Howe Lions Club to have charter party July 30

The newly formed Howe Lions Club formally announced at their meeting on Monday night that they have set a charter party for July 30 to be held at the American Legion, 293 Jay Road in Van Alstyne, at 7 pm There will be a steak dinner along with a silent auction and an honor of past member Jim Sutton

Advanced tickets are $25 per person and $30 at the door For advanced tickets, please contact Amber Krantz Dimayuga at AmberDimayuga@bldrcom or Debbie Lowery at 3gbrand@gmail com

At the charter party, there will be a silent auction, raffle items and more The Lions will be helping the community with vision needs for all ages

Howe Police Department seeking partial or full grant for utility vehicle

The Howe Police Department applied for a grant to purchase a police utility vehicle

"We don't know at the onset how much money is going to be made available " said Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman "We had put in for roughly $44,000 only to find out later that the amount that's going to be dispersed is going to be $61,000 and there are six agencies in Grayson County that are vying for a piece of that money."

The grant is a non-matching grant that Hudman believes the department will be notified in August as to how much of the grant they will be awarded

Even with a partial grant and not the full grant amount, the city can use that money to go towards the balance of the new vehicle and replace a unit vehicle that is 11 years old

"Even getting partial payment for a car is better than nothing " said Mayor Jeff Stanley

Councilman Bill French added that police vehicles are seen as a fixed cost for the city with replacements needed "Whatever assistance we get, be it all of it, half of it or 10 percent of it, it will alleviate an expense that we're going to endure whether we get the grant or not " French said to the other members