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On Monday night, August 14, the Howe ISD Board of Trustees approved a motion to call for a bond election on November 7 of this year for a new Pre-K through second-grade campus to be located on a proposed location at Hall Cemetery Road near Western Hills.

The bond amount will be $17 million The campus will have a student area of 750 students with a classroom area of 400 students which is roughly the size of the current elementary school

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By Ken Bridges

On Monday, August 21, viewers in the continental United States will be witness to a rare, spectacular event: the total eclipse of the Sun by the Moon This will be the first total eclipse of the Sun seen in the United States since 1979 And Texas will be able to enjoy most of the event in spectacular fashion

Though the Moon orbits the Earth every 28 days, the alignment of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun to produce an eclipse only happens rarely A wide arc of the US will fall into total darkness on August 21 as the eclipse crosses the nation, from Salem, Oregon, curving across to Casper, Wyoming, to Missouri through Kansas

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