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Howe students traveled to DC and NYC The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce board met Wednesday night to discuss some changes to next year’s Founders Day as 2022 was not as well attended as in years past. Some of the ideas including moving the time to 10 am to 4 pm instead of the 2 pm to 8 pm as has been customary for the past several years. Drastic change ideas included rebranding it from “Founders Day” to perhaps the “Buck Owens Festival” which would celebrate Howe as the birthplace of the late country music star. Owens grew up in Sherman but spent his early childhood in west Howe on the current Smithwick property. No decision was made. ***** “The Magical Balloon Guy” will be at the Howe Community Library this morning (Monday) at 10 am. ***** Howe will celebrate the city’s 150th birthday during the week of Sept. 1217. Part of the celebration will involve a parade and bonfire on Monday night, an old fashioned gunfight and watermelon feast in downtown on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, there will be a community-wide church service and ice cream social at Bulldog Stadium. On Thursday, there is a chamber dinner and Howe history performance by elementary students planned at Summit Hill Elementary. Friday is the homecoming football gave vs. Tioga which was Howe’s first ever opponent in 1935. A concert at Bi-Centennial Park is planned for Saturday. 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.
Library photos pg. 3 Summer athletics photos, pg. 3 VBS photos, pg. 3 HISD to adopt budget, pg. 5 Mark Your Calendar, pg. 5 Bulldog Tre Alsobrook, pg. 6 Hot Jobs, pg. 7 History/Parenting, pg. 11 Christian, pg. 12 Patriot Pony, pg. 13-14 Past front pages, pg. 15-22
HoweEnterprise.com Monday, June 20, 2022 Howe students visit the White House in Washington DC. Courtesy photo. Howe students Matt Hayes, Tatum Gandillion, Sophie Cherry, and Jessica Warren all attend Education First Tours trip recently to Washington DC and New York, NY. The students had the opportunity to explore historical places such as the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery. World War II Memorial, Mt. Vernon, 9/11 Memorial, One World Trade Observatory, Trinity Church, Cen(Continued on page 7)
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Howe’s newest athletic manager has family ties to naming Howe the “Bulldogs”
Baseball, softball camps begin today Walk-ups are welcome today for the Bulldogs Baseball Camp and the Lady Bulldogs Softball Camps. For baseball, it’s $40 per camper and $30 for a second camper. The times are from 10 am to 1 pm at the HHS baseball field and are for first graders to incoming freshmen. Softball is also $40 per child and will run from 10 am—11 am for grades 2-5. Grades 68 will go from 11 am— 12 pm. The location is the HHS Softball Field. Campers are asked to bring gloves and bats.
The 1926 Howe Bulldogs photo with the dog that gave them their name. (Continued on page 6).
StarAuto Body celebrating 30 years in Howe
Kids enjoy Vacation Bible School during the week
Above: Children enjoy Vacation Bible School at Community Bible Fellowship on Wednesday where the theme was “Food Truck Party.” Below: Youngsters perform at Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church in Howe on Wednesday night. The theme was “Spark Studios.” (Photos on page 3). Staff photos. Bobby Ritchie stands in front of Star Auto Body where he stood for a Howe Enterprise photo 30 years ago upon opening the location. Staff photo. For as long as there have been cars, there have been paint and body shops to fix them. One of the longest standing shops in North Texas is Star Auto Body in Howe
which is celebrating 30 years in the same location in 2022. Owner Bobby Ritchie, now 61, says that he was a young painter at the time of the opening that had been
trained by good people to do the right thing and be honest with customer. “A lot of people weren’t brought up like that,” (Continued on page 2)
