59.21 Howe Enterprise October 4, 2021

Lady Bulldogs fall to Leonard and Blue Ridge

Howe FFA hosting Texas Hold ‘em tournament

The Howe Lady Bulldogs dropped two district

The Howe FFA Booster Club is hosting their an-

On the night before school was let out for the

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Bandsman of the Week, pg. 2 Lady Bulldog Volleyball, pg. 6 HHS Homecoming Court, pg. 7 Howe Youth Football, pg. 9 Segregated schools, pg. 10 Chamber members, pg. 11 World Awakening, pg. 13 Hot Jobs, pg. 13 Christian, pg. 15 Parenting, pg. 16 Past front pages, pg. 17-24

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Howe Fire Department assisted Gunter in controlled brush fire

Longtime KXII weatherman refuses jab, loses job Last week we got word that a football parent said I was killing the team (meaning the varsity football team). I honestly feel like the biggest Bulldogs fan maybe of alltime so that cut pretty hard. After writing a 1,500 word “Montetorial” on the subject and bouncing it off the wife—it was decided best to take the high road and Control-A, delete. I’m a fan of the Bulldogs and I can’t apologize for pointing out any successes that they are achieving, whether as a team or individuals.

When I coached them, I constantly told them that I loved each and every one of them.

That doesn’t change—win, lose, or overtime. Trust me, it is painstaking to write about their losses.

Sometimes objectivity sees a beautiful rose.

Sometimes it is painfully the opposite. But none of it changes my support and admiration of our hometown team. Dogs—I love each and every one of you.

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.

Tom Miller has been in living rooms across North Texas and Southern Oklahoma since February 1988, but Friday was his last day at KXII-TV as he was unwilling to proceed with a mandatory vaccine due to religious reasons.

According to Open VAERS, COVID vaccine adverse event reports have shown 15,937 deaths to this point and has resulted in 7,582 heart attacks.

The vaccines have also left 20,789 per-

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Tom Miller was weatherman for KXII for 33 years. KXII photo.

Rugged Red open new stadium with win over Howe

At 5:20 pm on Tuesday, the Howe Fire Department was called to assist Gunter for a grass fire at FM 902 and Fallon Rd. As Gunter’s Brush 1594 was responding, they requested a Tender and Brushtruck from both Collinsville Fire Rescue and Howe Fire Department.

Gunter responded with Brush 1593, Brush 1594 and Ten-

All-School Reunion committee placing final touches on the Oct. 15-16 events The Howe All-School reunion will take place October 15-16 and the committee is placing the final ribbons on the big, planned weekend event.

Committee members have t-shirts ordered, BBQ ordered, concert tickets printed, and now just wait for their brand new Red Raider former classmates to Stadium after 82 years show up and remiat the previous field nisce about their days due east a block. The at ol’ Howe High. The “Rugged Red” racked reunion is not just for (Continued on page 4) graduates as some

Winnsboro’s Crayton Kilka ran for 146 of their 612 total yards Friday.

Photo by Michelle Carney.

The Howe Bulldogs (0-5, 0-2) were the victims of the Winnsboro Red Raiders’ high-octane offense as they opened their

Committee member Randy Hayes displays the reunion tshirt. classmates moved off to other schools and graduated elsewhere—hence the

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der 1595. This turned out to be a controlled burn but part of it had jumped the fireline due to the winds associated with the front.

The fire that jumped the fireline was extinguished. Once the rest was inspected and determined to be sufficient, the controlled burn was allowed to be re-ignited.

Chamber has vendor spaces open for Downtown Howe -lloween Festival The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce has vendor spaces open for the annual Downtown Howe-lloween Festival scheduled for October 30. The west side of Haning Street (including the middle of the street) has filled up for the most part, but the east side of the alley is wide open.

Food vendors so far are Mama D’s Tamales, Chill Out Shaved Ice, and Taqueria Montoya (taco truck).

Vendors can register here: https:// qrgo.page.link/6K9uJ

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Bandsman of the week: Kaitlyn Fuhr This week’s Bandsman of the Week is Kaitlyn Fuhr. She began in the band program in fifth grade and says it’s fun and she loves it.

As part of the Leadership Team, she says she’s the teacher’s “mini -me” and helps other students with questions that they may have.

The show this year is train themed and she says it’s going differently than what they had originally prepared for. She says she hopes they can get “to that place we don’t talk about.” said Fuhr.

She’s also a part of the volleyball team and snapped a district losing streak against Whitewright a couple of weeks ago. She says the win was awesome and was much needed. She says that it has brought the team together.

Fuhr is also involved with softball

Kaitlyn Fuhr

and National Honor Society. Her favorite teacher is Mrs. Angie Liss who she says is like a mom-figure to her.

Howe FFA hosting Texas Hold ‘em tournament fundraiser

The Howe FFA Booster Club is hosting their annual Texas Hold ‘Em Fundraiser with tournament dates beginning October 9. The entry fee is $50 with 50 percent payouts plus gift cards to all players at the final table.

There will be a total of five tournaments, the first four tournaments will decide the winners for the final table in May 2022. The first and second place finishers in the first four tournaments will be in the final tournament where cash and prizes will be awarded to all eight players. Each tournament will begin at 6 pm with contestants asked to arrive 15 to 30 minutes prior to start time to get signed in and positions drawn for the tournament.

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The entry fee is $50 per person with an “Additional Chips Buy’s” available for all players that wish to participate. Contestants can only place first or second once to reserve their spot at the final table. Entry fees can be paid by

cash/check or credit card. All players must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

Concessions will be available at each tournament and food, or drinks will not be allowed from the outside.

Tournament dates are as follows: October 9, 2021 November 13, 2021 March 26, 2022 April 16, 2022 May 14, 2022

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manently disabled. CDC Director Rochelle Walenski admitted recently that the vaccine cannot prevent transmission of COVID19. a

Miller’s passion for meteorology in college where he graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in meteorology and a minor in geography. His on-air work earned him the American Meteorologist Society’s AMS Sealed Approval.

In the small market television news media, anchors rotate as quickly as the loss of flavor from a stick of Juicy Fruit gum. That makes Miller’s 33-year stint with KXII even more impressive. His payment for his loyalty to KXII and Gray Television was a feeble handshake, presumably in gloves and mask.

Co-workers past and present say his passion and positivity about his work are some of his best traits.

“His cheerful attitude in the morning is very infectious,” said former KXII Morning Anchor Lauren Smith in a 2018 tribute to Miller. “Not everyone is cheerful when they have to wake up at 3 am and have to go into work. He definitely has a great attitude that is contagious and helps our crew and everyone in Texoma wake up in the morning.”

Former KXII News Anchor Alan Crone said that in the nearly 12 years of working with Miller, he never heard him grumble or complain about anything.

Other colleagues say that Miller is the same type of person inperson as what people see on television—kind, helpful, and trying to make everyone’s job easier.

Showing the longevity of Tom Miller at KXII is a photo of KMKT-FM’s Zac Grantham as a child and as an adult.

Courtesy photo.

Dan Thomas—former Evening News Anchor at KXII. KXII photo.

Miller was not the only employee shown the door by Gray Television (parent company of KXII) as Evening News Anchor Dan Thomas found himself no longer employed at the company.

Thomas started his career in Oklahoma City as an Associate Producer but quickly moved on to reporting and anchoring. He’s an Oklahoma City native and spent much of his youth working at his family’s appliance store in Edmond, OK where he learned the value of a hard day’s work. He’s an Oklahoma State University alumnus.

The Howe Enterprise reached out to all parties for a statement regarding the dismissal of the employees and received no response. To our knowledge, we are the only news outlet providing information on this story.

Although, on KXII and KTEN websites, you can find out where to get the vaccine or booster shot.

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Bulldogs

Xadrian Nance (15) of Winnsboro scores on a 12-yard pass from Kyler Finney late in the first half.

Photo by Michelle Carney.

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up a total of 612 yards on the night which is the most any Howe team has ever allowed an opponent. The previous high was a 608 -yard performance by the Van Alstyne Panthers in 2008 under then-Howe Head Coach Stony Coffman. The 70 points allowed to Winnsboro is not the most in school history as Van Alstyne and Waskom each scored 71 against the Dogs in 1992 and 2014, respectively. It is the second time in the last seven games played that Howe has allowed 70 points.

Mineola scored that total at Howe a year ago.

Friday night was also the first time Howe had not reached the 300-yard mark of total offense as they fell short at 277. Turnovers contributed heavily to the shaved numbers as Howe fumbled four times by four different ball carriers and one interception was thrown in the early portion of the fourth quarter.

The bright spot for Howe in the first half was a 34-yard field goal by senior placekicker Daniel Del Angel to give the Dogs their only points heading into the locker room. In the second half, Howe finally reached the endzone when Howe’s quarterback hit Cooper Jones for a 14-yard touchdown.

Near the end of the game, Howe’s Kaleb McNutt, who came in at quarterback for the injured firstteam quarterback launched a high heave down the middle of the

Howe vs. Winnsboro Broadcast of the game field where receiver Ethan Lopez turned his body and made a great catch and raced the final yards needed for the 59-yard score. The receptions by Jones and Lopez were their first receiving touchdowns of the season.

Winnsboro moved to 3-2 on the season with a district record of 11. They lost a nail-biter the previous week to Mineola, 36-35. Friday night, they cut through the Bulldogs defense like a hot knife through warm butter as they were led on the ground by a running back tandem of senior Crayton Klika who amassed 146 yards on eight carries and two touchdowns and junior Jacob Russell who tallied 162 yards on six carries and two touchdowns. Sophomore quarterback Kyler Finney threw for three touchdowns to three different receivers on the night as he finished 13-of-18 for 233 yards through the air.

Winnsboro raced out to an early 7 -0 lead after a Klika 30-yard score. Russell went 44 yards on their next possession to make it 14-0. Howe had a great opportunity after the Del Angel field goal which left the score at 14-3.

Finney fumbled which fell into the lap of linebacker Carson Daniels and Howe was in business at midfield. A score on that posses-

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Howe’s new run-through tunnel flipped the breaker at the beginning of the game at the new Red Raider Stadium.

Photo by Michelle Carney.

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sion would have made it a 4-point game. However, a fumble on the first play set up a Finney to Will Wilcox 13-yard touchdown which swing the game to a 13-point lead at 20-7 which Howe would never be able to recover from.

The Red Raiders’ next possession ended on a Finney to Xadrian Nance 12-yard touchdown pass.

Logan Baker capped off a 2-point conversion to give the “Rugged Red” a 28-3 lead. Finney would add one more scoring strike before the half—this one to Hayden Deaton for 19 yards to give Winnsboro a 35-3 halftime score.

In the second half, Howe’s quarterback suffered numerous hard hits and at one point had to leave the game and was spelled by McNutt. But the half opened with a Klika 14-yard scoring scamper which upped the lead to 42-3 ending a 2-play, 53-yard drive.

Bryce Crosby recovered a Red Raider fumble and returned it to the Winnsboro 8 yard line which set up the 14-yard touchdown pass to Jones. That narrowed the gap to 42-10 with 5:44 left in the third.

But Winnsboro answered back immediately as backup quarterback Rey Soto raced 35 yards for the score to make it 49-10.

With Howe’s starting quarterback out of the game, a turnover feast ensued with Winnsboro’s Angel Hernandez picking off a pass.

Howe’s Luis Gonzalez caused a Winnsboro fumble; however, Howe gave it right back to them on a fumble.

With the Red Raiders pinned back

at their own 6 yard line, the speedy Russell found the corner and churned 94 yards for the longest touchdown at the new stadium—a record that may last a while. With the score at 56-10, mass substitutions on both sides of the ball took place and Howe’s backup running back was stripped of the ball which was taken directly to the endzone to make it 63-10 with 6:26 left in the game.

On the final meaningful drive by Howe, McNutt launched a prayer of a throw to Lopez who leaped, turned, and scored to make it 6317 with 3:51 left.

Winnsboro with backups in place, scored on a 20-yard run by Cole Graves to round out the scoring at 70-17.

Howe was led in passing by their starting quarterback who was 14of-31 for 159 yards and a touchdown. McNutt was 1-of-3 for 59 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Carson Daniels led Howe ballcarriers with 41 yards on 15 carries. Antwone Rattler carried once for 28 yards. Cooper Jones led the Dogs with eight catches for 101 receiving yards.

Daniels had four catches for 37 yards. Lopez caught two balls for 65 and a touchdown and Ryan Hough caught one pass for 15 yards.

Defensively, Howe is allowing 502 yards per game which is 109 yards per game more than a year ago which was worst in the program’s history.

Howe will travel to Emory Rains (1-3, 0-2) Friday night. The Wildcats lost to Mount Vernon in the district opener, 56-21 and were blanked by Pottsboro Friday night, 45-0.

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Lady Bulldogs show great enthusiasm after a great play.

Photo by Alexa Brunner.

The Howe Lady Bulldogs dropped two district matchups last week as they traveled to Leonard and hosted Blue Ridge.

On Tuesday, Leonard won 3-0 in sets of 25-12, 25-21, and 25-14.

Korie Bouse led Howe with one ace, one kill, eight digs, and 14 assists. Kendall Griffin had nine digs to lead the team and also

Howe vs. Blue Ridge contributed seven kills. Emery Snapp led the Lady Bulldogs with nine kills and added an assist.

Howe lost to Blue Ridge in three sets on Friday. The Lady Tigers are 19-4 overall.

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2021 HHS Homecoming Court

The Howe High School Homecoming Court has been announced. Those selected are (left to right in the photo above): Will Fleming, Alicia Flores, Ethan

Lopez, Avery Snapp, Jared Brussow, Landery Sanders, Luke Lopez. Hadley Cheatham, Asher Reinhard, and Chloe Scoggins.

CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE

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HISD Employee Spotlight: Kim Duncan

Reunion

On the night before school was let out for the summer, Howe ISD first grade teacher Kim Duncan was in a major car accident.

Luckily, she did not experience internal injuries but did suffer two broken ankles and a broken arm.

She spent seven days in the hospital and at a rehab facility for six days.

“It was a long summer with recuperating, but I had a good support system with my family, my church family, and my school family,” said Duncan. “Friends took care of me and also took care of kids and my husband. Everyone got fed and everyone got to where they needed to go.”

With a clear doctor’s report, she says she’s pretty much back to normal with walking and getting around.

Mrs. Duncan has been at Howe ISD for 18 years now and is the only district she’s taught. Combined, this is her 12th year to teach first grade. She spent six years of intervention for kindergarten through fifth grade.

She grew up in Bells, Texas where she attended school there from fourth grade through graduation. Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson was her junior high principal.

Former Howe students check-in at the All-School Reunion in 2015.

Staff photo.

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from her teachers and coaches.

Current Bells Superintendent Trisha Meek is still sought for advice as she was her mentor at Bells ISD. She moved from the old elementary school campus to the new Summit Hill campus and says there’s lots of room, but they’re filling it up.

Duncan says that she loves Howe ISD because of the students.

“I feel like he’s still the same. He was very supportive of students back then and I feel like he is still that way today,” said Duncan.

“He’s the same type of guy now that he was back then.”

“Whether I had them last year or 17 years ago, I still love seeing them and love hearing their stories,” said Duncan. “Being a small district, we haven’t grown so big where we forget those students, or they forget their teachers.”

Duncan got into the field of education because of her influence

She also said having her kids in the district is also a big part of it.

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Howe students with alumni ties.

name, Howe Ex-Students Association.

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.

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

All tickets purchased online will be at the gate Friday of the game and at the luncheon Saturday.

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Howe Youth Football Roundup

The Howe 3rd and 4th grade Bulldogs. Courtesy photo.

Submitted— The third and fourth grade Howe Bulldogs squared off against the Whitewright Tigers on Saturday and won, 34-0. The Bulldogs offense started fast with Easton Ganow scoring on a long touchdown. Jaxon Windon and Sean Douglas followed that up later with touchdowns of their own.

The final offensive touchdown was a 55-yard pass from quarterback Eli Espita to receiver Elijah Willoughby. The offensive line provided great protection on that pass and got stronger as the game went on. The line was led by Weldon Oswalt, Colton Bender, Adrian Silva, and Brodie Sellers among others. Two of the conver-

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sions in the game were scored by Captain Hambrick and Noah Espita.

Later in the game the Bulldogs found the end zone again on a fumble recovery scoop-and-score

by Keegan Crosson. The defense held strong all day as Anders Bjorn dominated with an interception and three sacks. Other sacks on the day were recorded

by Nathan Focht, Kolbie Morris, and Austyn Navidad. Kellen Focht also forced and recovered a fumble.

The Bulldogs will prepare this week for Wolfe City, who they play next Saturday at noon.

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Students being segregated in Knox County, Tennessee Knox County School District is segregating students based on who does and doesn’t wear a mask. Parents of Knox County, Tennessee, took to Facebook to call out Knox County School District’s treatment of their students for refusing to wear a mask.

One school of focus has been West Valley Middle School, located in Knoxville. One parent said kids have been bullied by the administration and were told they would have to eat lunch after everyone else since they didn’t want to wear a mask.

Another claimed maskless middle school students were isolated from the rest of their peers. Images started being spread throughout social media of West Valley Middle School students holding up signs on the windows of their isolation room in protest.

Knox County Schools confirmed this segregation Wednesday morning. KCSD said 722 students were isolated from other students, and it wasn’t just middle school students. KCSD spokesperson Carly Harrington said of the 722 students, 207 were elementary students, 235 were middle school students, and

280 were high school students.

This segregation could be illegal under the U.S. Supreme Court’s “separate but equal” doctrine when ruling segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954.

The Knox County Board of Education had a meeting on Wednesday night to close the controversial day. Masks were not on the agenda for the meeting, which meant speakers were not allowed to bring up masks during the public forum.

Over 60 years ago, in September of 1959, several AfricanAmerican families in Knoxville took a courageous step forward.

It had been five years since the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.

With that in mind, more than a dozen Knoxville students, along with their parents, went to allwhite schools -- including East High, Fulton High and Mountain View Elementary -- and asked to enroll. They were denied because of their race, and that refusal set in motion a lawsuit that eventually led to the desegregation of Knoxville’s schools.

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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

2021-22 Local taxation

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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World awakening Special Counsel John Durham has issued a new package of subpoenas, including to a law firm closely linked to Hillary Clinton's 2016 election campaign, indicating that Durham may be trying to build a broader criminal case, according to people briefed on the matter. So far, Durham's two-year investigation into the FBI's Russia investigation has not led to the cases Republicans had hoped for.

The subpoena for the documents was issued earlier this month after Durham accused Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann of lying to the FBI at a September 2016 meeting. During this meeting, Sussmann handed over data that allegedly demonstrate links between the Trump Organization and the Russian Alfa Bank. This information became part of the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, but ultimately the FBI was unable to find evidence of a connection. In seeking additional documents

from Sussmann's former law firm, Perkins Coie, investigators from the special prosecutor's office seem to be paying more attention to the Democrats' political apparatus during the 2016 campaign and efforts to link Trump to Russia.

Perkins Coie's clients in 2016 included representatives of the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. *** United Airlines is preparing to lay off almost 600 employees who refused the Covid-19 vaccine.

In August, the company said all of its 67,000 employees in the U.S. must be vaccinated against Covid

by September 27 unless they have an exemption for religious or medical reasons.

At the end of the deadline, 593 employees had not yet received vaccinations.

The Wall Street Journal reports: (Continued on page 16)

"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 Posting Link https:// 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.

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.

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 The discovery of oil transformed communities and entire states in the closing years of the nineteenth century and the Ken Bridges beginning of the twentieth century. Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana saw their economies transform overnight with the discovery of oil. For the Osage of Northeast Oklahoma, they saw their impoverished, dilapidated reservation transformed into one of the richest communities in Oklahoma almost overnight. It attracted great jealousy and then hatred and then murder. In the end, it took one former Texas Ranger, Thomas White, to help solve the case.

When the Osage were forced onto the reservations, the lands that once stretched from almost to the Mississippi River in Arkansas to Central Kansas were whittled down to a small area of NorthCentral Oklahoma. The land was poor, but the Osage were determined to hold onto it. As early as 1894, oil was suspected to lay far beneath the surface of the Osage reservation, with the first successful well dug in 1897. In 1907, the Osage tribe managed to secure the mineral rights to all the lands on their reservation. The timing was fortunate as the wells only became more successful.

For the Osage community, now down to just over 2,200 members, the oil was like a dream come true. In 1923, more than

$30 million of oil was produced, or about $450 million in 2019 dollars. After generations of lost lands and an almost relentless stream of misfortunes, the Osages now saw their luck change. With profits distributed among the tribe every three months, families were building mansions and hiring servants. The quickly became one of the wealthiest communities in the nation.

With the money, the knives came out. The Osage were besieged with an array of con artists and thieves. Congress passed legislation insisting that white managers approve each purchase by each Osage individual. Administrators jealous of the Osage fortunes sold them goods at horribly inflated rates and stole an estimated $8 million from them. And in the midst of this came the deaths.

Members of the tribe began to disappear. Bodies were found in ravines, shot or mutilated. Others died of sudden, mysterious illnesses. Thirteen of these deaths occurred between 1921 and 1923.

Osage County Sheriff's Department refused to investigate. The state police did no better. The deaths only accelerated. Fortyseven more people died in the next two years.

Mollie Burkhart watched her entire family die. In 1921, her sister was founded murdered. Her mother died of poisoning a month later, followed by her father. In 1923, her sister’s house exploded, killing her sister, her husband, and their maid.

In 1925, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover decided to intervene. He sent one of his agents for the new agency, Thomas Bruce White, to solve the crimes. White was born in Oak Hill, near Austin, in 1881.

He briefly attended Georgetown’s Southwestern University at the turn of the century and joined the Texas Rangers. He began working for the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad in 1909 as a special investigator for crimes against the railroad in West Texas. He developed a reputation as a fair lawman and a solid investigator before he joined the federal government.

White went to Oklahoma and put together an undercover team that included a Native American and two others, with each posing either as ranch hands or salesmen.

Within a matter of weeks, White traced the money back to several suspects. In the case of Burkhart’s family, Mollie Burkhart’s new husband, Ernest Burkhart, a white man, was arrested for the murders.

Burkhart was convicted but soon turned state’s evidence and pointed to a conspiracy headed up by his uncle, rancher William Hale.

Hale, a Texas native who built a ranching empire and petty theft ring in the area, was also convicted of one murder though he was suspected of many others. However, several suspects connected to Hale died mysteriously before the trial.

It was clear that a series of conspiracies existed to destroy the Osage and steal the oil money, but White was stopped by federal

14 officials before he could dig further. The Osage Murders came to an end because of Agent White and his team, but only a handful had been solved. White’s work boosted the reputation of the FBI, but the final insult to the Osage came when Hoover presented the Osage tribe with a bill for $20,000 for the investigation, something no victim or no group has ever had to pay. Congress moved to strengthen the Osage mineral rights and hereditary rights in a new 1925 law.

White spent the next phase of his life working directly with prisoners. He became the warden at Ft. Leavenworth in 1926. In 1932, he became warden of the La Tuna federal penitentiary near El Paso.

At the age of 70, in 1951, he began serving on the Board of Pardons and Paroles. He retired for good in 1957 and died in 1971 at age 90.

The Osage continued to be haunted by the legacy of the murders.

Justice was never complete, answers were never satisfactory, and the community continued to face exploitation. Hale was eventually released, and Oklahoma Gov. Henry Bellmon pardoned Burkhart in 1965. Well into the 1990s, new investigations were being conducted into many of the deaths. The Osage also charged the Department of the Interior with mismanagement of the tribal trust fund from the oil rights. The federal government settled with the Osage for $380 million in 2011. Several books have been written on the subject, but it was most recently popularized with the 2017 book Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Placing our hope and trust in God alone Hope is one of those dynamic words that deserves the title of catalyst when it comes to change. It is a spiritual attribute that God’s people Dr. Billy should use Holland regularly as it is filled with life, excitement, and positive energy. Your first reaction to the idea of hope may be one of skepticism because you are thinking, it’s easy for someone to talk about hope when they do not understand what a terrible condition my life is in. Well, I may not have walked in your shoes, but I know that being negative and giving up will not make the situation better. It’s true that health and financial problems, discouragement, fear, and family and marital issues are very serious problems but the Lord has a special word for you today found in Romans 8:31, “If God be for us, who can be against us?” He knows everything that is happening in your life today and is waiting for you to place all of your hope and trust in Him alone. He is the God that cannot fail!

Faith is believing in what we cannot see and we need hope in order to visualize the solution. The world is a fearful and unsatisfying place without the hope of knowing that Jesus is our refuge and security. Apart from the joyful expectation that comes from the hope of heaven, our world cannot provide spiritual peace or contentment. Hope gives purpose and meaning to our lives and inspires our decisions, emotions, and pursuits. Hope fills us with joy in the midst of our trials and fuels our perseverance as we press forward in God’s strength.

Listen to Romans 8:24-25, “For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”

It gives us confidence to know that God not only has the power to help us but also desires to intervene into our circumstances.

Knowing that Christ is faithful to respond to our prayers is a step toward being released from the bondage of our doubts. Hebrews 6:18 reminds us, “That by two

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immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.”

When we look up the world’s definition of hope, it is described as, “an expectation for a certain thing to happen.” Many associate hope with wishing, but fantasizing is a half-hearted whim that changes from day to day. However, spiritual hope is associated with the reality of divine truth! This God kind of hope is more than waiting to see who wins the ballgame or if the casserole will taste good. It is spiritual nourishment that empowers the attributes of Christ within us and is based on who God is and what He has promised.

Hope and faith work together as we see in Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Believing is having a vision and a dream of anticipation which literally moves the heart of God. Listen to these words from Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. “Hope is a dynamic force, a reality filled with power. It can bring the weak back to strength. It can bring the sick back to health. It can turn failure into success. No wonder St. Paul included it as one of the three great principals of Christianity: faith, hope and love.

What’s the condition of hope in your life at this very moment?

Does it get up with you every morning? Does it carry you confidently through the day? Is it still there, soothing and sustaining you, as you fall asleep? That’s what God intended when he created this shining quality and poured it into us at birth. If cares, worries, fears and discouragement have gained a stronghold in your mind, then you need to open the windows of your soul and allow a strong, fresh current of hope to come surging through.” Yes, sometimes our journey takes us through the dark nights of the soul where we battle against anxiety and discouragement, but we are reminded in Romans 15:13, “Now may God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that through the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope.”

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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 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

Judges 5:31 “So may all your enemies perish, LORD! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.

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"United Airlines Holdings Inc. is moving forward with plans to lay off about 600 employees who did not meet the Covid-19 vaccination deadline, company officials said Tuesday.

Now the September 27 deadline has passed, and although most of the airline's employees have met it, United is beginning the process of firing 593 employees who did not receive injections. These workers can still keep their jobs if they decide to get vaccinated in the coming days before their official layoff meetings."

According to company representatives, about 2,000 more United employees have applied for release for religious or medical reasons. *** A former Notre Dame professor who regularly attacked unvaccinated people, calling them egoists, has died after receiving a third Covid vaccine.

67-year-old Karen Kroke Heisler received her first Pfizer injection against Covid on January 13, 2021.

"I just got my first dose of the vaccine. It has never been so nice to be "old". And now let's introduce these vaccines for everyone!" she wrote on Twitter.

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On April 9, Heisler wrote that she had no side effects after the second injection of Pfizer.

"Just received my third Covid vaccine," she wrote on Twitter on September 7.

A week later, she began to have complications and she began to curse the unvaccinated. According to Heisler, the cardiologist wanted to take her to the hospital, but there were no free wards because of patients with Covid.

About two weeks after the third vaccination, Karen Kroke Heisler died.

According to the obituary, she died on September 19 from "cancer-related complications." *** The Inspector General of the Department of Justice Horowitz found widespread errors in the FBI requests used to spy on Americans. *** Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein is introducing a bill to require confirmation of the presence of the Covid virus or a negative test for flights within the United States. *** Joe Biden signs the temporary funding bill behind closed doors, avoiding the press pool. ***

Living with children Q: Our 13year-old eighthgrader says he doesn’t like the small private school he attends and wants us to put him in John public high Rosemond school next year.

His grades are fine, he’s got several close friends, and he’s on the basketball and track teams, but he says that he’s bored and wants to attend a bigger school that offers more in the way of classes and activities. We are concerned because the high school he would attend has a reputation for being a risky environment. We’ve heard horror stories of previously good kids falling in with the wrong crowd, getting into drug use, and the like. In our estimation, our son is the sort who might cave to peer pressure. He assures us that we have nothing to worry about.

What are your thoughts?

A: Well of course he assures you that you have nothing to worry about! As today’s young people are prone to remarking, “Duh!” Do you think for a second that he’s going to respond to your concerns with, “You know, Mom and Dad, now that you mention it, I agree that I’m just the sort of young teenager who is likely to fall in with the wrong crowd and begin experimenting with various forms of juvenile delinquency.

You guys are absolutely correct!

I’d be much better off staying right where I am! Thank you for being the voices of reason in my life!”

the possibility that your son will fall in with the wrong crowd in the public high school in question is a given. The actual probability of that may be less than, say, 20 percent, but 20 percent may be triple or even quadruple the chance of his becoming bit by a viper if he stays put.

I am reminded of the adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it.” In every respect, things are fine at the small private school. Right?

Right! Therefore, I would recommend that you leave him there. If I were in your shoes, I would much rather my young teen son be bored (if that is truly the case) than tempted daily by the forces of evil.

The problem is that you have already stepped into quicksand by including your son in the discussion. I just hope you’re not the sort of wimpy parents who can’t bring themselves to make their children unhappy, who are forever negotiating and compromising with the emotion-driven terroristsin-residence because if you take my recommendation, your son is going to be unhappy. For a while, that is. And then he will snap out of it and move on.

Just say, “We have decided to leave you where you are. We aren’t going to explain ourselves to you because we aren’t going to argue with a 13-year-old, and we aren’t going to change our minds, but you are welcome to make us prove that to you.”

And then, brace yourselves for the storm of the century. But that, too, will pass.

No, he’s not. He’s going to promise, and with good intentions, that putting him in a viper pit is not going to result in a viper bite.

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

The fact remains, your son is not gifted with being able to tell the future and neither are you and neither am I. You and I are adults, however, and adults are far more adept than young teens when it comes to assessing possibilities and probabilities. In that regard,

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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