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Monday, September 18, 2017
First responders remember 9/11
Too many children today are living in a world where they never learn "no." They don’t know how to handle disappointment and failure. Nor do they know how to react and move on when they don’t get their own way. This is a new world constructed by “wellmeaning” but dangerously naïve parents. The children know no better because this is what they’re taught. Reallife doesn't come with "Participation Awards," "8th-Place Trophies" or a laudatory bumper-stickers telling everyone that you're able to do your job without Members of the Howe Fire terror on Sept. 11, 2001. screwing up. Department and Howe Learning a team sport, like Police Department gathered The first responders were football, with the right on the FM 902 bridge on also treated to a cookout at coaching can help young Monday morning to raise the Howe Middle School by kids learn life’s difficult the American flag and the student council. Making lessons, including Mick honor those who lost their an appearance was Grayson Jagger’s truism that “you lives in the tragic act of County Sheriff Tom Watt. can’t always get what you want.” As these kids move on in life, they are going to get rejected when they apply for college, turned down when they ask out someone for a date, fail to get the job they want, the shift they want at work, and taste failure and disappointment on multiple fronts. It will be vastly more difficult on these kids should they never experience hardships and learn to cope at a young age. The team-building process is partly learning to be a great teammate when it's not all about you. It breaks my heart for a kid to not get to play, but there is something to learn from it.
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Top ranked Muenster cuts through Howe, 46-12
Howe freshman quarterback Cirby Coheley (2) being pressured by Kody Waltersheid (72) of Muenster. Michelle Carney/Howe Enterpise It's very likely that Howe has faced the toughest schedule to this point than any other team in the state of Texas at any level. Howe opened the season with Class 3A-2 top-ranked Gunter and Friday night faced Class 2A-2 topranked Muenster. Sandwiched between those two heavy-hitters was Bowie, who made a trip to the second round of the
playoffs a year ago. Howe, who went three-rounds deep in the playoffs a year ago is in a transition period. The coaching staff has been completely overhauled, with the exception of Head Coach Zack Hudson) and a vast new cast of characters are wearing the black and white laundry that Howe the community has supported for the past 82 years. But Continued on page 4
Lady Bulldogs start district with win over Lone Oak Howe Middle School students Dax Foster, Zeb Montgomery, and Jacob Campbell serve Grayson County Sheriff Tom Watt a hamburger on Monday during the first responders cookout held by the HMS Student Council.
Chamber announces "Downtown In a sense, sports is a true metaphor for life. No one is Howe-lloween Festival" guaranteed "playing" time in life. For the most part, hard work, effort, planning and desire is rewarded. The benefits can be wonderful. But it’s good to prepared when it doesn’t work out The Howe Area Chamber business, or simply hand that way. of Commerce announced out candy. this past week that they will 2017 host a "Downtown HoweThere will be lots of HoweEnterprise.com lloween Festival" on opportunities to wear the Readership Saturday night, Oct. 28, Halloween costumes this Sessions: 104,197 2017 from 6:30 pm - 9:30 year as FBC Howe and pm. FUMC Howe will have Users: 54,383 their events the following Pageviews: 434,370 Interested vendors can set day on Sunday. Of course, Jan 1 - Sept. 16, 2017 up a booth in downtown to traditional trick 'r treating give away items to "Trick will take place on 'R Treaters," cook food, Halloween night on have game, market your Tuesday, Oct. 31.
The Howe Lady Bulldogs varsity took down Lone Oak on Tuesday night. But the JV and JV White team also won for the Howe sweep.
Ally Harvey added eight kills and Ashlyn Ross had 13 digs. Kaylin Bouse had five kills and eight digs. Cassidy Anderson had 14 assists and Kylie Hopper added 10.
The varsity girls won in five sets, 25-18, 25-23, 15- Howe JV White beat Lone 25, 18-25, and 15-12. Oak JV2 team Tuesday night 25-23 and 25-17. Jenna Honore led the team in kills and digs with 12 Howe JV beat Lone Oak JV kills and 21 digs. team 25-12 and 25-15.
