Man arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of Child

request by the officer for a blood sample. A search warrant was obtained and the suspect was taken to a local hospital for the blood draw She was then booked into the Grayson County Jail

At approximately 5:00pm on April 22, Howe Police Department Officers David Morris, Brandon Ozuna, and Chief Carl Hudman arrested a 45-year-old man at his residence in the 300 block of N Collins Freeway in Howe on an outstanding warrant for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. The arrest was the result of an investigation into an April 10 outcry from a child alleging that the man touched her inappropriately The suspect is not related to the victim The investigation is ongoing and the man has since bonded out of jail

At approximately 10:10pm on April 21, Howe Police Officer Robert Todd arrested a 35-yearold woman, 26-year-old man (both of

Denison, TX), and a 29-year-old Kingston, OK man for possessing methamphetamine The officer stopped the suspects on US 75 for a traffic violation The suspected methamphetamine was recovered during a consent search of their vehicle None of the occupants claimed knowledge that the drugs were in the car, so all three were arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance PG 1 less than 4 grams

At approximately 2:20am on April 19 Howe Police Officer Clark arrested a 28-year-old Gunter resident for DWI after stopping her on Hall Cemetery Road for a traffic violation. The suspect failed sobriety tests and refused a

Founders Day

continued from Page #1 until just after noon when the crowd cleared out for lunch. With the vendors hoping for a return of people after lunch, it never materialized

The event was moved up in to the last weekend of April, which also sees another longstanding festival taking place in Muenster's Germanfest Howe's traditional theme of Founders Day and the lack of adult beverages available will never make Howe's once a year celebration as large as the others that commonly open up a special permit for alcohol sales on events

Vendors stated in 2014 that they wanted it to be longer than just a 9am - noon event and asked that it be extended until 6pm. The Keep Howe Beautiful and Howe Area Chamber of Commerce boards agreed to not only extend the party to 6pm but also hire two bands to play and close out the night with a free concert by Texas Country Music Artist Chris McCandless Unfortunately, there were only about 50 individuals in downtown for the concert.

There were lots of great moments early on in the day such as the lawnmower race that took place between Todd Creekmore owner of Advantage Business Machines and 8-year-old David Carr Creekmore jumped out to a big lead and maintained it throughout the race to win by about 15 yards several door prizes were given away by Keep Howe Beautiful and other vendors Those that stayed for the long-haul and kept their booths open even wthout any traffic were 3G Brand, Cavender Home Theater, Sweetie Pies, Salvage Junky and a couple of others

Sergeant Michael Hill and Damien Carr partnered together to go undefeated and win the horseshoe championship which took place in the volleyball court next to First Baptist Church's youth center.

The board of Keep Howe Beautiful and the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss a complete makeover of the event and even renaming it from Founders Day to a more marketable theme, such as "Top of Texas Festival" to capitalize on the uniqueness of Howe's elevation to the rest of the state in this corridor.