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My Christmas Traditions

5 years ago By News Staff

My Christmas Tradition is… We make cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. Then, we go to sleep wake up wait for 2 year old Damian to wake up and then open our presents. After that, we go to my grandma’s (she lives in town) and open presents from her and our cousin. ESMERIALA SHIELDS

Wreaths are laid on veterans’ graves at Edith Ford Cemetery

5 years ago By News Staff

The Lady Cat softball team joined forces with the Comancheria Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to show gratitude and respect to our veterans at Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery at noon Saturday, Dec. 19. Millions of Americans gathered together safely as one nation at over 2,400 locations across the United States to remember, honor, and teach.

The Postscript: As Much Christmas as Possible

5 years ago By Carrie Classon

Whatever you think about Christmas, I think you would have to agree we need one this year. Everyone I know seems determined to do as much Christmas as it is possible to do.

O, Holy Night

5 years ago By News Staff

The First Presbyterian Church presented its annual Live Nativity Scene last Wednesday evening, December 9, inviting the community to drive by the Presbyterian Gazebo from 6 to 7 pm to view the recreation by members of their Middle School youth and Wee Believers kids groups. A nativity scene draws its inspiration from accounts of Jesus’ birth in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In the photo below, Ava Guillen and Zaylee Ortiz are the sheep, Joaquin Flores is the shepherd, Cinch Hanson and Kate Escarcega are Joseph and Mary, and Baxter Landry and Corbpin Palmore portray two of the wise men.

First Presbyterian Church Live Nativity Scene

What's Cookin' in Canadian

5 years ago By News Staff

My niece Trisha Lyons and her husband, Daniel, live in Knoxville, Tennessee, with two very lucky rescue dogs, Ember and Asher. She sent me several recipes, including this one for man’s best friends!

River Valley Pioneer Museum | Canadian, Texas

5 years ago By Wendy Wright

This is our last article for 2020. What a horrible year it has been. I’ve watched several movies and TV shows about pandemics and apocalypses, but I never thought I would actually bear witness to one. COVID-19 has affected all of us in one way or another. Some have been sick or know someone that has been sick. Hemphill County has suffered two life losses due to COVID-19. Schools temporarily closed and parents became ad hoc teachers. Businesses have suffered, and at least one in Canadian closed its doors for good. People have lost their jobs or their hours were cut back significantly. Here at the museum, visitation is down 60 percent and donations are down approximately 30 percent. It has been a terrible, no good, very bad year. I’m not ashamed to say that I am thrilled that 2020 is finally almost over.

The Postscript: Midcentury Modern Christmas

5 years ago By The Postscript By Carrie Classon

“I’ve forgotten the funny name of the tree you helped us pick out,” my mother said. “Our tree this year is named Melinda.” The greenhouse where my parents get their Christmas tree every year has festive tags hanging from the trees with their names and prices.

A plate for every table

5 years ago By Rotary Report By Christina Hadaway

Tanya Holloway with the Texas A&M AgriLife Family and Consumer Services was introduced by her husband, Andy. The Hemphill County food pantry, which receives food from the High Plains Food Bank; the USDA; Feeding America®, the nation’s largest hunger-relief program; as well as food purchased locally from donated funds and monies from Hemphill County, is a project near and dear to Tanya’s heart.

It’s a small world after all

5 years ago By Rotary Report By Anna Booze

The world seems so big and disconnected at times, but time and again, situations prove it to be otherwise. Rotary helps in so many ways to connect the various cultures and people in our huge universe. We are involved in world health through Polio Plus, providing clean water and disaster kits, high school age youth exchange, and cultural art exchange, to name just a few.

What’s Cookin’ in Canadian

5 years ago By News Staff

I was thinking about the upcoming holidays and some of my favorite sweets, so I picked two easy-to-make recipes for cookies that freeze well. So start baking, enjoy some, and freeze the rest! - KIM B.

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