A Canadian man was severely burned in a gas explosion that occurred last Wednesday evening at a natural gas processing location about 9 miles east of Canadian on Lake Marvin Road. Energy Transfer LP employee Marc Crooks, 42, had arrived at the location sometime before 8:40 pm and pulled his pickup up to a frac tank when his engine died.

AND CREATE COLOR PINWHEELS WITH TIE DYE WATER COLOR AND PIPETTES PROUDLY DISPLAYING THEIR FINISHED PINWHEELS ARE (BACK ROW) HONDO CERVANTES, SOPHIA CERVANTES, CHARLOTTE GILMER, ADDISON PITTMAN, BAXTER LANDRY, HAZEL AYCOCK, AND (FRONT ROW) HALLIE MANN, AINSLEY PITTMAN, KNOX AYCOCK, NAILA VARGAS, BRIXTON CARR AND RYATT CARR ... PHOTOS BY CASSI WARREN .

Canadian Community Center marked the official end of summer vacation Saturday evening with its annual Back-To-School Block Party. Celebrants dined on free hot dogs and ice cream while enjoying a range of entertainment—from music and door prizes, to back-to-school bingo and a bake sale. The Canadian River Beach Club’s ‘Diving for Dollars’ seemed to be the big crowd-pleaser, offering the compelling combination of cold water and cold hard cash on a very hot day. By 7 pm, most of the party-goers had headed to the city pool to cool off with a free swim. “It was a great time,” said CCC Director Ike Julian, “and we appreciate all of the support.”

By any measure, last weekend’s first-ever two-person golf scramble was a complete success. Even by numbers alone, it was out-ofthe- park: 24 teams; 48 players; $17,000 in cash and prizes awarded; and over $7,500 raised for the Canadian Education Foundation. Not too shabby.