baits do have a limited shelf life, Merchant said. He advis- A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. ommends broadcasting baits for fire ant control over the entire es users to discard bait products opened for more than a few Dr. Allen Knutson, AgriLife Extension entomologist, Dal- yards once the soil temperatures are warm enough for active months. Users should also make sure products they purchase las, said spring is a good time to control fire ants as this is fire ant foraging, usually around 70 degrees at 1-inch depth, from stores are not more than two years beyond their produc- when they search for food and build mounds, which makes Merchant said. tion date. If users are not sure of the age of the bait, apply the them easier to locate. AgriLife Extension developed the Two Step methods of fire product around an active fire ant mound. If ants gather the Broadcast baits are the core of AgriLife Extension’s recom- ant control to help consumers make sense of all the products bait and take it underground within a few minutes, it should mended treatment. The method becomes effective as tempera- on the market, Merchant said. The Two-Step Program is de- be fresh and ready to use, he said. tures begin to rise and ants begin to gather forage to feed their scribed in the attached bulletin and can be accessed via Mer- “Many native ant species are beneficial in that they com- new brood, he said. But once hot, dry summer conditions set chants “Insects in the City” website: http://agrilife.org/city- pete for food with fire ants, and some also attack new fire in, fire ants become less active and mounds become less vis- bugstest/files/2015/02/L-5070-1.pdf. ant queens as they attempt to start a new colony,” Knutson ible as ants go deeper in search of moisture. “The bulletin targets fire ant control in lawns and the home said. “Insecticides for fire ants also kill native ants, thus only “It’s time now in central and southern Texas to put out baits. landscape,” Knutson said. “Where a product can be used, use these insecticides if fire ants are present.” But we encourage homeowners in north central Texas to wait whether a lawn, garden, agricultural production pasture or a few weeks to begin applying baits because of our cooler soil orchard, is determined by the insecticide label. Users should temperatures,” Knutson said. “It’s a good time to apply baits in read the pesticide label to be sure the site they are treating is Help Wanted spring as they are generally slow acting. It typically takes two listed on the product label.” to four weeks to see results from using baits containing indox- Products labeled for fire ant control are commonly sold as Scott Power & Equipment is looking to hire a parts counter acarb, spinosad or hydramethylnon. Starting as early as pos- baits or individual mound treatments, Knutson said. A third associate for their Dalhart TX location. This position will be sible provides more time to enjoy summer without fire ants.” category includes a few products that are broadcast over the dealing directly with the public on a daily basis so strong customer Knutson said baits with other active ingredients may require lawn and kill ants by contact. service is necessary. We are looking for an honest and hard- two to six months to achieve results, but often require fewer The first step in the Two-Step Method is application of a fire working individual. Being comfortable with computers and being retreatments. So again, starting early has benefits. ant bait to the treatment area, Knutson said. Baits have the detailed-oriented are benefits. Scott Power offers paid training, Dr. Mike Merchant, AgriLife Extension urban entomologist, advantage in that users don’t have to find each fire ant colony Dallas, noted fire ant activity, especially mound construction, company paid uniforms, a matching 401k plan, health insurance, and treat them directly. They are also are less costly in terms and paid holidays, vacation, and sick time. Hourly wage and is ramping up following the cool spring weather. of time and amount of product needed when treating a large “By all evidence, this should be a typical fire ant year, with commission level will be determined by experience. EOE. Please area. send resume to [email protected]. fire ants becoming more active over the next month or so,” he “Fire ant colonies can be difficult to find, especially over a said. “Baits are still our best weapon against fire ants, and large area,” Knutson said. “With baits, ants pick up the bait baiting season in North Texas runs from May to September. and return it to the nest.” This is the time when fire ants will actively pick up baits and However, baits are slow to work, Knutson said. Elkhart, KS Dalhart, TX bring them to the nest.” For those fire ant colonies in high traffic areas, such as Fire ant mounds are often most visible at this time of year, around a mailbox, that must be controlled quickly, follow Merchant said, so now is a good time to treat the biggest and Step 2 and treat these mounds individually with a contact www.SCOTTPOWERINC.com Page 12 Tuesday edition DALHART TEXAN, D Mayalhart 8 2018 Texan • 11 Tuesday, March 13,2018 CClassifiedslassifieds thedalharttexan.com

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Ilene Walton, the dean of Frank Phillips College’s Dalhart campus, welcomed Lauren Barrett spoke everyone to the GED Kaylee Smith spoke about about the students’ math graduation ceremony. Bill getting her GED. Bill Kelly | teacher, Curtis Beasley, Kelly | Staff Photo Staff Photo or Mr. B, as the students called him. Bill Kelly | Staff Photo

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