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Mrs. Rebecca Luna is pleased to announce the successful completion of lease negotiations with Ben E. Keith Company for her property located at 701 W. Haning St. The property will be used as a Shuttle Depot for their food service division and will provide a strategic and logistically advantageous site for servicing the US-75 corridor and rapidly growing area of North Texas.

“No warehousing, nor inbound freight handling will occur”, according to Mark Mullins, Ben E. Keith Co. Director of Transportation DFW. In addition, Mullins stated, “we would hire resident Class A CDL drivers in the area to run our existing routes as well as focus on expanding our service in the area with new customers and expected growth in the area. A real potential of employment for 2-20 qualified people in the first year of our residency is our expectation.”

“Ben E. Keith Co. is a familiar and highly respected name in the food and beverage distribution industry.” said Luna. “I am extremely pleased that I was in a position to compromise my investment strategy so that a mutually agreeable lease could be finalized. Not only will Ben E. Keith Co. bring new employment opportunities to the community, but they are very well known in other areas for their contribution to and civic involvement in the communities they serve. Please make them welcome.”

Oct 1 – At approx 6:30 am, Officer Jamie Morris arrested a 56-year-old Arlington man for DWI. The arrest was the result of officers responding to a two vehicle accident in the 1400 block of N Collins Freeway. The suspect was the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the accident and found to be at fault. Officers smelled the odor of alcohol on the suspect and the man subsequently failed a sobriety test. He was taken to a nearby hospital for a blood draw, which resulted in a final trip to the Grayson County Jail.

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce announced last week that they will have their annual Christmas parade on Dec. 12 starting at 4:30 pm. This will once again allow for the Highway 5 Band to perform in all three Christmas parades on Dec. 12. The Anna parade starts at noon, and Van Alstyne will start at 2 pm. That allows time for the entire three-city-communities to spend the day watching parades.

The Howe Chamber is still in its infancy stages after regrouping and reorganizing late last year. Keep Howe Beautiful actually sponsored the Christmas parade in 2014, but the chamber has taken over those responsibilities which allows for Keep Howe Beautiful to focus on the things in which they were established to do.

The chamber will have no fee to enter a float in the parade, but some parameters must be met in order to enter. No theme has been announced just yet. In 2014, the parade theme was entitled “It’s A Beautiful Town” – inspired by the legendary film, “It’s a Beautiful Life.”

Information regarding registration for floats and routes will be released shortly by the chamber. Assumed route is the same as 2014 with a trip through downtown.