Great Days of Service gives love to the community

Foster named to council

supported with their motion to approve in Tuesday's city council meeting.

Clyde Hepner and Bruce Evans spent their first year as co-coordinators of Great Days of Service, which is in their 10th year of existence in Howe The organization helped numerous families on 19 different projects

In order for Great Days of Service to consider a project, it must meet their criteria of a non-rental property It also has to be someone in true need of help outlined by the organization guidelines Those guidelines are that the person must be physically or financially unable to take care of their property

A lot of the jobs are given to Great Days by the code continued on Page #4

Last month, Dennis Bozeman stepped down from his seat on the Howe City Council due to family health issues that have him spending most of his time in Louisiana

With the seat vacated, Howe Mayor Jeff Stanley appointed Darren Foster to the seat, which the council fully and unanimously

Foster was approached, or recruited, initially by longtime Council Member Sam Haigis With Haigis' recommendation to Mayor Stanley and a willingness to serve his community, Foster agreed to fill the seat if the council would support the nomination

"I was very humbled to be asked by Mr Haigis " said Foster

The council position does require some time and Foster says that he's able to give some time despite having three children in the Howe ISD school system.

Howe teachers participate in workforce

For the second year in a row, the City of Howe has invested in a program that has sent Howe ISD teachers through a program to help bring real Grayson County job skills to the classroom to prepare students for life after high school

This year, Howe Development Alliance sent two teachers continued on Page #3