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Volume #52, Edition #30
Howe's That
Monday, December 15, 2014
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Parade proved "It's a Wonderful Town"
There's just something the streets that started at the magical when a community Howe Community Library comes together as a whole on Collins Freeway and and celebrates together. ended with a round trip that Many thanks go to the Keep Howe Beautiful organization touched each street from for putting the parade on. Beatrice, to Denny, to Executive Director Laura Davis, to Hughes, to Duree was handed the Haning, to King Street and challenge a few months back back to the library. and took off with it. We honestly didn't have any idea One good parade can lay the on how many parade foundation of hundreds participants or parade more as the kids with candy attendees we'd have in our thrown at them will have first year to take over the that moment forever etched parade. But when I turned in their brain. Those kids from the fire station into downtown, I honestly was grow up to make those overwhelmed with emotion moments special for the Troop 45 carries American flags in downtown Howe to kickoff the parade from the overwhelming next generation and the Photoofbycommunity Michelle Carney crowd that had gathered in sense pride Executive Director Laura known history and will As Keep Howe Beautiful our little downtown district. continue to grow larger and continues as a rock in the Duree accepted the grows the organization, challenge with open arms larger as city programs start water, creating concentric There are so many "thank- Howe grows in community circles with ripples of new to re-emerge. you's" to send out. I hate to comradery. The parade was and when all was said and possibilities for tomorrow. done, the parade was one of start because I will miss handed over to the new Close to 1,000 citizens lined continued on Page #3 the largest in the city's hundreds. The entire organzition this year and committee of Keep Howe Beautiful; the city continued on Page #2 councilman who strongarmed me into being on the board of KHB; The Howe Church of Christ for bringing cookies to give away; FBC Howe for providing hot chocolate downtown; Paris Palacios for emceeing the parade; Angie Liss, Elmer Schenk, Chris Burk, Tim Fulton and the entire Highway 5 Band. They were just awesome! Anthony Hawthorne Tanner Hartsfield Matt Griffin Tristen Matthews Easton Ross Look out Founders Day!
Howe has five players named to First Team All-District