As the Canton ISD school board begins to prepare for the end of the school year, trustees discussed salary scales for employees of Canton ISD, approved raising lunch and breakfast prices and heard from Summer Smith regarding hair and facial hair policies.
A proclamation recognizing the month of April as ‘Sexual Assault Awareness Month’ in Van Zandt County was approved unanimously April 14 by the VZC Commissioners Court during its regular meeting.
A farewell party for outgoing Canton Herald publisher Brad Blakemore will be held from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, April 23, at the Silver Spur Resort in Canton.
Van Zandt County has 93.6 percent of people currently recovered from the COVID-19 virus. In comparison, there are only 4.8 percent of cases that are active.
The Canton track program has made itself at home in Wills Point over the past two weeks, following up a strong showing at the District 14-4A Meet April 7-8 with an equally impressive performance April 15.
The Canton Eagles seized control of this year’s District 14-4A race last week, taking sole possession of first place with a convincing 12-4 win over rival Wills Point April 13.
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The news resonating with Freida and me over the past few weeks was not the stimulus check hitting our bank account. Nor the huge cargo ship finally coming free in the Suez Canal. Nor the dour little rice dumpling of a dictator in North Korea firing off more ballistic missiles in Japan’s direction.
In parts of Europe, parents hold off on formally educating children until they are “ready to learn”. In Finland, students start school “late,” receiving no formal instruction until age seven. Finnish daycare centers often replace reading, writing and math instruction with opportunities for creative play. Kindergarten in Finland is not geared to prepare students for primary instruction.
Should coaches be upset over a bad call by a sports official? After all they are human and sometimes make an error in judgement. Does the official receive consequences like what their error in judgement caused players and coaches? Suspending officials for judgment errors is a touchy subject.
Agatha Martin was born Dec. 22, 1926, in Whitehouse, Texas. She was the youngest daughter of Olgie and George Hagerty and wife of Herschel Martin.
Services for Randy Jay Copeland, 52, of Canton, were held Thursday, April 15, 2021, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Donnie Herring officiating.
Brenda Jean Recknor, of Groesbeck, passed away April 13, 2021, at her home.
Ruth Cotton was born on Jan. 2, 1927, to parents Ray and Rufus Feagin Cotton in Van Zandt County. She left this world to her heavenly reward on April 8, 2021, in Van.
Ruth graduated from Van High School in 1943 and married Johnny Hobbs in 1945. They en joyed 66 years of married life together before his death in 2011.
