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Howe FFAstudent heading to state in creed speaking

Life speeds by and if you don’t stop for a few minutes, you miss the whole thing. It’s rare that I ever get to leave Howe for an extended period of time due to this weekly publication not taking a break. Therefore, one-day trips are the norm to experience life outside of Bulldog land. This past weekend, I took a moment to top and smell the roses, so to speak, with my 13-yearold as we traveled to Stillwater, Oklahoma to experience “Bedlam” which is the rivalry between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

We got to the stadium really early (actually way too early). We thought we’d fashion ourselves in the famous Eskimo Joe’s restaurant before the game, however, it was packed full of people and there was no room for us to sit and barely enough room for us to take a selfie inside. Therefore we left and headed to the stadium where we sat outside for hours.

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Back in 2016, we spotlighted then-sixthgrader Korie Bouse (pronounced Boze) who had aced the STAAR test. That same year, Howe’s Mati Abner became the state champion in FFA Creed Speaking. Fastforward three years and now Bouse will take her talents to state competition in the FFA Jr. Creed Speaking category as a freshman.

FFA instructors Ronald and Tracy Blum had the class memorize the FFA Creed paragraph by paragraph.

“In the third paragraph when we were all memorizing it, I said it to Mrs. Blum and she just told me I was doing it,” said Bouse. “I didn't’ really choose it, but it’s cool.”

Bouse will perform the entire FFA Creed and judges will ask her thoughprovoking questions about it.

The only downfall to being so talented is that Bouse has to now dismiss several other events due to state competition taking place on Dec. 7 which is on the same weekend as a basketball tournament, volleyball tournament, and a cheerleading bonder.

Bouse says she’s a little nervous about going to state and thinks it’s quite an honor to represent the school and community.

Bouse father, Kevin, may have increased the (Continued on page 2)

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