Commissioners endorsed an interlocal agreement on Monday allowing the Hemphill County Sheriff’s Office to handle dispatch and 911 calls for the Roberts County Sheriff’s Office—a service HCSO dispatchers have already been handling on a part-time basis, but for which it will now assume the responsibility 24/7, if officials in the two counties can agree on reasonable compensation to cover the costs.

Over the past 16 months, we’ve seen daily routines and annual traditions adapt to the changing regulations, lockdowns, and mandates. Last summer, the COVID quarantine caused family vacations, personal trips, and summer camps to be canceled, postponed, or reimagined. However, this summer the horizon looks brighter. While there may still be some restrictions for outings, such as masks or social-distancing requests, normal is making a return in 2021.

Not typically known for its graffiti-covered walls, Canadian was the beneficiary, last month, of an almost hidden painting in The Ruins of what was once the old high school at Kingman Ave. and 6th Street.

Canadian High School alumnus Benjamin Antillon Fernandez received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School during a May 27 commencement ceremony conducted via live Zoom webcast. He celebrated this milestone event with his wife, Gabriela Lastres, who graduated last month from the Harvard Kennedy School with a master’s degree in public policy.