52.22 Howe Enterprise October 20, 2014

Serving the community of Howe since 1963

Monday, October 20, 2014

Volume #52, Edition #22

Howe's That The City of Howe will hold their monthly city council meeting tomorrow evening at 6 pm. The time has been changed to 6 pm instead of what used to be the customary 6:30 pm time.

Those of you that are readers of The Howe Enterprise know what the different colored boxes are that are being painted on the wall on Denny Street across from the post office. I would imagine that those that don't know find it a little less than appealing and frankly quite ugly. I assure you that when it's all said and done, it'll be something all of Howe can be proud of.

It is officially basketball season now for the Howe youth programs. Now that each Howe Youth Football team has been eliminated from the playoffs, the youngsters will now focus on the indoor hoop. The pom poms will be exchanged for high-top sneakers. Although, the 3rd and 4th grade football team will get to suit up together one last time on November 9, when they travel to Arlington to play at AT&T Stadium. They are raising money for the trip by selling raffle tickets for an IPad mini.

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Fall Festival attendance way Record breaking night for Howe up from 2013 in 48-12 win over Tom Bean

Jennifer Adkins tries the football throw In one of Howe's oldest traditions, Howe's Fall Festival was held at the parking lot of Charles R. Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday evening.

Many people noticed that the attendance was up heavily from last year.

Saturday was the 28th

consecutive year that the event was held on Roberts Street. Prior to that, the event was held in downtown Howe.

The Howe Bulldogs (3-4) not only got back in the win column by dominating Tom Bean on Friday night, but they did it in style with a record-setting performance.

Kids young and old enjoyed everything from the pencil pull to the haunted house in the gymnasium.

Before Friday, no two Bulldog ball carriers had ever rushed for over 250 yards in the same game.

Photo by Michelle Carney That changed when Anthony Hawthorne rushed for 292 yards and teammate Stratton Carroll tallied 266.

The Bulldogs set a team rushing withCarney 589 Photo byrecord Michelle yards.

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Howe Marching Band receives first division ranking The Howe Marching Band received First Division Ranking for the 31st time in 33 years dating back to the fall of 1981.

"That's pretty incredible." says Band Director Angie Liss. "We kind of take them for granted around here. People expect that, but it's not easy. When you think of everything that has to come together to happen to get that."

The Pride of Howe maintains First Division Ranking

The competition was held in Princeton continued on Page #9

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Bulldogs their own 45 yard line, but a Hawthorne fumble would give Tom Bean the ball right back.

Tom Bean's Hunter Brook would capitalize on another Howe fumble at the Howe ten yard line and Brook's two-yard touchdown would cut the Howe lead to 28-12.

The 'Dogs nearly scored just before the half as Carroll came up two-yards short of the endzone as time expired.

Photo by Michelle Carney

Howe began the second half with the football and took 1:58 off the clock when Hawthorne carried it over from six-yards out. That upped the the Howe advantage to 34-12. After several penalties on the extra point attempt, Honaker missed what would have been a 30-yard PAT.

Carroll would add his second touchdown of the night on a 65-yarder that capped off a 72-yard with a five yard touchdown that capped off the with 11:54 remaining in the second quarter. drive which ended with 7:22 in the third quarter.

51-yard drive that took Tom Bean 3:24 off of Howe upped the lead to 14-7. At the 9:53 mark, Howe's lead bumped up to 41-12.

Eason Ross would intercept a Payton Jones pass the initial clock. The Tomcats (2-5) tried a for the first of three times on the night. That swinging gate two-point conversion, but the Ross' second interception of the game gave gave Howe the ball at their own 32 yard line. pass fell incomplete and Howe trailed 6-0 Howe the ball back, but Howe was forced to punt Moments later, Hawthorne busted up the middle for the first time in the game. However, Ross before touching the ball on offense. for 77 yards and his first of three touchdowns on came down with his third interception and Howe Howe's first drive went 61 yards and took 2:16 the night. Howe led 21-6 with 9:09 left in the took advantage of that by turning in a 75-yard off the clock when Dalton Felder scored from second quarter. drive that was ended with a four-yard touchdown 8 yards out. Brice Honaker's PAT gave Howe

by Hawthorne, his third of the night. That ended the early lead 7-6 that they would not let go of Tom Bean was unable to get much going the scoring at 48-12. offensively and punted back to the Bulldogs, the rest of the night. which allowed Carroll to flee from 64 yards out Hawthorne's 292 yards put him ear the top of and up the Bulldog lead to 28-8 with 7:47 still Tom Bean turned the ball over on downs single-game rushers in school history. In 2012, which gave Howe the ball at their own 47 yard left before the half.

Garrette Griffin ran for 310 yards vs. line. Quarterback Joaquin Lopez scored his Whitewright to set the mark. Previous to that, first touchdown of the season on an 8-yard run Another Tomcat punt gave Howe the ball at Continued from Page #4 Nathaniels Falls' Anthony Hawthorne rushed for 292 yards against Tom Bean on Friday

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Howe Elementary October Students of the Month

Zach Braswell with his second touchdown of the evening.

Submitted by Stephen Braswell The Howe Bulldog JV team got back on the winning track Thursday October 17 with a 40-16 victory over the Tom Bean Tomcats. The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff to their 31 yard line and started off their opening possession on a 69yard drive which was capped off by a Zachariah Braswell touchdown run. Jaden Matthews scored the two-point conversion to put the Dogs up 8-0. After the kickoff, the Tomcats answered the Bulldog touchdown by driving 51 yards for a touchdown and two-point conversion which tied up the score at 8-8. After the Tomcat kickoff, the Bulldogs moved the ball down to the Tomcat 35 yard line as time expired in the first quarter with the score tied 8-8.

After the second quarter began, Braswell scored his second touchdown of the game on a 31yard run off tackle. The two-point conversion was again scored by Matthews to put the Bulldogs in front 16-8. After a couple of defensive stands by the Bulldogs, they began a 56-yard drive which ended with Braswell scoring his third touchdown of the night from two-yards out. Winston Mosse ran in the two-point conversion to put the Bulldogs ahead 24-8 as the first half ended.

After the Tomcats received the second half kickoff, both teams

Photo by Michelle Carney second half kickoff, both teams had a couple of four downs and out until midway through the third quarter when Braswell scored touchdown number four of the night on a 55-yard run through the right side of the line. Matthews ran in for the two-point conversion which made the score 32-8 with the Dogs on top. Following the Bulldog kickoff, Tom Bean started a 55-yard drive that ended with a one-yard dive for the touchdown and successfully completed the two-point conversion. The third quarter ended with Howe in the lead, 32-16.

The Bulldogs began the fourth quarter with a 69-yard drive that was finished off when Braswell scored his fifth touchdown of the night on a 45-yard run around the right side of the offensive line.

The two point conversion was good when quarterback David Crees pitched out to Cade Courtney who crossed the goal line untouched. The touchdown and conversion put the Bulldogs on top for the final score of 40-16. In addition to his five touchdowns Braswell was also over the 200yard rushing mark.

With the win the Bulldogs go to 52 on the season and will work on a new winning streak next Thursday October 23 with a 7:00 kickoff at home against the S&S Rams.

First Row: Riken Tilley and Gisselle Cacho Second Row: Nathan Hernandez, Kai Hudson, Lauren Catching and Eli Stoner Third row: Dax Foster, Cara Beck, Sandra Nitchman and Henry Gill

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State Rep Larry Phillips on Prop 1 State Representative Larry Phillips said on Thursday that the much discussed Proposition 1 that's on the ballot on November 4 was critical for the future of Texas.

"It will provide much needed road funding for our growing population and our aging infrastructure." said Phillips. "It'll be about $1.7 billion this year. We've got about a $5 billion shortfall each year for our roads."

into the "Rainy Day Fund" and put it towards transportation.

"There's still going to be over $8 billion in the "Rainy Day Fund" which only returns less than one percent interest." said Phillips.

"It's not really a good thing for taxpayers to have their money sitting in a piggy bank. We need to have a enough money in there to protect in case of an economic emergency, but at the end of the day, we don't need so much sitting there; that doesn't make sense. Let's return it back to the citizens by building more roads and keeping us from having to find other funds for transportation. I'm all for it."

Prop 1 doesn't require a tax increase or a fee increase and won't be allowed for toll roads. The money will come from the robust oil and gas industry that are paying service taxes which most of it goes into the "Rainy Day Fund." This would take half of what would normally go Phillips is Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation.

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Stratton Carroll scores on a 65-yard run 280 yards vs. Aubrey on October 24, 1997 was the school record.

Clint Bray ran for 272 yards in a Bi-District playoff game vs. Royce City at Bulldog Stadium on November 17, 1989 which stood as the school record for seven years.

Prior to that, Stephen Ogle's 259 yards in a loss to Caddo Mills on October 3, 1986 once stood as the high in recordbook.

The game Friday night was creepily somewhat of history repeating itself. On October 19, 1984, Howe played Tom Bean at Bulldog Stadium and set a school

rushing record with 553 yards.

Also, Howe cornerback Ernie Willis intercepted three Tomcat passes in the 68-0 win that night.

With the win, Howe (3-4, 1-1) ends the four-game losing streak and will travel to S&S (3-4, 1-1). The Rams are coming off of a 31-6 loss to the Leonard Tigers on Friday night.

District 5-3A standings have Gunter and Leonard on top at 2-0 with Howe and S&S at 1-1. A win over S&S Friday would put Howe in prime position for a playoff berth for the first time since 2010.

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1st and 2nd Bulldogs bow out of playoffs

submitted by Mike Stephens On Saturday, the 1st and 2nd grade Howe Bulldogs traveled to Trenton to take on the Whitewright Tigers in the second round of the playoffs.

The Bulldogs would get off to a rough start with a fumble on the first possession of the game turning the ball over to the Tigers. The 'Dogs would score their first touchdown late in the second quarter with a run up the middle by Braden Ulmer for 72-yards but the

Tigers would lead the 'Dogs at the half.

The Howe defense played a good second half but the offense just couldn't get rolling with three fumbles on the day. The Bulldogs would lose to the Tigers 20-6 to end their playoff run and the chance to play in next weeks Super Bowl game. The Dogs end the season at 6-3 and 3rd place in the division.

3rd and 4th Bulldogs upset by Blue Ridge

Cooper Jones gets help from Tate Harvey and Landon Money The talented 3rd and 4th grade Blue Ridge recovered an onside Howe Bulldogs were their own kick to start the second half and worst enemy on Saturday afternoon later recovered a fumble on the in Trenton. Three second-half next kickoff. Howe, late in the turnovers changed a 6-0 halftime game trying to make something lead to a 16-6 loss to Blue Ridge. happen, threw a lateral, which was dropped and recovered by the Howe scored on a drive that took Tigers. most of the first half to take a 6-0 lead on a five-yard touchdown by Howe will play at AT&T Stadium Tate Harvey. The two-point on November 9 to end the season. conversion was unsuccessful.

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Pork bellies and high cotton "That's where I met my wife (Frankie Cole)." said Cavender.

"We graduated together and a year later we married."

George Cavender with grandaughter Bethany Olinger At one point in the early part of the previous century, cotton was king in the great State of Texas. Howe was no exception and large families populated the small rural Grayson County town in order to work the fields from sun up to sun down.

George Cavender is one of the last Texas cotton-pickers left to tell the story.

Born on the Brooks farm, four miles west of Howe, off of Hall Cemetery Road, George Cavender was the youngest of eleven children to Lawrence and Minnie (Goldston) Cavender. He was born September 29, 1926. The family moved on the Brooks farm in 1908 as tenant farmers with three children. The final eight were born and raised on that farm.

"I've either lived on it, owned it or worked on it with the exception of three years." said Cavender. "I managed to buy it when the last of

the Brooks family died. That was in 1978."

Cavender owned the property until 2012 when he sold it to his nephew and his wife, Eric and Janice Akins.

The property contains a two-story house that was built in 1908 by the Brooks family, who moved from Iowa to Howe in 1877.

"Mr. Brooks came down and bought the farm early in that year and then brought his family down in October of 1877." said Cavender.

Cavender went to school in Dorchester, along with the rest of his siblings, but in 1942, during World War II, the Cavenders bought a home and moved to Van Alstyne and George would finish his junior and senior year in Van Alstyne High School and would end up graduating in the Class of 1944.

During those war years, young men were headed to the military as soon as they graduated.

Cavender was no exception. He joined the United States Merchant Marines for a year.

While stationed in New Orleans, he mailed an engagement ring to Frankie. Upon the marriage, they moved into the house that Cavender was born in just down the hill a half of mile from the two-story that still stands today.

Moving back to Howe meant going back to work on the farm in which Cavender spent his childhood doing.

"Farming is completely different now than it was then." said Cavender. "Dad and mother raised us children on 155 acres cultivating the ground. Dad did that with horses and mules and later got a tractor in later years.

He only used the tractor to break ground. He row-cropped with a team of mules. Ten acres a day was all he could plow with a team of one row. Everything was done with a hoe. There was no spraying anything. It was all just hand labor. Cotton was picked by hand; hoed by hand; corn was gathered by hand."

The corn would be gathered and

taken into Howe to the mealgrinder at Mr. Kelly's blacksmith shop (which was located on S. Hughes, behind the downtown apartments and facing the rairoad tracks where "Hooten's Garage" is now on). Mr. Kelly would grind the corn for meal or make chops for chicken feed.

Cavender said that they woud work sun up to sun down but the team of mules could only do so much in one day. They would put in ten hours a day, but have to stop and give the team a rest.

At the age of six in 1933, Cavender was introduced, by his older brother, to Ernest Strawn's cotton field just west of their farm.

"It was 100 degrees every day. It was a mile over to the fields.

We'd walk over there to pick, walk home at lunch to get a bite to eat and then walk back and stay in the fields until 7." said Cavender.

Cavender spent every summer for 35 years in the cotton fields. In 1964, he got a cotton stripper, which made the job much easier.

But in 1968, he stopped growing cotton along with most everyone else in Texas.

"All of the land owners wanted their fields worked in cotton.

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Local Church Calendar

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First United Methodist Church of Howe Tuesday, October 21 9:30 am - Women's Bible Study (Beth Moore's Children of the Day) Wednesday, October 22 9:00 am - Wednesday Workers 6:30 pm - Discover Christ (Children) 6:30 pm - Women's Bible Study (Beth Moore's Children of the Day) 6:30 pm - Jr. High Youth 7:30 pm - Sr. High Youth Thursday, October 23 6:00 pm - Boy Scouts Sunday, October 26 9:00 am - Sunday School 10:00 am - Worship service 3:00 pm - Cub Scouts 7:30 pm - Men's Bible Study First Baptist Church Howe Tuesday, October 21 8:00 pm - Ladies Bible Study 8:00 pm - Men's Bible Study Wednesday, October 22 6:30 pm - Fuel 6:45 pm - Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study 7:30 pm - Choir Sunday, October26 8:00 am - Traditional Worship service 9:45 am - Bible Fellowship 11:00 am - Traditional Worship service 6:00 pm - Evening Worship Community Bible Fellowship Monday, October 20 7:00 pm - Luella home group Bible Study Wednesday, October 22 6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship 7:00 pm - Childrens's Ministry 7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible Study Sunday, October 26 10:15 am - Worship Service 7:00 pm - Howe home group Bible Study

Howe Church of Christ Tuesday, October 21 10:00 am - Terrific Tuesday Bible Class Wednesday, October 22 7:00 pm - Bible Classes (all ages) Friday, October 24 7:00 pm - Friday Bible Study Group Sunday, October 26 9:00 am - Bible Classes (all ages) 10:00 am - Worship Service 6:00 pm - Worship Service First Baptist Church Dorchester Wednesday, October 22 6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and kids eat free) 6:30 pm - Praise service 7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group Sunday, October 26 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - A.M.Worship Service 5:00 pm - Adult Chior Practice 6:00 pm - Evening Worship New Beginning Fellowship Wednesday, October 22 7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm - Kids Church 7:00 pm - Radiate Youth Sunday, October 26 10:00 am - Kids Church 10:00 am - Morning Service A Christian Fellowship, Luella Wednesday, October 22 6:30 pm – Potluck Meal 7:00 pm – Worship Service 7:00 pm – Jr & Sr High Youth Sunday, October 26 9:30 am – Sunday School (all ages) 10:30 am – Worship Service 10:30 am – KidZone Children’s Service (5yr – 12 yr)

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Faith

quick you forgive. “Stop being bitter, angry and mad at others.

by Debbie Wallis Don’t yell at one another or curse each other or ever be rude. Instead, “I have loved you with an everlasting love. With unfailing be kind and merciful, and forgive love I have drawn you to Myself,” others, just as God forgave you because of Christ,” Ephesians 4:31Jeremiah 31:3. Despite your 32. Matthew 6:14 says IF we shortcomings, weaknesses, and forgive others when they sin against mess ups, God loves you. God us that God will forgive us when we knows everything about you and sin. I need that so that makes me He still loves you. Your love for fast to forgive! yourself should mirror His love for you. This is critical because you God has given you gifts and need to believe you are worthy of talents. As a child of God you have having love. Legitimate, lasting what it takes to be everything God created you to be. You’re a super self-worth can come only from God’s love and knowing who you hero. You’re a champ. You’re a are as a new creation in Christ. If one-of-a-kind. If you were just like you keep thinking of yourself the everyone else what would you have way you used to be, that’s exactly to offer the world? Don’t compare yourself to others but become what you will continue to be. superior to your previous self.

When you stay focused on God’s Honor God by constantly raising promises, you realize that you your standards. Refuse to have have already been approved. That negative self-talk. “Make your will change your actions to one words good-you will be glad you who believes old things have did. Words can bring death or life! passed away and the Kingdom of Talk too much, and you will eat God is within you. The more you everything you say,” Proverbs 18:20-21. The words you mutter to read God’s promises for you the more you will see you are not an yourself have the power to encourage or discourage, to only child. You cannot feel motivate or deflate, to generate joy terrific about yourself when you or repel it. If you are negative are holding on to un-forgiveness or talking to yourself, more than likely judgmental thoughts towards you are harsh and judgmental others. We’re all human, stuff towards others. I can imagine Your happens…even bad stuff out of Father in Heaven saying, “Be kind your control, move on. I’m not to each other, you are both my saying it is easy, I’m saying it’s favorite!” necessary and God will help you.

Never let an old wound fester due Anyone can be happy when to excessive attention. You cannot circumstances are wonderful, but joy is different. Joy is proactive get anywhere taking one step backwards and one step forward. happiness; it’s the learned capacity to display your faith ahead of time Looking back leads you back. by a daily attitude of all is well.

Looking forward leads you This should be a huge separation forward. between Christians and the nonbelievers of this world. See your Make forgiveness real and potential through God’s promises. ongoing. Your spiritual, Faith believes in what hasn’t emotional, mental and even happened. As followers of Jesus physical health depends on how Christ we have the hope of

tomorrow. Your Father in Heaven loves you. “But You, the Lord God, are kind and merciful. You don’t get angry easily and Your love can always be trusted,” Psalms 85:15

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Howe Middle School Honor Roll First six weeks “A” Honor Roll 5th Grade Harley Brockelman, Jaden Bryant, Luke Catching, Andrew Cowin, Zakry DeFrange, Kaitlyn Fuhr, John Griffin, Jacob Hooten, Riley Insall, Niko Longoria, Zoey Moore, Ramie Mosse, Alyssa Sharp, Clayton White, Trinity Williams, Elijah Wilson.

6th Grade Jackson Adkins, Marissa Agee, Alexandra Blount, Tatum Hartsfield, Elizabeth Robertson.

6th Grade Ava Bader, Roosevelt Bell, Grace Brennan, Brett Burnett, Mariana Cano, Erin Catching, Holly Cavender, Sierra Copeland, Hannah Dwyer, Jacob Fabacher, Katie Grogan, Gabriel Hariman, Kriston Harris, Kameron Hopper David Huerta, Seth Key, Cameron Lankford, Grace Lankford, Mason Moreau, Jayda Ray, Rebecca Reinecke, Brooke Robinson, Kaytee Roper, Ethan Sanders, Avery Shue, Reese Smiley, Korbyn Thompson, Austin Thurman.

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Band

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and Howe marched on Saturday at an invitational contest and didn't have their best performance. They had a regrouping and a peptalk on Tuesday.

"On Wednesday, it was like a different band. said Liss. "It was great. They definitely had their best performance of the year."

The band performed their Friday night show called "Rewind" which features Led Zepplin's Stairway to Heaven, The Beatles Lady Madonna and Aerosmith's Dream On.

Cassidy Anderson, Kaden Bateman, Bailey 7th Grade Bond, Karsyn Fleming, Ximena Flores Chavez Ana Garcia-Posada, Caiden Harmon, Ally Nayely Ayala, Hally Bollier, Zoie DeFrange Harvey, Mikayla Hudek, Zane Hughes, Jarron Paetyn Ford, Lane Griffin, Jenna Honore, Kolbe Ing, Idres Jordan, Valerie Langford, Arturo, Lappin, Riley Underwood, Molly Wilson.

Lowder, Taylor Marr, Amanda Miller, Kacie Morgan, Kaley Norton, Matthew Robison 8th Grade Jacob Roper, Catherine Switzer, Jamie Taylor Colton Thurman, Cindy Torres, Bethany Van Elijah Campbell, Kindle Catching, Mikayla Deren, Ashlyn Wahrmund, Margaret Watson, Doty, Sheila Finney, Carson Grogan, Nasaut Jackson Wilson, Kolby Windon.

Herrera, Timothy Knight, Bethany Masters, Taylee Moss, Kelsey Pierce, Zoee Watson.

8th Grade

There were three judges for the contest and most of the band stayed to watch the rest of the performers. Receiving a Class 3A first division ranking along with Howe were Van Alstyne, Whitesboro, and Farmersville.

First six weeks “AB” Honor Roll

"I'm not disappointed that it's not an advancement year." said Rodriguez. "I've had the chance to be in advancement years three times. It's kind of sad that it was my last contest ever, because I'm not going to do college band. It's still a lot of fun. It's less stressful I think. It's more fun even though advancement years get your adrenaline going with each accomplishment. I love that so much."

Maya Agee, Spencer Akins, Quintan Allen Kaylin Bouse, Joseph Brennan, Cody Brussow, Jake Catching, Luis Chacon Ruiz, Allen 5th Grade Cheely, Samuel Cherry, Nathaniel Duffee, Abigail Alvarez, Jessica Bastida, Kevin Logan Elvington, Dylan Foster, Aubrey Bateman, Hannah Bond, Cierra Brussow, Jared Friedman, Marshall Good, Taylor Hartsfield, Brussow, Caytie Coco, Ethan Conrad, William Gianna Henry, Grace Jones, Chloe Loftice, Fleming, Micaiah Franklin, Kailyn Ireland, Nathanael Morrow, Natalie Murphy, Riley Austin Jones, Ethan Lopez, Luke Lopez, Brooke Potter, Ashlyn Ray,Rebecca Rhew, Mason Potter, Gavin Richardson, Rylee Smith, Avery Riggs, Jorie Seibold, Taylor Thurman, Calley Snapp, Victoria Stapleton, Ethan Tindell, Caleb Vick Wahrmund.

Band President Leslie Rodriguez has been marching in the band since the 7th grade.

Every other year is an advancement year, whereas, bands have the opportunity to advance to state and become state champions. However, her senior year falls in a non-advancement year where no state champions will be crowned.

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continued from Page #6 Back in the high cotton days in the area, Dorchester and Howe each had two gins. After hand-picking 1,300 pounds of cotton, it would produce a 500 pound bale of lint, which was the standard.

owned all of the land around Van Alstyne. They had the oil mills and the gins and they wanted all of the land worked in cotton." said Cavender. "That supplied quite a few jobs."

Cotton was time consuming and needed the most attention at the same time as wheat harvesting.

Wheat, milo and corn began to take over as king of crops in Texas because it was easier to grow.

"About 350 pounds a day was the most that I could ever pick by hand." Cavender said. "At the age of 12, my dad paid us $.60 per 100 (pounds) and the neighbor was going to pay us $.65 per 100 so on a good day you could make nearly $2 a day if you worked real hard."

In the fall, that was the only time the kids had money. With that money, they were expected to buy school supplies and school clothes. On two different occassions during The Depression, Dorchester adjusted the beginning of school around the cotton crops.

"We went to school for two weeks "I saw one farmer growing cotton and then we were out of school for two weeks so everyone could get over in Pilot Point. There's no out and pick cotton." said gin in the area. They were stripping it and putting it in these Cavender. modules in the field. That's the The Lawrence Cavender family only cotton I've seen grown in during the winter had four milk this area in several years." said cows and sold cream. They also Cavender. "Cotton grew better had chickens for meat and eggs. west of Dorchester. We're in a heavier blacklands area which is better for corn and grain."

Corn crops have always been a staple of this area, but local farmers began to grow milo.

Then they switched from milo to wheat and now have gone full circle back to corn.

"Buying groceries was much different than it is today. We would buy the flour, the meal and coffee. We canned vegetables in the summer. We only bought what we didn't have at home. It was altogether different."

Cavender got out of farming for

the most part in 1994, but 2007 was his last crop.

house and 15 years before a telephone or TV set.

"It's changed more since I got out than it had in the 40 to 50 years prior to that." said Cavender.

"They have larger and better equipment. It's just a big business now. They're doing a much better job than what we used to could do."

"I grew up in The Depression. I didn't now it was a depression at the time because we were in the middle of it. But we learned to manage and work and save." said Cavender. "I grew up on a farm and that's all I've wanted to do. I was blessed enough to be able to do what I wanted to do and make a living. I never punched a time

Frankie and George Cavender were married for ten years before they had running water in the

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Austin College holds Issues Forum for November election

Shon Husband, Libertarian

Jesse Gaines, Democrat

Austin College in Sherman held their first ever Issues Forum to discuss the upcoming gubernatorial elections as well as the importance of voting.

Each speaker gave point-of-view perspectives from their respective parties for approximately ten minutes in length.

House Representative Larry Phillips introduced the parties with his speech of the importance of voting.

He told the audience that voting straight ticket is not a great idea.

"Just because someone is in a party label doesn't mean that you know that they're going to do what you need them to do." said Phillips. "If you're involved, you can help shape the policies that they'll support."

This November, voters can cast their

Deon Starnes, Republican

ballots for Governor, Luitenant Governor, State Comptroler, State Railroad Commissioner, State Ag Commissioner, and State Land Commissioner. The State of Texas hasn't had this much turnover in over a decade and it's important for voters to cast their opinions.

Husband says that when the Republicans Party controlled the "It's important who we get elected House, Senate and Presidency, in those positions." said Phillips. that nothing improved. He says "It's going to have an impact on that it was exactly the same as our lives as citizens of Texas. when the Democratic Party They'll shape how we do things in controlled all three branches. the legislature."

"The only thing that happened The Libertarian Party was first was the growth of government, reprensented by speaker Shon increase in regulations, erosion Husband, who is a Pentecostal of liberty, more wars, more Church Minister who has also taxation, more inflation and coached varsity football and works restrictions on religeous as a region manager for Lykes freedoms." said Husband.

Cartage.

The Minister Husband preached on the protection of the constitution and the construction of The Bill of Rights. His views are that the twoparty system is not what the founders intended for America from the outset.

"We see a system of more power being served to the federal government on a daily basis. Both parties yearn and clamor for more power." said Husband continued on Page #12

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Had this been an advancement year, Howe would be moving to the area round of competition. However, this was the last marching contest of the year.

back to play a concert the following February without any of the graduated seniors from the prior award winning band performance.

"If this band were in an advancement year, we'd be trying to clean up some marching things, but sound-wise, we'd giving some people a run for their money." said Liss.

Middle school and small 1A schools can enter without the expectation to perform. However, a school like Howe would be required to perform without those previous senior band members.

This will be an advancement year for spring concert season. The band will go to different contests and have recordings made on CD. The band will take it's best recording and submit it for the rankings process.

The deadlines for the submission is June 1 and during the summer. The culmination process happens at Texas Band Masters in San Antonio with the State finalists. Bands advance from area rounds all the way to the finals just as the marching process, however, the performances are all digital.

Now that the marching contest season is over in this nonadvancement year, they are planning a special performance on Halloween night when Howe travels to Whitewright.

The recordings will take place this February at various locations including The University of North Texas.

The strange part about the process is that it if Howe won the Honor Band Award, they would be invited

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The Democratic Party was represented by Jesse Gaines, who has a Bachelor of Political Science from California State University and a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.

called a new "poll tax" that was recently passed that requires voters to have proof of identification, such as state issued drivers licence or identification cards, passports and or birth certificates, which all require some form of payment in order to qualify to vote.

Gaines main stance was to raise the "Many of our lesser citizens that do minimum wage for low income families that are not able to afford not make that kind of money that those in this room are making or today's standard of living. expected to make." said Gaines.

"This was put in to place to "Each of you students that work should be able to make a wage that disenfranchise and to suppress the actually helps pay for your books." votes of persons who are from lowincome, persons who are from said Gaines. "We should all be concerned about people making a minority groups, and persons who decent wage. You cannot support a are expected to vote Democratic." family of four making $7.25 an Republican Party representative hour."

"We have some fun stuff and a surprise for everyone." said Liss.

"We will feature our color guard a Gaines also talked on what he little bit, feature our twirler a little bit and then we'll break it down."

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Some members of the band have done the special performance before, but it's been several years and fans of The Pride of Howe will be thrilled with the performance.

"In a non-advancement year, we always pull out the fun stuff once the contest is over." said Liss.

Leslie Rodriguez, Band President

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Lady Bulldogs lose to Ponder, Whitesboro

The Howe Lady Bulldogs have found themselves caught upon some hard times in district play.

October has not been too kind to

Cavender

the girls who have yet to find a victory in the current month. But another opportunity arises with a match vs. Pottsboro tomorrow.

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Howe bus hit by SUV

HPD Sergeant Michael Hill directs traffic after an SUV hit a bus At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, a Howe ISD school bus was traveling east on Haning Street approaching the US 75 overpass. A silver SUV was stopped at the stop sign on N. Collins Frwy in front of the Valero service station. The driver of the school bus, stated that the silver SUV proceeded to travel through the intersection striking the bus on the driver’s side about mid way down the bus. Due to a language barrier, it was unclear why the

driver of the silver SUV proceeded through the intersection.

Howe Police Sergeant Michael Hill stated that no injuries were reported by either driver or from any of the kids on the bus. The kids on the bus were transported to another bus and taken on to school. School officials were on scene when Police officers arrived.”

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George Cavender family clock or got a regular pay check, but the side of the crops and that I got to do what I wanted. would give you full employment.

It didn't interfere with the crop Cavender also got in to hog farming work a lot." and had 1,100 to 1,200 market hogs per year. From the time he was a While George Cavender lived his kid, he always had hogs, but in 1966, life in the fields, he and Frankie he built the farrowing house on his spent a lot of time at First United property on Cavender Road. From Methodist Church in Howe as 1966-1994, he would raise the pigs well. and feed them until market time.

Next week, we'll continue our "I liked to do it, but it was a lot of conversation with George work." Cavender said. "It was a Cavender about life in Howe, Van seven-day-a-week job. It worked in Alstyne and Sherman in the good with the farming because you 1930's and 40's. could take care of the livestock on Continued next week

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Howe Police Department Oct 1 – At approximately 6:30 pm, Howe Police Department Officer Todd took a report of a Burglary of a Habitation in the 700 block of N. Denny Street. The resident reported that between September 30 and October 1, someone kicked open the back door of her residence and stole a television from inside.

was arrested for PCS PG 1 < 1g.

Oct 5 – At approximately 6:00 pm, HPD Officer Clark arrested a 29-year old Howe man for an outstanding warrant for Terroristic Threat. The arrest occurred in the 700 block of N. Collins freeway.

Oct 7 – At approximately 11:00 pm, HPD Officer Todd arrested a 34-year old Howe Oct 3 – At approximately 1:30 am, HPD resident for possessing prescription pills Officer Todd stopped a 51-year old Dallas not belonging to him. The man was man for a traffic violation on northbound Hwy 75. Officer Todd noticed an open beer stopped for a traffic violation at Denny in the lap of a 53-year old female passenger and Mayo Streets. After the officer noticed the man was extremely nervous, (also from Dallas) and a bundle of “Chore Boy” in the passenger floorboard. A search he obtained consent to search the man’s of the vehicle revealed two crack pipes. The vehicle. Officer Todd recovered driver was arrested for No Insurance and the numerous Xanax pills. The suspect was woman was arrested for Possession of Drug arrested for PCS PG 3 < 28g.

Paraphernalia.

Oct 12 – At approximately 3:30 am, HPD Officer Todd stopped a 45-year old man Oct 4 – HPD Officer Clark arrested a 47year old McKinney man for DWI (3rd with and 46-year old woman for a traffic violation in the 300 block of E. Young open container, No Driver’s License, No Street. Officer Todd obtained consent to Insurance). The man was stopped around search their vehicle and subsequently 6:30 pm on southbound US Hwy 75 at Farmington Rd. After failing sobriety tests, recovered less than a gram of the man was taken to a local hospital where Methamphetamine from inside the car. he consented to a blood draw. He was then The 46 yr old woman claimed ownership of the drug and was arrested for PCS PG 1 booked into the Grayon County Jail. < 1g.

Issues Forum

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Deon Starnes said that the Republican Party's limited government will bring unlimited opportunity.

"It's an impossibility for freedom and government intervention to meet." said Starnes. "The more freedoms you have, the more responsibility that you're going to have to take. For those that don't want to grow up and carry their own weight, this is a frightening prospect."

Starnes spoke of the limited resources all around that include federal budgets, state budgets, county budgets, city budgets and home budgets.

"You have to have economic freedom or there is no individual freedom." said Starnes. "It's great if minimum wage goes up to $15 per hour, but the byproduct of that is that prices rise and people

don't by products as much. If consumers don't Upon the discussion of abortion, Gaines said that they support the 20-week policy and is buy products, the job is eliminated. Would against subjecting women from taking care of you rather have some pay or no pay?" their own bodies. Starnes focused on the facilities and clinics and stated that the centers Each representative was asked about their should be as standard as any surgical center stances on hot political topics. Gaines and for any outpatient clinic. Husband, while Starnes agreed that in their personal beliefs supporting every other liberty in every that legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana was not something they would support. While discussion became very clear about his stance on pro-life. He also gave several options to Husband said that he wouldn't preach to his congregation to do drugs, but he didn't think it protect against such issue including abstinence. was right for the government to make that proclamation.

The hour-long forum was a well attended and Upon gun ownership rights, each of the three well facilitated event that informed young voters on many current issues and stances that fully supported the 2nd Amendment. are completely different from each other on Husband, the Libertarian, took it a little some topics. November is a crucial time for further and proclaimed that it is not right to Texas, which in return greatly affects the U.S. make citizens register to carry a firearm.

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Howe High School School breakfast and lunch menu

Howe Elementary/Middle School breakfast and lunch menu

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25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

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