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Howe ISD discussed the budget for next year’s school year. One topic of discussion in the budget was teacher pay. Superin-tendent Kevin Wilson thought that the ISD would be able to increase the sala-ry schedule by $1,000 and a 3 percent raise. “This may be the last time we get to give a decent raise,” said Wilson with the impacts from COVID-19 in mind. Wilson said the raises should be sustainable over the years.
Honor graduates were also released and those are Jen-na Honore, Amanda Mil-ler, Cassidy Anderson Kacie Morgan, Micaela Wade, Mitchell Webb, Va-lerie Langford, Baily Bond, Mikayla Hudek Jamie Taylor, and Lane Griffin. COVID-19 ended their sports, prom, banquets, trips, and most of all the final memories together. A number of these seniors began school at Howe in kindergarten including the valedictorian and the salu-tatorian which speaks vol-umes of the educational system at Howe ISD.
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Friday night is a big night for seniors of Howe High School It’s the presenta-tion of long-awaited and hard-earned (in most cas-es) certificates, indicating the holder thereof has completed 13 years of in-struction, reaching a mile-stone in their lives. The next few months and years will be a big change for the graduates, as they emerge from childhood, with its protection by mom and pop, into adulthood, where they will begin fac-ing problems on their own, new and different prob-lems, and some of the old ones. They will find that life is joyful at times, sorrowful at others, good at times, and hard at others. And it will be different. The Class of 2020 has been my favorite so far, well, with the exception of 1992. From band excel-lence, to basketball domi-nance, to #thatbandkidcanplay sto-ries.
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“We’re getting a pretty good reputation of paying our teachers well,” said Wilson. “Granted, we’re not with Frisco and McKinney, but we’re right there with Grayson Coun-ty.” It’s not only the salary that makes Howe competitive, but also the low class sizes and the insurance that is 100 percent paid by the district. The beginning teacher salary now will be $45,000 and teachers with over 20 years of time will move to a $61,000 salary.
Graduation will take place on Friday night as the es-sential Class of 2020 will be the first ever to have a graduation ceremony at Bulldog Stadium. The lights will be on as gradua-tion will begin at 8 pm at the oldest active football stadium in north Texas. Molly Wilson was an-nounced as valedictorian of the class and Paetyn Ford was named salutatorian. Wilson, will be headed to Oklahoma State University Stillwater in the fall while Ford will be attending Tex-as Tech University in Lub-bock.
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Sam Haigis and Darren Foster were recognized as outgoing city councilmen at Tuesday’s monthly meeting. Haigis has served 28 years on the council in five different decades as he was first elected in 1979 and served until 1987. He then returned to the council in 2000 and finished a 20-year stay last week. Once during a council meeting, then-Mayor Jeff Stanley told the audience that Haigis had served as coun-cilman “since Moses” which drew Haigis to cor-rect him to “since Joshua”
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Kindergarten teacher Stefanie Richardson was
The Howe School Board, on Mon-day night, dis-
The Howe High School Essential Graduates—2020
The HHS Class of
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Deaths Total tests Total cases Active cases Average positive test Average negative test Positive test percentage Grayson County Population Total projected positive tests
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Molly Wilson is valedictorian, Paetyn Ford is salutatorian
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Howe ISD increases teacher salaries by 3 percent
French sworn in again as mayor; Haigis and Foster
honored as outgoing councilmen
Sam Haigis, city councilman from 1979-1987, 2000-2020
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Kindergarten teacher Stefanie Richardson was named Summit Hill Elementary Teacher of the Year recently. He’s a 2001 Howe High School graduate that went to Howe ISD from kindergarten through senior year. She then earned her Bachelor's of Science in Child Development and Family Studies from UNT. She began teaching preschool in 2005 with Bright Horizons in Irving, Tx, PGA Tour Family Center in 2008, Dallas ISD PreK in 2016, and Howe ISD 2017. She has a 3-year-old named Beckett. She loves to teach Handwriting and Phonics, Golfing, and spending time with her family.
Summer Winters was named Howe Middle School Teacher of the Year. She is completing her seventh year of teaching Technol-ogy at HMS. She also serves as the Academic UIL coordina-tor. Winters has grown into a wonderful teacher who brings IT everyday to class. She loves her students and has a great spirit about her that impacts the entire school. She graduated from SOSU in 2009. Her and her hus-band Bob have two Bulldog sons, Brantly and Mikey. Natalie McCall was named Howe High School Teacher of the Year. She has been teaching at Howe High School for five years after graduating from Abilene Christian University. She has taught Alge-bra II, Statistics, and Financial Math. McCall is also currently the
sponsor for the National Honor Society. She was inspired by her amazing math teachers in high school to become a math teacher. Her favorite part of teaching is building relationships with her students and seeing them succeed.
Fourth grade teacher Allison Carter was named Howe Interme-diate School Teacher of the Year. She started in Howe as a Physical Education Teacher and a Coach for six years then moved to Fourth Grade Science which she’s done for three years. Her and her hus-band Trey have two daughters, Emory and Lainey, who have been supportive throughout her teach-ing career. “My joy is helping kids grow and learn,” said Carter. “I am blessed to receive Howe Interme-diate Teacher of the Year. Thank you to the administration and staff at the intermediate school that gave me this honor. I look forward to another great year.”
Howe ISD Teachers of the Year
Ms. Stephanie Richardson was named Summit Hill Elementary Teacher of the Year. Photo by Summit Media Service.
Natalie McCall
Summer Winters
Allison Carter
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Foster’s first term came in 2015 when he was appointed to replace the seat vacated by Dennis Bo-zeman. He then won election in 2016 and 2018.
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Brett Bearden and Robert Can-naday were each sworn in for their first term as each ran unop-posed. Georgia Richardson re-turns to the council for another term as she has served since Mayor Bill French and Council-man Jeff Stanley were sworn in after an uncontested special elec-tion.
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Darren Foster receives a gift for his service on the city council since 2015.
Robert Cannaday sworn in as new city councilman
Brett Bearden sworn in as new city councilman
Jeff Stanley sworn in for the remainder of a vacated city council position.
Bill French sworn in for the remaining portion of the mayorship.
Georgia Richardson sworn in for another term.
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signed seats to help spread out the attendees. In a typical graduation setting, board members hand out the di-plomas with a handshake, howev-er, this year there will be limited contact with no handshaking. Superintendent Kevin Wilson and Board Member Brad Anderson will, however, be allowed to give their graduating daughters a hug as they accept their diploma. If anyone wants to wear a mask, they will be able to, but there is no requirement to do so at the outdoor event. There will be less than 500 people in the home west side bleachers at Bulldog Stadi-um where the total capacity is approximately 1,800 which is within the guidelines required. Staff and students will be on the field. The stage will be located on the field at approximately the 30-yard line and the look will be similar to the traditional indoor look at the gymnasium. The start time on Friday will be 8 pm. It was considered to be held in the morning, but the home bleachers facing the early morn-ing sun was the deciding factor to move it to 8 pm.
HHS Graduation will be held out-doors at Bulldog Stadium for the first time in the school’s known history. If a graduation exercise was held outdoors in Howe, it would have been sometime be-tween 1908-1937 but no such event has been found on record. The stadium came into existence in 1935. Due to state guidelines, graduates are only allowed five guests per graduate. Social distancing must be practiced by all graduates and all others attending graduation. The ISD decided to move the date up from June to late May in case of a sudden spike in the COVID-19 disease which would further delay such an event. With the outdoor ceremony, there will be many protocols which in-clude a screening of attendees of the ceremony by school employ-ees. The screening involves ask-ing the question of whether the attendee has any of the known symptoms. Hand sanitizer will be available at the entrance. Graduates will be kept six feet apart and the exception is that families can be seated clustered in a group. Each graduate can have seven tickets which will have five in a group and two in a group. The school will have as-
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At Monday’s Howe ISD School Board meeting, Superintendent Kevin Wilson informed the board that the graded instruction year has come to an end. “Parents are by far probably the most happy that it’s over,” said Wilson. The official last day of school was May 22 and report cards will be mailed out tomorrow, May 26. Texas Governor Greg Abbott opened schools beginning June 1 for summer school with a lot of restrictions. Howe ISD has tenta-tively scheduled summer school for July 20-30. “Hopefully this thing will take a turn in the right direction and we’ll see a decrease,” said Wilson regarding the number of COVID-19 cases. The meal distribution by the ISD during the pandemic has been on a decline as time has gone by. Last week, 174 meals were dis-tributed, whereas in previous weeks, the numbers were 232 and 211. Wilson said they’ll transition into the summer nutrition program and continue for four weeks with the last distribution coming on June 22. Data shows that students lose some of the gains during the sum-mer due to being off. Educators refer to this as the “summer slide.” Considering that in-school learning ended in mid-March, ed-ucators are projecting significant loss in math and science. This has led to an adjustment to school calendar options for make-up days or weeks if another outbreak were to take place in the next school year. Options include making up weeks during tradi-tional breaks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break, and even summer, although Wilson indicated summer make-ups are not likely. In regards to August, Wilson said that he thinks it will not look like a normal August start to a school
year. “It could include anything from kids going half days or every other day,” said Wilson. “I think ath-letics and band are going to look very different. I’ve heard discussions of flipping fall and spring sports.” Wilson is meeting weekly with educators to come up with options for bussing students while social distancing should the mandate still be in place. If parents are not prepared to send their students to school in the fall, there will be no negative impact and the school will provide some kind of remote learning in that situation. “Everything is written in pencil right now,” said Wilson. “We’re trying to do the best we can with what we have. I’m hopeful that we’re somewhat normal, but I think it’s not going to be normal.” Wilson accepted resignations from Debra Smith – HMS nurse, David Smart—HHS Spanish teacher, Kelly Onstott—Kindergarten teacher, Diannah Walker, HMS aide, Kim Floyd—Fourth Grade Teacher, and Alex Braud—Assistant Band Director. Kim Duncan will move to a First Grade Teacher. Joseph Overby will be moving from high school to the middle school. The Howe ISD holds the authori-ty to hire teachers from the Au-gust board meeting through the May board meeting, however, during the summer months, the board gives Wilson the ability to make hiring decisions to expedite the process for the purpose of not losing out on quality teachers or staff due to time considerations.
Howe ISD pencils in schedule for 2020-21
Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson
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Originally published in the Howe Herald, approximately 1908. “Far to the south, my countrymen, lies the fairest and richest domain of the earth,” Grayson County, Texas, and particularly the coun-try surrounding Howe bears liv-ing testimony of the truthfulness of that statement by the lamented Grady of the Boston Mercantile Society. Certainly there is no sec-tion to which nature has been more generous in its distribution of good qualities than this. The productiveness of its deep, black, waxy soil is unsurpassed. No costly process of irrigation, no dry farming experiments, no ferti-lizing stimulus are necessary to its successful growth of abundant crops. No country more suscepti-ble to diversity in products, no section with a larger percent of tillable soil. The principal re-sources of the country tributary to Howe are corn, oats, wheat and cotton, the staples that rule the world’s commerce, but it is no less adapted to the successful cul-tivation of many other crops equally as valuable for home con-sumption, but not as much in de-mand for exportation, to say noth-ing of its fruits, vegetables, stock raising, etc.
Howe is also the home of the fa-mous Texas red rust-proof oats, so much in demand throughout the Southern States, and its heavy shipments of this commodity alone has brought the town into commercial prominence with the grain dealers of the country. Howe is located ten miles south of Sherman, Grayson County, Texas on the Houston and Texas Central steam railway and the Sherman-Dallas Interurban line. It occupies the highest elevation between Denison and the Gulf, being 860 feet above the level of the sea. The town’s history dates from 1874 when a small shanty was erected on the3 site of Will Conn’s present home in the north-ern part of the town and a small stock of groceries opened under the firm name of Root & Page. Six months later these gentlemen were succeeded by S.W. Young who enlarged the quarters and added a stock of general merchan-dise. The place was named Sum-mit because of its high eminence and commanding view of the sur-rounding country, the government later establishing a post office by that title. A platform of railroad cross ties served as a depot for
Summit during its brief existence. The railroad company desired to establish a town on the property now owned and occupied by J.F. Yeury, (editor’s note: this is the present are of Cassandra and Cas-tlegate Streets) but were unsuc-cessful in their efforts to obtain possession of the land. The com-pany finally accepted an offer from Jabez Haning to locate the
station on its present site. Mr. Haning then resided in a cottage near where the Baptist Church is located (editor’s note: this is now the property of 200 S. Denny) and owned a large tract of land in-cluding that on which Howe is situated. He donated to the rail-road every alternate lot of the old town plot with the understanding
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that they erect a depot on same. Summit passed into history and the post office was moved to Howe, named in honor of Maj. F.M. Howe, the n general super-intendent of the H. & T.C. Ry. About this time Maj. J.S. Guinn, who now conducts a rooming house contiguous to the Herald office, appeared one the scene and erected an inn, and, by the way, it is worthy of notice here that Maj. Guinn and S. W. Young, the town’s first settlers are still numbered among our eight hundred souls, have a con-tinuously followed the occupa-tion they entered when they first cast their fortunes this way. Howe’s growth has been slow but sure, the settlers showing their faith in its future by increas-ing their property and improving their holdings. There has never been a real boom here, nor no great fluctuations in property val-ues. Its development has been along the lines that are calculated to insure stability and permanen-cy. While it is true that its trade field has been reduced by other railroads traversing its former large territory, it still lays just claim to superior advantages as a trading point and a market for the products of the rich lands sur-rounding it.
(Continued from page 6) Howe is an ideal town in which to settle down and enjoy life. Its moral tone is above the average and its educational, social and religious conditions will compare favorably with any town on this mundane sphere. It is compara-tively free from the contaminat-ing influences and temptations that assail the youth of the cities, yet it has reached a point in its progress and enlightenment and educational advantages that af-fords the best opportunities for the development of the character and the installation of these quali-ties of mind and heart necessary to desirable citizenship. Four religious denominations are represented here—Baptist, Chris-tians, Presbyterians and Method-ists—all having their houses of worship. There is also a spirit of tolerance among the different churches that is commendable. In the Herald’s directory, published elsewhere in this issue, will be found a schedule of their stated meetings and the names of their pastors and Sunday school super-intendents. With its high altitude, healthful climate, brotherly citizenship, ex-cellent schools and splendid op-portunities for investment and money-making, Howe offers to the home-seeker inducements he cannot find elsewhere.
Howe history from 1910
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Since most of Howe Community Library's Summer Reading Pro-gram will be online this year, please know that you must REG-ISTER to get the supplies needed for the crafts and activities. We
will give supplies to the first 50 people who register. Also, while reading logs are available for you to pick up at the library, you may also sign up on the READER ZONE APP. See the following flyer for details. to be reconfigured and bleachers
and lights installed, but all op-tions were on the table. The most likely option it seems would include a complete rebuild of the current track to its existing 6-lane track. The school has budgeted $500,000 for the pro-ject. “If we decided do decide to move forward this year, I feel like we could find the extra money to make that happen.” Athletic Director Bill Jehling has made it no secret that he’d prefer to have a turf football field which would provide non-muddy prac-tice surfaces for other sports as well as the band and allows sav-ings on uniform wear and tear. He says it’s increasingly harder and harder to find good young coaches willing to mow and paint and stripe a grass field. The Howe Youth Sports Associa-tion says field conditions have cost them many times over the years from hosting games and playoffs which is a big funding portion of their non-profit organi-zation. The stadium went through many upgrades beginning in 2014 with a new press box and the removal of the old field house the con-struction of a new locker-room. Those upgrades took place when Howe shared the district with Tom Bean, Whitewright, S&S, and Leonard who have natural grass playing surfaces. Now that Howe has been elevated to Divi-sion I for a number of years, they are playing the likes of Rains, Commerce, Bonham, Pottsboro, Mineola, and others that are turf. The stadium also tends to be somewhat of a reflection of com-munity pride and Howe has a small window to do it now. The Bulldogs also look around at neighboring teams of their size with turf such as Bells, Gunter, Tioga, Whitesboro, Blue Ridge, and Honey Grove. The board made no decision to a direction and the 3-month project would not begin until after the football season in the fall (should that happen). If scheduled during that time, it could be ready by the time track season begins in 2021.
If Howe Bulldogs fans ever want-ed artificial turf on the field at Bulldog Stadium, it appears the window is cracked open for such an idea like never before. The Howe School Board, on Monday night, discussed options for re-pairing or rebuilding the track at Bulldog Stadium. Three compa-nies gave the ISD bids on the pro-ject. Two of the companies said the track needed to be demolished and rebuilt. One company said that the track could be repaired as is, but it would be a 5-year fix. The repair would be half the cost of a full replacement which is in the $700K-$850K range. Super-intendent Kevin Wilson said he’d have a hard time recommending an expenditure of $350K for a short-term fix. The infrastructure of the 35-year-old original project is failing es-pecially with the outside lane that has become virtually unusable in front of the west side home bleachers due to safety concerns. “A new track should last 20-plus years,” said Wilson. “This opens up a new can of worms which is if you redo the track, should you put turf on the field?” The conversation started with the options of turfing the field in con-junction with the rebuild, but also the conversation made its way to a full-scale project with an 8-lane competition track. An 8-lane track would call for a domino effect of projects that would have to take place for that to happen including a tear-down of the current concession stand and home bleachers. Another hurdle in the way of a massive overhaul is a projected price tag of $2-3 million or more which smashes against available bond capacity. “If you want to host a big track meet, everyone has 8-lanes,” said Wilson. “Six lanes is certainly adequate for our meets. It’s just if you want to make it a major project, that (8-lanes) would be the logical thing to do. If you’re going to do the full meal deal, you’re probably looking a bond issue. In today’s economy, I per-sonally think that would be a tough sell.” One question asked from Board member Tamela Shadden was if an 8-lane track could be con-structed at the high school on Ponderosa Road. Wilson said that the practice field might have
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The track was installed at Bulldog Stadium in 1985.
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Patriotic collectibles are popular all year round, but especially Memorial Day, July 4th, and Veterans Day. Come in and browse Howe Mer-cantile for patriotic and military decor and memorabilia. We are now open Monday - Wednesday from 11-4 and Thursday - Sat-urday from 11-7 pm. What is the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day? · Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while in the mili-tary service of their country, particularly those who died in bat-tle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle. The purpose of Memorial Day is to memorialize the vet-erans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. We spend time remember-ing those who lost their lives and could not come home, re-flecting on their ser-vice and why we have the luxury and free-dom that we enjoy today. We might con-sider how we can sup-port and safeguard their grieving families and loved ones who are left behind. Veter-ans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor all who served—in wartime or peacetime—regardless of whether they died or survived. Veterans Day is al-ways observed offi-cially on November 11, regardless of the day of the week on which it falls. Tradi-tionally, on Memorial Day, American peo-ple visit cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers often place American flags on each grave site at na-tional cemeteries. A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. lo-cal time. The custom of honor-ing ancestors by cleaning cemeteries and decorating graves
is an ancient and worldwide tradition, but the specific origin of Memorial Day—or Decoration Day, as it was first known—is unclear. In early rural Ameri-ca, this duty was usu-ally performed in late summer and was an occasion for family reunions and picnics. After the Civil War, America’s need for a secular, patriotic cer-emony to honor its military dead became prominent, as monu-ments to fallen sol-diers were erected and dedicated, and ceremonies centering on the decoration of soldiers’ graves were held in towns and cities throughout the nation. After World War I, the day expanded to honor those who have died in all American wars. In 1971, Memorial Day became a nation-al holiday by an act of Congress; it is now celebrated annually on the last Monday in May. In the war-torn battle-fields of Europe, the common red field poppy was one of the first plants to reap-pear. Its seeds scat-tered in the wind and sat dormant in the ground, only germi-nating when the ground was dis-turbed—as it was by the very brutal fighting of World War 1. John McCrae, a Ca-nadian soldier and physician, witnessed the war first hand and was inspired to write the now-famous po-em “In Flanders Fields” in 1915. (See below for the poem.) He saw the poppies scattered throughout the battlefield sur-rounding his artillery position in Belgium. In November 1918, days before the offi-cial end of the war, an American profes-sor named Moina Mi-chael wrote her own poem, “We Shall Keep the Faith,” which was inspired by McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields.” In her poem (also shown below), she men-
the baseball organiza-tion offered a $40 refund (half of the initial sign-up fee) plus the uniform for those who wanted to back out. At the time, only nine of the 155 players optioned out. Softball offered a $50 refund and they have enough players to make five teams. The 14U Howe 3 team plans to get a early start at mid-night, May 31.
below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though pop-pies grow In Flanders fields. “We Shall Keep the Faith” by Moina Michael, November 1918 Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields, Sleep sweet – to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And holding high, we keep the Faith With All who died. We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valor led; It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies, But lends a lustre to the red Of the flower that blooms above the dead In Flanders Fields. And now the Torch and Poppy Red We wear in honor of our dead. Fear not that ye have died for naught; We’ll teach the lesson that ye wrought In Flanders Fields. This information is excerpted from an online article entitled Memorial Day 2020. We must celebrate Memorial Day this year even if we are confined to home or not able to congregate with friends and fami-ly. Honoring our war heroes transcends the virus.
Governor Greg Ab-bott recently gave the green light for youth sports to resume practice on May 31 and be able to play games on June 15. The Howe Youth Baseball and Howe Youth Softball coaches have been surveying their teams to see how many will be available and will-ing to continue the season. A few weeks back,
tioned wearing the “poppy red” to honor the dead, and with that, the tradition of adorning one’s cloth-ing with a single red poppy in remem-brance of those killed in the Great War was born. Moina herself came to be known—and honored—as “The Poppy Lady.” The wearing of the poppy was traditional-ly done on Memorial Day in the United States, but the sym-bolism has evolved to encompass all veter-ans living and de-ceased, so poppies may be worn on Vet-erans Day as well. Not long after the cus-tom began, it was adopted by other Al-lied nations, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, where it is still popu-lar today. In these countries, the poppy is worn on Remem-brance Day (November 11). Today, poppies are not only a symbol of loss of life, but also of recovery and new life, especially in support of the servicemen who survived the war but suffered from physical and psycho-logical injuries long after it ended. “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns
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Thomas Jefferson Griffith, Jr, 64, passed away Thursday, May 21 at Texoma Medi-cal Center. Cremation arrangements are un-der the direction of Waldo Funeral Home. Jeff was born July 3, 1955 in Sherman to the late Thomas Grif-fith Sr and Betty (Brinlee) Griffith. He worked for Lone Star Gas Company, was a volunteer firefighter and EMT, and the owner of Griffith Construction compa-
ny for many years. He loved his family, his Heavenly Father, making people laugh, sharing elaborate sto-ries and his conserva-tive values. Mr. Griffith is sur-vived by four chil-dren, Jennifer Daniels and husband Josh of Howe, T.J. Griffith and wife Brittany of Little Elm, Jessica Griffith of Dallas, and Tanner Griffith of Dallas; four grand-children, Zack, Car-son, and Parker Dan-iels, and Braeden Mussett; two sisters, Brenda Flores of
Sherman and Jerri Lynn Wortham of Howe; numerous nieces and nephews, best friend Kevin Sarlls, many close
family members, friends, and col-leagues as he never met a stranger. Mr. Griffith was a member of the Howe Volunteer Fire De-partment for several decades. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Wanda Dalton. A private me-morial service will be held to celebrate the life of Mr. Griffith in June. The register book can be signed online at waldofuner-alhome.com.
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The Class of 2020
Cassidy Anderson Nayely Ayala Johnathan Bailey Kaden Bateman
Elizabeth Bollin Bailey Bond Sophia Boucher Hunter Brussow
Ireland Bryant Ethan Chambers Connor Christian Jade Cox
Zoie Defrange Ivonne Delgado Janfrailyn Dilone Sara Driggers
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The Class of 2020
Layton Elvington Karsyn Fleming Bryan Flores Paetyn Ford
Ana Posada-Garcia Lane Griffin Garrett Grigg Ryan Haile
Caiden Harmon Jacob Hartline Ally Harvey Johnathan Helpenstell
Jozi Hoket Jenna Honore Kyle Hopper Mikayla Hudek
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The Class of 2020
Jarron Ing Derek Kirschner Valerie Langford Kolbe Lappin
Arturo Lowder Mikayla McGuffin Amanda Miller Kacie Morgan
Jodee Newland Ayden Norton Abigail Nunn Dylan Peacock
Matthew Robinson Jacob Roper Kasie Segleski Caden Stewart
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The Class of 2020
Jamie Taylor Colton Thurman Brian Timmons Cindy Torres
Kaden Turner Riley Underwood Hailey Upchurch Bethany Van Deren
Gerardo Vazquez Micaela Wade Ashlyn Wahrmund Steven Waldrip
Victoria Walke Zimry Weatherspoon Mitchell Webb Kirsty Wheeler
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It may have looked very different, but social distancing and all the state regulations couldn't stop The Pride of Howe from celebrating its seniors and another successful year with a 'Drive Up Band Ban-quet' --minus the banquet part. Eleven of the twelve seniors who marched in the state champion-ships in San Antonio last fall took to the grid one last time to be rec-ognized for their contributions to the band. Gathered around the "Tower of Power" where so many hours of marching rehearsals had happened over the last four years and so many 'one more times' turned into 'many more times', each senior came to the front to be recognized for their individual accomplish-ments and contributions to the group. The seniors recognized on Wednesday were Kaden Bateman, Jade Cox, Ivonne Delgado, Mi-kayla Hudek, Valerie Langford, Jacob Roper, Bethany Van Deren, Mitchell Webb, Ruth Whitt, Jack-son Wilson and Hunter "That
Band Kid Can Play" Brussow. (Not in attendance was Connor Christian.) Individual awards for the entire band were also announced: Band Beau & Sweetheart: Hunter Brussow & Valerie Langford Most Spirited Boy & Girl: Mitch-ell Webb & Jade Cox Rookies of the Year: Ethan Strunc & Korie Bouse Woodwind Award: David Huerta Brass Award: Connor Christian Percussion Award: Mitchell Webb Band Award: Erin Catching, Zo-ey Moore and Montana Sartor Also presented were three $500 Band Booster Scholarships. The recipients of the award were Ivonne Delgado, Valerie Langford and Jackson Wilson.
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The Class of 2020
Jackson Wilson Molly Wilson Kolby Windon
Pride of Howe holds ‘Drive-up Band Banquet’
David Bilyeu, Angie Liss, Ivonne Delgado (2020 senior), and Julie Cook (L-R).
Senior s line up one last time at Howe High School. Submitted photo.
ADVERTISING/MARKETING Got Signs & More 117 S. Powell Pkwy Anna TX 75409 http://www.igotsigns.com/ 972-924-2878 [email protected] Housewarmers of Grayson County P.O. Box 582 Howe TX 75459 housewarmersgrayson.com 972-978-3430 [email protected]
Howe Enterprise P.O. Box 595 Howe TX 75459 howeenterprise.com 903-339-0100 [email protected] AGRICULTURE Norman Farms 4871 Mackey Rd Howe TX 75459 903-815-5545 [email protected] Renfro Farms 1589 Harrell Rd Howe TX 75459 [email protected]
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Clean Stripe 909 E. FM 902 Howe TX 75459 http://www.cleanstripe.com 254-640-9431 [email protected] J-Talk Services, Melida Ailshire P.O. Box 91593 Sherman TX 75091 903-814-8347 [email protected] LegalShield 1548 Timbercreek Dr. Howe TX 75459 http://JLALEXANDER. WeAreLegalshield.com 214-549-4474 jlalexander@ legalshieldassociates.com) CHILDCARE The School Zone Academy 105 Doyle Street Howe TX 75459 theschoolzoneacademy.com 903-532-9663 [email protected] CHURCHES Bethel Baptist Church 905 Ponderosa Rd, P.O. Box 458 Howe TX 75459 bethelbaptisthowe.com 903-532-6032 First Baptist Church Howe 100 W. Davis Howe TX 75459 http://www.fbchowe.org/ 903-532-5504 [email protected] First United Methodist Church Howe 810 North Denny Howe TX 75459 (903) 532-6718 [email protected] New Beginning Fellowship 910 S. Denny St, PO Box 295 Howe TX 75459 http://www.nbfhowe.com/ (903) 532-6828 [email protected] CONSTRUCTION/BUILDING SERVICVES Jim Jackson Electrical Services, Inc. 1401 Silo Road Suite 400 Bonham TX 75418 www.jacksonelec.com/ 1-855-522-5353 [email protected] TLD Design Consulting LLC 103 E. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 http://www.tld -dc.com/ 903-436-4601 [email protected]
American Efficiency Solutions 2917 Wolf Front Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 americanefficiency solutions.com/ 214-284-6309 [email protected] DENTAL Howe Family Dentistry 100 S. Collins Freeway, PO Box 960 Howe TX 75459 howefamilydentistry.com 903.532.5545 EDUCATION Howe Community Library 315 S. Collins Freeway Howe TX 75459 www.howeisd.net/Page/83 903-745-4050 [email protected] Howe Independent School District 105 W. Tutt St. Howe TX 75459 howeisd.net/ (903) 745-4000 ENTERTAINMENT Twisted Balloons & Magic 1174 Dicken Rd. Howe TX 75459 903-815-6093 [email protected] FUNERAL HOME Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory 637 W. Van Alstyne Parkway Van Alstyne TX 75495 scogginsfuneralhome.com 903-482-5225 [email protected] GOVERNMENT Rita Noel, Justice of the Peace P.O. Box 672 Howe TX 75459 903-821-0018 [email protected] HAIR SALON Girls Next Door 102 S. Collins Frwy Howe TX 75459 (903) 532-0526 Good Fellas Barber Shop 105 E. Haning St. (972) 502-0559 [email protected] HEALTH AND FITNESS LZfit (personal training) Lauren Zepeda (972-489-4246 [email protected] Facebook page Laurenzepedafitness COVET Homegrown 6007 Farmington Rd. Howe, TX 75459 469-879-9190 [email protected]
HEALTHCARE Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health 8001 S. U.S. Highway 75 Sherman TX 75090 angelsofcare.com 903-532-1400 [email protected] Bee Square Body Care 26 Williams Trail Howe TX 75459 http://beesquarebodycare.com/ 903-819-0192 [email protected] NURSE C.E.R.T.S. 505 Castlegate St. Howe, TX 75459 90.-821-3392 [email protected] HEATING/AIR CONDITION-ING Baker A/C & Heating, Inc. 215 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-6225 [email protected] HOUSING Bainbrook Apartments 511 S. Collins Fwy Howe, TX 75459 (469) 712-4082 bainbrook75459.com Pradera Manufactured Home Park 709 N. Collins Freeway Howe TX 75459 http://praderamhp.com (903) 532-0014 [email protected] M&M Properties 901 N. Denny St Howe TX 75459 903-815-9223 [email protected] INSURANCE David Morgan Insurance 255 E. Jefferson St, P.O. Box 2105 Van Alstyne TX 75495 http://farmersagent.com/ dmorgan1 903-482-4063 [email protected] Ed Meacham, State Farm 2624 Loy Lake Rd., Suite B Sherman TX 75090 https://www.statefarm.com/ agent/US/TX/Sherman/Ed- Meacham-3TGY5753JAK 903-892-3923 [email protected] Kathy McGarry, Mayo Agency 215 S Ray Roberts Pkwy, P.O. Box 519 Tioga TX 76271 940-437-2378 [email protected]
PERSONAL SERVICES & CARE Servpro of Sherman/Denison PO Box 1851 Sherman TX 75091 ervproshermandenison.com/ 903-893-7166 [email protected] PHOTOGRAPHY Melissa Millsap Photography melissa.millsapphotography @gmail.com PLUMBING Skinner Plumbing Supply 200 S. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 (903) 532-0034 [email protected] Torque Plumbing 102 S. Collins Frwy Howe TX 75459 (972) 658-1515 [email protected] PUBLIC UTILITIES Atmos Energy 5111 Blue Flame Rd. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.atmosenergy.com/ 1-888-286-6700 (Main) 1-866-322-8667 Natural Gas Emergency [email protected] Billy’s Trash Service 800 S. Andrews Sherman TX 75090 903-814-9070 [email protected]
Michael Taylor – Keller Wil-liams Realty P.O. Box 575 Howe TX 75459 [email protected] RESTAURANTS El Patio Escondido Mexican Restaurant & Cantina 495 W. Van Alstyne Pkwy, P.O. Box 637 Van Alstyne TX 75495 elpatioescondido.com 903-482-5538 [email protected] Abby’s Restaurant 110 E. Haning St Howe TX 75459 abbys-restaurant.com/ 903-487-8860 [email protected] Palio’s Pizza Cafe 303 W. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 https://www.palioshowe.com/ 903-532-0390 [email protected] ROOFING HIT Exteriors, LLC Howe, TX 75459 972-977-1523 [email protected] STORAGE Howe Mini-Storage 609 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-7867 [email protected]
TOWING Adams Automotive & Towing 85 Redden Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 adamsautotow.com 903-482-5784 Pristine Towing & Roadside Assistance 135 Hodgins Rd. P.O. Box 1672 Van Alstyne TX 75495 (903) 814-8064 VIDEO Summit Media Service PO.O. Box 1197 Howe, TX 75459 www.summitmediaservice.com 214-843-1495
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Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Darren Foster – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfbins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 32707/darrenfoster 903-436-2470 [email protected] Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Loretta Anderson – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfb -ins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 23242/lorettaanderson 903-819-1041 [email protected] Aflac Agent Chyna Vincent 1671 Taylor Rd Dorchester TX 75459 940-641-1714 [email protected] INTERNET TekWav 223 N. Walnut St. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.tekwav.com 903-375-9787 [email protected] LEADERSHIP The Iku Organization http://theikuorganization.org/ 214-392-6218 [email protected] NON-PROFIT Goodwill Industries of North-east Texas 2206 E. Lamar St. Sherman, TX 75090 goodwillnorthtexas.org [email protected]
Cityofhowe.org 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 sys-
tem 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 be-
cause the newest data entered will replace the old data. Sign up by visiting http://
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City Hall
116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571
Mayor: Bill French
City Administrator: Joe Shephard
City Secretary: Joy Stevens
Utility Billing and Municipal Court
116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571
Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts
Court Clerk: Kerri Cheatham
(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: Bert
Dowlen
Howe 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 903-
813-4411
Police Chief: Carl Hudman
Police Sergeant: Keith Milks
Economic Development
101 E. Haning St. 903-532-6080
EDC Director: Monte Walker
City Council meets third Tuesday at
700 W. Haning 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
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2019 City of Howe Water, Sewer,
Refuse collection rates - one bill WATER
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per 1,000 next 4,000
per 1,000 next 20,000
per 1,000 next 20,000
per 1,000 all over 45,000
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per additional metered 1,000 gallons
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Grayson -Collin Electric Cooperative, Inc. P.O. Box 548 Van Alstyne TX 75495 www.grayson-collin.coop 903-482-7100 [email protected] Cavender Home Theater DISH 6202 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 http://www.cavendertv.com/ 903-892-3499 [email protected] REAL ESTATE Bill French Properties 315 N Travis Suite B-3 Sherman TX 75090 billfrenchproperties.com 903-893-BILL (2455) [email protected] Sheryl Bentley, Ebby Halliday REALTORS 3445 FM 1417 N Sherman TX 75092 http://www.ebby.com/agents_ offices/find_agent/info/ sherylbentley (903) 821-7653 [email protected] The Uselton Group 382 Eagle Point Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 theuseltongroup.com 469-525-7281 [email protected] Vincent Realty Group 324 Meadows Estate St., P.O. Box 756 Tom Bean TX 75489 vincentrealtygroup.com/ 903-870-8528 [email protected]
2019-20 Local taxation State Sales Tax
General Revenue Sales Tax
Ad valorem reduction Sales Tax
Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax
Total
City of Howe Tax Rate
Howe I.S.D Tax Rate
Grayson County Tax Rate
Grayson County Junior College Tax Rate
Total (per $100 valuation)
City of Howe Budget
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1.00 %
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0.50 %
8.25 %
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$1.43
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$0.17
$2.59
$3,788,977
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We the senior class of 1982, being of sound-proof mind and having a body do bequeath the following items to our dear, beloved friends and other people… • To Mrs. Bower, the UIL participants leave
the trip of her choice since she never gets to go.
• To Mr. Gilstrap, the seniors in band and drill team leave a shorter bus so he won’t run over the gas stations.
• To the juniors, the seniors leave the food at the dinner theater.
• Rhonda Powell leaves Richard Belz some magazines to read in band.
• The Sherry Fagala, the senior stage band members give a little green box to study in.
• Seventh period English IV will Michelle Kannenberg straight hair.
• Miss Jarma gets a 1983 Rolls Royce that doesn’t leak.
• Fellow seniors leave Jeanine Ward a trailer to put her lambs in so she doesn’t have to put them in her car.
• To Deanna Murdock, Leigh Ann Salling leaves Mitch Almond and all the problems that go with him.
• Rhonda Powell wills Lisa Partridge the patience to handle the boy drummers.
• The Regional Qualifiers leave Mr. Gilstrap a left at Jacksboro so he can get to Stephenville by 9:30.
• To Scott Taylor, Brent Wood leaves first chair trumpet, since he got “cheated out of it by an out-of-towner.”
• To the drill team, Karen Sandmann leaves her talent.
• To Miss Jarma, seventh period English IV leaves a new set of pinchers so he can keep her “cabbiness.”
• Ricky Hill wills the cheerleaders football players who won’t run over them.
• Mitzi Power and Rhonda Powell lave Julie Bailey a closet full of polo shirts.
• To Scott Taylor and Jamie Hussey, Karen Banner wills free tennis lessons.
• Karen Banner wills Pam Davis all the gas she can use in one weekend.
• Spanish I seniors leave Miss Jarma the orange room she’s always wanted.
• Mitzi Power leaves Julie Bailey a case of “no-spew” Cokes.
• Ag. IV wills Mr. Blount an Ag Class of non-chewers and some hair tonic.
• To Mrs. Stewart—one full day without Mr. Macon’s practical jokes.
• From the 6th period Home & Family Living Class, Nick Giardina gets twins.
• For Michelle, Karen, Connie, Kanette, and Jan, five red plastic whistles.
• To all the girls at Howe High School, Johnny Abrams leaves a reservation on his date list.
• Fellow seniors will Mark Sharp a date with Morgan Fairchild.
• To the UIL participants, James Slawson leaves a bus to get them back from contests.
• Archie Sutton gets one free haircut from Continental Barbers.
• To Mr. Bennett, Jeanine Wills a portable chalkboard so he can have Trig class outside.
• Miss Jarma, you have just inherited a 100 acre turtle farm and a subscription to “Turtle World.”
• To Shannon Powell, Dawn Rayburn leaves open ears, an open heart, and closed lips—otherwise known as trust.
• Ag IV leaves Mr. Roberts a year’s supply of Rolaids.
• The Regional Qualifiers will teh Howe ISD a porta-potty to take on bus trips.
• To Mrs. Mullins, the senior drill team members leave a good chance for a baby girl.
• Mitzi Power wills Kristi Hill a poster of Bobby Anderson and to Tim Matthews a waterproof blazer.
• To Dawn Rayburn, James Slawson leaves a bottle of Dawn dishwashing liquid—to help clean up her act.
Local items of interest 1982 Senior Will
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responsible for holding back the tide of the Japanese navy threatening American shores. He quickly rallied American ships to stop the Japanese advance on Australia with the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942. Learning that Japan was trying to finish off the navy, he organized a massive fleet to meet the Japanese at Midway that June. Midway was a tremendous victory for America, allowing the U. S. to recapture the Central Pacific. Japanese officials realized they had lost the war at that point but fought on. Nimitz organized the “island-hopping” campaigns of the South Pacific as American forces fought to liberate key island groups. His tactics at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 broke the back of the remaining Japanese navy and led to the recapture of the Philippines. When Japan finally surrendered in 1945, Nimitz was on the USS Missouri to accept their capitulation. After the war, Nimitz was named Chief of Naval Operations and oversaw the dismantling of the massive fleet the nation had built during the war. At the same time, he pushed for modernization of the fleet as oversaw the construction of the submarine USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered naval vessel. He retired from his duties as chief of naval operations in 1947, but his status as a fleet admiral kept him on active duty. He served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, advising the navy on special issues. He also served as a regent for the University of California system during the 1950s. He died at his home in California in 1966. The nation revered the great hero after his passing. Eight communities named schools after him, including a high school in Irving and an elementary school in Kerrville. In 1971, his hometown of Fredericksburg honored him by opening the Chester Nimitz Museum which has since expanded into the National Museum of the Pacific War. In 1975, the navy commissioned the USS Nimitz, a top-of-the-line nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a vessel still serving to this day.
Dr. Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor. He can be reached at [email protected].
Chester Nimitz was a Texan ready to serve his country in its darkest days. Through clever planning and fearless determination,
Nimitz led naval forces in the Pacific to victory in World War II. Chester William Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg in 1885. His father died just before he was born, and he was raised by his mother and paternal grandfather, Charles Nimitz. The elder Nimitz was a German immigrant and had been a sailor before he settled in Texas in the 1850s. He also had served as a captain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He had a profound impact on the younger Nimitz. As he reached adulthood, he wanted to serve his country and applied for admission to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. His congressman convinced him to apply to the U. S. Naval Academy, where he graduated seventh in his class in 1905. He served with distinctions on a number of battleships and destroyers after his graduation, mostly serving in the Pacific fleet. In 1909, he was assigned to serve with the navy’s first submarine fleet and helped with the construction of the ships and training of the earliest crews. During World War I, he served as chief engineer on a destroyer and later served as an aide to Adm. Samuel Robison, commander of the Atlantic submarine fleet. After the war, he was given his first command, the cruiser USS Chicago. In 1926, he established the navy’s first ROTC program to ensure a steady supply of reliable, educated officers for the navy. He steadily rose through the ranks, respected for his dedication and his imagination in modernizing engine designs, submarine construction, and even mid-ocean refueling techniques. On December 17, 1941, ten days after the disastrous attack on the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt named Nimitz commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. The fleet was in shambles, and Nimitz was
office involve mail ballot fraud, also known as ‘vote harvesting.’ Allowing widespread mail-in bal-lots will lead to greater fraud and disenfranchise lawful voters. Governor Abbott already has made a temporary order expand-ing the early voting period for the July elections. In addition, local election officials have many other mechanisms available to them to ensure safe and fair elections, in-cluding sanitizing voting ma-chines and areas and implement-ing social distancing.”
In addition to the pending state court lawsuits, the Texas Demo-cratic Party and others sued the governor, attorney general, secre-tary of state, and Travis and Bex-ar Counties in federal court seek-ing to allow mail-in ballots for those afraid of contracting the COVID-19. The attorney general argued that the federal judge should wait to rule until the outcome of the state court proceedings, but the judge disagreed. He waxed poetic in a 74-page order that essentially al-lows any voter to do so by mail-in ballot. For example, the judge wrote that “the Court finds the Grim Reaper's scepter of pandem-ic disease and death is far more serious than an unsupported fear of voter fraud in this sui generis [unique] experience…Indeed, if vote by mail fraud is real, logic dictates that all voting should be in person [instead of the current law allowing those over 65 or with a disability to do so]." The attorney general issued the following statement in support of his immediately-filed appeal: “Mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Two-thirds of all elec-tion fraud cases prosecuted by my
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Local church calendar First United Methodist Church of Howe 810 N Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6718 Monday 9:30 am - Care Team Meeting 10:30 am - Pastor's Bible Study Tuesday 9:30 am - Women's Bible Study 11:30 am - Out and About with Pastor Zack 6:30 pm Boy Scouts Wednesday 9:00 am - Wednesday Workers 6:30 pm - Jr. High and Sr. High Youth Saturday 9:00 am - Feed My Sheep (1st and 3rd Sat each month) Sunday 8:40 am - Fellowship and Donuts 9:00 am - Sunday School 10:00 am - Worship service 3:00 pm - Cub Scouts Howe Church of Christ 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 New Beginning Fellowship 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
sponds by telling him, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus replies, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mothers womb, and be reborn?” Jesus ex-plains that a person who wants to follow God must be born twice. Once in the natural and once in the spiritual. Nicodemus was astounded and truly in awe with these words. Jesus went on to talk about how Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness and how soon the Son of man will be lifted up on the cross as the Savior. Je-sus was telling No matter how much people know or what good they do on the outside, everyone needs to be changed on the inside. That can only happen through a supernatural act of God when His Holy Spirit convicts us of wrong-doing and transforms us into a new creation. In verse 16, Jesus speaks one of the most popular promises in the Bible. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that who-soever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” They end their meeting with Jesus inviting Nicodemus to follow Him. He tells him where to meet the next day and Nicodemus actu-ally shows up, but is hiding around the corner of a building listening intently. Jesus looks around and quietly whispers, “you were so close.” You see, Nicode-mus had a loving wife, children, grandchildren, and many earthly possessions along with a reputa-tion of being one of the most es-teemed religious leaders in all the land. Unfortunately, he chooses to not step forward and join the cause of Christ. Instead we see him weeping bitterly because of his pride and the lack of courage to surrender all for God. I cried when I watched this because I know he represents most all of us. How many have wanted to aban-don their lives and be more dedi-cated, but were not willing to take up their cross and follow Jesus? God says in Ezekiel 36:26, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.” Being born again means that we have a new identity and a new purpose for our existance. We no longer live for ourselves but for Him. (Matthew 10:32-39, Matthew 19:27-30). Read more at billyhollandminis-tries.com
I recently had the opportuni-ty to watch season one of, “The Cho-sen.” It’s a multi episode series about the life of Je-sus and uses interesting backstories
which brings the scriptures we all love and cherish into a more deeper understanding. By the way, it’s a free app and for those of you who have some technical savvy, you can cast it to your tel-evision without charge. Through donations from many believers, the series is available free for an-yone to watch around the world. This presentation of the gospel is done with excellent quality and the acting is amazing. Anyway, there are several scenes that touched my heart deeply, but one in particular that I have been thinking about was a scene which involved Jesus and a man named Nicodemus. If you remember in the Bible, Nicodemus was a phar-isee and a member of the Sanhed-rin who was a highly respected teacher of the Jewish religious law. He knew that a Messiah was coming to be the king of the Jews, but he never dreamed that Jesus would arrive as an ordinary person or that he would actually have the honor to know Him. Christ began His ministry when He was around thirty-years-old, and we know that His wisdom to relay God’s message and His miracles were causing quite a stir. The Romans and the Sanhedrin were strongly against a rogue preacher turning the hearts of the people toward what they consid-ered a blasphemous cult. Howev-er, in the book of John, we are introduced to Nicodemus who was keeping a close watch on this prophet called Jesus of Nazareth. Nicodemus was observing these miracles with his own eyes and he knew in his heart that only someone who had been sent from heaven could do these things. Eventually, he arranges a secret meeting with Jesus at night, and begins to question Him about God’s law. In chapter three, we notice the renowned and highly esteemed Nicodemus, humbly addressing Jesus as rabbi which means “scholar.” They begin to talk and Nicodemus admits that he believes Jesus is truly the promised redeemer as there is no other explanation. Christ re-
Dr. Billy
Holland
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
What will keep us from Christ?
A Christian Fellowship 150 Fellowship Ln, Sherman, TX 75090 (903) 815-1333 Wednesday 6:30 pm – Potluck Meal 7:00 pm – Worship Service 7:00 pm – Jr & Sr High Youth Sunday 9:30 am – Sunday School (all ag-es) 10:30 am – Worship Service 10:30 am – KidZone Children’s Service (5yr – 12 yr.) Community Bible Fellowship 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 First Baptist Church Dorches-ter 11831 FM 902, Dorchester, TX 75459 903-476-5525 Wednesday 6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and kids eat free) 6:30 pm - Praise service 7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group Sunday 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - A.M. Worship Service 5:00 pm - Adult Choir Practice 6:00 pm - Evening Worship First Baptist Church Howe 100 E. Davis St., Howe, TX 903-532-5504 Tuesday 7:00 pm - Bible Study Wednesday 5:30 pm - Kids Choir 6:30 pm - Team Kid 6:30 pm - Youth Ministry 6:30 pm - Adult Bible Fellowship Sunday 9:15 am - Bible Fellowship 10:30 am - Kids Church 10:30am - Worship Service
Verse of the week
Times are subject
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church for any
possible changes
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Hey Taylor - I’m suddenly on the fence about retiring. I’m 52 and had been planning to cash out this year, but the pandemic has me a little
nervous about making the change. Should I hold off or stick to the plan? - Olivia Hey Olivia - This has become the big question for a lot of people. In the last three months, the Dow has traveled about 15,000 points in either direction, making investors feel anything but safe with their retirement funds. In theory, you need to have enough in savings to withstand these downturns. That’s not always the case, but it’s what we should prepare for. Let’s talk about what you need to feel comfortable in your decision. What can you use now? If you’re retiring at 52, you must have money beyond your traditional retirement account to keep you afloat for the next seven years until you can withdraw without penalty. A lot of early retirees plan to live off of 4% of whatever they have in their brokerage accounts, since that theoretically allows you to take earnings without touching the principal. If you have, let’s say, $5+ million available, you should be able to withstand the downturn long enough for things to recover. On the other hand, if you have less than a million, you might be cutting it close at a time when people really can’t afford to cut it close. Trust the systems, but don’t let too much ride on hope. Work if you can. With things as tumultuous as they are, if you have a good, safe job that provides a useful service and brings in significant income, you might want to stick it out for another year. Especially with travel being on hold and so many of the normal luxuries off the
table for retired people, you could get pretty bored without a job. Assuming you keep the position and earnings for another year, that lets your savings go further and also gets you a year closer to when you can start pulling from retirement accounts as needed. How flexible can you be? Anyone looking to retire needs to address this, not just those doing so while facing economic turmoil. Do you think you’ll be able to adjust your lifestyle enough to weather a 30-50% drop in your portfolio, or will that have you running out of money too quickly? Do you have prospective sources of income like consulting or a freelance trade that can supplement your savings? Is part-time work something you might lose on account of the pandemic? Trust that the economy will recover, but also take stock of how adaptable you can be in the short term. It’s hard to adjust to the things outside of our control, especially when they threaten our livelihood. Whether you continue with the retirement plan or work another year depends on what you’ve got and how much you need. Just be honest with yourself and you’ll find the answer. Stay safe!
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Taylor
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I have come up with a new psychological diagnosis, one that I won’t, however, be submitting for approval to the powers that be: simply, odd. My “odd” is to be
distinguished from ODD, the acronym for oppositional defiant disorder, an invention that enables mental health professionals to obtain payment from insurance providers…but that’s another column entirely. Stay tuned! Odd is what all human beings are. Starting from the top down, all adults are odd. I am odd, you are odd, Bill Gates is odd, President Trump is odd, Barak Obama is odd (must have diversity, you know), and so on. Most people, by early adulthood at the latest, begin to identify their personal peculiarities and realize they must be concealed from the general public lest they cause social and employment difficulties. Adults who fail to conceal their oddities are prone to becoming known as “jerks” and other equally hobbling nicknames. Or, they become mental health professionals, politicians, and famous actors who win Academy Awards. Odd is unique to humans. Animals –take dogs, for example—only become odd when exposed to very odd humans for long periods of time. Just for the record, my dog, Mazie, is not odd, which is probably due to my wife’s influence. Mazie is simply cute and playful. Children, being human, are odd. Children, however, are not capable of the introspection necessary to realize they are odd. So, they let their oddness hang out rather indiscriminately. In my career as a family psychologist, I have come across a veritable plethora of odd kids. Take the four-year-old who played only with G.I. Joes, wanted to dress as his role model, and often insisted upon being called “Sargent Joe, Sir.” Sargent Joe’s parents sought the advice of a psychologist who
wanted to assign him a diagnosis and take him into weekly therapy sessions where he could work out his “anger issues.” Wisely, the parents declined “treatment” for their very inventive and imaginative mini-Joe. They subsequently asked my opinion. I told them his fascination with G.I. Joe was not likely to last past second or third grade, which it did not. Mini-Joe did what is called “growing out” of something odd. When he realized that other boys did not all share his obsession, he let it go and moved on. Sometimes, a child’s odd behavior needs more of a push. It needs to be stopped, for the benefit of all concerned. Take the pre-school girl who started making clucking sounds with her tongue when she was a toddler. By the time she was in kindergarten, her clucking was driving her parents up the proverbial wall. Her teacher, furthermore, wanted her to visit with the school psychologist. She mentioned the ubiquitous “spectrum,” which probably applies to everyone. I told the parents their daughter’s clucking was simply an annoying habit that, unfortunately, was drawing lots of well-meaning but counterproductive attention. “Tell her she can only cluck in her room and if she forgets and clucks outside her room—at, say, the dinner table—you will send her to the downstairs bathroom for five minutes, where she can cluck the entire time.” Voila! Within two weeks, the clucking stopped—outside her room, that is. Is the little girl still slightly odd? Yes, but that’s life. Some things just take patience and a lotta love. Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond.com, parentguru.com.
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John Rosemond has worked with families, children, and parents since 1971 in the field of family psychology. In 1971, John earned his masters in psychology from Western Illinois University and was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
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