Lady Bulldogs seeking fifth

Legislation is like hot dogs - it's better not to see them being made

The Lady Bulldogs bidistrict playoff game will broadcast live tonight from Frisco Heritage High School For those wanting to make the trip, the address is 14040 Eldorado Parkway Frisco, TX 75035

This past Saturday Pack 45 Cub Scouts put bags on doorsteps to collect nonperishable food for Scouting for Food Troop 45 will pick up the filled bags on Saturday morning, February 18 All collections will go to the local Feed My Sheep Food Pantry If you did not receive a bag and wish to donate, please place your donation on your porch and Troop 45 can pick it up

According to healthandwellness com, the American Medical Association (AMA), the largest organization of physicians in the United States, this month formally recognizes the highly controversial “Trump Depression Disorder” (TDD), as a disease “The purpose of the policy is to advance treatment and prevention,” wrote AMA President, Nathan Lee Anderson “It issues a call for a shift in the way the medical community tackles this complicated issue ”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third of Americans are dealing with some form of depression or anxiety directly related to Donald Trump’s presidency The CDC estimates that TDD affects approximately 18 percent of children An estimate from the nonprofit RTI International says that 42 percent of Americans will likely suffer some form of TDD by 2020, the year Mr Trump will be up for re-election

Fire contained at Bainbrook Apartments

Tonight, the 18-10 Howe Lady Bulldogs will be in search of their fifth consecutive bi-district championship under Head Coach Derek Lands The girls will take on the Whitesboro Lady Bearcats, a team in which they were defeated by earlier in the season

Note: The game will be broadcast live on howeenterprise com this evening at 8 pm.

This season, however, is anything close the the previous championship seasons for a number of reasons Gone is 4-time District MVP Riley Harvey and her supporting cast of Darci Foster, Alyssa Smith, and Holly Hawkins This year's group is a complete makeover with two freshmen starters in Jenna Honore and Ally Harvey, who happens to be the younger sister of the now Lady Lumberjack basketball player at Stephen F Austin This year's crop of seniors include Madisyn Hargrove, Kayla Anderson, Landry Rhoten, Emily Sanders and Kamryn Fulenchek continued on page 2

New pastor at FUMC

On Tuesday night around 7 pm, residents in the Bainbrook Apartment complex started smelling smoke and seeing evidence of smoke coming through their air conditioning vents A blaze penetrated the roof of the southern unit in the middle of the building

"We think it started in one of the bathrooms of the apartments " said Howe Fire Chief Robert Maniet on the scene Tuesday night "The point of origin is leaning towards the air conditioner unit inside the apartment complex It did reach extension in all of the attics and penetrated the roof "

A resident, Jonathan Curry, said that he arrived home at approximately 7 p m

As soon as I kicked on the A/C, I started smelling that campfire smell " said Curry "I invited my buddy in and smoke started rolling through the apartment He said, 'something's not right' so I called the fire department and started knocking on everybody's doors and telling everyone to get out."

Curry said the alarm sounding in apartment unit number 10 which was three down from him. He looked for his car in the parking lot and didn't see it, so he knew that he wasn't home at the time Once the Howe Fire Department arrived on the scene, Curry was able to let them know who was home and who was not as well as which tenants had pets

Just after the fire was contained, Howe Police Sergeant Michael Hill gathered the residents that were affected by the blaze and told them that power was about to be shut off to the building and that they would be able to be assisted inside their apartments in order to quickly get valuables and any firearms

Van Alstyne Fire Department assisted Howe in the emergency

The First United Methodist Church of Howe has a new pastor after the departure of Monty Moore, who recently left to take the CEO position at Allen Community Outreach The new pastor is

Zack Landis, originally of Ohio, but is a longtime Texan due to the family moving to Plano when he was in the fourth grade Ministry is in the blood as continued on page 3