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In the position I am in, I get a unique opportunity to regularly interact with the people who keep this town running. I can’t speak for all cities, but I can say that the City of Howe and those involved in it, changed my views drastically to see what is possible in a town when people actually care. A while back, I was working a side gig that led to me being at one of our local gas stations late at night often. My response would have normally been to feel very guarded on “high alert”. Instead, I saw that almost nightly one of our police officers was sitting watching the area in that parking lot. Finally, one night I approached the officer and thanked him for sitting there- his response was classic– he just took it as his job to be there and didn’t need a thank you.
That’s how it goes- we often don’t see what these people do until we need them. We can be quick to complain but remember, your town is safe because of who is there, night after night like that officer was for me in that parking lot. When your house is on fire or you need medical care- caring, highly trained people will be there. The City Government takes care of countless things the average person doesn’t even consider. I watch, month after month, as the City Departments of Howe give reports on great progress and money used appropriately to benefit the citizens and town safety. When citizens have an issue they offer you time to speak at the meetings and hear you. This is a great place with great people, maybe we can all spend more time being thankful for what we have and thanking those around us for what they do. 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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“Police Night Out” for the First Time in Over a Decade Ashley Husbands This last Tuesday, October 7th, the Howe Police Department hosted National Night Out for the first time in over a decade. The event had support in getting the word out from the City and the local Fire Department. The Mayor and many council members were in attendance, including some who brought their families to the event. Howe Police Chief Sullivan said, “It was an honor to meet Howe citizens and spend time with our youth. Our children are our future, we must invest in them to have a promising future. The Howe Police Department is committed to programs that improve the relationships between the police and our citizens. National Night (Continued on Page 6) Top: Police Night Out, Bottom: Postmaster Randy Hoffmann
Meet Howe’s New Postmaster! Ashley Husbands
award for volunteering Six months ago, the Post help over and above expectations of his position. HoffOffice in Howe welcomed a new Postmaster, mann explained that when the prior Postmaster in Mr. Randy Hoffmann. We sat down with Hoff- Howe retired, the position went up for bid, so he intermann recently to hear viewed and got this job that about his background, experience in Howe thus he feels lucky to havefar, and what he is look- “Howe has good people, I love the town- the nostalgia ing forward to. and small town feel- I love it.” Hoffmann grew up in Colorado but “got here When presented with some as soon as he could” in issues heard from around 1998. Following High School, he joined town, such as delayed mail the military and was en- etc. he responded with the listed from 1990-1998. following: “There’s a thousand different possibilities Following his military on any particular letter. For service, he began his Postal career in 1998 in example, it could be run San Antonio. He worked through the machine and mis-sorted in the machine in San Antonio from 1998-2007, then trans- and went to another town ferred to Plano, where he and had to come back and stayed until 2019. At that be sent through the system time, a supervisor posi- again. There’s a number tion opened up in Anna, of different scenarios that can go on with any piece of where he worked from 2019 up until April 2025 mail. I wish I had an answer for all of them and I don’t, when he began his service as a Postmaster in and I think it would be alHowe. During his time in most impossible to come up (Continued on Page 8) Anna, he received an
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