58.30 Howe Enterprise December 7, 2020

Howe Bulldogs basketball

Rebuild or Reload? Lady Bulldogs aim for latter

Summit Hill Elementary Top Dogs

The Howe Bulldogs as of Wednesday last

There was a love affair a year ago with the citizens

Second grade Levi Weir, Juan Perez, Lilly

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Monday, December 7, 2020

Three Christmas Parades Saturday, Howe the finale

Get ready. The mainstream media will begin today barking that Tuesday, December 8 is the deadline for states to choose their electors. They will claim that the game is over, and the clock has run out. They’ll also begin pressuring the state legislatures to accept the results of the presidential election. While it is true that December 8 is the “safe harbor” day that states are supposed to choose their electors and December 14 is the date in which the Electoral College votes, there’s no evidence that those days are set in stone anywhere. The only date that is set forth by the US Constitution and it is Jan. 20—the inauguration date.

The December 8 and December 14 deadlines are not only elements of a 72year old federal statute with zero Constitutional basis as detailed by the White Paper

by The Amistad Project.

Experts believe that the primary basis for these dates was to provide enough time to affect the presidential transition of power, a concern that is fully obsolete in the age of internet and air travel.

Although federal law sets December 8, 2020 as the date on which determina(Continued on page 2)

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

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Monarch Park at Summit Hill receives upgrades

Youngsters on a float in the 2019 Howe Christmas Parade.

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New park equipment at Monarch Park was placed on Tuesday.

This year has not been normal by any sense, however, local chambers of commerce in Howe, Van Alstyne, and Anna are preparing for their annual 3-in -one parade day on Saturday. The Anna Christmas Parade will begin at noon

Howe Mayor Bill French about 90 days ago began a plan to improve Monarch Park at Summit Hill. He contacted Heartland Park and Recreation for options. Mayor French then

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Register to be in the parade by clicking the underlined link below: Christmas Parade – Howe Area Chamber of Commerce (howechamber.com)

Spelling Bee champs

Logan Nitchman—HMS Champ

Quinton Cole—HIS Champ

Howe Middle School’s Logan Nitchman, a sixthgrader, became the 20202021 HMS Spelling Bee Champion on Tuesday by outlasting fellow sixthgrader Eric Dailey in round

22 of the contest. Nitchman successfully spelled the word “circumspect” for the championship.

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went with three pieces of equipment which includes an “Amaze Panel,” a “Whirl with Me,” and a “Rain Wheel.”

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Trump legal team urging State Legislatures to follow the US Constitution In the case of a disputed election, Article II, Section I, Clause II of the U.S. Constitution gives the State Legislators the task of appointing electors to then vote in the Electoral College on Dec. 14 for the most recent Presidential election. The State Legislatures do not need any action from Governors, Secretaries of State, Congress, or any other governmental body. The power solely rests with the State Legislatures and since state laws do not supersede the Constitution, they can send electors based on any manner they deem just.

dent Trump’s attorneys have held hearings in the contested states and informed the state legislatures of their responsibilities. During those hearings, the Trump team produced witnesses with signed affidavits with punishment of perjury, to give testimony of fraudulent activity they witnessed during the election process.

One of the most alarming pieces of evidence was a surveillance video inside State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia that exposed election workers hiding suitcases of ballots under a table and hiding them with With an undecided outcome table skirts early in the morning. After sending due to highly contested elections in six states due to home all election workers and news cameras late in now overwhelming evi(Continued on page 5) dence of voter fraud, Presi-

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Howe Intermediate winner Quinton Cole (left) and runner-up Kalysta Armas (right).

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The following day, Howe Intermediate School fifth-grader Quinton Cole outlasted fourth-grader Kalysta Armas to win the campus championship. Cole correctly spelled the word “mustard” in round 10.

Both winners have earned a spot in the Grayson County Spelling Bee which will be held on Thursday, February 4, at the South Campus at Grayson College.

The winner of that bee will go to the Dallas Regional Spelling Bee in March. The winner will proceed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May 2021.

Howe Middle School classroom winners were Aidrie Burris, Braxton Buttery, Gage Carr, Casey Clopton, Eric Dailey, Allyson Do-

becka, Charles Fuhr, Tatum Gandilion, Roman Garbrandt, Maaya Garcia, Talan Haley, Preslee Harrell, Logn Nitchman, Brynn Riley, Seanna Roper, Hunter Shaw, Brooklyn Upton, and Felix Vazquez.

Howe Intermediate School classroom winners were Kalysta Armas, Tabitha Bjorn, Adaline Carter, Quinton Cole, Jesus Conejo, Kennedy Garner, Sophia Tonga Hall, Aaron Hernandez, Izak Montgomery, and Caris Riley.

The Howe Spelling Bee was coordinated by Library Director Melissa Atchison, who also served as the Pronouncer of the bee. Judges were Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson, Howe ISD Business Manager Julie Snapp, and City of Howe Director of Economic Development Monte Walker.

Howe Middle School winner Logan Nitchman (left) and runner-up Eric Dailey (right).

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tions of electors made pursuant to state election law automatically become official, the law does not require electors to be designated by that date in order to be counted.

Because the U.S. Constitution places ultimate authority for designating presidential electors in the hands of state legislatures, it is the responsibility of the people’s elected representatives to judge

the relevant facts and appoint an appropriate slate of Electors, subject only to the sole deadline set forth in the U.S. Constitution — 12:00 noon on January 20, 2021.

We are living in one of the greatest moments in American history—just a skip’s throw from Concord and Lexington.

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Hopes are high for Bulldogs with Carolina transition The Howe Bulldogs as of Wednesday last week had only been able to hold six practices and one scrimmage due to COVID delays. Just when things were picking up and rolling into full swing, a player tested positive which shut down the remaining practices for the week.

With a new coach in Jay Forsythe with an entirely new system, style, and approach, the Dogs who are coming off an 8-19 season could have benefited nicely from having extra time on the floor, but even with the shortened practice schedule, Forsythe and his North Carolina basketball style says that the boys are transitioning nicely.

“I told the boys this is exactly what I expected to see. After 18 years of coaching, I know what I’m wanting to see from guys learning a brand new system,” said Forsythe. “Defense is the biggest thing we have to correct.”

Forsyth’s North Carolina basketball is a welcome sight to oldschool basketball players and fans. Over the last couple of decades, the Texas high school basketball game has developed much like the football game which is more of a “run-and-shoot” format with the 3-pointer and fast break becoming the flavor of the “entertainment age.” The art of the “pick-and-roll” and “pass-and -screen-away” have become foreign to most high school programs. But with the influx of Forsythe’s North Carolina style, those “old school” molds wet the appetite for the traditionallyminded defensive and pick-loving hoopsters.

“They’re wanting to learn and they’re wanting to be better and I think they’re excited about the direction we’re headed,” said Forsythe.

With a new coach and a new system, all eyes are on the development of the system which can take time. When the future is the prize, the present is sometimes not the immediate focus which can play into the psyche of the

Sophomore point guard Austin Haley.

Photo by Michelle Carney.

current seniors on the roster, however, Forsythe says that the seniors have been the biggest leaders of the transition effort.

“It’s hard for seniors. With a new coach coming in, you have to buy into new system,” said Forsythe.

“They could either tank and say, ‘forget it; let’s do our own way and the way we’ve always been taught.’ Or they can do what we’re doing now and what our guys are doing is buying in.”

He says senior returning starters such as Jake Fabacher, Noah Campbell, and Kolby Taylor are being leaders.

The transition period to the new style may take as much as half the season says their new head coach.

However, he indicated that three or four games into the season, the players will begin to see options that they’ll be able to score off of.

“You’re talking about coming off of screens and setting your feet correctly so that you’re not shooting off-balance shots coming off a screen,” said Forsythe. “It’s a lot.”

At the end of the season, the Dogs will have 50 to 60 different plays including zone and man offense, defense, and inbounds. Currently, (Continued on page 10)

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Monarch Park

Workers of Heartland Park and Recreation. Staff photo.

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French said that he considers this project as “Phase I” of a two-part renovation. The park which is small and includes a gazebo actually is in total of over two acres.

However, most of the property is on the north side of the creek which French says he envisions a future bridge to cross the creek for walking and biking trails.

The Monarch Park renovation came from the city budget without a grant, but a renovation to Memorial Park is requiring a substantial grant that Heartland is working on. According to Jana Champagne, a company spokes-

person, the grant should be known in May 2021 whether Howe qualified for it or not.

The Howe Development Foundation along with the City of Howe has raised approximately $15,000 for the Memorial Park project.

The money raised along with money earmarked from the city budget should be able to qualify for around $90,000 worth of improvements to the park on the northeast corner of Tutt Street and Denny Streets.

French wanted to thank Mickey Phillips and the Public Works Department for clearing trees at Monarch Park and praised the joint effort.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump— People in Georgia got caught cold bringing in massive numbers of ballots and putting them in “voting” machines. Great job @BrianKempGA! 7:28 PM · Dec 3, 2020

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the night, they brought out the suitcases of ballots and began to tabulate them. The results of those ballots were roughly 148,000 votes for Joe Biden and 7,000 votes for President Trump.

If the Georgia (or any of the states) legislature makes a finding that the election was tainted and Trump had enough legal votes to win, they could legally send Trump’s slate of electors to the Electoral College. The Democrats could try and send another group which would result in a hearing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

At that point, the Supreme Court would decide whether Georgia, in this case, acted reasonably.

“We’ve got so much evidence of fraud that this really has to be done by the legislature,” said Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani.

“The Constitution gave them the responsibility. Nobody really remembered that, but our founding fathers are the best to follow when we’re in a jam. You get the truest results whether people don’t like it or not, we will be following how we were established as a nation to protect our liberties if we do it that way.”

Giuliani believes that Georgia and Michigan will lead the way with their state legislatures sending Trump electors based on the amount of clear voter fraud that swayed the outcome in such a high number that Trump was clearly victorious.

Democrats, mainstream media, and social media insists that Joe Biden is still the 2020 winner, but hundreds of whistleblowers have stepped up with incredible information that hundreds of thousands of votes for President Trump mysteriously disappeared on election night.

On Tuesday, Jesse Morgan, a contracted driver for the US Postal Service revealed that his trailer full of ballots simply went missing after he dropped them off. He drove his truck for New York to Lancaster, Pennsylvania and said

he was carrying 288,000 completed mail-in ballots.

Phil Kline, director of the legal group Amistad Project says they have many more testimonies from whistleblowers with similar stories and that the FBI is using their information for their investigation.

Kline said the post office was ripe with fraud and many postal service workers were taking part in widespread illegal efforts to undermine the election.

Missing 288,000 ballots is a large problem, but other whistleblowers are saying they drove thousands of pre-filled ballots across state line which is a federal crime. Nathan Pease, a subcontractor for USPS, said that he was told by two separate postal workers that the post office in Wisconsin had collected and backdated over 100,000 ballots on the morning after the election.

Others claimed the integrity of the Dominion voting machines were compromised and untrustworthy.

During a press conference in Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday, the Project explained that election officials in certain jurisdictions failed to maintain the ballot chain of custody which left the door open for voting fraud. The Project says it has photographic evidence of people improperly accessing the voting machines.

Eyewitnesses explained that the seals on ballot hard drives were illegally tampered with and broken.

Kline said that in total there are over 300,000 fraudulent ballots in Arizona, 548,000 in Michigan, 204,000 in Georgia, and 121,000 in Pennsylvania.

Kline, the former attorney general of Kansas, says he has explosive, largely untold information about how the Center for Technology and Civic Life, buoyed by Mark Zuckerburg’s $400 million cash infusion, likely bought the 2020 presidential election by focusing private grants in public munici(Continued on page 13)

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Parade

a “Spike” made an appearance in last year’s Christmas parade. Staff photo.

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as a “Drive-Thru” parade with floats parked and cars passing by to floats. This is in response to COVID-19 measures. The parade will be held at Harlow Elementary School with floats setting up between 9 am and 11:30 am. The parade will open for the community to drive through the parade route between 12 pm and 1:30 pm.

Next on the list is Van Alstyne who will hold their “Christmas Town” parade beginning at 2:30 pm. The route begins at Van Alstyne Middle School and travels on Highway 5 to Marshall Street to Main Street and ends at Dorothy Fielder Park. Those wishing to enter a float in that

parade can contact Donna Kramer -Almond at vachristmastown@gmail.com .

The Howe Chamber Christmas Parade, entitled “A Miracle on Haning Street” will begin at 4:30 pm at the Howe Middle School/ Howe Intermediate School campus and travel to Duke Street to Highway 5. It will turn right on Davis Street in front of First Baptist Church to Hughes Street and make a trip through Downtown Howe to King Street and back to the campuses.

Register to be in the parade by clicking the underlined link below: Christmas Parade – Howe Area Chamber of Commerce (howechamber.com)

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Pride of Howe places third at area competition

The Pride of Howe the Area Competition last week. Courtesy photo.

Forty degree temps and gusty wind chills approaching freezing temps couldn't stop the Pride of Howe Marching Band from competing at the UIL Area Marching Band Championships. Still missing a few of its member in COVID quarantine, the band took the field in Midlothian on Thursday and marched away with a third place finish.

"It was very cold," said band director, Angie Liss. "The cold and damp in the air caused all sorts of

problems. Our props became slippery due to the dampness and kids were slipping and sliding all over the place. But they never let it affect them and marched right on.

And now we have some great video of our almost catastrophes! We all got a good laugh out of it watching video on Friday!"

instruments to go extremely out of tune. We also had brass valves basically freezing up and all sorts of other issues. But I'm so proud of the kids for once again overcoming the obstacles and pushing through for a great bronze finish to the strangest marching season ever!"

Liss further explained that the extreme cold wreaks all sort of havoc in the marching band world.

Whitesboro finished first and Holliday was second in the competition. This is the first year for the area marching contest to occur in all classifications, however only

"When it's that cold it causes the

2A, 4A and 6A can advance to the state level.

The band will now begin the transition into concert season.

"It's going to be a logistical challenge since we can't fit the whole band in the band hall and still follow the UIL and TEA's COVID mitigation guidelines. That's going to make rehearsals difficult," said Liss, "but I know the kids will continue to rise to the challenge."

Marissa Agee signs with UT Tyler

Marissa Agee (middle) with parents Ginger and Brian. Staff photo.

Marissa Agee has had quite the high school career in track and field. She was recently rewarded with a track scholarship to the University of Texas at Tyler and on Friday signed her paperwork to seal the commitment.

Agee set a school record in the 800 meters in 2019 with a time of 2:15.93. She recently ran in the

regional cross country meet and finished 17th overall with a time of 13:16.99 in the 2-mile run. She finished sixth a year ago at the regional meet with a time of 12:41.72. She finished 39 of 173 in her sophomore year with a time of 13:47.53.

UT Tyler is a member of the Lone Star Conference.

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Rebuild or Reload? Lady Bulldogs aim for latter There was a love affair a year ago with the citizens of Howe and their Howe Lady Bulldogs. It was as rare phenomenon with youth girls basketball players following their hometown heroes all over North Texas for playoff games and those same varsity players reciprocated by attending their youth basketball games. What happened a year ago with the high school girls basketball program doesn’t happen often, and Howe finished the season with a 29-7 record and a distinction of the greatest Lady Bulldogs team to ever wear the black and white by racking up five gold basketballs and holding the titles of district, bi -district, area, regional quarterfinal, and regional semifinal champions. But that team headed into the sunset moments before COVID-19 reared its ugly head in back in March.

Time will tell whether Howe will either rebuild or reload. Lands has had fortune smile on him over the years with a talented freshman group entering just as another talented 4-year group exits the program after four seasons.

Back in 2012, Lands began with a youth movement that eventually became the heart and soul of teams that won 94 games in their four years. Those players included 4-time District MVP Riley Harvey, Darci Foster, Alyssa Smith, and Holly Hawkins. Just as they exited stage left, another core of freshman entered which would go on to win 102 games in their four seasons. That core-four played 11 playoff games in four seasons and included All-State 4year starters Ally Harvey and Jenna Honore and 3-year starters Cassidy Anderson and Molly Wilson. Sprinkled in the mix along the way were more freshman dynamic players such as Peyton Streetman.

In true Lands fashion, as the corefour that just exited stage left, here comes another calvary of freshmen to the court. This year’s group includes starting point guard Kendall Griffin, 5’-9” Matalee Stewart, and forward Emery Snapp.

“It’s not intentional. Because that’s not the ideal situation I don’t guess,” said Lands. “You just go with what you have.”

What is different about this year reshuffling of the deck is that Howe has big talent returning from last year’s season. The District’s Offensive MVP and AllRegion 6’-1” post Sierra Copeland returns for her senior year and joining her is junior Trinity Williams who was the District’s Sixth-Person of the Year. She will be looking for some different brass to shine this season as she’s now in the starting lineup in her third varsity season.

Senior Katie Grogan also returns and is now a starting guard. She

saw time on the floor a year ago.

Juniors Landery Sanders and Avery Snapp, also return to be counted on for time of the floor in 2020-2021.

Lands feels good about the roster he has but is concerned about the lack of time he’s had with all his players together at the same time for practice due to issues stemmed from COVID. With an experienced team such as last year, missing time wouldn’t be as costly as it is with this group.

“The last group I had, I could just say something and what I said was in their database of experience,” said Lands. “This group is not at that point yet. We’re still learning how to process that. This last Monday was the first Monday I’ve had all 10 of them there.

We’re going to be alright. It just takes time, and I don’t know whether that time is two weeks or a month.”

Lands says his team is good defensively and offensively should compete nicely with Copeland at the post. Williams, who can rotate with an inside game and an outside game creates tough matchups for opponents.

He says the surprise could be the freshman Stewart who plays inside with her 5’-9” height.

“She’s got post moves that are really good,” said Lands. “She shoots the ball above her head which makes her even taller. She does things right.”

With younger players, a lot of times the game is not out of their reach athletically, but the game moves at a much faster pace than what they’re used to. Lands says overcoming that can only come with experience.

“Until things start to slow down in their head, everything is a processing issue right now,” said Lands.

What made Howe so dangerous a year ago offensively was the inside out game with the presence of Copeland and Harvey inside and the outside shooting game of Anderson. Lands says both Grogan and Williams can play the role of Anderson with the outside game.

Senior Sierra Copeland is the returning District Offensive MVP and All-Region.

Photo by Alexa Brunner.

“We’ve played three ballgames and we start district next Friday,” said Lands. “I ought to be 15 ballgames into this right now.

But you can’t play in any tournaments. If any group needed to play – this group needed to play.

Last year’s group could’ve filtered through this alright.”

Due to the young team, the Lady Bulldogs will be at a disadvantage in district play without having the experience of a pre-district schedule for the younger players.

“It’s there. We can work insideout and we can work high-low just like last year. It’s just a different group and learning different angles,” said Lands.

If there are issues with missing district games, the UIL will allow teams to makeup as many games during the week to get caught up, as long as the rescheduling is due to COVID. Which means Howe could theoretically play six games in six days should they need to.

But the stress of playing that many games in a short period of times is a clear disadvantage for the team that has to run that schedule.

Due to COVID issues, several games on the schedule were canceled. Friday night’s game with Aubrey was canceled due to a player from Princeton who became ill and tested positive after playing Aubrey. Lands didn’t want to risk losing games and took the safe route of not playing Aubrey.

“We’re doing everything we can (to stay safe),” said Lands. “I’ve got the JV and varsity going at separate times. It’s just different now. When they’re out there working out together, you can see how they interact with each other and you can see the one-on-one matchups and see which kids are improving. You can’t see it now

Trinity Williams is the returning District Sixth Person of the Year.

Photo by Alexa Brunner.

because you can’t intermingle the teams. If one of the JV kids gets it, then they’re all going to be gone. At least if they’re separate, if a varsity kids gets it, it’s just the varsity team and not the JV too.

It’s a different world right now.

It’s hard to coach. But it’s not just us. It’s everywhere. We’re just going to keep on trucking and see what happens. Hopefully we’ll get lucky.”

If the cycle continues, Howe will be really good over the next four seasons with a climaxing year in the 2023-2024 season. And that group of youth basketball players that followed their heroes will step on the floor to continue to conveyor belt of greatness.

Meet the 2020-2021 Howe Lady Bulldogs Photos by Michelle Carney, Banners by Michelle and Monte Walker—Howe Athletic Booster Club

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they have installed approximately 10.

Even being new to the staff, Forsythe said he had a good sense of where they would be with the talent that was on the roster. He said we watched a lot of film on the players from last season.

“Zack Defrange is coming along really well which we’re going to need him to with his size (6’-5”),” said Forsythe who said he’s challenging him to get tougher in the paint and use his height to an advantage.”

He also thinks Taylor playing football for the first time in several years has contributed to his aggressiveness.

“We had hoped to see that. Last night (in the scrimmage) we actually saw him scrapping,” said Forsythe who then joked that he had to tell him to calm down a little.

He was pleased with the play of Fabacher in the scrimmage and what he brings to the floor. He’s also hopeful 4-year letterman Noah Campbell will continue to bring his talents to the court and be a positive influence on the younger players.

But when it came to the steady foundation of the now and future, he quickly pivoted to sophomore Austin Haley who will run the point guard position.

“He’s a 40-year-old man in a sophomore body,” said Forsythe.

“He knows how to control everything.”

While Haley is scheduled to be the point guard, Forsythe has been impressed with the play of freshman Jacob Campbell and his ballhandling abilities.

Forsythe said he wants to ease Campbell into varsity action because of the psychological affect it could have on a young talented player that could only play three minutes in a game or even bounce between varsity and junior varsity.

“It’s easier to push the gas on him than it is to pull it off,” said Forsythe who then said if Jacob Campbell listens to him, he could have an opportunity to play basketball in college at some level. I don’t want to mess him up and setting him back by putting him in the wrong place to begin with.

But I was really impressed with some of the stuff he did last night.”

Forsythe has watched a lot of film of district teams during the summer and thinks Howe has a fair shot to compete.

“I’ve already heard rumors that we’re going to win district,” said Forsythe who then said there’s no

Freshman Jacob Campbell could see varsity action in 2020-2021.

way he would put that kind of pressure on a team that went 2-10 in district play a year ago. “I think we will be able to compete night in, night out.”

COVID has already reared its ugly head before the season has even begun.

“We’re lucky to be playing,” said Forsythe. “Back in North Carolina public schools are not playing yet and they only have a 14-game schedule. They actually have to play with mask on in the game.

We’re just blessed to get to play and hopefully we don’t have any more setbacks than what we’ve already had.”

The Bulldogs have had only six coaches in the last 30 seasons; however Forsythe is the fourth in the last seven seasons. After a 23 -year run by Tim Rose as head coach, Howe has been led by Tim Short for three seasons, Eric Johns for two seasons, and Mike Segleski a year ago.

The season is scheduled to begin at Lindsay tomorrow night where Howe won a year ago.

HHS Varsity Basketball Head Coaches Jay Forsythe, 2020Mike Segleski, 2019-2020 Eric Johns, 2017-2019 Tim Short, 2014-2017 Tim Rose, 1991-2014 Billy Hill, 1987-1991 John Burkhart, 1985-1987 Scott Gaiser, 1984-1985 Vernon Richardson, 1980-1984 Alan Atchison, 1978-1980 Dewey Sims, 1977-1978 Rickie Clements, 1974-1977 Tommy Skipworth, 1967-1974 Curtis Allen, 1966-1967 Norman Dickey, 1964-1966 Eldon Ray, 1962-1964 Curtis Christian, 1960-1962 Arthur Boyle, 1955-1960 Jack Hollensed, 1950-1955 George Matlock, 1948-1950 E.G. “Jack” Osborn, 1946-1948 John B. Lair, 1945-1946 Alfred Clayton, 1943-1945 Leslie Walden, 1938-1939

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Meet the 2020-2021 Howe Bulldogs Photos by Michelle Carney, Banners by Michelle and Monte Walker—Howe Athletic Booster Club

Summit Hill Elementary Top Dogs

Second grade - Levi Weir, Juan Perez, Lilly Dickson, Brelyn Cain, Brooklyn Halladay.

First Grade - Matthew Hernandez, Aryanna Perez, Payton Moore, Ruby Harvey, Layne Stewart.

Kindergarten - Ben Petty, Ariadney Garcia, Kane Adeniji, Lakynn Vawter, Faith Hamner.

Pre-K - Maverick Burt, Paisley Leakey.

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Howe ISD able to provide iPads for students As of Dec. 4, Howe ISD has expanded its 1:1 Student Device Initiative, Bulldog Connect, to include every student in the district. By participating in the Texas Education Agency program “Operation Connectivity" the district was able to purchase iPads for grades PreKindergarten through 2nd at Summit Hill Elementary School.

The Bulldog Connect student device initiative aims to empower students by creating a personalized, studentcentered learning environment. By

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expanding the 1:1 program to even the youngest students we help to ignite their desire to become lifelong learners and ultimately transform the world around them.

Bryan Brandon, director of technology says these devices will help to enrich classroom instruction and continue to promote the longstanding mission of Howe ISD, a leader in innovation which is to provide each student with the opportunity to obtain a successful and challenging learning experience.

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Howe Chamber raffling a gun for Secret Santa promotion Someone will get a new rifle for Christmas as the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce doing a rifle raffle to benefit their Secret Santa program to help a local family.

The rifle is a Ruger Precision M18028, 308 caliber and was purchased from Guns N More on Celtic Road in Howe. Guns N More installed a VIPER scope to make the total value of the rife at

$1,600.

Each raffle ticket is $20 and can be purchased online at howechamber.com or by visiting the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce at 101 E. Haning Street, Howe, Texas.

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce is a 501c6 non-profit organization supporting local businesses.

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palities of Democrat cities to sway the election in Biden’s favor.

"They paid the election judges, they paid the people who boarded up the windows, they bought the machines and America was kicked out of the counting room, and a billionaire invited in, in all of the swing state urban core cities, and that is a violation the law," said Kline to Newsmax.

Amistad's data show that all these changes benefited Democratic strongholds as they were suppressing the vote in Republican strongholds, Kline said, "and then we had them sidestepping the law and accepting ballots they should not have accepted."

In order to prove their case that the election was fraudulent, time seems to be of the essence for the Trump team with the “safe harbor” day is looming tomorrow, December 8. However, Trump attorney Sidney Powell says there is still plenty of time to overturn the election results. ”With the fraud case, the December 8 deadline doesn’t apply,” Powell told Newsmax on Friday. ”We have at least until Dec. 14,” Powell said, referring to the Electoral College vote date.

In a white paper released Friday, The Amistad Project of the nonpartisan Thomas More Society is arguing that the current Electoral College deadlines are both arbitrary and a direct impediment to states' obligations to investigate disputed elections.

The authoritative research paper breaks down the history of Electoral College deadlines and makes clear that this election's December 8 and December 14 deadlines for the selection of Electors, the assembly of the Electoral College, and the tallying of its votes, respectively, are not only elements of a 72-year old federal statute with zero Constitutional basis, but are also actively preventing the states from fulfilling their constitutional — and ethical — obligation to hold free and fair elections.

Experts believe that the primary basis for these dates was to provide enough time to affect the presidential transition of power, a concern which is fully obsolete in the age of internet and air travel.

The white paper also shows that the December 8 "safe harbor" deadline for appointing presidential Electors does not apply to states where flagrant violations of state election laws affected the outcome of the popular vote. In fact, the only Constitutionally-set date in the election process is the assumption of office by the President on January 20.

The Amistad Project has filed litigation in several key swing states arguing that illegal conduct by state and local officials led to more than 1.2 million potentially fraudulent ballots, including illegal votes that were counted and legal votes that were not counted.

In each state, the number of potentially fraudulent ballots far exceeds the margin separating the leading presidential candidate.

"Through rigorous investigations supporting our litigation, we demonstrate that state and local officials brazenly violated election laws in several swing states in order to advance a partisan political agenda," said Phill Kline, Director of The Amistad Project.

"As a result, it is impossible for those states to determine their presidential Electors in line with the arbitrary deadline set forth via federal statute in 1948, and thus, the only deadline that matters is January 20, 2021."

Although federal law sets December 8, 2020 as the date on which determinations of Electors made pursuant to state election law automatically become official, the law does not require Electors to be designated by that date in order to be counted. Because the U.S. Constitution places ultimate authority for designating presidential Electors in the hands of state legislatures, it is the responsibility of the people's elected representatives to judge the relevant facts and appoint an appropriate slate of Electors, subject only to the sole deadline set forth in the U.S. Constitution — 12:00 noon on January 20, 2021.

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Texoma Patriots hosting State senate run-off candidate forum with Luther and Springer The Texoma Patriots will be hosting a candidate forum for the District 30 Texas Senate run-off between Shelley Luther and Drew Springer. The meeting will be held tonight (Monday) at Buck Snort BBQ, 224 E. Jefferson St. in Downtown Van Alstyne at 7 pm.

Shelley Luther - small business owner, entrepreneur, former public school teacher.

Drew Springer - TX State Representative, District 68, small business owner, financial planner.

Shelley Luther - small business owner, entrepreneur, former public school teacher.

The Texoma Patriots ask you to come meet the candidates as they discuss their positions on legislative issues in the upcoming 87th Legislative Session.

“Find out what is fact or fiction,” stated the press release from the Texoma Patriots. “And, now that we know how important the state legislature is in our nation’s elections, find out where these candidates stand on election integrity and the GOP platform.”

Drew Springer - TX State Representative, District 68, small business owner, financial planner.

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Sheep Boutique 114 N. Main St. P.O. Box 822 Van Alstyne TX 75495 http://sheepboutique.com/ 214-325-0015 info@sheepboutique.com

Jim Jackson Electrical Services, Inc. 1401 Silo Road Suite 400 Bonham TX 75418 www.jacksonelec.com/ 1-855-522-5353 info@jacksonelec.com

Smith-Garner, PC 609 N. Denny St., P.O. Box 1019 Howe TX 75459 http://www.howecpa.com/ (903) 532-1040 amanda.garner@howecpa.com

TLD Design Consulting LLC 103 E. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 http://www.tld -dc.com/ 903-436-4601 tdefrange@tldconsulting.net

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

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 Chill Out Shaved Ice Howe, TX 75459 Chillout903@hotmail.com 903-436-0708 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 Good Fellas Barber Shop 105 E. Haning St. (972) 502-0559

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HEALTH AND FITNESS LZfit (personal training) Lauren Zepeda (972-489-4246 Lauren_zepeda@yahoo.com Facebook page Laurenzepedafitness COVET Homegrown 6007 Farmington Rd. Howe, TX 75459 469-879-9190

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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 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 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 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

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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

Servpro of Sherman/Denison PO Box 1851 Sherman TX 75091 ervproshermandenison.com/ 903-893-7166 belinda.servpro8117@gmail.com

Aflac Agent Chyna Vincent 1671 Taylor Rd Dorchester TX 75459 940-641-1714 chynakv@live.com

Melissa Millsap Photography melissa.millsapphotography @gmail.com

INTERNET TekWav 223 N. Walnut St. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.tekwav.com 903-375-9787 jj@tekwav.com

Skinner Plumbing Supply 200 S. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 (903) 532-0034 skinnersupply@yahoo.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

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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 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

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

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.

Michael Taylor – Keller Williams Realty P.O. Box 575 Howe TX 75459 mtaylor@kw.com

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 Code Enforcement 317 S. Hughes St. Code Enforcement Officer: Bert Dowlen Howe Fire Department 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet 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

2020 City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill $27.15 $7.45 $8.35 $9.30 $9.90 $33.60 $5.25 $13.35 $1.10 $27.15 $33.60 $13.35 $1.10 $75.20 $56.95 $54.60 $13.35 $1.10 $126.00 $98.70 $80.85 $13.35 $1.10 $194.00

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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Texas History Minute Ken Bridges

Hundreds of brands of soft drinks have been produced and sold around the world. One of the most popular is a Texas original, Dr. Pepper.

Dr. Pepper was the creation of a young pharmacist names Charles Alderton. Alderton was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1857 and traveled extensively as a youth.

He received much of his education in Great Britain, but he eventually made his way to Texas where he attended medical school. Afterward, he worked as a pharmacist with business partner Wade Morrison at Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store in Waco.

According to one story, Alderton experimented with several different drinks to try to attract customers before perfecting the Dr. Pepper formula. The drink was first introduced in Waco in 1885, making it one of the oldest continuously bottled soft drinks in the United States.

The drink quickly became a hit with people all across Waco.

Within a few years, it became synonymous with the city, and Alderton and Morrison were receiving requests from customers well outside the city asking for a “Waco” or “Doc Alderton’s Drink.” Eventually, it came simply to be known as “Dr. Pepper.”

Where the name of the drink originated, no one is entirely certain.

Several stories have circulated, but some individuals have suggested it was named after a former girlfriend or even a friend of Alderton or Wade. However, many colas across the nation were being created at that time in small drugstores. A number of these local colas, including future rival Coca-Cola, were marketed as health drinks.

By 1891, so many requests and orders for the drink had come into the pharmacy that they could no longer keep up with demand.

Morrison was excited by the possibilities and wanted to expand,

but Alderton decided to pursue medicine instead and sold the rights to Morrison. Alderton died in 1941.

Morrison brought in another partner, Robert Lazenby, and formed the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Co. in Waco to produce the soft drink. The popularity of Dr. Pepper grew rapidly. By the turn of the century, the company began selling franchise arrangements with bottlers across the state to produce and distribute Dr. Pepper in their area. As a result, the success of the company grew even more rapidly.

After Morrison’s death, Lazenby and his son-in-law, J. B. O’Hara, took the drink to the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. It was such a success that Dr. Pepper began being sold across the country, marketed as the “King of Beverages.”

By the 1920s, the “Drink a Dr. Pepper at 10, 2, and4”became a popular slogan. The slogan connected with the cola’s origins as a health drink and was now being pushed as an energy drink from the idea that at 10, 2, and 4 each work day, people needed the energy boost that the sugar rush would bring. As a result, the logo on all the bottles featured the numbers 10, 2, and 4 for decades and was included on all advertising into the 1960s.

By 1988, Dr. Pepper fans organized and opened the Dr. Pepper Museum in the original bottling plant in Waco.

The company continued to perform well in spite of being outpaced by Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

But Dr. Pepper itself was swallowed in 1995 by Cadbury Schweppes, a conglomerate of candymakers and soft drink manufacturers. However, in2008, ina massive reorganization of the company, Dr. Pepper was spun off into a new company, the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, which includes more than 50 brands of drinks. Dr. Pepper itself now has ten different varieties. In 2010, the company reported more than $5.3 billion in sales worldwide.

"With a united effort we can make the place in which we live clean, wholesome, attractive. We can make the crowded city dweller homesick to come back to us and real living.

We can bring new life, new business, new beauty, to the little towns." - Mame Roberts

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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Didn’t I see you with Jesus?

I’ve often heard people say that we should not discuss religion or politics and I agree we are less likely to argue if we Dr. Billy avoid these Holland danger zones and just talk about the weather. There are several reasons why individuals are private about their convictions and it’s true we do not always need to tell everything we know.

Sometimes people are not confident in what they believe and simply do not want to risk being embarrassed. Others may not want to reveal their views because they enjoy being friends with everyone and do not want to offend anyone. We realize when a person speaks up and declares their personal convictions, they are immediately labeled and categorized. It’s up to the individual what type of impression they make and how intense they present their opinions, but there is also a price that comes with being vocal. We may win allies and friends, but there is also a good chance we will make a few enemies as well. When it comes to our allegiance to Christ, spiritual discernment is critical when it comes to knowing when to speak and when to be silent. I’m convinced that being a serious follower of Jesus includes being committed to relay the gospel every chance we have, however these divine appointments are not always a verbal communication.

The most effective way to represent Jesus is to always listen carefully to His voice and when He wants us to speak is just as important as what He wants us to say. Yes, this is difficult, but when it comes to sharing our faith, hopefully we can agree that following His lead must be at the top of our priority list.

How unfortunate that many who profess to be a Christian and have their own religious interpretations, cannot effectively explain what they believe or why. There is even more misunderstanding and confusion when they attempt to discuss their opinions about the Bible without studying it. It’s only natural to be more knowledgeable about subjects we actually know something about. For example, it would be ridiculous for someone who has never been

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to medical school to believe they could perform a brain surgery or a heart transplant. My intention is not to be insulting, but without being well trained and dedicated to a lifestyle of prayer, we simply do not have a strong spiritual connection nor the ability to comprehend spiritual wisdom. It’s true, if we relay a positive feel-good message, we are less likely to arouse the lions, however, when we start teaching the serious demands and requirements of Christ, it stirs the evil spirits of hatred and rebellion. Remember when Pilate offered Jesus and Barabbas to the angry crowd and asked them who they wanted to be released, they cried out give us Barabbas. Why? Because the spirits of darkness will always reject the light of God’s truth.

We are noticing a growing animosity toward evangelical Christianity and this is becoming a socially acceptable mindset of our culture. We are being programmed through the media to accept this negative mentality and is why many liberal churches have backed away from the Biblical instructions associated with sacrifice and self-discipline and have compromised with a more peaceful and relaxing message.

Instead of trusting God and being obedient to His will, many have calculated that it’s less threatening to please the people than to be honest with them. In general, the masses love to hear how great and wonderful they are but are not fond of being reminded how they must repent and submit to God’s authority in order to walk in His Spirit. Human nature loves to live independently in the name of religion, but scoffs at the thought of allowing Christ to sit on their throne of their heart to control and possess them. The more a person teaches about taking up our cross and yielding our will to Jesus, the more rejection and persecution they will face. So, in conclusion, while the Christian has a right to speak God’s truth whether it is politically correct or not, we see the world becoming more aggressive against the followers of Christ and taking a stand for Him is now more challenging than it was just a few years ago. The question remains; will we hide and deny that we know Christ like Peter did, or will we say, “yes I know Him and love Him with all of my heart?”

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 Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

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Own the holidays without taking on debt Hey Taylor How does anyone survive Christmas without taking on debt? I’m trying to find bargain gifts and Taylor cheap travel Kovar and still see money just flying out the window. - Nick Hey Nick - If you don’t save up for holiday spending all year long, it’s almost impossible to keep your head above water.

However, you can always strive to save more and make your money go further, so here are three things to think about this time of year.

Fewer Peppermint Mochas. If you’re traveling and buying presents, those are spending categories you’ll struggle to avoid.

Meanwhile, you’re quietly spending gobs of money every time you head to the coffee shop to get some sort of festive drink or schedule a lunch meeting with a friend, so you can do your gift exchange. You’re also spending more time in malls and in transit, which makes it very convenient and easy to just buy food on the run. If you do that enough between December 15th and 31st, you’re going to do a whole lot more damage to your financial situation (and diet) than if you’d eaten at home while shopping for gifts online.

White Elephant / Yankee Swap.

Imagine meeting up with a group of friends, getting together for some food and merriment, and everyone brings one gift and leaves with one gift. Doesn’t that sound better than trying to think of unique presents to buy? Time is at a premium during the holi-

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days and you can’t afford to meet up with everyone individually, so creating an event that lets you shop less and allows for some communal gift-giving will help you reach January 1st with fewer battle scars.

Reduce non-holiday spending. In my mind, this is the real trick. If Christmas comes with a big price tag, you need to curb spending in other areas. Use the holiday season as an opportunity to get a loan refinanced or have your insurance premiums reduced; cut your cable bill or switch cellular plans to pay for less data. If you take a big-picture view of your finances, you can save money at Christmas time without killing yourself in search of holidayspecific bargains.

You have a few ways you can save money this year. Don’t forget that the best option will be to start planning ahead so you have enough cash in your account to get you through Christmas 2021.

Best of luck and Merry Christmas!

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.

Living with children “Hand in Hand” parenting is the latest iteration of progressive (nouveau, unverified) childrearing. I became aware of John HIH several Rosemond weeks ago, courtesy of a grandmother whose daughter and son-in-law are practitioners. She was both amused and appalled.

Intrigued, I went to the HIH website (handinhandparenting.org) to see for myself.

The first tab I opened concerned toddler aggression. According to the folks at Hand in Hand, toddlers hit – initially at least – because they are experimenting with behavior just like they experiment on material things like magazines, which they tend to rip to shreds. They’re just trying to discover how the world works.

They don’t mean to destroy things. Likewise, according to HIH, they don’t mean to hurt people and punishing them for something they did not mean to do is likely to make matters worse.

Really? A toddler sees another child playing with a certain toy.

He wants the toy. He attempts to snatch the toy from the other child. The child hangs on to the toy, so our toddler clamps down on the child’s forearm with his teeth. Are we to believe that said toddler was only engaging in a “what if” experiment? He clearly bit because the toy’s possessor did not immediately surrender it.

It is up to HIH to prove their contention that said toddler did not mean to hurt the child. They cannot because it is impossible to prove a negative. Hand in Hand does not want to admit that human nature includes the potential of deliberately causing harm to others, so they propose that a child who deliberately causes harm to another is only engaging in an innocent experiment. It’s a lovely idea, but it ignores the evidence.

It is by cutting such lovely ideas out of whole cloth that parenting

progressives subtly assert their moral superiority. To wit, only morally inferior individuals think young children are capable of malice aforethought. The fact is, young children would commit wholesale parricide if, like most other species, they grew to full size in a year or two. Imagine being attacked by a two-hundredpound toddler in the throes of a maniacal tantrum.

The problem with the children-are -incapable-of-malevolence fantasy is that it generally comes back to bite the dreamer. When the dreamer’s child does something malevolent (e.g. bites another child), the dreamer becomes confused because his fantasy does not match reality.

His bewilderment incapacitates his ability to seize the moment and act, with calm purpose, such that the child never bites again. A big deal is made, but nothing is done. So, the child bites again.

Hand in Hand maintains that children who are punished for aggressing toward others will aggress even more. Punishment makes them feel like they are bad people, and so they hit even more because they have come to associate hitting with selfloathing. Pure psychobabble, that.

Hand in Hand recommends that when a young child hits, the parent should hold the child tightly, preventing further aggression, and say things like, “No one is mad at you. You’re my special girl, and I will stay right here with you” and “You’re going to have a good morning with your friends. I’ll stay until things are just right with them.”

Which are examples of why the above grandmother was both amused and appalled.

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

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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