Chelsie Nail—Spotlight

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

Passing Yards

3,749—Chase Fountain 3, 108—Austin Haley

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