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County commissioners this month got the first look at their estimated net taxable property values for the 2022-23 fiscal year, and the news was welcome. Hemphill County’s values have risen an estimated $1.2 million over last year’s rate.

Following executive sessions held during their May 2 and June 6 meetings, the Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council board of directors approved a $12,000 job-creation grant for KerTec LLC; approved a $16,000 loan for Main Street’s newest business, the Canadian Business Hub; and authorized the purchase of a former mud storage building located in the Industrial Park from Cornett Realty for $2,000.

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Canadian Rotarians sprang into action early Tuesday morning to line Main Street with American flags, in observance of Flag Day. The holiday commemorates the date in 1777 when the Second Continental Congress paused in their writing of the Articles of Confederation to pass a resolution, stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” Over 100 years later, in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson marked the anniversary of that decree by officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day.

A public statement issued by Klein Investigations and Consulting last Thursday suggested that a suspect had been identified in the May 27 vandalism of the Justice for Thomas Brown sign on Main Street.

Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Minick, a Canadian native, enlisted in the United States Navy as a nuclear machinist mate in November of 2000. After completing the enlisted nuclear pipeline, he was selected as a junior staff instructor at Nuclear Power Unit MTS 626 in Charleston, South Carolina.