Howe's That

Another year and another crop of HHS seniors prepare to exit stage right This group is extra special to me because they were freshmen when we took over the Enterprise in 2014 We have watched them throughout their high school years and seen some of them mature beyond imagination But it is also a realization that we are growing older and kids of my classmates are now graduating It was a privilege of mine to present Dani Ross with the HHS Ex-Students Association Scholarship on Wednesday Her mother and I go way back I mean way way back to Humpty Dumpty Play School at age three where we were boyfriend and girlfriend Sharla Powell, now Sharla Ross, finally got rid of me around fifth grade, but we have been lifelong friends and were classmates from kindergarten through graduation We both are still here and are both serving on a committee for the future of Howe ISD "for the glory of ol' Howe High " No personal relationship has ever been a part of the decision-making process of the alumni committee to choose the scholarship recipient But I'm especially glad the committee voted for Dani It is my hope that she will follow in her mother and father Alan Ross' footsteps and not only just graduate from Howe High School, but also live, work, and raise a family in this town and provide for the betterment of a future Howe that none of us know yet Leaders aren't born, they're made - made from the cloth of the black and white from Roberts to Ponderosa