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Monday, July 13, 2015
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Community Library summer activities Wee Readers Storytime This storytime is for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Join us as we explore our world through songs, poems, puppet shows, and books. Earn a free book after 4 visits. Wee Readers is an on-going program (during the school year, hours are 9-10:00) Ages: Birth though preschool ages and parents/caregivers Time: Friday mornings – 10-11:00 Dates: July 17, 24, 31 Garden Club We have an awesome garden area with beds for vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Just needed: Workers to help pull weeds, trim plants, plant, water, harvest, and dry herbs. Come prepared to sweat and get dirty!!! Ages: entering 1st through 8th grades Time: Thursday mornings 9-10:00 Dates: July 16, 23, 30
Norman
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Jean Norman majored in home economics and then immediately began a three-year teaching stint at Sherman High School before taking 25 years off to make volunteering for the betterment of her new community of Howe. That became her full-time job and what a job she did. Later on, she went back and taught at the at-risk high school in Sherman for nine years. Her family has constantly been active members of the First Baptist Church of Howe where Alton is a deacon and she taught Sundy School for over 30 years. The Normans were equally involved with the Howe ISD as her children Kerri, Jay, and Kelly were going through the Howe school system. Alton served on the school board for 18 years and was president for a great number of those. "I decorated a lot of goal posts and drew all of the Bulldog run-throughs too for years." said Norman. "I made a sign (nearly 80 ft long) while they were in a bidistrict playoff that said, 'The People of Howe Love the Bulldogs.' I carried that to the ballgames and unrolled it down the bleachers." Jean Norman was also in the thick of things for Howe's 1986 Sesquicentennial Celebration that started Founder's
Have a Heart for Art Have fun experimenting with different art techniques and materials (paint, pastels, wire, etc. Mini – Spanish Camp This four day program will give us a chance to learn about the Spanish language. We will play fun games, learn basic Spanish words, try new foods, and explore online resources. We hope to take a field trip to a Spanish Market. Ages: entering K-3rd grades Time: 10:00-11:00 Dates: July 20-23 (4 days) Need to preregister: space is limited
Day in Howe.
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Coupled with all of the community work, singing, church work, teaching and fundraising, she still found time to do book reviews for 40 years. Ironically, her first book was over Howe's legendary lady, Mame Roberts. Roberts' dedication to Howe went above and beyond with her beautification programs and outreaching efforts in community service. It is almost as if somewhere in that first book review forty years ago, the cornerstone 'First Lady of Howe' crown was passed from
Being named by the Howe Chamber of Commerce - Citizen of the Year in 1992, Norman has achieved it all in this town - that is, when that old church is fully restored. "It'll be a relief that something that I started and tried to do is going to be successful for the whole town." said Norman. "Something we can enjoy at look at it with pride because every time you pull out of the post office, there it is."
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