Serving the community of Howe since 1963
Volume #52, Edition #40
Howe's That by Monte Walker
Monday, February 23, 2015
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Back-to-back-to-back Bi-District Champs a stingy defense by the Brock Lady Eagles spelled trouble for the Howe Lady Bulldogs at the hands of one of the best teams in the state. Brock is an eighttime state champion and is currently ranked 4th in the State of Texas according to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. They will play Sunnyvale on Tuesday night at Saginaw High School.
It was a year ago that I found my self searching for what I would do in life after being let go from a successful career in the wholesale fuel business. It's amazing how things just fall into place in the most unlikely of circumstances. A year and a half ago, Bill French talked me in to heading up Keep Howe Beautiful which led me inside the old Christian Church building to see what Keep Howe Beautiful could do to help the aging structure. While in there, I found numerous historical items to Howe just rotting away in the exposed elements. Of those items were a full set of Howe Enterprise newspapers from 1963-1981 which my grandfather wrote most of them. Also, I found some Howe Messengers from the late 1930's and early 1940's.
a Photo by Michelle Carney
The Lady Bulldogs celebrate after beating Jacksboro, 62-41. The Howe Lady Bulldogs' season came to an end on Thursday night in the Area Championship to the Brock Lady Eagles by a score of 54-26, but not after another tremendous season put
together by Head Coach Derek Lands. In 2012-13, Lands' Lady Bulldogs had 27 wins which surpassed the 2005-06 team that finished with 26. And now another one of his teams
Romans 8:28 is much clearer after this past 52 weeks.
A combination of early foul trouble for Riley Harvey and
Longtime downtown business relocates
When faced with unemployment, I decided to walk in my grandfather's footsteps and tackle a hometown newspaper, but modernizing it to fit today's needs. The newspaper directly led me to the city position and now I sit one year later with two jobs instead of none.
finished with 26 wins as this current set of Lady Bulldogs also finished with a total record of 26-7.
In order for Howe to be able to play Brock, they had to get through the Jacksboro Tigerettes. With Photo by Michelle the 62-41 win overCarney Jacksboro, it gave Lands and his Lady Bulldogs three consecutive bi-district championships. continued on Page #2
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In July of 1978, a couple opened up a business in Downtown Howe that would remain for 37 years and willing to go as long as they could, however, Billy Clinton and his wife Lavonna were handed papers last week that told them that their business had to find a
new home after all of those years. The three units, 107 - 109 E. Haning St. recently sold from O.B. Powers to Georgia Caraway and one of the first things learned from the purchase was that tenants Clinton Upholstering and continued on Page #3
