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Hall of Honor Chamber Awards
The Howe Enterprise was honored for being the longest operating business in the city and Dale and Lana Rideout accepted the certificate for their 38 years of operating the business
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In attendance and accepting recognition as one of the oldest businesses in Howe was Hugh Hawkins of Hugh's TV He opened his store initially on Denny Street where Baker Air Conditioning is currently operating He then moved to US 75 in 1972
Other longtime businesses recognized were the School Zone Academy, Southwest Auction, Baker Air & Heating, Magni-Fab, Remcor, and Independent Bank
The evening started with the Chamber awards which saw Feed My Sheep take home the Volunteer Organization of the Year Award Other nominees were Keep Howe Beautiful and the Howe Volunteer Fire Department
Nominees for New Business of the Year were Stark Lane Farms, Skinner Plumbing Supply, and Palio's Pizza Cafe The award went to Stark Lane Farms
"Grace and hospitality are two things I would have never expected when we moved here, but everyone we've met has been so welcoming here in Howe " said Ryan Scott of Stark Lane Farms His wife Allison who owns the store echoed his sentiments, "I've had incredible customer support and loyalty and an awesome employee (while pointing to Michelle Snow) "
The Business of the Year Award went to the Howe Enterprise Abby's Restaurant and Stark Lane Farms were also nominated
The Norma J Wallace Citizen of the Year Award was presented by Chamber President Robert Cannaday to Monte Walker Walker was nominated along with Jean Norman and Jonathan Coleman
Both boys and girls Howe athletes finish second in overall Dickey Standings
Since the 2006-07 school year, Norman Dickey has put to use some of his spare time by keeping up with district standings in each major sport and computing them to a final total on how all of the schools perform over each year in those particular sports Each year, one district school will sit at the top of the standings He calculates the girls sports as well as the boys We’ll call this, “The Norman Dickey District Cup ”
In order to explain how all of this works, we’ll go back to 2006-07, With Howe finishing sixth in district in football, fifth in basketball, fifth in track and third in baseball, those ranking numbers totaled to 19 (6+5+5+3) That put them finishing fourth overall in the final standings Whitewright finished with eight points overall as they were first in football, first in basketball, second in track and fourth in baseball
Since that initial season, the Howe boys athletics have never finished first in the final district standings to receive the “Norman Dickey District Cup,” however the girls athletes of Howe are a totally different story From 2006-07 through 2008-09, the Howe girls finished first each of those years. The strong track and basketball programs for the girls have kept them competitive with each district school by finishing in the top two for five straight years
Both Howe boys and girls finished second in the "Norman Dickey District District Cup " Dickey says that these sports are chosen because of their ability to easily research He is not undermining the value of other sports
This is what happens when an athletic director/math teacher retires and has too much time on his hands
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