Dr. Alex Hunt, professor of Western Studies at West Texas A&M University, introduced Taylor Moore to an enthusiastic crowd at the River Valley Pioneer Museum last Saturday. Moore had asked Hunt to eyeball his first book, Down Range, for geographical and historical accuracy, describing it as a modern-day Western and a military spy thriller. Intrigued, Hunt was excited to read the book. In retrospect, he said, “It certainly defied my expectations of what you generally expect when you read a book in that genre.”

In last week’s report of the Canadian Middle School athletes’ showing in the April 2 District Meet at River Road, we inadvertently omitted the indivual results of the 7th-Grade Lady Cats. We apologize for the error.

It was a tough week for the Canadian Lady Cat softball team which lost back-to-back District 1-3A games, falling to River Road and Bushland. The Lady Cats lost to Bushland 26-0 last Saturday before a 24-1 loss to River Road on Monday.

CHS FFA Wildlife and Range Management teams advances to state Canadian High School’s FFA Wildlife and Range Management teams qualified among 16 schools competing at the Region 1 Wildlife CDE (Career Development Event) on Tuesday, April 12. The Wildlife team placed 1st in the event with the following individual standings: Cescilly Beach, 2nd; Aubrie Poe, 3rd; Karson Thompson, 4th; and Tayln Wright, 17th.