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Sesquicentennial willinclude two queens to be announcedto open the festivities

The Community Pep Rally is Saturday night at 7:30 pm. All kids on fall sports teams from kindergarten through seniors will be introduced. There will be plenty to eat and Chill Out Shaved Ice will be on-hand. ***** Howe will be celebrating its 150th birthday from September 12-16. It opens with Monday’s 1870’s style gunfight 6 pm followed by the naming of the Sesquicentennial Queens and dessert and games at First Baptist Church. At 7:45 on Monday, an 1870s Murder Mystery, sponsored

by Tomlin Investments, will take place at Summit Gardens. Tuesday night is the Sesquicentennial Parade and watermelon feast sponsored by Cory Hernandez State Farm.

There will also be Fischer’s sausage on a stick by the Howe Athletic Booster Club. Wednesday night is the Community Worship Service at Bulldog Stadium. Thursday night is the Chamber Dinner and Howe Historical Theater. Friday night is the homecoming football game. The Sesquicentennial Queens will be recognized all throughout the week. ***** Remember all of those “loans” that the government gave us during COVID? They just hired 87,000 extra IRS agents to get their money back. ***** August is typically a hot month, but this is getting out of hand. We’re in dire need for a storm.

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During the 1972 Centennial celebration, Kathy McClellan and Annette Partridge were announced as Centennial Queen and Jr. Queen, respectively. Partridge, now Annette Hartleben will on-hand to crown the upcoming queens on Monday, Sept. 12.

Independent Financial is hosting the Sesquicentennial Queen contest where contestants will be responsible for picking up and selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a Yeti cooler. Proceeds will go to improve Connections Park. Queen registration forms are being sent home with students and online registration can be found by clicking here.

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City Sales Tax, pg. 5 School Board Agenda, pg. 6 City Council Agenda, pg. 6 Chamber members, pg. 8 Upcoming events, pg. 10 Fball/Vball schedule, pg. 11 Hot Jobs, pg. 11 Parenting, pg. 11 Christian, pg. 12 Patriot Pony, pg. 13 Past front pages, pg. 15-22

Howe Bulldogs see scrimmage action with Whitewright First grade teacher Mrs. Kim Duncan greets Rhettley Fletcher as school is back in session. Staff photo.

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Pride of Howe going “Above” in 2022

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New Howe Head Coach Lance Bryan talks to his team after the scrimmage.

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The Howe Bulldogs traveled to Whitewright Friday for their first contact against someone other than themselves. Howe (Continued on page 7)

Facials and waxing location open in downtown Kara Wimbish is a color guard member that is twice the size of 2021. Staff photo.

The theme for 2022’s Pride of Howe Marching Band performance will be “Above” which all began from one of the band members’ singing performance of “Fly Me to The Moon” by Frank Sinatra. Band Director Angie Liss was given a soundbite of guard cocaptain Bettye DeLavan’s singing performance of the song which Liss and the team loved.

“When we were trying to figure out a theme, I thought it would be nice to have a vocalist again,” said Liss. “When I played that snippet for our music arranger, he just took off and we ran with it.”

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The win over Valley View at home Tuesday sparked excitement for the Howe Lady Bulldogs.

Photo by Alexa Brunner.

If opening night of the varsity volleyball season was any indication that the tides have turned, the Howe Lady Bulldogs rattled off a 3-1 win over Valley View to erase a 15 -game home losing streak that dated back to September 1 during the grand ol’ covid year.

Howe lost the first series 23-25 but came back to take Valley View in three straight sets 25-18, 25-

13, 25-18.

Senior Korie Bouse had a team-leading 16 assists and tied for the most aces at four with sophomore Presley Shockey who also had eight kills and two blocks. Senior Jenna Clark had 12 kills during the evening along with three aces.

Others in the stat column were Ryleigh Craven (1

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Rosy Alcala has opened “How We” inside Goodfellas Barber Shop. Staff photo.

The wife of Roger Alcala, owner of Goodfellas Barber Shop, has opened up her own storefront inside the historic downtown building at

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The Howe Community Pep Rally is scheduled for Saturday night at 7:30 pm. All cheerleaders, football players, volleyball players, cross country runners of all ages will get to run through the Bulldog tunnel and be introduced to the crowd.

Chill Out Shaved Ice will be on-hand and the FFA Boosters will have the

concession stand open. The Howe Athletic Booster Club will be selling sausage on a stick.

There will be a recognition to the contributions of Shawn “Moondog” Fountain at the beginning of the pep rally. Coach Steve Simmons will close out the night as he has for 11 years.

Rosy Alcala at her “How We” location in downtown Howe. Staff photo.

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105 E. Haning Street. The name of the business is “How We’ where Rosy Alcala is a licensed Esthetician where she does what she calls relaxing facials that clean the skin and clear out pores.

“I love to do eyelash extensions, full body waxing, and lash lifts,” said Alcala.

She took a certificate course on how to do eyelash extensions and began doing them on her four girls.

“I enrolled in school because I wanted to do this outside of my home and offer it to more people,” said Alcala. “I fell in love with waxing and facials.

How We will be open from 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday. On Saturday, they’ll be open 9 am to 5 pm.

While most of the products would

seem to gear more to women, she does service both men and women.

“I usually wax Roger’s ears and nose,” said Alcala.

She offers a “sugaring” before waxing that smoothens the waxing process.

The Alcala’s are not the first husband and wife team to operate at 105 E. Haning. J.J. Chisum operated a dry goods store while his wife sold garments in the location and next door.

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Caden Garner and James Cowart prepare for the season during last Monday’s workout. Staff photo.

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sion. A slowed down version of The Police’s “Walking on the Moon” will also be featured in this year’s performance.

One of the biggest changes band fans will notice is the heavy growth of the color guard. Liss says that years ago the number of flags were proportional to how many wind instruments.

“It seems like a lot of the bands around have a lot bigger guards and it makes you look bigger,” said Liss. “We had a bigger winter guard this year with some new people. I encouraged them to all come out. It just happened. I think it is going to make a big difference. You don’t get points for guard, but you do with the general effect of making the band looking bigger.”

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the guard is double the size from a year ago.

“I don’t think we’ve ever had a guard this big,” said Laubhan. “We are trying our best and it is going really well so far. We had a lot of people who liked it last year with all the work we did, and they became inspired and wanted to try it out.”

Laubhan says being in that leadership role is amazing and allows her to see the progress that people make and allows her to see the all the work coming together with the pre-throws and spins.

Korie Bouse is an assistant drum major and is excited about the show this year. She says the number of tubas helps with the “Above” performance.

Bouse is a fifth-year veteran of the band as she was on the field as an eighth grader. She has been to state

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Aixalee Vazquez and Ainslee Jones practice marching during last Monday’s workout. Staff photo.

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twice during her high school career, but this year is not an advancement year.

Liss likes to weave youth into the assistant drum major role to groom them for the future. This year’s young assistant drum major is sophomore Brynn Riley.

“It is a little sad. After we leave, they are going to change it to where it is a competition year every year. So, I am kind of sad that we missed that, but I think it’s going to be fun either way,” said Bouse.

“I’m excited about our leadership this year and I’m excited about having Brynn as a sophomore,” said Liss.

“After cheer practice she got here and jumped right in and that’s what you want to see.”

Bouse is also impressed with the freshman class and says there are some good marchers in that class.

There are a lot of things Liss sees as inspiration for this year’s version of The Pride of Howe, but she is really excited about the percussion section as there are bass drummers already playing splits.

Olivia Morris was named the 34th drum major in Howe history. She says that she has had this as a goal since being assistant drum major in the past.

She says there is a lot of potential in this year’s show.

“Last year was so hard to beat. We had such a good show,” said Morris.

“We’re wondering how we could beat that, but this show has the potential to do greater things.”

The song “Fly Me to the Moon” one would think would be unfamiliar to most of the band, but Morris says she played that tune on the piano as a young girl.

“I would say there are almost just as strong as we finished last year,” said Liss.

Liss says that they are on pace for the time of year with their performance.

Typically, by week three or four the band will put together the full performance on the field at halftime. Homecoming is September 16 which makes it challenging to add the last two segments by then, but her hope is to have it all complete by then. The first contest is October 1, so she prefers to have the full performance on the field twice before the contest.

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Howe’s monthly sales tax over $50,000 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 10.8 percent more than in August 2021.

In Howe, the numbers were slightly up from a year ago during the same period. For the month, Howe brought in $50,299.40. For the year, Howe is at $366,941.13. Overall, Howe is eight percent ahead of the 2021 pace.

These allocations are based on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly and on sales made in April, May, and June by quarterly filers.

City

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

$2,929,599.33 $1,050,765.95 $860,871.74 $729,654.89 $583,873.74 $566,324.18 $414,006.05 $270,837.58 $205,591.81 $198,774.33 $95,402.30 $55,806.88 $50,299.40 $47,458.19 $42,196.88 $30,819.15 $30,192.69 $27,461.37 $15,691.16 $11,023.11 $8,103.58 $3,724.59 $948.14

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

$19,598,190.09 $7,018,795.44 $5,611,664.77 $4,813,321.96 $4,329,317.29 $4,060,129.36 $2,607,127.17 $1,884,821.08 $1,305,345.89 $1,242,363.61 $603,391.15 $392,699.12 $366,941.13 $314,276.46 $274,849.93 $265,961.17 $210,267.49 $186,764.16 $103,045.32 $81,171.96 $51,867.90 $23,592.77 $8,222.67

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School board to adopt tax rate at tonight’s board meeting The tax rate last year for Howe ISD was approved at $1.33 per $100 valuation of homes. They will be setting the new tax rate at tonight’s meeting.

updates, safety, and security updates, and declare the graduation date for 2023.

Other items on the agenda include introductions of new staff members followed by administrative reports and an annual report on the Student Health Advisory Committee. The board will discuss the 2021-22 FIRST rating as well as accountability ratings.

Consent agenda items include minutes from last month’s meeting, monthly financial reports, updated vendor list, appoint a representative to the Howe Community Library Board, a resolution to sanction Grayson County 4H for extracurricular activities and designate extension staff as adjunct faculty.

Howe ISD Kevin Wilson will give his report which is to include enrollment

The meeting will begin at 6 pm at 105 W. Tutt Street.

City Council to consider tax rate for 2022-2023 The City of Howe currently has a tax rate of $0.55 per $100 valuation of property. The council will discuss, consider, and act upon adjusting that rate on Tuesday at 6 pm at the Community Center at 700 W. Haning Street.

The council will also consider all matters related to the Greater Texoma Utility Authority Contract Revenue Bonds, Series 2022 (Collin/Grayson Water Transmission Project), including the adoption of an ordinance approving the execution of a Contract of Indemnification in connection therewith.

The council will discuss, consider, and act upon Gay Brennan to represent the city on the Howe Community Library Board.

The city will also discuss, consider, and act upon moving $50,000 from

the Reserve Fund to the General Fund for general business expenses.

The city council will discuss, consider, and act upon letter of resignation of City Secretary Kerri Pruitt. They will then discuss, consider, and act upon Pruitt being removed from the city bank accounts and adding Regina Harris in September.

The last agenda items are departmental reports from the police department, utility department, code enforcement, municipal court, administration, fire department, and economic development.

The City Council will convene into closed session pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. The City Council will convene in Executive Session as authorized by Texas Government Code 551.074, Personnel Matters; to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.

City Secretary – *Set Start Date *Set Pay Rate.

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kill, 2 digs), Kendall Griffin (5 kills, 6 digs), Keira Robertson (1 kill, 4 digs), Teagan Stubblefield (3 kills, 2 digs), Emery Snapp (4 kills, 1 block, 1 dig), Shelbee Taylor (2 kills, 1 ace, 1 block), Kamry Snapp (4 kills, 1 dig, 1 block), Reese Smith (4 digs, 2 assists), Talia Bjorn (1 ace, 10 assists, 4 digs, 3 kills), Mackenzie Krueger (2 digs, 1 kill), and Jordan Brunner (2 kills, 2 digs).

Howe then played in the Chisum tournament where they lost to North Hopkins, 2-0. They then lost to Lone Oak, 2-0 and lost to Whitewright, 2-0. The Lady Bulldogs defeated North Lamar JV 2-0 and were defeated by Como Pickton 2-1. Howe’s final game of the tournament was a 2-0 loss to Whitewright.

On Friday, Howe was defeated at S&S by a 3-0 score. Reese Smith had 11 digs and one assist while Bouse had five assists and two digs. Others were Presley Shockey (1 ace, 2 digs), Jenna Clark (1 kill, 3 digs), Kendall Griffin (2 kills, 4 digs), Keira Robertson (2 digs), Teagan Stubblefield (4 digs), Emery Snapp (2 kills), Shelbee Taylor (1 kill), Kamry Snapp (1 ace, 3 kills), Reese Smith (11 digs, 1 assist), Talia

Senior Lady Bulldog Korie Bouse at S&S on Friday. Staff photo.

Bjorn (1 kill, 3 assists, 1 dig), Mackenzie Krueger (1 assist, 1 dig, 1 kill), Jordan Brunner ( 4 digs).

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a Howe’s offense during the Friday night scrimmage. Staff photo.

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looked good at times and looked like a team playing in its first scrimmage at times. Whitewright’s Chauk Bailey was an imposing force on both sides of the ball and gave Howe all they could handle at times.

As the scrimmage went on, the Bulldogs improved and dominated the final defensive series.

Howe scored on an Austin Haley to Kolin Murphy pass in the middle of the field. Garren Lankford also connected with Triston Williams for a score.

Bryan said the team came out a little timid and playing without intensity but as the scrimmage went on he said they got better.

“We had a lot of balls hit guys in the hands that weren’t caught. We had guys block well, but blocked the wrong guy sometimes. Defensive players were flying to the ball, but taking the wrong angle,” said Bryan.

“There’s a lot of good stuff, but there’s definitely enough to fix.

Howe will host Scurry Rosser in the final scrimmage before the season this Friday at Bulldog Stadium. The JV and varsity will begin at 6 pm.

In the JV portion, Knox Bounds broke free for a long score.

“Every scrimmage has something good and plenty to fix. Our new defense has only been in for two weeks and our offense is still tweaking,” said Howe’s new head coach Lance Bryan.

“We’re still looking at what we want to do all the time. The defense came out well that last series and flew to the ball and made plays.

Garren Lankford hits Triston Williams for a touchdown. Staff photo.

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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.

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2021-22 Local taxation State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Ad valorem reduction Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total

6.25 % 1.00 % 0.50 % 0.50 % 8.25 %

City of Howe Tax Rate Howe I.S.D Tax Rate Grayson County Tax Rate Grayson College Tax Rate Total (per $100 valuation)

$0.55 $1.33 $0.34 $0.17 $2.39

City of Howe Budget

$4,038,045

Cityofhowe.org City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Bill French City Administrator: Jeff Stanley City Secretary: Kerri Pruitt 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) Public Works 317 S. Hughes St. Public Works Director: Mickey Phillips Code Enforcement 317 S. Hughes St. Code Enforcement Officer: Benjamin Fuhr Howe Fire Department 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Police Sergeant: Keith Milks 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

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 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 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 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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Living with children Q: The school our 10-year -old daughter attends believes parents should micromanage homework sessions – John Rosemond they call it “being a homework buddy.” As a consequence, our daughter believes we should help her with her assignments.

Mind you, we’re willing to help when help is truly needed, but we don’t want to be our daughter’s “buddies” under any circumstances. What are your thoughts on this?

A: When are teachers, administrators, and college professors going to realize that enabling by any other name is still enabling? Homework buddies? Give me a break! Back in the dark ages of my youth, when children did their homework independently, they did their homework, and student achievement was considerably higher than it has been since.

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Yes, it is possible to get a child to do his/her own homework, even in the face of teachers who want parents to be “homework buddies.” My threepoint plan: First, do not allow a child to do homework at the kitchen table or in any other family area. Make it clear that homework, being the child’s responsibility, is to be done in the child’s room.

Parents should make sure the child has a suitable work area stocked with appropriate homework supplies – i.e., paper, pencils and/or pens, crayons, a ruler, etc. Rule of Thumb: When homework is done in a family area, homework will become a family affair, thus diminishing its benefit to the child in question.

Second, limit the number of times per evening you will render assistance to

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Requirements for this position: Must be vaccinated.

the child, and limit the length of any such rendering. For example, when our children were of school age, my wife and I made a rule that we would not provide help with more than three homework problems per evening, nor would any one such “helpful occasion” exceed five minutes. Within these draconian (by today’s standards) limits, our children managed to make grades decent enough to get into good colleges.

I am convinced that one of the unintended messages the “homework buddy” system sends to children is that they are not independently competent.

Along those lines, veteran teachers tell me today’s kids are liberal users of the phrase, “I can’t.” Also, I think many a child has figured out that paying attention in class isn’t that important because his/her parents are going to reteach everything anyway.

Third, hold children responsible for their school performance. Just as negative consequences befall irresponsible adults, so should negative consequences befall children who do not accept their responsibilities. Lessons in real life should begin early, lest they come too late.

When all is said and done, the “I am NOT your homework buddy” system described above amounts to nothing more than proper discipline, which has forever been and will always be the key to a child’s success in school.

Despite modern noises to the contrary, there is nothing new under the sun.

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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God has a wonderful plan for you God loves you.

This deserves repeating...God loves you!

Sometimes people feel that no one cares but this is not true.

Jesus proved how much He Dr. Billy Holland loved you when He gave His life for you. How much more can He do than to die and come back from the dead so that you can enjoy a relationship with Him and have eternal life? This is not only good news, it’s the best news the world has ever known.

I recently spoke to a small group of amazing people that are seeking God for direction. Sometimes life does not turn out as we had intended and within the disappointments, many find themselves standing at a crossroad where they will either choose to examine their conscience and allow God to help them make a new start, or they will continue trying to live according to their own ideas. It’s true we all have a free will to make decisions, but in every circumstance and situation, God’s way is the best way. Since He can see the future, He knows how everything is going to turn out. He also knows what you are going through today, and we know that He has a wonderful plan for your life.

How do we know this? God promises in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

I consider it an honor when the Lord arranges divine appointments for me to minister as His messenger. I enjoy talking with people about God and the Christian life and sometimes He will open a door for me to listen to someone’s problems and I ask for His wisdom and guidance when I respond. I’m always reminded of the passage in Proverbs 11:14 that says, “Where there is no counsel, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.” In my years of being a minister and chaplain, the most common challenge that people have is trusting God. I agree it is not easy to

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manifest faith, in fact, it might be one of the most difficult things within the Christian life. We love the idea of a quick fix, but most of the time God is just as concerned with teaching and developing us as He is with giving us a miracle. Why? Because He is trying to reveal to us that His love for us and our love for Him is more important than anything else we are seeking.

We never need to be stressed or wonder if God is strong enough or wise enough to figure out how to help us.

He has all authority and power, He is the Alpha and Omega, He knows everything, can do anything, and when we need a miracle, He is the only one who can make it happen. What we really need to be concerned about is making sure we are in position to receive from Him. What do I mean? We do not hand a child a chainsaw and the reason is obvious. They are not old enough or strong enough to handle something that could injure them. It’s not that they can never use one, but they need to wait until the time is right. Likewise, if we devote our lives to Him and wait for His timing, this will allow our spiritual maturity to advance us into His perfect will. If we are not in position to receive or we give up and throw in the towel, our doubt cancels what He was preparing to do. This is why we must hold on like a bulldog to His promises and allow patience to have her perfect work.

We can assure people that God will always do what He promised as His word cannot fail, yet they will still ask, “So how much longer must I wait for Him to help me?” Have you ever considered that maybe He is waiting on you? I can say this with confidence because it’s happening with me. He’s waiting for us to pray and build mountain-moving faith, and not just trust Him with our words but with our hearts. He’s waiting for us to surrender our will to Him, to build determination and perseverance, and to stand strong on His truth as we declare that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!” He desires to train His soldiers for battle, but how many want to enlist and follow His orders?

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 Wednesday 6:30 pm - Team Kid 6:30 pm - Youth Ministry 6:30 pm - Adult Bible Fellowship Sunday 9:15 am - Bible Fellowship 10:30am - Worship Service 6:00 pm—Potluck Fellowship and Bible Study

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.

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Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

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MSNBC contributor, ex-spy chief hint Trump New twist in FBI raid: Trump deserves execution over classified records dispute had 'standing order' to declassify documents taken to residence Michael Beschloss tweeted: "Rosenbergs were convicted for giving U.S. nuclear secrets to Moscow, and were executed June 1953."

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

Hillary Clinton was able to hide everything under “attorney client privilege.” Obama holed 30 million documents under “executive privilege.”

The FBI didn’t press at all.

Donald Trump didn’t even commit a crime, and the FBI raided his home and stole his documents protected under attorney client and executive privilege.

The average person is seeing what’s going on and beginning to understand the war that we are in. ***** Hindsight allows us to understand that COVID19 was a globalist bioweapon used to implement mail-in voting for election fraud.

What are the oddsd that the virus was released from the same place that stored the servers and databases pertaining to US election fraud? - BioClandestine. ***** Steve Bannon on his show “War Room” indicated the FBI raid of Mar -a-lago was a trap set by the Trump team. There are suggestions that the Department of Justice and FBI will do a turnabout and try and cover up the release of the documents.

What’s in the documents? ***** The DNC now proudly and openly supports literal Nazi forces in Ukraine military. State mandated nonconsensual medical experimentation.

State sponsored propaganda. State control of private enterprise. State control of student curriculum. State sponsored terrorism by BLM/ Antifa.

Former president's office describe previously undeclared process that led to sensitive documents the Washington Post stoing U.S. nuclear weaplanding in Mar-O-Lago. ry. ons secrets with Joseph classified," the former Stalin's Russia, Beschloss Trump dismissed allegapresident's office stated. tweeted: "Rosenbergs

By Charlotte Hazard tions that he was holding "As we can all relate to, were convicted for givsuch documents in a post everyone ends up having ing U.S. nuclear secrets Amid published reports on his social media app, to bring home their work to Moscow, and were

By John Solomon that former President Truth Social. "Nuclear from time to time. Amerexecuted June 1953."

Trump is improperly weapons issue is a Hoax, Donald Trump's office ican presidents are no holding classified papers, just like Russia, Russia, different. President Hayden retweeted Bestold Just the News on including nuclear docuRussia was a Hoax, two chloss' ominous post, ments, at his Florida Friday that the classified Trump, in order to preImpeachments were a pare for work the next compound, MSNBC con- commenting: "Sounds materials the FBI seized Hoax, the Mueller inves- from his Mar-a-Lago day, often took docuabout right." tributor Michael Bestigation was a Hoax, and estate were declassified ments including classichloss and former CIA much more," he wrote.

Washington Examiner under a "standing order" fied documents from the Director Michael HayOval Office to the resireporter Jerry Dunleavy while he was president den are intimating via dence. called out the former spy "Same sleazy people that allowed him to take social media that Trump involved," Trump added, sensitive materials to the chief in his own tweet. should be executed.

"He had a standing order "NBD just a former NSA referring to DOJ and FBI White House residence officials involved in the at night to keep working. that documents removed The Washington Post has & CIA Director (who from the Oval Office and also was among the doz- raid as well as in sustainreported that the FBI ing the debunked Russia The official statement is taken into the residence ens of ex-intel officials raided Trump's Mar-acollusion narrative. were deemed to be dewho signed the infamous likely to become the foLago compound on "Why wouldn't the FBI classified," the statement October 2020 Hunter Monday in order to recus of the president's leallow the inspection of added. "The power to Biden laptop letter) out gal defense as the FBI trieve "nuclear docuareas at Mar-a-Lago with and Biden Justice Declassify and declassify here suggesting that ments" they believed documents rests solely Trump should be execut- our lawyer's [sic], or oth- partment investigate were improperly stored ers present. Made them with the President of the ed," wrote Dunleavy. whether he stole records there. wait outside in the heat, United States. The idea covered under the Presithat some paper-pushing The former president has wouldn't let them get dential Records Act or Apparently equating the even close — said bureaucrat, with classifimishandled classified former president with the denied keeping nuclear 'ABSOLUTELY NOT.'" materials under the Espi- cation authority delegatAmerican spies convict- documents and suggested BY THE PRESIonage Act, allegations ed and executed for shar- ed that the FBI planted included in a search war- DENT, needs to approve HHS secretary: Over 1 million monkeypox vaccines are rant released by a federal of declassification is absurd." court in Florida on Fri'in hand' with 'several more million' on way day.

Two former senior aides White House on Wednes- more vaccines, and great news, quite honestly, for day, Becerra was asked The president's defense is who worked for Trump public health, because this rooted in the legal princi- in the latter half of his for a status update on monkeypox vaccine dis- is a great opportunity for pal that the president and term said they were

By Nicholas Ballasy us to make sure we stay aware that Trump routribution after President vice president are the tinely took documents to Biden declared it a nation- ahead of monkeypox." ultimate declassifying Health and Human Seral emergency. authority of the U.S. gov- the residence rather than vices Secretary Xavier Becerra named return them to the Staff ernment and through Becerra told Just the Secretary or the intelliFDA Commissioner Rob- "coordination" when executive orders most News that the U.S. has asked what he sees as the recently issued in 2003 gence official who proert Califf "gave us the over 1 million monkeyvided them. Asked great news," Becerra said, top lesson learned during by George W. Bush and pox vaccines "in hand" whether there was a "that safely and effective- the COVID pandemic Barack Obama in 2009 with "several more milstanding order, one forly we can take those doses that should be applied to that specifically exempt lion" on the way. monkeypox as it continmer official "I don't of vaccine that we have, the president and vice ues to spread. president from having to know anyone or anyAccording to NBC News, over a million in hand, thing that disputes that." follow the stringent dethe U.S. government did- and several million more "When you have a patch- classification procedures n't order additional mon- on the way, and we can every other federal agen- Ordinarily, documents keypox "vaccine doses to actually, working with our work of healthcare sysdeclassified by a presilocal health authority part- tems, public health syscy and official must foladd to its stockpile until tems, where every state dent are later retrieved ners, increase that fivelow.

June, even though the and marked declassified, virus started spreading in fold, for those vaccines." controls their public health, you've got to work Trump has maintained usually by crossing a line May." This resulted in a "So that's great news for together to seamlessly for weeks that any docu- through the prior classifivaccine shortage as the cation markings. But folks who are trying to get bring together a response ments still containing monkeypox outbreak that gets to everybody," he former top aides to prior vaccinated," he continued, classified markings in his worsened. said. presidents acknowledged "great news for jurisdicpossession after he left the president's power to office were previously During an interview at the tions that are seeking declassify was absolute declassified. On Friday and at times resulted in night, the statement isinstant declassification sued to Just the News decisions. explained exactly how that declassification ocOne prior administration curred in his mind. official related an instance where his boss, The very fact that these while talking to a foreign documents were present leader, gave top-secret at Mar-a-Lago means (Continued on page 14) they couldn’t have been

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Dual system of silence? Garland, Wray clam up on Trump search after blabbing about Jan. 6 probe the Jan. 5, 2022 speech.

Ordinarily, prosecutors demur when facing questions about who could be Stoic like a judge deliver- charged in the future, refusing to address speing a verdict from the bench, Attorney General cific names then offering a generic answer about Merrick Garland depolicy and procedure. clared Thursday he was playing things by the But last month in an inbook and wouldn't talk about the raid and ongo- terview with NBC's Lester Holt, Garland bit ing investigation of foron the question of whethmer President Donald er Trump could be Trump. charged in the Capitol "The Department of Jus- riots case, failing to offer tice will speak through its the traditional disclaimer that he wouldn't talk court filings and its work," he said, declining about specific future deto answer any of the mul- fendants. titude of questions Americans have, except that he "The indictment of a former president, and perapproved the Monday haps a candidate for presraid on the 45th presiident, would arguably dent's home and doesn't tear the country apart," object to releasing the Holt said. "Is that your search warrant. concern as you make your decision down the Garland, however, was road here, do you have to hardly as tight-lipped think about things like about the other major that?" ongoing investigation that has consumed his Garland replied: "We department: the Jan. 6 intend to hold everyone, Capitol riot. anyone who was criminally responsible for the In testimony, speeches events surrounding Jan. and news interviews he 6, for any attempt to inhas talked expansively terfere with the lawful about the nature of the probe, the forced collec- transfer of power from one administration to tions of evidence and another, accountable. who and how many are That's what we do. We being investigated — even as many defendants don't pay any attention to other issues with respect have not yet had their to that." day in court.

By John Solomon and Natalia Mittelstadt

Usually, it is taboo for federal prosecutors to talk about anything related to grand juries. But in his one-year anniversary speech, Garland gave the total number of grand jury subpoenas and search warrants executed, the amount of video footage collected, and the number of electronic devices seized through warrants and subpoenas.

It was a rare moment of transparency in an evidence collection process normally shrouded in the same secrecy as the raid on Trump's home and office.

"So far, we have issued over 5,000 subpoenas and search warrants, seized approximately 2,000 devices, pored through over 20,000 hours of video footage, and searched through an estimated 15 terabytes of data," he divulged during

Holt followed up: What if Trump ran against Biden in 2024?

"I'll say again that we will hold accountable anyone who was criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer, legitimate, lawful transfer of power from one administration to the next," he answered.

The anecdotes aren't to suggest Garland did something illegal or improper. But they do show that DOJ officials have discretion beyond the courtroom to talk expansively about ongoing probes despite Garland's claim Thursday that he was constrained from sharing any information about the Trump raid.

FBI Director Christopher Wray has done something similar, repeatedly

declining to answer questions about the investigation of Hunter Biden and the bureau's seizure of his laptop.

"Now you are asking about an ongoing investigation that I expect our folks to pursue aggressively, and I can't comment on it," he answered when questioned by Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn about pursuing Hunter Biden charges.

When she followed up and asked him to confirm the possession of the younger Biden's laptop, he demurred again, even though the laptop's seizure and the subpoena are now in public.

"Again I can't discuss that," he said, citing the ongoing investigation.

But a year earlier in a Senate hearing, Wray gave a more detailed answer just two months into the Jan. 6 probe when asked by Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar whether the Proud Boys groups had criminal culpability for the Jan. 6 riots. At the time, some Proud Boy members had been charged, and some were still under early investigation.

Wray acknowledged some parts of the attack "were planned and coordinated."

"Well, I just noted that just today, a report in The Washington Post, that on Monday, a complaint was filed against a member of the Proud Boys in Washington State, where federal prosecutors alleged that, in fact, there were plans made for many different entries into the Capitol, is that correct?" she asked.

In answering, Wray revealed there were going to be changes to indictments and more arrests related to the group, something that wasn't then public.

"Yes, there have been a growing number of charges as we continue to build out the investigation," Wray said, mentioning "either individuals who are now starting

to get arrested ... or in some instances individuals who were charged with more simple offenses but now we're superseding as we build out more of an understanding of what people were involved."

Again, nothing illegal.

But clear evidence that a Republican got a nonanswer from Wray about an ongoing probe, while a Democrat got more robust detail and responsiveness.

The performances of Wray and Garland have drawn indignation from some Republicans, who have dozens of oversight letters seeking answers that have gone unanswered.

Sen. Charles Grassley (R -Iowa), the top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said this week the continued silence from the top of the DOJ and FBI risks ruining their trust with the American people, especially after the Trump raid and recent whistleblower allegations of political bias inside investigations.

"If the FBI isn't extraordinarily transparent about its justification for yesterday's actions and committed to rooting out political bias that has infected their most sensitive investigations, they will have sealed their own fate," the seven-term senator warned Tuesday.

71,000,00 US population that has declined the experimental COVID19 vaccines

The Pit Gregg Phillips, an election intelligence specialist who has been closely involved in uncovering True the Vote’s evidence of ballot trafficking and fraud in the 2020 presidential election released “The Pit” over the weekend. Phillips stated that the information that would be presented during was “devastating.”

RSBN link for The Pit.

FBI no. 13526, issued in 2009, laid out the stringent process all federal information to the leader, officials and agencies declassifying simply by needed to follow for desharing what he had seen classification, but explicin a top-secret marked itly exempted the sitting document. Another offi- president and vice presicial related an instance he dent from having to folwitnessed in which a low those procedures. president, during a meeting, received a top secret "Information originated document and one offiby the incumbent Presicial got up to leave bedent or the incumbent cause his clearance was Vice President; the inonly at the secret level. cumbent President’s White House Staff or the "The president instantly incumbent Vice Presiapproved that staffer to dent’s Staff; committees, stay and consume the top commissions, or boards -secret intelligence beappointed by the incumcause it benefited the bent President; or other president's work at that entities within the Execumoment," the person told tive Office of the PresiJust the News. dent that solely advise and assist the incumbent The president's detractors President is exempted in Congress, the DOJ, from the provisions of and the intelligence com- paragraph (a) of this secmunity are likely to con- tion," the Obama order test the president's argustated. ments. But officials familiar with national secu- Officials said it is likely rity law said courts genthe FBI will seek to find erally have held the pres- any officials or witnesses ident's power to declassi- who knew or can confy is far-reaching and that firm there was a the process for how that "standing order" as dehappens can be more scribed by the Trump happenstance, something statement. But in the end, the Bush and Obama officials said the presiexecutive orders from dent's declassification 2003 and 2009 made powers were sweeping clear. and likely would be viewed as such by the Obama's executive order courts.

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By Natalia Mittelstadt Amid spreading alarm about the Internal Revenue Service stockpiling ammunition and Senate Democrats' passge on Sunday of a spending bill that would fund the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents, the tax collection agency is listing a job opening for a Criminal Investigation Special Agent who must must "be willing to use deadly force, if necessary."

According to the IRS job listing, one of the "Key Requirements" for the job is: "Be legally allowed to carry a firearm."

"Major Duties" of the special agent include: "Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary."

"Maintain a level of fitness necessary to effectively respond to lifethreatening situations on the job." "Be willing and able to participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous assignments."

Wayback Machine screenshots show that this job posting has included these requirements and duties since January of this year.

However, the earliest screenshot of the webpage on Oct. 1, 2016, listed "use of firearms" as a duty for the position.

That duty was on the webpage until at least April 2020, and was changed sometime between then and September that year, when the firearm duty was no longer listed.

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