57.52 Howe Enterprise May 11, 2020

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Chamber pushes back Founders Day to October 24—will combine with Howe-lloween

Howe ISD moves graduation up to May 29 at Bulldog Stadium

City sales tax receipts shows increase despite a portion of slow-down during the period

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce board

In his recent executive order, Governor Abbott au-

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar

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Grayson Publishing, LLC

Volume 57, Edition 52

© 2020 The Howe Enterprise

Monday, May 11, 2020

Academic All-State January 15 of this year was a very big day in history. That day, phase one of the historic trade deal was signed with China that cost the communist government billions of dollars. That same day, after nearly a month of speculation over timing, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi invoked a rather bizarre fashion of marching the Articles of Impeachment from the House to the Senate. Peculiarly enough, also that same day, a 35year-old man returned to his home of Washington State from Wuhan, China and was the very first case of the Novel Coronavirus in the US. I’m sure it’s all just another one of those strange coincidences. Wuhan went on lockdown for 76 days, however, China outside of Wuhan was only shut down for 16 days. How is this? What’s the forecasted lockdown periods for California, New York, or Michigan? Is this about the virus or the election? Hillary Clinton said in an interview recently repeated her own battle cry, “never waste a good crisis” and (Continued on page 14)

EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an opinion column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

The Texas High School Coaches Association released the Academic AllState Team last week and Howe landed eight athletes to the list. In the category of seniors with a 3.5 GPA or higher were Jamie Taylor and Kasie Segleski.

The category of all age levels with a GPA of 3.3 or more were Taylor, Segleski, Marissa Agee, Ally Harvey, Jessica Bastida, Hannah Dwyer, Carley Fife, Julie Miranda, Teagan Stubblefield, Jake Fabacher, Colton Thurman, and Noah Campbell.

Elvington named first team all-district infielder District 10-3A coaches released their all-district awards last week and Howe landed one player on the first team squad which was infielder Layton Elvington.

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SHUTDOWN CUTTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY

One of the first customers getting a haircut on Friday which was the first day salons could open to the public.

Texans who didn’t fly across the Red River for an early haircut last week were able to finally get their hair “did” in the Lone Star State on Friday. In Howe, The Girls Next Door on South Collins Freeway were the only salon open as the others will open tomorrow. Testing is on the rise in Grayson County, which means the total case figure is on the rise—evidence by 18 new cases announced on Thursday which is the largest one-day leap so far. Due to the jump, the number of active cases

doubled due to this with a current active count of 56. The current odds of one testing positive in Grayson County is 6.4%. The local business economy has suffered mightily with sales down by over $25,000 some local restaurants in Howe. Howe’s Economic Development Corporation sent questionnaires to local business to gauge the level of impact. All businesses did not respond, but seven of the 12 respondents said that they were operating at normal business hours. (Continued on page 7)

Grayson County COVID-19

The Bulldogs placed six on the second team which included pitchers Kolby Windon, Derek Kirschner, infielder Arturo Lowder, catcher Kolbe Lappin, outfielder Ayden Norton, and designated hitter Garrett Grigg. The full list is on page 6.

Howe’s Will and Grace, pg. 2 Texoma Patriots, pg. 4 Antiques, pg. 9 Curbside Library, pg. 10 Hawkins-Holsberry, pg. 10 Hot Jobs pg. 10 Business Directory, pg. 11 Local events, pg. 13 Texas History, pg. 14 Christian, pg. 15 Finance/Children, pg. 16 Past front pages, pg. 17-24

Layton Elvington

Total tests Total cases Active cases Average positive test Average negative test Positive test percentage Grayson County Population Total projected positive cases

1,426 91 56 0.064 93.6% 6.4% 136,212 8,718

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