Author: Howe Enterprise

Howe woke up to a brilliant rainbow in the western sky this morning.

Abbington Meadows Apartments representatives Sean Brady said today that they are close to breaking ground on the new apartment complex on the southwest part of Howe.  Brady says that 40% of the units will be unrestricted, market rate apartments.  Full story on Monday.

 

Back at the All-School Reunion in 2010, a poem was read.  Many people have asked to have it published, so here it is.  It will also be in this week’s edition of The Howe Enterprise.

 

If It Weren’t For Howe

There would be no victory light

No Bulldog band on Friday night

No one to wear the black & white

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

There would be no Chisums, Yonces, or Mack’s

No Howe Enterprise, Magni-Fab, or Hap’s

No Ferguson Field by the railroad tracks.

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

Pat Stewart would never cross my mind,

No Bulldog pride of any kind,

Van Alstyne, for once, could shine,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No proms or homecomings to mix and mingle,

No “We aren’t so very brilliant” in our little jingle,

No Cavenders, Holloways or nine-thousand Engles

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No Bettys: Davis, Cordell or Chumbley,

No Norman Bennett, Elmer Schenk or Janie Finney,

No E.E. Clark, Edna Dutton, Dr. Wayne King,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No Tonia Bement or Robin Stonebarger,

No speed demons Carlene Wilson or Laura Schneider,

No Coach Adams or Coach Rich to make them push harder,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No Dickey, Fryar, McQueen or DuBose,

Not even Charles Thompson, I suppose,

No white towels being waved by Rob Boaz,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No Randy Geer for 98 yards,

No Skipworth to Hawthorne to set all the marks,

No Jesse Farrer and his great big heart,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No pom poms, pep rallies or fight songs,

No streets being painted by Bulldog moms,

No Mr. Gilstrap for 10 minutes on the intercom,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No Southwest Auction or Catching Farms,

No Future Farmers of America or the Ag barn,

No Travis Arterbury and all of his charm,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No kids educated, motivated or dedicated,

No teachers staying up late to get papers graded,

No graduates to say, “I made it!”

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

No Coach Simmons who built Bulldog Hall,

No trophies or photos on the wall,

No “Glory of old Howe High” at all,

If It Weren’t For Howe

 

But by the grace of God, there is Howe, Texas,

And I know how very happy that truly makes us,

We’re friends, we’re Bulldogs, we’re exes.

Because of Howe.

From the Howe PD:  On Aug 23rd Howe officers executed a drug search warrant at a residence in the 400 block of W. Young Street and recovered a usable quantity of Methamphetamine. A 57 year-old male resident was present at the time, but was not arrested because of pre-existing medical issues. He will be facing charges of Child Endangerment, PCS PG < 1g, Failure to Identify (Fugitive). A 33 yr old female resident (who arrived while the warrant was served) is also facing charges for drug possession and Child Endangerment. Howe FD and Van Alstyne responded to the scene. The male suspect was taken local hospital. 

On Aug 24th at approximately 2:20 am, Officer Grant arrested a 45 yr old Van Alstyne woman for DWI (2nd) and PCS PG 1 < 1g (Cocaine) after stopping her for erratic driving on Hwy 75 in Van Alstyne. After arresting the woman for drunk driving, Officer Grant found less than a gram of cocaine in one of her pant’s pockets. She refused a blood draw and a search warrant was obtained. She was booked into the Grayson County jail.

On Aug 22nd at approx midnight, Officer Officer Todd arrested a 37 year-old woman and a 43 year-old man (both of Sherman) for drug possession after stopping their vehicle for a traffic violation. Officer Todd obtained consent to search their car and recovered numerous prescription pills and syringes containing suspected narcotics. The woman was also charged with Failure to Identify (fugitive) for giving a false name. She had 7 outstanding warrants for her arrest.

On August 20th at approx 10:50 pm, Officer Grant arrested a 29 year-old Plano woman for DWI after stopping her for a traffic offense on US Hwy 75. She was booked into the Grayson County Jail.

On Aug 20th at approximately 0950 hours, Sgt. Hill responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence in the 800 block of N. Hughes. The suspect, a 36 year old Farmers Branch man, left the residence prior to officers’ arrival. He was located on Patterson Road and eventually arrested for PCS PG 1 < 1g (Methamphetamine). The alleged assault is still under investigation.

 

The Howe Enterprise is flirting with 700 visits today.  That’s already a watermark for the ‘new’ Enterprise.  That’s probably nothing to larger markets, but after a showing of 516 on Sunday, we’ve now had over 5,000 visits in our last 30 days.  The spike in readership is always much appreciated, and so are the businesses from Van Alstyne that have broken down the Blythe Road floodgate and are swarming in to market their business to the great people of Howe.

Remember, shopping locally with small businesses helps to keep our money local.  If you’re looking for a big ticket item like Dish, there’s probably a local guy (who is a Howe grad and advertises with your newspaper) who can sell it to you at the same price and it keeps your dollars in our local economy.  If you’re looking for chicken fried steak, there’s a really good restaurant in your home town.  If you’re looking for prom stuff, there’s a florist in V.A. that started marketing to you this week (about page 13).  Need to learn to fire a handgun?  Who better to learn from than our very own police chief, who owns Handgun Instructors of Texas (it’s always good to get to know the police chief).  Need premium coffee in a cool atmosphere? Check out the one on Jefferson in V.A.  Need a plant, or tree or flowers..front page.

Thank you all for your loyal support.  “The Great Mom & Pop Mission” continues…