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Monday, March 18, 2019
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http://scogginsfuneralhome.com/ Howe's Garrett Fulenchek being drafted high in the Major League Baseball draft was one of our first big stories that helped raise public knowledge of the new Howe Enterprise. Suddenly it dawned on me that I could take my advertising background in radio and my love of hometown and use those passions to better my community and make a living for my family doing something I love. In the beginning, I was going to restart the Howe Enterprise as a social media news publication. It was not intended to be a website with a PDF form. At no point did I ever want to print a publication due to its expense and dying market.
With that boost of confidence, I told my wife that I was going to give it a shot and if it didn’t work, I’d go back to the normal workforce. So without any experience in the news business, and literally searching the internet of “how to make a newspaper”, I was off and rolling with Volume 1, Edition 1. With the means of Facebook, the word got out quickly and I remember Michelle Carney sharing the Howe Enterprise news page with hundreds of people. It was very quickly “liked” by a thousand I approached my wife about the idea which was met with quite a bit people on Facebook. I put together a YouTube video that interviewed of resistance due to the unstable high-profile people around town income it could generate. I approached my mom and dad who and that got a lot of eyeballs on it. cautiously seemed optimistic. I got Dale Rideout appeared in that the idea that dad actually was a bit video to give his blessing which was so very important to me. It inspired and told me, “if anyone was then that he told me that Lana could make it work, it would be you.” He even gave me a draw on was still updating the Texoma my inheritance to get started for the Enterprise site which made me feel first couple of months. a little disheartened. I certainly didn’t want to compete with them. Before diving head first, I consulted But he assured me that all was well my old boss Bill Harrison from my and to move forward and was radio days. He made a small proud of me. fortune in advertising in North Texas and I respected his opinion I hit the streets selling ads and was greatly when it came to business overwhelmed at the local support. sense because he’s been there, done Chris Cavender was one of the that and took home all the biggest supporters (and still is) in Peter 2:23-25 - and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; trophies. After meeting him at the early days. Mark Hemperley while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself Chilis in Carrollton, he told me it also stands out as someone who to Him who judges righteously; and He Himself bore our sins in was innovative, different, and fully supported me and my idea. His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to probably would have a great chance Kathleen Todd was also so righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. For you were at succeeding if worked correctly. inspiring as well as Mickey Horton continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the He told me, “if anyone could make and Anna Anderson. While trying Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. it work – it would be you.” page 18 " "
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