Two students, one alternate to travel to Austin for UIL State Meet
May 8, 2012 • Chandler Shaw, Editor-in-Chief
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Three Canyon High School students advanced past the regional academic meet and will compete at the State Academic Meet in Austin May 21. Advancing competitors are junior Trevor Ferril in headline writing and sophomore Kori Adair in feature writing, while senior Jonas LaLonde is the alternate in poetry... Read more »
Former President Bill Clinton Speaks at First United Bank Center
May 8, 2012 • Austin Musgrave, Staff Writer
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Former President Bill Clinton addressed a crowd of more than 5000 at the First United Bank Center Tuesday, April 24 as part of West Texas A&M University’s Distinguished Lecture Series. WTAMU donated $100,000 to the United Flight 93 Memorial, prompting Clinton to waive his speaking fee. The National... Read more »
FFA advances 12 to Area Convention, Degree Check
May 8, 2012 • Trevor Ferril, Copy Editor
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Canyon FFA competed at the Amarillo District Degree Check in Borger Monday, April 30. Several students from the program took first or second in their respective events and will compete again at the Area Convention and Degree Check May 18-19 to advance to state. District Vice President and Senior Tyler... Read more »
Former first lady Laura Bush speaks at the Amarillo Civic Center
May 4, 2012 • Rachel Smith
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Former first lady Laura Bush spoke at the Power of the Purse luncheon April 5 at the Amarillo Civic Center to support the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Laura Welch Bush Institute for Women’s Health. Following her address, Bush participated in a question and answer session with Texas Tech Chancellor... Read more »
Canyon HS Key Club named a top 25 club at convention
April 18, 2012 • Press Release
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[Dallas, Tex. – April 14, 2012] – The Key Club at Canyon High School was recognized as the top 23rd club in Key Club International’s Texas-Oklahoma District at District Convention, held at the Sheraton Downtown in Dallas April 12-15. Key Club International’s Texas-Oklahoma District includes... Read more »
Sophomore wins state art contest, Gold Seal award
April 16, 2012 • Trevor Ferril
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Sophomore Amanda Koontz won at the Visual Arts Scholastic Event in Bryan, Texas this weekend. In addition, Koontz also won the Gold Seal Award, given to only 150 pieces out of 12,700 entries. Art teacher and sponsor Linda Podzemny said this was a first for her UIL program. “In the 10 years I have sent... Read more »
‘The Liar’ continues to area
April 5, 2012 • Chandler Shaw, Editor-in-Chief
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The one-act play “The Liar” will advance to the area competition next weekend after going up against three schools at the district competition. At the district level, juniors Tasneem Alvi, Cody Johnson and Zach Howell made honorable mention All-Star cast while senior Chandler Shaw and sophomore... Read more »
Artist advances to state
April 4, 2012 • Brandon Hveem & Staff
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Sophomore Amanda Koontz earned a spot at the State Visual Arts Scholastic Event after qualifying at the regional contest Feb. 25. Ten students competed, with three of those students entering two pieces each. Artists earning awards for their work included Alex Cordova, Tim Archambault, Bella Burnett,... Read more »
Blood center honors school, adviser with awards
March 30, 2012 • Morgan Hicks, Yearbook Associate Editor
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Canyon High School will be honored as the 2011 High School of the Year for the annual blood drive at a luncheon Tuesday, April 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Heritage Room. Coordinator Lance Culbert and 16 students facilitated the blood drive Feb. 29. Seventy-six people gave... Read more »
UIL academic team advances 22 to regional meet
March 30, 2012 • Staff
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Twenty-two members of the UIL academic team will advance to the regional academic meet in Abilene April 20-21 to compete for a spot at the state meet in Austin in May. At the district academic meet at West Texas A&M University March 24, the following students placed in the top six of their events. Accounting... Read more »
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