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City recycling program earns praise from PRPC

4 years ago By News Staff

City Manager Joe Jarosek shared a report from the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission this week, indicating that the city of Canadian had recycled 53,660 pounds of waste, and diverted 26.83 tons from the landfill. PRPC reported that the load of corrugated cardboard boxes picked up in Canadian on Sept. 14 had netted a check to the city of $4,950.13. “Your program is commendable, and I congratulate you and your recycling center staff for those efforts,” wrote Lori Gunn, PRPC regional services program coordinator.

Planting trees at Wildcat Stadium

4 years ago By News Staff

Thirty-nine trees—half of them Chinese pistache and half cottonwood—were planted around the rim of Wildcat Stadium last week, and will someday provide shade for generations of Canadian High School students, their families, and Wildcat fans.

Hutch Reed, Charlie Mann, and Kathy Dumbauld survey the newly-planted trees at Wildcat Stadium last Friday

School trustees receive 2020-21 audit report, annual performance review, and capital projects update

4 years ago By News Staff

Amarillo CPA Mark Kile delivered the district’s 2020-21 financial audit during their Jan. 13 meeting, pronouncing Canadian ISD in good shape financially.

In first week of filing for May 7 city council, hospital, school, and water board elections, only three candidates sign up

4 years ago By News Staff

Candidate filing began last Wednesday, Jan. 19, for candidates seeking a place on the ballot in the May 7 city council, and hospital, school, and water district board elections.

Here’s how Texans can get free at-home COVID-19 tests and N95 masks from the federal government

4 years ago By Allyson Waller, The Texas Tribune

This month, the Texas’ COVID-19 positivity rate—the percentage of tests with positive results—soared to its highest peak yet amid the onset of the highly transmissible omicron variant. With the most recent surge in cases came a renewed reliance on testing.

Some of the free at-home COVID-19 kits that the District of Columbia provided to its residents this month. The Biden administration last week started sending out similar kits to households across the country.

In 14-days, HCH reports half of all tested were COVID-positive

4 years ago By News Staff

The COVID wing at Hemphill County Hospital now has five patients—two of them admitted in the last two days. Their lab has reported 65 new COVID-positive tests for Hemphill County residents in the last seven days, and 55 confirmed positives in out-of-county residents.

After decades

4 years ago By News Staff

After decades of deterioration and neglect, these three lots—located just north of the intersection of Giraud and Second Streets—have been cited by Code Enforcement Officer Tommy Wyatt for a total of twelve City code violations. The notices sent to owner Israel Gonzales include one violation for weeds, grass and rubbish, two for failure to maintain a screening wall or fence, seven for junked vehicles, and two for dangerous or substandard structures. The property has long been of interest to Canadian’s Economic Development Council, which had recently been contacted by a potential buyer for the land, and had hoped that the building would be razed, the property cleared, and yet another unsightly public hazard transformed into a commercial retail business property that would provide local jobs and contribute to the health of the city sales and property tax rolls. EDC President Remelle Farrar said this month that negotiations between the property owner and prospective buyer had concluded unsuccessfully. In presenting the EDC’s annual report to City Council members, Farrar described the difficulty of finding adequatelysized retail commercial property within the city for large retail businesses interested in locating here. A complete report on her comments to city officials will be published in next week’s Canadian Record.

News Briefs

4 years ago By News Staff

Amarillo’s War Memorial will be open Saturdays beginning in February Amarillo’s War Memorial will be open on Saturday’s beginning in February, with hours from 1 pm to 5 pm. The public is invited to stop by and see a variety of exhibits, including the Medal of Honor, USS Arizona, USS Indianapolis, and artifacts from World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korea, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Afghanistan.

The Texas Lyceum instates first woman of color President Sarah Jackson, ‘22 Class of Directors

4 years ago By News Staff

AUSTIN—The Texas Lyceum made history during its annual investiture ceremony on Friday, Jan. 14. For the first time since its establishment in 1980, the organization will swear in a woman of color to lead the statewide nonprofit organization as its new president: Dallas Citizens Council’s vice president of strategy and public affairs, Sarah Jackson.

Wendie Cook (fifth from right) with the Texas Lyceum Class of 2022

Wildfire preparedness is topic of Jan. 31 meeting

4 years ago By News Staff

A wildfire preparedness meeting is planned for Monday, Jan. 31, at the Hemphill County Exhibition Center in Canadian. This multicounty sponsored AgriLife Extension event includes Hemphill, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Roberts, and Wheeler counties. Its purpose is to assist with educational information preparation for stakeholders in the event of a wildfire situation, similar to the one in March of 2017. Registration begins at 9 am, to be followed by a 9:30 am presentation on “Wildfire Preparedness: What Can I Do?” by Brandon Boughen, AgriLife disaster assessment and recovery coordinator. At 10:45 am, Tim Steffens, AgriLife rangeland resource specialist, will talk about preparing a “Wildfire Ready Checklist,” and after lunch, author John Erickson will lead a rancher panel discussion at 1 pm. Canadian VFD Fire Chief Scott Brewster will follow with a panel discussion by fire department chiefs at 2:15 pm, and the meeting will adjourn at 3 pm. This event will be a face-to-face meeting in the Sand Sage Room of the Hemphill County Exhibition Center, located at 10965 Exhibition Center Lane in Canadian, with lunch sponsored by North Plains Electric Cooperative and catered by Alexander’s. Additional sponsorship has been provided by Silveus Financial. A Teams link will be provided to members of the public who wish to join the online meeting for a cost of $10/person. Registration is required for both the live and online events by calling the Hemphill County AgriLife Extension office at 806.323.9114.

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