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Bandsman of the week

Soup Scoop

Ethan Strunc began in the band program in the

Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson told the

The Howe Bulldogs (0-4) hosted the

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Pottsboro continues streak over Bulldogs, win 59-14

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Monday, September 27, 2021

Lady Bulldogs win first district game since 2019

HHS Students of the Month were pictured in last week’s edition, but names were left off. They were freshmen Layla Terry and Charles Turner, sophomores Matilee Stewart and Mahlon Walker, juniors Caleb Hix and Joyce Tovar, seniors Luke Lopez and Zoey Moore. We know one of those kids very well and the only way we find out things like this is the same as you find out. ***** Everyone loves the honest person until the honest person strikes a chord with a truth they were not ready to receive. ***** I mistakenly said that “The Man in the Arena” by Teddy Roosevelt was a poem. It obviously is not. It was part of a speech entitled “Citizenship in a Republic” at the Sorbonne in Paris on April 23, 1910. The most famous part of the speech was read at the pep rally on Friday, and it has a good message. “It’s not the critic who counts.”

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

Bulk Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.

Left: Head Coach Erin Lopez gives high five to players. Right: Kendall Griffin and Emery Snapp “jump bump” after a score.

Photos by Alexa Brunner.

The Howe Lady Bulldogs snapped a district losing streak that dated back to Oct. 2019 on Tuesday with a win at Whitewright.

The Howe girls, have improved greatly and

held off Whitewright, 3-2 by scores of 2522, 25-20, 12-25, 1925, and 16-14. The girls lost to Pottsboro on Friday at home by scores of 15-25, and

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Keep Howe Chicago Tribute Authority Beautiful Texas to be in concert at HHS, holding trashbenefits scholarship fund off, seeking new members The Keep Howe Beautiful organization has selected Nov. 6 as the “Howe Trash-Off” date. They will meet at 9 am at Summit Gardens at 100 E. O’Connell Street in Howe.

KHB will also have a booth set up at the Downtown Howelloween Festival where they will have membership information available.

Lifetime memberships are available for $250. Contact keephowebeautiful@yhoo.com.

HHS sees significant improvement in overall estimated grade scoring

Howe High School Principal Phil Kempson took a moment to brag on the students and staff at Howe High School as the estimated school report card showed significant improvement from the previous period of 2019-2020, prior to COVID.

When placing the 2021 values into the formula, the overall score for HHS was an 89 (B). In STAAR Performance Approaches, Howe improved from a 78 to 87. In STAAR Performance Meets, HHS improved from 55 to

INSIDE

Kim Duncan recognized, pg. 2 Lady Bulldogs volleyball, pg. 5 Lone Star Bandits KFL, pg. 7 Chelsie Nail—Spotlight, pg. 8 See You At The Pole, pg. 10 Chamber members, pg. 11 Hot Jobs, pg. 13 Christian, pg. 15 Parenting, pg. 16 Past front pages, pg. 17-24

As part of the upcoming Howe All-School Reunion in midOctober, the Howe Ex -Students Association is hosting a benefit concert featuring the Chicago Tribute Authority Texas. The event will be the finale of the reunion weekend on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 pm,

but the event is open to the general public.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the door or in advance at this link: https:// qrgo.page.link/xhbJP. The band features Howe High School Class of 1987 Rod Hawkins on lead vocals.

Howe ISD sets Howe All-School Reunion lunch graduation tickets on sale date The Howe ISD Board of Trustees approved the setting of graduation on May 28, 2022, at 2 pm at Howe High School. The date is one day after the final day of school.

Howe High School Principal Phil Kempson delivers a report to the school board.

67. In STAAR Performance Masters, an improvement of 10 points from 17 to 27 took place.

“Our students and teachers did a great

job on the STAAR test across the board,” said Kempson. “We set goals in our Campus Improvement Plan to gain three percent on each of test and we

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Arizona audit flags thousands of suspect ballots, kicking issue to state's attorney general JustTheNews - Longawaited and en-gulfed in controversy from start to finish, the Arizona Senate's election audit gave

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The Howe All-School Reunion event will take place Oct. 15-16 which is homecoming weekend.

The weekend begins with the Howe Bulldogs hosting the Commerce Tigers at Bulldog Stadium at

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Bandsman of the week Ethan Strunc began in the band program in the second semester of fifth grade. At first, it was just a class to him, but has evolved into passion that has paid off for him.

Strunc is the Band President where he helps to make the band environment a friendly one and he takes a leadership role.

Part of this year’s routine is “Crazy Train” is derived from the Ozzy Osbourne song. Strunc will be the vocal portion of Ozzy Osbourne screaming, “All Aboard!

Ha ha ha!” He says when he first practiced the vocal screaming that mimicking it perfectly in unintelligible over a microphone. So he’s been trying to figure out the balance of the true Ozzy sound and something that sounds better for a marching performance.

Strunc (pronounced Strun-ss) is also Student Council President, and he says over the summer he and his fellow members worked on freshman orientation.

“I had to give a couple of speeches to help motivate everyone and get everyone pumped up and that’s kind of what my job is,” said Strunc.

He’s also member of the One-Act Play program which has had great success. He says a lot of work went into the show which took them to the regional round.

“We practiced two times a week on Wednesdays and Sundays,” said Strunc. “We were actually in a time crunch at the end of it to put everything together, but we managed to pull through somehow and we went super far and I’m proud of everybody for that.”

Ethan Strunc Band Director Angie Liss noticed early in the season that Strunc was ad-libbing his drumbeats and not using sheet music which actually impressed her. He says the drumline is famous for not having their sheet music when they’re supposed to. Strunc likes to make music at home and even made drum cadences on the internet as a part time job during COVID. “That kind of helped with this,” said Strunc. “In a normal rehearsal, we were working on stand music. The drum line didn’t have their music, so I just kind of started playing a beat once I heard the music and instructed them with my hand to tell the bass drummers what to play for the beat. Slowly everything started coming together and it was as if we had the music.

It fooled everybody for the longest time.”

The interview with Ethan Strunc aired at halftime of the Howe vs. Pottsboro broadcast.

Kim Duncan recognized for dedication and overcoming accident

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First grade teacher Kim Duncan (left) pictured with Summit Hill Elementary School Principal Clarissia Doty. Doty recognized her talents and gave an emotional recognition of her to the school board on Tuesday night discussing her recovery from a motor vehicle accident on the night before school was released in May.

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Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson told the school board on Monday that they finished August with an enrollment of 1,239 students which is a little lower than normal. Attendance was somewhat low at 91 percent. He said that after asking other school districts, it is a common trend in the area. Wilson said that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is looking at some possible scenarios to keep school districts from losing funding from the low attendance rates.

“Last year they plugged the hole with some federal money,” said Wilson who said he didn’t expect that will happen again.

The STAAR performance clocked in at a 52 overall with the area average being 49.6. The 52 is an average of the categories of approaches, meets, and masters scores. Previously, the score was derived strictly from approaches which made the score much higher. The approaches were 81 percent, meets was 53 percent, and masters was 23 percent. The CCMR was 62 percent is down, but the criteria have changed, and they knew that number would drop. The graduation rate improved to 96 percent from 88.

He said they did not get an academic achievement score due to no student scores in 2020.

In STAAR Academic Achievement (reading and math scores), Howe was at 67 percent compared to the area at 54.

“We compare pretty favorably to our neighbors,” said Wilson.

“We’re never happy with what we have, but it’s kind of like playing golf. Whatever you get, you feel like you could have done a little better. We’re going to keep working at it.”

In regard to COVID, he said it hit the high school the week of August 30 where 22 positive cases happened in the ISD that week.

The next week saw another 25 and the vast majority were at the high school. The other campuses saw very minimal cases. The middle school had several last week.

“It is winding down compared to the previous two weeks,” said

Wilson.

“Hopefully that trend will continue.”

Wilson said the “Delta Variant” is affecting children more but says that as of now they are managing.

Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson

“As of now, I don’t see evidence of a lot of spread between our schools, so my personal opinion is that is not something we should entertain at this point,” said Wilson in regard to a mask mandate.

When the school year began, TEA recommended, but not required that family members of positive cases to quarantine.

Howe ISD has followed that recommendation, but he says the data is showing the about 40 percent of siblings of positive COVID students are eventually becoming positive. The parents, however, are less than 10 percent.

Wilson says he’s going to track this closely this month in order to determine whether a mandatory quarantine should be dictated with siblings.

Wilson accepted resignations from Donnie Wilson and Miranda Schnitker. There are two open positions which he said were very close to being filled. One is an additional nursing position which will split time between campuses.

A classroom aid position is the other opening.

Wilson said concrete was to be poured early Tuesday morning at Bulldog Stadium near the concession stand area. The track is scheduled to be completed by the middle of this week as they are working around football games.

“They’re trying not to interfere with our games,” said Wilson.

“We had to move middle school games last week and I didn’t want to do that again so they’re playing here Thursday night and a home varsity game Friday night. So, they’re losing some days (to work) but they’re supposed to work Saturday and Sunday to keep on schedule.”

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Pottsboro continues streak over Bulldogs, win 59-14

Carson Daniels (20) rushed for 136 yards on Friday night.

Photo by Michelle Carney The Howe Bulldogs (0-4) hosted the Pottsboro Cardinals (1-2) Friday night at Bulldog Stadium.

Again Howe’s offense looked outstanding at times, but the defense continued its streak of allowing over 400 yards of offense to opponents as Pottsboro accumulated 481 total yards of offense, 316 of which were on the ground.

The Cardinals raced out to an early lead and never looked back.

After leading 42-0 at the half, they finished out the win, 59-14 for their first victory of the season.

Howe rushed for 138 yards and passed for 265. Carson Daniels had the biggest rushing game of his career with 136 yards on 24 carries. It’s also Howe’s most since Jalen Thornton rushed for 177 in week six of 2019. Cooper Jones finished with nine catches for 129 yards to lead Howe. It’s the most for a Howe receiver since Ty Harvey had 129 yards in week five of the 2017 season.

Since Matt Poe became the head coach at Pottsboro, he’s owned Howe with a 14-1 overall record.

Howe’s only win over him came in 2010 where Howe won at home, 20-13. It’s also the last time Howe won as Friday night’s game made it 11-straight. Howe hasn’t won at Pottsboro since 1988. In the last four matchups, Pottsboro has outscored Howe 180-17.

Howe vs. Pottsboro Broadcast of the game Howe lost the initial coin toss which gave Pottsboro the ball first. It only took the Cards two plays to score as Major McBride scored his first of five touchdowns on the night. He raced 41 yards to the south endzone, and Pottsboro led 7-0 after the Dionis Morina PAT. Howe’s first possession was a clock killer, which traveled 66 yards, but came up empty and a turnover on downs gave Pottsboro the ball at their own 35 yard line.

But on the second play, McBride found himself free again and went 43 yards for his second score.

Morina, who was successful on all PATs made the score 14-0 with 5:27 left in the first.

Howe’s next possession began at their own 10 yard line after a miscue on the kick return. Quarterback Austin Haley’s arm was hit as he threw a third down pass which landed in the lap of Jake Kubik of Pottsboro who ran it back for the score. Howe trailed 21-0 with 4:41 left in the first. It was the first of four interceptions

by Haley who was pressured and harassed all night from the Cardinals defense.

His second interception came on the next possession when his arm was again hit as he threw. It land-

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HHS grades (Continued from page 1)

knocked it out of the park on improvement.”

In ELA/Reading, all categories of approaches, meets and masters were improved.

In Mathematics, which is an algebra test, students that approached the standard were at 91 percent which is up from 63 percent—an astonishing 28 percent jump.

“Looking around the area, there were not a lot of 90 percents,” said Kempson. “I think Van Alstyne and Gunter were the only other two schools in the area that were at 90 percent. That’s Coach (Billy) McCormack. I want to recognize him—he knocked it out of the park in math. He has high expectations for next year.”

In the meets category, the score was up from 33 percent to 54 per-

a cent and masters improved from 10 percent to 23 percent.

In Science, the scores went from 93 to 94 percent in the approaches. But the substantial improvement came in meets which went from 60 to 81 percent. Masters jumped from 12 percent to 29 percent.

In Social Studies, the scores were high to begin with. The 95, 78, and 48 percent in approaches, meets, and masters saw a comparison of 96, 81, and 39 percent.

The only thing that kept Howe from an A overall was the CCR score which is from the COVID year which is a year behind.

“I think our next Campus Improvement Meeting that’s coming up—I think we’re going to go ahead and try to shoot for that A for next year,” said Kempson.

Bulldogs

Smoke from the Pottsboro Cardinal tunnel blanketed the field and delayed action for a few minutes. Photo by Michelle Carney (Continued from page 4)

ed into the arms of Cooper Townsley and Pottsboro took the ball at the Howe 39 yard line. It took them five plays to capitalize when McBride scored from three yards out to make it 28-0 with 0:46 remaining in the first quarter.

Howe’s next possession ended on a punt after seven plays. Pottsboro only needed two plays to score when quarterback Halen Flanagan, alternating with starting quarterback Jett Carroll, found Jude Bentley for a 76-yard aerial.

The score moved to 35-0 with 7:28 left in the second quarter.

After a Howe punt, Pottsboro scored once more before half on a 3-play, 74-yard drive with Carroll

finding Reid Thompson in the right side of the north endzone.

With 2:15 left in the half, Pottsboro led, 42-0.

Howe looked like they would score before the half when Haley hit Jones for a 34-yard reception to the 10 yard line. But Townsley stepped in front of a pass intended for Ethan Lopez in the endzone for his second interception of the half.

Howe took the ball to begin the second half and were unable to capitalize and had to punt. Pottsboro took advantage of the short field at the Howe 47 yard line and scored on a 10-play drive and finished on a 35-yard field goal by

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21-25. Howe will travel to Leonard on Tuesday and will host Blue Ridge on Friday.

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Lonestar Bandits come up short in the Kayak Fishing League Championship A sharp change in weather conditions on Lake Chickamauga for the Kayak Fishing League National Championship matchup between The Lonestar Bandits and The Massachusetts Maulers may not have been welcomed by the anglers, but both teams were eager to start the day regardless of rain, fog and virtually no wind or current.

The Maulers were off to an early lead with the Bandits experiencing a “late day bite.” With 20 minutes left in the game, the Bandits came within a single fish of winning the championship. It gave evidence of just how evenly matched the two teams were going into the game. The Bandits want to congratulate the Maulers for their victory in the first ever KFL – Kayak Fishing League championship matchup.

The Bandits wasted no time turning their attention toward 2022.

Two anglers have been added to the roster, Caleb Helbig of Conroe and John Mooney of Garrison. Both men were named KFL ALL-PROS for 2021 with Mooney was ranked eighth and

Helbig ranked tenth on the KFL scoring list. In addition, the Bandits are pleased to announce that Kristopher Delgado, known as Texas Slim, has accepted a position as Team Promoter. Texas Slim is a living legend when it comes to social media and will no doubt propel the Bandits to the forefront of Texas Kayak Fishing.

The Lonestar Bandits would like to express gratitude to their fans for the encouragement they received throughout the 2021 season. Team members Jerod Brockelman of Howe, Jason Campbell of Honey Grove, Deric Miller of South Lake, Jim Louviere of Keller (team owner/ captain), Cliff Allen of Wylie, Bryan Howell of Rowlett and Jeff Isham of College Station are thankful for the opportunity to represent Texas on the national scene. Each of these anglers are actively competing in individual events in addition to the KFL team.

CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE

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Dallas man arrested for Intoxication Manslaughter in Howe HOWE, Texas – A 20-year-old Dallas man is in the Grayson County Jail on charges of Intoxication Manslaughter after an early morning crash in Howe left a Missouri man dead.

Guillermo Munoz Garcia was driving south on U.S. Highway 75 in his black Dodge Challenger at approximately 2:30 a.m. when he struck a vehicle parked on the right shoulder of the highway.

Jordan Helenkamp, 28, of St. Louis, was in the driver’s seat of his Chevy Malibu at the time of the collision and was pronounced

dead at the scene.

A dog in Helenkamp’s vehicle was hurt in the crash and taken by officers to a veterinary hospital, but died of its injuries.

A passenger in Munoz Garcia’s vehicle suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.

Munoz Garcia was not injured.

If convicted, Munoz Garcia faces up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Audit (Continued from page 1)

America a split decision while leaving the question of whether illicit ballots were improperly cast or counted to the state’s attorney general.

The audit released Friday afternoon through painstakingly technical testimony concluded the final count of votes in the state's largest county of Maricopa showing President Joe Biden won Arizona was accurate, but it also included tens of thousands of ballots that were suspect and require more investigation.

The more than 50,000 ballots flagged by auditors for more investigation involved concerns ranging from people voting from addresses from which they had already moved to residents voting twice. The total in question was nearly five times the 10,400 vote margin that separated the two presidential candidates, giving Donald Trump's troops fresh reason to call for more scrutiny.

The job of resolving the question now falls to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican who has ambitions of winning a U.S. Senate seat in 2022.

Brnovich immediately seized the opportunity, announcing his office's election integrity unit would review the questionable ballots to determine if further action was warranted.

"I will take all necessary actions that are supported by the evidence and where I have legal authority," Brnovich tweeted a short while before the final official audit results were to be released.

"Arizonans deserve to have their votes accurately counted and protected."

Across the country, Republican efforts to audit results in states like Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania got a glimpse of what may be in store politically as well as a roadmap for what issues to review. Democrats and their media allies declared the election integrity issues to be over.

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HISD Employee Spotlight: Chelsea Nail Howe High School English teacher Chelsea Nail is this week’s Howe ISD Spotlight. She was Region 10 Teacher of the Year which was a voting by peers at campus level and up to district. After a strict application process, she was honored.

“I’m a small town kid who grew up to be a small town teacher and it seemed like a really big deal,” said Nail who will be recognized at the state luncheon in Austin in October.

Nail has been at Howe ISD for eight years. She taught freshman English for the first five years and is in her third year teaching juniors.

“The biggest difference is not having the state test freshman year,” said Nail. “The juniors are more involved; they are so fun.

They’ve figured it out high school and what they like and what they don’t like and what they’re involved in. It’s fun to see that growth from freshman year to junior year.”

She is a Pilot Point native and has always wanted to be a teacher.

She says as a youngster she would ask for teacher supplies for Christmas and would makeshift her closet into a classroom.

“It’s just a hopeless romantic point of view of wanting to make the world a better place,” said Nail. “Where is a better place to do that than in the classroom?

You can affect so many people within just a year.”

Nail says the small town feel is what he loves about Howe ISD.

Her mother is a teacher in Celina and her sister is a teacher in Prosper in much larger districts and marvel at the idea of knowing almost every student in high school.

“I now have my own kid. She’s five-years-old and is in kindergarten and that idea of being able to go to the football game and feeling like she can run around in the stands and be safe and she’s going to see someone she knows. It just feels like a good place to call home,” said Nail.

Her first grade teacher, Mrs. Simpson, at Pilot Point made a difference in her life and instilled a love for learning for her.

“We’ve stayed in contact, and she came to my wedding. She came to my baby shower. She’s still so involved in our lives and always reminding us of the value of education,” said Nail.

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Bulldogs

Cooper Jones caught nine passes for 129 yards on Friday—the most for a Howe receiver since 2017. Photo by Michelle Carney.

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Morina. Pottsboro led 45-0 with 7:17 remaining in the third quarter.

Howe’s next possession traveled 61 yards on seven plays and appeared to be heading for points again, but an unblocked Cooper Dobbs rushed from the left side and tipped a Haley pass which was intercepted by Morina with 4:40 left in the third.

Pottsboro drove the 88 yards needed on five plays and McBride picked up his fourth touchdown of the night on a 9-yard scamper.

Pottsboro’s lead moved to 52-0 with 2:44 left in the third.

The two teams traded punts before Carson Daniels broke loose for a 58-yard score to break the shutout. The run ended a 4-play drive that covered 82 yards. The Daniel Del Angel PAT made it 527 with 9:26 left in the game.

make it 59-14 with 4:41 left.

On that throw, Haley passed Jay Skipworth in all-time passing yards and slipped him into second place behind Chase Fountain. Also that throw leaped him ahead of Rick Hanning for career touchdown passes with 25.

Haley finished with 265 yards passing giving him a career total of 3,108 yards.

Pottsboro punted on their next possession and Howe fumbled at the Pottsboro five yard line as they appeared they were going to score again just before the finish.

The Howe losing streak reaches 16 games and things do not appear to get any easier as the Bulldogs will make the 90 plus mile trip to Winnsboro (2-2) on Friday.

The Red Raiders are 0-1 in district play after losing a shootout with Mineola in the district opener, 36-35.

Austin Haley watch

But Pottsboro and McBride quickly got the points back on the first play from scrimmage when he raced 53 yards to the south endzone. Pottsboro’s lead became 59-7 with 9:06 left in the game.

Passing Yards

Howe drove the field on their next drive and finished off a 9play, 66-yard drive that took 4:30 off the clock. Haley hit Kaleb McNutt for a 25-yard score to

Passing Touchdown 39—Jay Skipworth 36—Chase Fountain 25—Austin Haley

3,749—Chase Fountain

3,108—Austin Haley

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Howe students pray at the pole

Students from each Howe ISD campus got together at the flag pole on Wednesday morning for the “See You At The Pole” - a designated date for students to gather to pray with each other.

The photo above is from Howe High School and the photo below is students from Summit Hill Elementary School. The event is organized nationally by https:// syatp.com/

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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, REMAX REALTORS (903) 821-7653 yourrealtorsheryl@gmail.com Michael Taylor – Keller Williams Realty P.O. Box 575 Howe TX 75459 mtaylor@kw.com RESTAURANTS El Patio Escondido Mexican Restaurant & Cantina 495 W. Van Alstyne Pkwy, P.O. Box 637 Van Alstyne TX 75495 elpatioescondido.com 903-482-5538 williampacheco519@yahoo.com Palio’s Pizza Cafe 303 W. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 https://www.palioshowe.com/ 903-532-0390 paliospizza@att.net ROOFING

NON-PROFIT Goodwill Industries of Northeast Texas 2206 E. Lamar St. Sherman, TX 75090 goodwillnorthtexas.org spierce@goodwillnorthtexas.org United Way of Grayson County 713 E. Brockett P.O. Box 1112 Sherman, Texas 75091 903.893.1920 PHOTOGRAPHY Illuminated by Lanay Lanay Rentrom 972-215-9886 lanay@illuminatedbylanay.com PLUMBING 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

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 WELDING Robertson Welding Service 1716 Baker Rd. C Sherman, TX 75090 903-328-6588 carobertson1975@yahoo.com

2021 Howe Chamber event schedule

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce is organized for the purpose of advancing the commercial, industrial, civic and general interest of the City of Howe, Texas.

Howe, Texas is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 75, State Highway 5, and Farm Road 902, on the Southern Pacific line ten miles south of Sherman in southern Grayson County. Howe is the highest point between the Red River and the Gulf of Mexico at 873 ft above sea level. The city was originated in 1872. The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce was first organized in 1964, with President Cleon Hamilton. It was reorganized in 1972 with Ray Hamilton as president. In 1984, it was once again reorganized with President James Ogle. In 2015, the organization revamped for the fourth time under new leadership from President Robert Cannaday. The current elected president in 2021 is Monte Walker.

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City of Howe SECONDS COUNT IN AN EMERGENCY! That's why the City of Howe has instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra highspeed 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 pre-recorded message describing the situations to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area possibly including instructions requiring action on the part of the recipient.

Once the situation is remedied, another call will be placed to the area signaling that the issue has been addressed and that normal activities can be resumed.

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

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Cityofhowe.org City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Bill French City Administrator: Jeff Stanley City Secretary: Joy Stevens Assistant City Secretary: Kerri Cheatham Utility Billing and Municipal Court 116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: Gina Jones (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: Benjamin Fuhr Howe Fire Department 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet

2021-22 City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill WATER RATES Base (Minimum) Rate: $28.51 (uniform rate) Volume (Gallons): 1,000 Volume Charge: $7.82 p/ 1,000 gal. for 1,001-4,000 gallons $8.77 p/ 1,000 gal. for 4,001-20,000 gallons $9.76 p/ 1,000 gal. for 20,001-45,000 gallons $10.40 p/ 1,000 gal. for all consumption over 45,000 gallons CONNECTION, WATER TAP & METER INSTALLATION FEES Deposit: $150.00 Service Charge: $10.00 Connection: $20.00 Reconnect: $50.00 Tap Fees: (3/4” – 1”) = $900.00 (2” – 6”) = $1,500.00 Impact Fee: N/A New Meter Installations: 3/4” = $2,060.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 1” = $2,110.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 2” = $4,475.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 4” = $4,550.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) 6” = $6,110.00 (Tap Fee, Meter Installation, Deposit) Hydrant Meter Deposit: $2,000.00

Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Police Sergeant: Keith Milks

SEWER RATES & TAP FEES Base (Minimum) Rate: $35.28 (uniform rate) Volume (Gallons): 1,000 Volume Charge: $5.51 p/ 1,000 gallons Tap Fee: $900.00 Impact Fee: N/A

Economic Development 101 E. Haning St. 903-532-6080 EDC Director: Monte Walker

OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS

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 College Tax Rate Total (per $100 valuation)

$0.55 $1.33 $0.34 $0.17 $2.39

Planning & Zoning Commission Meets third Monday as needed

City of Howe Budget

$4,038,045

For more information visit the city website www.cityofhowe.org

City Council meets third Tuesday at 700 W. Haning St. at 6 pm.

Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation Meets as needed

WATER RATES Base (Minimum) Rate: $42.76 (uniform rate) Volume (Gallons): 1,000 Volume Charge: $11.74 p/ 1,000 gal. for next 4,000 gallons $13.16 p/ 1,000 gal. for next 20,000 gallons $14.65 p/ 1,000 gal. for next 20,000 gallons $15.59 p/ 1,000 gal. for all over 45,000 gallons CONNECTION, WATER TAP & METER INSTALLATION FEES **SAME AS INSIDE CITY LIMITS** SEWER RATES N/A

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7:30 pm. Tickets are $5 for general admission at the gate. At halftime, Howe High School at 200 Ponderosa Rd, will open for those who would like to gather together.

On Saturday morning at 9 am, the high school will open for coffee and donuts and at 11 am a $16 luncheon and a program will be held at the high school which will be catered by Dickey’s BBQ. On Saturday night, the Howe Ex -Students Association is hosting a scholarship benefit concert

featuring The Chicago Tribute Authority Texas which is a Chicago cover band featuring HHS graduate Rod Hawkins.

The alumni organization gives a $600 scholarship each year to Howe students with alumni ties.

Tickets can be purchased online through the Ex-Students square site https:// howealumni.square.site/ They have made tickets available for purchase by individual items or for full packages called the “Charles R. Thompson Package” which includes two tickets to all events for $140 or the “Arthur Boyle Package” which is one ticket to all events.

"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

Job Title PACKER workintexas.com Posting ID 14463905 Location Denison Posting Close Date 10/05/2021 https:// Posting Link bit.ly/3i1OMtw Description A local company is looking for a PACKER who will package our organic shiitake mushrooms in 5 pound cases.

The work environment is indoors. This is a low stress environment. Our workers must be willing to wear PPE, masks, gloves, hair coverings which we provide.

Description This position requires a High School Diploma or Equivalent, and a minimum of 1 year of related experience.

Job Title REGIONAL SERVICES SPECIALIST workintexas.com Posting ID 14792941 Location Sherman Posting Close Date 10/03/2021 Posting Link https:// bit.ly/3zGFs4h Description A local company is looking for a REGIONAL SERVICES SPECIALIST who will manage the TCEQ grant, which includes: Planning and Coordination of regional solid waste collection events; Environmental Outreach and Education at schools and community events. Recruitment of volunteers to serve on the Natural Resources Advisory Committee; Budget management and reporting.

Description This position requires a High School Diploma or Equivalent, and a minimum of 1 year of related experience.

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Texas History Minute Texas has produced many powerful political figures in its long history. In the 1930s, Texas had one of the most influential Ken Bridges congressional delegations in the nation, including Sen. Morris Sheppard, the Senate Minority Whip, House Speaker John Nance Garner, and other congressmen such as future House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Wright Patman. Among those figures was Congressman Hatton Sumners of Dallas, a 34-year veteran of Congress and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee for fourteen years, helping to shape the direction of the federal judiciary.

offices. By 1897, Sumners passed the bar exam and began his work as an attorney.

Hatton Sumners was born in 1875 on a farm in Lincoln County, Tennessee, on the border with Alabama. His father had been a Confederate officer during the Civil War, and his parents also operated a boarding school.

When he was 19, the family moved to Texas, settling in Garland, then a tiny community of just over 500 residents a few miles from Dallas.

In 1912, he was elected to Congress. He jumped into his work, quickly passing a bill to make Dallas a port of entry, easing the importation of products from abroad. Sumners was an enthusiastic supporter of the Federal Reserve Act to reform the nation’s banking system. He was instrumental in bringing the regional Federal Reserve Bank to Dallas.

The move solidified the position of Dallas as a major financial center in the state.

Sumners wanted to pursue higher education and was interested in a law career. However, money was tight; and there were few alternatives at the time. He went to the Dallas city attorney, Alfred Wonzencraft, and explained his plight.

Impressed by Sumners, Wozencraft hired him to work at his law firm, allowing him to study the law at night and even sleep in the

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In 1900, he decided to run for Dallas County Attorney. Though only having practiced for three years, Sumners won easily and became county attorney at the age of 25. He made shutting down gambling in the county a priority, a crusade that he claimed led to his defeat in the 1902 primary. He was re-elected in 1904 and convinced the state legislature to push through a bill making running a gambling establishment a felony. He declined to run for a third term in 1906 and was named president of the state district attorney’s association and spent the next few years running his own law firm.

His congressional colleagues acknowledged his expertise on constitutional law and had him assigned to the House Judiciary Committee in 1919. He worked on a number of reforms to the federal judiciary, including changes to case loads and retirements. Though he supported a

fair and transparent judiciary, he was often hostile to civil rights legislation, as were many southerners at the time.

Sumners became chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in 1932. As part of his committee work, he served as a House manager in the impeachment cases of three federal judges in their trials before the Senate. He also appeared as an attorney before the Supreme Court on several occasions to defend the interests of Congress in several cases. In 1934, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt prepared to grant independence to the Philippines, Sumners wrote a constitution for the islands.

In 1946, he announced his retirement after seventeen terms in Congress. He enjoyed a quiet life upon his return to Dallas. He lived on the campus of Southern Methodist University for several years while working as the Director of Research in Law and Government for the Southwestern Le-

Hatton Sumners gal Foundation. In 1949, he established the Hatton Sumners Foundation to offer scholarships to aspiring students and grants for researchers. He published a book outlining his ideas about government and the importance of the civic responsibilities of individuals in The Private Citizen and His Democracy in 1959. He died quietly in 1962.

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Christians are called to live God’s way Everyone wants a Savior especially if it’s free.

The Biblical concept of crucifying our carnal nature and becoming a living sacrifice for Christ Dr. Billy has never been Holland popular. The martyrs and everyone who faces persecution for Christ understand there is a cost to loving God with all our heart, soul, and mind. In the Old Testament God wanted to know who He could depend on and who would go for Him. What was He talking about? He was asking if there was anyone who would lay down their will and obey His. In the New Testament, we find the wealthy young ruler asking Jesus about what he needed to do to have eternal life and Jesus simply said to give me your heart and follow Me. We know that abandoning our will is honoring our side of the covenant agreement and we are deceived if we think that He will accept any other type of generic life we try to throw together.

Years before I started writing books, newspaper columns, and weekly blog articles, I penned Christian music lyrics that are painful to our old nature. Those of you who have listened to these songs know what I mean. Many have told me over the years that the music was so candid and convicting that only a small remnant of seekers would want to hear them. This has been true. I cannot count the number of times I have given them to someone, and they never mentioned them again. It’s intimidating when we hear Christ beckoning for us to come to His refining fire and crawl upon the hot coals. Nonetheless, sacrifice is at the core of the Christian faith. I admit I would much rather hear a message about blessings instead of how I need to pray as much as I play on my phone. It’s like everything else in life, when we are passionate about what we enjoy, we cannot get enough of it, but when we are trying to avoid something uncomfortable, we cannot run fast enough to get away from it. Sadly, this is often how we respond when it comes to what God desires for our lives.

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Do you think about your spiritual destiny? I realize we cannot see the future but we can at least make sure we are on the right path. We understand that abiding in the constant awareness of His presence and being obedient to His voice is essential, but do we ever plan to give Him complete control of our lives? For us to let go of our old ways and become a new creation, we must invite Christ to sit on the throne of our heart or we will never have a personal revelation of who He is. We are reminded about the true meaning of life which is loving God with all of our heart, mind, and strength, being filled with His Spirit, and knowing Him in the power of His resurrection.

God’s children are members of His body working together, developing and learning how to live for Him. Being changed into His image through a steady progression of giving Him control is the spiritual reality of growing and advancing into God’s perfect will.

We know that He is not pleased with many things happening around us today, but we must keep trusting Him and allowing His love and forgiveness to flow through us. When we read about certain individuals that had extraordinary experiences with the Lord, we notice they spent time with God in the secret places of isolation away from the voices of chaos. Remnant followers are drawn into the depths of His presence because they want to know His truth. They desire to go deeper into His endless sea of wisdom and revelation and are overwhelmed with His authority and His majestic power. Raising their hands and hearts to heaven, He touches them and fills them with the glory of His endless love.

“But we all with open face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” II Corinthians 3:18. Help us Oh God to have your discernment and agape love as we continue to fight on our knees in this spiritual war against evil principalities and rulers of darkness. We repent of our sins and bow down before you in humility and reverential fear of who you are. We love you and worship you. Amen.

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 Stephen 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 Summit View Church 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

Esther 4:14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

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Attorney General Paxton Joins 10State Coalition to Regulate Big Tech Censorship AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton led a 10-state coalition that filed an amicus brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Florida’s law that regulates censorship on Big Tech platforms by requiring them to apply their content-moderation practices in a consistent manner and to provide disclosures to affected users.

The brief explains why relevant provisions of Florida’s law are fully compatible with the First Amendment, which guarantees Americans’ right to freedom of speech, expression, and political beliefs.

“The regulation of big tech censorship will inevitably suppress the ideas and beliefs of millions of Americans,” said Attorney General Ken Paxton. “I will defend the First Amendment and ensure that conservative voices have the right to be heard. Big Tech does not have the authority to police the expressions of peo-

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ple whose political viewpoint they simply disagree with.”

Governor Abbott recently signed Texas’ House Bill 20 – similar to Florida’s law – in that it seeks to regulate “Big Tech.” H.B. 20 allows any resident in Texas banned from social media for their political beliefs to sue the social media platform that censored them. The attorney general would be able to sue on behalf of a Texas resident or residents that were banned or blocked by a platform due to discrimination based on their political views.

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Living with children Most of the problems today’s parents are experiencing in the course of raising children are due to a faulty “parentJohn view.”

Just as Rosemond one’s worldview consists of attitudes, values, and expectations concerning the world and his or her place in it, a person’s parent-view is primarily constituted of one’s definition of their parental responsibilities.

That definition can be inferred from how a parent talks about and to her children, behaves toward them, and her parenting stress level.

Our collective parent-view has changed dramatically since the 1960s, as evidence by equally dramatic changes in parent behavior, child behavior, and child and teen mental health. Today’s parents are more involved in their children’s lives, today’s families are more likely to be childcentric, the behavior of today’s kids is significantly more problematic, and child and teen mental health since the 1960s has plummeted as the per-capita number of child therapists has increased exponentially. Something is wrong.

That something will not be corrected by better disciplinary strategies, more child therapists, giving more children psychiatric drugs, or a media that provides parents with more parenting resources, all of which should be obvious by now. It will be corrected when we correct our cultural parent-view, and not before.

I’ve written books on this issue.

This, however, is a newspaper column; thus, I am only able herein to summarize a few salient points. Here goes.

I was raised in the 1950s. When I acted like a certain situation was “all about me,” my parents told me I was acting too big for my britches and to get down off my high horse. Today’s parents seem not to notice when their children burst their britches. Making matters that much worse, they put their children up on high horses.

Behavior has consequences.

My parents were the center of attention in my family. Today’s children are the center of attention in theirs. (By the way, in case the reader hasn’t figured it out, my parents’ and my peers parents’ parent-views were all but identical.) Two entirely different approaches to the raising of children will result in two entirely different outcomes.

As a child, I was loved and knew it, but my parents made no fuss over me. I was most definitely not a Big Deal. Today’s kids are BIG DEALS. For example, if I made a mountain out of a molehill, my parents told me I was being foolish. Today’s parents are afraid to tell their children the truth about themselves, fearing that such truth might cause them to topple off their high horses.

In the halcyon days of American childhood, we enjoyed cultural consensus concerning children and the purpose of their upbringing (which was NOT to make them feel special). Today, we have no such consensus. It is even rare to find two married parents who occupy the same parenting page.

That lack of consensus causes mistrust, defensiveness, stress, and argument, all of which make it difficult for children to know what expectations are valid and which are not.

One’s primary obligation in the raising of a child is not to one’s child but to one’s neighbor. As paradoxical as it may sound, that understanding makes for a sturdy parent-view and a generally high level of child well-being. That’s what my parents taught me, not that long ago.

Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond.com, parent guru.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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