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November 22, 2021
Local homeschool team takes first place at robotics competition
Texas Instruments (Continued from page 1)
Production from the first new fab is expected as early as 2025. With the option to include up to four fabs, total investment potential at the site could reach approximately $30 billion and support 3,000 direct jobs over time. The new fabs will complement TI’s existing 300-mm fabs which include DMOS6 (Dallas, Texas), RFAB1 and the soon-to-becompleted RFAB2 (both in Richardson, Texas), which is expected to start production in the second half of 2022. Additionally, LFAB (Lehi, Utah), which TI recently acquired, is expected to begin production in early 2023. Texoma Home Educators, a local homeschool team, took first place in the BEST Robotics competition in Trenton on Oct 29-30. Twentyfive teams from across North Texas competed in four categories robot performance, documenting their engineering / design process, giving a marketing presentation, and constructing and staffing an exhibit booth. Texoma Home Educators took first place in the exhibit booth competition, and the first place overall BEST award.
year. Half of them had no prior experience, and just under half are middle schoolers. These kids have really risen to the occasion.”
Robert Williams, the team’s coach, said “This was an extremely challenging year for our team. We have sixteen students this
The team now advances to the state competition in Frisco on Dec 2-4.
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, tests and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. Our passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors is alive today, as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology smaller, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable – making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. We think of this as Engineering Progress. It’s what we do and have been doing for decades. Learn more at TI.com.
Summit Gardens
This year’s competition theme revolves around preparing a construction site by demolishing a model building (24 inches tall), clearing debris, and installing model light poles. Previous years have included ocean cleanup, restoring power after a natural disaster, and farming.
HHS Robotics team takes second at the Ky-Ote Kup
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mum lease and a $10 per additional hour fee for citizens of Howe and non-profit clubs and organizations on Monday through Friday. The rate will be bumped up to $100 per hour (4-hour minimum) for Saturdays and Sundays. For non-Howe citizens and forprofit businesses, a $100 rate will be assessed for Monday through Friday and $125 for Saturday and Sunday. Deposits will range from $100 to $250 depending on the day of the week and whether alcohol will be involved in the event.
The HHS Robotics team for winning second at the Ky-Ote Kup, their first ever Vex competition, beating state and world class teams. Team members are Jaryn Grisham, Gabrielle Smith, Logan Smith, and Mason Sudhop.
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Summit Gardens has had 47 events in 2021, 10 of which were weddings. With the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development offices moving to Summit Gardens, the wedding number will decrease in 2022 due to the lack of a dedicated bride’s changing room, however, the vast majority of events were baby showers, wedding showers, luncheons, birthday parties, and reunions which are all still available. Upcoming events left in 2021 include two business meetings, several chamber events, baby shower, and two Christmas parties. Two baby showers are already planned in the first quarter of 2022. For more information on how to lease Summit Gardens, contact the Howe EDC/Howe Area Chamber of Commerce at 903532-6080 or visit summitgardens.org. To schedule police officers for the event, call 903-5329971.
