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It's beginning to look a lot like football season. The band is tuning up, volleyball is spiking, and cheerleaders are talking about painting downtown. Today starts 2-adays. It's officially football time in Texas.

Another good reason to buy all your spirit wear from the Howe Athletic Booster Club is that you'll get the correct school colors with those purchases. We walked into the Dollar General last week to find a massive stand full of black and red t-shirts. Just when we were nearly there and had made massive progress… Those shirts would look great on the same kids that get all the championship shirts printed in advance for the loser of the Super Bowl.

The Howe Bulldogs Facebook page is doing a countdown to opening night. Today is "25 days until" and Tyler Grisham, who used to wear number 25 is featured in the artwork. We've shared it on page 15. This countdown should have begun at 42 days, no? It began at 29 days with Head Coach Bill Jehling followed by 28 - Jackson Wilson (band), 27 - Brooke Robinson (cheer), and 26 - Shawn "Moondog" Fountain.

Howe's Economic Development office was working with Princeton Tire Company to hopefully move them into the former Texaco building across from the Exxon. That didn't work out so they are opening at 200 S. Denny Street.

Monday, August 5, 2019

Bulldogs Football camp was all business

City proposing budget of $3,788,977

The Howe City Council gathered Tuesday at the Community Center to discuss the new budget for 2019-2020. They also were briefed on the results of the annual audit by LaFollett & Company PLLC.

Mayor Jeff Stanley said that with the tax rate remaining the same, the budget was increased due to increased valuations.

"This budget is based on the tax rate of $0.57 which is the current tax rate," said Stanley to the council.

"The effective rate is $0.534756 which is what we could go down to and lose a bunch of money."

Mayor Stanley stated that he discussed with City Administrator Joe

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Upcoming events in Howe

Chamber Blue Bell Ice

Cream Social, Thursday, August 8, 6:30 pm.

101 E. Haning St.

Community Pep Rally, Friday, August 9, 7:30 pm

Bulldog Stadium

Summit Hill Elementary

School Open House

701 Summit Hill Parkway

Sunday, August 11, 2 pm.

Summit Hill Elementary

Meet the Teacher

701 Summit Hill Parkway

Sunday, August 12, 5 pm.- 6:30 pm.

Howe Intermediate School

Meet the Teacher

315 Roberts Street

Monday, August 12, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm.

Howe Middle School

Meet the Teacher

300 Beatrice Street

Monday, August 12, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (also schedule pick-up).

Shephard leaving the tax rate the same which would increase the budget enough to add $15,000 to the street repair fund which now proposed to be just over $80,000. This would be the second year in a row that the city would add $15,000 to street repair.

The budget also includes a police vehicle, a new playground set for Memorial Park, upgrades to Hash and North Field at Bicentennial Park (similar to the upgrades at Ferguson Field a year ago), a light tower that can also be used as a generator, line locator, sediment removal equipment, a five percent increase in staff salary.

Councilman Bill French

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This Friday night marks the ninth annual community pep rally held at Bulldog Stadium (with the exception of 2016 which was rained out). Every year since 2011, Howe has introduced all of page 6

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The Howe Bulldogs coaching staff hits the field today as 2-adays start in Texas But last week they had a tune-up, so to speak, as they held the annual Bulldogs Football Camp The camp included athletes from second grade through eighth grades and saw high-intensity throughout the Monday - Wednesday night practices

In year's past, each day of camp would finish with 30 minutes of shirts versus skins in a fun game, however, there was only one small segment of that on the final night Bill Jehling, in his second season as head coach will have a new offense again this season which makes four different offensive philosophies in the last four seasons With Howe going to a multiple set with some Iformation, some wing-T, some one-back with pistol, there was much to accomplish in teaching h iddl h l hl

New Offensive Coordinator Nate Lynch was very active with quarterbacks Jacob Campbell (eighth grade) and Garren Lankford (seventh grade) and the backs and receivers

The eighth and seventh grade classes are stocked full of athletes and Jehling is excited to see the future of the Howe Bulldogs when those classes reach the varsity level By indication of what is taking place on the varsity right now, the future could be quicker than some think The rumor mill says that Carson Daniels, Matthew Bearden, and Austin Haley could all be making the jump from eighth grade to varsity Another crop could do the same thing a year from now

The camp consisted of skill drills, tackling drills with dummies, foot work, and individual skill position drills

Beaudy's Varmint Removal Service to the rescue

Howe's most famous snake-removal service is at it again. This week Beaudy Kuykendall came to the rescue of the Roberts family in Luella where he rescued chicken eggs from the snake shown above According to Joy Roberts, the Howe sixth-grader was on-site within 30 minutes and quickly became her hero.

City budget

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"We may the ability to contact an individual to build some," said Shephard "Obviously, we're not going to run out and buy something without putting some things together and let you look at it and decide what you want to do "

Mayor Stanley also addressed a possibility of a larger amount available due to the redistribution of water bonds that could leave money for the park equipment instead of using budget money for it

"There could be $40-$50-$60,000 left over and whatever is left over we can put into parks or streets," said Stanley

French then asked about the water