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October 11, 2021
HISD Employee Spotlight: Sara Salinas
Reunion
Sara Salinas is a sixth grade Science teacher and was recently named Employee of the Month for the Middle School campus. She said she’s excited because it’s her first year to teach Science which is her passion. Salinas is a 2010 Howe High School graduate where she attended since kindergarten. She says she loves that the school and community are close-knit where you see people that you have known for a long time and now she gets to teach their kids. She says it is a different angle of Howe schools from the view of a student and a teacher. “I get to be around people that taught me and now be co-workers with them and see them differently, but it’s still good ol’ Howe.” In college, Salinas received a grant that allowed her to go on trips and learn STEM lessons and one of which took her through a training class at NASA. Her teaching career began in Tom Bean where she taught fifth and sixth grade math. “I loved the people, but my idea has always wanted to be here— home,” said Salinas.
1979 HHS Graduates Alma Finney Hays, Susan King, and Annette Partridge Hartleben at the 2015 All-School Reunion. Staff photo.
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Sara Salinas. The interview aired at halftime of Howe/Rains broadcast. She’s also involved youth cheer in helping out and being an extra hand when needed. She was a cheerleader herself in Howe. Salinas credits Cindy Wilkerson as a major influence on her at Howe ISD as a student. “She was my cheer coach and was somebody that really stood out to me because I know that she loved me and took really good care of me in high school.”
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 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. All tickets purchased online will be at the gate Friday of the game and at the luncheon Saturday.
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the kickoff from Weston Tubb which was recovered by Asher Reinhart. That set up one of the most remarkable middle-screen passes which Haley threw to Daniels who took advantage of blocks and side-stepped five defenders on his way to an impressive 32yard score. The Dogs took the 2820 lead into the locker room and had clear momentum for one of the few times all season. To open the second half, McAree found Kori Foster for a 21-yard pass to tie the game, 28-28 with 9:29 left in the third. But Howe answered back with a 12-play, 67 yard drive that ended on a 25 yard field goal by Del Angel to push Howe back in front, 31-28. After a couple of punts by each team, Dell again found the endzone from the five yard line to again give Rains the lead at 35-31 in the final stages of the third quarter. Haley found Hough again on a 31 -yard strike to give Howe a 38-35 lead with 9:06 left in the game, but the Dog defense couldn’t stop Dell and McAree as they went 67 yards on six plays and took a 4338 lead on a Dell 5-yard run. Howe’s next possession stalled quickly at their own 40 and Head Coach Bill Jehling was forced to make a tough decision to punt it
away and put the game in the hands of his defense. But the result was a Rains clock-draining drive that ended the game. Howe’s offense is averaging 339.33 yards per game which is currently ranked fifth all-time in school history. This comes just one year after posting one of the worst offenses in school history with only 149.2 yards per game in 2020. The turnaround has been remarkable and compares to the 2019 season which ranked fourth all-time with 340.5 yards per game. But in 2019, Howe only allowed their opponents 353.10 yards per game, still a lot, but not comparable to the 503.67 yards per game allowed this season which is far and above the worst in the 78 years of the varsity football program. Last year’s 393 yards per game allowed was the worst prior to this season. Howe will host Commerce Friday night for homecoming. The Tigers lost to Pottsboro Friday night and 1-5 on the season and 0-3 in district play. It appears on paper to be a good contest and opportunity for the Bulldogs to end their current 18-game losing streak. Commerce’s lone win this season was against Division II Lone Oak, 2814. The game will be broadcast live on HoweEnterprise.com and on YouTube at the following link: https://youtu.be/fFHELndHrss
