61.14 Howe Enterprise August 14, 2023

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Volume 61, Edition 14, Monday, August 14, 2023 In preparation for the broadcast of Howe Bulldogs football this year, we were open to barter with Rapid Electric. The company owner Brent Brunner also has a new home for sale on Bennett Road listed for $849,999.

We offered to trade 2,571 seasons of broadcasts for the home. He was not a taker. However, Rapid Electric will once again be the host of the Tailgate Party. ***** Brian Little is helping the Howe Athletic Booster Club with upgrading the “Dog House” which is a trailer to sell Bulldogs spirit gear. He called Saturday morning to ask what kind of flooring we wanted. Real handscraped hardwood was not in our budget. ***** It’s been around 20 years since the Howe Bulldogs issued a jersey number 42. We were beginning to think it was the ‘unwritten rule’ as with Roger Staubach’s 12.

But then senior Jesse Portman showed up in the photos with it on. I think we’ll adopt the youngest Portman as our own personal favorite for 2023. But Jesse, watch out, that number has brought about a lot of knee issues. ***** Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond has gone viral. Listen.

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

INSIDE

Howe Sales Tax recap, pg. 5 FBC XYZ, pg. 7 Officer Michael Hill, pg. 8

Chief Whitworth reminder, pg. 9

Meet HHS varsity cheer, pg. 9 Summer library recap, pg. 10 2023 Broadcast, pg. 11 Community Pep Rally, pg. 11 Local Churches, pg. 12 History/Christian, pg. 13 Patriot Pony, pg. 14-15 Chamber Members, pg. 16 Past front pages, 17-24

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City Council appears to be Bulldogs try and find their way in scrimmage headed for long night in executive session Tuesday

Howe Mayor Karla McDonald released the city council agenda Friday afternoon which has a plethora of items listed for executive session. Those items include personnel matters including the city administrator and police chief and written complaints. During executive session, the city council (Continued on page 4)

When Howe Mayor Karla McDonald asked for two years of City of Howe bank statements, one of the checks that came into question was a $2,650 check written to J Stanley Consulting and signed by Jeff Stanley.

Upon being hired as the Howe City Administrator in May 2021, the former city council approved for him to serve as a consultant in June and July of that year before starting on the payroll in August. Attorney Micah Belden has obtained an invoice from J Stanley Consulting for 26.5 hours of work at (Continued on page 4)

Howe running back Knox Bounds was a bright spot Friday night at Bulldog Stadium.

Photo by Michelle Carney.

Hardly any team, much less one with an abundant amount of sophomores, look sharp in the opening scrimmage of the season and that was the case for the Howe Bulldogs Friday night at Bulldog Stadium in a matchup with Whitewright.

and lows, the run game with Knox Bounds carrying the ball was certainly one of the highs, but the defensive perfor(Continued on page 2)

13th Annual Community Pep Rally Saturday at 7:30 pm Cheerleaders, football and volleyball teams of all ages will be introduced on Saturday night at Bulldog Stadium at 7:30 pm. The Pride of Howe will perform.

Lady Bulldogs begin season with win overValley View

Throughout the highs

HPD releases statement regarding “mayor probe” The ongoing saga between the Howe Police Department and Howe Mayor Karla McDonald continues to capture audiences of local newscasts. Reported on KTEN-TV was a released statement from the HPD that read, “In order to maintain the sanctity of the investigation against the mayor and other members of the Howe City Council, the Howe Police Department cannot comment on active investigations because they involve not only the Howe Police Department but other law enforcement agencies.”

The Lady Bulldogs won the consolation trophy in the silver bracket Saturday at Chisum.

Courtesy photo.

Left: Howe Mayor Karla McDonald taking the oath of office in May 2023. Right: Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman taking the oath of office in 2018. Enterprise photos.

Another statement read, “All accusations by the mayor and the mayor's attorney are completely and utterly false.

Micah Belden stated on the same newscast that there is no criminal investigation being conducted and that his client was illegally detained by

McDonald’s attorney

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The Howe Lady Bulldogs opened their season against Valley View and came away with a 3-2 come-from-behind win to start the season in the win column.

Howe lost the first two sets (25-21 and 25-20, but stormed back with a 25-20 win to stay alive.

The Lady Bulldogs then won 25-18 to set up a winner-take-all opener.

Howe got the win 15-11

to begin the season.

The local girls then lost to Trenton, 25-17 and 25 -10. Kendall Griffin led Howe with five kills and a block while teammate Presley Shockey had four kills and one block.

Mikaylah Komorowski tallied eight assists.

Howe was then swept

by Hooks, 25-10 and 2512. Kamry Snapp had (Continued on page 6)

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mance was not what the Dogs were expecting coming off of a solid defensive squad a year ago.

Bounds racked up 17 yards in his first three carries of the evening, but new quarterback Cooper Jones was 0-for-2 passing in the first series and was sacked on the final play of Howe’s first offensive possession.

Whitewright drove 70 yards on seven plays to score on their first offensive possession.

Jones’ first completion was an 8-yard out rout caught by Ethan Mayo, but the Tiger defense stiffened to get the ball back. They picked up 23 yards on their first play and a 25-yard air strike moments later. After a first-down run up the middle to the three yard line, Whitewright scored their second touchdown.

Bounds escaped up the middle for 17 yards on the Dogs' first play and a 38yard run on the second play. Braden Ulmer ran for nine yards, Bounds again ran for 17 yards on two carries, but Jones was picked off.

Quarterback Cooper Jones.

Photo by Michelle Carney.

Jones wasn’t able to handle several snaps which disrupted the rhythm.

Whitewright was picked by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine to finish fourth in 6-2A-I while Howe was selected to finish fourth in 8-3AII. The Bulldogs will play Whitewright district mates Tioga and Tom Bean during the regular season.

Whitewright picked up 37 yards on their first four plays, but the Howe defense looked much better in that series and didn’t allow a Tiger score.

The Bulldogs will travel to meet Scurry-Rosser on Thursday for a final tuneup before hosting Honey Grove at Bulldog Stadium on Friday, August 25.

Howe’s final possession ended the scrimmage with some good runs, but

Howe is five wins away from 400 in the program’s history.

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Mayor

A political cartoon drawn by Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman during the local campaign earlier in the year and posted on his personal Facebook page.

The cartoon depicts City Councilman Michael Hill, Mayor Karla McDonald, City Councilman Billie Ingram, and Monte Walker as “Mr. Howe.” All candidates won by hefty margins.

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the department and interrogated overviewing a police suspect document on the city’s computer servers which included one of the newly-elected city councilmen.

Belden suspects the document, which should have been protected from viewing, was placed intentionally on the server for any councilman, elected official, or staff member to see. He believes it was done for political reasons as Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman was seen heavily campaigning against the newly elected mayor and two newly-elected councilmen.

Belden says that HPD Sergeant Keith Milks falsely claimed it was because of a software update, but that should not change privacy settings, especially for one key document and the only document that was affected by such software update. Belden says he can prove that Milks was the last user of the document before it was found by a councilman and reported to the city and the mayor. He says he can also prove bad blood between Milks and the councilman listed on the document. He suspects the document may have been leaked before the citywide election to help then-Mayor Bill French and his aligned candidates.

Belden says that McDonald does not intend to sue the City of Howe over Hudman and Milk’s conduct as of now because she ran to represent the citizens and their best interests. However, he did say that at some point, things have to be resolved and didn’t rule out a possible suit of her own.

"We're not going to sue unless these guys somehow sue us, and we'll be glad to counter-sue for the truth," Belden said. "We're here for the long haul, and we're not going to be intimidated or back down."

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Back in April, McDonald wrote on her campaign page that bullying from the Howe Police Department must stop and reached out the City Administrator Jeff Stanley to look into the

conduct of Police Chief Carl Hudman after he drew a denigrating political cartoon of the candidates running against the previous administration.

Hudman also placed “Bully” Ingram political signs about Howe and in his vehicle.

Her email to Stanley stated, “I would hope you would look into this and have a conversation with the police chief. I am truly embarrassed and disappointed that anyone feels the need to display a sign like this one. We can all have our personal views, and I believe in freedom of speech, but all this is doing is promoting animosity in our community. Employees and representatives should be preventing this and not engaging and promoting it.”

Stanley replied, “While the City does have a policy on political activities during work hours, employees have freedom of expression, and freedom of speech when off duty.”

McDonald then wrote on her campaign page, “Now, will this post cause me to be targeted (more)?”

Councilman Billie Ingram also wrote a similar statement about Hudman on April 23 on his campaign page.

“He is making it a point to come after everyone so that the newly elected will want to fire him as soon as we take the oath. This way he gets paid. If you fire him he gets paid a high percentage of his contract salary due to the contract just being newly accepted,” wrote Ingram. “He knows that the city does not have the legal funds to battle it out in court, so he knows he will just get paid. He was part of a lawsuit against the City of Sherman when he was there so he is no stranger to doing so.”

Hudman also briefly posted a “meme” picture of City Councilman Michael Hill on April 24 that was derogatory.

Hudman, one of two Grayson County Police Chiefs that were reported by KXII to be members of the Oath Keepers, also publicly referred to (Continued on page 4)

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City Council

“Mayor probe”

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can meet behind closed doors to discuss appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee. The agenda states they can also hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee.

Executive session items also include an update on the future wastewater treatment facility and an update on the Saddleback Development including the Connections Park update. An update on Smith Road will be given and a discussion relating to information resources technology and network security for the City of Howe. The council will also discuss creating a full-time chief for the Howe Fire Department.

All of these items, with the exception of the fire chief, will then be discussed in public at the conclusion of the executive session.

Earlier in the meeting, the council will act upon the reappointment of Dale Rideout as the city representative as a board member for the Howe Community Library for a two-year period.

The council will act upon the adopted revisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation.

Upon approval, the council will then be presented Brandon Grooms and Kent Lowder to be placed as board members for the Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation.

The council will consider the removal of Madison Snapp, Hannah Horsely, and Lisa Tibbetts as board members of the Planning & Zoning board.

Upon approval, the council will consider Cort Myrick as a board member of the Planning & Zoning Commission.

In preparation for the Freedom Rock to be placed at Memorial Park, the council will consider moving the monument sign at the park.

The police department, fire department, code enforcement, public works department, economic development department, municipal court, utility department, and administration will give departmental reports.

HPD Sergeant Keith Milks in an April 2023 council meeting.

Enterprise photo.

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Councilwoman Sarah Myrick’s husband and mayor challenger as a socialist. The only city council or mayor challenger Howe’s police chief who didn’t publicly attack was Rodney Hough. The only existing city councilman Hudman hasn’t publicly attacked is former City Administrator Joe Shephard.

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$100 per hour which included a 6-hour sewer meeting.

Stanley was Mayor of Howe from 2009 to October 2019 when he resigned due to lack of time. He skipped over Mayor Pro-Tem Sam Haigis and nominated Councilman Bill French for mayor. The Secretary of State later forced a special election due to the unlawful change of the mayor’s seat.

Stanley, two months after resigning as mayor due to lack of time, was sworn into the city council to fill French’s vacated seat. In March 2021 then-City Administrator Joe Shephard announced his retirement. Two months later, Stanley was hired as the new city administrator and approved for a consulting position through July 2021. He received a 5-year contract in January 2023 at over $82,000 annually plus $10,000 in annual vehicle allowance.

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City’s sales tax up 14.52% over 2022 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today Wednesday will send cities, counties, transit systems, and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 2.8 percent more than in August 2022.

month and the total of $420,230.12 is up 14.52 % from last year at this time.

The total for the City of Howe is $56,387.10, up 12.10% over last

Of the total amount, $14,096.78 belongs to the Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation (HCFDC). The HCFDC has a total of $141,801.12 so far in 2023 with one month remaining in the fiscal year.

The HCFDC board recently approved their budget of $142,783. Next month’s amount should place the HCFDC with a budget surplus near $11,000 for the upcoming fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023.

City

Current month

City

2023 Total

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

$3,725,527.39 $1,084,219.53 $948,586.17 $932,076.59 $752,660.20 $634,824.27 $317,879.46 $276,848.74 $199,565.45 $142,720.62 $115,513.76 $105,579.04 $63,085.94 $56,387.10 $48,280.79 $32,736.63 $31,658.70 $27,424.38 $15,302.81 $11,579.40 $7,882.92 $3,721.73 $1,008.41

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

$24,445,209.90 $7,301,249.88 $6,718,048.39 $5,353,422.05 $5,196,135.71 $4,466,452.98 $2,592,842.40 $1,971,298.67 $1,375,929.98 $1,024,121.88 $746,444.79 $675,299.75 $457,584.93 $420,230.12 $328,181.06 $273,681.16 $228,465.69 $198,816.03 $112,956.58 $92,013.42 $54,433.43 $22,102.21 $9,404.58

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.

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Volleyball

Senior Reese Smith with one of her 14 assists Friday against Collinsville at Howe High School. Photo by Alexa Brunner.

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three kills while Griffin, Shockey, and Matalee Stewart each totaled two kills each. Reese Smith and Komorowski had four assists to lead the Lady Bulldogs.

On Friday, Howe lost to Collinsville in four sets as Collinsville took the first one 25-15. Howe bounced back with a 25-21 win before losing 25-7 and 2517. Reese Smith had 14 assists and Kamry Snapp had 11 kills and one block. Shockey had seven kills, three digs, and four blocks. Emery Snapp had six kills and two blocks. Griffin had five kills, five digs, and one block.

Howe won 25-15 and 25-19 over Leonard with Smith logging 13 assists.

Emery Snapp had six kills, and two blocks, while Griffin had five kills and three blocks.

The Howe girls also swept Dekalb in two sets (25-15 and 25-22). Kamry Snapp had six kills, and Shockey had five. Emery Snapp and Griffin each totaled four kills. Stewart had two kills and Smith had 19 assists.

Howe entered the Chisum Tournament and came out as consolation winners in the silver bracket with wins over Leonard and DeKalb.

The Lady Bulldogs lost to Chapel Hill in sets of 20-25 and 25-21. Shockey had eight kills to lead the locals.

Kamryn and Emery Snapp.

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XYZ of First Baptist Church Howe Met in Dorchester Baptist Church

Tanya Miller and Naomi Lightfoot of Global TLU. Courtesy photo.

XYZ of First Baptist Church Howe met last Thursday, Aug. 10 at Dorchester Baptist Church for the regular monthly meeting. After a short business meeting and announcements, the interesting program was presented by Naomi Lightfoot and Tanya Miller from Global TLU. They are missionaries who have been to Uganda and have presented the gospel message of Jesus Christ to the people in the villages there. Shown here with pictures from their trips, they told about the solar lights that were so eagerly received since there is no electricity there. Also given were units that allowed the people to hear the Bible in their language. The simple act of leaving a world map for their classroom was so appreciated. We are thankful for these ladies who so willingly serve the Lord.

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Howe ISD Officer Michael Hill receives Master SBLE Certification

Courtesy photo.

On August 11, 2023, Howe ISD Police Officer Michael Hill earned his Master Certification in School-Based Law Enforcement (SBLE) from the Texas School Safety Center. There are approximately 80,000 sworn Peace Officers currently serving in the State of Texas. Of those approximately 80,000

officers, only 104 have attained the Master level certification in schoolbased law enforcement. The Howe ISD Police Department is proud of Officer Hill's accomplishment and would like to congratulate him for his hard work and dedication to Howe ISD.

Reminder from Howe ISD Chief Matt Whitworth Back to school can be an exciting time, but it also brings about the need for heightened care and awareness. I would like to take a moment to remind drivers of a few things.

School zones will be active next week as students return to school. There will be active school zones on Haning Street and all streets immediately surrounding each Howe ISD campus. Please be mindful of reduced speed limits in these areas and be on the lookout for children crossing the street as well as slower-moving or turning traffic.

School buses will be back in operation and will be picking up and dropping off students at various locations throughout the area. Drivers are reminded that Texas law requires vehicles to come to a full and complete stop for school buses displaying flash-

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ing red lights and stop signs. Vehicles are required to remain stopped until the warning lights of the bus are turned off and the roadway is clear for traffic to safely resume. This requirement includes not only the main roadways but also encompasses driveways, parking lots, and pick-up/drop-off lines on school campuses.

Texas law prohibits the use of handheld cellular devices while driving in an active school zone. Just as with the requirement of stopping for school buses, this law is also in effect for all driveways, parking lots and pick up/drop off lines on school campuses.

Each of these items is specifically designed for the protection of our children. Let's all work together to make sure our kids have a great back-toschool experience.

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Manage daily order activities for shop floor and supply purchase orders, keeping inventory within accordance of predetermined goals, manage supplier on-time delivery performance and other duties as assigned.

This position requires a High School Diploma or Equivalent, and a valid driver's license; must pass physical and drug screening.

This position requires a bachelor’s degree, and a minimum of 3 years of related experience within SAP/ Oracle MRP in a manufacturing environment.

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Meet the 2023-24 HHS varsity cheerleaders

Photos by Tasha Kuykendall; Banner production by Alexa Brunner.

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Summer reading recap at the library Submitted by Howe ISD Library Director Torrey Stricklin Summer Reading was a huge success at the Howe Community Library. Various events took place throughout the month of June. We hosted a kangaroo, a cow and a song and dance show. A group of 15 students were able to attend a 4-week program through the Junior Master Gardener’s Program.

They learned all about good and bad bugs. We had various story times with the help of the Grayson Crisis Center. A new activity this summer was Crafternoon. This was a big hit, with as many

as 30 kids here at a time. The highlight was the Touch a Truck, with over 200 people in attendance. We had over 2000 people attend the library just in the month of June. The library would not be successful with our wonderful Friends of the Library and our volunteers. We would also like to thank The Crayola Factory, Nothing Bundt Cakes in McKinney and Sea Quest in Ft. Worth for donating prizes. An extra special thanks goes to our local Sonic for always going the extra mile. Congratulations to all of those than won prizes. We could not do this without our wonderful patrons.

"With a united effort we can make the place in which we live clean, wholesome, attractive. We can make the crowded city dweller homesick to come back to us and real living. We can bring new life, new business, new beauty, to the little towns." Mame Roberts

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

2022-23 Local taxation State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total

6.25 % 1.00 %

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

$0.54 $1.27 $0.31 $0.15 $2.27

1.00 % 8.25 %

City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Karla McDonald City Council: Michael Hill, Rodney Hough, Billie Ingram, Sarah Myrick, Joe Shephard City Administrator: Jeff Stanley City Secretary: Regina Harris Utility Billing and Municipal Court 116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: (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 Volunteer 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 100 E. O’Connell 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

Cityofhowe.org 2022-23 City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill

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Howe Bulldogs broadcast opportunities

Studio42 would like to thank those who have already signed up to sponsor the Howe Bulldogs live football broadcasts. Scoggins Funeral Home, Baker Air Conditioning & Heating, Independent Financial, GCEC, Sonic of Howe, Attorney Micah Belden, Cory Hernandez State Farm, Rapid Electric, HIT Roof & Exteriors, The Llama Realty Group, Brother Plumber, Ed Meacham State Farm, Howe Athletic Booster Club, Michelle Carney Photography, Kellie's Kreations, TekWav, Knight Furniture, All In Custom Gutters & Christmas Lights, and Texoma Land and Home Realty TEAM.

The front cover is from a photo taken in Gunter last season by Michelle Carney featuring seniors Cooper Jones and Michael Riddle.

The Howe Bulldogs Black & White National Bank, HIT Roof & Exteriors, GAMEDAY program is again 92 pagTaylormade, Gabriela’s Mexican es this year. It will be on sale at each Cocina, Ballonatics, Milestone Premhome game this season with 125 copier, Good Fellas Barber Shop, Rapid ies available for purchase.

Electric, Southern Cross Remodeling & Roofing, Barking Beauty SpawSponsors: GCEC, Baker Air Conditique, Michelle Carney Photography, tioning & Heating, Jesse Brown AgenGriffin Leasing, Quality Sand & Gravcy, Sonic of Howe, Zimmerer, RG el, Crossroads Service Center, Texoma Services, Texas farm bureau Loretta Country Pools & Spas, Schulman’s Anderson Darren Foster, AAAA Auto- Movie Bowl & Grill, Brother Plumber, motive, Star Auto Body, Gandy Ink, Adams Automotive, Salon 101, Bob Designer Cuts, Scoggins Funeral Utter and Blake Utter Ford, Feed My Home, Howe Enterprise, Howe FamiSheep, Gibbs Truck Repair, Debbie ly Dentistry, Howe Area Chamber of Hudnall REALTOR, Graham InternaCommerce, Benton-Luttrell Insurance, tional, Nat McClure State Farm, Lacey Tucker —Fairway Mortgage, Hillerby Printing, Independent FinanWaldo Funeral Home, Tyson, Ed cial, Airview A/C. Meacham State Farm, First Texoma

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Attend the Church of Your Choice

Each Sunday...

Times are subject to change. Please check with each church for any possible changes

First Baptist Church Dorchester Zach Poling, pastor 11831 FM 902, Dorchester, TX 75459 903-476-5525 Wednesday 6:30 pm - Worship service Sunday 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - Worship Service 5:00 pm - Evening Service Summit View Church Brett and Deb Hetrick, pastors

Community Bible Fellowship Jeremy Moore, pastor

Howe Methodist Church of Howe JB Bryant, minister

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

810 N Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6718 Tuesday: 8:30am - 1:00pm WeeCare Daycare (Registration needed) 9:30am - Women's Bible Study 6:30pm - Boy Scouts Wednesday: 9:00am - Wednesday Workers 6:00pm - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Family Night Thursday: 8:30am - 1:00pm - WeeCare Daycare (Registration needed) Saturday: 9:00am-12:00pm - Feed My Sheep (1st & 3rd Sat. of each month) Sunday: 8:30am - Coffee and Donuts 9:00am - Sunday School 10:00am - Worship Service 3:00pm Cub Scouts

First Baptist Church Howe Roger Tidwell, pastor 100 E. Davis St., Howe, TX 903-5325504 Wednesday 5:30 pm—Free Meal 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

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 Howe Church of Christ Aaron Alsbrook, minister 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

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.

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Texas History Minute As schools and universities across Texas begin their school years, teachers and administrators continue their work to Ken Bridges educate students and improve lives.

The University of Texas at El Paso has long been such an institution, serving as one of the pioneers for education in West Texas.

At the turn of the century, El Paso leaders were looking to escape the image of the lawless frontier town. By 1910, the city’s population had reached 39,000. Mining was a strong component of its economy. Copper mining in the area and especially copper, silver, gold, and lead ores mined across the border in Mexico were smelted within the city, creating a multi-million dollar economic boon for El Paso. Given the city’s unique needs and its location more than 500 miles from the state’s flagship university, the importance of a college devoted to mining was clear.

The state legislature passed the bill sponsored by Sen. Claude Hudspeth creating the State School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1913, which was signed into law by Gov. Oscar B. Colquitt.

The college opened in September 1914 with just 27 students in a building just off the Fort Bliss compound.

The students paid no tuition. They simply paid a one-time $30 registration fee ($721 in 2016 dollars) and would pay occasional lab fees ranging from $1.50 to $25 per course.

The college struggled in its early years.

One enduring story was that the college established a football team in 1915, but only because of the donation of $800 (nearly $19,000 in 2016 dollars) from one professor, John Kidd, for whom a future stadium would be named. Enrollment rose to only 39 students by 1916. That fall, the campus was hit by a devastating fire that destroyed the main building.

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El Paso residents rallied to save the college. Fundraisers were held and land was donated for the college to move and rebuild. By fall 1917, the college reopened with new buildings at its present location. After World War I, reorganizations by the state legislature led to a rapid series of changes on campus. In 1919, the college was merged with the University of Texas to become the University of Texas Department of Mines and Metallurgy.

The next year, the name was changed to the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy and became widely known as “the College of Mines.”

Football continued to be a popular part of campus culture. In 1935, the college hosted the first annual Sun Bowl championship game. However, since the college did not have its own field yet, the first three Sun Bowls were played at El Paso High School. The first Sun Bowl on the college’s campus was not played until 1938.

The name would change once again to Texas Western College by 1949. In 1961, the college trained the first group of Peace Corps volunteers, part of President John F. Kennedy’s program to bring new schools, hospitals, food, and clean water to poverty-stricken communities in the Third World. In 1967, the University of Texas System was reorganized again, with Texas Western College now becoming the University of Texas at El Paso. It expanded rapidly and steadily offered new programs, with its first doctoral program being offered in 1974 (in geology) and a new nursing program starting in 1976.

Today, UTEP has more than 25,000 students and offers more than 160 different undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is currently the only university in the nation with an active mine shaft on campus, still used for training miners. The pursuit of knowledge can take us in unusual directions.

How serious are we about hating sin?

We spoke last week about addictions that involve more people than we could imagine, and we should realize by now that personal problems hapDr. Billy Holland pen whether one proclaims they are a Christian or not. We live in fleshly bodies with a default nature and its not a surprise that with our carnality having it’s own desires, we have difficulty staying on the straight and narrow. We mentioned that cognitive dissonance is when we know something is wrong and experience guilt from our lack of discipline, but we choose to do it anyway. Remorse is conviction and thankfully our compassionate God has provided the blood of Jesus as the way we can receive forgiveness when we fail to live up to the expectations of His standards.

It’s one thing to slip up and make mistakes, but the real danger is when a person has no fear of God and feels no need to repent. Most people rarely consider the Lord is more concerned about our iniquities than we are. Why is this? For one thing, whatever we think about is what is most important to us. If we have no desire to develop an awareness of God’s presence, I can assure you that hating sin to the point of nausea is not happening. Have you ever heard of the old saying, “Out of sight, out of mind?” This means we avoid thinking about our trespasses that make us uncomfortable on purpose. We have the ability to ignore God while we are concentrating on our pleasures, however, I will say this, and it pertains to all of us, God deals with intentional rebellion in this life and the next.

In 1 Samuel 15:23, God said rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness as the sin of idolatry. This is not a pleasant subject to write about but as a minister, I would be wrong to skip over it. Rebellion is an attitude of the heart that opposes authority and began when Lucifer became so arrogant he decided to overthrow God in Heaven. We know he failed and was cast down to Earth, but then we find him again expressing his bitter hostility toward God when he succeeded to deceive Eve and Adam to rebel against

the Majesty and Creator of all things.

He has been doing this ever since.

While there may have been a distinction regarding the consequences of unintentional and intentional sins in the Old Testament, the Bible is clear in Romans 3:23 that all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. The offerings of the Old Testament foreshadowed the offering of Jesus Christ Himself as a sacrifice on the cross for our sins. Jesus is the sufficient substitute for forgiveness and eternal life.

In John 14:6 Jesus teaches, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Though every person has sinned (except Jesus), we have the opportunity for forgiveness and redemption from sin through the sacrifice He made on the cross. By faith in Him, salvation is obtained by grace through faith. This is true regardless of intentional or unintentional sins, whether a person believes he has sinned a little or sinned a lot.

There is a throne in each person’s heart and whoever sits in that seat is the king who rules and controls the individual.

If our independent desires dictates the throne, decisions are tainted with carnality. If a dark entity is given authority to reign, it will oppress or possess the host and lead them into confusion and destruction. However, when Christ is invited to sit on our throne as Lord and King, the darkness and rebellious attitudes are cast out. A new spiritual identity is given, the individual is transformed by the renewing of the mind, the will is surrendered to God, and obedience becomes the new attitude that now follows the Holy Spirit.

Regardless of the type of sins a person has committed, the authority and blood of Jesus is sufficient to forgive. Those who reject the gospel, regardless of how much or how little sin they have committed, will be separated from God and will experience agonizing punishment. God is calling everyone to turn away from sin and abide in Christ, as Acts 4:12 declares there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

Dr. Holland is an ordained Christian minister, community chaplain, and author. Discover more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com.

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The Patriot Pony Trump steals the show at Iowa State Comer says he's ready to subpoena Bidens' phone and bank Fair, overshadowing heckled DeSantis Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds had to scold fairgoers at one records, give witnesses immunity point when, during her interview of DeSantis, the crowd inComer says Weiss's appointment as special counsel was "another maneuver by the Justice Department to obstruct our investigation." purpose to obstruct our credible, effective oversight House investigation of Biden corruption."

By John Solomon House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Friday night pointedly dismissed the appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden criminal probe as "another maneuver... to obstruct" Congress and vowed to escalate his investigation by subpoenaing Hunter and Joe Biden's phone and bank records and offering witnesses immunity.

"We're getting closer every day to showing that Joe Biden was the ringleader in this, not Hunter Biden," Comer said in an exclusive interview with the "Just the News, No Noise" television show just hours after Attorney General Merrick Garland shocked Washington by announcing that he was upgrading Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to a special counsel after four years of investigating the Biden family finances.

Comer dismissed Garland's decision as ineffective, noting Weiss had years to bring serious charges and instead managed to construct a plea deal that spared Hunter Biden prison for tax evasion and gun charges that even the trial judge could not accept.

"It's another maneuver by the Justice Department to obstruct our investigation. I find it odd that, the day after I announced that we had put together a case that would win in court to subpoena Joe Biden's personal bank records, then lo and behold, Merrick Garland strikes again," Comer said.

"I assumed he would try to indict Trump or something. But no, he appoints a special counsel and he appoints the same person who had supposedly been investigating Hunter Biden for years, who let the statute of limitations expire on all of his obvious tax crimes, who tried to negotiate a sweetheart plea deal that let him off scot-free. And less than two weeks later, after a judge rejects that sweetheart plea deal, Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel for the sole

Comer said he is now prepared to subpoena the credit card and bank records of the president and his son as well as their phone records to check witness allegations that Joe Biden got financial benefit from Hunter Biden's clients and talked and met with them at various times.

"We're at the point to where we put together a case where we have emails, we have text messages, we have pictures, we have bank records. Now we have sworn testimony from associates like Devon Archer. We are ready now to be able to subpoena the personal bank records of the Bidens," he said.

"What we've got now are their shady shell companies. Now, we need the personal records," he said. "Because when we show... that chart that shows China and Romania and Russia and the arrows go into shell companies and into the Biden's family, we think there may be another arrow beyond the Biden family. And that would go to Joe Biden himself. And that's what people have told us. That's what the emails suggest. And that's what we're trying to determine now. And that's where our investigation is headed."

The White House dismissed Comer's probe anew, issuing a lengthy statement personally attacking the congressional probe.

Comer said he wasn't concerned by such attacks and declared it was time to give some key witnesses immunity, an act that would take a vote of the full committee and House.

"We're going to continue to exercise our subpoena power. Hopefully, when we move to impeachment inquiry, that'll be able to give us tools like granting immunity," he explained. "If we could grant immunity. I think people like Devon Archer would have said a whole lot more. I think people like Eric Schwerin would tell a lot of things that the Bidens have done that we know they've done, that everyone in America knows they've done."

terrupted him with chants of “Trump, Trump, Trump.”

to this country by weaponization…

They are destroying this country and the media is a very big part of it.”

By Just The News staff Former President Donald Trump‘s swooped into the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, stealing the thunder from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who had hoped to use the event to reboot his sagging campaign. Instead, DeSantis got heckled.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds had to scold fairgoers at one point when, during her interview of DeSantis, the crowd interrupted him with chants of “Trump, Trump, Trump” and other sayings.

Always in command of the stage, Trump buzzed the fairgrounds with his jet before walking in and drawing a large crowd. In a brief interaction with reporters, he accused the news media of conspiring with Democrats to harm the United States.

“You know, they should really try and get this country back together,” he said of the Democrats. “What they’ve done

DeSantis tried to gain traction at the event, criticizing Trump for not signing the Republican Party’s pledge to support the eventual nominee and scolding him for engaging in a feud with Reynolds.

“That’s just how he operates, to attack one of the best governors in the country,” DeSantis said. “I think as Republicans we should be thankful and proud to see other Republicans doing well.”

Trump sidestepped questions about Reynolds sent, saying he liked her and helped her get elected in her first race in 2018.

“I have a very nice relationship with her,” he said. “I got her elected.”

The former president also trolled DeSantis by bringing a large contingent of Florida lawmakers who have endorsed him instead of their own governor.

Prosecutors want to interview Joe Biden in classified memos case, negotiations under way The issues being negotiated include time and place of the interview, as well as the scope of questions. of the process,” according to NBC.

By Just the News staff Special Counsel Robert Hur wants to interview Joe Biden in his classified memos investigation, and the president’s attorneys have been in negotiations for about a month.

Hur was appointed last January, two months after special counsel Jack Smith was appointed to investigate former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, according to NBC News.

While most of the classified documents found starting in November of last year were related to Biden’s time as vice president, some went as far back as when he was a U.S. senator from Delaware.

They were found in his office in Washington at the Penn Biden Center, at a second office of the Penn Biden Center in the Chinatown area of Washington, D.C. and at his home in Wilmington, Del.

The issues being negotiated include the time and place of the interview, as well as the scope of the questions.

Trump was indicted on 37 counts based on seven charges in June in his classified documents investigation.

One such charge was for a violation of the Espionage Act.

The reporting on this suggests that the investigation has a way to go before wrapping up, but “an interview with the person at the center of an investigation typically takes place near the end

Based on current polling, both Trump and Biden are well ahead in their races to be the nominees of their respective parties, setting up a 2024 rematch of the 2020 election for president.

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The Patriot Pony Leftist critics of 'Sound of Freedom' Comer says he's ready to subpoena Bidens' phone and bank movie confronted by contrarian evidence from FBI, Texas cops records, give witnesses immunity Comer says Weiss's appointment as special counsel was "another maneuver by the Justice Department to obstruct our investigation."

Explosion of sex trafficking busts and child rescues undercut liberal narrative movie was a QAnon exaggeration.

purpose to obstruct our credible, effective oversight House investigation of Biden corruption."

"tinged with hallmarks of the modern right-wing worldview: moral panic, hints of vast leftist conspiracies, and a sense of persecution." It also parroted the accusation that "Sound of Freedom" pushes "QAnon-adjacent rhetoric."

By John Solomon House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Friday night pointedly dismissed the appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden criminal probe as "another maneuver... to obstruct" Congress and vowed to escalate his investigation by subpoenaing Hunter and Joe Biden's phone and bank records and offering witnesses immunity.

"We're getting closer every day to showing that Joe Biden was the ringleader in this, not Hunter Biden," Comer said in an exclusive interview with the "Just the News, No Noise" television show just hours after Attorney General Merrick Garland shocked Washington by announcing that he was upgrading Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to a special counsel after four years of investigating the Biden family finances.

Comer dismissed Garland's decision as ineffective, noting Weiss had years to bring serious charges and instead managed to construct a plea deal that spared Hunter Biden prison for tax evasion and gun charges that even the trial judge could not accept.

"It's another maneuver by the Justice Department to obstruct our investigation. I find it odd that, the day after I announced that we had put together a case that would win in court to subpoena Joe Biden's personal bank records, then lo and behold, Merrick Garland strikes again," Comer said.

"I assumed he would try to indict Trump or something. But no, he appoints a special counsel and he appoints the same person who had supposedly been investigating Hunter Biden for years, who let the statute of limitations expire on all of his obvious tax crimes, who tried to negotiate a sweetheart plea deal that let him off scot-free. And less than two weeks later, after a judge rejects that sweetheart plea deal, Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel for the sole

Comer said he is now prepared to subpoena the credit card and bank records of the president and his son as well as their phone records to check witness allegations that Joe Biden got financial benefit from Hunter Biden's clients and talked and met with them at various times.

"We're at the point to where we put together a case where we have emails, we have text messages, we have pictures, we have bank records. Now we have sworn testimony from associates like Devon Archer. We are ready now to be able to subpoena the personal bank records of the Bidens," he said.

"What we've got now are their shady shell companies. Now, we need the personal records," he said. "Because when we show... that chart that shows China and Romania and Russia and the arrows go into shell companies and into the Biden's family, we think there may be another arrow beyond the Biden family. And that would go to Joe Biden himself. And that's what people have told us. That's what the emails suggest. And that's what we're trying to determine now. And that's where our investigation is headed."

The White House dismissed Comer's probe anew, issuing a lengthy statement personally attacking the congressional probe.

Comer said he wasn't concerned by such attacks and declared it was time to give some key witnesses immunity, an act that would take a vote of the full committee and House.

"We're going to continue to exercise our subpoena power. Hopefully, when we move to impeachment inquiry, that'll be able to give us tools like granting immunity," he explained. "If we could grant immunity. I think people like Devon Archer would have said a whole lot more. I think people like Eric Schwerin would tell a lot of things that the Bidens have done that we know they've done, that everyone in America knows they've done."

Derek Johnson @rattletrap1776: The War Powers Resolution Act breakdown how “Biden” has given Secretary of Defense the authority and functions vested by Donald John Trump two years in a row proving how Trump is CIC (Commander In Chief). Video.

By Ben Whedon Left-wing media almost uniformly derided the anti-sex trafficking film "Sound of Freedom" as a QAnon exaggeration filled with conspiracy theories. But a series of recent busts by the FBI and child rescue operations by Texas troopers have undermined their argument.

The film, released on the Fourth of July, has become an unlikely hit at the box office and attracted acclaim from audiences. "Sound of Freedom" is based on the true story of former Department of homeland Security Agent Tim Ballard, who left his position to rescue child victims of human and sex trafficking. It stars Jim Caviezel as Ballard.

The political right loved it Republican lawmakers uniformly lauded the film, with former President Donald Trump hosting a screening at his Bedminster, N.J. estate and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy screening it congressional lawmakers.

"What a powerful movie," McCarthy said after the July screening. "You just see human trafficking, these young kids who are in slavery; somebody has to stand up and do something about it.

I think this just tells such a powerful story."

The left-wing media called it a conspiracy flick The reception was not entirely positive, however, as the left-wing media regularly tied the film to the Q-Anon movement. The Guardian ran an article entitled "Sound of Freedom: the QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America."

NPR ran a headline stating "QAnon supporters are promoting 'Sound of Freedom.' Here's why." That article took aim at Caviezel, whom the author said "spout[s] QAnon falsehoods."

Vox described the film as merely the latest in a string of motion pictures

Child trafficking busts are on the rise The FBI's website acknowledges the pervasive nature of human trafficking in the country, stating that "[h]ere in the United States, both U.S. residents and foreign nationals are being bought and sold like modern-day slaves."

"Traffickers use violence, manipulation, or false promises of well-paying jobs or romantic relationships to exploit victims. Victims are forced to work as prostitutes or to take jobs as migrant, domestic, restaurant, or factory workers with little or no pay. Human trafficking is a heinous crime that exploits the most vulnerable in society," it continues.

Recent busts have further lent additional substance to claims of the problem's severity.

Texas officials announced this week that the state had rescued more than 900 children being smuggled into the country from Mexico by human traffickers as part of Operation Lone Star, the state's unilateral border security operation.

The FBI earlier this month announced that it had located 200 sex trafficking victims, among them 59 children as part of a two-week operation in July that saw officials arrest or identify 196 suspects for alleged trafficking crimes.

Speaking on the "Just the News, No Noise" television show on Thursday, the FBI's former intelligence chief, Kevin Brock said the sex-trafficking of children is likely much more severe than even the film suggests.

"This is a wildfire. I haven't seen Sound of Freedom," he said. "But I can almost assure your audience that whatever they saw there is worse in reality. And human trafficking, the exploitation of children is so mind numbingly devastating that it's hard to watch."

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