Category: Howe News Bulletin

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J.C. Waller, 1926-2017

J.C. Waller, Jr. passed away peacefully from this earth on July 4, 2017, at the Texoma Medical Center in Denison, TX.

He was born in the Farmington Community on September 14, 1926, the son of James C. (Tack) Waller and Annie Marie Barrow Waller. He lived his entire life within five miles from where he was born.

J.C. attended Farmington School and then graduated from Howe High School. He then served in the United States Army in Germany.
He married Carrie Ellen McLain on October 2, 1970, at the First Christian Church in Van Alstyne, TX. They have one son, Joe Henry Elliott of San Diego, CA.


J.C. was always involved in the local community. He was a member of the Howe Methodist Church, Howe City Council, Volunteer Fire Department serving as Fire Chief, Howe Athletic Booster Club, Howe PTA, Howe Ag Booster Club, Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society and he was a co-originating member of the Howe Ex-Student Association. He was also a member of the Hall Cemetery Board. J.C. and his wife co-authored the Hall Cemetery Book. J.C was a Howe FFA Honorary Chapter Farmer and was involved in the Loy Lake Livestock Show, Grayson County Fair, he was a life member of Texoma Exposition and Livestock Show and a volunteer for Howe FFA students at Loy Lake. He was the Chamber of Commerce “Citizen of the year” in 1997. J.C. served behind the scene for all the organizations his wife was involved in. 


J.C. is survived by his wife Carrie of 46 years, son, Joe and his sister, Oma Waller Church of Dallas, TX.


He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Harold Lloyd Waller, sister, Annabelle Waller Selby, and sister, Helen Waller Robertson.
Donations may be made in J.C’s honor to the Save the Church Fund, P.O. Box 250 Howe, TX 75459.


Visitation will be held on Friday, July 7th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Scoggins Funeral Home in Van Alstyne, TX.


Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at the Howe Methodist Church in Howe, TX with Pastor Zach Landis officiating. Burial will follow at the Hall Cemetery in Howe, TX. Services are under the direction of Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory, 637 W. Van Alstyne Parkway Van Alstyne, TX 75495.


Pallbearers will be Erick Akins, Randy Matthews, Chris Renfro, Tommy Robinson, Billy Joe Wheeler and Mike Thurston. Honorary Pallbearers will be James Rogers, James Lassiter, and Ray Selby.


The online register book may be signed at www.scogginsfuneralhome.com

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Last call for 17th Annual Lone Star Hoops in Howe

The following is a message from Lone Star Hoops:
DEAR PARENTS and CAMPERS:
We are approaching the “last call” for the LONE STAR HOOPS
Basketball Camp coming Monday–Thursday, July 10-13, 830-430 pm daily.
We are filling up fast but have decided to make a special offer due to the  potential “JULY 4th WEEK technical difficulties with mail service!”  Since mail during this time can run slow we are offering a very special holiday
INDEPENDENCE WEEK DISCOUNT EXTENSION!
The cost for the camp was scheduled to go up to $140 after July 1st…
but since mail tends to run so slow at this time, the camp rate will stay at
$110 through Saturday, July 8th!  The cost AT the DOOR on Monday, 
July 10th will still be $140.
     
There are three ways to guarantee a spot at the camp:
(1)  Mail your registration form by no later than Monday, July 3rd.
(2)  Fill out the registration form, use your credit card and scan it to Coach
Jan Jernberg at  lonestarhoops@gmail.com
(3)  As a courtesy, Coach Jernberg will take your email or text leaving the name
of the camper, age, shirt size and a contact phone number.  He will
“pencil-in” the camper(s) name and hold a spot.  He only emphasizes that
he wants anyone doing this to honor the reservation. 
     
In closing, this should be a great help to the “late-comers” or those who might
have forgotten this important event in area basketball growth and development.
Should you have any questions, feel free to call Coach Jernberg (512-789-5351)
or Coach Derek Lands (903-821-1791) for more details about the camp.
     
Lastly, we are attaching the registration flyer for this year, should you want
to copy it as opposed to use the website copy.

Click on photo for full registration

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Burglary at Cavender Motors leads to arrest and fire

Scott Culley

On June 28 at approximately 6:11 am, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible burglary in progress at Cavender Motors in Van Alstyne with a description of a vehicle leaving the business.  The deputy arrived in the area and made contact with a vehicle matching the given description being driven by Scott Culley, a 41-year-old white male. The deputy noticed brush guards on a trailer being pulled by the vehicle.  A representative from Cavender Motor’s arrived on the scene claiming the items on the trailer belonged to their company and the driver did not have permission to remove them from the property.

Culley was arrested for Theft of Property $750<$2500 ENH.  He is currently in the Grayson County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

It is unknown at this time if any other parties were involved, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating.

In a separate, but possibly related incident later that evening at approximately 10:37 pm, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a fire at Cavender Motors in Van Alstyne.  The fire is being investigated by the Grayson County Fire Marshal.  Unknown if the two incidents are linked but are under investigation.

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City of Howe advises citizens of water leak

Those that are signed up for the CodeRed service received the following notification:

“The City of Howe wishes to advise you that there is a water main leak impacting their northwestern residents, more specifically, those west of US 75 and South of FM 902. These residents should anticipate that the outage in this area will continue for several hours and then restoration of water service, with no restrictions, should occur very close to 5 PM.”

Those that wish to sign up for the alerts can do so, by clicking here.