There was a time when the City Council considered closing some of Canadian’s parks in order to cut down on maintenance expenses. That tide seems to have turned, after talk of closing the Second Street Park instead inspired its revitalization.

Shortly after our article about the Killarney Café ran in The Canadian Record on March 31, I received a lovely package from Mary Stuman with photographs and a brief history of her father’s time working there. Pat Stuman (pictured) was Mary’s father. He worked as a cook at the Killarney Café in the mid-1930s and into the 1940s. Mary said he had many fond memories of the café. Pat married Maybell Schafer, daughter of Sam and Mary Schafer, and parents and grandparents of ‘all’ the Schafers in Canadian, according to Mary Stuman.

“It’s a great time to get old!” That’s what my husband, Peter, says. He’s right.

Richard Loch and Margie Miller have several very successful businesses scattered around the country but decided to relocate to Canadian. They have moved to town from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Miller grew up in Texas, but Loch has always lived in Minnesota. They have five children, and the two youngest moved to Canadian and attend CHS.