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Monday, April 16, 2018
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Turtle trot, limbo, water balloontoss, wine-tasting, selfie booth coming to Founders Day There are only two Saturdays between now and the Annual Founders Day Festival and the 2018 edition appears to be destined to be one for the ages. The Howe Founders Day Festival will be on May 5 which is also local election day.
year Sara Jerome of Vincent Realty and Don Berry of CB Roofing have sponsored the train. It will run from 3 pm – 7 pm through the old Interurban Alleyway through downtown.
Bounce House – A 15′ bounce house will keep the kids active for With headlining act Texas Flood to hours thanks to Kevin Sarlls of perform from 5:30 – 8 pm thanks Exalt Realty. to a sponsorship by Tomlin Investments, the festival has drawn Inflatable Obstacle Course – 65′ of interest from not only Howe and pure fun for kids. The inflatable is surrounding cities, but the entire sponsored by Michelle Castle of North Dallas region. Vendors have Guild Mortgage and Kevin Sarlls filled up all of the street spaces of Exalt Realty. over two weeks ago and now overflow spaces have been issued The first band is Bent Creek with for spaces near City Hall and the lead singer and Howe native Brent FBC Howe parking lot which will Hollensed. They will play from 2 feature a Kid Zone. Interested pm – 4:30 pm. vendors can still register online by clicking here. The featured performer is Texas Flood which is a tribute band to the Currently, 50 table vendors have blues and Stevie Ray Vaughan. registered in addition to five food They perform all over the country, vendors and four sponsorship but especially in Texas including businesses. Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas/Fort Worth. An old-fashioned turtle trot will take place at 4:40 pm. Kids (or Of course, there will be food! To adults) will need to bring their own start, there’s already yummy turtles for the circle race. restaurants in town such as Abby’s Restaurant and Gabriela’s Mexican A limbo contest will be held at Cocina in downtown Howe along 5:15 pm in front of the stage. It is with Palio’s Pizza Cafe within sponsored by “It’s My Party.” walking distance. Festival food options will be Pop Pop Popcorn, The chamber will host a water B-Dawgz Street Doggz, and ballon toss and will also have a Sparky’s Bar-b-que. Cool selfie-booth available and will refreshment options are Chill Out announce a Founders Day KIng Shaved Ice, and Mackenzie’s and Queen. Mississippi Sweet Tea and Girl Scout Lemonade. Wine tasting – the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce will host Nothing in life is free except the six local wineries and for $10 Founders Day Festival. You can patrons will receive six wine hang out in Downtown Howe all tickets. The confirmed local day and not spend a dime. wineries are Homestead Winery, However, vendors will have items Landon Winery, Lenoir Sage, and to sell, wine tickets are for sale, Cooley Bay. The event will take and there will be plenty of food to place from 5 pm – 8 pm. *Glasses purchase. of wine can be purchased and bottles can be purchased but not Festival-goers will want to bring a uncorked or consumed outside of lawn chair and some sunscreen. the designated area. The bands are hot and so is the sun! Be smart. Vendors are The Annual Lawnmower Race suggested to bring a canopy and sponsored by Advantage Business table with their chairs as the Machines. It will start at 5 pm and chamber only provides the space. no more than 10 contestants will be allowed. No consumption of alcohol will be allowed on the streeet. Only wine Horseshoes – it’s not an official tasting in the chamber building – tournament unless you want it to and it’s tasting, not gulping. It is a be. family-friendly festival. The Interurban Kid Train was a smash hit in its 2017 debut. This
We can’t wait to Show you Howe!
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Dr. Georgia Caraway
Keep Howe Beautiful explores making Howe Monarch-friendly
LeAndra Beckemeyer discusses items on Monday night at the monthly Keep Howe Beautiful meeting. Through the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors' Monarch Pledge, U.S. cities, municipalities, and other communities are committing to create habitat for the monarch butterfly and pollinators, and to educate citizens about how they can make a difference at home and in their community.
in their neighborhoods. The group will also host or support a native plant sale or milkweed seed giveaway event. They plan to incorporate this event as part of the Founders Day Festival on May 5.
The program also calls for an increase in native plants, shrubs, At the monthly meeting of the and trees in city landscaping Keep Howe Beautiful which the group discussed organization, Starr Stanley, wife of planting pollinator-friendly Howe Mayor Jeff Stanley plants and trees at Reed Park in discussed with the group of a plan Western Hills. to make the monarch pledge by completing at least three of the 25 Keep Howe Beautiful even action items within two discussed naming the Summit overachieving categories. Hill Park to "Monarch Park" with and area of milkweed KHB is trying to get on city designated as that is the council agenda to issue a monarch's primary source of proclamation to raise awareness food and fertilization process. about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for If the proclamation is carried habitat. forward, the mayor will put forth the intital steps and then Keep They also plan to launch a public Howe Beautiful will have to give communication effort to a recap of progress throughout encourage citizens to plant the year. monarch gardens at their homes or
