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4A. The Howe ISD Board of Trustees met on July 21 and approved a policy for a safe return to school for students on Aug. 19. Mike Segleski moves into Howe Intermediate School Principal position. 14U Bulldog All-Stars knocked out in state tournament after three games. Pride of Howe begins band camp. Cavender Home Theater host ice cream party for Grayson County Sheriff’s Office.

August

Bulldogs report to “2-a-days” to begin the upcoming 2020 season. City of Howe says they have paid $907,000 to Sherman for wastewater since February 2019 after Sherman made claims otherwise. 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. Howe High School track athlete Marissa Agee and her Track Dynamite relay team won the gold medal at the AAU Junior Olympic Track & Field games in Florida in the 15-16/17-18 yearold combined 4x800m relay. Hana’s Café and Market now open for business in downtown Howe. Howe’s New Beginning Fellowship church has a new pastor after Wallace Rains stepped down after a long tenure as pastor. His associate pastor Brett Hetrick was assigned to lead the congregation along with his wife Deb. Howe ISD teachers spent training sessions at Summit Hill Elementary learning how to educate their students through online instruction. At the time, 85 percent of students are expected in attendance at school while 15 percent are staying home and learning through online instruction. Howe ISD releases stadium ticket information for sporting events which is limited to 50 percent capacity, or about 525 seats on the home side. Howe ISD enrollment checks in at 1224 students; 1,023 on campus, 201 remote. “We have a plan, but there is an A, B, C, and D to it,” said Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson as school reopened. Steve Davis, owner of Don’s Smokehouse in downtown Howe addressed the city council in favor for a sign near US Highway 75 directing traffic towards the downtown area. Olusoga Aralola returned to the council to answer more questions that the council had asked about a request to adopt a city street for the sake of community service projects. Local spending skyrocketing in North Texas, Howe sees record-high. On Tuesday August 18, prior to the beginning of the new school year, water outages of 198 customers were minimized to 45 minutes as crews with Atkins Bros. Construction and Howe Public Works Department completed the connection of the new Howe ISD 12-inch water main along N. Collins Frwy. The varsity Lady Bulldogs lost to Anna in three volleyball sets Friday, but improved with each round. City of Howe balks at rate increase from City of Van Alstyne for ambulance service. Bulldogs rocked 48-8 in “The Burg” to open the season. Cavender Home Theater hosted a drive-thru Ice Cream Social on O’Connell Street next to Summit Gardens. Lady Bulldogs lose to Tom Bean in three sets. Grayson County Sheriff recognized by Texas Association of Counties. Howe Fourth grade flag football team win, 4234. A typical home on the market in the 75459 zip code is currently going to $208,598 this year compared to $202,437 a year ago. T.J. Storment, on offensive lineman for the Texas Christian University (TCU) Horned Frogs, traveling with his father Jeff along US Highway 75, stopped and gave an inspirational impromptu speech to the Howe 5th and 6th grade Bulldogs at practice. Bells rings Howe 47-24, fall to 02. Burglary and shooting on Red Road east of Howe area leads to arrest. HMS Student Council hosted Annual First Responder Cookout in drive-thru fashion. Texoma Health Foundation contributes $5k to Memorial Park renovation. Lady Bulldogs beat Collinsville in three sets. HHS Senior Jake Fabacher finished first in S&S Cross Country Meet. Jordan Jones and Erin Catching are HHS King and Queen, respectively. Sanger spoils homecoming for Howe, 35-8. Lady Bulldogs lose to Blue Ridge and Gunter. Howe 5th and 6th grade defeat Melissa, 10-0. Howe fourth grade flag football defeats Celina Bobcats 24-22. City keeps same tax rate of $0.57, sets budget at $3,805,346. Sierra Copeland signs to play hoops at Oklahoma Baptist. Howe sales tax figures came to $38,68240 for September which was down from the recordsetting $45,435 in August. Lady Bulldogs drop games with Bonham and Bells. Senior Marissa Agee and Freshman Jacob Campbell each finished first and set personal best times at the cross country meet in Trenton. Howe Auto Care to opens. Principals of each campus spoke to the school board to give them an idea of how the first few weeks have gone under the new state guidelines regarding COVID-19 procedures. Pottsboro makes it 10-straight over Howe, 52-0. The Howe Lady Bulldogs lost to Whitewright and Pottsboro. Howe’s Jake Fabacher was on pace to run a sub19-minute and a personal best time in the 5,000 meters, but sickness hit after the 2-mile marker and he was not able to finish. Jacob Campbell finished 10th. Howe 5th and 6th grade remain undefeated. Howe High School freshmen Jake Roberts and Lucas Mitchell started a sports podcast that airs on YouTube called Howe Podcast 101. Don’s Smokehouse reopens to the public selling varieties of meat products.

A certain freshman (78) the Enterprise is fond of made his varsity debut in September at Pottsboro.

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The Howe Bulldogs moved to 0-5 in the first game of October and scored their first first-half offensive touchdown of the season at home against Winnsboro in a 527 loss. Marissa Agee finished first of 45 runners for the Howe girls as she ran a time of 14:38.00 in the 3200 meter run. Jacob Campbell finished eighth overall with his time of 20:20.70. The Lady Bulldogs lost to Leonard and Blue Ridge. The Howe Fifth and Sixth grade Bulldogs lost their first game to Princeton, 20 6. Howe 1st and 2nd grade get the win over Bonham. Howe ISD made an announcement on Friday, October 2 that they would no longer offer remote instruction due to a high failure rate after the first six weeks among students not participating in in-person learning. Howe moves to 0-6 with a 55-10 loss to Rains as the Bulldogs ended the game with 11 injured players. A band member and a cheerleader were also injured during the game. Early voting began for school board candidates Clint Catching, Jeff Dailey, Charles Haley, and Lisa Tibbets seeking two open seats. Howe Lady Bulldogs lost to Gunter on Tuesday, 25-12, 25-12, and 2511. In shocking fashion, the City of Howe received a record-setting $55,011.32 in October sales tax which is an increase of 79.89 percent above the total a year ago. The fifth and sixth grade Howe Bulldogs bounced back from their first loss of the season, shut out Anna 50-0 and improve to 5-1 on the season. First and second grade Bulldogs beat Bells. The Howe fifth and sixth grade Bulldogs (5-2) came up short on and lost the final game of the regular season 20-6 to the Paris Wildcats. Howe Bulldogs varsity minus 17 players from the roster, lose to Commerce 49-0; fall to 0-7 on the season. Howe started six underclassmen on offense. The Howe Lady Bulldogs lost to the Bells Panthers in three sets on Tuesday. Nicholas Trevino and Tyler DeLos Rios finish second at Texas State High School Horseshoe Tournament. City Council approves preliminary plat for Hilltop Ranch. The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce finally was able to host their annual Founders Day Festival that was originally scheduled for early May but was pushed back due to COVID-19. The event , coupled with the Downtown Howelloween Festival, saw record crowds and record numbers of vendors. The Bulldogs lose to Trevion Sneed and the Mineola Yellowjackets, 70-7 and move to 0-8 on the season. The first and second grade football team’s season came to an end Saturday at the hands of the Sherman Bearcats, 41-0. The Howe Lady Bulldogs ended their season last week with losses to Pottsboro and Leonard. HHS senior Jake Fabacher ran a 17:52 in the District Meet on Wednesday which was a personal record and a school record and qualified him for the regional meet. The previous best was 18:22 held by Jonathan Queen in 2009. Fellow senior Marissa Agee also finished second and will also advance to regionals for the third consecutive year. “We’ve been relatively lucky (to not have more COVID positive cases). We know tomorrow could be different. Every day is a new day,” said Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson citing that Blue Ridge and Bonham have closed campuses. “If it does hit (Howe ISD), we will still offer remote instruction if our campuses shut down.” Wilson said the campuses are diligent with maskwearing and cleaning stations. He praised to custodial staff for their efforts in continually cleaning each campus. Former Howe Police Chief John Cherry dies. Bonham sinks Howe in final six seconds, 31-29 in what would eventually end the season. Howe High School 2020 graduate Lane Griffin recently won first place for the National FFA Diversified Ag Production Proficiency Award. First Grade Bulldogs win flag football championship. Clint Catching was easily reelected for his third term with a total count of 1,447. Catching’s total was a whopping 597 votes ahead of the next opponent. With longtime board member Brad Anderson vacating his seat, challenger Lisa Tibbets will fill the void by collecting 850 votes. COVID19 ends ‘Friday Night Lights’ season prematurely as Howe had several players test positive for COVID-19 which sent most of the team into quarantine and left no choice but to cancel the final game with Mt. Vernon. Howe finished the season 0-9 and became only the second Bulldogs team to not win a game in a season. COVID-19 took away the annual Veterans Day Program by the National Honor Society, however, the NHS threw a parade for them which unfortunately was not well attended. Howe FFA announces a Texas Hold’em Fundraiser Event. Marissa Agee places 17 of 136 cross country runners; Jacob Fabacher was unable to compete due to quarantine despite negative COVID test. Howe sales tax is $47,693.07 which is 22 percent ahead of November 2019. Jesse Stonebarger recognized for leadership at Howe Church of Christ. Howe ISD approves motion to install turf and a new track at Bulldog Stadium with construction beginning April 2021. Howe Police investigating hit-and-run at Summit Gardens as a vehicle punctured the wall. City Council approves lot size variance for Hilltop Ranch. Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson recognized outgoing Board of Trustees member Brad Anderson at the monthly board meeting on and presented him with a plaque. Howe ISD Board of Trustees reward teachers with $1,000 stipend for COVID hazard pay. Supt. Wilson said he intends to post a COVID tracker on the ISD website each Monday. Holly Jones named Summit Hill Elementary Employee of the Month. HHS Senior Marissa Agee was awarded as the KXII Chevy A+ Athlete of the Week. Jennifer Hix is HMS Employee of the Month. FFA Leadership Contest results in first place winners: Lizzy Robertson, Korie Bouse, Kriston Harris, Caden Garner, Jordan Brunner, Erin Catching, Gracie Lankford, Reagan Troxtell, Riley Troxtell, Kriston Harris, Madyson Nunn, and Emma Sutherland. Pride of Howe receives all “1s” in competition. Howe Community Librarian Melissa Atchison recognized a number of volunteers at the monthly Howe City Council meeting. Longtime Howe Bulldogs public address announcer Leon Thornhill dies. Howe’s local gun shop “Guns N More” reports sales up 400 percent from 2019.

December

Monarch Park at Summit Hill receives upgrades. Howe Middle School’s Logan Nitchman, a sixth -grader, became the 2020-2021 HMS Spelling Bee Champion. Howe Intermediate School fifthgrader Quinton Cole outlasted fourth-grader Kalysta Armas to win the campus championship. Pride of Howe places third at area competition. Howe ISD able to provide iPads for students. Howe Chamber hold Christmas parade and Christmas spirit continues despite rugged 2020. Bulldog Angel Trees at each campus have more needs in 2020, but commu-