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October 28, 2019
Howe Middle School Students of the Month
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Summit Hill Elementary Top Dogs
Second grade - Bailey George, Jessica Whitt, Edward Castillo, Kylie Klopfenstein, Kennedy Kirk a
First grade - Aubrey Osuna, Noah Middleton, Leonardo Gomez, Van Kveton, Brooklyn Halladay Kindergarten - Presley Wall, Silas Garibay, Farrah Govea, Oner Orozca, Rylee Baas
Sixth Grade: Hayden Brunner and Felix Vazquez Seventh Grade: Talan Haley and Stephanie Bastida Eighth Grade: Matalee Stewart and Jacob Campbell
Howe High School Students of the Month
Learn about your antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway We are finally approaching the real Halloween this week on All Hallows Eve October 31. Downtown Howe celebrated Howelloween on October 26 on Haning Street. I love that Howe parties on Saturday so that Howe Mercantile can join in the fun (we are open Thursday – Saturday, noon to 8). Since there is still one more Howe Enterprise before the 31st, here is my final column on the subject. How did the clown and clown costumes get to be part of the evil side of Halloween? The World Clown Association blames Stephen King and his novel It that features the iconic horror villain Pennywise for terrifying several generations of young people into fearing clowns. I know that after I read this horrifying novel and saw the movie, I disliked clowns, too. And now there is a second version featuring the return of the evil Pennywise (I can assure you I will not be in the audience for this one). But is it fair to say that this trend of fearing clowns started with King’s terrifying Pennywise? No. Early clowns and related archetypes were mischievous during the Renaissance court jester era and Mr. Punch, the Punch and Judy violent, stick-wielding character, as far back as the 17th century. Clowns have always been considered on the edge of society. The first scary clown can be found in Charles Dickens’ 1836 The Pickwick Papers, with the emaciated drunkard clown “skulking in the lanes and alleys of London” when he is off-stage.
Dickens described his clown as having a bloated body, shrunken legs, glassy eyes, thick white paint on his face, grotesque head, and long skinny hands—"all [giving] him a hideous and unnatural appearance.” Clowns’ reputations improved somewhat in the 20th century when big-top circuses changed the perception of clowns to funny, entertaining characters. Then entered the popular Bozo the Clown and Ronald McDonald in the 1950s and 1960s, again introducing the happy, fun clown. This lasted until the 1980s when parents cautioned their children of “stranger danger.” And then along came King’s Pennywise scaring a whole generation of children and adults. Clowns will never be the same. An unusual byproduct of peoples’ fear of clowns is that they have affected the collectability of clown figures—we can rarely sell clown pictures, statues, or anything in the image of a clown at Howe Mercantile. People seem to shudder when they see them. Me, too. Georgia Caraway owns and operates Howe Mercantile at 107-109 East Haning. SHOP LOCAL. LET US SHOW YOU HOWE.
Seniors- Molly Wilson and Mitchell Webb Juniors- Holly Cavender and Kameron Hopper(not pictured) Sophomores- Landry Sanders and Luke Lopez Freshman- Jenna Clark and Major Patton
