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West Texas A&M recruits for AmeriCorps program

5 years ago By Roz Brown For Texas News Service

AUSTIN—Canyon’s West Texas A&M University is partnering with area high schools, community colleges, and other organizations to generate more career opportunities through the AmeriCorps program. WTAMU officials said collaboration with AmeriCorps will encourage young people to build skills and go on to become the next generation of leaders, in whatever capacity they choose.

Emori Beattie earns BSN/RN from UCO

5 years ago By News Staff

Emori (Brewer) Beattie, Canadian High School Class of 2016, graduated summa cum laude with her BSN/RN from the University of Central Oklahoma. UCO is the top nursing school in Oklahoma, and very few out-of-state residents are accepted. Because of Emori’s 4.0 grade point and entry test scores, she was accepted in 2018. She attended OSU after graduating from Canadian High School in 2016, before starting UCO in August 2018. This year took special effort to finish because of COVID. Everything was different, but through hard work and perseverance, she graduated with top honors—one of only four in her class to graduate summa cum laude.

CHS seniors named 4-H Gold Star honorees

5 years ago By News Staff

Canadian High School seniors Ethan Flowers and Savanna Innis are the 2020 Texas 4-H Gold Star Award winners for Hemphill County. The Gold Star is the highest honor given by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program and presented each year to the most deserving young people in a county. It can only be awarded once in a member’s 4-H career.

Four CHS alums are honor students at MSU

5 years ago By News Staff

WICHITA FALLS—Midwestern State University recognized 1,104 honor students for the spring 2020 semester. The president’s honor roll included 343 students, the provost’s honor roll included 341 students, and the dean’s honor roll included 420 students. Among the honorees were four former Canadian High School students.

Don’t Mess with Texas scholarship contest seeks applicants

5 years ago By News Staff

AUSTIN—Applications are now available for the 2021 Don’t Mess with Texas Scholarship Contest, which recognizes Texas high school seniors who are taking an active role in litter prevention in their school or community. The contest is open to any Texas high school senior currently attending public, private, or home school, and planning to attend an accredited college or university in the fall 2021 semester. The contest will award a total of $9,000 in scholarships to three winners in May 2021. “We’re looking for students who are developing exciting and creative solutions to keep Texas litter-free,” said Becky Ozuna, program administrator. “We aim to shine a spotlight on their innovations in the hope of inspiring other Texans to do their part to keep our state beautiful.” To enter the scholarship contest, visit dontmesswithtexas.org. Applications must be received via online submission by 5 pm on March 31.

Plain English

5 years ago By Mary Jane Mckinney

WAITING live in West Texas. Mostly, we wait for rain. We know it will rain someday, but rain doesn’t fall when we want or need it. And West Texas weather is so fickle that when it does rain, sometimes, it falls so fast and hard, we experience floods and soil erosion. Ranchers have to rescue livestock, and famers can’t plow muddy fields. Waiting for rain has forged us into patient skeptics. That rare quirk comes in handy these days. A patient skeptic is what one needs to be when it comes to getting a COVID vaccination.

Plain English

5 years ago By Mary Jane Mckinney

CHRISTMAS SONGS along with “Auld Lang Syne” are the only songs we hear and sing once a year. Hoping to write about the most popular carols, I discovered songs I had never heard of on the many lists of Most Popular Christmas Songs. Even when I listened to them on YouTube, they were unfamiliar. Can you sing a verse of “Purple Snowflakes” or “Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects?” Songs by Justin Bieber, Kelly Clarkson, and Ariana Grande made most of the lists. The Good Housekeeping list suggested songs by the Jonas Brothers, John Legend, Taylor Swift, and Britney Spears.

CHS and CMS musicians qualify for All-Region Bands

5 years ago By News Staff

Ten CHS band students auditioned and were selected for All-Region Band with three advancing to Area, according to Wildcat Band Director James Edwards. The competition involved over 400 students from schools ranging in size from Class 1A-4A.

CISD academic UIL achievements recognized

5 years ago By News Staff

Canadian Elementary School UIL Chess Puzzle 1st, Cooper Aguirre; 3rd, Remi Bartlett; 4th, Lilah Appel; Wyatt Longoria; Coach, Mrs. Esmeralda Shields.

Haygood named Champion and Reserve at National Junior Hereford Association Show

5 years ago By News Staff

Canadian Middle School sixthgrader, Mark Haygood garnered two top awards at the 4th Annual National Junior Hereford Association’s (NJHA) Fed Steer Shootout contest, Oct. 22, in Kansas City. He was awarded Champion Commercial Individual and Reserve Champion Commercial Individual. Mark is the son of Lee and Jacqui Haygood of Indian Mound Ranch in Canadian.

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