Dickey, Bearden and Simmons leading in Hall of Honor voting

5pm Fierce Motions Dance Studio in Van Alstyne will perform for thirty minutes in the street starting at 5pm Then a musician who played in the very first Founders Day in Howe, Duane Peters & Simply Blessed will perform a two-hour show starting at 6 pm

The popular lawn mower race will make its second appearance in a row and rumor has it Mayor Jeff Stanley has been working on a lawnmower that is sure to win in 2016

Other events include a horseshoe tournament, live pie auction, and scavenger hunt The chamber is contemplating bringing back events from the 1986 celebration such as the bubble blowing contest, egg toss, cow chip throw and beard contest

The chamber will also hold a "Touch a Truck" event which will consists of large trucks such as tractors, combines, fire trucks, semi-trucks and others that kids can climb in and have their pictures taken in The entry fee for this event will go to repair the parks in Howe

The 2016 Howe Hall of Honor nominees were released last week and voting began on Tuesday The nominees were selected by the community and nine were submitted which included Jimmy Bearden, J J Chisum, Norman Dickey, Fred Holcomb, Sr, Glen Hestand, Otis Lamb, Jean Norman, Steve Simmons and Lowell Thompson

Those wishing to place a vote online can do so at http://howeenterprise.com/18976.

Starting Monday, there will be a ballot box at the Howe Post Office Voting will end on March 15 and the three selections will be announced at the March 24 Members Dinner.

In the lead after the first week of online voting are Dickey 132, Bearden 74, and Simmons 69, Chisum 50, Norman 45, Thompson 21, Hestand 19, Holcomb Sr, 12, Lamb 11