LUBBOCK—The United Family and Mrs Baird’s Bread® announced the February winners of the 9th Annual “Teachers on the Rise” program recently. Three Amarillo-area teachers were honored: Lorena Baca of Humphrey’s Highland Elementary (Amarillo ISD), Brittany Monds of Clarendon Junior High (Clarendon ISD), and Bruce Bryant of Canadian High School (Canadian ISD).

CHS Sports Schedule Changes Canadian High School track-and-field athletes will compete this Friday, March 18, at the Panhandle High School relays, following cancellation of the earlier-scheduled Shamrock meet. Canadian’s Lady Cat softball team will play in Dalhart on Thursday, March 24, after their March 22 game against Dalhart was canceled due to a lack of available officials..

New Canadian residents and new business owners Marjorie Miller and Richard Loch visited here last week with Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council board members. The couple is preparing to open The Canadian Business Hub—an enterprise that will provide a multitude of services to residents and businesses here, ranging from shipping, mailing, printing, and copying services to digital services, such as state fingerprinting, TSA pre-check signups, and expedited passport services.

It was all business at the courthouse Monday morning, as commissioners efficiently chipped away at a loaded agenda, adopting an updated burn ban, approving $5,000 in funding for repairs to the baseball/softball complex, accepting bids for the annual sealcoating project, and reviewing property insurance-coverage appraisals.