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Norman Dickey, former Howe Bulldogs football coach and athletic director, passed at approximately 4 pm Sunday afternoon, April 7, 2019. Dickey was hired by Howe schools in 1964. He took a football program that was on the verge of collapsing due to the lack of willing participants and grew it to a district, bi-district and regional champion team just six years later. After 12 years as head coach of the Howe Bulldogs, he holds the most wins of any football coach in school history with 51.
Tammy Witten will take over the campus at what is now Howe Elementary but will soon be Howe Intermediate School.
Due to the expansion of new Summit Hill Howe ISD and the new Elementary School as the campus to open in the fall, campus principal. That left some shuffling of the a principal position open at chairs has taken place. the current elementary Current Howe Elementary campus that will be After spending time as a School Principal Clarissia changing to from "Howe Juan Encizo stands next to his Farmers Insurance coach, math teacher, Office at 403 W. Haning St. page 9 counselor, interim principal, Doty is transferring to the page 3 interim superintendent, and three-time interim athletic director, Dickey retired from the school district in 1996. The Howe Area Chamber Dickey was raised in of Commerce will host the Gunter, Texas and graduated from Gunter High 33rd Annual Founders Day in 1958. After earning his Festival on Saturday, May 4 first degree at Cisco Junior from 2 pm to 8 pm in the College, he transferred to historic business district of Austin College where he Howe on Haning Street. But played football. the event may be expanded The Howe Bulldogs were to another street due to the built by Dickey in the 1960s number of vendors who where he recruited 24 kids have preregistered. With a to play football his first year little over a month to go, the at Howe. Two years later, chamber has announced that the Dogs kicked off a there are 62 retail spaces as stretch of six seasons without a losing record well as five food and drink including a regional vendors. In comparison, last championship in 1970 which was as far as a team year’s vendor total was 53 retail vendor spaces and could advance. four food and drink In 2016, Dickey was named vendors. The chamber is to the Howe Hall of Honor. currently having In August 2018, he was discussions about expansion recognized by former Howe to another street in the Bulldogs Head Coaches at the Howe Community Pep downtown area if vendors Rally. The Norman Dickey continue to sign up. Award was established a page 2 number of years ago to recognize the most INSIDE outstanding male and female athlete of the year. Lady Bulldogs Howe Elementary Middle School HoweEnterprise.com take golf district Students of the track results Readership championship Month The Howe seventh The Lady Kindergarten: grade boys fell Jan. 1 - April 6, 2019 Bulldogs took the HelenMoo Thang behind late to Van Sessions 30,669 district and Bennie Alstyne who Users: 17,357 championship last Westdyke accounted for 122 Pageviews: 142,984 week at Stone First Grade: points to Howe's page 4 page 8 page 16
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