Firefighters from the Fort Worth area arrived in Canadian Wednesday morning in response to red-flag warnings and the concern of a wildfire outbreak in the Texas Panhandle. Canadian VFD Fire Chief Scott Brewster told The Record he received a message early Wednesday morning from the Texas A&M Forest Service that it was deploying firefighters and equipment to this area.

Alan Hale’s Photography Exhibit reception at the River Valley Pioneer Museum, Tuesday evening was well-attended and resulted in the sale of almost half of his prints. Charlie Mann (right), a patron of the show, purchased two prints from Hale. The installation will be open through May.

Kayla Gregg was recently named the new director of the Canadian River Art Center, and announced this week that the Center will be relocating soon to a building located at 10954 Exhibition Road. Gregg is preparing now for a big grand opening at their new location, currently scheduled during the Fourth of July weekend.

Anna Booze presented the program for Rotary on a topic that, thankfully, was not over income taxes. Since I am writing the article this week, I will just tell my own story.