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P&Z and city council approve ‘Ponderosa Point’ zoning change; property owners ready fordevelopment On Saturday, the chamber will host the annual Downtown Howelloween Festival for the sixth year in a row. It’s a good time to get an extra day out of the costume. The chamber will be selling sausage-on-a-stick and other food will be available such as street tacos, tamales, and more. Chill Out Shaved Ice will also be present. The event begins at 6 pm and will conclude at dark 30. ***** Treats and no tricks await costumed children as they come to the Harvest Fest at First Baptist Church Howe in and outside the Children’s Building on this coming Sunday, October 30 from 6 – 8 p.m. Candy, popcorn, water, candy, snow cones, photos, games, candy, bubbles, more games and more candy are just some of the nonscary treats awaiting the children. ***** Big things are going to be happening with our parent company Grayson Publishing, LLC in early 2023. We think it’s a golden idea that will create a huge buzz. ***** The Howe Bulldogs offensive line has played the #1 and #5 ranked teams in the state in back -to-back games and allowed only one sack. They’ve allowed four sacks all season in 166 pass attempts. Three of them will return next season. ***** Clean Elections USA are trying to safeguard elections in Michigan and other ballot harvesting states. They have cameras on each drop box and workers stationed. 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.
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5th ranked Bells wins hard-hitting contest, 37-14; final home game Friday for Howe
Howe’s Antwon Rattler has his helmet knocked off early in the game while Bells’ Jason Boyd has his helmet knocked off later in the game. Photo by Michelle Carney. It was a slugfest between two heavy-hitting teams on Friday. Howe (5-3, 12) had a chance to take the lead moments before the half, but the Bells (62, 2-1) defense stiffened inside the red zone and turned away Howe three times. Howe’s potent offense which scores 36.25 points per game (best in school history) was held to a season low 14 points. Meanwhile, the Slot-T offense of the Bells Panthers smashed their way to 418 rushing and total yards to Howe’s 270 total yards. It was the first time in 15-straight starts at quarterback for
Austin Haley to not have at least one touchdown pass. Howe began the game with the ball and put together an impressive 12play, 89-yard drive where a 58-yard pass from Haley to Braden Ulmer put the Dogs near the Bells red zone. On a fourth-and -goal, Cooper Jones leaped over the line for the score to give Howe a 7-0 lead after Jonathan Garcia kicked the pointafter-touchdown with 6:11 left in the first quarter. Bells, who typically
wants to chew up the clock with sustained drives, scored on the very first play from scrimmage on a 78-yard sprint by Spencer Hinds. Howe was forced to punt on their second possession and Bells turned the ball over on downs to end the first quarter. The Bulldogs were again unable to move the ball and punted to the Bells 42 yard line. On the fifth play, brock Baker raced 40 yards to cap off the 58 -yard drive. That gave Bells their first lead of the night at 13-7 with 7:36
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Two indicted and arrested in 2019 murder case in Howe Two Denton County men are currently in the Grayson County jail having been arrested for their roles in the murder of Cory Lee Wain Petty which took place in Howe in 2019. Howe Police Officers arrested Hussein Mahmoud Azab, 23, in
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Conceptual drawing of Ponderosa Point north of Howe High School at the corner of US Highway 75 and Ponderosa Road. At last Tuesday’s city council meeting, a zoning change was granted from Single-Family-1 (SF-1) to Planned Development 6 (PD6) which gives the clearance for Howe Cope Stryker, LLC to place a mixed use development. The development will include commercial frontage property as well as apartments, town homes, single-family homes, and a ‘build-torent’ concept. There will be a homeowner’s association throughout the complex. For one of the only times in years, the council meeting was filled at standing room capacity with several of the citizens voicing concerns over the project. Prior to the council meeting, Howe City Administrator Jeff Stanley addressed the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) and told them the city was proud of the development because the developers were paying for all of it without incen-
tives or tax breaks from the city. “This is just a PD (planned development) which makes the document smaller and makes us happier because we’re not doing a lot of extra work,” said Stanley to the commission. The development is 122 acres which according to Stanley doesn’t require considerations for parks and school sites. “This is going to be the northern boundary of our city and we want it to
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