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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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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
State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Ad valorem reduction Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total
City of Howe Tax Rate Howe I.S.D Tax Rate Grayson County Tax Rate Grayson College Tax Rate Total (per $100 valuation) 6.25 % 1.00 % 0.50 % 0.50 % 8.25 %
$0.55 $1.33 $0.34 $0.17 $2.39
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
Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Police Sergeant: Keith Milks Economic Development 100 E. O’Connell St. 903-532-6080 EDC Director: Monte Walker
City Council meets third Tuesday at 700 W. Haning St. at 6 pm. Planning & Zoning Commission Meets third Monday as needed Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation Meets as needed
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
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
OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS
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
"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
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Howe Chamber to host BBQ fundraising dinner for Howe Volunteer Fire Department
The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a BBQ fundraising dinner for the Howe Volunteer Fire Department on Dec. 17 from 5:30—7:30 pm at Summit Gardens.
The event is $15 per plate and can be a dine-in or carry-out. Members of the fire department will serve the dinner and work the carry-out service.
On the menu is BBQ, beans, potato salad, and rolls.
Dine-in or carry-out tickets can be purchased online by clicking here. Cash at the door will also be taken.
In the days when westerns dominated the new invention of television, one Texas actress charmed audiKen Bridges ences across the nation with her colorful portrayals. Gail Davis, once called by longtime friend Gene Autry “the perfect western actress,” was a familiar face on television and film in the 1950s.
Born Betty Jeane Grayson in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1925 to a physician. She spent several years living in McGehee, a small town to the south, where her father helped build a hospital before moving to Little Rock for the remainder of her childhood. As a youngster, she loved performing in front of audiences and was a gifted singer. The future star was also very athletic, taking up swimming and tennis and became an expert horse rider. She competed in a number of rodeos, including becoming a trick shot expert. She would graduate from Little Rock High School and went on to the University of Texas at Austin where she studied dance and drama.
She enrolled at UT during World War II. She was very active in the drama clubs. She and other students would perform for troops at shows at nearby bases across Central Texas. It was at one of these shows where she happened to meet Gene Autry, already a popular western singer and actor, who was serving in the Army Air Force at the time. Autry was impressed and encouraged her to come to California to make a try at performing. It was also at UT that she met and married her first husband, Bob Davis, and eventually had a daughter. After her graduation in 1946, the three went to California where she earned a contract with MGM studios. Davis recounted that the studio could not have another “Betty Davis” as an actress with the studio, and a stage hand suggested the name Gail.
She soon made a few appearances in westerns, including The Far Frontier with Roy Rogers in 1948. She reconnected with Gene Autry, and he took her under his wing. Davis would appear with him in Sons of New Mexico in 1949. Ultimately, she would appear in 15 movies with Autry and acted in more than 30 movies altogether.
In 1950, she made guest appearances on the popular programs The Cisco Kid and The Lone Ranger. She continued to appear in films and made numerous appearances on The Gene Autry Show with her mentor.
In 1954, Davis was set to star in the television series Annie Oakley. In the process, she became the first woman to portray the lead character in a television western. Her career in westerns and real-life expertise with a gun made Davis a natural match. The real Annie Oakley, famous for her sharpshooting skills, performed for 17 years as part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and died in 1926. The television version, however, fictionalized her life, portraying the heroine as a crimesolver and a one-woman force for justice in the Old West. The show, produced by Gene Autry and co-starring Brad Johnson, ran from 1954 to 1957.
Davis was proud of her portrayal of Oakley and how the character doled out her own justice without killing. She remarked years later, “Annie Oakley had to deal with the same ruthless characters -rustlers and killers -- that the cowboys dealt with. And she did it without ever killing a one of them.”
In 1960, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Davis would marry three times, divorcing twice. One of her later appearances included a 1961 episode of The Andy Griffith Show, but by the 1960s, her career had begun winding down. By the 1970s, she retired from acting completely.
Gail Davis died in 1997, but left behind many fans. In 2004, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth.
God’s general will is His Word and knowing the divine wisdom of His knowledge reveals who He is and what He deDr. Billy mands from Holland us. You see, no matter what we have been taught, abandoning our will to God is not an option for those who seek to be an overcomer for His glory. I sense a burden this week to talk about the danger of living however we want instead of obeying what God is saying. Jesus is quoted in Luke 22:42, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.” Many fail to understand the Bible is not just a dialogue between real people who lived many years ago, but it is also a living revelation meant to speak to the heart of the listener today. The topic of the human will being surrendered to God is the foundation of the Christian life and yet there has never been a more unpopular subject. It’s not a secret that most people want all that God has, but rarely consider what God demands from us. Though rarely mentioned, our carnal nature is so deceptive and rebellious that it’s common for people to believe that God is not paying attention to what we say or do. The few who become serious and take the time to fast and pray for discernment will discover the sobering truth that our depravity defends disobedience with denial. Our emotions couldn't care less if we are spiritually wandering out in left field wearing a blindfold as long as our will can remain in control of our decisions. Adam and Eve chose to live according to their ideas despite God’s warnings and sadly this rebellious attitude is alive and well today and can only be harnessed through continuous spiritual warfare. Many pray that God will have mercy on them, but invest little effort to be transformed by the renewing of their mind. We want Him to help us and deliver us from our problems, but often are not willing to lay down our will so that we can embrace His. We desire to live independently while proclaiming to be a Christian but fail to comprehend we cannot manage both successfully. In Matthew 6:24 Jesus plainly said, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” A master is anything that enslaves us and when it comes to worldly adoration He uses money as an example of anything that we love more than God. Christ in Luke 6:24 relays a sobering statement about those who refuse to listen to His voice or live by His demands and yet still call Him their Lord. I passed someone on the side of the road yesterday holding a sign that said, “Jesus wants to be your Savior and your Lord.”
Each child of God has been called to do many things and has a unique role to play in His Kingdom. Our gifts, talents, anointing, and personalities are all different and He desires to use each one to accomplish His perfect plan. With those who are born again, life has been drastically changed because we are now building from a brand new spiritual blueprint. The plans and desires that we had in our old life may not look anything like what God has chosen for us to do now. The Christian’s call has certain responsibilities and for the rest of our days it is up to us to discover what they mean and how to accomplish them. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God which means we must operate in His strength and attitude for His plans to be successful. Those who attempt to compromise by combining their will with God’s will or to allow denial to lead them into a seemingly innocent rebellion will discover that no matter how excited or diligent they are to execute their goals, things never seem to pan out. Even if they forcefully push them through until they are exhausted from their labors, they are left empty and extremely dissatisfied. Why? Because they have yet to learn that God does not accept or bless our sacrificial offerings if they are given on our terms. Until we remove ourselves from our throne of control, we have not truly yielded our will to Him.
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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
Genesis 22:18 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
and accumulated three of the five playoff victories and four gold footballs. Jehling had a much tougher road spending all four years at Howe in Division I being one of the smallest schools in the classification. The results are as what one would imagine. Hudson’s three years in Division I was 13-20. Jehling finished his four seasons at 6-34.
But for the next two seasons, comparing Division I to II is out the window. That’s over. While in the midst of a 22-game losing streak, coaches who take an indepth look at the Howe job knows that this is a golden opportunity to be “Turnaround Tony.” The Bulldogs will be good next year. Not only will they snap their losing streak, but they also have a great chance of snapping their playoffdrought of five seasons.
So, who are the names? This publication made the mistake a few years ago of listing names that we thought would fit in here. The coaching profession is like a fraternal club, or even a cult. They stick together through it all and they often know where people are going long before the press or even in some cases, their wives.
One also has to keep in mind that we’re not talking about the Dallas Cowboys or the Oklahoma Sooners. This is high school football, and yes, that can be thought of as more than what it should be. We, perhaps are as guilty as anyone.
The wants of a high school football coach are much different depending on who the audience is. For example, the fan of the team, broadcaster, or city leader might want someone who is a win-first football-competent dude who can put checkmarks in the win column. That very well could rank number one to that sector of the audience. But the parent of an athlete will have a much different value that they would rank higher on the list. The need for someone to be of very high moral character with a disciplined, yet loving approach will be ranked first with nearly all parents. Competing at championship level will come next. So therein lies the scope of the ISD to find that perfect person who massages both of those areas. This is why moving down in classification drastically helps in the finding of a coach who possesses both qualities. This is why a coach like Dale West is sought after. Before we go any further— West has a great situation in Bells, and we give a move to Howe almost zero percent. But in a coach like West, you know what you’re getting with the man who is spending time with your kids. You also know that you’re going to be competitive and win way more times than not. So you have to find someone who possesses those same qualities.
You had the same type of situation here with Hudson. But Hudson is in Mabank where he left here for. A return of “Mr. Sir” is a nice thought, but again, he’s already in a good situation.
If the ISD wants to go with a known-commodity and a person that they can trust whole heartedly, then they already have a person in the district that could fit nicely. Mike Segleski came here as the defensive coordinator under Hudson in 2017 after being the head coach and athletic director at Aubrey where he took over for the retired G.A. Moore. But Segleski could want to remain in his administrative role as principal at the intermediate school. No one would blame him.
There also could be at least one internal candidate, Zac Cater, who made a dynamic impact to the team in his first season.
There are also tons of external candidates that we won’t speculate or mention due to their current employment status at other schools. But with the current administration in place doing the interviewing—things look good for getting it right. This one is very important. I can count on one hand—okay, maybe two—the number of parents who’ve told me that letting a child speak with John Rosemond a therapist has produced a positive outcome. One might dismiss a few such reports, but not hundreds of them, most of which reflect a similar theme: to wit, a tendency on the part of said therapists to take the “side” of the child in a parent-child conflict.
As one set of parents told me, “Claiming confidentiality, our daughter’s therapist wouldn’t talk with us without her in the room and obviously believed everything she was saying about us, almost all of which was either fantasy or downright lies.” parents that their expectations were “unfair.” The girl should be allowed to wallow in whatever state of clutter and filth she chooses. The problem, said the therapist, was not the daughter’s irresponsibility and lack of respect for the people who pay for her life, it was the parents’ inability to establish “appropriate boundaries” between themselves and their daughter, a conclusion reached after less than one hour of conversation with the girl. Even if that were true (which is impossible to establish), it would not justify this otherwise intelligent girl’s behavior in the home.
This is far from the first time I’ve heard such a tale. This seems to be a “therapeutic” narrative. Allow me, therefore, to stand up for parents who are the victims of “It’s MY room and I can do with it what I please!” nonsense.
Strange. Do these therapists not know that the operational definition of “child” is “one who has great difficulty accepting full responsibility for the choices they make”? In addition, children are incapable, for the most part, of correctly interpreting and accurately describing adult behavior. To top it off, children are soap opera factories; therefore, anything a child says about adults, especially his or her parents, is to be given due skepticism. The conclusion I have drawn is that the field of child therapy is populated to significant extent by people with a need to be liked by children. Very odd. Wanting to be liked by children, that is. There is nothing amiss with BEING liked by children but WANTING and TRYING to be liked is another matter entirely.
The latest example comes from parents who live somewhere in the Lower Forty-Eight who consulted with a family therapist because of conflicts with their fifteen-year-old daughter, including conflict over the state of—as she put it—“her” room, which many a homeless person would refuse to live in. Said room was not just a thorough mess but smelled bad from food that was slowly rotting and clothes that begged for washing.
After talking privately with the girl, the therapist informed her A message to the daughter in question and similarly mistaken teenagers everywhere: No, dearie, it’s not YOUR room. It is paid for on a continuing basis by your parents, the people who have ensured that you have never known true deprivation. It would be highly therapeutic for you to come to grips with the fact that you qualify as ungrateful and any sense of entitlement you cling to is a selfdestructive delusion. In the Real World, you are not entitled; you are obligated.
I told the parents to take the door off the daughter’s room and require two months of a clean and odor-free room before reinstalling it. Not so miraculous was their report that as their daughter began cooperating with their draconian standards, she slowly became equally pleasant to live with, proving, once again, that the unmitigated real world is the best of all therapies.
Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond.com, parent guru.com.
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.
