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FBC Memorial Bell Plaza, pg. 3 FBC XYZ, pg. 6 Chamber breakfast, pg. 6 Gabriela’s/Memorial Park, pg. 6
Howe Sesquicentennial, pg. 7 Howe Cheerleaders, pg. 8 New HSID Teachers, pg. 9 Howe Bulldogs, pg. 10 Lady Bulldogs, pg. 11 Community Pep Rally, pg. 14 Fball/Vball schedule, pg. 15 Hot Jobs, pg. 15
We finally had some rain last week. It had been so long, I literally forgot where the windshield wiper switch was. ***** The MAGA party seems to be unleashing on the establishment Republican party. Last week, Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, who is heading up the January 6 show trial, was plummeted on voting day. Of the 10 Republicans that voted to impeach Trump, eight are now exiting their seats. ***** For the first time since 1967, there is not a Bush, Cheney, or Clinton holding office or appointment in Washington D.C. ***** Grammar matters— After the city council meeting Tuesday, former Howe Enterprise owner Dale Rideout asked me if I caught grief over the front page. Not understanding, he noted that I said a girl was twice the size from a year ago. This brought on a great panic. You see, the color guard has doubled in size from a year ago. But we didn’t state it very clearly. We had a picture of Kara Wimbish of the color guard with the caption below “Kara Wimbish is a color guard member that is twice the size of 2021.” That attractive young lady, who is also a cheerleader, obviously hasn’t doubled in size and we apologized to her. She thought it was funny, thankfully. Each week we have crazy grammar errors. Howe fun. EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.
Bulk Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.
Lady Bulldogs gearing up for district play
The 2022 Howe Bulldogs The Howe Bulldogs football program began in 1935 with a September 20 game at Tioga where the boys of the Great Depression rode in a flatbed trailer for their first ever game sanctioned under the UIL. Except for a 10-year period from 1948-1957, the Dogs have suited up and hit the grid every fall since and have amassed a 389-381-24 overall record. The overall winning record indicates the program has been a good one, but with a 22-game losing streak, Howe is closer to .500 than at any point since that first season when they finished 6 -4 in 1935. Howe, with a new head coach in Lance Bryan and a more favorable schedule looks to end the streak and kickstart the winning tradition
HoweEnterprise.com Monday, August 22, 2022
City sets New library director settling in preliminary tax at Howe Community Library rate at $0.54
Howe City Administrator Jeff Stanley had initially discussed a $0.51 tax rate but said in Monday’s City Council Meeting that that rate would be above the voter’s approval rate (rollback rate). Since then, (Continued on page 2) he says he discussed with Specialized Financial about the decreasing tax rates due to the rising property values have left municipalities short on their Maintenance and Operating accounts.
Howe ISD sets tax rate at $1.27
At the Monday school board meeting, Howe ISD approved a tax rate of $1.27 per $100 valuation of property. This number is comprised of a compressed Maintenance and Operations rate of $0.9318 and $0.3382 which is the Interest in Sinking (debt).
“What they would like to see is our tax rate to level off,” said Stanley. “They gave us a couple of options. They would like to see our tax rate to stay at $0.54 which is a good rate for us.”
One option they gave was to stay above the voter approval rate. Option two Howe ISD Superintenwould be to borrow dent Kevin Wilson said $277,000 which Stanley the total revenue from all said would be $300,000 taxes is $1.6 million. in the end. The school’s tax rate is $0.06 lower than the
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“This money would be used to make improve-
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Sophomore Presley Shockey. Photo by Alexa Brunner. The Howe Lady Bulldogs dropped the match with Tom Bean on Tuesday, 3-0 before entering the Denison Tournament. They opened with a loss to Frisco Leadership Prep 2-0 before losing to
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Howe ISD receivesA rating by TEA
Torrey Stricklin Torrey Stricklin, 39, is the new library director at Howe Community Library. She is originally from Swanton, Ohio and moved to Cedar City, Utah where she graduated college from Southern Utah University. She most recently obtained her library certification from Texas A&M Commerce. Stricklin taught school in Las Vegas, Nevada for 11 years before moving to Van Alstyne and marrying her husband Joshua Morrison six years ago. “I was living in Vegas
and my mom had moved to Texas. She met someone at church and said, ‘I met your future husband.’ And turns out I married him.” In the Las Vegas School District, she taught first grade for three years, a computer specialist for six years, and she taught gifted and talented for the final two years. Stricklin and her husband have a 3-year-old daughter Hayzle as she stepped away from the education field temporarily although still working as a
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The TEA Accountability Ratings scored Howe ISD with a 91 which is an A rating. They received an A in Student Achievement with a 92 based on STAAR performance (87), College, Career and Military Readiness (92), and Graduation Rate (100). The district scored a 91 in School Progress and an 88 in Closing the Gaps. Summit Hill Elementary and Howe Intermediate Schools scored a combined B overall and Howe Middle School scored a B also. Howe High School came in with an A at 95.
