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Feed My Sheep gets a helping hand from the Howe Bulldogs

Howe Police investigating reported suicide attempt

New Howe coach comes from Durant

Submitted by Carolyn Cherry

Howe police responded to a report of a gunshot

As the coaching staff for the Howe Bulldogs evolves,

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Volume 58, Edition 7

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Monday, June 29, 2020

Howe ISD releases plans to reopen school August 19

Grayson County COVID-19 cases down from May In the last month, COVID19 positive test percentage has decreased from 9.1 percent to 8.1. There were 105 active cases on May 28 and 49 active cases on June 28. There were 3,411 tests performed during that time of which 243 came back positive which is 7.1 percent. There were eight people hospitalized on May 28 and three hospitalized on June 28. The age group with the most overall cases in May was 30-39 with 76 now the age group of 40-49 are tied with that group with 123 overall cases. Howe had 2.1 percent of positive tests in May and has not changed.

The percentage of males in May was 61 percent and that is also unchanged. The number of deaths per positive test is 0.88 percent.

The death total rose from two to five. ***** Longtime Howe resident Floyd Elwood turned 90 years old over the weekend. Elwood, a veteran of the Korean War, has been quite ill for the past two years. He once lived on Tate Ranch for 17 years but downsized and now (Continued on page 15)

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

When school was let out for spring break on Friday March 6, students never thought that it would be the last time they’d walk the hallways and see their friends in the lunchroom during the school year.

But the hallways will again be roamed, and lunch will be served come August 19 according to a press release from Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson.

The letter released by Howe ISD said, “while COVID-19 guidelines remain a fluid situation, we

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are preparing for three general scenarios in the fall: 1. Face to Face Instruction 2. A Hybrid Model including face to face and virtual instruction 3. Virtual Instruction.”

Face to Face Instruction would be a return to the “normal” school setting, but with some social distancing and safety measures in place. These could include face masks for staff and/or students, heightened cleaning and hygiene practices, modified (Continued on page 5)

Lone Star Hoops Camp cancels due to COVID-19 For the past 19 years, Lone Star Hoops Camp has been at Howe High School teaching kids about the fundamentals of basketball for an entire week. The camp that draws athletes from all over the Texoma region has been forced to cancel this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

“My greatest respect and admiration goes out to my good friends in Howe and the surrounding communities, starting with my partner Derek Lands, my old friend Tim Rose, my favorite “floor manager” Chris Arledge, Mr. Wilson and his great staff for allowing us to be a part of the “Howe Bulldog world,” said Jan Jernberg, owner of

Beginning a garden, pg. 8 Antiques, pg. 9 Hot Jobs, pg. 10 Library News, pg. 10 Business Directory, pg. 11-12 Texas History, pg. 13 Football/v-ball signups, pg. 13 Christian, pg. 14 Finance/Children, pg. 15 Past front pages, pg. 16-24

The newest Howe Police Officer David Tollison was sworn in by Howe Mayor Bill French on Monday morning. Staff photo.

The Howe Police Department got to full staff last Monday when David Tollison was hired as the newest officer.

Tollison, originally of Sherman, graduation from Sherman High and later attended Si Tanka University in Eagle Butte, South Dakota where he played soccer. He then came back and attended the University of North Texas.

Tollison says that a bad experience with law enforcement as a youngster ultimately influenced him to become an officer.

“I hated law enforcement growing up just because of something that happened

A Lone Star Hoops Camper from 2019.

Lone Star Hoops.

The camp, which was scheduled to begin today, is planning on returning in 2021 to celebrate their missed 20th Anniversary Camp in Howe.

when I was a kid,” said Tollison. “And as I got older, the only way I could change it was from the inside and I thought this was something I wanted to do.

I love helping people” Tollison’s first job in law enforcement was in 2014 at the Grayson County Jail and has been wanting to move toward the street to help build a community.

Being an interesting time for law enforcement, he makes no apologies for being the person that instinctively runs towards danger when everyone else runs away.

He and his wife Sarah have two young daughters.

Grayson County COVID-19 Total cases Total recovered cases Active cases Recovery rate Total tests Negative test percentage Positive test percentage Deaths

566 512 49 99% 6,963 91.9% 8.1% 5

Statistics from Grayson County Office of Emergency Management

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New Howe coach comes from Durant

Jeff Garrett works with athletes recently in summer workouts. Staff photo.

As the coaching staff for the Howe Bulldogs evolves, one of the newest members hails from Durant, Oklahoma where he was a player and later a coach for the Lions.

Garrett, 50, after graduating from Durant High, played football for Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. He then transferred to Southeastern Oklahoma State University where he married during that time and then transferred to Ottawa University in Kansas in 1995.

He teaching and coaching career began at that time in Kansas before moving back to Oklahoma in Coalgate. He then was able to land a job at Durant on their staff.

“That was kind of one of my goals was to go back home and teach and coach and be in that

program because it was a good program growing up,” said Garrett. “They have good facilities, good faculty staff and a great place to raise your kids.”

Garrett stayed in Durant for ten years but after getting his administration degree, he found himself capped on advancement at Durant with positions filled and comes to Howe trying to eventually find himself in an administrator’s role.

“Durant’s just one of those places where you go to finish your career,” said Garrett. “There’s not a lot of movement—not a lot of people coming and going.”

He was seeking jobs elsewhere went COVID-19 shut down school and didn’t believe that there would be any positions open for him. But got a phone call from Howe Athletic Director Bill

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Jehling and Garrett thought it was a good opportunity for his coaching career and possibly in the future for administration due to the growth.

“It’s a 30-minute drive right now from Durant and I don’t have to move if I don’t want to,” said Garrett. “My wife would like to move to Texas but it’s going to be like pulling teeth to get her away from her job.”

Garrett will be an assistant football coach working with receivers and linebackers. He’ll be the assistant basketball coach and assistant baseball coach. On the teaching side, he’s been a special education teacher for 18 years and for the last 10 years ran an alternative special education class for students where were placed outside of mainstream general education.

“Those kids really can’t be suspended away from school. They have to have their opportunity to continue their education,” said Garrett. “It’s a very special situation where you get a lot of kids with family issues, behavior issues, development issues and issues with leadership. Because I have raised special ed children myself, adoptive care, foster care, special needs kids in my life, it was actually a little easier for me.

I was kind of drawn to those kids

and they were drawn to me. It’s a challenge to me to break their mold and show them that they can do better and be successful and have something about themselves. It’s very rewarding. It’s very similar to coaching.”

He has six children, four of which are adopted. The second youngest child, 20, is autistic.

Garrett has been impressed with the kids from Howe. With the school being quite a bit smaller than Durant, he’s not seeing a difference in the numbers in athletics.

“There’s as many male athletes I’ve seen in the last three days is there is in Durant. They come in and they’re working hard. They put for the effort, take direction well and have good attitudes,” said Garrett. “That’s what it’s all about is looking for and trying to build character and build these young men into being fine outstanding citizens.”

Garrett’s first job was the head freshmen coach at Ottawa High School in Kansas which he says is very similar to Durant.

He and his first wife raised three children in Kansas before moving back to Oklahoma where they adopted two more children. His first wife passed away and upon remarriage, he has a nine-year-old son who attends Durant schools.

Summer workouts continue

A great number of Lady Bulldogs participate in their second week of summer workouts. Staff photo.

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Feed My Sheep gets a helping hand from the Howe Bulldogs

Howe Bulldogs football players unloaded a trailer full of food at Feed My Sheep on Thursday morning. Staff photo.

Submitted by Carolyn Cherry What a Bulldog Blessing indeed!

What way to show up Bulldog style. On behalf of the Feed My Sheep Inc board of directors and volunteer staff we want to say thank you to Coach Jehling and the Bulldog athletic students who showed up this last week and helped unload over 6, 000 pounds of food items from our Partners at North Texas Food Bank in Dallas. We put out the request frequently, sometimes weekly for help, and manning from the athletes has been here all spring and summer during our high cli-

ent volume time with the Covid19 increase helping fill our volunteer needs. We are so delighted to see the spirit of servanthood in our community alive and well in these young men and women.

We are open for Food Distribution for families in Howe and Southern Grayson County every first and third Saturdays of the month from 9am-noon and 2nd and 4th Fridays of every month from 3pm-6pm at 810 N Denny St. Howe, TX 75459. www.feedmysheepgrayson.org

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School returning

The halls of Howe schools have been void of students since March 6, 2020.

Staff photo.

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schedules and routines to minimize interaction with large groups, and training for staff, students and parents.

A Hybrid Model of Instruction would entail half of the students attending school on alternating days while the other half is engaged in virtual learning. This model would only be used if social distancing guidelines limit the number of students allowed in the classrooms. To facilitate the virtual learning, Howe is planning a more robust effort to provide teacher-led lessons and support.

This could include recorded lessons and opportunities to interact virtually with teachers on a daily basis.

Virtual Instruction would only be used if schools were closed again by county or state officials. As with the Hybrid Model, Howe would provide meaningful instruction to ease the burden on parents serving as the primary learning facilitator. Howe ISD hopes that this style of learning is not required again, as they believe it created multiple issues at home and limited the amount of academic growth for the students.

“We also recognize that regardless of the status of the virus in our area and/or state-wide, some parents will not be comfortable sending their children to school in August,” said Wilson in the letter to parents. “Regardless of which model is in place at the start of school, a virtual learning model

will likely be available for families that choose to engage in it.”

The ISD will continue to monitor guidelines set in place by Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the University Interscholastic League (UIL), and the Grayson County Health Department.

“We will delay any formal decisions until mid-July in an effort to base our protocols on the latest information available. But in the interim, we will work to have contingency plans in place so that we can be ready when school starts in August and if there is another outbreak that would necessitate extended school closures during the year,” said Wilson.

Parents can expect to receive a survey in early July so that the ISD can better plan for a smooth transition. Some of the information that will be asked is: 1. if you plan to send your children to school in the fall under the current conditions.

2. if you plan to have your children ride the bus.

3. internet access at home or other technical issues you faced with remote instruction this spring.

“Obviously, our hope is to return to a traditional school setting, as that is most beneficial for everyone involved,” said Wilson.

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Texoma Patriots to meet on Contact Tracing Submitted by Kaaren Teuber of the Texoma Patriots Important Meeting on Contact Tracing- June 29 (tonight) - 7 p.m. Location - Grayson County Courthouse - East Courtroom, 100 W. Houston, Sherman Speaker - Texas Senator Bob Hall, Senate District 2 Topic - Contact Tracing Tramples Individual Liberty.

The death of approximately 1,500 Texans due to COVID-19 in the first five months of 2020 is unfortunate and alarming until put in perspective by comparing it to the 7,500 Texans who died with the flu. https://dshs.texas.gov/idcu/ disease/influenza/surveillance/ Overreaching governments arrested and imprisoned individuals for daring to open a business offering services between a willing buyer and a willing seller – both of whom were able to calculate the personal risks to themselves when they entered into the transaction.

So what is Contact Tracing? The state (and nation) are now proposing egregious contact tracing schemes to track and control your movements. In what is being advertised as an “entirely voluntary” system, a positive COVID-19 test will trigger an investigation of you to reveal everywhere you

have been and everyone you have been in contact with within a window of time prior to your testing.

If you went to a restaurant, government officials have said they will look at restaurant seating logs to determine who you may have been in close proximity. The government may even review credit card receipts to determine who else was in the restaurant at the same time. If you happen to be one of the persons in the restaurant, will you be asked to selfisolate just because you have been in the same restaurant as someone who tested positive? But don’t worry if the government asks you to self-isolate. They say they will provide services for you to “help” you do that. They will put you up in a hotel if you don’t have the room to self-isolate with a private bathroom. What if you have children and have to self isolate? Will the government remove your children so they will not become infected? The answer to this is still unclear, but scary. (from Senator Hall’s Capitol Hall June Report) The Texas State Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has signed a $295 million, 27- month contract with the Frisco firm MTX Group to proceed with its contact-tracing program despite serious concerns (Continued on page 7)

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about the invasion of privacy and the encroachment of civil liberties. The contract was awarded with no legislative oversight and without the due process safeguards mandated by legislation.

And questions remain as to the efficacy of the selected contractor.

The government is offering us

security for the loss of our individual liberty. So what can we do? Senator Hall will talk about some of the things you can do such as reaching out to the Governor and your state lawmakers by phone calls, emails, letters, text messages, etc. You can write letters to the editor and call talk shows to alert other Texans.

We encourage you to attend this meeting. Everyone is welcome.

There is no charge to attend.

Howe Police investigating reported suicide attempt Howe police responded to a report of a gunshot victim at a residence in the 700 block of North Collins Freeway early Thursday morning. Grayson County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a 911 call at 2:56 a.m. from a person reporting that a 22-year-old male shot himself inside his home. Police say the victim was alive when they arrived on scene and that one of the victim’s roommates was providing him with lifesaving measures.

Van Alstyne emergency medical personnel responded to the scene and continued lifesaving efforts until an air medivac arrived.

Grayson County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted by shutting down vehicle traffic on the east access

of U.S. Highway 75 in order for the air ambulance to land. The victim was then flown to a metroplex hospital.

The incident is still under investigation.

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Beginning a garden (Part 2)

By Donna Nesbit, Grayson County Master Gardener After learning about the three main philosophies of gardening, a design is chosen. A garden design is an outline detailing how the philosophy will be implemented.

Once the design is created, different methods can be used as a framework for the design.

Gardens can be broken into seven different general designs. From these general designs, many more specific designs can be created.

For example, when designing a building, the architect first decides whether the building should be an office building or a residential building before designing the final product. Therefore, a general design helps the gardener find a more specific design. Climatic gardening, container gardening, edible gardening, floral gardening, therapy gardening, wetlands gardening, and zoological gardening are the general designs.

Climatic garden design mimics a climatic area such as the Mediterranean, Xeriscape, Alpine, or Tropical gardens, or they are designed to alter the existing climate in their locations: Greenhouses, High Tunnels, and Cold frames.

The ones that mimic a climatic area are best used in areas that have a similar climate to the original climate. A Mediterranean garden works well in southern California, but not so well along the Gulf of Mexico coast. In general, these types of gardens can work well with all of the philosophies.

Greenhouses, Cold Frames, and High Tunnels can be used in many locations. Greenhouses and High Tunnels can increase production year-round, minimize risks caused by the weather and pests, and provide a stable environment. Cold frames can also prolong the growing season and is not as costly as a greenhouse; however, it is more difficult to control the temperature in a cold frame. With greenhouses and high tunnels, there is a large initial investment. More manual labor is needed in all of these gardens because the plants need to be replanted and pollinated by hand.

Also, if a pest or disease is allowed to enter the structure, it is more difficult to control. These gardens work well with the organic and traditional philosophies.

Container garden design requires that plants be put into some kind of planter. These planters may be window boxes, pots, hanging baskets, tires, or any type of enclosed planter. These containers can be planted with floral or vegetable plants, and then placed in a favorable location either on the ground, on a balcony or attached to a fence. They are portable, so they can overcome problems with soil, climate, or light. They can be placed inside or out, so a “yard” is not necessarily needed; however, some plants do not do well in pots because of size, nutritional needs, or other factors. The planters can be used to contain aggressive plants or protect tender plants. In addition, the planters can be coordinated with the décor of the surrounding locations.

Sometimes a specialized soil is needed, and water and fertilizer must be provided on a regular basis. Initial outlay for the planters can be expensive, and plants may need to be re-potted as they grow.

If a potted plant is left outdoors, it will be more vulnerable to the cold. These gardens work well with the organic and traditional philosophies.

Edible gardens produce food and herbs for the table. As one might expect, vegetable gardens are one of the most common types of edible gardens. Whether it is a tomato plant and some basil for the Italian meal or a whole garden full of a variety of vegetables, this is what many people think of when the word “garden” is mentioned.

Other edible gardens are herb gardens, food forests, foodscaping (edible landscaping), Potager (kitchen garden), and cottage gardens. Herb gardens and vegetable gardens can also fall in the container gardening category. The traditional vegetable garden usually needs a lot of space in full sun.

Herb gardens and Potager gardens are usually placed convenient to the kitchen where the produce will be processed. Foodscaping and cottage gardens intermingle the food production garden with the floral gardens. Food forests try to mimic natural forests while providing food for the table. This type is considered a permaculture garden. The others are usually traditional or organic.

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Learn about your antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway John Brough Miller was born in 1933 in Michigan and received a Masters of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook AcadGeorgia emy of Art and Caraway earned his certification in industrial welding from the Industrial Welding Trade School in Dallas Texas. Miller moved to Texas in 1964 and spent nearly 30 years as an Art Professor of Ceramics and Sculpture at Texas Woman’s University, Denton. During these 30 years, he was Chairman of Visual Arts at TWU and a member of the Graduate School Faculty at TWU. In 1968-1969, he was also on faculty at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts School.

J. Brough Miller’s teaching and making of powerful pots that reflect the inspirations of Maija Grotell carries on through his students who are now teachers, designers and artists. In 1998 he was honored for his contribution to ceramic education and guidance toward excellence with the exhibit ‘Wads of Clay Formed in Texas.' I have two of Miller's large pottery vessels in my collection. A photo of one of them is featured.

J. Brough Miller’s 9 to 30 foot sculptures were to him “existence in space” and “displacements”.

He took great pride and joy giving steel of little monetary value personality and great worth.

These monumental sculptures were all created just outside the garage at his home in Argyle.

Among his awards, commissions, and dedications are installments for: Visual Arts Center in Denton Texas, Denton Fire Department Station 1, Texas Woman’s University, The Studios of Las Co-

linas, Hall Office Park in Frisco Texas, Valley House Gallery in Dallas, Dallas Public Library, Richland Collage in Richardson Texas, Northlake College, Aztec Products Inc. in Mansfield Texas, Peyco Products, Inc. in Arlington Texas, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Amarillo Art Center, Miami Financial District, Kilroy Airport Center in Long Beach and Los

Angeles International Airport, Florida State University, University of Missouri, Ithaca, Michigan at the Gratiot County Courthouse, and at his home in Argyle Texas. J. Brough Miller’s sculptures were also viewed in exhibits in Houston, Dallas, Nebraska, Tyler, Lubbock, Philadelphia, Oklahoma and Denton.

His widow is now selling some of her personal collection that stand in their yard in Argyle. A photo of one of his gigantic metal sculptures is shown.

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dens plants bloom. This design can be a cutting garden, a border garden, a cottage garden, or any type of garden that highlights the blooming plants. In a cottage garden, edible as well as blooming and non-flowering plants are intermingled. The cutting garden provides plants with showy flowers that can be cut for floral arrangements. Therefore, interesting flowers that last after cutting are featured in this garden. Other gardens such as the border garden use flowering and non-flowering plants to highlight a structure or area of the overall landscape.

These gardens would fall in the traditional or organic philosophies.

Therapy gardens can take many forms. A therapy garden design is an environment designed to create interaction with nature. These designs can be sensory gardens, Zen gardens, rehabilitation gardens, and restorative gardens. The overall use of the garden is important with this type of design. Zen gardens can have a restorative and healing effect. Whether for healing the mind or body or for rehabilitation during or after an accident or illness, the therapeutic garden should be calming. Rehabilitation gardens focus on using items found in everyday situation such as steps, seats, and gravel on walkways to assist in therapy for a patient. Restorative gardens should contain primarily natural plants and systems instead of man -made hard surface structures such as concrete walkways. Sensory gardens are designed to stimulate the senses through touch, smell, sight, sound, or taste. These gardens may use fragrance for a sense of smell, sculptures and hardscape as well as plant structure for touch, colors in flowers, leaves, stems, and structure for sight, water features or rustling grasses for sound, and edible plants for taste. Moonlight gardens will offer different scents and sights in the evening or night. Often these gardens can be used as therapy for people with autism or dementia. They can also be used with special-needs individuals.

Movement among the different areas of the garden as well accessibility to the features are important in the therapy garden design. Therapy gardens are designed to heal the mind, body, or spirit. Therapy gardens would work well with all of the philosophies.

Wetland garden design involves plants that like water. Whether designing a bog, a rain garden, or a water garden, plants that do not mind ‘wet feet’ are essential. Two special types of wetland garden design are hydroponic and aquaponic gardens. In hydroponic gardens, plants are grown in a soil-less, high nutrient solution. In an aquaponic garden, the plants are grown above a fish tank.

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The plants provide food and nutrients for the fish, and the fish provide nutrients for the plant. These two types of gardens are not usually done in a home environment.

If you have an area that is constantly wet, or it just stands water when it rains, a bog or rain garden would be perfect. A bog is an area that is low-lying or has a spring that keeps the ground wet or moist almost all the time. A rain garden is in an area that has run-off from rain that may stand for several days or weeks at a time. In both of these gardens having plants that do not mind standing in water at least part of the time is important.

A water garden is usually a water feature such as a pond with plants in it. Sometimes the three gardens are put in one design with a pond with plants as the central feature with bog plants near the edges of the pond and a rain garden where the pond overflows when it rains.

These designs are usually organic or permaculture gardens.

The last garden design is a zoological garden. This type of garden caters to animals of different kind. A butterfly or hummingbird garden are two popular types of zoological gardens. A wildlife garden caters to many different types of animals. Petscaping is another type of zoological garden.

In hummingbird gardens, plants that attract hummingbirds with their nectar-rich tubular flowers are combined with plants to shelter the birds. In butterfly gardens, plants with disk-shaped nectarrich flowers are combined with host plants for the caterpillars. In this type of garden, the gardener must be willing to sacrifice some plants to the hungry caterpillars.

In wildlife gardens, plants to shelter animals and provide food for mammals and birds are necessary.

In this type of garden, the gardener must be willing to share space with different types of animals.

For people with pets that enjoy the outdoors, petscaping provides places for the pet to play, rest, or just interact with nature. Most of these designs are organic.

After deciding on what philosophy best fits, a gardener will select the design for the garden. The basic designs help give direction to the gardener, but hundreds of sub-designs are available. Looking at the internet or books, designs can be copied or adapted for almost any location.

Grayson County Master Gardeners Association is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Reach us by email at mastergardeners@co.grayson.tx.us, by phone 903-813-4204, our web page txmg.org/grayson, or our Facebook group.

Howe Community Library hosting family trivia night Join us for a general knowledge trivia night at Howe Community Library. To win, you must be a resident of Grayson County, Texas. Every computer that enters is a contestant. It can be a group/ family or an individual. If your group wins, you can come up to the library and choose one free book per group member and one local Sonic coupon for a medium soft drink, small ice cream cone,

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Clean Stripe 909 E. FM 902 Howe TX 75459 http://www.cleanstripe.com 254-640-9431 john@cleanstripe.com J-Talk Services, Melida Ailshire P.O. Box 91593 Sherman TX 75091 903-814-8347 jtalk1@mac.com LegalShield 1548 Timbercreek Dr. Howe TX 75459 http://JLALEXANDER. WeAreLegalshield.com 214-549-4474 jlalexander@ legalshieldassociates.com) CHILDCARE The School Zone Academy 105 Doyle Street Howe TX 75459 theschoolzoneacademy.com 903-532-9663 haleenparrish@yahoo.com CHURCHES Bethel Baptist Church 905 Ponderosa Rd, P.O. Box 458 Howe TX 75459 bethelbaptisthowe.com 903-532-6032 First Baptist Church Howe 100 W. Davis Howe TX 75459 http://www.fbchowe.org/ 903-532-5504 info@fbchowe.org First United Methodist Church Howe 810 North Denny Howe TX 75459 (903) 532-6718 zack@fumchowe.org New Beginning Fellowship 910 S. Denny St, PO Box 295 Howe TX 75459 http://www.nbfhowe.com/ (903) 532-6828 wallace@nbfhowe.com CONSTRUCTION/BUILDING SERVICVES Jim Jackson Electrical Services, Inc. 1401 Silo Road Suite 400 Bonham TX 75418 www.jacksonelec.com/ 1-855-522-5353 info@jacksonelec.com TLD Design Consulting LLC 103 E. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 http://www.tld -dc.com/ 903-436-4601 tdefrange@tldconsulting.net

American Efficiency Solutions 2917 Wolf Front Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 americanefficiency solutions.com/ 214-284-6309 mike@aes-llc.net DENTAL Howe Family Dentistry 100 S. Collins Freeway, PO Box 960 Howe TX 75459 howefamilydentistry.com 903.532.5545 EDUCATION Howe Community Library 315 S. Collins Freeway Howe TX 75459 www.howeisd.net/Page/83 903-745-4050 atchison.melissa@howeisd.net Howe Independent School District 105 W. Tutt St. Howe TX 75459 howeisd.net/ (903) 745-4000 ENTERTAINMENT Twisted Balloons & Magic 1174 Dicken Rd. Howe TX 75459 903-815-6093 bentleym6144@gmail.com FUNERAL HOME Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory 637 W. Van Alstyne Parkway Van Alstyne TX 75495 scogginsfuneralhome.com 903-482-5225 tommywscoggins@hotmail.com GOVERNMENT Rita Noel, Justice of the Peace P.O. Box 672 Howe TX 75459 903-821-0018 ritanoel169@yahoo.com HAIR SALON Girls Next Door 102 S. Collins Frwy Howe TX 75459 (903) 532-0526

HEALTHCARE Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health 8001 S. U.S. Highway 75 Sherman TX 75090 angelsofcare.com 903-532-1400 jriggs@angelsofcare.com Bee Square Body Care 26 Williams Trail Howe TX 75459 http://beesquarebodycare.com/ 903-819-0192 Godisgood1@hotmail.com NURSE C.E.R.T.S. 505 Castlegate St. Howe, TX 75459 90.-821-3392 loavamccarthy@msn.com HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING Baker A/C & Heating, Inc. 215 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-6225 bakerac.mark@yahoo.com HOUSING Bainbrook Apartments 511 S. Collins Fwy Howe, TX 75459 (469) 712-4082 bainbrook75459.com Pradera Manufactured Home Park 709 N. Collins Freeway Howe TX 75459 http://praderamhp.com (903) 532-0014 felix@havenparkmgmt.com M&M Properties 901 N. Denny St Howe TX 75459 903-815-9223 marvincurtis2@gmail.com INSURANCE

Good Fellas Barber Shop 105 E. Haning St. (972) 502-0559

David Morgan Insurance 255 E. Jefferson St, P.O. Box 2105 Van Alstyne TX 75495 http://farmersagent.com/ dmorgan1 903-482-4063 dmorgan1@farmersagent.com

HEALTH AND FITNESS LZfit (personal training) Lauren Zepeda (972-489-4246 Lauren_zepeda@yahoo.com Facebook page Laurenzepedafitness

Ed Meacham, State Farm 2624 Loy Lake Rd., Suite B Sherman TX 75090 https://www.statefarm.com/ agent/US/TX/Sherman/EdMeacham-3TGY5753JAK 903-892-3923 ed@mredinsurance.com

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COVET Homegrown 6007 Farmington Rd. Howe, TX 75459 469-879-9190

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Kathy McGarry, Mayo Agency 215 S Ray Roberts Pkwy, P.O. Box 519 Tioga TX 76271 940-437-2378 kathy.mayoagency@gmail.com

Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Darren Foster – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfbins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 32707/darrenfoster 903-436-2470 dfoster@txfb-ins.com Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Loretta Anderson – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfb -ins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 23242/lorettaanderson 903-819-1041 landerson@txfb-ins.com Aflac Agent Chyna Vincent 1671 Taylor Rd Dorchester TX 75459 940-641-1714 chynakv@live.com INTERNET TekWav 223 N. Walnut St. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.tekwav.com 903-375-9787 jj@tekwav.com LEADERSHIP The Iku Organization http://theikuorganization.org/ 214-392-6218 soga.aralola@gmail.com NON-PROFIT Goodwill Industries of Northeast Texas 2206 E. Lamar St. Sherman, TX 75090 goodwillnorthtexas.org spierce@goodwillnorthtexas.org

PERSONAL SERVICES & CARE Servpro of Sherman/Denison PO Box 1851 Sherman TX 75091 ervproshermandenison.com/ 903-893-7166 belinda.servpro8117@gmail.com PHOTOGRAPHY Melissa Millsap Photography melissa.millsapphotography @gmail.com PLUMBING Skinner Plumbing Supply 200 S. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 (903) 532-0034 skinnersupply@yahoo.com Torque Plumbing 102 S. Collins Frwy Howe TX 75459 (972) 658-1515 torquemayes@yahoo.com PUBLIC UTILITIES Atmos Energy 5111 Blue Flame Rd. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.atmosenergy.com/ 1-888-286-6700 (Main) 1-866-322-8667 Natural Gas Emergency Jan.Rugg@atmosenergy.com Billy’s Trash Service 800 S. Andrews Sherman TX 75090 903-814-9070 jeffstanley@cableone.net

Grayson -Collin Electric Cooperative, Inc. P.O. Box 548 Van Alstyne TX 75495 www.grayson-collin.coop 903-482-7100 mmcginnis@gcec.net Cavender Home Theater DISH 6202 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 http://www.cavendertv.com/ 903-892-3499 chris@cavenderht.com REAL ESTATE Bill French Properties 315 N Travis Suite B-3 Sherman TX 75090 billfrenchproperties.com 903-893-BILL (2455) bill@billfrenchproperties.com Sheryl Bentley, Ebby Halliday REALTORS 3445 FM 1417 N Sherman TX 75092 http://www.ebby.com/agents_ offices/find_agent/info/ sherylbentley (903) 821-7653 sherylbentley@ebby.com The Uselton Group 382 Eagle Point Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 theuseltongroup.com 469-525-7281 kim@theuseltongroup.com Vincent Realty Group 324 Meadows Estate St., P.O. Box 756 Tom Bean TX 75489 vincentrealtygroup.com/ 903-870-8528 benvincent@cableone.net

City of Howe SECONDS COUNT IN AN EMERGENCY! That's why the City of Howe has instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boilwater notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers a pre-recorded message describing the situations to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area possibly including instructions requiring action on the part of the recipient. Once the situation is remedied, another call will be placed to the area signaling that the issue has been addressed and that normal activities can be resumed.

The following information is required to add a telephone number into the "CodeRED" database: first and last name; address (physical address, no P.O. boxes); city; state; Zip Code; and primary phone number. The system works with cellular phones but requires a valid street address. When entering information, please fill out all of the screens because the newest data entered will replace the old data. Sign up by visiting http:// www.co.grayson.tx.us/page/oem.cred

2019-20 Local taxation State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Ad valorem reduction Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total

6.25 % 1.00 % 0.50 % 0.50 % 8.25 %

City of Howe Tax Rate Howe I.S.D Tax Rate Grayson County Tax Rate Grayson County Junior College Tax Rate Total (per $100 valuation)

$0.57 $1.43 $0.42 $0.17 $2.59

City of Howe Budget

$3,788,977

Michael Taylor – Keller Williams Realty P.O. Box 575 Howe TX 75459 mtaylor@kw.com RESTAURANTS El Patio Escondido Mexican Restaurant & Cantina 495 W. Van Alstyne Pkwy, P.O. Box 637 Van Alstyne TX 75495 elpatioescondido.com 903-482-5538 williampacheco519@yahoo.com Abby’s Restaurant 110 E. Haning St Howe TX 75459 abbys-restaurant.com/ 903-487-8860 abbysrestaurant@yahoo.com Palio’s Pizza Cafe 303 W. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 https://www.palioshowe.com/ 903-532-0390 paliospizza@att.net ROOFING HIT Exteriors, LLC Howe, TX 75459 972-977-1523 sergio@hitexteriors.com STORAGE Howe Mini-Storage 609 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-7867 amanda.garner@howecpa.com

TOWING Adams Automotive & Towing 85 Redden Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 adamsautotow.com 903-482-5784 Pristine Towing & Roadside Assistance 135 Hodgins Rd. P.O. Box 1672 Van Alstyne TX 75495 (903) 814-8064 VIDEO Summit Media Service PO.O. Box 1197 Howe, TX 75459 www.summitmediaservice.co m 214-843-1495

Cityofhowe.org City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Bill French City Administrator: Joe Shephard City Secretary: Joy Stevens Utility Billing and Municipal Court 116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: Kerri Cheatham (After hours night drop available) Public Works 317 S. Hughes St. Public Works Director: Mickey Phillips

2019 City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill $27.15 $7.45 $8.35 $9.30 $9.90

Code Enforcement 317 S. Hughes St. Code Enforcement Officer: Bert Dowlen

$33.60 $5.25

Howe Fire Department 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet

$13.35 $1.10

Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Police Sergeant: Keith Milks Economic Development 101 E. Haning St. 903-532-6080 EDC Director: Monte Walker City Council meets third Tuesday at 700 W. Haning St. at 6 pm.

Planning & Zoning Commission Meets third Monday as needed Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation Meets as needed For more information visit the city website www.cityofhowe.org

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WATER Base per 1,000 next 4,000 per 1,000 next 20,000 per 1,000 next 20,000 per 1,000 all over 45,000 SEWER Base per additional metered 1,000 gallons TRASH (solid waste) Base Tax MINIMUM BILL Water Sewer Trash Tax Total 5,000 gallons usage Water Sewer Trash Tax Total 10,000 gallons usage Water Sewer Trash Tax Total

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Howe Youth Sports Association hosting signups for football and volleyball The Howe Youth Sports Association is holding signups for football and volleyball. The online registration for football is for entering kindergarteners to sixth grade and can be found by here: https://www.leaguelineup.com/ formpreview.asp? url=howeyouthfootball&formID= 103747

https://howeyouthsports.com/ volleyball-3/

Howe Youth Volleyball registration can be found on the HYSA website at:

Texas History Minute The twentieth century opened a door for innovation in science and technology. Great minds steadily unlocked the Ken Bridges mysteries of the world and made life better for countless people. One of those great minds was Arkansas research scientist Dr. Margaret Pittman, a woman whose research has helped save millions of lives.

several strains of the bacteria, some of which caused meningitis, discoveries that paved the way for a life-saving vaccine years later.

Pittman also studied bacterial pneumonia and earned her doctorate by 1929.

Pittman was born in Northwest Arkansas in 1901. Her father, Dr. James Pittman, was a respected physician and introduced her to the world of science and the study of health. As a child, she and her brother and sister would often assist their father in his medical practice though that would not be permitted in any medical practice today.

In 1919, her father died after an attack of appendicitis. However, he had arranged for all of his children to attend Hendrix College. The family, however, still struggled as they completed their studies.

Nevertheless, Pittman excelled and earned degrees in math and biology when she graduated in 1923. After graduation, she wanted to pursue a career in science, but her immediate options were limited. In the meantime, she went into education.

She taught briefly at a local girl's school, and quickly rose to the position of principal. When the opportunity to study science at the graduate level came along, she jumped at the chance.

She earned a masters degree in bacteriology, the scientific study of bacteria, from the University of Chicago in 1926. Showing great promise as a scientist, she won a fellowship to the prestigious Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, earning credit for her doctorate while working with some of the nation’s top researchers on questions surrounding bacteria and disease.

One question that captivated her research was the bacteria Hemophilus influenzae. The world suffered a terrifying outbreak of the flu in 1918 and 1919 that left 500,000 dead in the United States alone and tens of millions more worldwide. Working with Dr. Rufus Cole, she was able to help confirm the microorganism responsible for the flu, publishing an important paper on the subject in 1928. She also discovered that there were

Dr. Margaret Pittman

In 1936, she began work for the National Institutes of Health, continuing her studies of microorganisms and disease. In 1943, she began work on a whooping cough vaccine. The disease, also known as pertussis, infected thousands of children at the time and the most severe cases could cause pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and even death. Hundreds of children died from the disease each year. With her NIH colleagues, Pittman developed a new technique to test the safety, viability, and potency of the vaccine. By the 1950s, deaths from whooping cough all but disappeared.

While at the NIH, she worked with colleagues on vaccines for cholera and typhus, two diseases which had caused millions of deaths around the world. By the 1960s, her work led to the perfection of the cholera vaccine.

Her work added important pieces to the scientific puzzles that had frustrated medicine for generations.

While doctors and scientists had suspected that there were cures to these diseases, Pittman put the finishing touches on the vaccines for many ailments, to the point that where many of these diseases once left thousands dead in their wake are hardly given a second thought by the general public in the twenty-first century.

Dr. Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor. He can be reached at drkenbridges@gmail.com. © 2020 The Howe Enterprise

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Surrendering our will is not an option I was asked recently if being born again was the same thing as believing in God. I felt I needed to give a more thorough anDr. Billy swer than just Holland a simple yes.

It might sound strange, but it’s true that Christians do believe that God is real, and yet there are others who believe in God that are not born again. I realize this seems confusing, and how can this be? Well, the devil believes that God is real, but he does not love or serve Him. So we can see there is a big difference between just believing and being spiritually transformed and embracing Christ as the Lord of our life. There is more to Salvation than just acknowledging there is a God. It has everything to do with knowing and trusting Him, being dedicated to obeying His truth, and having a genuine personal relationship with Him. Entering into God’s covenant of spiritual redemption is not just raising our hand when someone is asking, “who wants to escape the flames and eternal darkness?”

We repent because we are broken over our sinful condition, we literally fall in love with God, and our eyes are opened to see our desperate need to be changed into a brand new creation for His glory. Our responsibility is to willingly surrender our independence and allow Jesus to sit on the throne of the heart and control our life. In short, there are only a few individuals that are willing to “go all the way” with God. Being religious is a piece of cake compared to what being His disciple really means. It’s seldom mentioned, but the only way to accomplish His will, is to let go of ours. This is not very popular because much of the Christian attention is focused on attending an organized assembly which is fine, but developing a constant awareness of His presence is far more important.

Here is a verse found in Luke Chapter 14 and verses 28-30 that you will probably not hear in a revival. Why not? Because if evangelists told everyone how difficult it is, very few would want to commit. By the way, these are the words of Jesus.

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build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, saying, This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.” Unfortunately, many people sign up to be a follower of Christ, but eventually discover they only wanted blessings without accountability.

The cross is one of the most recognizable symbols in the world and is associated with Jesus and Christianity. The cross is also an instrument of death and we know that our Savior was crucified and died on the old rugged cross at a location named Golgotha which was also called the place of the skull and Calvary. Nonetheless, what many Christians fail to realize is that His children have also been called to figuratively and spiritually take up their cross (Galatians 2:20) and die to their carnal old nature. This is the fine print clause that is commonly ignored. It’s very critical to understand that surrendering our will is NOT an option, but His demand.

Becoming a living sacrifice through Him is the only way we can possibly walk with Him in Spirit and truth. Along with our commitment and faithfulness unto Christ, we must also realize the world will hate us. For the individual who professes to be a Christian and yet they are embraced by those who do not know God, something is wrong. The Bible contains many warnings about becoming too cozy with sin such as James chapter four, “Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.” The meaning of sanctification is to be separate or set apart and in context with our subject, we are not to blend in with the world, but rather to reflect God’s nature and character. Let us not be like the disciples who fell asleep in the garden while Jesus was praying.

Likewise, the five foolish virgins had no oil and were not prepared for the bridegroom when He appeared. Why I am so passionate about drawing nearer to God? Honestly...I believe there is nothing more important.

Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com

Local church calendar A Christian Fellowship 150 Fellowship Ln, Sherman, TX 75090 (903) 815-1333 Wednesday 6:30 pm – Potluck Meal 7:00 pm – Worship Service 7:00 pm – Jr & Sr High Youth Sunday 9:30 am – Sunday School (all ages) 10:30 am – Worship Service 10:30 am – KidZone Children’s Service (5yr – 12 yr.)

Community Bible Fellowship 415 S Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 Wednesday 6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship 7:00 pm - Community Kids (ages 3 - 6th grade, nursery available) 7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible Study Sunday 10:30 am - Worship Service First Baptist Church Dorchester 11831 FM 902, Dorchester, TX 75459 903-476-5525 Wednesday 6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and kids eat free) 6:30 pm - Praise service 7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group Sunday 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - A.M. Worship Service 5:00 pm - Adult Choir Practice 6:00 pm - Evening Worship First Baptist Church Howe 100 E. Davis St., Howe, TX 903532-5504 Tuesday 7:00 pm - Bible Study Wednesday 5:30 pm - Kids Choir 6:30 pm - Team Kid 6:30 pm - Youth Ministry 6:30 pm - Adult Bible Fellowship Sunday 9:15 am - Bible Fellowship 10:30 am - Kids Church 10:30am - Worship Service

First United Methodist Church of Howe 810 N Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6718 Monday 9:30 am - Care Team Meeting 10:30 am - Pastor's Bible Study Tuesday 9:30 am - Women's Bible Study 11:30 am - Out and About with Pastor Zack 6:30 pm Boy Scouts Wednesday 9:00 am - Wednesday Workers 6:30 pm - Jr. High and Sr. High Youth Saturday 9:00 am - Feed My Sheep (1st and 3rd Sat each month) Sunday 8:40 am - Fellowship and Donuts 9:00 am - Sunday School 10:00 am - Worship service 3:00 pm - Cub Scouts Howe Church of Christ 1205 N Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6441 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Bible Classes (all ages) Sunday 9:00 am - Bible Classes (all ages) 10:00 am - Worship Service 5:00 pm - Worship Service New Beginning Fellowship 910 S Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6828 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Radiate Youth 7:00 pm - Sanctuary of for prayer Sunday 9:30 am - Sunday School (kids, youth, women, men) 10:30 am - Worship Service 10:30 am - Kids Church

Times are subject to change. Please check with each church for any possible changes

Verse of the week Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you?

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

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Finding a fulfilling career Hey Taylor – I’m in between jobs and trying to find some direction.

People tell me to find Taylor something that suits my Kovar strengths, but I always second guess what I’m good at. How do I figure out what I do well without just being unrealistically confident? - Elsie

that interests you.

Hey Elsie - It’s hard to manufacture confidence, and that’s something overlooked when people are searching for direction.

Until you feel confident about what you’re doing, you won’t know if you’re playing to your strengths or not. Meanwhile, that confidence isn’t going to come until you have experience.

So, what do you like to do? When you’re doing that thing or those things, what makes you feel confident about your effort, and what keeps you engaged in the activity? Even if you start by focusing on a leisurely task like reading or gardening, there are still strengths on display. Your love of fantasy novels might not feel like it translates directly to a marketable skill, but it’s not as far off as you think.

Fortunately, there are multiple ways to assess whether or not you’re good at something. The most important factor to watch for is your excitement level. If you feel passionate while doing the work, even when the work isn’t great, you’re showing a significant strength. It might not be evident in the results, but staying excited and persevering is a talent in and of itself.

The question then becomes will this passion and perseverance lead to a career? This is where many people have a hard time making their strengths fit into a job title.

You might be really fascinated by certain elements of web design and photo editing, but you don’t know if you should be a designer or an editor or an animator.

The solution is to ignore the moniker. Not every job will fit all of your strengths, but that doesn’t mean you’re wrong for the position. Every career will come with a learning curve; you should expect to learn on the job while letting your best abilities serve as an entry point. Don’t search for a named role within a company, and instead look for any place where you can work on something

Remember, strengths don’t have to be specific trades like accounting or welding. Listening, problem solving, organizing and communicating are all valuable assets employers look for. I know plenty of people who have landed jobs they initially thought they weren’t qualified for, but they were hired because they had personality traits and skills that can’t really be taught.

We’re typically the best at things we like to do, and that’s where you should start. Consider jobs from your past that have given you moments of excitement, and think about why that was.

Eventually, you’ll be able to align your passions and be a few steps away from a great career. Good luck!

Legal Disclaimer: Information presented is for educational purposes only and is not an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investments involve risk and, unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Be sure to first consult with a qualified financial adviser and/or tax professional before implementing any strategy discussed herein. To submit a question to be answered in this column, please send it via email to Question@GoFarWithKovar.com or via USPS to Taylor Kovar, 415 S 1st St, Suite 300, Lufkin, TX 75901.

Howe’s That live on Timbercreek Drive with his wife Betty of 15 years. Over on Timbercreek, they say they have the best neighbors in the whole world. They sit on their porch and watcher their neighbors mow and trim their yard again, and again.

“They do love their neighbor as themselves,” said Elwood. “This is just half of the fondness and love these neighbors show.”

On Saturday, the neighbors planned a birthday party for Elwood. He says he had the best birthday dinner to celebrate entering the 90s.

There are good people all around you. Just look. ***** Did criminals of the world who love money and power take over the world many years ago? Do you get crazy insanely rich by being an honest fella, generally speaking? And if these criminals had fellow criminals in place, bribed to not prosecute them for their crimes, could they be allowed to feast on the world for more power and money? Was there one egotistical guy, with all his flaws, that ran for president who wasn’t in the club? Did he not take the bribes from the mob, therefore, not controlled by the mob? Did he vow to take down

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Living with children I have long maintained that the significant per-capita increase in child and adolescent mental health problems since John the 1960s – a ten Rosemond -fold increase in suicide, for example – is due to the collective embrace of a parenting paradigm that has proven itself to be not only dysfunctional but also dangerous – ironically, to child and teen mental health. This new paradigm, which I term “Postmodern Psychological Parenting,” was cut from whole cloth by America’s mental health establishment.

I was in graduate school when PPP was cobbled together, given fake scientific bona fides, and set in motion. At its core is the notion that good parenting is primarily a matter of permitting, understanding, and properly responding to a child’s emotional expressions.

Individuals who have achieved a state of authentic adulthood – which has nothing to do with one’s chronological age – know that emotions are, on one hand, one of the wonders of being human but on the other, one of the most destructive of human attributes. On their dark side, they destroy people and relationships, not to mention various personal properties ranging from dishes and lamps to Wal Marts. Like a child’s thinking, emotions must be disciplined, trained. The chaff of emotion must be separated from the wheat and the earlier that training begins, the better for all concerned.

more than an indication of proper thinking and emotional restraint.

Unfortunately, the new paradigm took hold and has wreaked havoc since. Ironically, the very profession responsible for the national child and adolescent mental health mess markets itself as exclusively qualified to treat it.

At the individual level, psychologists (keep in mind, dear reader, I am one) call it by various scientific-sounding names like “emotional dysregulation disorder” that, as in that very case, have no scientific validity whatsoever.

One “treatment” facility’s website says that kids with EDD “can have biological predispositions for emotional reactivity that can be exasperated by chronic low levels of invalidation in their environments resulting in emotional dysregulation.” I think they meant “exacerbated by chronically low levels of validation.” Nonetheless, said facility can prove not one aspect of that statement. Furthermore, validating a child’s every emotion is at the heart of the problem, not by any means a solution.

The solution is for parents to stop allowing their children’s emotional states to drive their decisions and run their families; for parents to stop striving for fun, give-and-take relationships with their kids and assume their rightful authority – calm, decisive, rational and intentional.

Paradoxically, good child mental health begins with the child realizing his parents are not there to ensure his perpetual happiness.

He will be much happier from that point on.

The term “behavior modification” entered parenting vocabulary in the late 1960s. The implication was that the discipline of a child was all about his or her behavior.

Previously, before psychobabble reigned in American childrearing, it was generally understood that discipline was needed to teach children not only to behave correctly, but also to think and emote correctly. In fact, proper (pro-social) behavior is nothing

Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond.com, p arentguru.com.

these people? With all their evil fortunes, might, and power, could they have declared war on America who dares to interfere with their criminal enterprise? Would they want to do away with all that makes America America like its history, lessons, faith, and culture? Is this a war for our freedom?

It seems as if a person’s value is measured for their vote and for their monetary tax contribution.

To try and control both of those measurements, talking points have been instituted. Controlled systems of information can sway the two, especially of 90 percent of the narrative is owned by six corporations.

I will never believe that America is a racist country full of hate.

When this becomes the front page of “20 years ago this week”, we might know the outcome of these questions above. Maybe. Depends on November I guess.

The Howe Enterprise is one of the 10 percent and that’s why we’ve been attacked. Hackers have tried to silence us and we’ve had to block every country outside of the U.S. from accessing our site. The truth has never been more savage.

John Rosemond has worked with families, children, and parents since 1971 in the field of family psychology. In 1971, John earned his masters in psychology from Western Illinois University and was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.

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