Category: Howe News Bulletin

HOWE, Texas – On Wednesday, August 18, at 3:40 p.m., Howe police officers arrested a 42-year-old Plano man for Driving While Intoxicated (3^rd or more) after stopping him in the 100 block of North Collins Freeway on suspicion of impaired driving. Police say they were alerted to the suspect’s erratic driving by a motorist who reported following the suspect from Denison and seeing the suspect drinking from a beer can.

On Thursday, August 19, at 12:30 a.m., while checking on a vehicle parked on the shoulder of the west control road of U.S. Highway 75 at West Farmington, a Howe police officer encountered a 38-year-old Howe man and a 37-year-old Anna woman walking toward the parked vehicle. The officer reported that the woman was nude from the waist down and that both individuals were heavily intoxicated.

The man told the officer that he was driving the vehicle that the officer had stopped to check on, and that when he pulled up to the intersection, the female jumped out of his vehicle. He said he was merely trying to get her back inside when the officer arrived.

The driver was arrested for DWI and Unlawful Carrying a Weapon and a 38-year-old male passenger from Van Alstyne was charged with Public Intoxication. Police report that the female was taken to a local hospital by ambulance because of her extremely high intoxication level.

Typically, a student’s household must meet income eligibility requirements to qualify for free or reduced-price meals. However, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued guidance that allows schools to offer meals to all students at no cost for the 2021-2022 school year. Each school/site or central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed upon request.

While no application or eligibility determination process is required for your student to receive free meals this school year, the income eligibility requirement will likely resume in the 2022-2023 school year.

Howe ISD anunció hoy su política de que, en este año escolar, se ofrecerán comidas saludables a todos los estudiantes sin costo alguno en todos los días escolares. Por lo general, el hogar de un estudiante debe cumplir con los requisitos de elegibilidad de ingresos para calificar para recibir comidas gratuitas o a precio reducido. Sin embargo, el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés), emitió una guía que permite a las escuelas ofrecer comidas a todos los estudiantes sin costo alguno para el año escolar 2021-2022. Cada escuela/centro u oficina central tiene una copia de la política, que puede ser revisada bajo petición.

Si bien no se requiere ninguna solicitud o proceso de determinación de elegibilidad para que su estudiante reciba comidas gratuitas este año escolar, el requisito de elegibilidad de ingresos probablemente se reanudarán en el año escolar 2022-2023.

Lena Belle Stout Griffin, age 97, peacefully passed away on July 4, 2021, at the Beacon Hill Nursing Facility in Denison, Texas. Lena was born on December 14, 1923, in Howe, Texas to Wilton and Leo Wilson Stout. Lena was a class of 1941 graduate from Howe High School. She married David Garland Griffin on March 16, 1943. She attended Decatur Baptist College and studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Lena was taught to sew at a very young age by her mother. During her lifetime, she became quite an accomplished seamstress, sewing things such as tailored suits and draperies. She truly loved being a minister’s wife and happily served right alongside her husband. She served as secretary at Lake Lavon Baptist Encampment for 22 years while David was the administrator there. Her passions in life were sewing, baking, teaching Sunday School, Bible study, entertaining and spoiling her grandsons.

Lena is survived by her son, J.D. Griffin and wife, Tammy of Sherman, grandsons, Joshua Griffin of McKinney and Matthew Griffin of Joplin, MO. as well as cousins, nieces and nephews. Her parents and husband, David preceded her in death. 

The family would like to thank the nurses, aides and staff of Beacon Hill for taking good care of our loved one during an especially difficult time the last 15 months and Elysian Hospice for their added care the last 2 months. The family will receive friends and relatives on Tuesday, July 13^th from 9:15 AM until 10:00 AM prior to funeral services.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 13^th at 10:00 AM at Forest Avenue Baptist Church in Sherman with Rev. Brian Taylor officiating. Burial will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park Cemetery in Allen, Texas.

You may sign the online register book at waldofuneralhome.com