Freedom to chains

by Paul Harvey

“If America ever gets whacked; it will be from the inside ” Paul Harvey/1965 ~

Now then, what makes a nation strong? Taxes? (Heh) There’s nothing new about those either, the first income tax was paid by Abraham It was written on a rock by the hand of Divinity and handed to Moses at the top of Mount Sinai (and you might want to remember this) it was at the flat rate of 10 percent It promised the wrath of God on anybody who tampered with or violated that law Christ was born in Bethlehem because Joseph was on his way to pay his taxes Joseph was a relatively well-to-do landowner of the house and lineage of David Yet the taxes exacted by Caesar Augustus were so exorbitant that he didn’t have enough money left over to employ a trusted messenger for the mission so, though his wife was great with child, he made the journey himself And Christ was born in Bethlehem because Joseph was on his way to pay his taxes And Christ was born in a manger because there was a housing shortage when he got there Our problems are not new

At Runnymede the Magna Carta was handed to King John on the end of a sword denying to royalty the right of unlimited taxation Yet, you know it was for us, the American

People, to become the first in recorded history ever voluntarily to surrender our rights to private property? Oh, yes we did With an innocent sounding Constitutional Amendment, the Sixteenth, which says that “Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived” and we forgot to put any limit to the extent to which we could tax ourselves. Conceivably we could be taxed out of all private property We could be taxed not 70 percent, 80 percent, 90 percent but at 100 percent We could be awakened one morning and find the government owns the farm, page 16

Interurban Alley hosting luncheon tomorrow

Members of the Howe, Van Alstyne, Anna, and Melissa Chambers of Commerce will gather tomorrow, March 19, for the quarterly multi-chamber luncheon to be held at Hurricane Creek Country Club from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

The speaker for the event will be Anna ISD Police Chief George White He was sworn in as Anna ISD's first police chief of the school district in 2017 after serving as the school's director of security when he joined in October 2016

The meeting was originally scheduled to be held at Howe's Summit Gardens but the renovation process is still underway Therefore, the meeting was moved to its normal location of Hurricane Creek

Those interested in joining either or all of the local chamber of commerce organizations can do so at the meeting There is time allowed for business representatives to give a short 30-second introduction of their own business The meeting will begin with an introduction from Howe Chamber representative Monte Walker followed by Bill Jones of the Melissa Chamber Kevin Hall of the Anna Chamber will introduce the speaker while Vicky Guess of Van Alstyne's Chamber will close out the luncheon will announcements

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Van Alstyne slides past Howe

Howe's Spencer Akins tries a catch-and-tag on a Van Alstyne Panther. Michelle Carney/Howe Enterprise.

A 3-run third inning did Howe in on Friday night as Van Alstyne took a 5-3 win over Howe (4-9) The inning began positively for Howe with Mason Riggs striking out the first hitter But back-to-back free passes set up an RBI single That was followed by a hit-by-pitch and a catcher's interference by Dyson Dillard The following batter walked with the bases loaded before Riggs got a grounder to end the inning

Howe started the game with a 1-0 lead when Dillard doubled home Garret Johnson Howe's second run came on a solo homer by Jalen Thornton to left field Howe's final run came when Kyler Anderson scored on a passed ball

The Panthers, who added a run in the fourth, finished with a run in the seventh inning off of relief pitcher

Aruturo Lowder

Riggs struck out nine in 5 1 innings, allowing only three earned runs, but walking six Lowder went 1 2 innings, allowed a hit, a run, and struck out two.

Anderson, Dillard, and Johnson all had doubles of the Howe four hits Howe's JV lost to Van Alstyne, 3-2 with Kolby Windon striking out eight hitters in four innings Howe was held to only four hits

Lady Bulldogs lose to Van Alstyne

The Lady Bulldogs continue to struggle through the 2019 season with a 15-0 loss to Van Alstyne The team has also lost several players during the season for a variety of reasons

Trinity Williams and Kriston Harris had Howe's only two hits of the game

Cassidy Anderson threw 23 first inning pitches and walked one batter, allowed ten runs on nine hits

Freshman Trinity Williams entered the game and went two innings, allowing no earned runs three hits and two walks Errors led to five runs in the game's final two innings

HHS track results from the Comet Relays in Dickson, Oklahoma Boys

110 Hurdles - 1st Colton Thurmon

3rd Kaleb Strong 5th Sabian

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100 m dash - 4th Jordan Jones

4 x 200 Relays - 4th Caden Harmon, Arturo Lowder, Mason Riggs, Kyler

Anderson

300 Hurdles - 3rd Caleb Strong 5th Sabian Acevedo

Girls

Ally Harvey 1st High Jump

Long Jump - 1st Bethany Masters

4 x 100 m Relay - 4th Kasie

Segleski, Hannah Dwyer, Bethany

Masters, Sydney Rector

100 m dash - 6th Kasie Segleski

300 m hurdles - 1st Bethany Masters

200 m dash - 2nd Hannah Dwyer

4 x 400 m Relay - 4th Bethany

Masters, Sydney Rector, Kasie Segleski, Jessica Bastida

Monday, March 18, 2019