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May 10, 1934
Ball club opens season May 13; opening game will be played on the local diamond.

Canadian's Baseball Nine will open this year's season of the great American game on the local diamond next Sunday afternoon against the Higgins-Booster team.
During last season both Higgins and Booster Station supported teams but this year they have combined forces and should have a snappy nine after picking the best players from both to form one team.

Every Mother’s Day, I have a terrible time finding a card that remotely reflects the relationship I have with my mother.

The Cattle Exchange reopened its doors this past week, and both the community of Canadian and the staff were overjoyed.

WE’RE OPEN! We have reopened the museum part-time this week—Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 pm, and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday. However, due to Gov. Abbott’s guidance on continued social distancing, we are only allowing five visitors in at a time. We have also blocked off our interactive exhibits/activities. Should the coronavirus situation becomes worse in our area, we may temporarily close again. Hopefully, it won’t come to that, and we will be able to fully open in the near future.

The Citadelle Art Foundation’s Chalk the Walk project occupied young artists’ time, sparked their imaginations, and resulted in the beautification of sidewalks around town for several days earlier this month. But the idea seems to have gained a foothold here on Main Street in front of Brown Bag Roasters, where barista and street artist Madi Baltes Rodgers has created a series of colorful pieces with encouraging and upbeat messages that unfailingly brighten our days. They are temporary art, as we all learned when last week’s plentiful rain storm instantly transformed the sidewalk into a sudden wash of watercolors. The next day, Madi was back at it, and this week, she took a bright new set colored chalk and donned an old leather glove that she uses to blend the colors and soften the edges, and designed this version of a Texas skyline, which she dedicated to The Canadian Record. It’s definitely worth a stroll down Main to catch a glimpse of Madi’s next composition before the next downpour.

Hank the Cowdog author John Erickson has donated one of his short stories—The Dancing Cowboy—to newspapers across the country. The story will be featured in serial form in The Canadian Record beginning next week—in our Thursday, May 17 edition—and will appear each week for the following 12 weeks.

The Don Harrington Discovery Center is excited to announce construction has begun on a brand-new outdoor science park. This new outdoor area will serve as an extension to the museum. Located on the southeast side of DHDC’s front entrance, the new outdoor area will feature a fossil dig pit, hands-on learning exhibits, and engineering marvels.

The ravens are back.

April 29, 1926
Preparations are being made for the big celebration and Rodeo to be held at Anvil Park Lake July 5th of this year. 

The grandstand will be more than doubled in capacity, and the slogan will be “a seat for everybody.”

Order will be placed, and delivery will be made about May 1, of a carload of the wildest steers that ever came out of the country of Old Mexico. These steers will be of all colors of the rainbow, have a wide sweep of horns, and will be the type of steers usually seen in all Rodeos.