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Election Saturday for Howe City Grayson Publishing, LLC Council Volume 61, Edition 51, Monday, April 29, 2024 Four candidates are on the ballot for Howe City Council. There are three seats available. Election day is Saturday, May 4, and will be held at 700 W. Haning Street.

Three locals receive rare Congressional Patriot Awards

The ballot order is Shawn Tyler (challenger), Sarah Myrick (incumbent), Jessica Bjorn (challenger), and Ricky Price (challenger).

Also on the ballot is Grayson County Junior College’s bond proposition which will read: The issuance of $456,500,000 in bonds for college facilities and the levy of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

Coach Steve Simmons being honored by US Congressman Pat Fallon for the US Congressional Patriot Award. Staff photo.

US Congressman Pat Fallon was in Sherman Thursday evening to honor local individuals with the prestigious Con-

gressional Patriot Award which recognizes the heroes of our community as stated by Fallon. The (Continued on page 5)

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Fryar, Beckemeyer set to be inducted into Howe Hall of Honor Friday night Two important figures in Howe’s history will be in town Friday night to be honored as the 2024 Howe Hall of Honor inductees. Jim Fryar and LeAndra Beckemeyer will travel from west Texas and Mississippi, respectively, to reminisce with old friends and accept an award and recognition.

For Fryar, the event coming on a Friday night is ironic as he was the head football coach for the Bulldogs from 19851989 and accumulated a

Jim Fryar

LeAndra Beckemeyer

yellow bus full of gold footballs during his time here. The Victory Light was lit under his tenure more than any other head coach in history since being installed in 1977.

Award winner in her profession, but in Howe she made contributions to Howe by sitting on the board of the Friends of the Library, Keep Howe Beautiful, Howe Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Save the Church committee. She was also awarded the 2006 Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year as well as being a part of Save the Church that won Volunteer Organization of the Year in

Huge crowd expected for 38th Annual Beckemeyer is the longFounders Day Festival Saturday est-tenured postmaster in Howe history as she was sworn in back in 2001 and retired in May of 2019.

19 Nazis were sentenced in the Nuremberg Trials.

The rest came to the US and formed the CIA and NASA.

Beckemeyer is a 3-time Benjamin Franklin

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Annual chamber awards to be presented Friday night

How do you make a fortune in the stock market?

Get elected to Congress.

Crazy is often being right too early.

Do we pay off college kids’ student loans before or after they scream “Death to America?”

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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Bulldog Senior Night pg. 4 Texoma Patriots, pg. 6 Bulldog Baseball, pg. 7 Rick Faber, pg. 8 Hot Jobs, City Info, pg. 9 History/Christian, pg. 10 Local Churches, pg. 11 Patriot Pony, pg. 12-13 Chamber Members, pg. 14 Past front pages, 15-22 HoweEnterprise.com Stats January 2024—April 27, 2024 25,662 visits; 16,679 reads

A large crowd gathered around the Hot Dog Eating Contest a year ago at the Founders Day Festival. Staff photo.

Most every year since 1986, Howe has celebrated Founders Day which started as a heritage festival. However, 38 years later, it looks less like a pioneer celebration and more like a community party. The free event put on by the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce has instituted a staple of the celebration in the Interurban Kid Train that runs in the same alley as the old Texas Electric (Continued on page 3)

New look for Fire Department

The Howe Fire Department received a much needed paint job on the building that recently hit the 50year mark. The large doors will soon also be red and a new sign will face Haning Street.

Staff photo.

Beccy Roberts

Brandon McKinney

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce will divvy out their annual awards on Friday night at the Howe Hall of Honor and Awards Night Ceremony.

erts, City of Howe utility clerk. The Jean Norman Volunteer of the Year will go to Brandon McKinney. The Business of the Year will be presented to TLD Design Consulting, and the Volunteer Organization of the Year will be awarded to Keep Howe Beautiful.

Most notably, the annual Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year will be awarded to Beccy Rob-

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Howe Head Coach Jim Fryar holding the bi-district trophy in 1989 after defeating Royse City at Bulldog Stadium. Photo by Connie Fryar.

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2015 and Keep Howe Beautiful which was the Volunteer Organization of the Year in 2017 and 2018.

Fryar came to Howe as an assistant for the 1984 season under John “Buck” Smith and was named head coach the following season. In that first season, he guided the Dogs to a 9-3-1 record and three gold footballs. Fryar accumulated 41 wins while at Howe which is second to only Norman Dickey (51). During the time when only two teams qualified for the playoffs, his teams achieved that mark four times and only missed in 1987 with an 8-2 record. Fryar went on to win three more gold footballs in 1989 before leaving for the same position at Jacksboro after that season.

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LeAndra Beckemeyer presenting an award at the 2005 Founders Day Festival. Photo courtesy Howe Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Turkey legs and sausage on a stick has become one of the favorite things about the Founders Day Festival in recent years. Staff photo.

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Passenger train did 90 years ago.

Don’s Smokehouse will sponsor the Third Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest where there is no charge to enter but limited to the first 30.

Thanks to Guns N More and Rapid Electric, another ride for the kids will be located in the middle of Hughes and Haning Street. A dunk tank will be located near the fire department which is sponsored by HIT Roof & Exteriors.

Those will have a chance to dunk the high school cheerleaders who will be operating it.

For the second straight year, the chamber opted to not have live music and instead will go again with 75 North Entertainment which will be located between City Hall and Abby’s Restau-

The chamber will be selling turkey legs and sausage on a stick again this year as well as ice cold 903 Brewers beer. The chamber will also have wristbands for sale for each kid to be able to ride all rides all day.

Turkey Legs—$10 Sausage on a stick—$5 903 Brewers beer—$5 or 5 for $20 Wristbands for rides—$10

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Bulldogs Senior Night Photos by Michelle Carney

The Class of 2024 Senior Howe Bulldogs

Cooper Jones and family

Kade and Kolin Murphy and family

Zeb Montgomery and family

Landon Throm and family

Garrett Gibbs and family

Luciano Vazquez and family

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Patriot Awards

Coach Steve Simmons being honored by US Congressman Pat Fallon.

Staff photo.

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award is rarer than a Super Bowl ring and more people have climbed Mount Everest than have been recognized with this award. Three individuals that call Howe home received this recognition Thursday at Robin McCoy, Steve Simmons, and Kathy Puckett each were given the Patriot Award. You could add more names to the local honoree bucket if you include former Howe resident Sheriff Tom Watt and State Representative Reggie Smith who attended Howe Elementary School at one time. Also, Britton Brooks, Howe’s Municipal Judge received the honor.

Steve Simmons, better known as merely, “Coach” was recognized by Fallon saying that coaches push athletes to be the best person they can be, best athlete they can be, and to get outside their comfort zone and challenge themselves.

“Any great coach is a great teacher

first,” said Fallon. “The lives that you have changed are tremendous and I’m so honored to honor you.”

Fallon then asked Simmons if he wanted to say some words and he responded with, “Vote for Pat or run some laps” which broke the Grayson County West Courtroom into laughter.

Simmons then went on to say, “I thank the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for this. And my parents and my wife Doreen and our son Paul and granddaughter Violet. I was blessed, like Pat said, with probably more than 5,000 highly motivated truly dedicated rough, tough, can’t get enough Howe Bulldogs.” That led to half of the crowd making barking noises and led one individual to yell, “Sic ‘em Dogs, sic ’em.

Fallon also recognized Robin McCoy and said he would struggle emotionally to get through it because of their relationship as McCoy once worked for Fallon’s predecessor Craig Estes.

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Local sisters Robin McCoy and Kathy Puckett were each honored by US Congressman Pat Fallon. Staff photo.

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“She was the absolute glue that kept that district together for 12 years,” said Fallon who ended up having her on his staff which he said relied upon her. “This district and a million Texans relied on Robin. You won’t meet a more Godly Christian woman.”

ham, Justin McCareins, Robin McCoy, Peter Munson, Britton Brooks, Reggie Smith, Robin Phillips, Larry Phillips, Kathy Puckett, Mark Russell, Mike Shaw, Steve Simmons, Gail Utter, Tom Watt, Barbara Woodroof, George Woodroof.

McCoy’s sister Kathy Puckett was also recognized for her decades of volunteer work.

“When I called Kathy and let her know that we were going to recognize her, she didn’t want the award because she thought she would take it away from someone else,” said Fallon. “I said, it’s not negotiable. You’re getting it.”

The full list of award winners: Esther Brumit, Debbie Flanders, Brett Gra-

Sheriff Tom Watt, former Howe resident, received the Patriot Award.

Coach Steve Simmons gave thanks to Jesus and his family when accepting the prestigious award. Staff photo.

Texoma Patriots meet May 6 The Texoma Patriots next meeting is May 6th at 7 p.m. at Grandy’s in Sherman, 3201 Texoma Parkway. The speaker is Texas Senator Bob Hall of Senate District 2. He will speak on the topics of election integrity and the Texas electric grid.

He was involved in the production of the movie Grid Down, Power Up which we showed in October 2022.

Hall started out in the Tea Party movement and was elected to the Texas Senate in 2014.

Hall authored many Bob Hall bills last legislative session to help make elections more secure. Most of the (Continued on page 8)

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For the final time...

Seniors Kolin Murphy (left) and Luciano Vazquez (right) walk off the field in Howe Wednesday night. Photo by Michelle Carney.

The Howe Bulldogs closed out their season on Wednesday with a split location doubleheader with a split in the outcome. Howe, who finished the season at 8-18, finally got their first district win in game one Wednesday with a 6-3 win at Leonard. After the victory, they traveled home for “Senior Night” where they came up just short in a 5-4 loss.

In game one, Anthony Lowder pitched all 6.2 innings, not allowing an earned run thanks to four Bulldog errors. He walked five and struck out three while allowing five hits.

The Dogs only had one hit on the afternoon which was a Kolin Murphy single. Howe’s six runs came thanks to taking six bases on balls which Garren Lankford led Howe with two.

Braden Ulmer had an RBI and Landon Throm drove in two.

Howe had a chance to score in the topo of the sixth, but Murphy was thrown out at home with two outs.

Throm took the hill in the second game and pitched 3.2 innings, allowing five earned runs on two hits.

Throm struck out four but had command troubles and walked eight hitters. Lankford came on in relief and pitched 2.1 innings, striking out four and only allowing two hits.

At the dish, Howe collected seven hits and took seven bases on balls to acquire their four runs. Garrett Gibbs led Howe with two RBI on two hits.

Cooper Jones scored two of Howe’s runs in the 5-4 loss.

Season batting leaders: OPS Anthony Lowder AVG Anthony Lowder R Anthony Lowder RBI Garren Lankford DOUBLES Will Ingram TRIPLES Garren Lankford HOME RUNS Garren Lankford Cooper Jones BASE ON BALLS Garrett Gibbs

1.299 .538 23 16 6 4 2 2 15

Season pitching leaders: WHIP Anthony Lowder 1.632 ERA Anthony Lowder 2.856 STRIKEOUTS Anthony Lowder 42 INNINGS Anthony Lowder 41.2

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Richard Wayne Faber, 1950-2024 Richard “Rick” Faber, longtime Dorchester resident, passed away at his home surrounded by family members, April 21st 2024. Rick was the youngest of four children to Mary and Joe Faber. Throughout his childhood and adolescent years, Rick worked on his family farm, picking cotton, hauling hay, and plowing fields. His family had a garden that all his sisters and brother would help with planting and picking/digging. Rick took those gardening skills that he learned with him all through his life, always having a beautiful and plentiful garden. He loved his tomato plants!

Rick was also a matriculate welder.

He worked at Hale trailer after he graduated high school and owned his own welding shop on the side. He then worked at Fisher Controls for 30 years, where he retired. In his free time, Rick loved fishing. He would have fish fries with his family with all the fish that he would catch. He started dating his love of his life Donna Word Faber in 1974 were married in 1976 in Dorchester, Texas. They enjoyed taking road trips together to see the color changes in the fall. In 1979, they moved into their home in Dorchester Texas, and they started their family. They welcomed a Son Randal Faber and then a daughter Tonya Faber (Prough). He always made sure his family was taken care of. He was a devoted husband and father by showing Randal how to shoot his first BB gun and gave Tonya lessons on how to drive a standard. Rick loved all three of his grandchildren as well. He was a great Papaw. He played ball in the living room with Fin, taught Tatum how to drive (play) the lawnmower and would blow bubbles with Hadlee. His grandkids loved Pa-

Rick Faber paw. Rick was a member of Dorchester Baptist Church and he thoroughly enjoyed Sunday fellowships.

Rick is survived by his wife Donna Word Faber, son and wife Randal Faber and Britanie Faber, daughter and husband Tonya Faber Prough and Brandon Prough, Grandchildren Tatum Shields, Hadlee Prough, Finley Prough, and sisters Jeannette Faber Scott and Judy Faber (Ronnie) Whitely. Rick had many nieces and nephews.

He’s preceded in death by his mother and Father Joe and Mary Faber, Brother Michael Faber and Brother-in -law Bobby Scott.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00AM Friday, April 26th 2024 at the Dorchester Baptist Church, in Dorchester, TX. Burial will follow at Akers Cemetery, in Sherman, TX. The family will receive friends one hour prior of service.

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bills got lost in the Texas House. This coming session he will introduce more bills to protect elections.

The Senator will also explain his efforts to protect and harden our Texas grid against solar flares, enemy cyber attacks, vandals destroying the equipment, or extreme weather are all rea-

sons why our grid could go down. Without comprehensive security, lives could again be at stake. When the world relies on electricity to stay alive, power failures can turn fatal. Power companies must adopt higher standards for securing the grid.

Everyone is welcome and there is no charge to attend. Donations are appreciated.

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Bulk Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.

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

2023-24 Local taxation State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total

6.25 % 1.25%

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

$0.53 $1.05 $0.31 $0.15 $2.04

0.75 % 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: Monte Walker City Secretary: Michelle Hewitt Utility Billing and Municipal Court 116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: Julia McLaughlin (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 Fire Department/EMS 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903-813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Economic Development 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 903-532-6080 Howetexas.org EDC Director: Monte Walker Meets as needed For more information visit the city website www.cityofhowe.org

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Texas History Minute Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique Ken Bridges mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in 1970, her fame and legend only grew.

a new one, the Kozmic Blues Band by late 1968, but essentially it was a solo career.

She was born in January 1943 in Port Arthur. She was the eldest of three children born to Scott Joplin, a Texaco engineer, and his wife, Dorothy, a registrar at a local college. As a youth, she performed in her church choir at First Christian Church in Port Arthur

On Thanksgiving Day 1969, she performed at Madison Square Garden with the Rolling Stones and sang a duet with Tina Turner. She was so intoxicated that friends and other performers worried about her.

Her artistic talents were emerging.

However, she was relentlessly and cruelly bullied by a number of people throughout her years in school. She was never able to get over the bitterness she felt from those years. She also started drinking. She befriended a group of fellow outcasts where she became enamored with early blues artists such as Bessie Smith and Texas native Huttie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter. They traveled along the Gulf coast listening to a mix of bands.

After her graduation in 1960, she eventually made her way to the University of Texas as an art student by 1962, where she became part of the rising music and counterculture scene on campus. She became a well-known figure, famous for walking barefoot and carrying her autoharp wherever she went. She began performing gigs around Austin where she met country singer Kenneth Threadgill after performing at his small club. Threadgill gave her a lot of advice and encouragement on her career.

By early 1963, she decided to leave for San Francisco, hitchhiking across the country. She continued to perform at small venues while writing and recording music in her spare time. But she also began falling into heavy drug use by this time and was arrested for shoplifting. By 1965, her drug use became so bad that friends bought her a bus ticket back home to Port Arthur to recuperate.

Joplin enrolled at Lamar University in Beaumont and took classes in anthropology and social work, even briefly becoming engaged, but her first love was music and continued performing at small clubs. Once her health was restored, she headed back to San Francisco on an invitation to join Big Brother and the Holding Company. She electrified audiences across California with her energetic performances, often inviting audiences to sing along. Her iconic performance at the Monterey Pops Festival in 1967 caught the attention of music fans and producers. The band’s self-titled album that year was a hit.

The next album, “Cheap Thrills,” released in 1968, hit number 1. She began touring with the band across the country. Her version of “Piece of My Heart” was released as a single and was a Top 20 hit. Along the way, she relapsed and started using drugs heavily, with her life began spiraling out of control. She split with her band and formed

She released “I Got Dem Kozmic Blues Again Mama” in 1969, which hit number 5 on the Billboard charts, her second straight platinum album. That summer, she performed at the famous Woodstock music festival in New York.

In February 1970, she traveled to Brazil and attempted to kick her addiction habit once again. But her sobriety was short-lived. Within a few weeks, she returned to the United States and quickly fell back into her addiction. She formed a new band, eventually known as the Full Tilt Boogie Band, and went on tour, appearing with the Grateful Dead and blues guitarist Buddy Guy. She concluded the tour in August.

Shortly afterward, she returned to Port Arthur for the last time to attend her ten -year class reunion. Though her musical talents had earned her a lot of fame, her relationships with many of her former classmates were still strained; and she publicly berated the city and her classmates in a press conference.

She returned to Los Angeles and began recording an album with her band.

They had spent several weeks recording tracks. Her behavior was erratic, and she wondered how much longer her newest band would perform with her. On October 4, she was found dead from a heroin overdose. She was only 27, part of a string of deaths of young artists from drug overdoses at that time, including Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix.

Though the album was still incomplete, Columbia Records decided to release the album in early 1971. “Pearl” was the biggest hit of Joplin’s career.

The album’s title was her nickname among her friends. The album shot to the top of the charts and featured some of her most memorable songs. Her rendition of “Me and Bobby McGee,” which was written by one-time boyfriend Kris Kristofferson was a number 1 single on the Billboard charts.

“Mercedes Benz” was also released as a popular single from the album. The song was a take on consumerism and was one of her last recordings, completed just days before her death.

In the years afterward, Columbia continued to release old recordings. “In Concert” was released in 1972 and peaked at number 4. A greatest hits album was released in 1973 and was a Top 40 hit. Numerous books and documentaries were made about her, including tribute songs performed by friends and admirers. Many artists continue to perform cover versions of her hits. In 1988, a statue of her was unveiled in Port Arthur. Her younger sister Laura wrote a loving biography of her in 1992. She was honored posthumously with an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

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The armor of God includes the belt of truth Have you considered that most individuals are convinced that what they believe is true, and all who disagree with them are not as Dr. Billy Holland wise as they are? What is your personal view about this? May I ask, where did you discover your truth? Did God speak truth to you, or were you just persuaded by what someone else believes? If knowledge was passed on to you from those you respect, how do you know they received it from the Lord? To learn and discern spiritual wisdom, we must have spiritual ears to hear God. The Almighty is divine truth and has never erred; He is perfect as He instructs the truth seeker. Why are there so many ideas about God and the Bible? The dangerous snares of misinterpretation. While we know what God says is always perfect, the problem centers on the human’s misunderstanding of what God is saying.

In the natural realm we realize that if the teacher is wrong in their opinions, it is most likely the student will also be persuaded in the same direction. Historically and currently we can see this in the massive world of religion. So many teachers, with endless speculations concerning truth, brings us to a critical juncture in our subject. Is there one standard of absolute truth that God has established within the fabric of eternity, or is truth a personal acceptance that is relative to each individual? The first option is embraced by many Christians including myself, as it’s common to confess His truth but sadly we rarely demonstrate it. The second choice is called relativism which believes there is no such thing as absolute truth, and how it’s perfectly normal for everyone to believe whatever they are convinced is true to them.

What are your thoughts about this?

Some people are like sponges as they love to soak up knowledge and wisdom. They read books and listen to teachers as they expand their perception of the natural and spiritual. Some might ask, “How can we trust what others teach? How can we know truth from error?” It’s our responsibility to study and gain wisdom while being

close to God allows us to detect deception through the filter of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Some are convinced it’s healthy to be open-minded and to consider as many interpretations of truth as possible to have a broad spectrum of the meaning of life. However, being open to what everyone believes can increase the chance of confusion, and deception, and distort our discernment of absolute truth. Christians do not tolerate false ideas but are called to reject and expose them.

Whichever side we lean toward, everyone already has their own opinions about most everything. Whether our views are divine truth or not, Jesus knows the difference and wants us to understand why we believe our views and that our truth is not always His truth. Life is not just a guessing game of random ideas. Yes, Christians must be narrow-minded and guard their thoughts as they walk on the narrow path of holiness. The Bible says a little leaven negatively affects the entire loaf which is why false knowledge hinders our walk with God. There is no such thing as a safe dose of poison. Just because we trust a source does not protect us from being deceived. Knowing God is knowing His truth. As bank workers are trained to recognize counterfeits, so must we must know when Satan is disguising himself as an angel of light.

Let us examine the dialogue between Jesus and Pilate found in John chapter eighteen. Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judaea who presided at the trial of Jesus and gave the order for His crucifixion. “You are a king, then! said Pilate. Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. The reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.’ ‘What is truth? retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, I find no basis for a charge against him.” Within this context, Pilate asked the question about what is truth as a mocking gesture and obviously did not want to know the “true” truth. He refused to consider that divine absolute truth was standing right in front of him.

Jesus said in John 17:17, “Sanctify them through your truth: Thy word is truth.”

Dr. Holland is a minister, author, and chaplain. Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com

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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

1 John 5:4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world.

This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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The Patriot Pony In the Peter Navarro case, DOJ’s refusal to turn over Hur tapes to Congress sets up a contempt fight executive privilege is on trial Congress has faced obstacles to its various investigations intothe

By David Bossie, The Hill

Does Congress have the power to compel presidents and their advisors to disregard executive privilege and force testimony before its committees?

That’s just one of the substantial constitutional questions raised in United States v. Peter K. Navarro.

U.S. v. Navarro has the potential to be a landmark case of “first impressions” involving unsettled questions ideal for Supreme Court review. Peter Navarro is the first White House advisor in history to be convicted of and jailed for contempt of Congress. If the high court does not “settle good law” in this case and Navarro’s conviction is upheld, the doctrine of executive privilege will be irreparably harmed and an important pillar of our system of government’s separation of powers will crumble.

Navarro received a subpoena from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on Feb. 9, 2022.

Former President Donald Trump instructed him to invoke executive privilege. As Navarro has repeatedly stated, it was not his privilege to waive. He had a duty to the Constitution and his oath of office to refuse to comply with the subpoena, a duty which he would honorably fulfill — and was sent to prison for doing so. The unprecedented treatment of Navarro is a stunning double standard in comparison to former Obama administration officials Eric Holder and Lois Lerner, who were also held in contempt of Congress but were never prosecuted by the Justice Department.

The question now before the Supreme Court is whether Navarro should be released from prison pending the broader appeal of his conviction. More specifically, the justices must determine whether his appeal raises “substantial issues” likely to lead to a retrial or case dismissal. Of course it does.

The question of whether a sitting president can strip a former president and his advisors of the protections of executive privilege — something President Joe Biden has tried to do with both Trump and Navarro — has never been squarely addressed by the Supreme Court. But at least one justice has indicated that a sitting president has no such power. Two years ago, when the court declined to answer the question on an expedited basis in Trump v.

Thompson, Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted, “A former president must be

able to successfully invoke the Presidential communications privilege for communications that occurred during his presidency, even if the current president does not support the privilege claim.” Navarro’s appeal of his conviction puts this question squarely before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and it cries out for good settled law either from that court or, failing that, the Supreme Court.

Next is the question of how the privilege is to be invoked by a former president. Is it “presumptive,” as many legal scholars believe? If not, what constitutes a “formal” or “proper” invocation of the privilege?

This too is a substantial issue that has never been answered by the Supreme Court.

Finally, there is the question of whether a defendant charged with contempt of Congress can present to the jury his or her good-faith belief that executive privilege applies, even if that belief is mistaken, in order to negate the willfulness element of the offense. In ruling against Navarro on this point, the trial judge relied on a 63-year-old appellate court ruling, which in turn relied on a 1929 Supreme Court decision that was repudiated by the Supreme Court decades ago.

If that appellate court ruling is overturned, Navarro will either get a retrial or have his case dismissed. While that outcome may not be a forgone conclusion, the likelihood of a favorable outcome would seem to be at least a “close question.” Indeed, that’s precisely what another judge ruled in a similar case involving Steve Bannon, who, like Navarro, was convicted of contempt of Congress for his refusal to testify before the Jan. 6 committee.

While Navarro’s judge sent him straight to prison, Bannon’s judge allowed him to remain free pending the outcome of his appeal because he had serious concerns over the continued validity of that dubious precedent.

Given the substantial questions raised by his appeal, it’s time now for the Supreme Court to free Peter Navarro, who has spent a month in prison simply for doing his duty to the Constitution and honoring his oath of office. Far more importantly — and Navarro would agree — it’s time for the Supreme Court to begin settling “good law” that will preserve the doctrine of executive privilege and ensure the separation of powers.

BidenAdministrationin its broad impeachment investigation.

By Steven Richards The Department of Justice’s decision this week to refuse to turn over the audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur could set up a new fight between the administration and Congress.

The refusal marks the second time the DOJ has declined to provide the audio tapes to Congress, though it has turned over the transcripts of the interview.

The department first refused to turn the tapes over earlier this month, citing insufficient justification and accusing the House Republicans of political motivations—concerns the DOJ reiterated in its letter this week to the Judiciary and Oversight Committees.

“We have repeatedly invited the Committees to identify how these audio recordings from law enforcement files would serve the purposes for which you say you want them,” Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote to congressional investigators.

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by A Weathervane That Would Make My Neighbors Green with Envy shirem.com “We have also repeatedly urged the Committees to avoid unnecessary conflict and to respect the public interest in the Department’s ability to conduct effective investigations by protecting sensitive law enforcement files. The Committees have repeatedly failed to explain your needs or to demonstrate respect for the Department’s law enforcement functions,” he added.

The DOJ argues that its “record of accommodation” towards the committee has been more than enough. So far, the department has provided two classified documents, the transcripts of the Special Counsel’s interview with President Biden, and correspondence related to the report.

“Despite our many requests, the Committees have not articulated a legitimate congressional need to obtain au-

dio recordings from Mr. Hur’s investigation, let alone one that outweighs the Department’s strong interest in protecting the confidentiality of law enforcement files,” Uriarte wrote.

You can read the DOJ letter below: File DOJ-letter-Comer-Jordan.pdf The committees have criticized DOJ’s reasoning, arguing Executive Branch officials have no authority to determine what Congress “needs and does not need” for its oversight responsibilities.

“It’s curious the Biden Administration is refusing to release the audio of President Biden’s interview with the Special Counsel after releasing the transcript,” Chairman James Comer of the Oversight Committee posted to X after the DOJ originally refused to provide the tapes.

“Why shouldn’t the American people be able to hear the actual audio of his answers?” he asked. “The American people deserve transparency from their leaders, not obstruction.”

“We will respond to the Department of Justice," Comer vowed in a statement to Just the News on Thursday.

Holding any Justice Department official in contempt, let alone the Attorney General, will face obstacles. The last Attorney General to be held in contempt by Congress, Eric Holder, was able to avoid any consequences for ignoring a subpoena because his own department refused to enforce the measure, a common occurrence in cases where the opposing party controls the executive branch.

According to federal law promulgated in 1857 and reenacted in 1938, the failure to comply with a congressional subpoena is a criminal offense, and the relevant house of Congress can hold the offender in contempt and refer the matter to the DOJ for prosecution. This was the method employed recently in the cases of two former Trump Administration advisors, Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro.

However, in modern history, when a witness is found in contempt of congress under an administration of an (Continued on page 13)

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The Patriot Pony Revolver Inside Source Reveals Critical 13Year-Old Mistake in Stormy’s ‘Trump Extortion’Plot and Real Reason for NDA There’s a ton of buzz about the socalled “hush money” trial unfolding in New York City. Can President Trump really expect a fair trial in the liberal stronghold of Manhattan? Not a chance—and that seems to be exactly the point. It’s just another play from the left’s election interference playbook, deploying activist judges and juries to secure the verdict they crave: guilty. At the heart of this trial is none other than erstwhile porn actress Stormy Daniels, a name that has lingered in the media spotlight. While many of us are familiar with her notorious “Trump affair” story, there are significant, overlooked details about a piece that hasn’t seen the light of day for about 11 years, and now, thanks to an insider source who spoke to Revolver, it’s time for that piece of the puzzle to see the light of day.

As for the hush money trial that has thrust Stormy and her claims of a sordid affair into the public spotlight, the most reputable legal experts are labeling the case as a humiliating black mark on the US injustice system.

Breitbart: Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley said Monday on Fox News Channel’s “America Reports” that former President Donald Trump’s New York trial for allegedly falsifying business records is an “embarrassment.”

Turley said, “What is clear is in this case, Trump is right this is an embarrassment. The fact that we are actually talking about this case being presented in a New York court room leaves me in utter disbelief.”

He continued, “The arguments today did in fact capture all the problems here. You had this misdemeanor under state law that had run out. This is going back related to the 2016 election. They zapped it back into life by alleging that there was a campaign finance violations under the federal laws that doesn’t exist.

As it stands now, President Trump is caught in the crosshairs of a partisan, politically weaponized plot, and he’s been effectively muzzled. The activist judge overseeing this sham trial has imposed what’s widely criticized as an unconstitutional gag order, which seems to shield his daughter and her left-wing business buddies more than anything else. Needless to say, President Trump is testing the boundaries of this unjust order at every turn.

When you consider what’s unfolding with this trial, many are asking, aside from the obvious political motives, how did such a weak case even reach trial? Well, if you read the New York Times today, the version of the story they published seems cleverly crafted and riddled with gaping holes.

The New York Times: Stormy Daniels tried to benefit from Donald J. Trump’s political momentum in early 2016, setting off the saga that ultimately resulted in his criminal trial.

Her agent reached out to Dylan Howard, editor of The National Enquirer, and editorial chiefs at other publications, seeking about $200,000 to tell her story of having sex with Mr. Trump a decade before when he was at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nev. Ms. Daniels had no takers.

Mr. Howard thought her story had little value because it had already been written about on a gossip site in 2011. At the time, she had publicly denied the encounter.

A month before the presidential election, her story’s value suddenly increased. On Oct. 7, 2016, The Washington Post published a recording of Mr. Trump on the set of “Access Hollywood” talking about groping women.

Buried in this excerpt is a significant little detail: despite the fact that Stormy (Continue reading…)

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opposing party, the DOJ has often asserted a right to exercise discretion about whether or not to prosecute and charges are rarely brought. Therefore, enforcing the contempt referral becomes virtually impossible.

Under the Obama Administration, when Attorney General Holder refused to comply with a House Oversight Committee subpoena to provide documents related to the “Fast and Furious” investigation, the committee held him in contempt and referred the matter to the DOJ. The DOJ refused to act on it citing prosecutorial discretion and eventually declined to challenge Holder's claim of executive privilege.

Aside from a civil enforcement through the courts, the committees have only one other avenue open for enforcing their subpoenas: inherent contempt powers.

According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the inherent contempt power permits each house to arrest and detain an individual who is found to be be obstructing Constitutionally-defined duties and responsibilities of the legislature, as the Supreme Court ruled in Marshall v. Gordon (1917) and reiterated in Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund in 1975.

The CRS notes that the Supreme Court has determined that “some

means of compulsion [is] essential for Congress “to obtain what is needed.”

When Congress finds an inquiry blocked by the withholding of information, or where the traditional process of negotiation and accommodation is considered inappropriate or unavailing, a subpoena—either for testimony or documents—may be used to compel compliance with congressional demands.”

The inherent contempt powers were last used in 1934 when the Senate arrested lawyer William MacCracken Jr., a former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who was called to appear before Congress. The Supreme Court upheld Congress’ expansive power to enforce its own oversight capabilities when MacCracken challenged his arrest and detention.

In the present day, the use of the inherent contempt powers has largely fallen out of use. It is unclear how the Judiciary and Oversight Committees will proceed to enforce any contempt referral against Attorney General Garland for refusing to cooperate.

The House Republicans investigations into President Biden as part of its impeachment inquiry has faced several other roadblocks from the administration.

So far, President Biden has refused to answer questions from impeachment investigators about his knowledge or alleged role in his son’s foreign business dealings, has refused to turn over key documents, and declined to appear for testimony, stalling the probe.

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