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Roger Tidwell gives his induction speech at the Howe Hall of Honor Friday night at Summit Gardens. Staff photo.

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Howe Enterprise and community leader and his late wife Lana Rideout, longtime editor of the Howe Enterprise and community leader were inducted along with the late Shawn “Moondog” Fountain.

Fountain was represented by his family and Tony McLain spoke about what he meant to his community and what Howe meant to Shawn.

Rideout spoke mostly about his children and how proud he was of them as they were in the audience.

Tidwell recapped his journey that led him to Howe where he said was a special place to raise a family. The Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year Award went to Nick Upton who serves as the Howe Youth Sports Association president and also the commissioner of Howe Youth Basketball.

Brent Brunner, owner of Rapid Electric was awarded with the Jean Norman Volunteer of the Year Award as he has spent numerous hours with youth sports and city field maintenance.

The Friends of the Library were selected as the Volunteer Organization of the Year and was represented by Jean Norman who gave a speech about the history of the organization that dates back to the early 1980s.

Jared Coffey and Alan Austin, owners of Guns N More were awarded the Business of the Year for their contributions to the community.

Jared Brussow and Rylee Burris were awarded the Thornhill Family Memorial Scholarship. Photo by Michelle Carney.

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an MVP award.

The Thornhill Family Memorial Scholarships were presented to Rylee Burris and Jared Brussow.

The Howe Athletic Booster Club Scholarships were awarded to Landery Sanders and Ethan Lopez.

The MVP Awards went to Jacob Campbell for boys basketball and Kendall Griffin for girls basketball.

Ryleigh Craven took the Softball MVP while volleyball went to Griffin. The Boys Track MVP was shared by sophomores Campbell and Cooper Jones while the Girls Track MVP went to Aryssa Krueger, Mackenzie Krueger, Griffin, and Teagan Stubblefield.

Sophomore Jaycie Grisham took home the Girls Powerlifting MVP while Will Fleming won the same for the boys.

Campbell won the Cross Country MVP for the boys while Teagan Stubblefield did the same for the girls.

The Golf MVP went to Talan Haley for the boys and to Olivia Morris for the girls.

Asher Reinhart brought home the Tennis MVP for boys as Landery Sanders was named Girls Tennis MVP.

The Overall Football MVP went to Haley with Jones being named Offensive MVP and Jaryn Grisham taking Defensive MVP.

Clay White was awarded the Coach Simmons Big Dog Award.

Mary Beth Lopez and Debby Griffin were selected as this year’s “#1 Bulldog Fan.”

Clay White signs to play football at Austin College

Clay White signing with Austin College. Photo by Jason Della Rosa/Herald Democrat.

Clay White did not come into the 2021 football season on anyone’s radar. He even suffered a serious foot injury during the summer and was skeptical on how the injury could affect his playing time. However, White continued to work and secured a place on the offensive line as a first-year starting guard.

Even though Howe struggled to their second consecutive 0-10 season, White’s play on an offensive line stood out to opposing district coaches who chose him as first team all-district. White was the only senior on the offensive line that consisted of three sophomores and one freshman.

He’ll now head to Austin College for his next football experience.

“The biggest thing is that I wanted to play somewhere. Some colleges reached out, but they were really interested and showed that they wanted me,” he told the Herald Democrat. “The players were welcoming. It was huge to feel wanted by the whole program. It helps it was close to home.”