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Body CHS junior Logan Gatlin won the Lincoln-Douglas Debate competition at the Amarillo High School Speech and Debate Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 5. Logan went 6-0, with a 3-0 finish in the finals to win first place among a field of 24 competitors.

Body Texas children are living through a reality that many parents and school administrators never thought possible—learning the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and more through videoconferencing.

Body CELEBRATION seems to be the mood here in my small corner of rural West Texas. Maybe it’s the news of the COVID vaccine. Or maybe it’s a sign the human spirit will triumph over the dreary year that is almost over.

Body The Hemphill County 4-H Club held a Christmas Parade on Tuesday evening. The organization decided to host the parade as a way to reach out to the community with some Christmas cheer.

Body Four weeks to go in 2020. The year when our lives were turned upsidedown is almost over. We have had to rearrange our routines, rethink our priorities, and reimagine what it means to be normal and stable. Collectively, the whole world has invented new traditions. The U.S.

Body Canadian Middle School competed against River Road and Highland Park middle schools Monday evening in the UIL One-Act Play contest at the Texas Crown Performance Hall. The Canadian Wildcats were awarded second place, with several students taking home individual distinctions.

Body Merry Thanksgiving! Christmas creep started early this year the day after Halloween. Known as the “pandemic pick-me-up,” putting up Christmas decorations earlier than usual is not just an American phenomenon. Christmas decor is flying off the shelves in Europe too.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body Hemphill County 4-H’ers and youth from 20 Texas Panhandle counties competed individually in the District 1 food show sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service at the Tri-State Fairground’s Rex Baxter building in Amarillo on Oct. 20.