"Beatlemania" to hit Howe in September

In 2010, Howe's All-School Reunion finished off the weekend celebration with a performance from "Elvis" who was actually Kraig Parker, a well-known impersonator of the Rock 'N Roll King That performance was well received and five years later, the Howe Ex-Students Association committee for this year's reunion has moved from the 1950's to the 1960's and will have Beatles tribute band, "A Hard Night's Day" will perform on September 19 with the show starting at 7:30 pm in the Howe High School Cafetorium. Tickets will be $25 and 300 will be available.

The All-School Reunion takes place every five years and all of the proceeds go to the Howe Ex-Students Association Scholarship Fund Each year, a Howe senior receives a $600 scholarship from the exstudents Last year's recipient was Jesse Akins

The festivities will begin on Friday night with the homecoming football game at Bulldog Stadium vs Ponder At the same time, a meet and greet will be taking place at Howe High School with coffee and donuts

A Hard Night's Day is consisted of Doug Cox, Bob Cummins, Chris Holt,

Trey Garitty, and Chad Stockslager. They've been performing as The Beatles tribute band for 20 years

Tickets will be on sale starting in July. On online option to buy tickets along with the alumni lunch will be available

New marquee sign in front of Howe High School

A new marquee sign has been erected in front of Howe High School at 200 Ponderosa Rd. The large LED sign has just about as many bells and whistles as one would need

According to Superintendent Kevin Wilson, most of the cost of the sign was donated by a Howe ISD anonymous supporter

"We ordered the marquee from Spectrum in December, but weather had pushed back the installation several weeks." said Wilson.

The sign has a wireless control system, which can be programmed from the high continued on Page #4