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Top O’ Texas CattleWomen are inviting high school seniors in several area counties to apply for one of four $750 scholarships which will be offered this year to 2020 graduates.

Canadian High School band students competed in the UIL Solo and Ensemble contest at West Texas A&M University two weeks ago. Five soloists and three ensembles earned first-division ratings for their performances, and advanced to the state-level competition, which will be held in Austin on Memorial Day weekend.

Twelve schools competed in 21 events on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the UIL invitational meet held here in Canadian. The Mathematics team placed first with

The CMS Galactic Builders earned the Judges Award at the FIRST Tech Challenge Panhandle North League Tournament held on Feb. 1, 2020, at Frank Philips College. This team competed against 31 district teams, of which only three were middle school teams. This year’s Judges Award was presented to the Galactic Builders based on their presentation and interview with the judges where they demonstrated growth as a rookie team in a league dominated by high school ones. Team members included (standing, left to right) Xander McQuiddy-Gasparlin, Karson Thompson, Morgan Orrell, Kenzie Flowers, Ethan Gerhardt; and (kneeling) Andrea Cedillo and Miranda Nunez. Their instructors are Bruce Bryant and Chara Brown.

Canadian High School senior Emma Waters has been selected by the Texas Section of the Society for Range Management (SRM) to participate in the high school youth forum, an SRM-sponsored activity held jointly during the 73rd Annual SRM meeting.

The Baker Elementary School music program presented three musicals during the month of January—one for each grade level—at the Texas Crown Performance Hall.

State officers from eight Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) gathered in Austin on Jan. 29-31. Among them was FC- CLA State Parliamentarian Lily Smith, who is also president of the local FCCLA chapter at CISD.

THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS was messy, but revealing. Young voters voted for the oldest candidate, Bernie Sanders (78), and older voters preferred the youngest candidate, Pete Buttigieg (38). Given that Iowa is not a typical U.S. state, as far as demographics go, maybe the pattern will not be repeated in other state primaries. Still, the Iowa caucus results are interesting considering the projected demographic patterns for the 2020-2030 decade.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Passenger Safety Project presented to students from sixth to 12th grade on Thursday, Jan. 16. The Texas A&M representatives spoke about one aspect of

WHOA! No funeral for Mr. Peanut. On Super Bowl Sunday the plan was to run the commercial showing how Planter’s 104-year-old mascot met his death. Then in the third quarter,