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Lakeside Baptist Church is hosting a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at 1291 Old Kaufman Road, in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. For more information or to schedule an appointment time, contact David Wilkerson at 903-567-4787.

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Police, firemen, therapy dogs, pirates, princesses, great music and a buffalo headlined the 18th annual Buffalo Girls Hotel CASI Chili cook-off.

The annual event raised over $100,000 for various charities for the past 18 years and has done so with the help of Chili Appreciation Society International whose motto is “cooking chili for charity.”

The organization searches for various locations to hold chili cook-offs so that CASI cooks can collect point to compete the in the Terlingua, Texas cook-off. The competition at Terlingua can be described as “the Super Bowl of all cook-offs”

The Mountain is proud to have had CASI be here for 18 years and we want to especially thank Neta Rohr of CASI for all her hard work these past 18 years with this cook-off and we look forward to 18 more.

The Canton Eagles have turned the race for the District 13-4A title into a runaway, picking up wins over both Emory Rains and Mabank over the past week to stay undefeated through seven district games. In the process, Canton has virtually assured itself a district championship, needing only a win in any of its last three games or losses by both Mabank and Brownsboro.

The Eagles dispatched Rains with relative ease April 12, needing just five innings to score a 16-6 win over the Wildcats.

Canton teed off on Rains' pitching throughout the night, scoring three runs in the home half and never looking back for the 10-run win.

Four Canton players, Blayne Clower, John Adams, Simon Miller and Johnnie Krawietz each finished with multi-hit games.

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Jessica Gomez’s class got to hunt Easter eggs Thursday, April 13 at Canton Elementary School.  Filled with candy and trinkets, the girls delved into their brightly colored eggs for the treasures hidden inside.

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Early voting for the Saturday, May 6 Canton mayoral election is set to begin Monday, April 24 and continue through Tuesday, May 2 at Canton City Hall, 201 N. Buffalo St., Canton.

The hours for early voting will be as follows:

Monday, April 24 through Friday, April 28: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, May 1: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 2: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

On Election Day, Saturday, May 6, voting be at Canton City Hall from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

I have served as mayor of Canton for the past 2 years and it has been an exciting and progressive time!  I am blessed with a good council and together we have worked to get the city “caught up” on delayed projects such as the new City Hall, a make-over for the historic water tower, and the hiring of an assistant city manager that has been in the budget for several years.

New projects included a new police department building, the parks have been upgraded and two walking trails are complete and both were paid partially with grants.   

Our police and fire departments will soon have a new communications system—something sorely needed because our officers had no radio contact in areas of the city.  First Monday received a pavilion extension with new restrooms and food court.  A new major road project is slated to begin very soon, and all of these projects will not cause any raise in the tax rate. 

“I decided to apply for the position of mayor because:

The Canton High School Graduating Class of 1967 will celebrate their 50^th Class Reunion o April 22 at the Van Zandt Country Club.

The class will meet at 6 p.m. in the dining room with a short welcome. A meal will be served at 6:30 p.m.

“Great music from the 1960s will be enjoyed and lots of old friendships renewed. If you graduated with this class or went to school with this class at any time and have not been contacted, please contact Judy Whitaker Davis at 903-787-0372 for more details,” organizers of the event said.

The Canton Educational Foundation marched to the beat of the Canton High School Band to deliver $18, 748 of grants to Canton ISD teachers April 7.

Members of Canton Educational Foundation, school and local officials and Canton Rotary Club presented awards to teachers across the campuses to inspire superior student achievement and opportunities

“It is our goal to strengthen the learning process through the development of innovative programs while building community support for our exemplary school district. We also want to inspire parents and community members to participate with the school system to provide opportunities for excellence in education,” said CEF board members.

Have you noticed an increase in dead skunks on the side of the road this year? The weather has been very conducive to the efficient reproduction of skunks. Due to this increase in population of skunks, there is a natural increase in the number of rabies cases in East Texas.  Most of the skunks on the side of the road would test positive for rabies. The safest course when you see a skunk is to treat it as if it were rabid.

At Canton Veterinary Clinic, we have sent several skunks off for rabies testing this year and almost all have been positive for the Rabies virus.