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Volume 61, Edition 37, Monday, January 22, 2024 It was announced Wednesday that Mike McCarthy will be back as head coach for the Cowboys. I’ll say this about Jerry Jones—it doesn’t take him six months to make a personnel decision. However, I’m betting the Jones family didn’t take into consideration the limbo he put the staff through by dragging it out.
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Howe Police Sergeant given Lifesaving Award
Grisham qualifies for regionals in powerlifting
Jaycie Grisham squats 330 pounds at the Sherman Powerlifting Meet. Courtesy photo.
Howe Mayor Karla McDonald recognized Howe Police Sergeant David Morris at Tuesday’s Howe City Council Meeting. Courtesy photo.
Michelle Carney has been known for some dandy photography over the years, but the images she took of Parker Dunnihoo dunking over Bonham players Friday night might should be hung immediately in Bulldog Hall.
On Tuesday, November 7, Sergeant David Morris responded to a home in the 800 block of North Denny Street in response to residents’ concerns over not seeing their 85year-old neighbor for a couple of days, which they said was unusual. Sergeant Morris knocked on the elderly woman’s
front door and could hear her speaking incoherently. Her voice sounded as if it was coming from the floor not far from the front door. Believing the woman was suffering a life-threatening medical emergency, Sergeant Morris checked other doors and windows for an entryway but found (Continued on page 2)
Overturned vehicle sends three Howe youngsters to hospital
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INSIDE
Public Works water info, pg. 4 Bulldogs Basketball pg. 6 Lady Bulldogs BBall, pg. 7 Letter to the Editor, pg. 8 City news, pg. 9 Howe ISD Board recap, pg. 10 Powerlifting Results, pg. 10 Eagle Scouts, pg. 10 Hot Jobs, City Info, pg. 11 History/Christian, pg. 12 Local Churches, pg. 13 Patriot Pony, pg. 14-15 Chamber Members, pg. 16 Past front pages, 17-24
City council tables city administrator position...again, mayor calls special meeting for Tuesday at Summit Gardens The first official agenda item at Tuesday’s regular city council meeting was to approve the hiring of Monte Walker as City Administrator, but for the second meeting in a row, City Councilman and former City Administrator Joe Shephard made the motion to table the item to a later date due to the wording on the agenda which read: “Discuss, consider, and approve the hiring of Monte Walker as City Administrator.”
Howe will travel to Pottsboro Tuesday for a game with large ramifications.
Local rescue units help with lifesaving measures. Photo courtesy of Howe PD social media. Just after midnight, the Howe Police Department was dispatched to a single vehicle rollover with an occupant pinned under the vehicle on the east service road of US Highway 75 north of FM 902. Three Howe males,
ages 16, 13, and 11, were initially in the vehicle at the time of the accident, but the 13-year-old was ejected and pinned underneath the overturned vehicle. Sherman and Van Alstyne Fire and (Continued on page 9)
Howe Powerlifter Jaycie Grisham won first place in her weight class of 132 with a bench of 205 pounds, squat of 330 pounds, and a dead lift of 300 pounds. She punched her ticket for regionals again this year.
Eventually, an exchange between Councilman Billie Ingram and Shephard escalated over the delay of the hiring process. The motion to table eventually carried 3 -2 with Sarah Myrick, Shephard, and Rodney Hough voting to table the item, while Ingram and Michael Hill denied the motion. Walker is the Chief Operating Officer for the Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation and
was appointed interim city administrator in late August and approved by the council in September in a 3-2 vote with Myrick and Hough voting against. Mayor Karla McDonald released an agenda on Friday which will call for a special meeting on Tuesday (tomorrow) at 6 pm at Summit Gardens. The action item in question is: “Discuss, consider, and act upon the appointment of an interviewed applicant for City Administrator.”
Before the action item last Tuesday, Mayor McDonald read a letter of recommendation for Walker’s hire before reading the action item. As McDonald finished reading the action item, Shephard said he had some questions about this. “What you’ve done mayor is you’ve forced the council to vote only for Monte and not to consider other applicants,” said Shephard. “It’s a council’s position and responsibility to nominate who may choose individually as (Continued on page 3)
Monday morning’s temperature reading on the Howe High School marquee sign on Highway 5.