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Rusty Lady Bulldogs fall to Leonard after long layoff from COVID

A visit with Ray Bledsoe from 2014

The Howe Bulldogs have played the least amount

The Howe Lady Bulldogs fell to 46 on the season

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HHS Cheerleaders place 10th at Former Mayor of Howe dies UIL Spirit State Championships Elmer Ray Bledsoe was

As a 25-year-old know-itall, I once submitted an opinion column to the Texoma Enterprise that was very critical of then-Mayor Ray Bledsoe. I challenged him in many ways to take efforts to boost the local economy and overall morale of Howe, Texas.

That article caused quite strife between he and I for many years as his response was a personal attack on my young career as I was first introduced to the war of politics.

Years passed and the heat cooled and when I was hired 15 years later by the city. I had a chance to “put my money where my mouth was” by addressing those very needs I had mentioned in the article.

That need was for a vibrant chamber of commerce and community development initiative. Often times Mr. Bledsoe would “stop by” (for hours) with me in my first couple of years to try to offer advice and lend a hand because that’s just who he was.

born July 23, 1932 to Marion Elmer Bledsoe and Belle Corine Hunter Bledsoe. He had nine half brothers and sisters of which he was the youngest.

Ray enjoyed volunteering in the community. Several years ago he was the Howe Youth Baseball Commissioner and volunteered his time and energy to get Ferguson Field ready for kids to play on. He later became Mayor of Howe for several The HHS Cheerleaders in performance at the state years. Ray also served on championships. Photo by Alexa Brunner. the Holiday Lights Committee of Grayson County and was a part of bringing the Cheerleaders include Korie The Howe High School Holiday Lights to Loy Lake Bouse, Jordan Brunner, Cheerleaders traveled to Park. Ray also enjoyed bakMackenzie Bryant, Hadley the Fort Worth Convention ing his cookies and sweets Cheatham, Jenna Clark, Center over the weekend and sharing them with his Jentrie Doty, Hannah for the UIL Spirit State friends.

Dwyer, Kendall Griffin, Championships. The hometown girls fared very Jaycie Grisham, Katie Grogan, Mikaylah Komor- Ray is survived by his well as they placed 10th daughter Sherry Allison owski, Gracie Lankford, overall out of 58 partici(Steve), his daughter-in-law pating schools in Class 3A. Olivia Morris, Bre Sharon Bledsoe, his grand(Continued on page 3)

Howe’s Haley named First Team All-District

Howe sophomore Austin Haley may be best known for his play at quarterback where he’s led the Bulldogs offense for two consecutive years. But when it came time for coaches to It was easy to play Monday vote on All-District morning quarterback awards, Haley was chosen (Continued on page 11) as a First-Team selection EDITOR’S NOTE—This column for his play on the defensive side of the ball at his is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily safety position. reflect the policy of this publication.

Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.

Joining Haley on the AllDistrict team was senior

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son Eric Allison (Samantha) all of Howe, his Grandson Troy Allison of Richardson, and Granddaughter Michaela Bledsoe of South Korea. He is also survived

by Great Grandchildren Truitt, Bennett, and Ellyn all of Howe, and Haylee, Kenzie, and Levi all of Richardson. Ray is also survived by Lucille Tate a sister from Sherman.

Ray Bledsoe Ray was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Georgia, and his son Mike.

Ray will be missed but especially missed by his Schnauzer and best friend Mikey.

In lieu of flowers please donate to a favorite charity.

There will not be a visitation or a public service.

With the COVID-19 19 so bad there will only be a graveside service for immediate family only. At a later date, we will try to honor Ray with a memorial service.

Steve Simmons will be delivering the family graveside service and will honor Ray with a public service at a later date when it becomes safe.

Howe Youth Baseball elects new board members The Howe Youth Baseball board met last Thursday night to select new officers for the 2021 season. Having served since 2013 and

stepping down from the board were Commissioner Michael Portman and Monte Walker who had served as treasurer and uni-

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Howe splits with Bells and Leonard The Howe Bulldogs have played the least number of games as anyone in District 11-3A, but they are making good use of what court time they’re getting. On Tuesday, Howe dropped a district contest at Bells, 59-47 but turned things around quickly on Saturday afternoon to suffocate Leonard, 44-39.

Howe (5-5, 3-3) on the season now finds themselves in the thick of the playoff hunt as they are currently resting as the fourth seed ahead of Blue Ridge due to a tiebreaker.

At Bells, Howe was running stride for stride with a Bells (11-3, 4-2) early, but fell behind 16-12 after the first. Bells’ Tanner Carter scored half of Bells’ points in the first half to lift the Panthers to a 27-23 halftime advantage. The halftime score was thought to be 27-20, but a foul was called as Noah Campbell heaved a desperation 3-pointer which gave him three foul shots where he was successful.

As the game continued, Bells delivered in key moments and took the game, 59-47. Carter led Bells with 22 points while Howe was led by Noah Campbell’s 19. Other scorers were Austin Haley (10), Jacob Campbell (6), Jake Fabacher (5), Kolby Taylor (5), and Eli Wilson (2).

On Saturday, the Bulldogs came out in full defensive force against

Leonard (3-10, 1-5). Howe’s stingy defense allowed the Tigers only seven points in the first period and 19 at the half. The Bulldogs only allowed 20 points in the second half to round out the victory.

Howe senior Jake Fabacher had a double-double for the first time in his career as he checked in with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Noah Campbell also scored 10 to lead Howe. Other scorers were Haley (9), Jacob Campbell (8), Taylor (5), and Zak Defrange (2).

Howe is scheduled to play Whitewright at home on Tuesday and travel to Pottsboro on Friday.

Both opponents are 5-1 in district play and sit at the top of District 11-3A.

Kolby Taylor (13) blocks out a Bells Panther during the Tuesday night loss in Bells. Photo by Michelle Walker.

District 11-3A Standings Whitewright, 5-1, 12-4 Pottsboro, 5-1, 12-2 Bells, 4-2, 11-3 Howe, 3-3, 5-5 Blue Ridge, 3-3, 13-6 Bonham, 2-4, 12-4 Leonard, 1-5, 3-10 Gunter, 1-5, 2-14 Howe at Bells Howe vs. Leonard

A picture-perfect block-out by Eli Wilson (32) on Saturday afternoon against Leonard. Photo by Michelle Walker.

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Rusty Lady Bulldogs fall to Leonard after long layoff from COVID The Howe Lady Bulldogs fell to 4 -6 on the season and 1-4 in district play after finally playing their first game in 2021 after a long layoff due to COVID-19.

The last time Howe played was Dec. 30 with a 62-35 win against Faith Family Academy. Their last district game came before Christmas.

With the entire team quarantined virtually since Jan 5, the Lady Bulldogs took the court on Saturday at home without their head coach Derek Lands who now has been exposed to the virus.

The result without practices and games saw an unexpected quick start as Howe found themselves up 21-11 after the first period.

However, things changed quickly and the Leonard Lady Tigers bounced back to win the second period, 26-10. Howe battled back in the second half, but couldn’t close the gap and saw Leonard take a 72-68 win.

Howe was led by Sierra Copeland’s 13 points and 11 re-

Trinity Williams (3).

Photo by Michelle Walker. bounds. Katie Grogan and Landery Sanders each added 11 points while Trinity Williams totaled 10. Other scorers were Kendall Griffin (8), Teagan Stubblefield (7), Matilee Stewart (6), and Avery Snapp (2).

The Lady Bulldogs are scheduled to play at Gunter tonight, at home against Whitewright on Tuesday, at home against Blue Ridge on Wednesday, and at Pottsboro on Friday. Lands should rejoin the team on Tuesday if cleared.

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pete in the championships.

Munger, Keira Robertson, Brooke Robinson, Montana Sartor, Teagan Stubblefield, Reagan Troxtell, and Kara Wimbish.

The UIL Spirit is an extracurricular activity that focuses on the traditional game day role cheerleaders have on the sidelines and in schools supporting athletic teams.

They compete in three categories: crowd leading, fight song, and band dance.

The girls are under the direction of Cheer Coach Pam Kirby. This is the fifth year for Howe to com-

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Ariah Bray and Olivia Kveton, Cooper Komorowski and Aaleiah Vazquez, Katharine Perez and Silas Garibay, Madelyn Shores and Bennie Westdyke.

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A visit with Ray Bledsoe from 2014 Howe Enterprise, April 14, 2014 Most men from the generation of former Mayor Ray Bledsoe smelled of cheap cigarettes. But Bledsoe never gave in to the nasty habit and therefore is still mowing his yard at nearly 86 years old.

The stench of politics can sometimes be worse than the stench of cheap cigarettes, but the days of running Howe from the mayor’s office have long since passed. However, he just can’t stop talking about the city and the people that he loved to serve.

Bledsoe was born in Gunter, Texas in the summer of 1932 and his family moved to Sherman, where he was a graduate of Sherman High School. Then his life changed for good 50 years ago last month. As an adult with a wife and two small children, he moved his family into a newly built house on Maple Street in Howe where he still resides today. Bledsoe was looking for an opportunity for his kids to grow up in a small town and without the crowded housing in Sherman.

When his brother-in-law showed him the yet-to-be fully developed Maple Street and Mayo Street areas, he made his decision.

The move to Howe would move Bledsoe into politics. Bledsoe said, “I didn’t start out in politics.

I started out giving my life for The Lord in different areas by serving the community in various ways.”

His faith led him to public service.

Bledsoe’s introduction into politics began when he was elected Howe Youth Baseball Program commissioner.

“When I arrived, there was only one baseball field and the high school shared it. The coaches

from the previous year picked two teams of 15 boys with the boys standing right in front of them.

The ones that didn’t get picked, didn’t get to play. That first year, I counted 69 boys that were left that didn’t get to play baseball. It made me sick, and here I was, the new commissioner,” Bledsoe said.

That’s when Bledsoe went to work and was able to get the company that he worked for, Burlington Industries, and TP&L (Texas Power & Lighting Company) to build what is now A.M. Ferguson Park on the land that was donated to the city by the Ferguson family to be used as a city park.

“I spent 37 nights in a row away from my family trying to drum up money. Mr. Charles Thompson gave me an old backstop that the school had abandoned. I got TP&L to give us some old used light poles and Burlington Industries donated the fencing. I got the county to bring the sand and I built the dugouts and we built a baseball park in one year.

Well, Burlington Industries and TP&L built the ballfield in one year, I was just an instrument,” claimed Bledsoe. “We dedicated that field to the city before our first game even though the city didn’t put one dime into the project. When we were through, we got all of those kids together and we formed four teams in July 1971 and we had 128 boys report for baseball and every one of them got to play.”

Bledsoe retired in 1986 from Burlington Industries and soon became involved in city government in Howe.

“I was 'babysitting' the mayor’s seat for a while as 'acting mayor' and sat in the courtroom when the City of Sherman sued us over the

Ray Bledsoe holds up the scripture 2 Timothy 4:7-8 which he said was his life scripture in 2014. sewer,” said Blesdsoe. “The city didn’t have a mayor since Jerry Kirby left town. I talked to some people and told them that I wasn’t going to run for mayor because I hadn't that anyone wanted me to.

Price Hanning was running unopposed and I didn’t put my name on the ballot because I didn’t know if the people would

want me or not."

Back then you could have writein candidates and Bledsoe ended up receiving over 80 percent of the votes on write-ins votes only.

He accepted the position and continued for 14 years.

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Bledsoe was hesitant to list his biggest accomplishment as mayor, but he did talk about the successful turnaround of the water and sewer problem that existed when he first took office.

“I had to put on my boots and go headfirst and learn what was under the ground. We were able to get a new water well on the west side of town and loop the water supply across the city so that if we had a leak, we didn’t have to shut the whole town down,” Bledsoe said. “I was also proud of the fact that we were successful getting so many grants for our city.”

When asked about the help he received throughout his tenure as mayor, he was quick to name Ray Houston as the person that helped him the most. Houston was the city administrator that did most of the dirty work that allowed Bledsoe to network and sell Howe to other places and serve on numerous boards to make sure Howe would get its vote counted when it mattered.

“I spent a lot of time in meetings.

I spent 40 to 60 hours a week as mayor. I can’t say that I enjoyed all that I did, but I can say that I felt some satisfaction in the fact that I was able to give my time to the people of Howe," Bledsoe said.

In looking at the future of Howe and what he'd like to see, Bledsoe said that he most of all wants Howe to secure some businesses here that could provide some jobs.

“We need to be something more than a bedroom community and that’s what we are,” said Bledsoe.

“I made that statement at a chamber of commerce meeting once and got crawled all over for it. But I still stand beside it.

People in Howe have to do business with businesses in Howe for this city to ever grow. We have to let our businesses turn a profit so they can stay. We’re eight miles from Sherman and a

lot of our city people trade in Sherman to save a nickel. We have to educate our townspeople to do all of the business they can locally. There have been a number of businesses come and go in our city and until we trade locally, we’ll always be a bedroom community. We need younger people that love the city and love the people enough to do like I did and give themselves to the community. We need young elected officials who can take authority and who the people will follow.”

In his last few years as mayor, Bledsoe said he felt like he had to fight to get things done for Howe.

He wanted the connector road between Highway 5 and Collins Freeway (that Dollar General now rests) and had a struggle to get it pushed through because of a few council members that were opposed to it because of curbs and gutter restrictions on any new roads. Because it was termed a 'connector road' instead of a 'city street', the ordinance allowed for the non-use of curbs and gutters.

“I told the council that the state is building this road for us for free,” said Bledsoe. “We bought the right-of-way and gave $5,000.00 out of the city’s money to the people for the right-of-way. One of them was Ward Paxton of Plano who had five acres and I made a deal with him. Paxton sold the city his five acres needed and turned around and gave half of that money back as a donation.”

The addition of the connector road was a great benefit to the city, however, the naming rights became a jumbled up mess.

“I’ve always been thick-skinned because I try not to let things bother me that I have no control over, but we had to name the street in order for The State of Texas to turn it over to us. We had a meeting with our council members, Jimmy Don McMillion, O.B. Powers, Marion Allison, Carrie Waller and Hank George.

George motioned to let The Texoma Enterprise put an

Ray Bledsoe (second from left) celebrating Howe’s 125th birthday in 1997. Enterprise photo. application in each week’s paper for nominations to name the new road. That was to go on for a month and the council voted 5-0 in favor," Bledsoe recalled.

The final tally from The Texoma Enterprise came in favor of Bledsoe Road.

"I thought to myself, oh no, I didn’t want that street named after me,” Bledsoe said.

When the motion came to go along with the previous meeting’s motion to name the street after the election results, two of the council members voted against naming it Bledsoe Road. With Hank George not present at the meeting and two votings in favor of it, that left a deadlock. Any deadlock motion goes to the mayor to break the deadlock with his or her vote.

Bledsoe said to the council, “I know two of you resent me terribly as long as I’ve known you, but I’m going to vote for the will of the people. And the will of the people were 23 votes to 1 and I’m going to break this tie and name it Bledsoe Rd because that’s what the people want.”

Bledsoe says that he actually feels better about the recent changing of the name to honor Howe’s own World War II hero, L.B. Kirby.

“I think the world of L.B. Kirby.

I’m just glad I don’t have to listen to people saying that I named the street after myself anymore,” Bledsoe said. “I don’t hate

anybody and I don’t dislike anybody, but I’m just living in Howe now. I took my work somewhere else.”

And that he did. Bledsoe was a major part of the Grayson County Fair and the Christmas Lights Exhibit, both at Loy Park. As reported by Congressman Ralph Hall to the Speaker of the House in Washington, “Ray was at the Grayson County Fair unfolding chairs, moving extension cords, and setting up booths. Earlier he built a fence around a statue of Judge Jake Loy, then got on his hands and knees and landscaped around it. Ray is willing to help with any task--no matter how large or small.”

It was talking about personal tragedy and adversity that brought a tear to Bledsoe’s eye. He lost his wife in 1984 and his son Mike passed away in 2009 at the young age of 55. “I’ve had tragedies, but I’ve always had God. That’s the key. Things don’t just happen.

Things happen for a reason or a purpose and we don’t know what it is and we sometimes may never learn until we get where we’re going,” Bledsoe said. “Good things can happen out of bad.”

After seven consecutive terms as the Howe Mayor, Bledsoe was finally defeated in an election by an employee of the school district. Bledsoe recalled that he received numerous phone calls from people that didn’t vote because they assumed he’d win.

He told them that they actually

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Jackson Adkins who was awarded as a Second-Team linebacker.

Adkins played defensive line most of his high school career but made the transition to linebacker due to injuries.

Other notables were Jordan Jones who was named Howe’s Utility Player of the Year as each team have that distinction to one of their players. Howe’s Special Teams Player of the Year went to kicker Kevin Flores.

Gaining Honorable Mention were Luke Jackson, Jaryn Grisham, Kolby Taylor, Ethan Lopez, Ryan Hough, Joey Hymel, Matthew Hayes, and Caleb Wahrmund.

Mineola’s Trevion Sneed was named the MVP with Offensive MVP honors going to Braden Plyler of Pottsboro. Defensive

MVP was awarded to Kobe Kendrick of Mineola. CoOffensive Lineman of the Year – Silas Barr, Sr., Pottsboro; Jackson Anderson, Sr., Mineola.

Co-Defensive Lineman of the Year – C.J. Dunbar, Sr., Commerce; Boston Morris, Sr., Mount Vernon.

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Bledsoe in 2014

Ray Bledsoe was honored at the rededication of A.M. Ferguson Park in May of 2015. Enterprise photo.

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my community,” Bledsoe said.

did him a favor.

Bledsoe’s most recognized achievement came in 1997 when received the National Hometown Leadership Award, given by the National Association of Small Cities. Only 300 officials in the country received this award. He was presented on the House Floor in Washington. He was inducted in the original class of the Howe Hall of Honor in 2015 by the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce.

“I was relieved, but when I began to see the way things were turning, it made the hair stand up on my head,” Bledsoe recalled.

Looking through the numerous awards and achievements that hang in Bledsoe’s house, it’s evident to see the many years of sweat equity put into serving the people of the community, all as an unpaid mayor.

“A lot of people see things like this (awards on the wall) as looking for publicity. And a lot of people see it as dedication. I’ve always taken everything that’s bestowed upon me and used it for the benefit for doing things for

Bledsoe’s time as mayor in Howe seems to epitomize the old phrase, “You can please some of the people all of the time - you can please all of the people some of the time - but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.”

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The great psyop on Gen-X

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Editorial Generation X is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the millennials.

As children in the 1970s and 1980s, a time of shifting societal values, Gen Xers were sometimes called the "latchkey generation", due to reduced adult supervision compared to previous generations.

This was a result of increasing divorce rates and increased maternal participation in the workforce, prior to widespread availability of childcare options outside the home. As adolescents and young adults in the 1980s and 1990s, Xers were dubbed the "MTV Generation" (a reference to the music video channel), sometimes being characterized as slackers, cynical, and disaffected. Some of the cultural influences on Gen X youth were the musical genres of grunge and hip-hop music, and independent films. In midlife, research describes them as active, happy, and achieving a work–life balance.

The cohort has been credited with entrepreneurial tendencies and was the last generation in the United States for whom postsecondary education was broadly financially remunerative.

The above paragraph came from Wikipedia. One might wonder if the entire movement was a planned operation against an entire generation. We were groomed from the cradle to be less masculine by PBS shows like Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. At a very young age, cable tv was introduced and Gen-X was the final generation to be able to be able to watch black and white television shows with a moral education such as Leave it to Beaver and Andy Griffith.

Our generation was introduced to “Bosom Buddies” and were told by megastar Madonna that materialism was great and that she felt like a virgin. Explicit labels were introduced for the first time during our formulative years and Christianity was mocked everywhere. Saturday Night Live introduced the “Church Lady” and marinated our mindless brains in ridiculous psyop television shows such as Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Rosie O’Donnell, Sally Jesse Raphael, Jenny Jones, Geraldo, Ricki Lake, and Montell Williams shows.

We became walking zombies not following Christ but following our entertainment gods. We were

Madonna. Photo credit: Todayinmadonnahistory.com scared out of our young minds by movies like Jaws, The Shining, Poltergeist, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. We were also told that being a rebel was cool and fun with examples such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and The Breakfast Club.

As we became adults, instead of quoting scripture, our generation quoted Seinfeld. Shows like 90210 and Sex and the City helped marinate us. The History Channel turned any miracle that could have been attributed to God and explained away as “Ancient Aliens.”

Science became the answer to everything, whether provable or not. “Science tells us…” replaced “God’s Word says…”

Was all of this deviousness completely organic, or is there more to it? How much money was made from all of this? Did we become a debtor society during this period?

Were we given credit cards in college with no real way to pay them off? Were we qualified for mortgages that we couldn’t afford?

Was pornography purposely thrown in our faces and readily available to anyone for free at the fingertip?

The baby boomers were the test pilot. Gen-X was the target. It is up to the Gen-X God-fearing conservatives to ultimately save America. And millennials, hopefully will be the next greatest generation. But it has to begin by ultimately turning back to Christ and shredding the era of the satanic attack on the world.

Not one of us is exempt from this attack on all of us. Whether we

marinate our brains in the History Channel, the NBA, MLB, NFL, Dr. Phil, or HGTV—we all are being thrust into the same direction. The more distracted we are, the more we can be manipulated into being divided by race, sex, financial status, religion, etc., the more we turn our focus away from God and what truly matters to human beings which is love.

The truth is not always “pretty in pink.” How do we wake ourselves up from this slavery of manipulation?

This great awakening must be spearheaded by the Christians around the world. If we wake up, it will be the largest answered prayer to all faith leaders globally. A true world-wide revival can

be held but we must understand fully what has happened to our societies and never again give into the temptations of idolatry and self-worship. We must turn our backs to news networks that lie to us and divide us. We must turn away from TV shows that inflict our minds. We shall overcome.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.—Colossians 3:5.

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Youth Baseball

Howe Fire Department looking for volunteer firefighters

New Howe Youth Baseball Commissioner Chris Kane (right) discusses the upcoming season with fellow board members Sergio Garcia (left) and Steve Hance (middle). Staff photo.

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form coordinator. Also stepping down from the board was Mike Stephens who served as Kid Pitch Vice President for several years.

Holdover board members are Amber Carter—secretary, and Kelly Grant—treasurer.

The new board voted in Chris Kane as the new commissioner and Billie Ingram will now be in charge of uniforms and t-shirt fundraising. Sergio Garcia was selected as Fundraising Coordinator and Erica Ingram was selected as Concessions Coordinator.

Longtime board member Steve Hance will again serve but switch roles from Equipment Coordinator to Kid Pitch Vice President.

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New board member Josh Murphy was selected as Equipment Coordinator. Kent Lowder will return for another season as Field Maintenance Coordinator.

No information has been set in stone for registration for this season. However, Howe Youth Softball signups are underway online through Feb. 5. In-person registration will be held Jan. 23 and Jan. 30. The cost is $100 per player and $90 per additional player. The fee includes full uniform (jersey top, pants, socks, and belt).

Visit Howe Youth Softball Facebook page for more information and Howe Youth Baseball for updated baseball information.

Howe Fire Department is currently recruiting dedicated volunteer firefighters to join our team. Howe FD is a 100% volunteer department that covers approximately 90 square miles including the City of Howe and City of Dorchester.

Our apparatus includes a 65foot ladder truck, 75-foot ladder truck, a 3,200-gallon tender, 3 brush trucks and one command vehicle. There are no certifications required. If you have any questions feel free to message us or ask in the comments.

Democrat-controlled House votes to impeach Trump a second time

By Joseph Weber and Nicholas Ballasy, JustTheNews The Democrat-led House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

The final vote of 232 to 197 marks the second time the House voted to impeach Trump, who has just seven days remaining in office. Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice. Unlike the effort in 2019, House Democrats proceeded to a vote without the months of investigations and hearings. No House Republicans supported Trump’s first impeachment in 2019.

The impeachment resolution argues that Trump incited an "insurrection" among his supporters ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.

Members of the Howe Youth Baseball board discuss plans for the upcoming 2021 season. Staff photo.

The House voted on the "rule providing for consideration" of the impeachment resolution and it passed 221-203.

After the vote on the rule, the House debated the impeachment resolution and voting took place.

"We must take action," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol. Democrats also argued that they had enough evidence to proceed with the impeachment process.

In the House, five Republicans said in advance of the vote that they would support impeachment.

New York Rep. John Katko was

the first Republican to say he’d vote to impeach. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the chamber’s No. 3 Republican and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington also said they would support impeachment.

Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick introduced a resolution to censure Trump as an alternative to impeachment.

House Democratic leaders pursued the impeachment route and did not put the censure resolution up for a vote.

The article of impeachment now heads to the GOP-controlled Senate for a trial. The Senate comes back into session on January 19, which is one day before Donald Trump leaves office. A Senate impeachment trial is unlikely to get underway before Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20.

The Senate held such a trial in February 2020 and did not convict Trump.

Right now, Democrats do not appear to have the two-thirds votes to find Trump guilty in the Senate.

Some Democrats suggested Pelosi might wait to send the article of impeachment to the Senate and allow Biden to begin his term without impeachment hanging over him but many other Democrats have urged the California Democrat to move immediately.

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Howe ISD School Board Agenda

Howe City Council Agenda NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF HOWE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF HOWE, TEXAS WILL BE HELD ON THE 19th day OF January 2021 AT 6:00 P.M., AT 700 W. Haning Street, HOWE, TEXAS AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS WILL BE DISCUSSED, TO WIT: CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE TO FLAGS PUBLIC REQUEST – At this time comments will be taken from the audience on any subject whether or not that item is on the agenda. All comments are limited to a maximum of three minutes. In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Council may not discuss or act on any of the items not posted on the agenda.

CONSENT AGENDA Consider/approve consent items which are marked by an *. * Minutes of November 17, 2020 * Finance statements -November 2020 * Finance statements- December 2020 * Designate park at Summit Hill as COACH SIMMONS PARK * 2019 Certified Tax Roll * 2020 Tax Roll ELECTION ITEMS: * Notice of General Election 2021 * Order of Election * Election Contract with Grayson County * Joint Election Contract with Howe ISD Discuss, consider and act upon consent agenda items.

Discuss, consider and act on Resolution 2020-0004, authorization for advance funding agreement with Texas Department of Transportation for a downtown next exit.

Departmental Reports: Police Department.

Utility Department.

Code Enforcement.

Municipal Court.

Administration.

Fire Department.

Economic Development.

ADJOURN Notes to agenda: The Council may vote and/or act upon each of the items listed in the Agenda.

The Council reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on this Agenda, whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated in accordance with the authority contained in Section 551.071 – Consultation with attorney, Section 551.072 – Deliberation regarding real property, Section 551.073 – Deliberation regarding prospective gift, Section 551.074 – Personnel, Section 551.076 – Deliberation regarding security devices, and Section 551.087 – Deliberation regarding economic development negotiations.

Dated this 15th day of January 2021.

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through the eyes of a 25-year-old, but actually tackling issues is much more difficult.

He tried very hard to convince me that we shared the same visions for our community—one that has an eye for growth, yet also adhering to our values as a goodneighborly and family home.

The morale of the story is that one can gripe about the way things should be done, but one also must actually be willing to try and do

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something about it. Mr. Bledsoe took an unpaid leadership role and gave a lot of his life to the community of Howe, Texas. That cannot be argued. ************* Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy has risen to become the #1 bestselling book on Amazon. ************* The precipice is not five feet from the ledge. It’s clinging to the ledge. ************* While we are fixated on what will happen in Washington on

A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Howe ISD will be held on January 18, 2021 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Howe ISD Administration Office located at 105 W. Tutt St, Howe, Texas.

I. II. III. IV.

CALL TO ORDER/DETERMINATION OF QUORUM INVOCATION/PLEDGES PUBLIC FORUM REPORTS A. School Board Member Appreciation B. Administrator Reports 1. Student Achievement C. Superintendent Report 1. Enrollment 2. Personnel 3. Election Calendar 4. COVID Update 5. Child Find 6. Other Information V. THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER, DISCUSS, AND/OR TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE FOLLOWING: A. Consent Agenda Items 1. Minutes for Regular Meeting on December 14, 2020 2. Monthly Financial Reports 3. Quarterly Investment Report 4. Budget Amendments 5. Update Vendor List 6. Call Public Hearing on February 15, 2021 for Presentation of the Howe ISD 2020 Texas Academic Performance Report B. Joint Election Agreements with the City of Howe and the City of Dorchester C. Order Election for Board of Trustees on Saturday, May 1, 2021 D. Adopt 2021-22 School Calendar E. Policy Update 116, affecting the following Local Policies (see attached) F. 1GPA Purchasing Cooperative Agreement G. Construction Contract with Hellas Construction for Track/Artificial Turf at Bulldog Stadium H. Closed Session in Accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.074 1. Personnel a. Annual Superintendent Evaluation b. Superintendent Contract I. Action on Items from Closed Session 1. Superintendent Contract VI. ADJOURN Consent agenda items are considered to be routine by the School Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussions on items unless a school board member so requests, at which time the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda. If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E. Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting. All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting.

This Agenda posted Friday, January 15, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

Kevin Wilson For the Board of Trustees Wednesday, there are crazy things going on around the world. The Italian, German, Dutch and Estonian governments are all simultaneously on the verge of collapse at the moment. ************* DNI Director John Ratcliffe agreed in a memo that the CCP tried to influence the 2020 Presidential election. According to the Ratcliffe letter, the CIA didn't just downplay the China election interference intel, they actively

went to other agencies to suppress it. (World changing info here). ************* CNN called for their competition to be shut down one week after they gave a platform to John Sullivan, a domestic terrorist who committed crimes in the Capitol on Jan. 6. ************* The 80 million must be so upset they can't attend the inauguration of the most popular president in US history...

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"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

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AUTO

Got Signs & More 117 S. Powell Pkwy Anna TX 75409 http://www.igotsigns.com/ 972-924-2878 terry@igotsigns.com

Bob Utter Ford 2525 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 bobutterford.net 903-892-3555

Housewarmers of Grayson County P.O. Box 582 Howe TX 75459 housewarmersgrayson.com 972-978-3430 sgarcia@housewarmersusa.com Howe Enterprise P.O. Box 595 Howe TX 75459 howeenterprise.com 903-339-0100 news@howeenterprise.com AGRICULTURE Norman Farms 4871 Mackey Rd Howe TX 75459 903-815-5545 ajnorm4@aol.com Renfro Farms 1589 Harrell Rd Howe TX 75459 renfrofarms@gmail.com

BANKING Independent Bank 100 South Denny Howe TX 75459 independent-bank.com (903) 532-5521 aanderson@ibtx.com Legend Bank 201 W. Grand Whitewright, TX 75491 legend-bank.com 903-532-4778 Brandon.grooms@legendbank.com First United Bank 2011 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 firstunitedbank.com 903-813-5760 sarah.whitt@firstunitedbank.com BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Creekview Creative Howe TX 75459 creekviewcreative.com 903-357-3143 info@creekviewcreative.com Provider Business Partners 106 W. Young St. Howe TX 75459 providerbusinesspartners.com 903-487-2248 sharla@ providerbusinesspartners.com

ANTIQUES Howe Mercantile 107 E. Haning St Howe TX 75459 facebook.com/Howe-Mercantile1639767196252428/ (817) 313-2168 georgiacaraway@aol.com AUCTION Wolfe Pack Trading 212 E Marshall Van Alstyne TX 75495 wolfepackauctions.com 903-712-4666 dwolfe525@gmail.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

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

goodfellasbarbershoptx@gmail.com

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

homemade@covethomegrown.com

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

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PERSONAL SERVICES & CARE

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

Grayson -Collin Electric Cooperative, Inc. P.O. Box 548 Van Alstyne TX 75495 www.grayson-collin.coop 903-482-7100 mmcginnis@gcec.net

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

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Torque Plumbing 102 S. Collins Frwy Howe TX 75459 (972) 658-1515 torquemayes@yahoo.com PUBLIC UTILITIES

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

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

The Uselton Group 382 Eagle Point Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 theuseltongroup.com 469-525-7281 kim@theuseltongroup.com

Billy’s Trash Service 800 S. Andrews Sherman TX 75090 903-814-9070

Vincent Realty Group 324 Meadows Estate St., P.O. Box 756 Tom Bean TX 75489 vincentrealtygroup.com/

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 boil-water notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers a prerecorded 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

2020-21 Local taxation

City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Bill French City Administrator: Joe Shephard City Secretary: Joy Stevens

116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: Kerri Cheatham (After hours night drop available) Public Works Public Works Director: Mickey Phillips Code Enforcement Code Enforcement Officer: Bert Dowlen Howe Fire Department Fire Chief: Robert Maniet

Ad valorem reduction Sales Tax

0.50 %

700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971

Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax

0.50 %

Total

8.25 %

(non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Police Sergeant: Keith Milks

$0.42

Grayson County Junior College Tax Rate

$0.17

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/

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

2021 City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill WATER $27.15

Base

$7.45

per 1,000 next 4,000

$8.35

per 1,000 next 20,000

$9.30

per 1,000 next 20,000

$9.90

per 1,000 all over 45,000 SEWER

$33.60 $5.25

Base per additional metered 1,000 gallons TRASH (solid waste)

$13.35

Base

$1.10

Tax MINIMUM BILL

118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency)

Howe Police Department

Grayson County Tax Rate

RESTAURANTS

317 S. Hughes St.

1.00 %

$1.43

ROOFING HIT Exteriors, LLC Howe, TX 75459 972-977-1523 sergio@hitexteriors.com

317 S. Hughes St.

General Revenue Sales Tax

Howe I.S.D Tax Rate

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

Utility Billing and Municipal Court

6.25 %

$0.57

903-532-0390 paliospizza@att.net

Cityofhowe.org

State Sales Tax

City of Howe Tax Rate

903-870-8528 benvincent@cableone.net

$27.15

Water

$33.60

Sewer

$13.35

Trash

$1.10

Tax

$75.20

Total 5,000 gallons usage

$56.95

Water

Economic Development

$54.60

Sewer

101 E. Haning St. 903-532-6080

$13.35

Trash

EDC Director: Monte Walker City Council meets third Tuesday at

$1.10 $126.00

Tax Total

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Texas History Minute Ben Milam was an average man who traveled the early frontier.

But the course of events would place him in the middle of the Ken Bridges fight for Texas independence and into legend.

Milam’s decisive actions made him one of the early heroes of the Texas Revolution.

ican designs on Texas in light of offers by the United States government to buy Texas and raids such as the Long Expedition. In 1830, the Law of April 6 banned all immigration from the United States into Texas and expressly forbade the introduction of new slaves into the area even though Mexico had officially banned slavery the year before. This imperiled Milam’s empresario contract.

Benjamin Rush Milam was born in 1788 in Frankfort, then just a tiny village on the Kentucky River in what was not yet Kentucky.

His life was defined by the early frontier. He had very little formal education, as almost no schools were available.

Agustin Viesca became governor of Coahuila y Texas in 1835. Ben Milam believed he could work with him to secure new land titles for Texas settlers. On his visit to the new governor, he found a willing audience in his attempt to secure legal protections for their lands. However, Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had overthrown the elected government.

His officials arrested Viesca and Milam both. Milam, however, was able to talk their way out of jail thanks to Viesca’s political allies. Milam reached Texas in October and joined George Collinsworth’s column as they marched to take Goliad on October 10.

As a young man, he was mostly interested in trade and bartering.

Struck by wanderlust, he drifted from one adventure to the next. In 1812, he enlisted in the Kentucky militia and served honorably as a lieutenant in the War of 1812.

Milam made his first, brief foray into Texas in 1818. By the next year, he found himself in New Orleans, caught up in the excitement of a potential raid into Texas to seize it for the United States from Spain. In what became known as the Long Expedition, James Long made Milam a colonel and led his rag-tag army that crossed the Sabine River into Spanish Texas.

They quickly took Nacogdoches and declared Texas independent of Spain. When the Spanish Army arrived, the Long Expedition fell apart.

After Goliad, Collinsworth’s forces met with other armed Texans marching toward San Antonio.

Gen. Martin Perfecto de Cos held the city for Santa Anna. Mexico had a large armed force occupying the city. It was now December 4.

With the weather growing cold, many Texans considered holing up for the winter, building their forces, and preparing for an attack in the spring.

Milam and Long attempted to reorganize at Galveston in 1820, but the effort quickly faltered. Milam then went to Veracruz and on to Mexico City. Instead of finding the cities defended by monarchists, he and his party found that the rebels had already taken the cities. He and the dozens of men with him were thrown in prison.

An American diplomat later arranged their release.

Milam recognized that point was the time to try to consolidate their gains and was determined to lead the charge himself. With the permission of his superiors, he made an impassioned plea and declared to the troops, “Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?” Three hundred men stepped forward and marched into the lion’s den. They attacked at dawn the next morning.

He returned to Mexico in 1824 in the aftermath of yet another revolution, one that established Mexico as a republic. And with a new government came a new attitude.

All was forgiven, and Milam was made a colonel the Mexican Army as well as a citizen. Times were good for Milam. He soon teamed up with a British immigrant, Gen. Arthur G. Wavell, and started a silver mine in Nuevo Leon, a northern Mexican state adjacent to Texas. In 1825, they also gained empresario grants in Texas– land grants that allowed them to sell or lease lands in order to attract residents to what was still a lightlypopulated region.

After two days of fighting, Milam’s forces were making progress. On the morning of December 7, they were charging steadily forward for the third day. Milam stood at the fore of the battlefield, eyeing the positions of their attackers. A chance shot rang out.

He was then struck in the head by the rifle fire and collapsed into the arms of his friends. He died at the scene at the age of 47 just as the Texas Revolution was heating up.

Texas forces took the city two days later.

Events, however, soon turned sour for Milam. The Nuevo Leon mine started to falter, and he and Wavell soon leased out a mine to a British company. In the meantime, Mexican officials grew increasingly concerned about Amer-

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Milam was widely honored in the years after his death. In addition to streets, schools, and parks, a memorial site stands in San Antonio. Residents of the Sabine County community of Red Mound renamed their city after Milam in 1836. The Texas Republic established Milam County in Central Texas in 1837 and is now boasts nearly 25,000 residents.

DNI Ratcliffe concludes China 'sought to influence' America's 2020 federal elections

By Alex Nitzberg JustTheNews Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has assessed that China "sought to influence" America's 2020 national elections, according to a document made public Sunday.

"From my unique vantage point as the individual who consumes all of the U.S. government's most sensitive intelligence on the People's Republic of China, I do not believe the majority view expressed by Intelligence Community (IC) analysts fully and accurately reflects the scope of the Chinese government's efforts to influence the 2020 U.S. federal elections," Ratcliffe stated in what the Epoch Times described as a letter sent to Congress.

"The IC's Analytic Ombudsman issued a report...that includes concerning revelations about the politicization of China election influence reporting and of undue pressure being brought to bear on analysts who offered an alternative view based on the intelligence," Ratcliffe stated.

He wrote that he was “adding my voice in support of the stated minority view -- based on all available sources of intelligence, with definitions consistently applied, and reached independent of political considerations or undue pressure -- that the People’s Republic of China sought to influence the 2020 U.S. federal elections.”

Dr. Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor. He can be reached at drkenbridges@gmail.com. © 2021 The Howe Enterprise

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Seeing opportunity in every difficulty Moods are a very real part of our daily lives but also an area we need to discern carefully.

We seldom think about human behavior and why Dr. Billy we fall into Holland certain attitudes but I believe it would be worth our time to examine our thoughts on a regular basis. The Bible and psychology has much to say about the ups and downs of our emotions and it’s critical to understand how our human nature can resist and oppose our relationship with God. The fine line between our mental impulses and our spiritual line of communication with the Lord are difficult to understand, however this battlefield of the mind has everything to do with whether God or our feelings are controlling us.

Whether you are beaming with happiness today or walking around in a melancholy fog, may you embrace the Lord’s goodness and recognize His mercy and love is all around you. Yes, much of the world is saturated with hatred and confusion but there is always perfect peace in His presence. I enjoy taking long walks where I can quietly talk with Him. I know He loves us and wants us to live in His spiritual freedom.

Have you ever been around people that were downcast and always negative about what they are doing and how bad their life is in general? If we allow our feelings to dictate us, our life is going to be a manic roller coaster that will prevent God from filling us with His consistent hope and joy. His desire is that we learn how to know the difference between His voice and all the other voices in the world including our own. Depression and discouragement is like being in a deep hole and as you look up to the sky, there seems to be no way out.

Emotional negativity can come from being offended, disappointed, wounded, neglected, betrayed, deceived, and unappreciated just to name a few. I’ve been to the valley of despair and do not enjoy anything about being attacked with thoughts of failure and sadness. I realize that many have suffered a great deal, nonetheless Jesus has promised that

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He will help all those who call on Him. “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10. “The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble” Psalm 9:9.

When we find ourselves in the valley of despair, the last thing we desire to do is to worship God, but praising and trusting Him is exactly what we need to do. There is no place so hopeless that God cannot deliver you! He is never distracted or too busy to hear your cries and there is no darkness where God’s light cannot find and save you! Jesus wants you and I to be filled with His confidence and reassurance but this includes ignoring the opinions of our emotions and embracing His truth. Be encouraged today in knowing that God desires to hold you in His arms of love but is waiting for you to trust Him. Yes, the three Hebrew children were in the fiery furnace but remember that Christ was also in there with them. Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, while the optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”

We realize that life is filled with disappointments but we cannot remain curled up in a fetal position with the blanket over our head. After a season of prayer and receiving a more clear understanding, we are to arise, wash our face, put our armor back on and return to the battlefield in the faith that God will continue to heal, guide, and empower us. The apostle Paul wrote, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery” Galatians 5:1. This verse might sound confusing, but when a person is born again, they are delivered spiritually and are given the opportunity to be set free from mental and emotional deception. As Christians, let us remember our bodies and our minds are to be our servant not our master. We are an eternal spirit and have the opportunity to live victorious no matter how we feel or what is going on around us.

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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 Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

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Auto trends in 2021 Hi Taylor: Any interesting trends in the auto industry for the coming year? Feels like after the slump Taylor that was 2020, we should be in line for some interesting things. - Arnold Hey Arnold: You and I have a mutual interest. I’m always car shopping with my eyes, and also mindful of what direction investment strategies might be going.

Don’t cash in on my thoughts too quickly, but here are some things that have caught my eye.

Electric trucks. It looks like a handful of companies have figured out how to merge ecofriendly and payload capacity.

Ford, Rivian, Lordstown Motors and other manufacturers have announced models that seem to satisfy truck enthusiasts. I’m sure there are still plenty of kinks to work out, but my gut tells me it won’t be long before we see the roads filling up with big, powerful hybrid vehicles. I’m especially interested to see which companies bring these new models into their fleets, as that will be a good way to gauge how soon the general public will get on board.

Online shopping. Naturally, the pandemic slowed down visits to used car lots. As things get back to normal that trend will level out, but this also seems like a service that will only get more popular now that it’s thoroughly entered the mainstream. There will still be all the sales tactics and lot perusing for traditionalists, but the number of online sales will continue to rise as dealerships and third-party sellers make that option more available. Depending on how steadily online sales rise, I wouldn’t be surprised if more

dealerships start offering home delivery on vehicles above a certain price point. At that point, we can expect other tech and gig services to start getting involved as well.

More of the same. I’m excited about the above trends and other new releases, but I’m not blind to the fact that the auto industry looks relatively similar to how it has in years past. Sedans are getting sleeker, electric cars and hybrids are more accessible, SUVs keep adding bells and whistles and cargo space. The global shift toward cleaner energy will continue pushing the needle for car manufacturers, but we haven’t reached any sort of tipping point yet. We’ll check in again next year to see if 2021 was the year everything flipped.

The car industry won’t ever leave us—it’ll just keep adapting as consumers’ needs evolve. It’s exciting and challenging for us investors to keep up, but definitely worth the effort. Happy New Year!

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Living with children Making children happy became a parenting goal in the early 1970s.

The paradox, as everyone with a modicum of commonsense John knows, is that Rosemond the more effort parents put into making a child happy, the more unhappy the child becomes.

Let’s say she begins with putting him to bed in his crib, kissing him goodnight, and walking out of the room. He will scream like he has never screamed before. He will go completely insane and that is not hyperbole. That will be the worst night of her life, the good news being that if she stays the course, he will get over his trauma, begin to act like he’s never been traumatized, and go to sleep when put in his crib.

Underneath the cute appearance of an infant lurks a tyrant. I would have been expelled from graduate school for writing that sentence, but as loathe as many of today’s parents are to accept it, that is the truth. Another paradox: Parents who are unwilling to accept it are the ones most likely to give the tyrant permission to step out of hiding and begin his reign of terror.

Once he has accepted that he’s going to sleep in his own bed – I give it two to four weeks – it’s on to letting him know that he doesn’t control mommy during the day either. He will go insane again. In short, things will get worse by much before they begin to get better.

The adult granddaughter of two close friends has invited the tyrant into her home. Her first child is the quintessential terrible toddler, and she is the quintessential enabler. He screams and she jumps into action, figures out what he wants and – needless to say? – gives it to him. As one might have guessed, she holds him almost constantly. He sleeps with her and her husband…as one might have guessed. Their very own tyrant-in-residence becomes more tyrannical with every passing day…as one might have guessed.

What is she thinking? He will outgrow his tyranny? More likely he will grow into it. If she just gives him this one more thing, he will begin to calm down? Quite the contrary. He is becoming addicted to controlling her. Power corrupts even a two-year-old. He is not going to suddenly get his fill of mommy and begin acting like a reasonable human being.

As time goes on, he is going to devise ever more ways of asserting that he is the big dog in the relationship.

The mother-child relationship is already codependent and the only person who can change the terms of that contract is mommy. The problem, of course, is that hell hath no fury like a tyrant denied.

I have witnessed what happens when the tyrant is allowed to dictate his parents’ lives for more than a few years. First, everyone is miserable. Second, the tyrant goes to school and is quickly identified, tested, diagnosed with some bogus “disorder,” and put on a medication the side effects of which become a problem in and of themselves. That’s when the “medication shuffle” begins.

The authors of the two bestselling parenting books of the 1970s urged parents to do everything in their power to ensure their kids possessed high regard for themselves - high selfesteem, that is. Since unhappy kids must not have high selfesteem, the goal of raising children became that of making, and keeping, them happy.

And now, some fifty years later, unhappy tyrants are everywhere.

It is one of the saddest things in all the world, especially the world of all too many of today’s grandparents.

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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