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Volume 58, Edition 6
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Monday, June 22, 2020
Security the focus of high school renovation This past weekend was the annual trip to Tahlequah, Oklahoma to float the Illinois River. For the second year in a row, the soon-tobe 14-year-old went with me. It was a Fathers Day treat for sure. While staying in Muskogee, late Saturday night we felt the hotel vibrate and wondered what in the world could have caused that. About 30 minutes later it was on Twitter that there was an earthquake near Tulsa. Some friends of mine said it was probably all the people at the Trump rally that caused the ground to shake, but when we flipped over to CNN, they said the place was half empty. Seemed unfactual with all the photos we saw in and outside of the arena. Oh well. ***** The UIL said last week that high school football games could be televised live on Friday nights for the first time this fall. They stipulated that it was a one year stint only. This had several asking us if we were planning to show video of the Howe games. We do not plan to do so. It helps the schoolās budget when fans attend the games and we encourage you to do so. If fans cannot go to the game due to COVID-19, then weāll consider options. EDITORāS NOTEāThis column is reserved as an opinion column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.
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What used to be the high school office is transforming into the high school library. Staff photo.
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Howe ISD has proposed budget of $17 million At the Howe ISD Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night, they proposed a budget of $17,140,436 for the 2020-21 school year. Of that, $532,437 is slated for food service, $472,696 for federal funds, $1,594,960 for debt service, and $14,540,343 to the general fund. Regarding the facility projects, the upgrades of the track at Bulldog Stadium
Howe High School is undergoing construction this summer to beef up security. What once was the check-in office near the cafeteria will now be the
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estimates came in higher than anticipated at around $1 million. To add artificial turf to the field, it was an additional $1 million. The board delayed a decision on the track for another month to get additional bids. The consensus was to delay the turf decision indefinitely due to the uncertainty of the negative impact COVID-19 could have on the school finance system next year.
Defending Bulldog Nation
home of the library which was dedicated to Dr. Wayne King a number of years ago. In turn, the former library location by the (Continued on page 5)
Howeās Public Works crew trims up Memorial Park
New Co-Defensive Coordinator Mark Hedgecock. Staff photo.
The Howe Bulldogs football coaching staff, which was already filled with defensive-minded coaches with hefty resumes, added
a line of defense for Bulldog Nation. Joining Mike Segleski, who weāre told will be the Co-Defensive (Continued on page 3)
Grayson County COVID-19 City of Howeās Blake Hamrick stands next to whatās left of a tree that had to come down in Memorial Park on Thursday. Staff photo.
One can drive by Memorial Park on Denny Street and see quite a change already taking place. The City of Howe Public Works crew took down one full tree and cut back
all other trees on the property, some of which had limbs scraping the ground. Mayor Bill French is working on a project to replace the playground equipment.
Total cases Total recovered cases Active cases Recovery rate Total tests Negative test percentage Positive test percentage Deaths
518 513 111 99% 6,064 91.5% 8.5% 5
Statistics from Grayson County Office of Emergency Management