Opinion

The extraordinary beauty of our ordinary stories

6 years ago By Opinion

ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING aspects of my work is retelling people’s extraordinary stories. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to hear and share a little bit of Ernest Leierer’s story.

Card of Thanks

6 years ago By Opinion

I would like to thank the members of the Friendship Quilt Guild for the honor and the beautiful Quilt of Valor presented to me. I would also like to thank

In the Texas House, it’s going to be a little tougher to say “Come, let us reason together”

6 years ago By Opinion

IF YOU’RE LOOKING at the Dennis Bonnen controversy through the lens of the U.S. Capitol, you can’t see the damage the speaker of the Texas House has done. You should

Field Notes: Citizenship 101 and the First Amendment

6 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of

The Visitor

6 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

THE VISITOR TO The Canadian Record didn’t identify himself, and didn’t linger. He just had one thing to say, and needed somebody to hear it. We first spotted him sitting

Letter to the Editor

6 years ago By Opinion

Rx for Medicare patients: Beware of scams I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE to be aware of a scam that I have seen where I am receiving faxed orders for genetic testing

Field Notes: Neither fear nor favor

6 years ago By Field Notes Laurie Ezzell Brown

MANY OF OUR READERS and friends have reached out—in emails, in letters, in phone calls, and in often emotional face-toface conversations—to express their appreciation and support for our reporting on

In the face of darkness and lies, we need the light of brave youth

6 years ago By Opinion

WHEN AN ARGUMENT has lost all moral footing, ignores all empirical fact and delights in willful ignorance, it usually only has one tack in the face of courage and truth—to

LETTER: Rockin’ the Block

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

Rockin’ the Block

THE BLOCK WAS ROCKED, and it took a village to make it happen! The Canadian Community Center would like to say thanks to everyone who came out to party with us Saturday.

LETTER: Honoring all of our veterans

6 years ago By Letter to the Editor

Honoring all of our veterans

I SIT HERE and wonder why a new wall hasn’t been added to the Hemphill County Veterans Memorial. There are so many veterans from the county that haven’t been added. Many of those were people the town had given up on, but who chose to volunteer for service.

So few in this country volunteer, but that’s what our military is: Volunteers, people who stand for a reason. Residents of our community have stood tall in that aspect, from Vietnam to Iraq.

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