Payton Lee Collier is a Spring 2022 graduate of Texas Tech University, having earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in human development and family sciences. Collier graduated cum laude. He is the son of former Canadian residents Kirk and Michelle Collier, now of Hooker, Oklahoma.

Missoula Children’s Theatre will return this month for Canadian’s 14th Annual Summer Theatre Camp, sponsored by the Canadian Arts Alliance and Canadian Wildcat Theatre. The camp will be held from June 27-July 1, and welcomes the participation of young people from grades 1-12.

CANADIANS LIKE TO CLAIM that we hosted the first rodeo in Texas, but Pecos, Texas, has also long claimed the title of First Rodeo Town. I haven’t had the opportunity to review their “evidence,” but our documentation of the first rodeo in Canadian shows that 1888 was the year we started this annual celebration. Although we may not be the “first” rodeo in Texas, no one could argue that ours is one of the best celebrations around, and it has been since the beginning!

A Rotary Report by Christina Hadaway Andy Holloway’s program last Tuesday was about the importance of agriculture and the beef industry to every aspect of our lives. He recently went on a tour with 10 other AgriLife Extension agents to learn more about the beef industry in other states.