Hemphill County 4-H and FFA students exhibited 101 animals in last weekend’s Junior Livestock Show and Sale. Sales of $70,650 were recorded for 2022, with addons and Booster Club contributions still being tallied.

It continues to be business as usual for the No. 1-ranked Canadian Lady Cat basketball team.

This softball field at the County Recreation Complex has been the focus of a major capital improvement project by Canadian ISD for several months now. The work began with demolition of the existing backstop and press box, followed by the installation of new spectator bleachers, a press box and backstop (in photo below), and updated dugouts and additional storage (photo at right). With the start of spring sports and the Lady Cat softball season just around the corner, the project is nearing completion, and will be a dramatic upgrade for both spectators and athletes.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following feature is reprinted with permission from ROSTRUM, the official magazine of the National Speech & Debate Association. BECOMING A COACH I was a paralegal in Amarillo and needed to move home to the ranch.