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Volume 61, Edition 38, Monday, January 29, 2024 Someone needed to say it. The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce will be holding the second Howe Hump Day of the Year on Feb. 7 and it will be hosted by The Llama Realty Group—Dana Thornhill. The business networking group is open to all people, not just chamber members. It’ll take place at Summit Gardens at 8 am. Back in 1992, Bill Clinton lost the New Hampshire primary but claimed victory and the media dubbed him “The Comeback Kid.” It worked and the media pushed him over the line. Last week, Nikki Haley pulled the exact same trick. Let’s see what happens. Shelby Park at the Texas border became the hot topic of discussion last week after the Supreme Court ruled that Texas cannot block the feds from taking down razor wire at the border to stop illegal immigration. This appears like it could be Texas versus the United Nations. But Texas is not alone as 25 states with Republican Governors signed a letter supporting Texas. The only Republican governor not in support is Vermont’s Phil Scott. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that the supreme law of the land supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary. EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.
INSIDE
SHES Top Dogs, pg. 4 Candidate Forums, pg. 5 Bulldogs Basketball pg. 6 Lady Bulldogs BBall, pg. 7 1983 Council meeting, pg. 9 Powerlifting Results, pg. 10 Hot Jobs, City Info, pg. 11 History/Christian, pg. 12 Local Churches, pg. 13 Chamber Members, pg. 14 Past front pages, 15-22
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Walker approved as city Howe Mayor visits second graders administrator in rare 2-1 vote at Summit Hill Elementary Unprecedented vote initiates three recesses for city attorney opinions, Attorney General opinions and references to Robert’s Rule of Order It was one of the most bizarre city council meetings in the history of the city Tuesday night when the vote to approve Monte Walker as full-time city administrator came down to an unprecedented situation where the council was asked their opinion of what constitutes a majority. The rare initial vote of two in favor and three abstentions caused two recesses to call the city attorney for his opinion. On a second try of the same motion, Council member Sarah Myrick chose to vote no on the hiring of Walker which set up a 2-1 vote with two abstentions. Due to the city code not stating specifically the number needed for a majority due to abstentions, the council voted to decide what the majority actually is since it’s not stated in code. Due to an Attorney General ruling, a 2-1 vote shall be accepted based on Robert’s Rule of Orders which the City of Howe adopted many years ago. Councilman Rodney Hough, who abstained from the initial vote due to being the neighbor of Walker, agreed with Councilmen Billie Ingram and Michael Hill that those that voted up or down create the majority. Since the majority agreed on that, Walker was hired on the slimmest of margins with Ingram and Hill voting in favor, Myrick voting against, and Hough and Joe Shephard abstaining. Walker was appointed interim-city administrator by Mayor Karla McDonald on August 29, 2023. He was later voted by the council as interim with a 3-2 vote with Myrick and
Hough voting against. Shephard cast the deciding vote on that September night. The council meeting began with an open session to the public where Micah Belden read a letter in support of Walker from Harold Finney who could not be in attendance. The council then held a recess for approximately 13 minutes to wait for Myrick to arrive late to the meeting as she was traveling from Oklahoma City. Upon Myrick’s arrival, the action item was read and asked for discussion in which Myrick spoke up. “I love Monte and his passion for the city, but I feel like he’s too close to what has happened in the (Continued on page 2)
Howe Mayor Karla McDonald speaks to the second grade students at Summit Hill Elementary on Tuesday. Courtesy photo. Howe Mayor Karla McDonald made a trip to Summit Gardens on Tuesday to speak to the second graders and take questions. The students also drew pictures of the mayor and asked some of their questions via a questionnaire. Most of the kids had the same
questions as adults might, such as, can you fix the pot holes on our street. McDonald said some of the questions asked were if she worked with Joe Biden and if she lived in a mansion. Her answer was “no” to Joe Biden and that she lived in a
regular house. One student wrote, “Can you stop people from littering in Howe ,Texas?” Another wrote, “I don’t want you to help me. I just want you to have a great day. I hope nobody hurts you.”
Bells traps Howe, ends 9-game winning streak
Bells’ stingy defense trapped Howe in a trap game as the Bulldogs came into the contest as district leaders but the Friday night loss to Bells muddied the waters. Photos by Michelle Carney. The Howe Bulldogs (187, 6-2), playing through the flu bug that swept through Howe High School last week, felt
moments of euphoria as they beat Pottsboro Tuesday night 51-44 to take sole possession of the district lead in 11-3A.
However, the euphoria turned to torment after a 53-48 upset loss to Bells Friday night where the Dogs looked outright
lethargic defensively and could not penetrate the scrappy defense of the Panthers. (Continued on page 6)