Keep Howe Beautiful Yard of the Month

from 56.36 Howe Enterprise January 21, 2019

Fundraiser is utterly successful

Keep Howe Beautiful held their initial board meeting of 2019 on Monday night The group elected officers for the new year and Donna Wormsbaker was once again elected as president for another term Becky Hogenson returns as executive director and Starr Stanley returns as treasurer Incoming board members are Sheri Folkes as secretary and Mason Bearden - vice president Bearden, a student at Howe High School has shown great leadership by volunteering time for the community

The non-profit organization increased the annual membership dues from $10 to $15 for individuals and from $15 to $30 for business members

They also decided to write a recurring article to be published in the Howe Enterprise and the Van Alstyne Leader about their organization

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High School Assistant Deon Duncan says the money will be split with half going to the booster club for athletics and half being used for teachers and students for activities

"We're planning another one in the fall and it will be a Ford event," said Duncan (the 2018 event was for Lincoln vehicle event)

King says that while the Utter

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after graduation to major in music She'll be in the band program and will march

"In seventh grade when we did our first all-region and sat down and started playing our first tune, it kind of hit me and I said, 'I love this,'" said Pierce "It was an emotional moment that I knew I wanted to do this forever"

Pierce says her goal after college is to teach music education or even music therapy

"I want to teach or help people through music," said Pierce

Jordan Griffin is a two-time AllState member now as he was else selected a year ago

"When I saw that I was the only one getting to advance from our area, just because of how cutthroat it is for alto-sax, it was obviously very gratifying," said

Ford Dealerships donate a lot to the local communities, this event is special because it allows them to get out in the community with each town and school and participate

"I believe the Howe community loves helping the Howe kids and I think that's what this was all about," said Duncan

King says that history would indicate that the next event should bring in around $8,000 to the ISD as most other schools have doubled their totals on their second fundraiser

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Griffin "Not many can say they're an all-stater one year, but better yet two years "

After high school, Griffin plans on attending the University of Oklahoma (editor's note: BOOMER!) and majoring in forensic science in hopes of becoming a medical examiner

The two seniors said that being in band is like another family

"Being able to take as many trips you can with your band family and getting to share those experiences and wins is important," said Griffin

Pierce says that her very best friends are in band and that her best friends for life are in this program

"We have an infinite amount of pride and whatever we do, we do it with pride," said Pierce