Canadian’s annual Memorial Day service will be held at 11 am on Monday, May 29, at Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery. As is traditional, the service will be conducted by American Legion Post 56. In the event of inclement weather, the service will be moved to the Jones Pavilion.
TxDOT Safety Orange has returned to Canadian in abundance this week, with the long-anticipated start of the US 60 Highway Improvement Project, which extends from Birch Street on the south edge of town to the intersection with Main Street in the center of downtown.
Just-retired Canadian High School Athletic Director Chris Koetting will be honored as the 201st inductee into the 65th Annual Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame. A ceremony will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, June 11, at the Grand Plaza of the Amarillo Civic Center.
It’s musical moments and memories by the dozen. The Canadian River Music Festival is marking its 12th anniversary in 2023 and continues to entertain with great musicians on hand. Set for Saturday, June 10, the line-up is impressive: Pecos & The Rooftops; Sawyer Brown; Kylie Frey; Pony Bradshaw; Austin Snell; Jake Bush; and Emily Alexander.
PECOS & THE ROOFTOPS
Misdemeanor Arrests
•Jonathan Madrid, 34, Crestview, Florida; driving while intoxicated with blood alcohol content equal to or greater than 0.15; 5/21/23; HCSO
Felony Arrests
None
Citations
House lawmakers defy Abbott on vouchers
A key House education committee adjourned last week without voting on a school voucher bill that is Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority this session, the Houston Chronicle reported. Barring some unforeseen maneuver in the last week of the regular legislative session, the bill is effectively dead for now.
AUSTIN – It has been nearly seven years since Eden Ganzerla lost control of her car while driving to work and crashed into a retaining wall, breaking nearly every bone in her body. Since then, she has endured thousands of hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy, the result of one fateful decision to not wear her seat belt.
Ganzerla now struggles with a traumatic brain injury, speaks with the aid of a computer, and is slowly learning how to walk and talk again.
CANADIAN, TX---PTCI has officially launched multi-gig internet in Canadian, Texas, providing residents with access to ultra-high-speed internet at 2 Gbps symmetrical upload and download speeds.
Lubbock, Texas May 16, 2023 — A Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP) project has been selected to target conservation easement and restoration in the Texas playa lakes of the Panhandle and South Plains regions for $1.5 million in funding.
Misdemeanor Arrests
•Giancarlos Ochoa, 22, Canadian; driving while intoxicated with blood alcohol content greater than 0.15; 5/14/23; HCSO
•Brian Lopez, 20, Canadian; warrant for driving while intoxicated; 5/11/23; HCSO
Felony Arrests
None
