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© 2023 The Howe Enterprise
Volume 60, Edition 46
Monday, March 27, 2023
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Keep Howe Beautiful asks for community help A sitting US President cannot be indicted. Just in case anyone needed to know that. ***** Do things seem a little weird lately around the US? Do you like to read? Take the time and read this. ***** April Fool’s Day is approaching. Don’t get tricked by the deceivers. ***** We have sent questionnaires to each candidate for school board, city council, and mayor. We will run the school board answers in the April 10 edition and the city answers in the April 17 edition. ***** The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce has requested to host a forum for city council and mayor candidates. All have responded to the chamber with exception to the incumbents. We will keep you posted as we hear developments. ***** There could be a Netflix series done about Howe, Texas from November 2022—April 2023.
INSIDE
Howe ISD Board Recap, pg. 2 City Council Agenda, pg. 3 Lady Bulldogs Softball, pg. 5 Easter info for churches, pg. 6 The coup we never knew, pg. 7 Troop 45 Flag Program, pg. 8 HHS Track, pg. 9 Academic All-State, pg. 9 Peggy’s Porch, pg. 10 Kendall Griffin, pg. 11 Christian, pg. 14 Past front pages, pg. 19-26
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Bulk Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.
Piles of trash line L.B. Kirby Avenue just beyond the blooming Texas Bluebonnets. Keep Howe Beautiful wants help. Staff photo. Keep Howe BeautiLady Bulldogs take first HHS One-Act Play The ful organization is celebrating 10 years in Howe place at Bells relay wins bi-district and are hoping citizens will join them in their efforts for a spring cleanup. They are hosting a Texas Trash-Off on April 22 from 9 am to noon at Summit Gardens, but they really hope citizens will take a vested interest immediately.
The Howe Lady Bulldogs track team. Courtesy photo. The Howe Lady Bulldogs won their second first place finish last week as they took home the gold overall in the Bells Relays with 116 total points. Junior Kendall Griffin led all female athletes with 34 total points. The Howe girls had first place finishes from Teagan Stubblefield in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 52.54. Howe’s 4x400 meter relay team consisting of
Kendall Griffin, Stubblefield, Jaedyn Jones, and Stephanie Bastida also finished first with a time of 4:21.58. Howe’s Aubrielle West won the discus with a toss of 86’4” and Griffin won first in the triple jump with a leap of 34’-7.5”. Griffin also won the high jump at 5’-0”. The varsity boys finished ninth overall with 21 points. The JV girls finished third and the JV (Continued on page 9)
Members of the Howe High School One-Act Play after winning the bi-district championship. Courtesy photo. The Howe High School Theater’s One-Act Play advanced to the bidistrict round after winning the District 11-3A crown on March 2. After winning first place in Melissa over the weekend, they will now advance to the area round of competition on March 29 at Grayson College.
Their play, entitled, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time— a play by Simon Stephens is based on the novel by Mark Haddon. In the recent bi-district round at Melissa, Howe took the title from district competitors Pottsboro and Gunter as well as
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With bluebonnet season here, some are being hidden by the trash that escapes nearby bins at heavy traffic locations. The more people that move to Howe means more litter. “This has to be a community-vested project where the people of the Howe area work together to make our town as beautiful as it can be. We need help from everyone,” said Keep Howe Beautiful board member Diana Inurria.