Welcome to the family, Becky
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MY NAME IS Becky Randall, I live in Perryton and subscribe to your paper online. I just want to tell you that whenever I open up your email, it just makes me smile!
Opinion
A Modest Proposal
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THERE ARE THOSE who believe that the Coronavirus shutdown was completely unnecessary. I agree. The virus should have been allowed to run its course and eliminate all of the old and infirm people in our society … except for you and me, of course.
Reopening Texas during a pandemic, cautiously, slowly
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THE ACTUAL PERILS dwarf the political risks.
Donald Trump’s 5-o’clock follies
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PRESIDENT TRUMP is trying to convince us with his version of the Vietnamera’s daily “Five O’ Clock Follies” that he has considered the coronavirus a serious threat from the start. However, the record actually reflects that, despite being given numerous warnings of the coronavirus’ grave effect on our country, he consistently denied it would be.
Field Notes: A fighting chance
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OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL board of directors, in a renewed and restructured partnership with the Chamber of Commerce, has taken bold and decisive steps to recommit its energy and resources to community development. It is the job that organization was long ago tasked with, and for some time, seemed to have forgotten.
In gratitude and loving remembrance
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Building the beautiful county duck ponds (above) and recreation complex were among the many community projects that Hemphill County invested in while Lynard Schafer was a member of the commissioners court.
In its quiet beauty early Tuesday morning, following an overnight snowfall, this seemed an appropriate place to seek solace after learning that Lynard had died the day before. His sudden absence left a hole in our hearts, but also a far more a lasting sense of appreciation for his dedication to this county, which is forever enriched by his thoughtful leadership.
A Schafer soliloquy
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IT SEEMS LIKE I’VE BEEN Schafer-adjacent all of my life. Started school with two of ‘em (Lindsey and Joe Lynn), then added another (Dale) in the sixth grade when the Perryton contingent moved to town
In Tribute to Lynard Schafer
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From County Judge George Briant:
FIELD NOTES
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The Canadian Record staff is committed to continuing to deliver the news you need in a timely manner. The coronavirus pandemic has caused great disruption in the ways we connect and in how we conduct business.
Strange times
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IT HAS BEEN ALMOST an entire week since we turned off the marquee and locked our doors, unsure of when we’d once again be open for business.
It feels so much longer than that. Some of it is because we’ve spent a large portion of that week playing games with Atticus, with ever-changing rules and mysterious victories on his part and baffling anger when he doesn’t clench those victories.
