Scratching heads lead to new business in Howe

no longer effective." said Myers. "I spoke to a doctor in Sherman recently and when I told her about my business, she was so excited about it because there's nothing here "

Allison Myers, a Sherman native, moved to Howe two years ago after her and her husband Evan spent time living in Houston With Evan being hired by Pottsboro ISD as a life skills teacher, she wanted to start her own business. While in Houston and working 9 to 5 in the traffic, she decided that something had to change A friend of hers asked her if she'd like to start a career treating head lice cases and after first thinking it would be too weird, she gave it a shot And after learning the skills and crafts, she has opened her own business called Gone For Good Headlice Removal Service

Myers uses all natural formulas without dangerous chemicals that have proved ineffective But she says the business is all about nit picking

"I've had families that have been struggling for four to six weeks which is the average time to get rid of head lice." said Myers "People don't realize the importance of getting rid of he eggs, also known as nits You have to work to find them and for an untrained eye, it's easy to miss but for someone who knows what they're doing, it can be painless.

Myers offers a 21-day guarantee that if the person gets head lice again within that time, they treat it an no additional charge

In the United States alone sees six to 12 million head lice cases per year from kids ages 5-13 That doesn't take into account of high school kids and parents

Dr Kyong Yoon at Southern Illinois University says that lice have become immune to over the counter head lice treatments

"These same products that have been used for all of these years are

Myers says that doctors know that products like Nix and Rid do not work She also said that they are already aware that the the prescriptions that they are writing also do not work

"What she and I were discussing was that it's all about the nits You get rid of the live bugs, but you have to get rid of the eggs It's so important " said Myers

In order to get rid of the eggs, Myers has to scour the head and pick them out one by one Hence the term, nit picking

"It's a job " said Myers "Once you take them off the head, they have to hatch within two to three hours if they're going to live If they're going to live, they have to have a food source within a few hours Lice feed off of blood and most of my clients have little sores on their heads "

Myers does not use chemicals for lice removal She uses all natural products One of her worse cases came in Houston when one patient used too much of the over the counter solutions and went in to shock due to the poisons in the formula

"They rushed her to the hospital where she had to stay a couple of days and when she got home, she still had lice " said Myers "There are warnings on those boxes for a reason It's a pesticide just as you spray your home You have to be careful."

Some of the ways of getting head lice seem harmless and insignificant Myres says she's seen where head lice jumped from one backpack to another that were close.

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Dogs

From there, both teams were forced to punt back to each other until Howe took the ball at their own 22 yard line with only 2:14 left before half The 'Dogs put together a 10play, 78 yard drive that left only eight seconds left before the half Jaden Matthews took it over from the 1 yard line to give Howe their first lead of the night at 21-14

Bulldog defensive end Mike Helpenstell tallied a sack to eliminate any hopes of points by Whitesboro before the half

Howe opened the second half with the ball, but Matthews quickly fumbled which set up the Bearcats in great shape at the Howe 45 yard line Led by the speedy Griesen, they put together a 6-play, 26 yard drive but were limited to only two points thanks to the stingy Bulldog defense Cobb's 37-yard field goal cut the Howe lead to 21-17

Howe's next possession kept the ball away from Whitesboro for 3:29 but ended on an 8-yard punt by Wall to give them possession from their own 35 yard line But again, the Howe defense turned away the Bearcats, who would at times line up in a spread and at times in a wishbone look. The Bearcats identity crisis led to punting the ball back to Howe

Howe, with anything but an identity crisis, virtually hammered home the win on a back-breaking 16-play, 66 yard drive that started with 3:11 left in the third quarter With the threeheaded running attack of Matthews, Grisham and Brent Masters and a coach with aces in his pocket on fourth down conversions, Howe left only 7:31 in the game and were up by two scores, 28-17 after a 2-yard score by Grisham

By going back to the spread, Bearcat quarterback Weston Hickman Jr threw a ball up for receiver Josh Fletcher, but Hickman floated it due to the pressure from JP Queen Cooper Akins made a beeline to the ball, jumped the route and took it over 70 yards to the end zone However, a penalty would bring the ball back and Howe would start their final drive from their own 37 yard line which resulted in a victory formation and a 28-17 bolt of electricity to the victory light in Downtown Howe

Howe had a total of 71 plays compared to 37 for Whitesboro

The 'Dogs rushed for 375 yards and had a total offensive output of 422 It is the fifth time this season that Howe has gone over the 400 yard mark in a game Howe held the Bearcats to only 193 yards of total offense, 174 of it on the ground

Howe has amassed 2,834 yards rushing this season which is an average of 354 3 per game

Howe will need another win next week at home versus Pilot Point.

Stats

Passing: Brandon Wall 2-3-0-47

Rushing: Jaden Matthews 29180; Brent Masters 9-75; Tyler Grisham 19-57; Brandon Wall 845; Mason Riggs 6-13; Cameron Blesi 1-5

Receiving: Ty Harvey 1-30; Jaden Matthews 1-17