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Judy Finney. That relationship led him to Christ and a baptism at the Howe Church of Christ a year later. “Jimmy and Judy were fantastic neighbors and what has drawn me to the Howe church is the longtime residents of Howe,” said Alsbrook. “There are great people in every town, but for some reason, these people treated us as if we’ve always lived here. In certain communities, you have to be there fore a while and show you’re invested into the community. I never felt that here.” Alsbrook, who grew up in The Colony, Texas and graduated high school there in 1991, were shown the small town way of life by the Hawkins family where Rod and Stephanie would always try and spend their money locally instead of going to Sherman. “Growing up green and not really thinking about it as a consumer, I said, ‘why not just go to Sherman?’” But Rod would always tell me, ‘yes, we could, but this is my community and I want to at least give something back to it. They’ve given so much to me,’” said Alsbrook. After graduating from The Colony, he attended East Texas State University for Music Education and finished everything except student teaching. After spending time in the public school system, he took a career switch to
working in the finance department for the Frito Lay Company. Armed with a good job and a bride named Dana, they moved to Howe on the five acres on Mardell Lane. After he and his wife’s new relationship with Christ, he attended Freed-Hardeman University, a private Christian University, for two years. He then moved to Oklahoma where he preached for 11 years before coming back to Howe. The transition from Soechting to Alsbrook has been an easy one according to the new minister. He says that is due to Soechting’s character. He says the expectations of the leadership from his is what he would expect it to be. “Do your very best and be honest with God’s word. Do your very best in trying to help people mature. That has created a smooth transition,” said Alsbrook. Not growing up religious, his first experience in the church was one where the Bible was opened and they just said what the Bible said and they tried to understand it. “I found it different,” said Alsbrook. “I had friends growing up that were religious and I attended some of their congregations but due to my immaturity, I found it lacking. As I started looking for truth, I found what I was looking for in God’s word and God’s people. Aaron and Dana Alsbrook have two
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Howe sales tax on pace for 10 percent increase in revenue over 2021 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations for July, 15.3 percent more than in July 2021. These allocations are based on sales made in May by businesses that report tax monthly.
A quarter of that amount belongs to the Howe Community Development Foundation Corporation which totals $10,406.91.
In Howe, the figure came to $41,627.64 which is an increase of the same period last year by 5.71 percent.
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City
June 2022
City
Total 2022
Sherman Denison aGainesville Celina Anna Melissa Van Alstyne Bonham Whitesboro Gunter Pottsboro Whitewright Howe Leonard Southmayd Collinsville Bells Tioga Tom Bean Oak Ridge Savoy Ector Dorchester
$2,319,538.76 $811,237.51 $679,775.89 $611,829.49 $511,309.40 $472,187.75 $382,846.87 $237,465.86 $161,570.85 $140,382.81 $77,161.58 $52,379.61 $41,627.64 $39,831.88 $38,472.66 $36,392.42 $24,819.25 $23,631.65 $11,712.20 $9,651.34 $5,798.51 $2,002.54 $951.86
Sherman Denison Gainesville Celina Anna Melissa Van Alstyne Bonham Whitesboro Gunter Pottsboro Whitewright Howe Leonard Southmayd Collinsville Bells Tioga Tom Bean Oak Ridge Savoy Ector Dorchester
$16,668,590.76 $5,968,029.49 $5,045,340.59 $4,083,667.07 $3,476,255.62 $3,468,445.55 $2,193,121.12 $1,613,983.50 $1,099,754.08 $1,043,589.28 $507,988.85 $336,892.24 $316,641.73 $266,818.27 $235,142.02 $232,653.05 $180,074.80 $159,302.79 $87,354.16 $70,148.85 $43,764.32 $19,868.18 $7,274.53
