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Strong freshman class enthuses the Pride of Howe
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"We're doing theme days every day this week Today is crazy socks day," as Band Director Angie Liss raised her leg to show her sparkly red and silver shiny socks "Yesterday was Hawaiian shirt day I see a lot of good team
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70 kids sign up for Howe Youth Football
You known it's a special town when you accidentally leave your debit card in the ATM at the local bank on a Saturday evening only to have someone find it and place it into the overnight drop box. I'm not sure who you are, but thank you so much for not only doing the right thing, but to also give hope that there are still really good people out there.
It's nearly that time of year to have the Bulldog black and white - not red speech But I'll give it a few weeks.
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It's not Reaganomics, but the varsity Howe Bulldogs have played in eight playoff games in the last three seasons which has created a trickle down effect to the youth football organization 70 Howe youth (and not all boys) have signed up in hopes of one day being center stage in front of what seems like the entire town
The fifth and sixth grade team has an astonishing 31 players on the roster.
Coaches for the fifth and sixth graders are Michael Portman, Thomas Troxtell, and Monte Walker
Coaches for the third and fourth graders are Cye Carter, Billy Ingram, Joey Buttery, Michael Strong, and John Grant
Coaches for the first and second graders are Paul Strunc, Michael Duree, Richard Sloan, Kevin Crosson, and Daren Bender.
The Howe City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the budget and the contract renewal of City Municipal Judge Larry Ashley and City Prosecutor Laura Wheeler After several previous meetings in executive session, the council decided not to convene in closed quarters and quickly made the motion to not renew the contracts of either of the two
Councilman Bill French made the motion to seek another judge while Sam Haigis made the motion to seek new prosecutor
The council also discussed the budget which led Sam Haigis to ask questions about how the city can lower the sewer cost to customers Mayor Jeff Stanley informed Haigis that the contract with Sherman is the main obstacle that prevents Howe from being able to pass along a break to
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Interim Police Chief Michael Hill speaks to reporters from WFAA-TV in Dallas.
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PLANO, Texas A fire captain who was critically injured in a motorcycle accident is thanking the first responders who came to his aid
Capt Mark Hardy was riding his motorcycle last August when a box flew off a truck in front of him and struck him in the head Hardy, who was wearing a helmet, suffered injuries to
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A sense of a renewed enthusiams has crept into the program, says Band President Mikayla Doty
"There are a lot of freshmen this year, so that brings a newness and there's more excitement in the air. There's a lot of unknowns There are people that you can work with and make new things happen, whereas before it was the same people doing the same thing."
The football team experiences twoa-days, but the band program actually schedules three-a-days to begin their season. They went 9 am - noon, 1 pm - 4 pm, and 6 pm - 9 pm last week
"We're seeing a lot of good things and our leaders are phenomenal said Band Director Angie Liss "They are taking care of things which has made it a lot easier on us as directors We can concentrate on the band stuff "
The program this year will be called "Stained Glass" which is in the classic style with a song called, "Sanctuary" - a contemporary piece The program is also based on some old hymn tunes such as Beethoven's "9th Ode to Joy" which is the same as "Joyful Joyful" in the faith community It will have a "Sister Act" flavor to it
"I think our crowd is going to like it," said Liss "Its got a little bit of the classical thing that we always try to do We'll have beautiful props that are being manufactured right now to be stained glass windows
Liss is hesitant to use the term "state year" due to superstition, instead prefers "advancement year"
"Since we got sent home last time, there's a lot of kids here that knows what it feels like," said Liss "You kind of run in cycles and there for a while we didn't go for a couple of cycles and then we went for three cycles in a row In 2015, we were so so close that these kids don't want to miss it again "
Longtime Band Directors Elmer Schenk and Mike Marsh are helping in the afternoons for a couple of hours
Liss says that the band will have the typical 75 band members when adding the eighth graders
"We're still a little smaller than the Van Alstynes and the Whitesboros of the world, but we just don't have as many students as they do," said Liss "It's a numbers game "
It won't be long before "The Pride of Howe" will be marching on the field on Friday nights displaying their new "Stained Glass" theme with Hawaiian shirts and crazy socks a thing of the past The freshman class may be wide-eyed, but their starry gazes into the bright Friday night lights have inspired the juniors and seniors to accomplish a fourth state "advancement" championship
