61.48 Howe Enterprise April 8, 2024

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Anchorz Boat & RV Storage District Champs celebrates grand opening There’s a lot of hype about today’s eclipse and mass hysteria that has been associated with it. We’ve seen states make proclamations and cities make statements about having enough fuel and staying off the interstates. Some of this stuff is downright silly. There’s even an event called “Eclipse Over Texas” in Waco where you have to pay $20 to watch the eclipse—and you have to register your telescope should you be bringing one. All I know is that after the COVID craze during the last election cycle of Trump v. Biden, I’m getting gas and toilet paper. The path of the eclipse continues from Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan will also experience the total solar eclipse. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton. The eclipse will exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. NDT. EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

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Kendall Griffin won district in the triple jump with a leap of 35’-9” and Braden Ulmer won the shot put with a throw of 42’ -2”. Courtesy photos.

Anchorz Boat & RV Storage held a ribbon-cutting Saturday at their location on Old Highway 6. Owners Robert and Jennifer Zimbro invited friends, family, and the local contractors that helped build their facility. Staff photo.

Howe will send several athletes to the area track meet thanks to nice performances at the district meet in Pottsboro last week. Kendall Griffin qualified in multiple

Total eclipse in Howe today at 1:43 pm

events including the triple jump where she took first in district with a jump of 35’-9”. She also qualified in long jump where she took second (Continued on page 2)

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Howe students on August 21, 2017 took a gaze at an eclipse at the Howe Community Library. Howe Enterprise photo. Howe is in the path of totality of today’s solar eclipse and will see darkness for one minute and 25 seconds beginning at 1:43 pm today. The entire duration of the eclipse is two hours and 39 minutes which begins at 12:24 pm and ends at 3:03 pm.

more than $13 million in lodging as a direct impact of the eclipse. In Oklahoma, Tourism Secretary Shelley Zumwalt said the economic impact of the eclipse is estimated at about $7.4 million per day over this past weekend and today.

Around 99 percent of people in the US will be able to see at least a partial eclipse. In Texas, totality (the phase when the moon completely blocks the sun) will last up to 4 minutes, 26 seconds — just two seconds shy of the longest possible totality anywhere.

The Howe Community Library will be hosting an eclipse watching party from the parking lot. They have numerous pairs of glasses available.

Recent estimates predict 270,000 to 1.1 million people visiting Texas for the event. The State Comptroller’s office is expecting

Take precaution as it is reported that the sun’s bright rays, even during an eclipse, can burn cells in the retina. These cells don't have pain receptors, so you can't feel the damage happening.

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HMS nabs all 1’s

Howe Middle School Band members. Staff photo. During a recent band sweepstakes, there were only ten bands in the entire three day competition that made straight ones and Howe Middle School was not only one

of them, but also the only middle school in the classification to do so. Middle School Band Director Julie Cook presented the band a cake on Monday for a cele-

bration and showcased their trophy for their work. During Cook’s 19 years in Howe, they have always made 1’s. (Continued on page 8)


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