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The Canadian High School Marching Band earned all 1’s at the regional marching contest held last Saturday at Amarillo’s Dick Bivins Stadium. The Wildcat Band is one of 16 bands that will advance to the area round of competition, which will be held this Saturday, Oct. 22, at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene.

Annual District 1 4-H Gold Star Banquet honors 30 area 4-Hers Thirty outstanding 4-H members from the Panhandle area were honored at the 65th Annual Gold Star Banquet hosted by District 1 of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Canyon’s West Texas A&M University Alumni Banquet Facility.

Monday, Oct. 11, was Canadian ISD’s annual Community Give Back Day, a day in which middle and high school students dedicate themselves to community service. In addition to boosting a student’s chances of acquiring scholarships and college entry, community service is good for the soul. Taking a break from academics to give back to the community is an integral part of what CISD hopes to instill in its students.

CHS Wildcat Theatre will kick off its season onstage this month with a performance of Clue, based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn and adapted by Sandy Rustin. Clue will be staged at the Texas Crown Performance Hall at 7 pm on Saturday and Sunday, Oct.

Senior: Berkley Beedy, Karla Blanco, Ben Bryant, Brooklyn Cochran, Lyndlee Coffee, Everett Cook, Mason Drager, Pacer Quisenberry, Celia Gonzales, Dessa Hext, Emily Kauk, Sam Kendall, Trace Mitchell, Leah Moreno, Saira Moreno, Estefania Perez, Mallory Poe, Clara Pulliam, Joyann Stiner, Corbin Throgmorton, Ella Walser. Junior: Chanlee Adcock, Kathia Aragon, Camren Cavalier, Kelsey Dockray, Nayroby Duarte, Max Dumbauld, Kenzie English, Luke Flowers, Will Fry, Emily Green, Presley Harper, Myra Herrera, Laney Hood, Samantha Krehbiel, Preston Miller, Alicia Munoz, Miranda Nunez, Tatum Oatman, Anderson Perkins, Ashley Perry, Aubrie Poe, Carlos Sanchez, Karson Thompson, Leon Tu, Abbi Voorhees, Addison Wall, Tayln Wright.

SOMETIMES BAD NEWS is good news. That’s how I see the news this week that Micron did not choose Lockhart, Texas as the location of its new chip manufacturing plant. Micron chose Clay, New York, a suburb of Syracuse. Why is the loss of a prospective 9,000 Micron jobs and 40,000 ancillary jobs a good thing?

Canadian Education Foundation representatives Heath Mitchell, Cheryl Hohertz, and Courtney Trolinger presented over $6,300 in Innovative Teaching Grants to teachers from Canadian High School, Canadian Elementary, and Baker Elementary during halftime at last Friday night’s Wildcat football game here.

Eighth Grade: Landry Appel, Annabel Avila, Martin Baker, Samantha Benson, Bridger Burrus, J.W. Coffee, Joseph Dominguez, Abram Flynn, Aiden Gerhardt, Marian Lugo, Josue Martinez, Jon Massey, Coleman Perkins, Maile Quisenberry, David Sanchez.

CHS Senior Emily Kauk was crowned 2022 Homecoming Queen during halftime at Friday night’s Canadian Wildcat vs Perryton Rangers game. Members of this year’s CHS Homecoming Court and their escorts were Leah Moreno with father Lucio Moreno, Emily Kauk with father Brett Kauk, Clara Pulliam with father Lynn Pulliam, Kathy Aragon with father Luis Aragon, Alexa Escarcega with father Jose Escarcega, and Brianna Angillon with Osvaldo Dominguez. The game was preceded by a Homecoming Tailgate with a custom-smoked barbecue pulled pork meal, hosted by the Canadian Educaton Foundation. All proceeds from Friday’s gates went to the CEF to fund student scholarships and innovative teacher grants.