Lady Bulldogs clinch playoff berth with big week

The Lady Bulldogs (20-2-1) beat Gunter on Tuesday 11-5 at Gunter High School in seven innings

Howe scored four runs in the fifth on a fielder's choice, an RBI single by Peyton Streetman, an error, and a passed ball

Streetman racked up three RBIs on three hits for Howe

Madisyn Hargrove recorded the win for the Lady Bulldogs even though she allowed five runs over seven innings Hargrove struck out five, walked three and gave up nine hits

The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first Streetman got things going with a single and a stolen base. The Lady Bulldogs added more runs when Kayla Anderson scored on a passed ball

The Lady Bulldogs brought home one run in the third inning, and matched that run total in the fourth In the third, Howe scored on a solo home run by Emily Sanders.

On Friday, the Lady Bulldogs beat S&S 8-2 in seven innings at S&S High School after a five-run explosion in the seventh inning

Howe scored in the seventh on an RBI double by Streetman, a sacrifice fly by Hargrove, and a three-run home run by Anderson

Payton Griffin helped the Lady Bulldogs take the lead for good the sixth inning with a dinger Ross singled to get on base in sixth She then went from seco to third

Griffin racked up three RBIs o two hits for the Lady Bulldogs

Hargrove got it done in the cir again on the way to a win She allowed two runs over seven innings She struck out five, walked two and surrendered th hits.

Our Cigarette Boxes

om Defrange of TLD Design Consulting, LLC arrived early to is office at 103 E Haning St on unday morning to discover that he flower box was on fire in front f his building He quickly put the re out his is a great reminder to not hrow cigarette butts on the ground nd especially in flower boxes

The Lady Bulldogs didn't relinquish the lead after scoring three runs in the second inning when they scored on an RBI double by Dani Ross and a two-run single by Streetman © 2016 The Howe Enterprise

Keep Howe Beautiful is making an effort in Howe to clean up the city for spring This Saturday, April 16, they are asking the community pick up trash all throughout the city

Defrange says that he will be reporting the fire to the Howe Police Department

House fire leaves family in need of help

Founders Day

Schedule of Events

MAY 7, 2016 2PM – 8PM

1PM – VENDOR SETUP

2PM – HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT 2PM – CAR SHOW

2PM – 42 DOMINO TOURNAMENT

2PM – TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT STARTS ON W. DAVIS STREET

3PM – CITY LIGHTS BAND LIVE MUSIC

4PM – ATHLETIC CHEER FORCE PERFORMANCE

5PM – LIVE PIE AUCTION

5:15PM – FIERCE MOTIONS DANCE PERFORMANCE

Tim and Kathy Becker’s Howe home suffered a total loss to fire last week The loss has left them in tears and without anything The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting donations that will go to help the family If interested in helping, please deposit funds into Howe Chamber of Commerce account at Independent Bank (with notation for Becker family) and 100 percent of that money will go towards purchasing the family materials of need

The family needs everything from forks and spoons to couches and beds The chamber is getting the family in touch with Peggy’s Porch for clothing needs A fundraiser is being planned as the local churches are being asked to make announcements on Sunday to their congregations for help

The Beckers moved to Howe nine years ago from Illinois “We’ve never needed anything and never asked anyone for anything before ” said Kathy Becker “But we need help now”

Insurance covered the mortgage payment, but the family has to come up with money to have the house demolished as well as a new start

Contact the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce at info@howechambercom or 903-532-6080 for information about how to help

5:30 PM – LAWNMOWER RACES IN DOWNTOWN

6PM – TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT ENDS

6PM – DUANE PETERS AND SIMPLY BLESSED LIVE MUSIC BEGINS

7PM – ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WINNERS OF ALL EVENTS

8PM – FOUNDERS DAY OFFICIALLY ENDS

A bit of Howe history told by citizen

he once served as secretary to the Howe Historical Society

Raymond Hamilton

Left with a citizen's water bill was a little of Howe's history

Robert Pinkerton shared his Howe historical knowledge as

From Pinkerton: "There was a wild west gunfight in front of the Howe Railroad Depot in the old days A man accused another of stealing a pig and the two shot at each other in the street "high noon" style. The accused man nicked the other man's ear with a bullet and was allowed to keep the pig "

"There was once a small jail beside the railroad tracks near the Howe Railroad Depot A very unpopular man was arrested and put into the jail A mob of townspeople tied (chained) the jail to a train stopped at the depot When the train started up, it pulled over the jail and the prisoner got away"

"A member of the Bonnie and Clyde gang was captured in front of the old post office by lawmen. He (Raymond Hamilton) did not fight This was the outlaw known for carrying a shotgun under his coat "

"The building that now has a historical marker (Don's Smokehouse) was the cafe in the last scene of the Karen Silkwood movie ("Silkwood") "

Left: The famous actress Cher seen here inside the building that is now Don's Smokehouse. Behind Cher in the photo is what is now Abby's Restaurant. The movie :"Silkwood" was filmed in Howe in September of 1982.