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Continued from page 1 driver attempted to exit through the passenger side door The man was trapped in the vehicle for the better part of the morning but was rescued by multiple fire and rescue agencies from the area He was been careflighted to a Medical City in Plano

Howe Fire Chief Robert Maniet said that the cement truck was at Howe Estates pouring new slabs for new construction When attempting to cross a small concrete bridge over a drainage ditch, the bridge gave way

“It flipped on its roof, so it probably rolled a good eight to 10 feet until it came to a rest on its top,” Maniet said of the truck to the Herald Democrat “The driver was trapped inside and was extricated Last we heard he was doing well at M airlifted there ”

Maniet said the truck was carrying a full load which was wet at the time of the collapse which equates to roughly 70,000 pounds

Emergency crews from Howe, Van Alstyne, Tom Bean and Grayson County were on the scene Lone Star Hazmat crews were working until late in the evening to cleanup possible water contamination from the area over the drainage ditch

Howe Fire Department's Facebook page post read in part, "We would like to thank the Howe Police Department, Van Alstyne Fire Department, Sherman Fire - Rescue, CareFlite, Tom Bean PD, Lone Star Hazmat Response, Adams Automotive & Towing and

Master of Ceremonies for Friday night will be City of Howe EDC Director and Chamber Board

Member Monte Walker

Nominees for the Business of the Year are Howe Family Dentistry, Palio's Pizza Cafe, and Independent Bank of Howe

Nominees for Volunteer Organization of the Year are Howe Fire Department, Keep Howe Beautiful, and Peggy's Porch

Nominees for the 2017 Norma J Wallace Citizen of the Year are Anna Anderson, Monte Walker, and Donna Wormsbaker

Tickets are $15 and are available online at https://goo gl/qNuvS7

Tickets will be available at the door

On Saturday, Howe's 32nd Annual Founders Day Festival will kick off at 2pm and attendance is expected to surpass the 2016 event that was the largest ever Headlining the festival is the band "Texas Flood" thanks to sponsor Tomlin Investments Texas Flood is a tribute band to Stevie Ray Vaughan and the blues in general They will take the stage at 5:30 pm and play until 8 pm Bent Creek will return to Founders Day from a year ago and will open the festival at 2pm and play until 4:30 pm.

The festival has drawn interest from not only Howe and surrounding cities, but the entire North Dallas region. Vendors have filled up all of the street spaces a month ago and now overflow spaces have been issued for spaces near City Hall and the FBC Howe parking lot which will feature a Kid Zone. The Kid Zone will include a bounce house, inflatable obstacle course and the popular Interurban Kid Train

At least four local wineries have committed to be present in the Howe Chamber office starting at 5pm for a wine tasting Tickets are $10 to enter the building which gives patrons six wine tickets and a commemorative Howe Chamber wine glass as well as Palio's Pizza The local wineries are Homestead Winery, Landon Winery, Lenoir Sage, and Cooley Bay

A new event this year will be limbo which will take place in front of the stage at 4:30 pm Another new event is an old-fashioned turtle trot to which will take place at the Keep Howe Beautiful booth near Don's Smokehouse At 5:10 pm a water balloon toss will be held near the stage area

The 4th Annual Lawnmower Race sponsored by Advantage Business Machines will take place at 5:20 pm Several contestants have already registered and some lawnmowers have been upgraded just for the race

As far as food, there’s already yummy restaurants in town such as Abby’s Restaurant and Gabriela’s Mexican Cocina in downtown Howe along with Palio’s Pizza Cafe within walking distance Festival food options will be Pop Pop Popcorn, B-Dawgz Street Doggz, and Sparky’s Bar-b-que Cool refreshment options are Chill Out Shaved Ice, Howe Girl Scout Lemonade, and Mackenzie’s Mississippi Sweet Tea

The chamber will be hosting a "selfie-booth" and will announce a Founders Day Festival King and Queen from those that take photos at the booth with the hashtag #howefoundersday

Spectators are encouraged to bring lawn chairs to watch the band as the street will be blocked off and available for chairs