Opinion

Abbott seeks more testing sites, antibodies Texas is seeking more federally funded COVID-19 testing locations and additional federal allocations of monoclonal antibodies used to treat the virus in six counties facing increased cases because of the omicron variant: Bexar, Cameron, Dallas, Harris, Hidalgo, and Tarrant. “Testing sites, additional medical staff, and continued shipments of therapeutics from the federal government will help us continue to save lives and mitigate the spread of COVID-19,” Gov.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS ago, on this page, we published a photo of Luz Flores’ home, not-yet completed following the installation of new windows. The work was really the culmination of a project—begun as part of the annual Go! Weekend—to help make this proud first-time homeowner’s mobile home brighter, safer, warmer and even more beautiful.

THE CANADIAN COMMUNITY Center would like to say thank you to everyone who supported us during the Panhandle Gives. We would not be able to carry out our mission “to improve the health and vitality of our community” without all the enthusiastic community support. We are so thankful to be celebrating our 40th year, and it is our honor to look forward to the next 40! Thank you, Canadian.

A REPRINT From former Editor and Publisher Ben Ezzell’s Spur of the Moment column, first published December 3, 1987 Next Monday will be the 46th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day...December 7, 1941...the day that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared at the time would “live in infamy.” And it did, for a time. Probably the memory of Pearl Harbor lives today only in the memories of the dwindling generation of Americans who experienced it...other more memorable events have since eclipsed it in the minds of most Americans.

On November 12-13th, the Go! Weekend crew from the Canadian Church of Christ finished up a project that had been ongoing since the summer. Windows were finally installed at the home of Luz Flores. Many community people made donations to turn her lot into a home. Thank you so much, Canadian!

Samsung taps Taylor for new plant Electronic giant Samsung announced last week that it will build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in the Central Texas town of Taylor, about 40 miles northeast of Austin. The $17 billion investment will be the largest foreign direct investment in Texas to date and brings the company’s total investment in the state to $35 billion.