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Body The CHS Theatre Department will perform Spoon River: Set Free on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Texas Crown, with back-to-back shows at 6 pm and 7:30 pm.

Body The Canadian Education Foundation is excited to announce this year’s Innovative Teaching Grant winners. Each year, the CEF receives applications from teachers from all four CISD campuses for innovative projects that are outside of the school’s regular budget.

Body On Wednesday, Oct. 7, Canadian High School’s Coach Jay McCook, was named the first secondary Teacher on the Rise winner of the 2020 school year.

Body The CHS Theatre Department will perform Spoon River: Set Free on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Texas Crown, with back-to-back shows at 6 pm and 7:30 pm.

Body Autumn to writers is a turning point. When green leaves turn to gold and red, we rejoice in their beauty. The letdown comes when the leaves turn brown and fall off the trees.

Body The twice-delayed Canadian High School Homecoming Queen coronation was held at the CHS Gymnasium last Friday at noon.

Body It’s Banned Books Week! The week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3 is a reminder of the freedom to read. The Texas ACLU no longer tracks the banned and challenged books in the state’s public schools, but the American Library Association does. This year’s theme is “Censorship is a dead end.

Body Colt Pittman had a grand day last Saturday at Amarillo’s Tri-State Fair Youth Livestock Show. Pittman is shown here displaying the banners he received for winning grand champion with his full-blood J-Bar heifer and reserve grand with his bred-and-owned heifer.

Body Amber Zenor, of Canadian, graduated summa cum laude from the Robert D. and Carol Gunnn College of Health Sciences and Human Services at Midwestern State College with her Bachelor of Science degree in respiratory care.

Body Need a hug? Don’t we all? Person-toperson contact is how humans express affection, comfort, and connect with each other. Touch releases oxytocin and sometimes dopamine, two of the “happy hormones” that regulate positive moods.