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Lady Bulldogs

Track season begins

Howe kid wins first in DFW Golden Gloves

The Howe Lady Bulldogs (2-12-1) lost at Bonham on

The joyous windy and cold days of track season is offi-

In his first ever fight, Cruz Garcia of Howe won first

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SURGING UNEASINESS Real estate market continues to boom in Howe RisinggaspriceshittingmiddleclassAmerica

We are celebrating eight years of ownership of this publication this week. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long; yet it’s also hard to remember having a Sunday off. In a month from now, I’ll surpass the number of Howe Enterprise editions my grandfather published. When starting this venture, we just wanted to spotlight the Howe kids and make sure the townsfolk knew what was going on.

That’s still the number one goal. “Local, local, local”—as my former boss and Texas Radio Hall of Famer Bill Harrison used to preach. ***** Gas went above the clouds last Tuesday which may have been the reason it began to thunder at the same time sleet came down—sure are strange times. ***** With gas prices the way they are and the dollar tanking on the global market, we placed our toes into the Bitcoin water. Biden placed an executive order on cryptocurrency, therefore, feel free to send us some of them there air coins at the following: @howeenterprise.

EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

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

The price board at Quick Check in Howe on Thursday afternoon. Staff photo.

While the story to the right will discuss the bright future of Howe and the roaring real estate market, the current Howe is an ideal representation of middle-class America.

With an average house-

hold income of $74,211, it places Howe a tad bit above the national average. But with the rising fuel prices, coupled with inflation, it places middle class Americans in a dis-

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Early last week the weather was warm and FM 902 was littered with skunks and other varmints that became roadkill. With that came the vultures that circle the skies in search of such a new meal. The vultures are not the only creatures flying overhead as residential and commercial developers are swarming glide-for-glide in search of Howe soil sold by a decent price per square foot. Some of the commercial prices along US Highway 75 in Howe range from $3-to-5 per square foot in bulk purchases.

Howe’s 2021 population is calculated now at

Keep Howe Beautiful to host silent auction for “Freedom Rock” to be displayed at Memorial Park

3,616 despite what the city limits sign reads from 15 years ago.

A number of factors have led to significant increases in interest in Howe—the main of which being the Texas Instruments announcement in November. This has led to our current situation of the median home price on the market increasing by 46 percent from this time a year

ago. It takes (on average) 65 days for a home to hit the market before closing. That is 82 days less than a year ago.

In price distribution, homes from $100,000— $199,999 make up 40 percent of sales with homes from $200,000— $299,999 make up another 40 percent. The final 20 percent comes from homes in the

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Guns N More of Howe showcases new storefront

Members of the Keep Howe Beautiful Organization have announced that they will be the first organization to have a Freedom Rock to be placed in Grayson County and the first in the State of Texas. The Freedom Rock, which is a 60

-plus ton boulder, is to be placed at Memorial Park in Howe. The artist, Ray “Bubba” Sorenson II, was inspired by the movie Saving Private Ryan, as well as, wanting to give veterans a unique recognition. Keep Howe Beautiful wants to bring

Sorenson to Howe to paint the rock which will honor veterans from Grayson County. In order to do so, they will hold a silent auction with desserts and coffee on April 30 at Summit Gardens to raise funds for the $20,000 project.

Inside the new Guns N More at 31 Celtic Road in east Howe. Staff photo.

One of the busiest and coolest places in North Texas is quietly tucked away in East Howe where visitors from all

over North Texas can often be seen taking selfies in “Luckenbach fashion” at the entrance

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Track season begins

The joyous windy and cold days of track season is officially underway and Howe traveled to Bells for the first meet last week. The Howe varsity finished ninth while the varsity girls finished sixth.

Howe’s boys had only one runner place in individual running events as Matthew Acevedo finished fifth in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 23.62. In the 4x100 relay, Antwon Rattler, Asher Reinhart, Kaden Dunn, and Jacob Janek combined to finish sixth with a time of 47.79. In the 4x400 race, Howe’s Jacob Campbell, Dakota Tinker, Janek, and Gabriel Davila finished fourth with at time of 4:12.73. Campbell also finished fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 37’-6”.

On the girls side, Teagan Stubblefield finished fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 1:08.61. In the 800, Aryssa Krueger placed fourth with Mackenzie

Krueger finished fifth. Their times were 2:46.8 and 2:49.08, respectively.

Preslee Harrell finished sixth in the 3200 meters at 15:18.00 and LaShay Thornton placed sixth in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 20.93. Preshley Shockey finished sixth in the 300 m hurdles with a time of 1:04.01. In the 4x100 relay, Howe placed fourth with Thornton, Madilynn Douglas, Jaycie Grisham, and Kendall Griffin running a time of 55.47. In the 4x400 relay, Howe finished fifth with a time of 4:39.45 from the combination of Stubblefield, Aryssa Krueger, Mackenzie Krueger, and Griffin. Thornton won the long jump with a leap of 14’-9.5” while Aubrie West placed fourth in shot put with a toss of 29’-6”. West also finished sixth in the discus with a throw of 69’-8”. Griffin finished second in the triple jump with a leap of 32’-3.25”. Thornton and Samantha Becker each finished tied for third in the high jump at 4’-5”.

HHS Cheerleaders announced for 2022-23 school year Howe High School varsity cheerleaders were announced late last week.

That list included Hayden Adkins, Korie Bouse, Chloie Cervantes, Bettye Delavan, Jentrie Doty, Jaycie Grisham, Preslee Harrell, Mikaylah Komorowski, Olivia Morris, Autumn Owens, Keira Robertson, Harlee Shue, Kamry Snapp, Teagan Stubblefield, Laila Ter-

ry, Kara Wimbish, and Aviana Acevedo (mascot).

The junior varsity cheerleaders will be Gracie Blasengame, Iris Burton, Lacy Hymel, McKinzy McCollum, Zoey Montgomery, Kamryn Powless, Kamryn Robertson, and Melia Gilmore.

Lady Bulldogs drop games to Bonham and Gunter

The ball put in play at Bonham on Tuesday. Photo by Alexa Brunner.

The Howe Lady Bulldogs (2-13-1) lost at Bonham on Tuesday by a score of 9-2. The Lady Warriors put a 6-spot on the board in the third inning that made the difference in the game. Both of Howe’s runs came in the fourth inning.

as she struck out three Lady Warriors.

Micaiah Franklin pitched two innings and gave up six runs, however, all were unearned as Howe committed 11 errors in the game. She allowed three hits and three walks. Kamry Snapp pitched the final four innings and allowed three runs on two hits and four walks. None of her runs were earned

Friday’s game with Gunter was pushed to Saturday with Gunter winning 18-0. Howe totaled five hits as a team—all singles. Franklin, Railyn Murphy, and Ryleigh Craven combined in the circle. The Lady Bulldogs have committed 52 errors in the first 16 games of the season.

Emery Snapp and Chloe Scoggins each doubled. Scoggins drove in both runs for the Lady Bulldogs. Runs were scored by Kaitlyn Fuhr and Franklin who each singled.

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Guns N More

Co-owner Alan Austin displays one of his custom products.

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of the new storefront of Guns N More on Celtic Road at FM 902. Owners Jared Coffey and Alan Austin have dubbed it the “Hot Rod Shop” for guns as they have certified gunsmithing and custom work.

“Our prices are as low as I can legally mark them so I’m not here to make money on gun sales. We’re the hot rod shop for guns. That’s what’s important to me,” said Coffey. “Us being the local gun shop for folks and knowing that our prices are better than anyone else and knowing that we can do anything to any firearm is what’s important to us.”

Guns N More opened in 2018 just 358 yards away from the new location with a small shop located on the home property of Coffey. He says they outgrew that location within the first three weeks of being open. Coupling that with the rising temperature of the country, through COVID lockdowns, riots throughout the nation, and election uncertainty, their sales shot up 400 percent above 2019 just before the November 2020 election. This forced the owners to get more serious about expansion.

“Over there at the old shop, people were apprehensive to come in the driveway,” said Coffey. “We quadrupled (sales) immediately once we opened. For four weeks we had people in here that never stepped foot in our old shop so 358 yards made an incredible difference.”

The new location is located at the

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southwest corner of FM 902 and Celtic Road.

Coffey says the firearm industry, while an extremely hot market, is seeing a transition for the first time. He says that the industry has changed due to the age demographic. Baby Boomers and Generation X still prefer wooden rifles whereas Millennials prefer black guns and Glocks.

“The bulk of the market used to be deer hunters who wanted wood stock guns and lever-actions. But that has changed for the first time in the firearms industry. The black guns have kind of taken over,” said Coffey who said finding lever-actions and wood stock bolt-action rifles are harder to come by. “It’s the same thing with ammunition as 9-millimeter, 556, 223, 308 are being pushed. The ammunition that we all love and use to hunt with are being impacted.”

Coffey said that if they carried more black guns, they’d have more foot traffic, but he says that he and Austin have a philosophy of not following the trends in the market.

“We pave our own way and the stuff that we turn out is unique. We’re not going to change for anyone,” said Coffey.

Guns N More’s huge increase of show room space has impacted their business model as before in the smaller shop, the gunsmith portion of the business accumulated 76 percent of profits.

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Guns N More

Gas prices

The new Guns N More location at 31 Celtic Road in east Howe. Staff photo.

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of the business to 40 percent. Coffey says that in the gunsmithing side, it’s split 50/50 between custom work and small repairs.

“On the gun sales side, it’s hog hunters because everyone here has a hog problem,” said Coffey. “I’ve tailored this shop to hog hunters and deer hunters.

We’re less “tacticool” and more for the hunters. We sell thermals and small caliber rounds for pigs. The goal for us is to be budget oriented for these guys that live out here and hunt. And if you go duck hunting and your shotgun gets screwed up, you can drop it off here and get it cleaned and repaired.

themed fire pits created by Howe Metal Works displayed on the front entrance.

The chamber of a gun is not the only chamber Coffey is involved with as he is a board member of the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a board member of Howe Youth Baseball. Guns N More has a habit of giving back to their community in numerous ways by means of sponsorships and rifle raffles. They are huge for the community of Howe, lock, stock, and barrel.

Guns N More is no longer a hidden little secret in East Howe. Over half of their business comes from Collin County. They’re also getting custom orders from all over the country thanks to the craftsman skillset of Austin.

“What he’s doing in there is what makes the big difference. His skillset is one of only a few left,” said Coffey of Austin’s gunsmithing.

Coffey says that when new people move to Howe, Guns N More is their first stop. “It’s become the local attraction. When people move here, they come here before they go to Cellarman’s or City Limits. There are people standing out here with their arms around each other taking pictures on the porch.

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A custom Glock 21 created by Guns N More. This photo was placed on their Facebook page which received 19,000 shares and nearly 2,000 comments. It had over 1,000,000 views.

Guns N More owner Jared Coffey stands in front of the sales counter.

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for that same amount.

tressed position where food prices, fuel prices, and interest rate hikes are causing a bleed-out of some budgets. A typical family may incur additional costs of $2,000 this year simply due to the higher costs, according to one Wall Street estimate.

Gas prices began to rise nearly immediately after the November 2020 election where it has increased from a national average of $2.13 to the current $4.31. The media claims that most of this has been caused by the Russia and Ukraine conflict, however, the price of gas at the beginning of the activities in Ukraine had already been on a rapid incline from $3.30 at the beginning of February.

At Quick Check in Howe on Thursday, the price for a gallon of gas was $3.99 while diesel was $4.99 per gallon. Those figures were beneath the national average of $4.31 and $5.05, respectively, however the diesel price is near the national average which affects everything on a freight level including food, pharmacy, and fuel deliveries. By the way, those national averages are now the highest recorded average prices in the history of the country according to the AAA. A 181 mile trip from Dallas to Austin will cost the average 20 mile per gallon vehicle $36.84. Just two years ago, the same trip in the same vehicle would get you to Austin and back to Dallas

Economists predict that inflation could start dipping by September but fuel prices could remain elevated for weeks if not months to come.

The 1,700-mile Keystone XL Pipeline halted immediately after Joe Biden revoked its permit on his first day in office. The pipeline was planned to carry roughly 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta, Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. This not only put a halt to President Donald Trump’s energy independence platform, but also removed approximately 1,000 jobs.

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Meet the 2022 Howe Lady Bulldogs Photos by Alexa Brunner

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City of Howe sales tax figures total $38,824.62 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $913.3 million in local sales tax allocations for March, 19.8 percent more than in March 2021. These allocations are based on sales made in January by businesses that report tax monthly.

The City of Howe’s portion of $38,824.62 was down from the all time record-high of $56,677.50 last month but is 12.24 percent ahead of the same month a year ago. This

year’s total is the second-highest March total in the city’s history behind only the 2019 figure of $40,063.73.

Currently, Howe is ahead of the 2021 pace by 10.08 percent.

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City

Total 2022

Sherman Gainesville aDenison Celina Anna Melissa Van Alstyne Bonham Gunter Whitesboro Pottsboro Whitewright Southmayd Howe Leonard Collinsville Bells Tioga Tom Bean Oak Ridge Savoy Ector Dorchester

$1,955,428.76 $730,371.02 $715,125.41 $506,812.84 $435,036.89 $372,575.34 $249,785.20 $202,985.25 $114,527.93 $112,890.47 $59,850.03 $48,195.69 $43,766.02 $38,824.62 $36,464.66 $28,411.89 $20,275.85 $19,213.82 $10,215.87 $8,567.92 $5,004.69 $2,166.88 $1,052.35

Sherman Denison Gainesville Celina Anna Melissa Van Alstyne Bonham Whitesboro Gunter Pottsboro Whitewright Howe Leonard Collinsville Southmayd Bells Tioga Tom Bean Oak Ridge Savoy Ector Dorchester

$7,239,366.05 $2,658,036.31 $2,230,959.11 $1,834,843.34 $1,470,730.57 $1,351,847.15 $833,954.12 $684,698.31 $467,756.81 $424,068.42 $211,503.69 $145,225.37 $138,092.37 $119,072.80 $94,521.83 $92,244.28 $73,307.58 $71,738.14 $36,226.85 $31,851.66 $18,718.77 $9,138.95 $3,157.11

CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE

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Bulldog baseball

Not making it into last week’s edition were two weekend games where Howe lost to Melissa, 14-4 and to Van Alstyne 4-3. Howe’s Matt Hayes was the starting pitcher against Melissa and was relieved by Parker Pecina. Luke Lopez and Pecina had the Bulldogs only two hits. Others to score were Ethan Lopez and Cooper Jones.

Against Van Alstyne, all three of Howe’s runs came in the first inning. Ryan Hough, Austin Haley, and Daniels each scored the runs. Howe had only five hits in the game with Haley and Kaleb McNutt having two each. Daniels got the start on the mound and pitched five innings allowing four earned runs on five hits and two walks.

He struck out seven batters. Haley followed him in relief and pitched a perfect inning striking out the side.

On Thursday, Howe beat Dickson 115 and lost to Bristow 12-10. The Bulldogs bats came alive with 10 hits against Dickson. Haley went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and three walks.

Ethan Lopez and Hough each had two hits and two runs. It was the second inning that Howe received run scoring triples from Hough and Dan-

Howe’s Matt Hayes delivers a pitch against Melissa.

Photo by Michelle Carney. iels.

Howe had 10 hits again against Bristow in a losing effort. Hough and Haley each had multi-hit games with two each. Hough and Jones each scored three runs for Howe. The Bulldogs played longball as they got homers from Luciano Vazquez, McNutt, and Pecina.

Howe kid wins first in DFW Golden Gloves

The 2022 Texas Golden Gloves boxing champion, Cruz Garcia.

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In his first ever fight, Cruz Garcia of Howe won first place at the DFW Golden Gloves competition. He follows his father Sergio Garcia’s footsteps who won the Golden Gloves in 1998. His father serves as his trainer.

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Legend Bank invites Howe Chamber to celebrate in re-grand opening in Whitewright

Howe Chamber of Commerce board members Tom Defrange, Jared Coffey, Monte Walker celebrate with Legend Bank Branch President Brandon Grooms who cuts the ribbon on the remodel of the Legend Bank location in Downtown Whitewright. Photo by Randi Mitchell.

Legend Bank of Whitewright recently renovated their location in the downtown area. The planning of construction first began two years ago just before the COVID shutdown in 2020.

That put a halt on the project until April 2021 when the bank moved into a temporary building on the premises as construction began in May 2021.

Employees returned to the renovated building this past January but Bank branch President Brandon Grooms says they were still doing final touches up until the grand opening on Thurs-

day afternoon.

“I’ve got a lot of comments already about how well it looks in downtown,” said Grooms. “I think it makes a statement from Legend Bank to the community. We spent a lot of money on this.”

Grooms said there were challenges with the renovation as construction prices and inflation moved the goal post throughout the process.

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$400,000—$500,000 range. There were five closings in Howe in February which is an increase of 150 percent.

The only thing holding Howe back from becoming the biggest boom town in the northern US 75 corridor is the lack in wastewater independence.

Once the City of Howe is able to produce their own wastewater plant, one would imagine Howe would be no different from the swoon of growth in Collin County due to its location near Texas Instruments.

When Howe agreed to send their wastewater to Sherman and tear down the sewer plant 54 years ago, it kept Howe from rapid growth. However, it also has placed a premium on Howe dirt as developers that would have rolled over Howe in the previous dec-

ade were forced to go elsewhere.

Howe is the last frontier, and the prices reflect such. Developers that want to play in Howe are going to have to pay the high price by the square foot and perhaps be able to invest in infrastructure.

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One of the, if not the biggest asset for a micro town is the reputation of the school district and Howe is an ISD destination. This is in the forefront of city planners to continue to feed that system.

If the real estate market is of any evidence, Howe has a very wealthy future despite the current financial status of the city due to past decisions. If players want to play in Howe, they have to be the big boys with deep pockets. The vultures might be swarming, but the vultures also clean the streets.

New home built by Astoria Homes on a one acre lot. This home comes with the oversized six car Super Stall. One garage door is 10’ wide and 9’ tall for that awesome truck you can’t fit in your current garage. Second master bedroom on first floor. Large open floor plan with real hand scraped hardwood floors, granite counter tops in kitchen and all bathrooms. Solid maple cabinets, beautiful backsplash, brushed nickel fixtures and 5.25 baseboard. Garage is full finished with insulated garage door and opener. Sod, Sprinkler, landscaped package in front yard and full gutters. Ready May 2022.

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Howe City Council Agenda NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF HOWE, TEXAS WILL BE HELD ON THE 15th day of March 2022 AT 6:00 P.M., AT 700 W. HANING, HOWE, TEXAS AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS WILL BE DISCUSSED, TO WIT: CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE TO FLAGS PUBLIC REQUEST – At this time comments will be taken from the audience on any subject whether that item is on the agenda. All comments are limited to a maximum of three minutes. In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Council may not discuss or act on any of the items not posted on the agenda.

CURRENT BUSINESS Consider/approve consent items which are marked by an *. * Minutes of February 15, 2022, Council Meeting * Finance statements – February 2022 1. Discuss, consider, and take action to approve the Consent agenda.

2. Discuss, consider, and act upon on Cancellation of Election for May 7th, 2022.

3. Discuss, consider, and act upon Certification of Unopposed Candidates.

4. Discuss, consider, and approve new or used trailered generator for use in emergencies.

5. Discuss, consider, and act upon using American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant funds for generator.

6. Departmental Reports: a. Police Department. b. Utility Department. c. Code Enforcement. d. Municipal Court. e. Administration. f. Fire Department. g. Economic Development.

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January 2022—911 Western Hills

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REAL ESTATE Bill French Properties 315 N Travis Suite B-3 Sherman TX 75090 billfrenchproperties.com 903-893-BILL (2455) bill@billfrenchproperties.com Sheryl Bentley, REMAX REALTORS (903) 821-7653 yourrealtorsheryl@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

United Way of Grayson County 713 E. Brockett P.O. Box 1112 Sherman, Texas 75091 903.893.1920 PHOTOGRAPHY Illuminated by Lanay Lanay Rentrom 972-215-9886 lanay@illuminatedbylanay.com PLUMBING Brother Plumber 708 Maple St. Howe, TX 75459 469-968-4487 trent@brotherplumber.com http://Brotherplumber.com/ 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 University of Texas has been in operation for nearly 140 years. Since that time, tens of thousands of UT graduates have enjoyed careers in Ken Bridges all fields that have shaped both the state and the world alike. In its early years, it struggled as it had difficulty finding students, funding, or respect. It took the efforts of its first president, George T. Winston, to change the direction of UT. George Tayloe Winston was born in North Carolina in 1852. Exceptionally bright, he entered the University of North Carolina at age 13 in 1866. The college, however, was struggling after the end of the Civil War and shut down. Instead, Winston accepted an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy, attending from 1868 to 1870.

Though he excelled academically, severe seasickness ended his naval career, and he left the academy. He earned a degree in literature from Cornell University in New York in 1874 and then returned to North Carolina.

The University of North Carolina had reopened by 1875, and Winston took a position as professor of Latin and German. Respected by his fellow professors, he was named secretary of the faculty. In 1891, Winston was promoted to president of the university. He understood the potential that a university could have for an impoverished state looking to rebuild its economy.

He went across the state to convince residents of the university’s importance, which helped improve its reputation and enrollment. Within a few years, its income would double and enrollment would triple. By 1895, Winston had been elected president of the Association of Southern Colleges and Secondary Schools in recognition of his work.

Texas was facing similar struggles at the time. In the early days of the University of Texas, there was not a president in charge of the college. The administrative system was very loose, with professors often taking multiple administrative roles. The university was governed by a board of professors who jointly set policy and oversaw the day-to-day operations, and one professor would head this committee. This committee then reported to the Board of Trustees, which was appointed by the governor. This was very common among many colleges and universities at the time. But with the university growing in number of students enrolled and in importance to Texas, the professors decided that a president was needed to manage the college and to be the face of the university to the world.

Prof. George Waggener, a professor of history and English who had worked at the university since it opened in 1883, was chosen to be the interim president in 1895 while a permanent president was found. By 1896, the search had lasted a year, and trustees were no closer to finding a candidate.

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In June 1896, Winston was invited to give the graduation address at the university. By this time, he had earned a great deal of respect among academics in regard to higher education. He gave a rousing address on the future of universities. The trustees were especially impressed. They had found their president. The trustees quickly offered the job to Winston, and he accepted.

Starting in the fall semester of 1896, Winston began his service as the first president of the University of Texas.

While the university was growing, it had its struggles. It faced fierce competition from church-sponsored colleges across the state, most notably Baylor University, and many legislators were still skeptical about financing a state university. As a result, Winston had very little money to work with. The university had two million acres of land at its disposal, including mineral rights from a grant dating to the Republic of Texas in the 1830s, but the land was in West Texas. Until it was discovered that a fortune in oil was under that land in the 1920s, the land did little for the university’s finances.

In spite of these challenges, Winston began an active campaign across the state to improve the university’s reputation and drum up support for it. New professors were hired, and the curriculum was modernized. The campus, however, was largely undeveloped and was mostly a series of pastures dotted with cattle. In spite of its location just a few blocks north of the Capitol, Winston struggled to gain more funding from the state legislature.

Slowly, the university’s reputation began to improve. A new student newspaper was founded, the University Calendar. By 1899, enrollment neared 500 students. But UT still operated without electricity. Frustrated by his lack of progress, Winston decided to step down. In spite of his short three years at UT, he set in motion the growth, management, and sense of pride associated with the university.

UT would never again be just an afterthought.

He accepted a position as president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of North Carolina, later known as North Carolina State University. As with the UT and the University of North Carolina, Winston worked to improve its finances and to promote it across the state. However, his health was starting to decline. In 1908, while only 55 years old, he decided to retire.

He lived quietly on a pension and wrote a number of books. He died in 1932. Today, UT is a state-fo-the-art university with more than 50,000 students.

Living with children Okay, I’ve had it!

I’ve reached my limit! My tolerance for wellintentioned nonsense is kaput!

Over and done John Rosemond with! Maxed out!

Stop it! Just stop it!

I’m referring to the oft-tendered recommendation that mom and dad set aside a weekly “date night” for the purpose of taking a break from parenting and rejuvenating their marriage.

First, does anyone actually think that three to five hours a week spent in the roles of husband and wife is sufficient to maintaining a vibrant marriage?

Five hours over approximately 112 hours of waking time per week is 4.46 percent.

When I ask people who are married with children to estimate the percentage of overall waking time they spend in the roles of husband or wife, the average answer is ten percent, which simply means that parenting rules in the American family. That further means that the typical American child rarely sees what a functional marriage looks like. For one thing, a functional marriage is not a five or ten percent marriage. It’s eighty percent. It’s certainly no less than sixty-six-pointseven percent.

This is a FACT, however counterintuitive and paradoxical: Nothing puts a more solid foundation of well-being under a child’s feet than the knowledge his parents are in a committed, vibrant marriage. A child needs to see that his parents enjoy one another’s company, even that they would rather talk to one another and spend time with one another than to or with him. That defines the eightypercenters.

The shrieking and blaspheming that you may now be hearing is coming from people who have become ensnared in the mental straitjacket of parenting correctness, the most debilitating doctrine of which is “Children

need lots of attention.” No, outside infancy and toddlerhood, they do not, and children who act like they need lots of attention are nearly always children who are receiving entirely too much attention. The children in question are addicted to being center-stage in their families.

Those children – they are rare but still exist – who tolerate, even prefer, being virtually ignored under normal, day-today circumstances are the most secure, happiest children. They know they are loved. They know their boundaries, first and foremost of which is they are not members of the wedding. On an average hourly basis, their parents leave the children in question to their own devices, which, speaking as a former child who was left to his own devices, is an incomparable gift (so long as the devices in question are not screen-based).

Mom and dad should be part-time jobs. During the labor-intensive first two years of a child’s life, part-time is an ideal. Past that point, part-time should be the state of things. Husband and wife should be most of the time.

Most-of-the-time husbands and wives take vacations without their kids—not all vacations, mind you, but at least one a year. Most-of-the-time husbands and wives put their kids to bed relatively early because they look forward to being husbands and wives without distractions.

Most-of-the-time husbands and wives don’t have one night a week set aside for being husband and wife. They are husband and wife whenever they feel like it, which is most of the time.

Family psychologist John Rosemond: parentguru.com, johnrosemond. 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 searches for those who drift away No matter where we come from or how we have been taught, we are responsible for what we think, what we say, and how we act.

As optimism Dr. Billy Holland and pessimism are learned behaviors, we know that our conduct and worldviews can be changed and controlled if this is our desire. Our spiritual understanding about who God is and who we are in Him must become more than a hope or a chance of fate.

Having a personal relationship with Him is based on knowing that we have been purchased with the blood that Jesus shed on the cross and receiving His grace that transforms us.

Everyone is allowed to decide whatever they want to believe but this does not mean that God approves. When it comes to God’s truth, there is our version and His perfection and the decisions we make reveal the type of person we are. We are responsible as to the level we choose to surrender our will to God. There is a legend that talks about an older member of a tribe that is teaching his grandson about the meanings of life. He said, “There is a fight going on inside of me. It is a terrible conflict between a wolf and a sheep. The wolf is evil and is filled with darkness, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, depression, lies, and pride. The sheep demonstrates goodness and fairness and his light shines bright with joy, peace, love, hope serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.

My grandson, this same battle for control is going on inside of you and me and in every other person.” The grandson thought about this and after a few moments asked his grandfather, “who will win?” The wise man replied...“the one you feed.”

I was talking with a friend the other day about the Christian life and I asked him how he came to know the Lord. He said when he was a child, he went to a Sunday School class where they would listen to Bible stories and

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sing songs. Sometimes the teacher would ask if anyone would like to receive Jesus as their Savior and if someone raised their hand, they would be led in a prayer to ask Christ into their heart. These are truly great programs and have been used to help build foundations of faith in the lives of many.

However, even though he went through this process, he was not saved that day. As a child he did not understand what Jesus dying on the cross really meant and was just going through the motions. Sadly, he grew up without living for God and it was not until over forty years later he had a genuine life-changing encounter with Jesus and his spiritual eyes were opened to what true salvation means.

People can be led to an altar and repeat the sinners prayer, but it is only an emotional experience until God draws and convicts us by his power and transforms our spirit.

When a person is convinced they are spiritually secure, yet they have no desire for God, they have become spiritually lukewarm either or maybe they have never received Christ. If we are truly saved, the Spirit of God within us will relentlessly pursue us until we return to our first love. This subject is much too important than to just assume that everything will be alright.

We are miserable without God’s peace and joy, and I encourage you to call upon him today. He loves you but will never make you love Him. Those who are born again and accept Christ as their Lord, may backslide for a season, but as the great shepherd, God promises that he will find those sheep who have wandered away and always bring them back into the fold. Without being pursued by his endless love and mercy, we would drift out to sea and never return. If you are running from God and trying to avoid him, the Holy Spirit is pleading with you this very moment to be born again or rededicate your life to the one who died to save you.“If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved” Romans 10:9-10.

Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com

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

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George Soros: "The US and the European Union must remove Putin and Xi from power "before they can destroy our civilization" The Third World War will "destroy our civilization" if Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are not "removed from power," warns megadonor, billionaire and Democrat George Soros.

"Having received the green light from Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin began his war in Ukraine, trying to regain the former Russian Empire," Soros wrote in an article published by Project Syndicate.

"However, both leaders seem to have underestimated the situation, increasing the likelihood of a global catastrophe, (the problem cannot be solved) unless they are removed from power," he wrote.

Putin has "literally gone mad," Soros warned.

"He decided to punish Ukraine for opposing him, and it seems that he is acting without any restrictions. He throws the entire Russian army into battle and ignores all the rules of warfare, not least bombarding civilians indiscriminately."

According to Soros, the United States and its allies should participate as actively as possible in the conflict.

"The United States and the European Union are sending defensive weapons to Ukraine, attempts are being made to buy Russian-made MIG

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Massive fraud identified in latest Texas election – 15 percent of all mail-in ballots rejected

More than 16,000 ballots were rejected in the latest election in Texas

By Joe Hoft Gateway Pundit CBS reports that more than 16,000 ballots were rejected in the recent election in Texas.

Thousands of Texans who tried to vote by mail during this month’s primary elections had their ballots tossed out, many of which were rejected because of issues that voters had in trying to comply with the state’s new voting law.

A CBS News analysis of election data has found that at least 16,800 mail ballots were rejected across 14 of the 25 counties with the most registered voters. That’s about 15% of all mail ballots returned in those counties.

The rejections came in the first major election since Texas Republicans passed a sweeping new election law, known as SB1, after months of objections from Democrats and voting rights advocates. Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill last September.

CBS continues and describes these results in Harris County.

Harris County, the coun-

fighters that Ukrainian pilots can fly. It may make a difference," he wrote. "We can only hope that Putin and Xi will be removed from power before they can destroy our civilization."

try’s third most populous county and home to Houston, had 6,888 mail-in ballots rejected of the 36,878 returned due to issues complying with the new voting law, according to the Harris County elections department.

That’s nearly 19% of all returned mail ballots.

Just 31 ballots were rejected for reasons not related to the new voting law.

The number of mail ballots rejected this year far exceeded the rejection rate from the last midterm election primaries.

In the 2018 primaries, officials said that just 135 mail ballots were rejected of the 48,473 mail ballots cast, a rejection rate of 0.3%.

Harris County’s elections department says it doubled the staff dedicated to voter outreach and contacting voters if there were issues. But ultimately, only 849 people corrected their ballots — out of the 7,750 flagged for rejection.

We reported previously that the appointed Elections Administrator in Houston resigned effective this summer after the trainwreck of an election in Houston.

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Ballot Bombshells: 20 episodes exposing fraud, illegalities and irregularities in 2020 election After the 2020 election ended with Joe Biden declared the winner, the federal cybersecurity agency declared it was a perfectly secure vote.

Months later, federal prosecutors admitted two Iranian nationals hacked into a state’s database and stole the identities of 100,000 voters in an effort to influence the election.

Likewise, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared it was “outrageous” to think his state’s 2020 election needed to be investigated. Now, two separate courts have concluded that state election regulators illegally changed rules, allowing tens of thousands to cast ballots in an unlawful manner.

And that probe Evers so stubbornly resisted just provided evidence of fraudulent votecollecting operations that exploited vulnerable residents in nursing homes.

Georgia’s elections chief similarly expresses confidence to this day in his state’s declaration that Joe Biden won in 2020, but he now admits the state’s largest county ran a vote counting operation so dysfunctional that the state may take over the county. He also has launched a probe into potential illegal harvesting of ballots that he says may result in prosecutions.

And Arizona, one of the first states to move to noexcuse mail-in voting years ago, has now begun an urgent effort to return to traditional inperson voting with paper ballots after investigations called into question more than 50,000 ballots

cast in November 2020 and tens of thousands more verification signatures.

For more than a year, Democrats and their allies in the corporate media have decried what they call the “Big Lie” that America’s 2020 election was flawed or stolen. But almost weekly now, revelations are emerging that the election was, in fact, marred by illegalities, irregularities and mismanagement like former President Donald Trump has argued, leaving a nation increasingly doubting the reliability of its election system.

A recent poll found that 40% of Americans no longer believe in the legitimacy of the winner of either of the last two presidential elections, a stunning number for a country globally held as the gold standard for constitutional republics built on democracy.

"We have a lot of work to do," former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell told Just the News on Wednesday. "And so I never sugarcoat this, because there's substantial voter dissatisfaction with the the lack of security of our ballots. And they are very concerned that folks who are voting are folks who are not eligible to vote. And so you can't have a system where illegal ballots negate the casting of legal ballots."

The 2020 election results almost certainly won’t be reversed, no matter how widespread the calls for decertification grow. But the opportunity to take the many failures of the last election seriously to

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World awakening and silent war The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that Ukraine destroy the existing especially dangerous pathogens in order to avoid leaks that could lead to the spread of the disease among the population. ***** The UN has no data on the possibility of using chemical weapons in Ukraine. ***** Ukraine is not developing chemical or other weapons of mass destruction, Zelensky said. ***** The Pentagon has again officially rejected reports that there are no American laboratories for the development of biological weapons in Ukraine. ***** The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrel, believes that the West has made a number of mistakes in relations with Russia, including Ukraine's promise to join NATO. ***** The process of Ukraine's accession to the EU may take years, European diplomats say. ***** Facebook softens its policy on aggressive statements, allowing calls such as "death to Russian occupiers." ***** More than forty organizations have called on the United States not to restrict Internet access for Russian citizens. ***** Putin supports the possibility of transferring weapons to the troops of the LPR and DPR. ***** More than 16 thousand volunteers from the Middle East are ready to (Continued on page 16)

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2020 election fraud laws and corrupted election practices by turning public election authoriimprove Americans’ con- ties into liberal get-outthe-vote activists. “The fidence in voting in the 2022 and 2024 elections Zuckerberg-funded looms large, experts told CTCL/ Zuckerberg 5 scheme would prove to Just the News. be an effective way to accomplish the partisan "We need to make sure effort to 'turnout' their our voting rolls are desired voters and it was clean," Wisconsin State Rep. Janel Brandtjen told done with the active supJust the News. She over- port of the very people sees the Assembly com- and the governmental mittee on election integri- institution (WEC) that ty and blasted Democrat- were supposed to be guarding the Wisconsin ic Gov. Tony Evers for elections administrative vetoing legislation designed to fix many prob- process from the partisan activities they facilitatlems identified in the ed,” Justice Michael GaDairy State. bleman wrote.

"At this point, there is no *Illegal ballot harvesting downside to cheating in in Wisconsin. Gableman Wisconsin, when you also exposed an extenhave a governor that's shutting down a lot of the sive vote collection operthings that we've thought ation, known as ballot harvesting, in nursing in the past as Republicans and Democrats that homes in which thirdparty activists illegally would make a fair and transparent election," she collected the ballots of vulnerable residents, added. some of whom lacked the mental or physical Here are 20 of the most capacity to vote or were important revelations forbidden from voting by uncovered by Just the guardianship agreements.

News over the last 15 State election regulators months of reporting, complete with substanti- “unlawfully directed the ating evidence and links" municipal clerks not to send out the legally required special voting * A Foreign Intrusion. deputies to nursing Federal authorities have confirmed that two Irani- homes, resulting in many an nationals successfully nursing homes’ regishacked into a state com- tered residents voting at 100% rates and many puter election system, stole 100,000 voter regis- ineligible residents vottrations and used the data ing, despite a guardianship order or incapacity,” to carry out a cyberGableman wrote in his intimidation campaign that targeted GOP mem- explosive report. bers of Congress, Trump *Ballot harvesting probe campaign officials and Democratic voters in the in the Peach State. GeorNovember 2020 election gia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has in one of the largest forannounced he has eign intrusions in U.S. opened a criminal inveselection history. The detigation into allegations fendants "were part of a that liberal activists encoordinated conspiracy in which Iranian hackers gaged in illegal ballot harvesting, collecting sought to undermine ballots from voters and faith and confidence in the U.S. presidential elec- delivering them in violation of state law. Raffention," U.S. Attorney sperger said he is planDamian Williams dening to issue subpoenas clared in an indictment. to identify a whistleblower who admitted he en*Alleged Bribery. The gaged in the operation, former state Supreme and there could be proseCourt justice appointed by the Wisconsin Legis- cutions. The True the Vote election integrity lature to investigate the 2020 election concluded group says in a formal that millions of dollars in state complaint that the donations to election ad- man, identified as John ministrators in five Dem- Doe, admitted his role and identified nonprofits ocrat-heavy municipalities from the Mark Zuck- who funded it at $10 per erberg-funded Center for ballot delivered. The Tech and Civic Life vio- watchdog group also claims it has assembled lated state anti-bribery (Continued from page 15)

cell phone location records pinpointing the alleged harvesting by as many as 240 activists.

be enacted by a constitutional amendment. “A constitutional amendment must be presented to the people and adopt*Bad voter signatures? A ed into our fundamental review of Maricopa law before legislation County's mail-in ballots authorizing no-excuse in Arizona's 2020 presimail-in voting can be dential election estimated placed upon our statute that more than 200,000 books,” the court ruled. ballots with signatures About 2.5 million voted that did not match voter by mail in Pennsylvania files were counted within 2020, votes now called out being reviewed, more into question by the rulthan eight times the num- ing. ber the county acknowledged. *More noncitizen voters.

The Gableman investiga*50,000 Arizona ballots tion in Wisconsin also called into question. An found noncitizens had extensive audit by Arizo- made it onto the state na’s Senate officially voters rolls in violation of called into question more state law. The Wisconsin than 50,000 ballots cast Election Commission in the 2020 election, infailed “to record noncluding voters who cast citizens in the WisVote ballots from residences voter database, thereby they had left. The tally in permitting non-citizens question is nearly five to vote, even though times the margin of Joe Wisconsin law requires Biden’s victory in the citizenship to vote — all state. in violation of the Help America Vote Act,” the *Illegal ballot drop boxinvestigator wrote. es. A Wisconsin judge has ruled the widespread *Ballot chain of custody use of ballot drop boxes issues. The Georgia Secin 2020 was unlawful, retary of State's office has and the state Supreme opened an investigation Court let that ruling into the handling of drop stand. That means drop box ballots last Novemboxes can’t be used in ber in one of the state's future elections starting Democratic strongholds in April. It also means following a media report that tens of thousands of that there were problems ballots in the 2020 elecwith chain of custody tion were cast unlawfully. documentation in DeKalb County. *Foreign voters found on Texas rolls. An audit of *Fulton County irreguTexas voter rolls identilarities. Georgia’s handfied nearly 12,000 picked election monitor noncitizens suspected of for Fulton County, the illegally registering to state’s largest voting disvote and nearly 600 cas- trict, documented two es in which ballots may dozen pages of mismanhave been cast in the agement and irregulariname of a dead resident ties during vote counting or by a voter who may in Atlanta in November also have voted in anoth- 2020, including doubleer state. Officials are now scanning of ballots, insein the process of remov- cure transport of ballots ing the foreign voters and and violations of voter deciding whether proseprivacy. The revelations cutions are warranted. prompted the state to Foreign voters found on take steps to possibly put Georgia rolls. An audit Fulton County in receivby Georgia’s Secretary ership, empowering state of State has identified officials to run the elecmore than 2,000 suspect- tions. Most of Fulton ed foreigners who tried County's election offito register to vote in the cials have left their jobs. state, though none reached the point of cast- *Errant vote counting. ing ballots. Raffensperger Georgia Gov. Brian says prosecutions may be Kemp referred the auditforthcoming. ed November 2020 election results in Fulton *Unconstitutional mailCounty to the State Elecin voting. The Pennsyltion Board after multiple vania Commonwealth reviews found three dozCourt has concluded the en significant problems state law that opened the with absentee ballot door to no-excuse mailcounting, including duin voting in 2020 was plicate tallies, math errors unconstitutional and that and transposed data. mail-in voting can only Kemp’s referral calls into

question hundreds of ballots in the official count. *Dirty voter rolls. Michigan’s official state auditor has found that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson failed to adhere to state election law by properly updating and reconciling Michigan’s qualified voter roll. This oversight, according to the audit, increased the risk of ineligible voters casting ballots. *Illegal exemptions from voter ID. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled as many as 200,000 voters were allowed to illegally skip voter ID for absentee ballots by claiming they were indefinitely confined by COVID when there was no such legal authority to do so.

Biden beat Trump by about 20,000 votes in the state. *Uneven enforcement of election laws. The Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau identified more than 30 problems with the administration of elections in 2020, including unlawful orders and uneven enforcement of the law and urged lawmakers to make sweeping improvements. *More illegal harvesting.

In Arizona, a half dozen people have already been indicted on charges of illegal harvesting in a probe by Attorney General Mark Brnovich that shows signs of expanding. It comes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Democrats' arguments and concluded Arizona’s ban on harvesting was constitutional. *Voter fraud in Michigan. Michigan charged three women in connection with voter fraud schemes, including efforts to cast ballots on behalf of non-consenting nursing home residents. *Still more nursing home fraud. In Wisconsin, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling announced his investigators have secured evidence that eight out of 42 residents at a local nursing home had been recorded as casting absentee ballots that their families said was not possible because the residents didn't possess the cognitive ability to vote.

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come to help the DPR and LPR, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said. ***** Ukraine completely refuses to purchase Russian nuclear fuel. ***** The IMF expects a reduction in the forecast of global economic growth due to the war in Ukraine. ***** Interpol will not exclude Russia from the organization, but will change the order of consideration of its requests. ***** Hackers from Anonymous said that they hacked the database of the Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor and published more than 360 thousand files. ***** It is illegal to nationalize the assets of Western companies, the White House believes. ***** The United States does not intend to send troops to Ukraine even if unconventional weapons are used there. ***** Civilian objects have been hit in the Ukrainian Dnieper, emergency services report. ***** Untrained people will not be sent to the front, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine warned. ***** French President Emmanuel Macron said that he does not expect a diplomatic settlement of the situation in Ukraine in the very near future. ***** Putin said that Russia will become stronger, sanctions will "bounce back" to the West. ***** Biden blames bankers for his failures: "There is an obstacle to production in the US, and this is called the Wall Street bankers." ***** The White House rejects the report that the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the Emirates rejected telephone conversations with Joe Biden. ***** US inflation rose to 7.9 percent in February, reaching a 40-year high.

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