Serving the community of Howe since 1963
Volume #52, Edition #37
Howe's That by Monte Walker There is a good feeling going on in downtown these days. The revitalized downtown is coming to fruition. And it took what so many of the previous generation didn't want - outsiders. Jack Leavenworth was raised in Michigan and never met J.J. Chisum. However, he has completely renovated his old building and still calls it the Chisum building. Georgia Caraway is originally from Pennsylvania. She never met Mrs. Stockton, but she owns her store now and guess what's going to be for sale in there? Yeppers, vintage dresses and clothing (along with a lot more). Both Mr. Chisum and Mrs. Stockton, I think, would be thrilled to have the new blood to town. It just so happens that they are movers and shakers. By the looks of things not long ago, earthquakes and tornadoes couldn't have moved and shook this town. But look at us now. Next week's Howe Enterprise will come to you mostly from San Antonio. I would imagine that it is the first time that a Howe Enterprise publication has been mostly gathered and developed five and a half hours away.
Monday, February 2, 2015
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Board extends Wilson's contract through 2016 made the transition to superintendent. In the January Howe ISD Board of Trustees meeting, the board voted to extend the contract of Wilson for another year. That would give Wilson a ten-year reign as the leader of Howe ISD which would be the longest tenure of any Howe ISD superintendent since Charles R. Thompson Kevin Wilson, served in that same capacity Superintendent, Howe ISD for 23 years from 1949In 2000, Kevin Wilson came 1972. to Howe ISD as the high school principal and stayed Wilson was a principal during the fiscal rough in that position until 2006 times of the district in the when he became the 2002-2003 school year. In assistant superintendent. After the departure of then an August interview, he said, "It was a challenge. It Superintendent Randy caught a lot of people offHancock in 2006, Wilson
guard, but we banded together. Everybody hunkered down and we weathered the storm."
consistently among the top school districts in the area.
Wilson also says that he's seen a difference in community pride because Wilson, since being superintendent says that he's of upgrades of facilities. most proud that Howe ISD "The improvements that we has maintained their fiscal have made to our athletic stability throughout the facilities have been legislative budget cuts in positively received and 2011 and been able to maintain competitive salaries provide our students and with area school districts our community a renewed source of pride. And we size. were able to do all of this "The community's support of without a bond." said our tax ratification election Wilson. in 2012 allowed us to do Photo by aMichelle Wilson, DenisonCarney native that." said Wilson. went kindergarten through graduation as a Yellow Howe's graduation rate, Jacket before graduating at college readiness, and Baylor. His first job was as number of students continued on Page #2 continuing their education is
Apartments provide big infrastructure benefit for Howe Thanks to an agreement with the City of Howe and Rea Investments to bring new housing to Howe in the form of a 64-unit apartment complex, the city will be the beneficiary of half a million dollars worth of infrastructure to the water system. Many citizens may have
been wondering what all of the activity with the dirt work in the front of Dollar General has been. The engineers working with both the city and apartments have connected water lines with those that run along L.B. Kirby Avenue and extended the lines under US 75 over to Hall continued on Page #3
