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Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed George B. Peyton V to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) for a term set to expire on Feb. 1, 2027. The board provides leadership, planning, and financial and technical assistance for the responsible development of water for the state of Texas.

Over 40 entries participated in Canadian’s Annual 4th of July Parade, not counting the many firetrucks and emergency vehicles that began the procession with sirens blasting. Young and old gathered along the parade route in their best red, white, and blue to watch this year’s “Proud to be an American” themed floats and entries.

IN THE STILL-DARK morning of March 6, everything changed for the Hext family. Everything.

Dessa Hext and cousin Liza Cooper had returned home late Saturday evening from a trip to Fort Worth. As is usual, they had been rodeoing, and the trailer full of horses they hauled had to be unloaded and fed before they could get some sleep.

“We put all the horses up, like normal,” said Dessa, “and went home to bed. At 4:45, I woke up to my mom screaming. ‘Get up,’ she said. ‘The barn is on fire.’”

Canadian Visitors Center • Friday, Saturday & Monday

The official 4th of July Welcome and Information Center, located at 119 N. 2nd St., will be open on Friday, July 1, 9-11 am and 1-5 pm; Saturday, July 2, 11 am-4 pm; and after the parade on Monday, July 4, from 1-4 pm.

InterBank’s 4th of July Cookout • Friday, July 1

Toot‘n Totum Food Stores has petitioned the city of Canadian to annex two vacant tracts of land, located on US 60, into the city limits. The property is located on the north edge of town, and includes two properties totaling 10.84 total acres. A portion of the highway frontage is already within the city limits.

Work will begin at the end of this month on annual city and county street sealcoating projects. For the first time in many years, that project will include the application of a double-course treatment on several sections of previously unpaved roads within the city limits.

A group of 50 or more motorcyclists from around the country will be riding through Canadian on the Fourth of July, traveling from border to border through America’s heartland on a mission to bring greater attention to the tragedy of suicide in this country, to break the silence that surrounds it, and to start a discussion on how to prevent it.

Three juveniles were issued citations early this week for vandalizing several locations in town with graffiti. Sheriff Brent Clapp said the damage—which, he hastened to note, is not related to the recently-vandalized Tom Brown sign on Main Street—was reported to his office on Monday, June 20. A second report was received Tuesday. Several structures were defaced with black spray paint, including a trailer at Lowe’s, the restrooms at Jackson Park, a yield sign at Willard and Birch, the municipal recycling center, several dumpsters, and three silos along the train tracks. Clapp said his office posted video still shots of the vandals on the HCSO Facebook page. Within an hour and a half, the miscreants’ identities were reported. Each one was cited for a Class C misdemeanor.