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It’s surgery month around our family. The dad had nerve surgery, the dog had 16 teeth removed, the son had septoplasty, the self is having septoplasty this week.

You think gas is expensive... ***** Businesses that want to place an ad in the Howe Bulldogs 2022 Gameday program have several options. A full page ad comes with a banner hung at the stadium and is moved to the high school gymnasium after the season. Full page ads with a banner are $475.

Half page ads are $200, Quarter page ads are $150, and 1/8 page ads are $75.

Student ads are a very popular item, and a full page student ad is $150, half page $100, Quarter page is $75, and 1/8 page is $60.

To place an ad, send an email to programsales.habc@gmail.c om ***** In a restaurant in Sherman, on the counter is a tip jar that reads, “Every time y’all don’t tip, a child gets a mullet.” ***** A “slight tax increase” costs us several hundred dollars while a “substantial tax cut” saves us about a dollar and a half. ***** Just in case anyone was wondering, we have now reached the level where Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Carpenters, and Waylon Jennings is played in the background of 50th wedding anniversary celebrations.

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New dentist, same Howe Family Dentistry For many years, a staple business in Howe has been Howe Family Dentistry operated by Michael Karleskint, DDS, and his wife Jane. The Karleskint family has opted for a much deserved retirement and has sold the practice to John Sunnucks, DDS who along with his wife Julie, is operating the business in the same fashion as the Karleskints.

Sunnucks is originally from Abilene, Texas where his father retired from the US Air Force in that area. He’s a 1988 graduate of Abilene Cooper High School and graduated from HardinSimmons University in his hometown in 1992.

John Sunnucks and his

John and Julie Sunnucks. Courtesy photo. wife Julie have two sons, Sam, a 13-year-old soonto-be eighth grader and (Continued on page 3)

The City of Howe will have their monthly City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 19 at 6 pm at 700 W. Haning Street.

One of the topics on the agenda will be a consideration of moving $50,000 from the Reserve Fund to purchase park equipment for Memorial Park. City officials say the expenditure will serve as matching funds for a much greater amount which will enhance the park by a great deal. The following agenda item is to enter into a lease/purchase agreement with the city and Independent Bank for the purchase of the equipment. The city will also discuss the Keep Howe Beautiful Memorial Park request, the removal of Red Boxes, and insurance paid from Texas Municipal League.

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INSIDE Back to School info, pg. 2 50th Anniversary, pg. 2 School Board agenda, pg. 2 Mark Your Calendar, pg. 5 Substitute Training, pg. 5 Obituary, pg. 6 Hot Jobs, pg. 7 FBC XYZ/Parenting, pg. 11 Christian, pg. 12 Patriot Pony, pg. 13-14 Past front pages, pg. 15-22

Texoma Patriots to discuss federal land grab and “Green New Deal” Tuesday The next meeting for the Texoma Patriots will be held July 19 at the First United Methodist Church in Van Alstyne, 301 S. Preston Ave. (Benton Hall),. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome There is no charge to attend the meetings.

Donations are appreciated.

The topic of the meeting will be Executive Order 14008, where the Texo(Continued on page 7)

1942 Howe Bulldogs were a made-for-Hollywood movie Self-coached district champions were a team full of heroes

Howe FFAstudents perform well at state convention

Howe FFA students at the state convention.

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Korie Bouse, Jordan Brunner, Mackenzie Bryant, Jenna Clark, Jentrie Doty, John Griffin, Emma Sutherland, Shelbee Taylor, and Ashtyn

Wade each earned their Lone Star Degrees at the 94th Annual Texas FFA Convention. Wade was a state finalist in Soil Stew(Continued on page 6)

Things were strange in 1942. The world was at war. Howe’s Head Football Coach H.A. McDonald resigned after one season where Howe went 6-3 in 1941 and

scored 132 points while allowing 87. In March of ‘42, Howe hired Mrs. Charles R. Thompson to fill the vacancy, but obviously, she was not a football coach. She was to

teach until another coach could be selected. Later in the month, the school board approved the hire of J.D. Cochran of Dallas to be the coach, but he (Continued on page 4)

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School Board agenda Tonight’s Howe ISD Board of Trustees agenda includes Administrator Reports with updates to the student handbooks for each campus. Superintendent Kevin Wilson will discuss personnel and COVID protocols for 2022 -23.

The consent agenda lists items such as reviewing minutes, monthly financial reports, quarterly investment report, updated vendor list, a resolution to identify hazardous conditions and areas for student transportation. Also the student code of conduct, and appraisal timeline and list of appraisers.

Darrell and Carlene Walker celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 16. The actual date is July 21. But the 16th was double special because it was the 68th birthday of the groom.

The board will also discuss a compensation plan revision as well as a professional development plan.

To finish out the evening, they will enter into closed session for the midyear review of the superintendent.

They will also discuss negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations.

Bulldog Back to School Expo Howe ISD is hosting an “Bulldog Back to School Expo” at Howe High School on August 1 from 8 am—6pm where students entering grades three through 12 can pick up their iPad before the start of school.

Chill Out Shaved Ice will be on campus from 10 am—6 pm for a back to school tasty treat.

Back to School Shot Clinic By appointment only, the Grayson County Health Department is hosting a “Shot Clinic” from August 1— August 5. It’s $20 and will be held at the Sherman Health Department, 515 N. Walnut St. in Sherman. For more information, call 903-893-0131 extension 1235 or 1237

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The staff at Howe Family Dentistry. Courtesy photo.

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Luke, an 11-year-old soon-to-be fifth grader. They both attend McKinney Christian School. They live in Allen but are looking to move closer to the practice.

While as a youth, Sunnucks needed an extensive amount of dental work with bone conditions and implants and even jaw surgery a couple of time. With being a patient so much of his young life, he became interested in the profession and decided to go to dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry (now Texas A&M College of Dentistry) in Dallas and graduated in 1999.

His first job was working in a hospital and nursing home group practice where he stayed for a year. He then was an associate for a period of time before deciding to branch out on his own and have his own practice. He then started Suncreek Family Dentistry in Allen, Texas in the last week of 2001.

“John has a heart for seniors especially and that’s why we did the nursing home dentistry,” said Julie whose background before dentistry was as a special-ed teacher. “The service part is very important to us. So, we love a lot of the senior patients that we’ve met (in Howe). John, having gone through a lot of dentistry in his young life has given him an empathetic edge.”

The new owners say that the people of Howe have been very kind and sweet.

“I just love the general feel of all of it,” said Julie. “It’s just a wonderful small town feel. It’s almost like a relief coming from a big city. I just appreciate the way everything is kept small, and everyone cares about each other.”

The transition of ownership has been a smooth one according to Sunnucks and he says it’s because of the Karleskints being great people.

It was during this period where he met married his eventual wife Julie after a 10-month courtship in 2006. Together, they started their own nursing home dental practice where she officed out of their home. While still doing general dentistry during the week, the side practice kept the two very busy as they worked Monday through Thursday in general dentistry and would spend their Fridays loading up heavy equipment to take to nursing homes to do fillings, extractions, dentures, and more.

He first heard of the practice being for sale in February. He gave notice to his office and stayed to finish up cases that were previously scheduled.

“We did that for a long, long time,” said Sunnucks. “When Luke, our second son, came along, we decided that was a good time to wrap it up, so we stopped doing the nursing home dentistry. We were getting too busy.”

“I find that they’re more knowledgeable and professional than what I’m even used to,” said John. “They’re a step ahead in a lot of ways.”

During those years, John and Julie would travel to Haiti on mission trips and provided dental care for some of the natives. This wasn’t new for John as he had traveled on mission trips before meeting Julie to Brazil and Africa.

“I always enjoyed mission trips and Julie did too, so we started going to Haiti and trying to go every year and helping a group called “Love A Child” which had an orphanage and a feeding program,” said Sunnucks.

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ing hands-on extractions to students on live patients. He served in that position for 10 years.

He then joined with a former professor of his at Baylor where he became an adjunct professor of dentistry by teach-

“We’re officially here and Dr. Karleskint is in-and-out and he and Jane have been really great,” said Sunnucks.

Julie says that the staff they inherited are top-notch, knowledgeable, and friendly.

John also said that he was impressed that the office used the best for the patients, speaking of the quality of the lab and the materials.

“That great and it’s really nice to see that because that’s what I prefer as well,” said John. “You do the best you can for every person and treat them like they’re a member of your own family. That’s what it’s all about.”

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resigned to take a defensive coaching position at another school. So, without a coach, the players petitioned the school to coach themselves.

tually became a heated rivalry with a “Silver Spike” name to boot. But in 1942, Howe traveled down Highway 5 for a rare game under the lights on a Thursday night.

The young men approached Howe High School Principal Charles R. Thompson about coaching themselves. He gave them a stern lecture according to the late L.B. Kirby, that he would not waste his time unless they were going to take it seriously.

The result was a hotly contested 7-6 loss to the Panthers when Glen Whitaker received a pass from Bobby Waters and ran 23 yards for the score. Waters extra point gave Van Alstyne the come-from-behind win. Howe’s score came on a Brinkley 60-yard interception return.

Thompson told them, “If you’re just wanting to go out there and wear the uniforms, I’m not going to fool with it.

But if you’re serious about playing, then I’ll drive the bus.”

Howe then got revenge the next week at home with a 40-0 drubbing of Pilot Point as every article each week noted the Dogs as the “coach less team.”

And with that green light, the boys began to put in the work at Bulldog Stadium.

They elected captains Robert Miller and Henry Lee Allgood. They were led at quarterback by Tony Brinkley.

All of these young men would eventually land in combat in World War II. Brinkley became eventually would become Howe’s first casualty of the war. Also on the team was a halfback named L.B. Kirby who would go on to become the most decorated living war hero in the State of Texas.

Howe opened the season at home at Bulldog Stadium with a crushing blow to the Denison B team by a whopping score of 40-0 on a Tuesday afternoon.

Howe scored in every period with Miller leading the way with four touchdowns. Fullback Allgood and quarterback Brinkley accounted for the remaining two touchdowns. It was Kirby who set the table for the scores with good runs.

The final score of the game at Bells doesn’t represent to true dog fight the boys were in. The score was knotted at 13 through most of the game leading to the final stanza. Howe capitalized on fumbles and interceptions to put up three scores in the fourth quarter for the 33-13 win. Miller again scored four touchdowns.

The next game was the second consecutive season Howe played Van Alstyne. It was also the second ever game against the Panthers which even-

Kirby scored two touchdowns, with Miller, Brinkley, Allgood, and Jones scoring also.

With that win, Howe, in class 14-B, qualified for a bi-district championship showdown with Sanger in Whitesboro.

The game records indicate the game ended in a 12-12 tie, but Kirby says that Miller scored from the one-yard line as time expired, however, the officials ruled him down after not getting the ball across the line.

“It’s the first time and the last time I have ever seen the fans of an opponent take up for the opposing team,” said Kirby in a 1999 interview. “Miller took a handoff over right tackle and just before he crossed the goal line, he turned parallel to the goal line and fell about a foot across the goal line. The referees brought it back to about one foot inside the line. He was in the air so he couldn't have touched. They called the game as the clock had run out. The fans from Sanger piled onto the field declaring that he had made the touchdown. He had made the score. I was actually afraid for a little while. I thought they were going to do something to the referees.”

The story of the 1942 Howe Bulldogs is one that could very well be written and told on the silver screen. A story of perseverance, trials, tribulations, heartbreak, and tragedy. But out of all of those things came heroes and there was a plentiful heaping scoop of heroes on that team.

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*JV/V Scrimmage at Whitewright, August 12 at 6 pm *JV/V Scrimmage vs. Scurry Rosser, Bulldog Stadium, 6 pm.

July *First United Methodist Church Howe Vacation Bible School, July 17-21, 810 N. Denny St. *HISD Board of Trustees, July 18 at 6 pm, 415 W. Tutt St. *City Council Meeting, July 19 at 6 pm, 700 W. Haning St. *Volleyball Camp, July 18-20 at Howe High School, 200 Ponderosa Rd. *Football Camp, July 25-28 at Bulldog Stadium, 607 N. Hughes St. August

Howe ISD releases substitute training information Howe ISD is currently accepting applications for substitute positions for the 2022-23 school year. To be eligible for substitute placement, applicants must be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or equivalent.

All new applicants who meet the above criteria are required to attend a mandatory training on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 from 9 am to 11:30 am at Summit Hill Elementary Cafeteria before being placed on the district’s

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ardship Public Speaking while

Craddock placed second in the State Contest at the Texas FFA Convention in Junior Prepared Public Speaking.

Betty Sue Jones November 16, 1946 - July 7, 2022 Betty Sue Catching Jones was born in Howe, Texas, November 16, 1946, to Jake Lee and Thelma Catching. She passed from this life July 7, 2022, peacefully at her home in Carrollton, Texas.

Camryn Craddock placed second in Jr. Prepared Public Speaking.

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Ashtyn Wade and Camryn Craddock each advanced to the state finals.

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Betty grew up in Howe and graduated from Howe High School in 1965. She then elected to attend and completed cosmetology school and later became a licensed Class A Barber in the state of Texas. Her first job as a hairdresser was a Mamie’s Beauty Shop in Howe. She then worked a few other places before settling in at Cullwell & Son on Hillcrest in Dallas where she worked in “The Grooming Room” cutting men’s hair for 39 years. There she made many wonderful friends and acquaintances that were both coworkers and customers. When she retired, she had customers that were third generation family members. Everyone that knew Betty knew of her love for dogs, especially Hank her Aussie.

Betty is survived by her brothers David Catching and wife Gail and Robert

Catching; a niece Julie Catching and nephews Clint Catching and wife Paula, Tom Catching, and Chad Catching and wife Cary; great nieces and nephews; Kindle, Erin and Lauren Catching; Jake and Lude Catching and Lane Rodgers.

She was preceded in death by her parents Jake and Thelma, her sister-in-law Joyce Catching and nephew Rob Catching.

The family will hold a private service and burial at Hall Cemetery in Howe, Texas. Please sign the online guestbook and leave notes or memories of Betty at waldofuneralhome.com.

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Texoma Patriots (Continued from page 1)

ma Patriots say seeks to implement a radical 30 by 30 land grab program.

“This land grab seeks to lock up at least 30% of all lands and waters in the U.S. by the year 2030. Private lands are not exempt from this initiative, and hundreds of millions of additional acres currently managed for multiple use or economic development are threatened by this initiative,” says the flyer for Tuesday’s meeting.

It goes on to say, “Governor Abbott, together with 14 other governors, was signatory on a letter to Biden opposing this radical program as it would ‘violate property rights and hurt the Texas economy.’”

US Representative Pat Fallon is an original co-sponsor of H.R. 3014 “30 by 30 Termination Act.” The Texoma Patriots say 30 by 30 is an unconstitutional policy shift moving Americans from a nation founded on private property principles to one controlled by the administrative state. Proponents argue that climate impacts are humancaused so permanently preserving 30% of America’s land and oceans is necessary to reverse climate change.

The featured speaker on this issue is Margaret Byfield, Executive Director of American Stewards of Liberty www.americanstewards.us. Byfield was raised on a large cow calf operation in central Nevada. Her family experienced unprecedented regulatory pressures that eventually led to Hage v. United States, the first federal lands grazing case filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Also on the agenda for the evening is the topic of “The Green New Deal.”

Job Title GENERAL LABORER workintexas.com Posting ID 14852216 Location Sherman Posting Close Date 09/09/22 Posting Link https:// bit.ly/3uOq9ac Description A local company is looking for a GENERAL LABORER who will be cleaning steel using a grinder with wire brush. Must have steel toed shoes.

Margaret Byfield, Executive Director of America Stewards The Texoma Patriots say that President Biden and foreign cronies want to line the entire Texas coast soon with offshore “Green New Deal” windfarms. Potentially hundreds of miles of foreign-owned, 850-foot-tall, windmills will line the entire US coast of the Gulf of Mexico. They say these wind farms would cripple America’s fossil fuel industry by driving up prices and ruining the coast.

Koti Academy on Doyle Street in Howe.

“It would also ruin fishing, bankrupting family fishing business, rupturing the food chain, and damage the coastal environment. It is part of Biden’s ‘Green New Deal’ agenda. That’s just part of it. They want to ‘fence in’ almost the entire coastline of the United States by leasing massive tracts of sea bottom to foreign companies to build these windfarms. It’s an attack on our future! And Beto O’Rourke supports this venture,” reads the Texoma Patriots July newsletter.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is providing a speaker on this topic during the meeting. They have filed an historic federal lawsuit to stop this threat on Americans’ way of life.

Job Title SECURITY OFFICER - WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION workintexas.com Posting ID 15406198 Location Sherman Posting Close Date 10/02/22 Posting Link https:// bit.ly/3o5EM5a Description A local company is looking for a SECURITY OFFICER - WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION who will be responsible for the security and safety of our client's property and personnel. As the Security Officer, you will know all sitespecific policies and procedures, and implement emergency response activities as appropriate, while providing superior customer service.

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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

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Living with children Q: How can I explain to my kids, ages 6 and 9, that “fair” and “equally” are not the same. They complain constantJohn Rosemond ly that I’m not fair.

What they mean is I don’t treat them the same.

A: You’re yelling into a hurricane. Forget it. Below age twelve or thirteen, children cannot wrap their brains around the difference between these two concepts.

Blake Bray and Natalie Vinzant. Courtesy photo.

Blake Bray, Development Coordinator, and Natalie Vinzant, Program Director for CASA of Grayson County presented a very informative and interesting program to the First Baptist Church Howe XYZ group last Thursday at their July meeting . Court Appointed Special Advocates for children of Grayson County needs volunteers to provide a consistent presence in a child's life during their time in foster care. After training, they work collaboratively with everyone involved on the child's case advocating for the child's voice to be heard. "To do what is best for the child" is CASA's watchword.

Since XYZ is the church's senior citi-

zen group, Bray and Vinzant presented additional ways older adults can help the CASA organization with donations of time and money, help with collection drives like suitcases or school supplies, help with special activities, or help with scholarships for summer camps. Success stories were shared, and all agreed that CASA does indeed have the best interest of the child at heart. *** First Baptist Church as launched a new “Living Proof” Bible Fellowship Group for younger adults. They also have Bible Fellowship Groups for all ages. The groups meet at 9:15 am on Sundays and worship at 10:30 am.

Treating children equally means treating them in the same fashion regardless of any measurable differences between them. Treating children fairly means treating them with consideration of those differences. Take bedtime as regards two siblings, ages 5 and 10.

To treat them equally, one would send them to bed at the same time. To treat them fairly, one would let the older one stay up later. Obviously, the younger one wants to be treated equally, while the older one wants to be treated fairly.

The concept of meritocracy is germane to this discussion. Meritocracy means that privilege is conferred objectively. In the previous case, the objective measure is age, but it could also be talent, effort, or expertise. Children do not believe in meritocracy. A child believes—and the younger the child, the stronger the belief—in the “Metocracy.” To Ritchie, it is of no consequence that Frankie runs faster and therefore reached the ball first. Ritchie thinks it’s not fair that Frankie has the ball. But then Frankie thinks it’s unfair that because Ritchie made straight A’s through the entire school year, his parents are taking him to Dizzy World.

Frankie slacked off during much of the school year. No Dizzy World for him.

Unfortunately, many adults these days seem as confused as children by the difference between fair and equal. That confusion is reflected in the nouveau practice of giving every child on a team an award.

“And the Most Well-Oiled Glove Award goes to Billy Bratnslob! Let’s give him a big hand! Good job Billy!”

Let’s not admit, much less let on to the kids, that one child on the team might be the best player. The problem is that the attempt to treat all children in a certain group equally isn’t fair at all. In this case, fair would be for adults to recognize that some children on the team did, in fact, make a greater contribution than others. But in these odd times, it is widely held that telling a child the truth might dim the glow of his or her supposed entitlement to selfesteem, and entitlement wins.

I am reminded of a story about a family Christmas attended by six grandchildren. Grandma and Grandpa gave the same toy bulldozer to each of the four male grandchildren.

They did this, they said, to be “fair.” (Note the confusion of terms.)

Nevertheless, within one hour of opening their identical presents wrapped identically, the boys were fighting over who got the best of the six identical bulldozers and whose identical bulldozer was whose and so on.

Good intentions don’t mean a thing to young children.

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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Taking a closer look at Psalm 23 Psalm 23 is one of the most popular chapters in the Bible and many have said it is one of the wonders of the literary world. It is so deep that scholars are Dr. Billy Holland perplexed and yet so simple that children can enjoy it. However, in all of its beauty and profound wisdom, we should pray that we do not lose our reverence for its interpretation. It is easy to allow familiarity to make us cold and indifferent to chapters such as this and others like John 3, Romans 8, and First Corinthians 13. Being spiritually lukewarm is deceptive and It simply means we are not on fire and have allowed our fervent excitement to become as smoldering embers. When we come to the place where we begin to roll our eyes and say that we have heard something a thousand times and think that we know all there is to know about it, then we have lost our passion and love for it.

Let us consider the first verse. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” We notice the passage does not ask if the Lord is our shepherd, but rather it states that He already is. I personally see this beautiful Psalm as a prayer confession of faith. As a minister, I’ve asked many people to say this chapter with me especially at funerals because they are comforting, but they are also words that publicly declare that we are His sheep and we follow His voice. I wonder how many people have read these words and have never given serious thought as to what they really mean? It’s common for pastors to ask gatherings of people to quote this chapter with them and this includes those who are not a Christian, but what about those who claim to be a Christian and yet are not actually following Him? Let’s look carefully at each word of the first verse.

The first word is THE. God is not A God or just another God, He is The God. Believing He is the Lord of Lords and the King of all Kings is something we need to settle in our hearts in order for us to comprehend

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who He is and who we are. LORD is the term used over 600 times in the New Testament to identify Jesus Christ which means master, and supreme authority. So the shepherd is Jesus.

Many today want to be free and independent and do not like the idea of anyone being their lord, but these are the same ones who accept the idea of a Savior, and free salvation. For those who are truly God’s sheep, they are dedicated to love and serve the one who died on the cross and rose from the dead so they could spiritually live with Him forever. Jesus said in John 10: 27, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

IS might be a small word but it’s extremely powerful and means “current” which God has always been. He is infinite, from the beginning and has no end, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He is loving and listening to you right now. MY is our next word and it may seem elementary but this is what separates having a personal relationship with Christ from just another collection of words we are familiar with like Amazing Grace or the StarSpangled Banner. Shepherd means someone you completely trust, you strive to hear every word He says, you love and worship and are always ready to do everything He tells you to do.

Who is Jesus to you? Are you committed to living with Him and loving Him even if everyone else chooses not to?

Jesus is quoted again, “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine” John 10:14. The Great Shepherd loves you where you are, but will never leave you like He found you.

In closing, the verse ends by saying, “I shall not want.” What does this mean?

We all have things we desire. I believe this is saying that when we are the sheep of His flock, His presence alone is more than enough to fulfill us far beyond what the world can offer.

Many have vast amounts of riches and blessings, yet are not satisfied, grateful, or filled with spiritual joy. God is the only one who can saturate our souls with His peace and contentment.

Read more about the Christian life and Dr. Holland’s new book about miracles, “Receiving Our Healing” 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 Howe Church of the Square 100 E. O’Connell St., Howe, TX 75459 Sunday 10:00 am—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

3 John 1:11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.

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Bombshells undercut the 'Big Lie:' 21 confirmed illegalities, irregularities from 2020 election

Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington on election integrity: 'We are being vindicated'

There are now nearly two dozen credible confirmations of wrongdoing, irregularities and illegalities that undercut the claims of bureaucrats, journalists and Democrats that the November 2020 general election was flawless.

mean, we are being vindicated," Harrington replied. "But there still are things going on. And we're not going to give up on the issue of 2020, because you cannot go forward unless you fix what happened. It's going to keep happening. And we've seen irregularities in some of these primaries. We need to get to the root of the matter ...

By John Solomon Democrats and their allies in the traditional news media have coined the term the "Big Lie" to dismiss anyone who questions the conduct of the 2020 election.

But with each passing day, new irregularities, security vulnerabilities and illegalities are being unmasked by bombshell revelations from courts, legislators and other investigative bodies like the FBI and Homeland Security Department.

The latest came last week when the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared that state election regulators had no legal authority to allow voters to cast ballots in mobile drop boxes, a jaw-dropping decision that invalidated the way tens of thousands of voters -- many of them Democrats -cast their ballots, From Phoenix to Detroit, and Madison to Austin, there are now nearly two dozen credible confirmations of problems that undercut the claims of bureaucrats, journalists and Democrats that the November 2020 general election was perfect. In fact, it was quite imperfect.

And while none of revelations, at this point, will reverse the outcome of the presidential tally or unseat Joe Biden from the White House, they do build a compelling case that the bigger lie was that the 2020 election was flawless.

Here are 21 important revelations uncovered by

Just the News over the last 18 months of reporting, complete with substantiating evidence and links: Illegal ballot drop boxes.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the 570 drop boxes used during the 2020 election were unlawfully approved by the Wisconsin Election Commission, "Only the legislature may permit absentee voting via ballot drop boxes," the court declared. "WEC cannot.

Ballot drop boxes appear nowhere in the detailed statutory system for absentee voting. WEC's authorization of ballot drop boxes was unlawful." State Rep. Janel Brandtjen told Just the News that hundreds of thousands of votes were cast in the illegal boxes in the 2020 race when Biden and Donald Trump were separated by less than 21,000 votes.

A Foreign Intrusion. Federal authorities have confirmed that two Iranian nationals successfully hacked into a state computer election system, stole 100,000 voter registrations and used the data to carry out a cyberintimidation campaign that targeted GOP members of Congress, Trump campaign officials and Democratic voters in the November 2020 election in one of the largest foreign intrusions in U.S. election history. The defendants "were part of a coordinated conspiracy in which Iranian hackers sought to undermine faith and confidence in the U.S. presidential election," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams declared in an indictment.

The Laptop Lie: More than 50 national security experts, countless news organizations and large social media firms falsely told American voters in fall 2020 that the Hunter Biden laptop with damning revelations about Biden family corruption was Russian disinformation. In fact, it was a legitimate laptop already in the FBI's possession, and Hunter Biden was already under criminal investigation before voters cast their 2020 ballots. The false narrative had significant impact: polling shows a majority of American voters believe the pre-election censorship of the story amounted to election interference, Alleged Bribery. The former state Supreme Court justice appointed by the Wisconsin Legislature to investigate the 2020 election concluded that millions of dollars in donations to election administrators in five Democrat-heavy municipalities from the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life violated state anti-bribery laws and corrupted election practices by turning public election authorities into liberal get-outthe-vote activists. “The Zuckerberg-funded CTCL/ Zuckerberg 5 scheme would prove to be an effective way to accomplish the partisan effort to 'turnout' their desired voters and it was done with the active support of the very people and the governmental institution (WEC) that were supposed to be guarding the Wisconsin elections administrative process from the partisan activities they facilitat(Continued on page 14)

By Ben Whedon Liz Harrington, national spokeswoman for former President Donald Trump, says ongoing irregularities in primary elections validate the Trump camp's warnings on election integrity and raise concerns for the security of the upcoming midterms.

Appearing on the "Just the News, Not Noise" television show on Friday, Harrington discussed a recent string of confirmed irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, which Just the News documented Friday morning.

Among those mentioned were the state of Wisconsin's illegal use of ballot drop boxes. The state Supreme Court ruled in early July that the 570 drop boxes the state used in the 2020 presidential election were illegal because the Legislature did not approve their use.

"This is a huge ruling — these drop boxes, there were over 500 of them," Harrington told cohost Amanda Head. "And they were used to illegally stuff the ballot box, and there is no law for them to do so. It was not even created through statute or order or anything. It was just an edict.

And that's against the law.

"And, you know, several the justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, flat out say if an election is not done lawfully, the results are illegitimate," she added.

Trump lost Wisconsin to Biden by fewer than 21,000 votes in 2020.

Head went on to press the Trump spokeswoman about the upcoming midterms and the implications continued irregularities have for their ultimate outcome.

"Well, we are very concerned ... because this issue has not been fixed, like you've mentioned, I

"I think the dirty voter rolls are key ... If we want to fix our elections, we have to clean up these rolls. It just gives room for bad actors, so much room for manipulation, and to rig the numbers any way they want. And that's just unacceptable.

We need transparency.

We need real audits that show the actual ballots so we have confidence in our elections, because right now, so many do not."

Harrington said that election integrity was ultimately the most important issue facing the nation, because the electorate's other concerns stem from it.

"This is the number one issue because inflation and gas prices, and just the horrific things that are happening to our country with high crime and everything else — all of that stems [from], and none of it can be fixed unless we have legitimate free and fair elections," she said. "That's where it starts. And that's where it's going to be finished."

Harrington declined to confirm Trump's plans on the 2024 election, but highlighted that the former president was polling much better than his prospective opponent, President Joe Biden. "[W]hat we're seeing in our numbers, it, the support for President Trump, has never been higher," she said.

"And anywhere you look ... Joe Biden's numbers are totally inflated, and they're still in the sewer. I mean, independents, he's in the teens. It's absolutely abysmal."

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ed,” Justice Michael Gableman wrote.

Illegal ballot harvesting in Wisconsin. Gableman also exposed an extensive vote collection operation, known as ballot harvesting, in nursing homes in which thirdparty activists illegally collected the ballots of vulnerable residents, some of whom lacked the mental or physical capacity to vote or were forbidden from voting by guardianship agreements.

State election regulators “unlawfully directed the municipal clerks not to send out the legally required special voting deputies to nursing homes, resulting in many nursing homes’ registered residents voting at 100% rates and many ineligible residents voting, despite a guardianship order or incapacity,” Gableman wrote in his explosive report.

Ballot harvesting probe in the Peach State. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has announced he has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that liberal activists engaged in illegal ballot harvesting, collecting ballots from voters and delivering them in violation of state law. Raffensperger said he is planning to issue subpoenas to identify a whistleblower who admitted he engaged in the operation, and there could be prosecutions. The True the Vote election integrity group says in a formal state complaint that the man, identified as John Doe, admitted his role and identified nonprofits who funded it at $10 per ballot delivered. The watchdog group also claims it has assembled cell phone location records pinpointing the alleged harvesting by as many as 240 activists.

Bad voter signatures? A review of Maricopa County's mail-in ballots in Arizona's 2020 presidential election estimated that more than 200,000 ballots with signatures that did not match voter files were counted without being reviewed, more than eight times the number the county acknowledged.

50,000 Arizona ballots called into question. An extensive audit by Arizona’s Senate officially called into question more than 50,000 ballots cast in the 2020 election, including voters who cast ballots from residences they had left. The tally in question is nearly five times the margin of Joe Biden’s victory in the state.

Foreign voters found on Texas rolls. An audit of Texas voter rolls identified nearly 12,000 noncitizens suspected of illegally registering to vote and nearly 600 cases in which ballots may have been cast in the name of a dead resident or by a voter who may also have voted in another state. Officials are now in the process of removing the foreign voters and deciding whether prosecutions are warranted.

Foreign voters found on Georgia rolls. An audit

by Georgia’s Secretary of State has identified more than 2,000 suspected foreigners who tried to register to vote in the state, though none reached the point of casting ballots. Raffensperger says prosecutions may be forthcoming.

More noncitizen voters.

The Gableman investigation in Wisconsin also found noncitizens had made it onto the state voters rolls in violation of state law. The Wisconsin Election Commission failed “to record noncitizens in the WisVote voter database, thereby permitting non-citizens to vote, even though Wisconsin law requires citizenship to vote — all in violation of the Help America Vote Act,” the investigator wrote.

Election Machine Vulnerabilities: Immediately after the November 2020 elections, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security agency declared there was no hacking or machine vulnerabilities. The Iran hacking case put the lie to the first claim. And last month, the Homeland Security agency admitted in a new report that the popular Dominion Democracy Suite ImageCast X voting system had nine vulnerabilities, most of which include the ability to "install malicious code" on the machines. Federal officials

say they don't know of any efforts to exploit those vulnerabilities in 2020, but the reversal in stories has significantly shaken confidence in the bureaucracy's assurances.

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 Ballot chain of custody Bureau identified more issues. The Georgia Sec- than 30 problems with retary of State's office has the administration of opened an investigation elections in 2020, includinto the handling of drop ing unlawful orders and box ballots last Novemuneven enforcement of ber in one of the state's the law and urged lawDemocratic strongholds makers to make sweepfollowing a media report ing improvements. that there were problems with chain of custody More illegal harvesting. documentation in DeKIn Arizona, a half dozen alb County. people have already been indicted on charges of Fulton County irregulari- illegal harvesting in a ties. Georgia’s handprobe by Attorney Genpicked election monitor eral Mark Brnovich that for Fulton County, the shows signs of expandstate’s largest voting dis- ing. It comes after the trict, documented two U.S. Supreme Court redozen pages of misman- jected Democrats' arguagement and irregulariments and concluded ties during vote counting Arizona’s ban on harin Atlanta in November vesting was constitution2020, including doubleal. scanning of ballots, insecure transport of ballots Voter fraud in Michigan. and violations of voter Michigan charged three privacy. The revelations women in connection prompted the state to with voter fraud take steps to possibly put schemes, including efFulton County in receiv- forts to cast ballots on ership, empowering state behalf of non-consenting officials to run the elecnursing home residents. tions. Most of Fulton County's election offiStill more nursing home cials have left their jobs. fraud. In Wisconsin, Racine County Sheriff Errant vote counting.

Christopher Schmaling Georgia Gov. Brian announced his investigaKemp referred the audit- tors have secured evied November 2020 elec- dence that eight out of 42 tion results in Fulton residents at a local nursCounty to the State Elec- ing home had been rection Board after multiple orded as casting absentee reviews found three doz- ballots that their families en significant problems said was not possible with absentee ballot because the residents counting, including dudidn't possess the cogniplicate tallies, math errors tive ability to vote. and transposed data.

Kemp’s referral calls into Here is a required readquestion hundreds of ing list for anyone interballots in the official ested in the above issues: count.

Wisconsin Supreme Dirty voter rolls. MichiCourt Ruling Invalidatgan’s official state audiing Ballot Drop Boxes tor has found that Secretary of State Jocelyn File WISuBenson failed to adhere premeCourtDecisionBall to state election law by otDropBoxes.pdf properly updating and reconciling Michigan’s The Gableman Report qualified voter roll. This oversight, according to File GablemanRethe audit, increased the port.pdf risk of ineligible voters casting ballots.

The CISA Dominion Voting Machines VulnerIllegal exemptions from abilities Reports voter ID. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled as File CISA Dominion many as 200,000 voters Machine Vulnerabilties were allowed to illegally Report.pdf skip voter ID for absentee ballots by claiming Iranian Hackers Indictthey were indefinitely ment confined by COVID

File IranianHackerVoterDatabaseIndictment.pd f Georgia state memo on irregularities in Fulton County vote counting File FultonCountyIrregularitiesMemo.pdf Kemp referral on erroneous vote counting

File Review of Inconsistencies in the Data Supporting the Risk Limiting Audit Report.pdf Georgia Ballot Harvesting Complaint File 120121_Complaint_Traf ficking_General_and_Ru n-Off___4_ (1).pdf

Barely one-quarter of Americans trust the public school system: Gallup poll American faith in public education is nearing an all-time low, according to the polling organization.

By Sophie Mann The confidence Americans have in the United States public school system has fallen drastically and is currently close to the all-time low of 26% recorded in 2014, according to a poll released Thursday that also showed a significant gap between the trust Republicans and Democrats have in the schools.

According to a Gallup poll, overall, 28% of Americans say they have a "great deal/quite a lot" of confidence in the public school system.

Trust has fallen sharply since the all-time high of 62% in 1975, though it briefly rebounded to 41% in 2020. In 2021, the rate of trust fell nearly 10 percentage points to 32%, and dropped again to 28% in 2022.

The poll illustrates the differing degrees of trust held by the country's two major political parties.

Among Democrats, 43% say they have confidence

in the school system, compared to just 14% of Republicans. The rate among independents is 29%.

The current 29percentage-point gap between Republicans and Democrats widens the 25 -point gap logged last year. The first year that Gallup asked the question (1973), the margin of difference between Democrats and Republicans was only 7 points.

Republican faith in the public schools has nosedived in recent years.

Since 2020, an 8-point gap between Republicans reporting their trust in the system as "very little/ none" and those reporting "a great deal/a lot" of trust has widened into a 36-point gap.

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the school system became an increasingly polarizing political issue as many parents and Republican lawmakers took issue with ongoing calls for remote learning and mandatory masking of children.

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