Canadian’s homecoming game is just eight days away, but The Flower Shop’s owner Jonilyn Hanes has been preparing for months. Each year, Hanes and her team produce hundreds of homecoming mums and armbands for Canadian ISD and surrounding school districts.

The Roaring ‘20s are back! 2020 is party time! Instead of speakeasies selling illegal liquor, COVID parties are all the rage. The crime is not drinking. The crime is refusing to social distance or wear a mask. In states with strict regulations such as California, New York, and New Jersey, hosts of parties are arrested and fined. The greatest challenge, however, is college students. Colleges want to resume classes in a safe environment. The off-campus parties may undermine their best efforts to keep students COVID-free. If parties drive the COVID rate up, students will have to switch to online learning.

Open enrollment in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college-tuition program, began Sept. 1 and runs through Feb. 28, 2021. The Texas Tuition Promise Fund offers parents and loved ones the chance to prepay a child’s future higher education at Texas public colleges and universities at today’s prices, excluding medical and dental institutions.

The Canadian Wildcat junior varsity claimed a quick 14-0 lead over Iowa Park in the first quarter of last Thursday’s game here, added another 7 points in the third quarter, and held the Hawks scoreless until the fourth, to escape with a 21-6 victory.