A free Back-To-School Haircut Day was held at the Canadian Community Center on Saturday, Aug. 14. Haircuts were generously donated by David Strickland, aka Uncle Dave the Barber. The two young men above were each beneficiaries of Uncle Dave’s pop-up barber shop as they prepared to head back for the Opening Day of grade school on Monday. In a report to school trustees last Tuesday evening, Superintendent Lynn Pulliam said the early enrollment numbers showed a drop of 22 students from last year. “It is a number we are comfortable with,” he said, “though we hope it’s fewer.” Those numbers, he said, would probably be more accurate after the first week of school.

Proceeds from Thursday scrimmage go to benevolence fund Canadian and Panhandle will be participating in a scrimmage on Thursday, Aug. 19, with all proceeds being donated to the Texas High School Coaches Association Benevolence Fund.

This week’s COVID testing update from the Hemphill County Hospital District reflects not only a dramatic rethinking of what information the public wants and needs, but also an acknowledgement that there is a distinct dividing line between pre-delta numbers, and today’s numbers. The Emergency Operations Center is now providing 14-day testing results, the hospital reported yesterday, and has determined that there is little interest in the total number of tests performed by their lab, or in the number of pending or negative tests.

The Canadian Wildcats make their highly anticipated return to the gridiron for the first time in 2021 when they travel to Borger to scrimmage the Bulldogs on Saturday morning. The junior varsity kicks things off at 9 am at Bulldog Stadium with the varsity following at 10:30 am.