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Volume #54, Edition #38
Howe's That
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Monday, February 6, 2017
Grisham, Griffin sign to play college football
Used to be that the three "R's" meant Readin', Riting, and Rithmetic. Today, the three "R's" stand for Riot, Restlessness and Rebellion. And if this continues, we will have Ruin, Rot and Regret. What we need is Respect, Religion and Responsibility. - Howe's That, Feb. 11, 1971. " Even as we are a nation of immigrants, we’re also a nation of laws. Undocumented workers broke our immigration laws, and I believe that they must be held accountable - especially those who may be dangerous. If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported. If you plan to enter the U.S. illegally, your chances of getting caught and sent back just went up." - President Obama, Nov. 2014. "All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected, but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens." - President Clinton, Jan. 1995.
Tyler Grisham (above left) and Matt Griffin (above right) are shown with their families on signing day. Two young men that played 48 games each as varsity football players are now signing up to keep playing. On Wednesday, Howe's alltime leading rusher and scorer Tyler Grisham, signed a letter-of-intent to play football for Hardin- Simmons University in Abilene, Texas while one of the big reasons for his success, offensive lineman Matt Griffin, signed a full scholarship offer from Missouri Southern
University in Joplin, Missouri. "Just from the moment I stepped on the campus (Hardin-Simmons) it was beautiful." said Grisham. "Not just on the field, but in the classroom. They have the nursing programs that I want to pursue. It's like God sent me there for a reason so that's where I chose to go." Griffin, who possibly helped continued on page 2
MPO approves scenario of $253.4 million upgrades to Grayson County transportation The Sherman-Denison Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) met Wednesday morning at the Grayson County Courthouse to discuss future transportation planning and the result was an approval to move forward with a proposal to maximize efforts to improve transportation in the county over a 10 year period. Clay Barnett, Executive Director of the MPO presented two scenarios to the board. One of which “Scenario 1” was a
Hall of Honor has multiple nominees, open through February
request from the state of significantly less money that “Scenario 2.” All of the previously passed MTP projects that were passed previously due to the passing of Prop 1 in 2014 are included in the projects. Under the Prop 1 amendment, a portion of oil and gas tax revenues that typically go into the Economic Stabilization Fund are to be deposited to the State Highway Fund. continued on page 3
Several nominations have been made for the 3rd Annual Howe Hall of Honor. The honor is a way of highlighting and maintaining Howe's rich heritage by recognizing, preserving, and honoring the individuals who made significant contributions to the Howe community. The Howe Chamber of Commerce will induct four individuals in 2017. The nomination period ends at midnight, February 28, 2017. At that time, the public will
vote on the top 10 nominees for the selection of two living inductees and two deceased inductees. To this point nominations for this year's class have been submitted for Jean Norman, Donal Gilstrap, J.J. Chisum, Bob Walker, Ricky Ake, Gayle Skipworth, Leon Thornhill, Harold Taylor, and Norman Bennett. The following members have already been inducted into the Howe Hall of continued on page 8
