Howe Youth Football

The Howe 5th/6th grade Bulldogs with members of the varsity Howe Bulldogs. Courtesy photo.

The 1st/2nd grade Howe Bulldogs played a tight one against the Blue Ridge Tigers in Leonard on Saturday. They pulled out a 19-13 win to push their record to 5-1 on the season. They will face off against the S&S Rams next Saturday at noon in Wolfe City, in the final game before the playoffs begin.

The Howe 3rd/4th grade Bulldogs played the Blue Ridge Tigers on Saturday at home. This was their first opportunity for the team to play on their new home turf. The game started quick when Sean Douglas, on the second play of the game, took the ball 54 yards for a touchdown. That was followed up with a touchdown pass from Eli Espitia to Noah Espitia and soon after another touchdown pass to Elijah Willoughby. Eli Espitia then ran one in on a quarterback sneak.

The line held strong all day as Colt Key, Colton Bender, Adrian Silva, Austyn Navidad, Kellen Focht, Kolbie Morris, and many more, did the dirty work to get their team into the end zone.

The defense continued to dominate as Anders Bjorn, Nathan Focht and Sean Douglas racked up sacks and numerous fumble recoveries on the day. Brodie Sellers, Jaxon Windon, Weldon Oswalt, Easton Ganow and Garrett Culp also contributed with tackles for a loss.

The game was capped with a pick -six by linebacker Eli Espitia making the final score 33-0 Bulldogs. They face off against S&S next Saturday in Collinsville at 9AM.

The 3rd/4th Bulldogs players, coaches and parents would like to thank the many Howe varsity players and families who showed up to support them, as well as Coach Bill Jehling for his help with the youth host date.

The 5th/6th grade Howe Bulldogs faced off against the Blue Ridge Tigers on Saturday in Whitewright. The Bulldogs fought hard, but were unable to get things going on offense, as they lost 26-6. Deacon Bender scored their only touchdown on a quarterback roll out. The Bulldogs will regroup as they face S&S in Trenton at noon next Saturday.

Trick ’r Treating downtown Saturday, October 30

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the “Downtown Howe-lloween Festival” once again. This year the event will take place on Saturday, October 30 from 6 pm—9 pm.

Vendors will be set up along the street and kids can “Trick R Treat” and play games.

Sales tax revenues for Howe equal $41,558 for October

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced recently he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $906.6 million in local sales tax allocations for October, 20.6 percent more than in October 2020.

These allocations are based on sales made in August by busi-

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Sept. 2021

$2,182,208.98 $712,891.01 $601,523.96 $580,147.81 $434,300.18 $406,214.00 $279,306.12 $201,221.06 $130,484.92 $107,102.59 $60,453.13 $43,440.30

$41,558.21

$34,248.94 $27,470.11 $23,717.91 $23,013.49 $20,161.22 $10,388.30 $10,307.55 $5,604.65 $2,050.82 $1,061.73 nesses that report tax monthly.

Howe’s total for the month is $41,558.21 which is about $2,500 more than last month’s total but significantly down from the 2020 total for the same month.

For the year, Howe has a total of $418,459 which is ahead of last year’s pace by over 10 percent.

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2021

$22,048,313.86 $7,476,182.67 $5,967,069.65 $4,853,758.56 $3,899,056.89 $3,819,324.38 $2,332,835.05 $2,136,800.65 $1,441,553.57 $947,737.04 $598,888.20 $433,683.56

$418,459.73

$364,203.23 $324,751.48 $275,728.71 $236,197.94 $224,823.92 $109,398.29 $108,053.60 $58,427.55 $29,355.51 $10,495.96 It is with great sadness that the McMillion family announces the passing of Jimmy Don McMillion on Monday, October 11, 2021. Jimmy was born October 25, 1942 in Southmayd, Texas to Jones and Ola (Weimer) McMillion. He graduated from Howe High School in 1961 and then attended Grayson Community College and North Texas State University. On December 31, 1964, he married Jean Ann Crawford in Van Alstyne, Texas. Jimmy was employed as an engineer for Texas Instruments and Johnson & Johnson for over 20 years and then left to start a general contracting company in 1983. He spent years coaching his sons in little league baseball, acting as Cub Scout and Webelos Scoutmaster for Howe Troop 45 Boy Scouts, served on the Howe City Council, and volunteered for the Howe Fire Department. He was an avid carpenter and woodsmith and was always building. His creations included WWII era planes, doll houses, bulldozers, boats, covered wagons, and so much more. Anyone who knew Jimmy, knew that he could be found in one of two places – the Howe QuickCheck or his shop. You just had to look for the “man with the pencil behind his ear.” Jimmy is survived by his two sons, Jonathan McMillion and his

Jimmy Don McMillion

wife Conne of Kennedale, TX, Joey McMillion and his wife Paula of Van Alstyne, TX; eight grandchildren, Ryan, Hunter, Garrett, Megan, Nichole, Nathan, Carlie and Savanna; and great grandsons Bentley and Colton. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jones and Ola, and his son Jimmy Shawn McMillion in 2003.

Graveside services were held at 10:30 AM Friday, October 15, 2021 at Hall Cemetery, in Howe, TX. The family received friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Scoggins Funeral Home.