Gary Anderson, 5-foot-10, 155-pound senior, has started in all five games for Canadian at wide receiver and defensive back this season. Anderson had a career-night last Friday in the Wildcats’ 81-6 district throttling of Highland Park.

WHEN: Early voting began Tuesday, Oct. 13, and runs through Friday, Oct.

Just 19 days remain until absentee, early, and in-person Election Day ballots will be tallied in one of the most contentious U.S. elections since 1876. Bitterly-divided partisan voters, having staked their poles-apart positions, will determine this country’s direction for the next four years, amidst an economic crisis fueled by an ongoing public health emergency.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The loss of oilfield jobs and related businesses—combined with the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns—began to take a dramatic toll on Hemphill County in August. Canadian saw its job count drop from 1,884 in August 2019, to 1,721 in August 2020—a decline of 8.7 percent, or 163 jobs. The national average is a loss of 6.4 percent of all jobs.