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WHEW! We had a wildfire over the weekend on the southeast side of the village. Our local volunteer fire department sprang into action and had the blaze under control within a few hours. Like most unincorporated towns in Texas, the men who live here drop everything when they get the “fire” message on their phones. Sometimes, it’s in the middle of the night. The recent fire was fought on a 107-degree afternoon. Thank goodness there was no wind.

AUSTIN—Texas families have through July 31 to enroll their newborns at 2021-22 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition program. Newborns are children younger than 1 year of age at the time of enrollment.

If you ever judged another by their outward appearance, then you needed to be in the audience at the Texas Crown Performance Hall on Friday, July 1, for this Missoula Children’s Theatre production of The Emperor’s New Clothes. The Emperor, played by Mirabelle Brown, wanted to impress her subjects and friends and was told a fancy new wardrobe was the way to go. Trouble followed as the people of the kingdom felt their beloved Emperor no longer cared for them.

The Canadian Community Center’s Taco Pile-On offered July 4th celebrants a simple choice. The menu promised ice-cold air-conditioning with a side ot taco pile-on. It was an offer few could resist in the 100-degree heat. The decision was made simpler still by the proximity of the dining room, in the Hemphill County Library basement, to most of the holiday events, including the parade, turtle race, and the courthouse lawn craft and food booths. All of that, plus some cheery smiles from members of the CCC youth baseball teams, who seized the opportunity to feed the masses and raise much-needed funds for the program. Shown in photos above are (top left)Breven and Cael Aldana and Morgan Bradford, serving up pinto beans to diners; (top right) Gavin English dispersing meals to go; and Alexdra Cippolone, pitching in to keep things running smoothly. All in all, it didn’t take much convincing, but the CCC’s Sawyer Landry and Victor Zafiro (below) gave it a pretty good shot, just the same. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY KIMBRA FAUS AND IKE JULIAN

MANHATTAN, KS—More than 4,120 Kansas State University students earned semester honors for their academic performance in the spring 2022 semester— among them, Canadian High School alumna Kyndall Hill. Students earning a grade-point average for the semester of 3.75 or above on at least 12 graded credit hours receive semester honors along with commendations from their deans. The honors are also recorded on their permanent academic records. Hill is the daughter of Wallace and Rhealene Hill, of Canadian.

Summer Theatre Camp performers to take center stage with “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

Missoula Children’s Theatre returned this week for Canadian’s 14th Annual Summer Theatre Camp, sponsored by the Canadian Arts Alliance and Canadian Wildcat Theatre.

The camp started on Monday, June 27, and will end with a 6 pm performance of The Emperor’s New Clothes at the Texas Crown Performance Hall on Friday, July 1.

WAS IT A CASE OF SINCERE ignorance or conscientious stupidity? I fear it was the former. I went to Houston for Memorial Day weekend. The occasion was my nephew’s high school graduation. Fourteen family members showed up. I traveled with the West Texas relatives. Here comes the “sincere ignorance” part of the story . . .

Payton Lee Collier is a Spring 2022 graduate of Texas Tech University, having earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in human development and family sciences. Collier graduated cum laude. He is the son of former Canadian residents Kirk and Michelle Collier, now of Hooker, Oklahoma.

If your kids are already bored after just one week of freedom from the school regiment, here’s a quick rundown on what you can do to nudge them back out of the nest this summer. First Baptist Church The First Baptist Church (FBC) of Canadian has an array of programs for kids this summer, starting on Tuesday, June 7, with Extreme Water Kickball and snow cones from 1-3 pm at their building, 706 E.