58.13 Howe Enterprise August 10, 2020

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Hana’s Café and Market now open for business

Howe ISD staff prepares for most unusual school year

Howe ISD releases stadium ticket HMS Back to School, pg. 4 information for NBF new pastors, pg. 6 sporting events Ice Cream Social—sort of, pg. 7

The long-awaited opening of Hana’s Café

Most teachers would much rather be in the

Per UIL guidelines, attendance at all

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Volume 58, Edition 13

Hot Jobs, pg. 8 Business Directory, pg. 11-12 Texas History, pg. 13 Christian, pg. 14 Finance/Children, pg. 15 Past front pages, pg. 16-24

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Monday, August 10, 2020

City of Howe says they have paid $907,000 to Sherman for wastewater since February 2019

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It’s football time in Texas

52-year-old joint sewer contract with Sherman has been a stink bomb for Howe It’s always frustrating this time of year when the Dollar General begins to display their Howe Bulldogs spirit wear in that has the wrong school colors. But nothing can top the crazy year of 2020 when they even got the team wrong. You can now get your black and red Chilhowie Warriors spirit wear at Dollar General. At least they are consistent with getting the colors wrong. Since the Howe High School Cheerleaders sell official spirit wear, someone needs to look into the actions of cheerleading coach Pam Kirby and see if she “coerced” Dollar General into displaying the Virginia school. Nonetheless, we love our hometown discount store, but it’s always nice to purchase your spirit paraphernalia from the cheerleaders or the booster club. Plus, they usually have the right town, mascot, and school colors. ***** President Trump signed an executive order over the weekend that defers payroll taxes until the end of the year. It will save the average person about $1,200 over four months beginning in September. The order also included an extension of federally enhanced unemployment benefits that will require states to chip in 25 percent of the $400-perindividual bump. It’s an election year by the way.

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

KXII-TV ran a story last week that claimed the City of Howe owes the City of Sherman $300,000 after not paying their sewage bill for 15 months. Howe City Administrator Joe Shephard denied that accusation with the following statement to the Howe Enterprise, “A recent news broadcast would lead the listener to believe Howe has not paid the sewer bill from Sherman for over 15 months. The facts are, from February 2019 through July 2020 the citizens of Howe have paid Sherman $907,047. Sherman charges us for not only sewage, but for rainwater that enters the system. This is one reason your water/sewer bill is so high. The huge amount we, the citizens of Howe, pay Sherman is almost one-third (1/3) of the City’s total annu-

al $3.3 million budget.” Shephard told KXII that the rates only go up every time it rains. That’s because in Howe, like all other cities, the rainwater seeps into the same pipe as all the sewage, and all of that goes to Sherman to be treated. The City of Howe pays on the amount going through the pipe. “So, we’re billed per gallon, that runs through this meter,” Shephard said to KXII. “So, when it doesn’t rain, our normal bill is about $30,000 but when we get big rain, it could go up to $80,000, $90,000 to $100,000 and that is what puts us behind.” Fifty to one hundred-year (Continued on page 2)

Lady Bulldogs lifting hopes for volleyball season

Senior receiver Jordan Jones. Photo by Michelle Carney.

The Howe Bulldogs officially hit the field on Monday for “2-a-days” and it didn’t take long for the Dogs to get going. In the old days, the first few practices were designated mostly for conditioning, but with the UIL now allowing summer workouts, coaches can focus on X’s and O’s from day one. “It’s like Christmas in August for me. I couldn’t sleep,” said Howe Head Coach Bill Jehling on Monday. “I know it’s a different year with everything going on, but just being able to get them out here in a football atmosphere, in a football mood—football zone is

huge. It’s the best time of year all around.” Howe’s returning 1,000yard rusher Jalen Thornton said that it was excited to be back on the field and credited the coaches for the preparation throughout the summer heading into camp. Jehling said he could see the effects of not having a full off-season with school not returning after spring break. He said the players are not at full speed and need to improve on quickness but was excited about the team offensively as he said they are ahead of where they were last year at this time.

Grayson County COVID-19 a Senior Gracie Lankford doing squats during the first day of workouts on Monday. Photo by Michelle Carney.

New Howe High School Volleyball Coach Erin Lopez says her goal for the volleyball program is to see improvement from year

to year and is expecting good things from a roster returning nine seniors. (Continued on page 3)

August 9 75 10 1,139 1,054 11,559 90.1% 9.9%

July 9 82 7 708 619 7,695 90.8% 9.2%

Active cases Deaths Total 2020 cases Total recovered cases* Total tests Negative test percentage Positive test percentage *Total recovered cases do not Statistics from Grayson County include active cases Office of Emergency Management


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