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Toot‘n Totum Food Stores has petitioned the city of Canadian to annex two vacant tracts of land, located on US 60, into the city limits. The property is located on the north edge of town, and includes two properties totaling 10.84 total acres. A portion of the highway frontage is already within the city limits.

Three juveniles were issued citations early this week for vandalizing several locations in town with graffiti. Sheriff Brent Clapp said the damage—which, he hastened to note, is not related to the recently-vandalized Tom Brown sign on Main Street—was reported to his office on Monday, June 20. A second report was received Tuesday. Several structures were defaced with black spray paint, including a trailer at Lowe’s, the restrooms at Jackson Park, a yield sign at Willard and Birch, the municipal recycling center, several dumpsters, and three silos along the train tracks. Clapp said his office posted video still shots of the vandals on the HCSO Facebook page. Within an hour and a half, the miscreants’ identities were reported. Each one was cited for a Class C misdemeanor.

AS MANY DO, Betty Bynum has summer travel plans. Her destination, however, is far from your typical tourist hotspot.

County commissioners this month got the first look at their estimated net taxable property values for the 2022-23 fiscal year, and the news was welcome. Hemphill County’s values have risen an estimated $1.2 million over last year’s rate.

Following executive sessions held during their May 2 and June 6 meetings, the Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council board of directors approved a $12,000 job-creation grant for KerTec LLC; approved a $16,000 loan for Main Street’s newest business, the Canadian Business Hub; and authorized the purchase of a former mud storage building located in the Industrial Park from Cornett Realty for $2,000.

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Canadian Rotarians sprang into action early Tuesday morning to line Main Street with American flags, in observance of Flag Day. The holiday commemorates the date in 1777 when the Second Continental Congress paused in their writing of the Articles of Confederation to pass a resolution, stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” Over 100 years later, in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson marked the anniversary of that decree by officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day.