https://howeenterprise.com/ Volume #56, Edition #3
Monday, June 4, 2018
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"Buck" stops in Lampasas
Three new businesses opening in Howe this week
Former Howe coach hangs up the headset after a quarter century
The article to the right is about Howe's former head coach from 1990-92. He once retired from football to take the athletic director position at Lampasas where he was not a coach. After Lampasas went 0-20, the school board asked him to do what he always has done - turn a program around. And he did. Now that he has once again retired from coaching and has accepted the assistant principal position at, you guessed it, Lampasas, he better hope the team has a couple of good years ahead of them. Would it really surprise anyone if Lampasas would ask McQueen to take over again if they had a bad couple of years? Any takers? He's always been known for the comeback. Six corporations control 90 percent of media in America. And 232 media executives control the information diet of 277 million Americans. That's one media executive for every 850,000 subscribers. The remains of a man trying to escape the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago were found in Pompeii, Italy, this week, and the photographs have become a meme. Why would people do this? Because the internet is a bad place. The man was thought to be heading to safety and escaped the first volcanic eruption, but was subsequently crushed by a large stone in the process. Or maybe he was hit by Wile E. Coyote's greatgreat-great-great-greatgreat-great-grandfather. HoweEnterprise.com Readership Jan. 1 - June 2, 2018 Sessions: 43,215 Users: 20,757 Pageviews: 231,859
Joey McQueen retiring from coaching after stints at eight schools. Photo by Killeen Daily Herald Back in the 1980s Howe became known in the high school football ranks as "Ballinger East" as Howe's athletic program was chockfull of former Ballinger Bearcat players and coaches. The football career came to an end in late May when the last "Ballinger Boy" Joey McQueen called it a career in the high school head coaching ranks after
25 seasons in 29 years. He has accepted a position as assistant high school principal at Lampasas ISD and will start in July.
Eight of 14 new dryers have been installed at Howe Clean! the newest laundromat in Howe. It is scheduled to open later this week. Howe's business community is getting a bump with the opening of a laundromat, an information technology consulting firm, and an online auction depot. Actually the IT consultant officially started on Friday.
location is the same as the previous laundromat operation in Howe, but the new owners have renovated and replaced the location greatly. The ownership is The Ballinger Brigade in 479 LLC which consists of North Texas all started business partners Rickey when Howe hired Pete Rivers and Howe graduate Simmons in 1983 to be the Howe Clean! is the name of Scott Wortham. They have new superintendent of the new laundromat business installed two new banks of which is scheduled to open page 2 page 5 this Friday, June 8. The
Summer camps in abundance for youth For those seeking things for their kids to do this summer to get away from the video games, there are plenty of athletic options in Howe. One of the things that Howe's new Athletic Director Bill Jehling has done is to continue the abundance of activities for young Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs to participate in. For entering seventh grade through senior football players, there's a strength camp that those players are expected to participate in. While to camp is voluntary, it is a great way to impress the coaches by showing work-ethic and
The 2017 Hoops Camp group photo. responsibility. The dates for the workouts are Mondays through Thursdays 9 am - 11 am June 11 - 28, July 9 - 26. Workouts will also be led by seniors from July 30 -
August 2 from 9 am - 11 am. For the young ladies, there is a cheer camp on June 23 presented by the Howe High School Cheerleaders. The cheer camp will be at
Howe High School and is for entering kindergarten through sixth graders and the price is $40 which includes a camp t-shirt. The schedule is a check-in at 8 am with instruction taking place from 8:30 am through noon and 1 pm through 4 pm. From 4 pm - 5 pm there will be a parent showcase performance by the cheerleaders. The following week will feature a Lady Bulldogs Volleyball Camp at Howe High School for girls entering third through sixth grades. The cost is $40 and page 4
INSIDE HHS Band performs well at UIL State Ensemble The Pride of Howe, also known as the Howe High School Band, sent 26 members to page 9
Great Days of Service getting ready for annual projects The annual Great Days of Service held another board meeting on page 3
Former FBI agent to speak at Texoma Patriots meeting tomorrow The Texoma Patriots will hold their monthly meeting tomorrow page 15
