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Monday, April 1, 2019
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Four named to 2019 Howe Hall of Honor
Watch yourself if you're enjoying a tasty burger at Quick Check. Rumor has it a firearm was accidentally discharged in the eating section where the old men drink coffee. This time instead of shooting their mouths about the city streets, a shot was accidentally fired through the wall. Our initial informant, a lady in town, said we would be called out as cowardly if we didn't mention anything about it in this week's edition. Well, young lady, here's your audacious paragraph. Howe's That? There's been a lot of proud moments recently about that old ballpark on Hughes Street getting a face-lift. But we have to mention that the playing field itself has looked outstanding many times over the years. There are hundreds of dads that have contributed to making the field playable and enjoyable to the kids of Howe. Those recently that I've witnessed are Kent Akins, Brice Harvey, Adam Riggs, Stephen Braswell, Scott Thurman, Mike Portman, Mike Stephens, Billie Ingram, John Grant, and a ton more that we hate to leave out. Hats off to all of you that have helped over the years and didn't get your name in the paper.
The voting is over and four members will be inducted in May to the Howe Hall of Honor. The chamber each year takes two living and two deceased members from a process of nomination and then voting. Donna Jarma and Bobby Sollis were voted into this year's class as well as Lowell Thompson and Marion Allison. page 2
Donna Jarma
Bobby Sollis
Marion Allison
Lowell Thompson
Spring has sprung an old ballpark back to life The City of Howe and the Howe Youth Baseball organization invested $22,000 into a 48-year-old ballpark this season. The property that is now Ferguson Field was once home to Ferguson Seed Farms and was donated to the city long ago with the deed restrictions that it must be a park and must be named Ferguson. In 1971, then-Howe Baseball Commissioner Ray Bledsoe helped turn the property into what now is a staple in Howe, Texas. Jayden Rangel bats in the season opener at Ferguson Field for his Howe 6U team. Photo by Monte Walker The city portion of the investment was $12,000 and was for the upgrading of the backstop that had seen its better days. The new backstop has a concrete knee wall and a modern pole and netting screen.
Howe Youth Baseball raised over $10,000 by selling advertising sponsorships and t-shirts. Those that bought ads had the option of investing The UIL announced the ban $1,000 for a 4-year of aluminum bats in high advertising campaign with school baseball. We were a high-quality metal sign able to talk to some varsity from FastSigns in players about it on Friday. Sherman. The other option One of the earliest photos taken at Ferguson Field that A YouTube video is being was for a 1-year $300 Howe Enterprise. Photo by Bob Walker. appeared in the released today of our conversations. Mark the INSIDE date. Two businesses The Ally Harvey HoweEnterprise.com taking root in Section Readership Howe Ally Harvey set a One year ago new high-jump Jan. 1 - March 30, 2019 exactly, Larry and school mark and Sessions 28,269 Sunny Mayes had was named as the Users: 16,214 opened their own lone Lady Bulldog Pageviews: 127,196 plumbing business to all-region. page 3 page 4
investment for a vinyl banner to hang on the fence. Those that stepped up to help were Baker A/C & Heating, Attorney Micah Belden, Woodmen Life, Garrett Funlenchek, Bob Utter Ford, the Howe Enterprise, RG Services, North Texas Waste Collection, David Englutt, Key to Sweetness, Campat Machine Tool, Inc., Robertson Welding Service, The HHS Class of 1971, Tyson Foods, HGP Trucking, Torque Plumbing, and Victory Light Photography. The fundraising efforts from the youth baseball organization led to the upgrading of the exterior to the concession stand with a 4-foot high stone wainscot and metal fascia above. A green mesh netting was purchased to wrap the outfield fence and yellow poly-cap was ordered to wrap the top of the fence to give it the "baseball look." There's more to do, but for the little kids of Howe, the ol' ball yard has gone from one of the worst in the league to one of the best. Investing in our youth is always a good idea.
High School Principal resigns In a special called Howe ISD Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday night, James Teafatiller submitted his page 6
