There was a ton to smile about for Canadian Wildcat fans last Friday night leaving Younger Field in Tulia. The No.

On Oct. 17, Coy, Colt, and Cambree Pittman competed at the American Royal 2020 Junior and Open Show in Kansas City, Missouri. Colt finished Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Heifer in the junior show, and also had a Reserve Division heifer. Coy won Reserve Champion Division Beef Builder Heifer in the show. Shown in the picture is Colt with his bred-and-owned heifer that won Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Heifer in the junior show.

JUST SAY NO! That’s how several of my relatives are handling Thanksgiving invitations to share a turkey dinner this year. My brother, Billy, would love to sit down with his son’s family and his grandchildren, but he has RSVP’d a definite “No.” His son’s mother-in-law in Houston is cooking the big dinner with all the trimmings and expects her family to show up. My cousin’s wife, Lesa, encountered the same pressure from her older brother. This will be the first holiday season without their father who passed away in January. Lesa responded with a big “No” to a family gathering.

Busing to Abilene’s Shotwell stadium on Saturday, Canadian’s Wildcat Marching Band could be sure of two things. The 259-mile trek hadn’t gotten any shorter or more picturesque since their last sojourn that direction, and the competition wouldn’t be any less rigorous.