Pride of Howe marches to First Division

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In a typical ‘nonadvancement’ year, the Pride of Howe Marching Band will have about 18 performances between contests and football games with all but two or three of those coming prior to UIL Region Marching Contest. On Saturday, Howe wrapped up its contest portion of the page 10

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Buffaloes stampede Howe's playoff hopes, 20-12

5-3A battle. Michelle Carney/Howe Enterprise.

The playoff hopes for the 2018 Howe Bulldogs (3-5, 0-4) were eliminated Friday night on the muddy terrain of Buffalo Stadium in Lone

Oak. Perhaps the worst part of it is that the Bulldogs may have very well been

Hudman was originally hired by the City of Howe page 2 school into agreement for for new school page 3

Howe

Monday's board

Kindergarten: Elliot Cummings Emily Galvan.

First grade: Edward Castillo, page 6

Fifth grade: Carlos Maritinez and Daisy Sifuentes

Sixth grade: Preslee Harrell and Talan page 14 their worst enemy by committing numerous penalties of the 5-yard, 10-yard, and 15-yard varieties The Bulldogs, for most of the night, would take one step forward and two steps back The good news is that the Howe offense was located on US Highway 69 at 7:30 pm Howe accumulated 267 total yards, of which 260 was on the ground Mason Riggs came into the game with 17 carries on the season for 96 yards Friday night, he totaled 16 carries for 108 yards to lead Howe's offense A 36-yard run in the second quarter became an instant teaching tool on how to keep your legs churning with two defenders on your back However, as was the theme on Friday, an unsportsmanlike penalty negated the better portion of Riggs' run The Bulldogs who racked up more flags than points also lost their starting quarterback Layton Elvington, who was ejected in the second quarter That led to backup quarterback Bryce Krantz entering the game as the full-time signal caller with a somewhat different cadence which messed with the center and offensive line's timing resulting in numerous false starts. With all of that said, the Bulldogs still had a shot to tie the game on their final possession but came up just short with a last-ditch heave by Krantz on fourth and short.

Continued from page 1 page 5 attempt at the Lone Oak 27 yard line The Buffaloes had a near replica of Howe's first drive which was stalled at the Howe 9 The game was filled with punts, flags, and turnover on downs until Lone Oak quarterback Quaid Williams dropped a snap at the Howe 35 yard line Howe's Devin Porter picked up the fumble and ran it to the south end zone for the game's first points with 7:27 remaining in the second quarter

Howe's 6-0 advantage only lasted 1:09 as Lone Oak running back scored from 25 yards out to finish a 2-play, 68-yard drive The 2-point conversion failed and the game was tied at six with 6:18 in the second

Howe's first possession was a successful one in regards to amount of plays and yards, but the Dogs were turned away on a fourth down

City and school enter into agreement for water line for new school

At Monday's school board meeting, Superintendent Kevin Wilson told the board that he's been working for several weeks on getting an agreement for a water line for the new primary school located at 701 Summit Hill Pkwy

The City of Howe has agreed to design and construct the project with Howe ISD paying for the project cost The city will install a fully operational 12-inch water main (or larger)

An escrow account is being set up by the Howe ISD which will see a deposit of $600,000 for the project

The city has agreed to acquire all easements and other real property interest acquired for public rightof-ways for construction of the water line up to a certain amount.

A cap is in place where the city will not be responsible for cost over $300,000 The estimates from the school engineer for the water construction were projected between $300,000 and $350,000

Anna Anderson of Independent Bank in Howe has agreed to act as the agent for disbursements of the deposits When both the city and school agrees that the project has been completed, the funds will be

released by Anderson

"The city will pay 50 percent of the cost, therefore, if it cost under $600,000, the school would get any amount under that back," said Wilson to the board on Monday night "And then the city will begin paying us in 10 equal payments no later than Sept 20, 2020 They have up until one year after the completion of the project to make their first payment Whatever the amount is that they owe, they'll make 10 equal payments which we anticipate to be $20-$30,000 "

The school is still working on an easement from Cothran Malibu LP but have reached a stalemate The school made an agreement with the city that if that is not resolved by Nov 1, then the process will begin with eminent domain

"We had to assure the city that we would follow through with that," said Wilson

The school board approved the inter-local agreement with the City of Howe at 7:18 pm Monday night while a few minutes earlier, the Howe Planning & Zoning approved the plat for the agreement On Tuesday night, the Howe City Council also approved the agreement after several public hearings

Continued from page 1 in 2013 to take over a police department that was in need of a strong arm to steady the ship after the resignation of the previous chief John Cherry For four years, the department under Hudman has been not only steady but envied by other local small town police departments

Hudman, a US Marine Corps veteran, is no stranger to packing throughout his life He was born in McKinney but bounced around much of his youth Post military, he served as a reserve officer in North Carolina in 1985 Upon returning to North Texas, he worked as an officer in Bonham before landing in Sherman, where he spent the next 24 years of his career and eventually retired in 2011 He says he was too young to retire and became interested in the open chief’s desk in Tioga and applied, never really expecting to get the job When the chief position became available in early 2013, he was enticed to land here The plan was not to leave Tioga but Hudman was familiar with Howe due to the fact that his children attended school at Howe ISD

Hudman started last week and will be presumably seeking additional officers for the department which have been depleted by recent resignations

Chamber and Keep Howe Beautiful hosting downtown events Saturday

Homeschool students take first place in robotics competition

Texoma Home Educators, a homeschool group in Grayson and northern Collin counties, took first place in a robotics competition last weekend.

BEST Robotics began at TI in Sherman twenty-five years ago. Teams initially compete in an area-wide contest before advancing to the state level competition. Texoma Home Educators, as well as many schools in Grayson County, compete in "CoCo BEST", which includes thirty-eight schools in and around Collin County.

BEST is open to public, private, and homeschool teams. It is a UIL competition for public schools.

Teams structure themselves as startup companies which are attending a trade show seeking customers or investors. The contest has several aspects - a marketing presentation, an exhibit booth, an overall spirit and sportsmanship score, an engineering notebook, and of course the robot competition itself. Awards are given in each category, as well as an overall