The Mesa View Senior Living residents had prime real estate to view the 2023 Stars & Stripes Parade. They sat in the shade of a tent at the Sixth Street home of Brandon and Kellie Reeves, right on the parade route. Residents enjoying the show were Jack Gill, Billy Ratliff, Eva Timmons, Joyce Cross, Mary Loe Hous, Bruce Content and Rudy Sias.
The July 4th Parade STARS & STRIPES FOREVER featured 58 entries
The winners were:
Sweepstakes: Lady Cat Softball Club / Aud
Classic Automobile: Jerry Smith / 1964 Ford
Antique Tractor: Guy Hufstedler / 1953 Ford Tractor
Wagon/Carriage: Rocky Jines/Jines Ranch / 1890 Doctors Buggy
1st: With Turtle #57—Ryker Houser
2nd: With Turtle #74—Elizabeth Landers
3rd: With Turtle #79—Shane Clements
The traditional Ogallala Commons Playa Tour held in conjunction with the Nazareth German Fest is set for the morning of Saturday, July 8, from 9 am to 11 am.
The Canadian Church of Christ’s traditional GO! Weekend—now in its eighth year of community-wide clean-up projects here—is packing up the shovels and work gloves and heading up US 83 this year to help the tornado-stricken town of Perryton. The date that was set for Canadian’s GO! Weekend—Saturday, July 22—has now been dedicated to Perryton’s recovery.
River Valley Pioneer Museum Director Tamera Julian decided a saddle exhibit would be the ticket for this year’s July 4th celebration. She had noticed last year that rodeo cowboys and their families from all over were among the visitors the museum attracted during the weekend of activities in Canadian.
Coffee Memorial Blood Center in Amarillo will host the Boots & Badges Canadian Community Blood Drive on Thursday, July 13, 1-6 pm, at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall.
Donors will receive a Boots & Badges t-shirt and one WOW Pass to Wonderland Amusement Park.
Photo ID is required. You must be at least 17 years old to donate. Donors that are 16 may donate with a signed parental consent form.
In conjunction with the release of his sixth studio album (the second from the independent record label Mexican Summer), Hayden Pedigo will perform in his native Amarillo. The 28-year-old performance artist, politician, model and fingerstyling maestro whose talent is as irrepressible as it is undeniable, will take the stage at the Amarillo College Concert Hall Theater, adjacent to the Amarillo Museum of Art, followed by a cocktail reception at AMoA.
This past evening, June 20, friends and relatives of Trae Francis gathered on Main Street behind Stitch where they staged a benefit for the 4-year-old’s medical expenses. Trae is the son of Travis and Tessa Francis of rural Lipscomb County and Canadian. He has been fighting the effects of a serious Shiga E. coli infection for several weeks in the Dallas-area Cook Children’s Medical Center. Last week, he finally made it back home. After volunteers served up about 200 burgers in the heat, folks settled into their lawn chairs and on the ledge.
