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Volume #54, Edition #46
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Monday, April 3, 2017
Over 300 expected in downtown Saturday night for event
This Saturday night will be a great evening of community bonding. The "Save the Church" organization has so many people to thank that have stepped up to volunteer their time. The co-MVPs of the fundraising effort is without a doubt Georgia Caraway and Jean Norman. Both of those ladies have gone above and beyond in the efforts to lead the charge to revamp the old First Christian Church and turn it into a upscale wedding venue named Summit Gardens - A Wedding and Event Venue. The last fundraiser was in Nov. of 2015 and it was Walmart who stepped up to the plate then and have again by donating over 200 pounds worth of brisket for the bbq dinner. Brice Harvey will put his smokers to good use this week and the Keep Howe Beautiful organization is once again operating the dinner. before. The dinner and live When an Italian Cream auction will take place at the Cake auctioned off for Howe Fire Department $750, people knew that while the silent auction and something special was refreshments will happen at happening. That was the Highly intelligent people case on a November 2015 the Howe Development with bad intuition can Alliance/Howe Chamber Saturday night in wreck things quickly. Downtown Howe when 355 office at 101 E. Haning St. individuals went through Much has been done to the serving line to eat a Marla Butler of Van barbecue dinner and attend restore the building since the Alstyne has sponsored an last fundraiser.. A great a live auction for the Interurban Kid Train for purpose of raising money night could put the building Howe's 31st Founders Day in great shape to open late Festival. The train is of the for the restoration this summer. A multiof the old First Christian trackless variety and will chamber event is scheduled Church located at the run from 3pm - 7pm from for November 7. Auction southeast corner of the First Baptist Church to items are on pages 11-14. O'Connell and Denny O'Connell Street along the streets. That night, the same path that the The committee, headed by "Save the Church" Interurban ran back in the Jean Norman, has garnered committee completed what 1940s after moving from hundreds auction items. was a successful campain where Highway 5 runs now. Howe Mercantile owner that raised over $25,000. With over $20,000 of that Georgia Caraway has been Mame Roberts, Howe's monumental is the efforts of amount spent on iconic beautification expert, renovation, it was the items. Also Boyd Dunn, would have been proud of determined that the group who has offered his the volunteers that showed construction expertise, has needed to do another big up to help Keep Howe fundraising event. That big been working on the Beautiful. Even brand new event will take place on building without pay. He citizens, the Fosters, came Saturday night starting at 6 even suffered a heart attack downtown to put in an that set him back, but he can pm. hours or twos worth of still be found hammering, painting and overall picking up trash across from The second Save the laboring. You can't keep a the Sonic. Good to see Church live auction and Howe attracting more good BBQ Dinner will take place good man down. at the same venues as people. History is always written one pay grade above the facts.
Vandals at it again On Monday, March 27, 2017, Raymond Langford reported to the Howe Police Department that someone broke into his rental property in the 400 block of South Hughes Street. Mr. Langford stated that between March 25th at 4 pm and March 27th at 9 am, someone broke a door window pane to make entry into the building. Once inside, the actor(s) spray painted letters on the concrete floor and poured an unknown paste or liquid in a couple of areas inside the shop. The estimated damage was $100.00. Police are following up on the case. This follows several incidents associated with the Howe athletics program earlier in the year. Previously, vandals took the the auxiliary gymnasium on Highway 5 and to the high school baseball and softball fields.
