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Howe Band Director receives UIL Sponsor Excellence Award

New officer sworn in for HPD

Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson address to the

Howe ISD Superintendent announced at Monday’s board

Daniel Starkey was sworn in last week as the newest officer

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Bulldogs enter the Lance Bryan era Those that want to meet Howe’s new head coach and athletic director can do so tonight by attending the Howe Athletic Booster Club meeting at the high school lecture hall at 6 pm. ***** The more things change, the more they stay the same. As a sophomore starter for the Howe Bulldogs in 1989, our coach Jim Fryar resigned about this time of year. Howe then hired a young upcoming head coach named Joey McQueen who became one of the most influential people in my life. Fast forward 32 years and here we are again with my son who is a sophomore and in the same exact situation for the same team. My prayers are that Lance Bryan is to my son what Joey McQueen was (and is) to me. It’s not just about being a football coach— it’s a positive impact that lasts a lifetime. I didn’t always adore Coach McQueen. That only happened upon maturity. ***** Those people who tried to bury you didn’t know you were a seed. ***** It’s better to be quick to help and slow to criticize.

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Bulk Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.

The Howe Bulldogs found their man and made the announcement at last Monday’s monthly school board meeting.

The 27th head football coach for the Howe Bulldogs is Lance Bryan who has most recently served as the defensive coordinator at Class 4A Sanger.

He would love for his first ever victory as a head coach to be one that snaps a 22-game losing streak for Howe.

Bryan is originally from Gainesville, Texas where he played football for the Gainesville Lions. He played college ball at Hardin Simmons and eventually became a graduate assistant coach there. He landed a job at Carthage High School in 2010 and then went to

Jasper High in 2011.

Bryan was at Class 5A Hutto from 2012-2016.

He took the defensive coordinator job at Class 6A Baytown Sterling near Houston in 2017 before coming to S&S in 2018 before moving to Sanger for the past three seasons.

His goal is to be on campus full-time by February.

Howe, who is winless in the past two seasons, is looking for a jumpstart and Bryan was a part of a similar situation at Jasper who went from 2-8 to a district championship.

“I’m not making those kinds of promises, but you can flip a program

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New owners in oldest downtown building

Tim O’Hanlon of Alder Development Group at 101 E. Haning Street. Staff photo.

The oldest building in Howe has a new owner.

Alder Development Group took ownership in November at 101 E. Haning Street.

The building was originally

constructed in the 1880s as S.W. Young’s General Store. Since Young, the building has been the home to the Collins-Harding (Continued on page 8)

Lance Bryan (middle) surrounded by wife Erika, Callie (kindergarten), Ty (fourth grade), and Parker (seventh grade). Staff photo.

Sharp makes City attempting to correct sewer All-State... infiltration with grant money The City of Howe apwater infiltrating the sysagain plied for and received a tem, it becomes metered

Alyssa Sharp, All-State clarinet for the Pride of Howe Earning a spot in the Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) All-State student is an honor that immediately garners attention from colleges and universities

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grant from the American Rescue Plan Act in the amount of $829,091.78.

City Administrator Jeff Stanley told the city council at Tuesday’s meeting that city received the first portion of the grant a few months ago in the amount of $414,545.89 which is in the city account currently. In April of this year, the city will receive another payment in the same amount. Stanley told the council that the money is being allocated to reduce the amount of inflow and infiltration (I&I) into the sewer system. With general rain-

by the City of Sherman resulting in hefty payments when during heavy rainfall months.

But the infiltration also takes up much needed sewer capacity which has stalled out future residential developments.

“Right now, we have (sewer) capacity for about 350 (additional) houses,” said Stanley.

“We have several developments that we’re talking with that all want a piece of that 350. If we can get this I&I down low enough, we can

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Lady Bulldogs fall to Leonard, Whitewright

Matalee Stewart (10) goes for a shot over Whitewright’s Zoie Stratton.

Photo by Michelle Carney.

The Howe Lady Bulldogs (8-19, 2-7) dropped two games last week which places them three games out of the playoff hunt behind Whitewright who currently sits in the fourth and final playoff spot in the standings.

On Tuesday, Howe lost at Leonard by a score of 49-39 where the Lady Tigers jumped out to a heavy 23-12 lead after the first period. The game slowed to a standstill in the second period with Howe outscoring Leonard 6-5 to trail at the half, 28-18. The second half was evenly paced as both teams scored eight in the third and each team scored 13 in the fourth.

Kendall Griffin scored 15 to lead Howe with Landery Sanders totaling 10 points. Other scorers were Matalee Stewart (8), Presley Shockey (2), and Emery Snapp (2).

On Friday, Howe lost at Whitewright 39-27. The Howe girls again trailed after the first period, 9-2 before adjusting in the second to make it a 22-11 halftime deficit. Howe lost the third

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period 8-6 but won the fourth, 10-9.

Griffin again led Howe scorers with seven with Sanders following with six.

Other scorers were Stewart (4), Snapp (3), and Stubblefield (2).

Howe will host Pottsboro and Bonham this week needing to at least split the games to remain in the hunt.

Summit Hill Elementary Top Dogs

Second grade - Wyatt May, Elvis Hansel, Ximena Estevez, Sawyer Reedy, Peyon Darling. First grade - William Espitia, Jesus Flores, Kane Adeniji, Emily Nino. Kindergarten - Ellie Holbert, Luis Garcia, Summer Taylor, Enzo Cruz. Pre-K-Christian Cano, Joandra Silva Rangel.

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quickly if you do things the right way,” said Bryan who had similar turnaround situations in Hutto, Baytown Sterling, and at Sanger. “I know that the formula for success is involved in the culture. Building a culture is the biggest thing that leads to sustained success.”

Bryan said he will begin by evaluating the way things are done currently for a short period of time and then make either subtle or drastic changes depending on the results of the evaluation process. He says he will surround himself with coaches that share his vision and coach in a positive way.

“There are a lot of guys here that are probably great and there are guys that are probably going to come in with me. But either way, they’re going to have to buy into the vision that we’re selling, the wins will come,” said Bryan.

His vision includes five core values which include effort, attitude, tough, family, competitive excellence—trust the process.

“I believe that if we concentrate on those five core values, there’s two absolutes that I can promise—our kids are going to be successful on and off the field. All of those things also go into life and into the classrooms,” said Bryan. “Kids in our program should enjoy being a part of it. We’re going to have multi-sport athletes. No coach is every going to tell them they can’t do something. I was a multi-sport athlete; my son is a multi-sport athlete. That’s going to be the thing that we’re going to do.”

This will be his first job as an athletic director and sees the small school as the perfect opportunity for athletes to do as much as they possibly can and maximize the greatest aspect of being at a small school. He is high on athletes being involved in strength and conditioning, powerlifting, and track and says that those programs build athletes in every sport.

Howe first hit Bryan’s radar in 2020 when the Bulldogs hosted Sanger for homecoming. He said he was impressed with the support of the team from the community.

“I know there were some rough years, but the community was still out in force and to me that spoke volumes,” said Bryan. “Coaching against them, I thought there were pieces there that could win some games. All coaches think they can fix everything, but I definitely thought there were some things with the athletes they had that there were ways for them to achieve more success.”

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Howe was ranked 9th all-time in yards a year ago and return the school’s alltime passing leader in quarterback Austin Haley. Bryan feels that the Bulldogs could be more of a multiple look offense in 2022 which would allow the team to be able to both throw and pass at any given moment to dictate to a defense.

“There’s definitely elements to the offense that they did last year that we’re still going to do,” said Bryan.

“Some of the plays that they run in “air raid” are staples of that kind of offense.

There are still some things that I think we’re going to use with a tight end and some two back sets. You can use formations to put defenses in bad situations and you can get guys open or create running lanes when you do that.

I want to be able to do both. Austin Haley is a really, really good athletic quarterback that I’ve had to coach against the last two years, and he was a handful. That’s very attractive coming in here and having a guy like him under center.”

Bryan utilizes a 3-4 defensive scheme with three down linemen. But he likes to move his linebackers to create a multiple look defensively.

“The biggest thing the 3-4 allows is flexibility in personnel,” said Bryan.

“One of the things defensively I’ve always prided myself is I don’t ever want to be in a position where my best 11 players aren’t on the field.

Although Bryan has moved around a lot as a coach, he insists it’s because he was trying to elevate himself to be in the situation he is in now—a head coach. He says he doesn’t anticipate the continued movement and wants to settle his family into a hometown situation as he had in Gainesville.

“One of the biggest reasons why I’m in this area right now is because I want to be in North Texas,” said Bryan.

“My parents are in North Texas, my in -laws moved from out-of-state to North Texas about five years ago. I want somewhere to call home. I have a son in seventh grade right now and I don’t want to move him in high school. My family has sacrificed a lot for me and my ambitions to try and move up the ladder and I’m here and I plan on staying here and I want some place for them to call home. That’s something that I want for them, and I want that to be here.”

Howe Bulldogs Head Football Coaches 1935

Barnes Milam

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L.B. Morris

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Leslie Walden

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Alfred Clayton

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John B. Lair

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Jack Osborn

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George Matlock

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Arthur Boyle

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Norman Dickey

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James Wade

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John Smith

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Jim Fryar

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Joey McQueen

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Terry Davis

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Larry McFarlin

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Norwood Martin

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Stony Coffman

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Cory Crane

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Joe Watson

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Bulldogs keep hopes alive

Howe sophomore Jacob Campbell (11) drives the lane at Whitewright Friday night. Photo by Michelle Carney.

The Howe Bulldogs (8-8, 3-4) continued to hang around in District 11-3A by holding pace with a win and a loss.

On Tuesday, Howe lost a heartbreaker, 46-43 as their shooting percentage was a paltry 28.6 percent from the field including 11-of-37 from 2-point range (29.7 percent). Howe was playing with a very limited roster due to illness which kept tired legs on the court for much of the night. Leonard shot 48.7 percent from the field including 56.7 percent from 2-point range. That turned out to be the biggest advantage for the Tigers as they took home the win.

Howe, who thrives on defense was unable to get the stops they usually get, and the 46 points allowed was the second most allowed in district play behind Pottsboro’s 63 and Bells’ 50.

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on Friday as Jones went 3-for-6 and finished with eight points. Other scorers were Luke Lopez (7), Haley (4), Zak Defrange (4), Wilson (2), and Ethan Lopez (2).

Howe will host Pottsboro and Bonham at home this week and need to sweep the week to keep playoff hopes alive.

Austin Haley led Howe with 18 points and shot 5-of-10 from the field. Jacob Campbell finished with 11 points.

Other scorers were Eli Wilson (10), Luke Lopez (2), and Cooper Jones (2).

Wilson led Howe with eight rebounds.

On Friday, back with a full roster, the Dogs blasted Whitewright out of the gym by a 48-33 score. Howe shot a more respectable 41.9 percent from the field and held the Tigers to 26.5 percent.

Campbell placed Howe squarely on his back as he totaled 21 points and shot 43.8 percent from the field and was perfect on free throws at 4-for-4.

Howe needs scoring help from others than just the guards and received that

Howe senior Eli Wilson and Head Coach Jay Forsythe. Photo by Michelle Carney.

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City Council

Kerri Pruitt was sworn in as city secretary at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

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double that (capacity.)”

Stanley said that the plan is to spend increments of $50,000 at a time of the grant money to fix sections of lines that can be replaced.

Mayor Bill French told the council that the city has concluded certain sections of smoke testing in town that has identified a lot of issues. The large majority of issues were as simple as missing sewer caps on cleanouts. The city has gone around and replaced caps at these locations which was approximately $1 for each cap.

“There is no doubt that there are collapsed lines or broken lines and that will be found with a camera that they will run down the pipes,” said French.

“We are very blessed to have this month because with this kind of money, we can do some repairs.”

The city recently replaced a broken sewer line on Maple Street which came to a total of approximately $30,000.

Councilman Brett Bearden asked about the deadline of spending the grant money in which French responded that they “will not need a nanosecond to go through that money” because of the multitude of issues to be repaired.

The council approved spending as needed for stormwater and sewer repairs in increments of up to but not over $50,000.

The City of Howe approved payments to begin to Howe ISD for a joint water line agreement placed for Summit Hill Elementary a few years ago. The City of Howe’s total is $300,000 which includes a payment plan to Howe ISD of $30,000 per year for 10 years at no interest. The council approved the payment for the current year which will leave nine years.

Stanley also discussed a development agreement with Saddleback Developments which is planning a residential development near Castlegate Street with approximately 120 acres. A professional services agreement will take care of the city’s portion of attorney fees and other items. Mayor French told the council that this is a long-term project and will be a great one for the City of Howe. The council approved the agreement.

The council also approved a previously budgeted $58,848 lease/purchase agreement between the City of Howe and Independent Financial to purchase police vehicles. They also approved a lease/purchase agreement between the City of Howe and Independent Financial to purchase Sewer Jet Machine in the amount of $73,834.00.

Kerri Pruitt was officially sworn in as city secretary taking over for the recently retired Joy Stevens. The council approved adding Pruitt to all accounts and removing Stevens.

The council also heard a presentation from Scout Caleb Wahrmund who will dedicate a flagpole at the Community Center for his Eagle Scout project.

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and sees the mail box begin to fill up with notifications of scholarship auditions all over the nation. Over 10,000 students begin the ATSSB All-State process each year but less than 300 of those get to perform in San Antonio in February. To put it on an even larger scale, each fall, over 70,000 Texas high school students begin the ATSSB AND Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) all state audition process.

Only 1810 are ultimately selected to rehearse and perform during the annual TMEA Clinic/Convention in one of 18 Texas All-State ensembles, and now senior Howe High School clarinet player, Alyssa Sharp, has earned one of those spots for the second year in a row.

Alyssa’s success comes as no real surprise to assistant band director, Julie Cook. As the clarinet specialist on the Howe staff, Mrs. Cook has spent countless hours in lessons and rehearsals with Alyssa. “Since fifth grade, I have known Alyssa ‘could’ be an allstater,” said Cook. “And now that she is a two year all-stater I could not be more proud.

A common obstacle many performers deal with is the issue of performance anxiety and Alyssa was no exception.

Cook continued, “One of the things I am most proud of is how Alyssa worked to overcome her nerves. I watched it happen last year in a virtual audition but this year in a live audition

she did it again. I cannot wait to see her next chapter unfold.”

Throughout her years in band, Sharp has practiced diligently and consistently made the all-region band each year as well as qualified for state each year with multiple clarinet ensembles and solos. She also performed the last two marching seasons as one of the featured soloists in the UIL contest show.

Alyssa was a member of the 2021 AllState Band but after the normal TMEA Convention was canceled, that all-state clinic and performance was sponsored

by ATSSB and held in Melissa this past June. This year, Alyssa will travel with her band directors to San Antonio in February where she will rehearse under Texas State University band director, Dr. Caroline Beatty. That band will be premiering a piece by Clifton Jones called Rising which was commissioned by ATSSB. The all-state experience also offers Alyssa the opportunity to visit with multiple universities and colleges at the events annual college fair.

Alyssa is the daughter of David and Sandra Sharp.

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Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson address to the Board of Trustees Monday night included a review of board 5-year goals which were set two years ago. With COVID putting a hold on the traditional process, he reviewed what in essence is the first annual review. The first goal was to increase the percentage of third grade students to a “Meets or Above” score on STAAR reading. The goal was 58 percent which did not meet the ISD goal overall.

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“I’m not making excuses, but please understand that it’s been very disruptive in the educational process the last two years,” said Wilson to the board.

“Primary reading is critical for our kids. So, we have a lot of work to do in that area to get caught up. I don’t consider it a failure, but it is a benchmark, and we have some work to do to get caught up.”

He specified that the 5-year goal mark will not be adjusted.

Goal number two was evaluating the overalls scores for all students which Howe ISD did meet overall. Goal number three dealt with growth and due to no testing in 2020, it was not measured. Goal number four was to increase the number of graduates that are college, career, or military ready.

They met their goal in three of the five categories. Wilson said the Texas Education Agency changed the criteria which makes it harder to meet the criteria from when they set the goal.

The graduation rate was met in four of five areas which is on track for the 98 percent goal in 2025.

“If you’ve been watching the news, it was a surprise to no one and we were hit just like the rest of the state and surrounding states,” said Wilson.

During the fall, the Howe ISD Suschool was in the 30 perintendent -40 range of students Kevin Wilson with COVID and ended Friday Jan. 14 with 51 cases. Several of which had dropped off during the week. Wilson said the last surge lasted about four weeks and hoped that they were halfway through the current surge.

The tax collection report saw the ISD collect $4,995,000 which is 98.4 percent. When including delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest, it came to $5,065,000 for a total tax collection of 99.78 percent which Wilson says is slightly behind where they were a year ago.

Wilson recognized Freddy Holcomb during the meeting who donated a photo to hang in the board room of the Howe High School graduating class of 1919. Holcomb also donated a wall hanging of George Washington.

At the end of the meeting, the board renewed the contract of Wilson for another term.

Local Scout to install and dedicate flag pole at Community Center

Howe ISD ended the month of December with 1,238 students. Compared to November it’s four students less. The attendance was significantly improved throughout the fall as it steady rose and finished with 1,161.

However, the January sickness rate was sky high, and the attendance rate plummeted.

Since the last meeting in November, Wilson accepted the resignation of Bill Jehling and Mason Jenkins.

He reminded the board members that are up for election that they would need to file by Feb. 18 with a ballot position drawing on Feb. 28. The first day of early voting is April 25 and the last day of early voting is May 3. Election day is May 7.

Wilson gave a COVID update which saw a significant outbreak over the last two weeks.

Caleb Wahrmund, a local Boy Scout working on his Eagle project will place a 30’ flag pole at the Community Center. It will fly three flags and include solar lighting. Permanent lighting could be placed, however. The total cost is just under $350. Staff photo.

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Alder Development Group

Howe Band Director receives UIL Sponsor Excellence Award

Inside the charming Alders at Rockwall.

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Drug Store and Interurban ticket station in the 1920s and 30s. It was Williford Drug in the 1940s with Dr. Shelley holding a practice in the back of the building. In the 1950s, the building housed Ray’s Café before becoming the home of Hap’s Café in the 1960s. Bob Estep purchased the building in the 1970s for his home furnishing store and M.E. Curtis purchased it in the 1990s for M&M’s Hardware. Most recently, the building was owned by Monte Walker and was home to the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development.

In November, the historic building took on a new owner and occupant when Tim O’Hanlon and his business partner Bart Tinsley, owners of Alder Development Group, made the purchase.

Alder Development Group constructs and manages upscale age-restricted rental properties for they term “Active Adult Living” where their properties lease to individuals aged 55 and over.

“This is relatively new and is growing quite a bit,” said Tim O’Hanlon. “The people that are coming and renting with us are the ones that are active, healthy, and just want to downsize out of a house.

They don’t need medical assistance and they like to cook for themselves so it’s truly an active adult space.”

Alder Development Group has locations in Allen (243 units), Rockwall (144 unites), The Woodlands (188 units), and broke ground on a new complex in Katy (172 units) which should be ready before the end of the year. They are also in planning stages for a complex in Prosper.

O’Hanlon says their properties have a feelgood component to them. With most of their residences being surviving spouses, they create communities through design which will typically see a very large clubhouse, activity coordinator, and many amenities.

“We kind of joke about it being a cruise ship on land without the buffet than nobody likes anyway,” said O’Hanlon. “So we kind of have your cruise director that guides you to activities. We have arts and crafts centers, a pub, a hair salon. It just

feels great when you walk in there because it feels like you’re giving back and helping. I’m just kind of drawn to it.”

A typical one bedroom apartment might cost the resident $1,200 per month whereas a 2-bedroom could be in the $2,500 range.

O’Hanlon who currently lives in Van Alstyne grew up a “Navy brat’ as he states. That took his childhood up and down the east coast but he calls the north Atlanta area home due to spending his teenage and high school years there. He graduated from Georgia Tech University before entering the Navy where he flew military planes for 12 years. After his military career, he earned his Masters Degree and moved to Dallas where he did consulting work before beginning a career with Centex Homes. He started his own home building company in the downturn of 2009 where they rebuilt homes damaged by hurricanes.

He met his business partner Tinsley and acquired Cambridge Homes where Tinsley was the lead construction manger.

O’Hanlon said Tinsley being a former Marine helped them hit it off with a great relationship.

Howe ISD Band Director Angie Liss presented the UIL Sponsor Excellence Award from Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson. Staff photo.

Howe ISD Superintendent announced at Monday’s board meeting that Band Director Angie Liss was the recipient of the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Sponsor Excellence Award.

The purpose of the award: The UIL seeks to highlight the contributions of sponsors of UIL scholastic competition. This award is created to identify and recognize outstanding sponsors who assist students in developing and refining their extracurricular talents to the highest degree possible within the

educational system while helping them to keep their personal worth separate from their success or failure in competition.

Liss will receive a $1,000 cash award and an appropriate symbolic memento from the UIL also.

“I can tell you that Howe ISD is extremely proud that Mrs. Liss was named for this honor,” said Wilson who then thanked her for her service to the students and congratulated her.

“They don’t hand those out to very many people. That is quite an honor.”

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O’Hanlon says the timing was perfect to acquire the downtown Howe property.

“I love Howe and love this little downtown area. You can walk across the street and get some great food,” said O’Hanlon.

“It’s just got that great small town feel we love. It just feels like home.”

O’Hanlon has made the property in Howe a family atmosphere with his daughter Hailey working with him on a daily basis.

Alder Development Group fell in love with the historical aspect of 101 E. Haning Street and plan on keeping the look of the outside wall and inside exposed brick.

They even negotiated the wall-hangings showing the inside of the building from its earlier era as Ray’s Café from 1955 and a remake of that photo from 2015.

O’Hanlon says they are great conversational pieces with clients that visit the office.

For more information about Alder Development Group, visit alderdevelopment.com.

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Howe ISD School Board approves upcoming election, budget amendments, sex education, and 2022-23 school calendar The Howe ISD Board of Trustees met Monday night and approved a budget amendment which was made due to the Howe Community Library needing books for the library. The local revenue was adjusted by $3,689. The library account was increased by the same amount. Another adjustment was made due to a late arriving invoice from fencing company as part of the renovation of Bulldog Stadium.

The adjustment amount was $31,670.

The ISD agreed to have the elections to be held at the City of Howe Community Center at 700 W. Haning Street. They approved to contract the Grayson County Elections Administrations and share expenses equally with the City of Howe and City of Dorchester for elections should there be one for each entity. Should an entity cancel, they will not be responsible for their portion. All early voting will take place in Howe, but if Dorchester has an election, a polling place for the ISD will be at the Dorchester City Hall.

The election will be held Saturday, May 7 with two at-large seats open for the Howe ISD Board of Trustees. Those seats are currently held by Michael Doty and Tamela Shadden. An unexpired seat is currently held by Greg Akins which will require a declared seat designation. Therefore, those applying for a place on the board will have to predetermine whether they are running for an at-large seat or the unexpired seat.

Julie Snapp has been appointed as election manager. The election will be canvased on Monday, May 16 at 5:30 pm. Superintendent Kevin Wilson will ask two board members who are not involved in the election to take part in the canvassing.

The election will cost the district $7,040.

The board discussed the school calendar for the 2022-23 school year and the changes discussed were a start time of a week early which is the trend of most school districts. This would allow for more time off during the school year. The staff would like to add a mini fall break which would include two days in October and a staff development day. For the students it

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would result in a three day break and a two day break for staff. In total the students would attend for 175 days with the teachers working 187 days. The state requires that schools have 75,600 minutes of school. The proposed calendar is comprised of 76,440 which leaves just under two days of cushion for bad weather or other closing. The adoption of the calendar was approved by the board.

The 2021 tax roll value for the ISD is $429 million which is an increase of 8.6 percent over last year. The tax levy is $5,263,000 which is an increase of 3.6 percent over last year. The special assessment levy is $2,249. Those items were approved by the board.

The board also approved a new sexual education requirement by the Student Health Advisory Council (SHAC) which was tasked with reviewing the Aim For Success program which Wilson said was a very conservative program.

“The number one goal (for the program) is they discuss abstinence, but they also talk about different aspects of issues that teenagers go through with dating,” said Wilson. “The main purpose is to let them know that it’s their body and they have the right to refuse.”

Wilson said they discuss “sexting” and pornography and the legal aspects of such.

“There’s a lot of things being passed through cell phones that are inappropriate and very illegal. I think it’s important for some kids that don’t get that at other places.”

Wilson said parents have the opportunity to view the program in advance. Prior to this year, parents did not have to give consent. In the past, the parents had the right to opt-out for their kids. Now it is required to have the parents of the child to opt-in.

“We do a parent presentation prior to the program so any parent has an opportunity to view it and they have to opt their child in to participate,” said Wilson. “This was a recommendation from the SHAC committee and the campuses.”

HHS Robotics finishes third at the Koyote Kup in Anna

Judges Choice Awards went to Gracie Max, Logan Smith, Gabrielle Smith, and Zadrian Morris.

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Daniel Starkey was sworn in last week as the newest officer for the Howe Police Department. Starkey was born and raised in Howe and is a 2018 graduate at Howe High School. He graduated from the police academy in 2020. He was pinned by his mother Glenna Kelso Starkey. Courtesy photo.

ADVERTISING/MARKETING Howe Enterprise P.O. Box 595 Howe TX 75459 howeenterprise.com 903-339-0100 news@howeenterprise.com AGRICULTURE Norman Farms 4871 Mackey Rd Howe TX 75459 903-815-5545 ajnorm4@aol.com Renfro Farms 1589 Harrell Rd Howe TX 75459 renfrofarms@gmail.com ANTIQUES

BUTCHER Don’s Smokehouse 111 E. Haning Street Howe, Texas 75459 Donssmokehouse.com (214) 881-8377 DonsSmokehouse@gmail.com CHILDCARE The School Zone Academy 105 Doyle Street Howe TX 75459 theschoolzoneacademy.com 903-532-9663 haleenparrish@yahoo.com CHURCHES Bethel Baptist Church 905 Ponderosa Rd, P.O. Box 458 Howe TX 75459 bethelbaptisthowe.com 903-532-6032 First Baptist Church Howe 100 W. Davis Howe TX 75459 http://www.fbchowe.org/ 903-532-5504 info@fbchowe.org First United Methodist Church 810 N. Denny St. Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6718 Church@fumchowe.org https://www.fumchowe.org/

Howe Mercantile 107 E. Haning St Howe TX 75459 facebook.com/Howe-Mercantile1639767196252428/ (817) 313-2168 georgiacaraway@aol.com AUTO Bob Utter Ford 2525 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 bobutterford.net 903-892-3555 BANKING Independent Bank 100 South Denny Howe TX 75459 independent-bank.com (903) 532-5521 aanderson@ibtx.com Legend Bank 201 W. Grand Whitewright, TX 75491 legend-bank.com 903-532-4778 Brandon.grooms@legend-bank.com First United Bank 2011 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 firstunitedbank.com 903-813-5760 sarah.whitt@firstunitedbank.com BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Provider Business Partners 106 W. Young St. Howe TX 75459 providerbusinesspartners.com 903-487-2248 sharla@ providerbusinesspartners.com Smith-Garner, PC 609 N. Denny St., P.O. Box 1019 Howe TX 75459 http://www.howecpa.com/ (903) 532-1040 amanda.garner@howecpa.com LegalShield 1548 Timbercreek Dr. Howe TX 75459 http://JLALEXANDER. WeAreLegalshield.com 214-549-4474 jlalexander@ legalshieldassociates.com)

New Beginning Fellowship 910 S. Denny St, PO Box 295 Howe TX 75459 http://www.nbfhowe.com/ (903) 532-6828 wallace@nbfhowe.com CONSTRUCTION/BUILDING SERVICVES TLD Design Consulting LLC 103 E. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 http://www.tld -dc.com/ 903-436-4601 tdefrange@tldconsulting.net American Efficiency Solutions 2917 Wolf Front Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 americanefficiency solutions.com/ 214-284-6309 mike@aes-llc.net Carl Seay Construction 3787 Texas 289 Dorchester, TX 75459 469-288-1965 ceseay10@gmail.com DENTAL Howe Family Dentistry 100 S. Collins Freeway, PO Box 960 Howe TX 75459 howefamilydentistry.com 903.532.5545 EDUCATION Howe Community Library 315 S. Collins Freeway Howe TX 75459 www.howeisd.net/Page/83 903-745-4050 atchison.melissa@howeisd.net Howe Independent School District 105 W. Tutt St. Howe TX 75459 howeisd.net/ (903) 745-4000 ELECTRIC Rapid Electric, LLC (903) 421-8100 http://www.RapidElectricCo.com/ brent@rapidelectricco.com

ENTERTAINMENT Chill Out Shaved Ice Howe, TX 75459 Chillout903@hotmail.com 903-436-0708 FIREARMS Guns N More 281 Celtic Road Howe, TX 75459 GunsNMore.net (903) 267-1091 jared.c@gunsnmore.net FUNERAL HOME Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory 637 W. Van Alstyne Parkway Van Alstyne TX 75495 scogginsfuneralhome.com 903-482-5225 tommywscoggins@hotmail.com HAIR SALON Good Fellas Barber Shop 105 E. Haning St. (972) 502-0559 goodfellasbarbershoptx@gmail.com HEALTHCARE

Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Darren Foster – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfbins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 32707/darrenfoster 903-436-2470 dfoster@txfb-ins.com Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Loretta Anderson – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfb -ins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 23242/lorettaanderson 903-819-1041 landerson@txfb-ins.com Aflac Agent Chyna Vincent 1671 Taylor Rd Dorchester TX 75459 940-641-1714 chynakv@live.com INTERNET TekWav 223 N. Walnut St. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.tekwav.com 903-375-9787 jj@tekwav.com

Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health 8001 S. U.S. Highway 75 Sherman TX 75090 angelsofcare.com 903-532-1400 jriggs@angelsofcare.com

LEADERSHIP The Iku Organization http://theikuorganization.org/ 214-392-6218 soga.aralola@gmail.com

Core Fit Nutrition 300 W. Haning St Howe, TX 75459 469-337-1053 C.culton@icloud.com

Goodwill Industries of Northeast Texas 2206 E. Lamar St. Sherman, TX 75090 goodwillnorthtexas.org spierce@goodwillnorthtexas.org

NURSE C.E.R.T.S. 505 Castlegate St. Howe, TX 75459 90.-821-3392 loavamccarthy@msn.com HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING Baker A/C & Heating, Inc. 215 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-6225 bakerac.mark@yahoo.com

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Brother Plumber 708 Maple St. Howe, TX 75459 469-968-4487 trent@brotherplumber.com http://Brotherplumber.com/

Ed Meacham, State Farm 2624 Loy Lake Rd., Suite B Sherman TX 75090 https://www.statefarm.com/ agent/US/TX/Sherman/EdMeacham-3TGY5753JAK 903-892-3923 ed@mredinsurance.com Kathy McGarry, Mayo Agency 215 S Ray Roberts Pkwy, P.O. Box 519 Tioga TX 76271 940-437-2378 kathy.mayoagency@gmail.com

Michael Taylor – Keller Williams Realty P.O. Box 575 Howe TX 75459 mtaylor@kw.com The Llama Realty Group Dana Thornhill 204 Tate Circle Sherman, TX 75090 903-821-6890 llamarealtygroup@gmail.com RESTAURANTS El Patio Escondido Mexican Restaurant & Cantina 495 W. Van Alstyne Pkwy, P.O. Box 637 Van Alstyne TX 75495 elpatioescondido.com 903-482-5538 williampacheco519@yahoo.com Palio’s Pizza Cafe 303 W. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 https://www.palioshowe.com/ 903-532-0390 paliospizza@att.net ROOFING

Illuminated by Lanay Lanay Rentrom 972-215-9886 lanay@illuminatedbylanay.com

Bainbrook Apartments 511 S. Collins Fwy Howe, TX 75459 (469) 712-4082 bainbrook75459.com

INSURANCE

Sheryl Bentley, REMAX REALTORS (903) 821-7653 yourrealtorsheryl@gmail.com

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M&M Properties 901 N. Denny St Howe TX 75459 903-815-8355 mariecurtis16@gmail.com.

Bill French Properties 315 N Travis Suite B-3 Sherman TX 75090 billfrenchproperties.com 903-893-BILL (2455) bill@billfrenchproperties.com

United Way of Grayson County 713 E. Brockett P.O. Box 1112 Sherman, Texas 75091 903.893.1920

HOUSING

Pradera Manufactured Home Park 709 N. Collins Freeway Howe TX 75459 http://praderamhp.com (903) 532-0014 pradera@havenparkmgmt.com

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Torque Plumbing 102 S. Collins Frwy Howe TX 75459 (972) 658-1515 torquemayes@yahoo.com PUBLIC UTILITIES Atmos Energy 5111 Blue Flame Rd. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.atmosenergy.com/ 1-888-286-6700 (Main) 1-866-322-8667 Natural Gas Emergency Jan.Rugg@atmosenergy.com Grayson -Collin Electric Cooperative, Inc. P.O. Box 548 Van Alstyne TX 75495 www.grayson-collin.coop 903-482-7100 mmcginnis@gcec.net Cavender Home Theater DISH 6202 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 http://www.cavendertv.com/ 903-892-3499 chris@cavenderht.com

HIT Exteriors, LLC Howe, TX 75459 972-977-1523 sergio@hitexteriors.com STORAGE Howe Mini-Storage 609 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-7867 amanda.garner@howecpa.com TOWING Adams Automotive & Towing 85 Redden Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 adamsautotow.com 903-482-5784 Pristine Towing & Roadside Assistance 135 Hodgins Rd. P.O. Box 1672 Van Alstyne TX 75495 (903) 814-8064 WELDING Robertson Welding Service 1716 Baker Rd. C Sherman, TX 75090 903-328-6588 carobertson1975@yahoo.com

City of Howe SECONDS COUNT IN AN EMERGENCY! That's why the City of Howe has instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed 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) City of Howe Budget

6.25 % 1.00 % 0.50 % 0.50 % 8.25 % $0.55 $1.33 $0.34 $0.17 $2.39 $4,038,045

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)

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

Howe Fire Department 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet

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

Public Works 317 S. Hughes St. Public Works Director: Mickey Phillips Code Enforcement 317 S. Hughes St. Code Enforcement Officer: Benjamin Fuhr

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 For more information visit the city website www.cityofhowe.org

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 CONNECTION, WATER TAP & METER INSTALLATION FEES **SAME AS INSIDE CITY LIMITS** SEWER RATES N/A

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Texas History Minute The twentieth century was a time of great innovation and progress in technology. Some of the most significant breakthroughs Ken Bridges were in the areas of energy, medicine, and electronics. Leonard Northrup was among these important inventors. In a life that took him from making saddles to making solar power, Northrup’s own work with solar energy helped revolutionize the entire industry.

air conditioning division as Mathes branched into televisions and electronics. Northrup found new ways to improve the efficiency of air conditioners. By the early 1970s, he had patented three new devices to improve electrical efficiency and heating and cooling. These inventions changed how Texans and millions of others across the South and West weather the heat of summer. Though others had created air conditioners and improved on them previously, Northrup helped make them much more efficient and widespread in homes across the country.

Leonard L. Northrup, Jr., was born in Houston in March 1918. His father was an inventor, and both parents had deep roots in Texas History. At a young age, he showed a fascination with detail and developed a strong work ethic. He worked for a time as a youth in his grandfather’s saddle factory and later delivered newspapers.

As a young man, the family moved to Dallas, where he graduated high school in 1936. Inspired in part by his father’s love of science, he studied engineering. He stayed close to home for college, earning a degree at Southern Methodist University. He then went on to earn a masters degree in engineering at the University of Denver and a second masters degree, in business administration from Harvard University.

In the 1970s, he turned his attention to solar power as the nation faced a series of crises in the energy industry.

Consulting with scientists and engineers, Northrup began building solar collectors to heat air. He also began using new materials, curved lenses, and new designs to concentrate the amount of solar energy collected.

Northrup also began constructing solar power towers to collect focused solar energy and tracking mirrors to maximize the energy collected. He also began applying his solar innovations into practical commercial products through his company, Northrup Energy. His inventions included the first solar-powered water heaters and solar-powered air conditioners.

During World War II, Northrup served in the army corps of engineers. He continued to serve shortly after the end of the war, eventually rising to the rank of captain. He met his first wife Jane Keliher while in the army, and the couple eventually had three children together.

After he left the army, he began working for a Dallas-area machinery and aircraft parts manufacturer. Part of the company’s business involved work on jet engines. In 1951, Northrup patented a process for cleaning jet engines much more quickly and efficiently. He followed it up with a 1954 patent for cleaning other small parts.

In the 1950s, he became fascinated with refrigeration and early efforts at air conditioning. He had become successful enough that he and his wife designed a new home for their family in Dallas. He incorporated an innovative air conditioning system for the house, one of the first homes in the state to have a central air conditioning system. He began building and selling air conditioners for cars, devices that would be installed in the trunks of cars with cool air piped inside. When his friend Curtis Mathes began his electrical products company in the late 1950s, Northrup began selling Mathes’s air conditioning units for homes and apartment buildings.

By the late 1960s, he bought Mathes’s

Between 1975 and 1978, he completed four patents on solar energy devices. Northrup also began working with photovoltaic hybrid energy systems, finding ways to incorporate solar cells into power generation. He garnered a great deal of respect within the solar industry, and by the end of the decade, his company merged with ARCO Solar. ARCO Solar later merged with BP Solar becoming the largest photovoltaic solar company in the world.

In his later years, her served on the Board of Trustees of Trinity University in San Antonio and began ranching.

In the 1980s, he founded American Limestone, a company that sought new ways to use Texas limestone in construction. His first wife died in 1989, and he married Mernie Myers in 1992. Now past 70, Northrup continued to study solar energy and new types of solar technology. In 2006, at the age of 88, he received his fourteenth and final patent. It was for a process to desalinate water using simple evaporation.

Energized by the pursuit of knowledge, he continued to work until nearly his dying day. In February 2016, just weeks shy of his ninetyeighth birthday, he finally retired, content that his work was done. Sadly, his wife died just a couple of weeks later.

And less than a week after he turned 98, Northrup died quietly in Dallas at his home, beloved by family and celebrated by colleagues for his triumphs in technology

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Living with children I often go looking for parenting ideas that illustrate the difference between so-called “parenting” and mere childrearing.

John Rosemond They abound. My latest find came in the form of a 2018 article on fatherly.com by parent coach Dr. Stacy Haynes titled “I Never Say ‘No” to My Kids.”

Dr. Haynes—described as offering “solutions for kid’s problems, rather than punitive punishment”—proposes that since, when you have a disagreement with your boss, you sit down with him and rationally discuss the issues, that you should do the same concerning a conflict with your child.

The analogy does not work. A One and a one is not the same as one and a wild card.

The word “no” causes tantrums, says Dr. Haynes. So? Dr. Haynes seems to be saying that since “no” provokes a child to irrational behavior, “no” should not be in a parent’s vocabulary.

By the same token, I should never have told my three-year-old daughter, some forty-seven years ago, that she had to eat the spoonful of broccoli I had put on her plate, as in all of it.

Amy screamed and pushed herself away from the table, causing her chair to fall over backwards, thus causing her little body to do a double back flip across the dining room. I just looked around to make sure she hadn’t hurt herself and resumed eating as if nothing had happened.

Toddlers are very malleable little creatures, it turns out, physically and mentally. In any case, the fact that a CHILD does not approve of an ADULT’S decision and reacts like the village berserker merits an Olympicquality yawn. Parents have a relatively short time in which to transform the berserker into a quality citizen, and no time to waste.

Dr. Haynes’ proposal comes down to the notion that if a child does not like something, punishment and “no” being prime examples, it should be

avoided. That is what the mental health community has been pushing since my grad school days. For going on three generations, American parents have looked to mental health professionals for their marching orders and for going on three generations, American parents have unwittingly cooperated in this social engineering experiment.

Prior to launching them in the late 1960s, my colleagues did not engage in science to verify the value of their progressive notions. Furthermore, dispassionately done social science research fails to lend them credibility as well. Commonsense deals the final blow. Since the onset of this experiment, some fifty years ago, child mental health has plummeted and shows no sign of getting better any time soon.

As the per-capita of mental health professionals goes up, child mental health goes alarming down? Hmmmmm.

Many light years ago, I invented a synonym for “no”—Vitamin N. Parents should give liberal amounts of it for the purpose of properly preparing their kids for the Real World, which is not and never will be Utopia. “No” should not, need not, be screamed in a threatening tone of voice and it is certainly subject to the Law of Diminishing Returns; nonetheless, its positive returns greatly outweigh the negative. Learning to accept “no” with grace is the mark of an authentic adult. A child so deprived is a child neglected and left to his own naïve and often irrational devices.

That, folks, is the difference between mere childrearing, verified by commonsense, and parenting, which is sorely lacking in anything but promises.

Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond.com, parentguru. 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.

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God wants our heart not just our problems God is faithful and is always with you, protecting and watching over you whether you believe He is there or not.

Just because you cannot Dr. Billy Holland sense Him intervening, it does not mean He is distracted working on the other side of the world. There is an old saying, “God’s care for His children is like the Sun: It’s constant. Even though the clouds often obscure it, this does not mean it’s not there.” And Isaiah 59:1 reminds us, “Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.” Even if you have made some serious mistakes, it does not mean He does not still love you or has forsaken you. Maybe He is just patiently waiting for you to give Him your life instead of just your problems.

You may be beating yourself up and thinking this is one of the worst times of your life but be encouraged, there is wonderful news! Have you ever considered Romans 8:28 as a promise directly to you and your problems?

Listen to this again, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose.”

This is a very popular passage in the Bible and for good reason. Many times we do not receive the enjoyment and nourishment from God’s banquet table because we are so focused on our situation. If we would spend the same amount of energy on prayer that we do on worry, I believe we would see more victory and less discouragement. Since God is working behind the scenes to make things work out for us, we may not be demonstrating enough patience with Him. Maybe He is trying to show you something very special that you would not have been able to see any other way.

It has been said the majority of great things which have been done on the earth, have been accomplished by those going through difficult times.

Mature Christians are to be like steel when it is “tempered” with heat to make them pure and strong in experience and wisdom, yet covered with

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velvet as they manifest God’s character with compassion, humility, and sensitivity. Instead of spending all of our time trying to figure out why things happen, we can seek to know Him more intimately. How will this help? Because He is the only one who has all the answers and knowing and loving Him is how we learn more about everything. Learning and accepting this truth about the endless commitment of God’s love toward us is a revelation of His unfailing covenant to be with us now and forever.

Knowing that Jesus suffered on the cross because He loved us, allows us to see the lies of our adversary when he tells us that no one cares or that we are hopelessly lost. With the increased spiritual sensitivity which Jesus is waiting to give us, we can start making good decisions and get back on the right path of God’s will. A. W. Tozer is quoted as saying, “Man’s mighty burden is his obligation to God. It includes an instant and lifelong duty to love God with every power of mind and soul, to obey Him perfectly, and to worship Him acceptably.” Included in this quest to be transformed into God’s image is the fact that Christ will help us become victorious in whatever area we need to overcome.

New Year resolutions commonly include trying to resist food cravings as we admit that our minds lead and control our bodies. It’s been said if you do not want temptation to follow you, stop acting like you are interested.

Don’t run from it, just look it in the eye and defeat it. Another example is having a problem with cursing, which by the way is a terrible witness. We can ask God to put an alarm on our minds and tongues to stop us before it is too late. It’s much better to be aware of our sins before we commit them than to ask forgiveness after the fact. What many fail to realize is that once our testimony is compromised we may never have an opportunity to share Christ with that person again because the enemy will always remind them about that time when we lost control.

If we are determined to allow God to renew our minds, this will bring a positive change to the way we live!

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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 903-5325504 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

Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place. Ephesians 6:14

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Bill Gates: Future Pandemics, Reducing the Population & Tracking Vaccines Pfizer CEO Albert Burla suggested getting vaccinated against Covid-19 only once a year instead of doing it every few months. So he wanted to reassure the "vaccination skeptics". At the same time, he called those who refuse vaccination "criminals" who "profit from the spread of misinformation."

In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Burla said that "there will not be a good scenario" if people receive vaccinations every four to five months.

"I hope that we will have a vaccine that needs to be done once a year," he said in an interview. ***** Israel leads the world in the number of new daily Covid-19 cases per capita.

Currently, there are 453,505 active cases of coronavirus in Israel, 99.8 percent of which are classified as mild.

"If the Chinese government gets its way, then a global supply chain collapse could ensue.

China is closing its ports as part of the "Covidzero" policy, which means that many goods whose supplies America has come to trust China will not appear on store shelves in the coming weeks and months.

Even Bloomberg is beginning to acknowledge China's involvement in the supply chain disruption.

According to Bloomberg, the effects of restrictions in China "are beginning to affect supply chains in the region."

As a result of the slow movement of goods through some of the country's busiest and most important ports, shippers are now redirecting cargo to Shanghai, causing the same delays at the world's largest container port that led to massive congestion last summer. Ultimately, this led to a record number of container ships waiting off the coast of California - a glut that

has not been eliminated so far.

Freight forwarders warn of the consequences for already crowded gateways in Europe and the United States, and HSBC economists say that the global economy may face the "mother of all" shocks in the supply chain if the promoted "highly infectious" omicron variant, which has affected most of the global economy, spreads across Asia, especially China, and then production disruptions will be inevitable.

China is the world's largest trading country, and its ability to keep its factories running during a pandemic is critical to global supply chains. The delta and omicron variants have already allegedly led to the shutdown of garment factories and gas supply in one of China's largest seaports in Ningbo, disruptions in the work of computer chip manufacturers in the blocked city of Xi'an, and on Tuesday a second citywide lockdown was introduced in Henan Province.

'If there is risk, there must be choice': Dr. Robert Malone stirs Defeat Mandates rally in DC JustTheNews.com—

adverse medical events among people who took As of Friday, 55 percent Protesters opposed to the jab. Kennedy noted of serious cases occur in COVID-19 vaccine man- that one vaccine manupatients who received dates marched on Wash- facturer, Pfizer, has said it three vaccines, 24 perington, D.C. on Sunday, wants to keep research cent did not receive the embarking on a miledata sealed for 55 years. vaccine at all. long march before con"We want it now," Kenvening at a rally outside nedy said.

It also became known the Lincoln Memorial. that Israeli Defense Min- Organizers with Chil"Regarding the genetic ister Beni Gantz, who dren's Health Defense COVID vaccines, the received four doses of the predicted 20,000 people science is settled: They're vaccine, announced that would attend the event, not working," asserted he had tested positive for Defeat the Mandates.

Malone, a pioneer of Covid-19 after passing a mRNA vaccine techonolPCR analysis.

Speakers included Robert ogy who has emerged as ***** F. Kennedy, Jr., virologist a leading COVID vacBoris Johnson's governand immunologist Dr. cine skeptic. ment is considering liftRobert Malone, investiing the vaccination man- gative journalist Lara "These vaccines do not date for NHS staff Logan, and doctors and prevent Omicron infec(England's National other experts. tion, viral replication or Health Service) amid spread to others," he confears that more than While addressing the tinued. "These genetic 70,000 staff will lose crowd on Sunday aftervaccines are leaky, they (Continued on page 16) noon, Kennedy described (Continued on page 16)

Face mask rules and Covid passes to end in England. England's Plan B measures are to end Thursday, with mandatory face coverings in public places and Covid passports both dropped, Boris Johnson has announced.

The PM said England was reverting to "Plan A" due to boosters and how people had followed Plan B measures.

He told MPs scientists believed the Omicron wave had peaked nationally.

In a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, the prime minister said: Mandatory Covid passports for entering nightclubs and large events would end, though organisations could choose to use the NHS Covid pass if they wished.

People would no longer be advised to work from home and should discuss their return to offices with employers.

Face masks will no longer be mandated, though people are still advised to wear coverings in enclosed or crowded spaces and when meeting strangers. ***** Canadian truckers announced a full-scale nationwide strike, which was to begin on January 23.

They openly declare that "the shelves of stores will be empty, there will be no food, and this will continue until the government cancels the mandates for mandatory vaccination."

Earlier this week, news spread widely that the previously announced

vaccination mandate for cross-border truckers would take effect on January 15.

Just a day or two before that date, the Canadian government announced that it would not introduce a vaccination requirement because it would create an instant shortage of truckers. People were happy, and the problem seemed to have been solved, but later officials retracted their words and said that the vaccination requirements remain in force.

In most supermarkets, food stocks remained on the shelves for about three days. At most gas stations, gasoline is in the tanks for about the same number of days. Hospitals are running out of bandages, sterile water and medicines. Municipal water supply companies have a supply of chlorine for only one week to clean municipal water sources. This is just a short list of the largescale consequences of the truckers' strike. ***** EcoHealth Alliance received the majority of its funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a State Department subsidiary that serves as a frequent cover for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Their second largest source of funding was from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), which is a branch of the Department of Defense (DOD) which states it is tasked to “counter and deter weapons of mass destruction and improvised threat networks.”

The United States Agen-

cy for International Development (USAID) has a long history of acting as a contract vehicle for various CIA covert activities.

With an annual budget of over $27 billion and operations in over 100 countries, one former USAID director, John Gilligan, once admitted it was “infiltrated from top to bottom with CIA people.” Gilligan explained that “the idea was to plant operatives in every kind of activity we had overseas; government, volunteer, religious, every kind.”

In 2013, a US cable published by WikiLeaks outlined the U.S. strategy to undermine Venezuela’s government through USAID by "penetrating Chavez’s political base", "dividing Chavismo", and "isolating Chavez internationally."

In 2014, the Associated Press disclosed that USAID contracted out a project to develop a rival to Twitter in order to foment a rebellion in Cuba.

From 2009 to 2019, USAID partnered with EcoHealth Alliance on their PREDICT program which identified over 1,200 new viruses, including over 160 coronavirus strains; trained roughly 5,000 people around the world to identify new diseases; and improved or developed 60 research laboratories.

What better way for the CIA to collect intelligence on the world’s biological warfare capabilities. More here. ***** Dr. Anthony Fauci has issued a warning to the world: We’re only in “phase one” in a pur-

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their jobs for failing to comply.

The government estimates that 73,000 staff working with patients in the UK are still not vaccinated. ***** The stock market crash of Moderna is intensifying: losses exceed $ 130 billion after scientists discovered that Covid boosters do not stop Omicron. ***** Tens of thousands gathered in Washington DC on Sunday to call for an end to COVID vaccine mandates.

have poor durability, and even if every man, woman and child in the United States were vaccinated, they cannot achieve herd immunity and stop COVID. "They are not completely safe, and the full nature of the risks remain unknown.

"In contrast, the natural immunity which healthy immune systems develop after infection and recovery from COVID is longlasting, broad, and highly protective from disease and death caused by this virus."

Boiling his message down to a precept that could serve as a rallying cry for the marchers gathered on the National Mall Sunday, Malone said, "If there is risk, there must be choice."

"This," he added, "is the fundamental bedrock truth of modern bioeth-

ics."

The issue of COVID-19 vaccines has been hotly contested. But federal and state health officials say vaccines and boosters can keep most patients from getting the most serious cases of COVID19 leading to hospitalization and death, while acknowledging the vaccine protections wane over time and do allow for breakthrough infections in amny Americans. Federal officials also acknowledge the COVID-19 vaccines have generated a larger than usual number of adverse reaction reports, including suspected deaths and some heart inflammation, and that concerns have grown about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and its tie to blood clotting. Federal officials say those concerns aside, they believe serious vaccine reactions are still fairly rare and in most cases their protections outweigh the risks.

Aaron Rodgers blasts Biden for ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’ comment

By John Soloman JustTheNews.com Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers is blasting President Biden for suggesting the current COVID-19 crisis is a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," even taking a shot at the president's public speaking acumen.

Rodgers’ comments published Friday by ESPN are a bit of return fire after Biden made a comment last month during a tour of tornado-ravaged Kentucky that the QB needed to get vaccinated.

"When the president of the United States says, 'This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,' it's because him and his constituents, which, I don't know how there are any if you watch any of his attempts at public speaking, but I guess he got 81 million votes," Rodgers said.

"But when you say stuff like that, and then you have the CDC, which, how do you even trust them, but then they come out and talk about 75% of the COVID deaths

have at least four comorbidities."

"And you still have this fake White House set saying that this is the pandemic of the unvaccinated, that's not helping the conversation,” he said.

referred to involved the CDC reviewing 1.2 million vaccinated Americans. It found 36 vaccinated Americans died of COVID-19, and that 28 of them had four or more comorbidities.

Rodgers drew some criticisms earlier this year The CDC acknowledges after he contracted COVID-19 and had to that current vaccines don’t fully protect against admit he wasn’t vaccinated after previously the Omicron variant of COVID-19 that is racing telling reporters he had across the United States. been immunized. Rogers But it insist that vaccinat- said you should’ve use better words to explain ed people are still better he was referring to efforts protected against more serious symptoms, hospi- to boost his system with talizations and death than natural remedies. Rogers said he’s allergic to some the unvaccinated. of the COVID vaccines.

The study that Rodgers

Schwab and the ‘Club of Rome’ Klaus Schwab discussed the "European Law on Chips" and the need to create "a physical brain for digitalization and its placement to a certain extent in Europe."

international public organization created by Italian industrialist Aurelio Peccei and OECD Director General for Science Alexander King on April 6-7, 1968, uniting representatives of the world's political, financial, cultural and scientific activities.

Then he says that the World Economic Forum has launched the report of the "Club of Rome".

Schwab is the author of “The Great Reset” affectThe Club of Rome is an ing humanity’s future.

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ported five phases of the Covid-19 pandemic.

While he appeared virtually at the World Economic Forum, Biden’s top Covid adviser was asked if the SARS-CoV2 virus would become endemic in 2022. Fauci argued it’s too early to tell and the world appears to be in phase one of a five-phase pandemic.

“Dr. Fauci also said that the world is still in the first of what he considered to be the five phases of the pandemic. The first is the ‘truly pandemic’ phase, ‘where the whole world is really very negatively impacted,’ followed by deceleration, control, elimination and eradication,” The NY Times reported.

Fauci added that “it is an open question as to whether or not Omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination that everyone is hoping for, because you have such a great deal of variability with new variants emerging.”

“I would hope that that’s the case,” Fauci said, “but that would only be the case if we don’t get another variant that eludes the immune response.”

This is a response that many people around the world are dreading: Whenever the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be beat, a new “variant” suddenly springs up that seemingly baffles the medical community.

Also appearing at Davos, Fauci complained about “misinformation” being spread about the coronavirus.

“One of the things the entire world is facing, but we certainly are facing it in a very, very disconcerting way in the United States is the amount of disinformation that is accompanying what should be a problem that everyone pulls together against a common enemy, which is the virus,” he said. “We have disinformation that is entirely destructive to a comprehensive public health endeavor.” *****

Tensions escalate between Russia, NATO & allies over Ukraine Latest details regarding strained relations in Eastern Europe include: *Ukrainian president claims Russia could invade to protect its citizens in the war-torn Donbass. *White House press sec. warns an “extremely dangerous situation” is building on the RussianUkrainian border. *US sec of state expresses Washington’s "unshakeable commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty,” during phone call with Russia’s foreign minister. *NATO sec. general calls on “Russia to reverse its decision to cut diplomatic ties” with the alliance. *Canada deploys small contingent of special forces to Ukraine, including anti-tank weapons. *UK sends C-17 transport aircraft to the country, reports indicate advanced NLAW missile systems on board. *Russia’s ambassador to Belarus accuses NATO of “building up forces and resources” at Russian border. *Russia and US’ top diplomats set for crisis talks in Geneva Friday. ***** The Robert Koch Institute reduces the restored status (immunity through natural infection) from 6 to three months after infection with Covid-19 for a sanitary pass and justifies this change with the "current state of science". ***** In 2021, China's economy grew by 8.1%, which was the highest rate in a decade. ***** Tennis player Novak Djokovic was deported after losing the fight for a visa. He left the country. ***** "Mandatory vaccination in Austria begins in early February for all citizens over the age of 18, fines up to 3,600 euros from mid-March" - Chancellor Nehammer. ***** Moderna intends to release a combined booster vaccine against Covidinfluenza-RSV at the end of 2023, the American pharmaceutical company

said on Monday, hoping that the joint injection will encourage people to get vaccinated annually. ***** EU President Ursula von der Leyen will miss the session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, including the speech of French President Macron, after a possible infection with Covid-19. ***** The number of cases of the virus in China has reached a maximum in almost two years, a few weeks before the Olympics ***** North Korea launched two suspected ballistic missiles on Monday, Seoul said. This is the fourth weapons test in a month, as Pyongyang is building up its military forces, ignoring US proposals for negotiations. ***** A new Gallup poll showed that during 2021, the advantage of Democrats decreased from nine percentage points in the first quarter to Republicans, who had a fivepoint advantage in the fourth quarter. Most Americans now identify as Republicans. ***** The American state of Minnesota offers $200 gift cards to families to vaccinate their children aged 5 to 11 years. ***** Another caravan of migrants left Honduras en route to the US border. ***** General Mark Milley, the highest ranking US military officer, has symptoms of Covid-19 and works remotely. He was vaccinated and received a booster shot. ***** Fauci argues that it is too early to say whether Omicron will be a harbinger of the transition of the Covid-19 pandemic to endemia. ***** For pedophiles convicted of serious crimes against minors of any age, life imprisonment will be introduced in Russia. ***** Failures in the work of YouTube in Silicon Valley. It is reported that the video streaming platform is working with serious interruptions. ***** A Pfizer booster is listed as the cause of death after an autopsy of a 26-yearold South Dakota man.

He began suffering from "multi-focal myocarditis" after the third injection.

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