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Columbus
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all
about
being
first,
therefore, we attribute things
to people and say they were
the first whether they actually
were or not.
Columbus Day is a U.S.
holiday that commemorates
the landing of Christopher
Columbus in the New World
on October 12, 1492. It was
unofficially celebrated in a
number of cities and states as
early as the 18th century but
did not become a federal
holiday until the 1937. For
many, the holiday is a way of
both honoring Columbus’
achievements and celebrating
Italian-American
heritage.
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history,
Columbus Day and the man
who
inspired
it
have
generated controversy, and
many alternatives to the
holiday have appeared in
recent years.
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most educated Europeans in
Columbus' day understood
that the world was round, but
they did not yet know that the
Pacific Ocean existed. As a
result, Columbus and his
contemporaries assumed that
only the Atlantic lay between
Europe and the riches of the
East Indies.
The first Columbus Day
celebration took place in
1792, when New York’s
Columbian
Order–better
known
as
Tammany
Hall–held an event to
commemorate the historic
landing’s 300th anniversary.
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Gunter makes it 11 in a row over Howe
first and second quarters.
Howe won the coin toss and
elected to receive to start the
game, which proved to be a
tremendous decision. Howe
killed 8:45 off of the initial
clock on their way to a 75yard drive that was ended on
a three-yard touchdown by
Anthony Hawthorne, his
team-leading ninth of the
season. The drive saw a
Photo by Michelle Carney
crucial fourth down
Howe's Dylan Moreau chases down Gunter quarterback Austen Gressett
conversion that kept the
According to
as Class 3A, Division 2.
Howe was :33 seconds away drive alive.
MaxPreps.com, Gunter
But early in the second
from takiing a lead into the
came in to Friday night's quarter, Gunter (5-1) found half, but Gunter would score Gunter touched the ball on
matchup with Howe as
themselves trailing Howe
and eliminate all momentum offense for the first time
the 10th ranked team in
(2-4) 14-0 in a strategic
that the Bulldogs had
Photo
by Michelle
Carneyin
with only
3:15 remaining
the State of Texas as far game of keep-a-way.
mustered all through the
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Howe Elementary learns Fire Prevention
Fire Prevention Week was
established to commemorate the
Great Chicago Fire, the tragic
1871 conflagration that killed
more than 250 people, left 100,000
homeless, destroyed more than
17,400 structures and burned more
than 2,000 acres. The fire began on
October 8, but continued into and
did most of its damage on October
9, 1871.
The Howe Fire Department visited
Howe Elementary on Thursday to
educate the youngsters on the
dangers of fire and the precautions
to take to avoild the dangers.
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the way for Hunter's second touchdown of the
evening. Gunter took the lead on that three-yard
touchdown for the first time of the contest and
only left :33 seconds on the clock before half.
Howe was unable to respond with such little time
left and Gunter took the entire momentum swing
into halftime with them. The score just before
the half for Gunter changed the entire look, feel
and complexity of the game. Gunter's halftime
lead was 19-14.
Photo by Michelle Carney
Anthony Hawthorne racing for his ninth touchdown of the season.
the first quarter. After taking the ball at their
own 39-yard line, they found themselves
punting it back to Howe after only three plays.
score at 14-6 with Howe leading at the 7:43
mark in the second quarter.
For the first time, Gunter was able to grasp
Howe started another long drive, this one of
Howe's misdirection slot-T offense and forced a
73-yards. It took 3:40 seconds off of the end
Bulldog punt which gave the Tigers the ball at
of the first quarter and beginning of the second their own 48-yard line. 52 yards later, Gunter's
quarter and Hawthorne broke free from the
Garrett Hunter (who came in 5th in the area with
Gunter 42-yard line on a 4th and 11 gutsy play 618 yards rushing) sprinted 26-yards to the
call from Head Coach Zack Hudson and
endzone to cut the Howe lead to 14-12. Gunter
Offensive Coordinator Dale West.
tried to tie the game on a two-point conversion,
Hawthorne's tenth touchdown of the season put but the Gressett pass was intercepted in the
Howe up 14-0 after Brice Honaker's two
endzone by the Bulldogs and Howe retained the
perfect PAT kicks.
two-point lead.
It was at that point in the game that the
sleeping giant, Gunter, arose and started a
drive from their own 42-yard line which ended
up in pay dirt. The 58-yard drive ended when
Gunter quarterback Austen Gressett found his
receiver Haley Johnson open in the endzone
from 16-yards out. A missed PAT left the
Howe took the next possession and was again
handled by the Tiger defense and forced to punt.
That gave Gunter the ball at their own 47-yard
line with 2:42 left before the half. Using all of
their timeouts and whittling the yards and clock
down, in perfection, Gunter used their massive
offensive line that averages 250 pounds, to lead
Not only did Howe now find themselves trailing
for the first time in the game, they now had to
kick the ball to Gunter to start the second half.
The Tigers took that opening possession and
drove 63 yards and took 4:45 off the clock before
Hunter scored his second touchdown of the night
- this one from the six-yard line. Howe then
trailed Gunter 26-14.
Howe's offense completely stalled out and had to
punt for the third time in the game.
Gunter snext possession started at the their own
46-yard line. They put together a drive that was
nearly as impressive as Howe's opening
possession of the game. The Tigers marched 54
yards and took 6:37 off the end of the third and
beginning of the fourth quarters. Gressett, the
6'1, 205 pound quarterback for Gunter, barreled
his way over from the one-yard line. The Tigers
extended their lead to 33-14.
Howe's final attempt to get back the early
momentum stalled out when the Bulldogs turned
the ball over on downs at the Tiger 34-yard line.
Gunter's 33-14 win marks the 11th consecutive
win over Howe dating back to October 27, 2000.
Howe's last win over Gunter was a 26-23 win in
Gunter in 1997. At one point, Howe led the
series 17-1, but now it stands at 17-12.
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J.V. falls to Gunter, 35-20
Blessing tree at library
5
Submitted by Stephen Braswell
The Howe JV Bulldogs were
defeated by the Gunter Tigers last
Thursday night in Howe by a score
of 35-20.
Gunter received the opening kickoff
and drove the ball down the field on
a 58-yard drive that ended with a
two-yard touchdown run. The PAT
was good putting Gunter up 7-0.
After the ensuing kickoff resulted in
a touchback the Bulldogs started on
their own 25-yard line. On the first
play of the evening for the Bulldog
offense, quarterback David Crees hit
Copper Akins on a 75-yard
touchdown pass down the left
sideline. The two point conversion
failed leaving the Bulldogs on the
short end of a 7-6 score. The
Tigers then took the Bulldog kickoff
all the way down to the Bulldog
nine-yard line and four plays later
they punched it in from the one-yard
line. The PAT was blocked but in a
bad luck moment for the Bulldogs,
the Tigers picked up the ball and ran
it in to complete a two point
conversion. The score put the
Tigers in the lead 15-6 with the first
quarter coming to an end.
The Bulldogs came back in the
second quarter after a 48-yard drive
that was capped when Akins scored
his second touchdown on the night
with an 11-yard run. Again the
Bulldogs were unable to finish off
the two point conversion and the
half ended with the Tigers ahead of
the Bulldogs 15-12.
Shellby Armstrong earned the
"Silver Award" in Girl Scouts for
After the mid game break the teams
her project, "The Blessing Tree" at
traded a couple of three and outs
Howe Community Library. She
before the Tigers scored on a threeput in over 50 hours of work so
yard run after a 54 yard drive. The
that people can write about a
PAT was good and the Tigers were
recent blessing and stick that note
up 22-12. The Bulldogs were able
on the tree for all to enjoy.
to return the kickoff after the
touchdown to their own 30-yard
The idea came from Librarian
line. They put together a 70-yard
Becky Hogenson. From that
scoring drive which was completed
when Akins scored touchdown
number three on the night.
Zachariah Braswell drove across the
goal line for the successful twopoint conversion which made the
score 22-20 with Gunter holding a
two point lead. The Tigers then
proceeded to take the Bulldog
kickoff to the Howe 10 yard line
and then scored on a ten-yard run on
the next play from scrimmage. The
PAT was good giving the Tigers a
29-20 lead at the end of the third
quarter.
Photo by Michelle Carney
The fourth quarter became a
defensive battle until late in the
game the Tigers blocked a Bulldog
punt and ended up with the ball at
the Bulldog 13-yard line. Gunter
ended up scoring on a 10-yard run
and was successful on the PAT
attempt which gave the Tigers the
game ending score of 35-20.
With the loss, the Bulldog JV team
falls to 4-2 on the season with their
eyes on starting a new winning
streak in Tom Bean against the
Tomcats on Thursday October 16 at
7:00 pm.
initial idea, Armstrong recruited
her grandfather Dean Armstrong
to help her construct the branches.
After 55 hours and 30 minutes, the
project was completed on
September 27. Silver Award is
second highest award a Girl Scout
can earn. The highest is the Gold
Award which is equivalent to the
Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts.
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Halloween to compete with Bulldogs on
October 31
game with playoff implications
on the line, but some of their best
fans will be knocking on doors in
the tree street district hoping for
candy instead of touchdowns.
Some moms and dads of ghosts and
gobblins will have to make tough
decisions come Halloween night.
The scary holiday falls on a Friday
night, which in Texas means only
one giant conflict - High School
Football Time in Texas.
Howe will travel to Whitewright
that night in an important district
Bulldogs
The City of Howe, in the same
situation, several years ago,
changed the holiday due to
pressure from citizens that
wanted to be able to do both trick
or treating and watch their
Bulldogs with a blanketand a
Frito Pie. The City of Howe, of
course, heard an outcry from
citizens that were upset that a
festive holiday could be changed.
Since that time, Howe has said
that no matter what, the holiday
will be celebrated on it's
traditional October 31.
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"I thought we did some good things
throughout the night." said Head
Coach Zack Hudson. "We were
able to jump on them early but we
struggled on both sides after our
initial surge. I was not due to a lack
of effort by our kids. Our kids
played better than they have in the
past couple of weeks. Gunter is a
good football team that is coached
well, they were able to settle down
and do what they do best. We had a
hard time on defense stopping there
run attack but our kids fought till the
end. We have another big test this
week and if we stay focused on our
goals and have another good week
of practice we will be getting better
as the season goes on and that is
what we need."
Hawthorne was held under 100
yards for the second consecutive
week. He finished with 81 yards on
16 carries. Stratton Carroll added
54 yards on 11 carries and Joaquin
Lopez had his best rushing
performance of the year with 33
yards on seven carries.
Howe will be home to play Tom
Bean next Friday night. The
Tomcats are also 2-4 and loss to
S&S Friday by a score of 24-23.
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1st & 2nd grade Bulldogs advance with win
over S&S
submitted by Mike Stephens
On Saturday Howe's 1st & 2nd
grade Bulldogs traveled to
Collinsville to play the S&S Rams
in the first round of the playoffs.
The Bulldogs would elect to receive
the ball and on second and four,
quarterback Beau Stephens would
hook up with tailback Braden Ulmer
on a sreen pass that Ulmer took to
the end zone and put the 'Dogs on
the board, Stephens would keep the
ball to convert the extra point to
make it 8-0.
quarterback option and pitch to
Ulmer who would again take the
ball half the length of the field for
the score and convert to take a 160 lead to the half. The Bulldogs'
Ingram would force and recover a
fumble early in the third to give
Howe the ball on the Ram 35-yard
line. Howe recognizing double
coverage on Ulmer would set up a
pass play where Stephens would
drop back to show pass and tuck
ball for a 35 yard scamper to the
end zone to put the Bulldogs up
The Bulldogs defensive line, led by 22-0. Only after pulling the
starting defense off the field with a
Aris Fox, Will Ingram, Marco
Tapia, Tank Tuner and Eli Stoner, minute left in the game would the
would dominate the Rams line all Rams get into the end zone to
day and give up very little yardage. make the final 22-6.
On the 'Dogs third possession of the
Howe will face Whitewright next
game the Bulldogs would run the
Saturday in Trenton at 10:30 a.m.
3rd and 4th grade advance in playoffs
The Bulldogs are one win away from the Super Bowl
The Howe Bulldogs 3rd and 4th
touchdown in the early part of the
grade team (7-1) advanced past the second quarter. Harvey ran up the
first round of the playoffs on
middle for the two-point
Saturday with a decisive 28-6 win
conversion.
over Trenton (2-7).
Jones added his second
Tate Harvey raced 39 yards for the touchdown on a five-yarder late in
team's first touchdown in the first
the fourth to give Howe a 28-0
quarter. Harvey also carried in the lead. Trenton scored on a late 16two-point conversion. He added
yard touchdown pass to bring the
his second touchdown on a 44-yard final to 28-6. Howe plays Blue
scramble around the left side. The Ridge next Saturday in Trenton at
two-point conversion came up short 1:30 pm. A win next week puts
and Howe led 14-0.
the Bulldogs in the Super Bowl
for the second straight year.
Cooper Jones ran 39-yards for a
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Divine Equine
Bill and Nell Ward experienced the
emotional and financial roller
coaster of having children with
Muscular dystrophy. According to
The Mayo Clinic, it's group of
genetic diseases in which muscle
fibers are unusually susceptible to
damage. These damaged muscles
become progressively weaker. Most
people who have muscular
dystrophy will eventually need to
use a wheelchair.
There are many different kinds of
muscular dystrophy. Symptoms of
the most common variety begin in
childhood, primarily in boys. Other
types of muscular dystrophy don't
surface until adulthood.
People who have muscular
dystrophy may have trouble.
breathing or swallowing. Their limbs
may also draw inward and become
fixed in that position — a problem
called contracture. Some varieties of
the disease can also affect the heart
and other organs.
While there is no cure for muscular
dystrophy, medications and therapy
can slow the course of the disease.
William and Christina Ward have
since passed on due to the disease
and their parents have made a
crusade to help similar children with
disabilities have an enjoyable and
therapeutic experience through
riding and bonding with horses.
Bill Ward, a lifelong soldier, now
veteran, of the U.S. Army was
stationed in Kentucky and he and
Nell learned of a girl named
Dana Hunt Smith, who was in a
car wreck where she broke her
back and became confined to a
chair, but that didn't stop Smith.
Her parents created a lift to
mount her on her horse. She still
rode competitively, but kept it
hush hush. They were afraid if
show people knew about her
condition she would not be aloud
to do what she loved. She was
the young lady who started the
inspiration that you can still ride
and life doesn't have to end after
a horrible life change.
While they learned of this girl
having a successful experience
with horse therapy, Nell Ward
was taking her courses in
psychology and that's when the
idea first came about for the
Ward family.
The Wards, who are orignial
from Sherman and Wichita Falls,
returned to Texas from Kentucky
only to have Bill leave in 2005
for Iraqu and Afghanistan. He
served our country overseas for
seven years as 5th Special Forces
Green Beret. During the time he
was away, Nell began to start
working on a property in the
Luella community just north of
Howe.
"What we wanted was to have
some kind of center." said Bill
Ward. "We just didn't know what
or how or how big or anything
else. So we just progressed from
that time frame."
It took five years for them to get
the fencing up and build the riding
arena on the money they were
earning by serving the country.
Nell became certified with PATH
(Professional Association
Theraputic Horsemanship) and the
Wards' dream of being able to
help children came to fruition in
February of 2012 with the opening
of Devine Equine Therapeutic
Riding Center in Luella.
This past July, they qualified as a
non-profit and do various fundraisers for the business because
their intention is to not charge
families for the therapy.
"We know what it's like to be a
one-income family and have
disabled children." said Nell
Ward. "One parent has to stay
home or they may have multiple
disabled children where both
parents aren't able to work."
Bill Ward said the only reason
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Local Church Calendar
10-21 L
20-27 L
14-56 L
SEPTEMBER
2 F, JV, V
5 V, JV, F
9 F, JV, V
12 V, JV, F
13 F, JV
16 F, JV, V
19 V, JV, F
23 F, JV, V
26 V, JV, F
30 F, JV, V
OCTOBER
3 V, JV, F
7 F, JV, V
10 V, JV, F
14 F, JV, V
17 V, JV, F
21 F, JV, V
24 V, JV, F
28 F, JV, V
Princeton^
Open
Aubrey
Callisburg*^
Aubrey Tournament
Gunter*
Ponder*^
Whitesboro*
Pottsboro*^
S&S*
at Howe
at Howe
5:00
at Howe
4:30
at Aubrey
TBA
at Howe
5:00
at Ponder
4:30
at Whitesboro 5:00
at Howe
4:30
at Howe
5:00
Pilot Point*^
Callisburg*
Gunter*^
Ponder*
Whitesboro**^
Pottsboro*
S&S*^
Pilot Point*
at Pilot Point
at Callisburg
at Gunter
at Howe
at Howe
at Pottsboro
at S&S
at Howe
October 31
Howe
5:00
4:30
5:00
4:30
5:00
4:30
5:00
4:30
5:00
First United Methodist Church of Howe
Tuesday, October 14
9:30 am - Women's Bible Study (Beth
Moore's Children of the Day)
Wednesday, October 15
9:00 am - Wednesday Workers
6:30 pm - Discover Christ (Children)
6:30 pm - Women's Bible Study (Beth
Moore's Children of the Day)
6:30 pm - Jr. High Youth
7:30 pm - Sr. High Youth
Thursday, October 16
6:00 pm - Boy Scouts
Sunday, October 19
9:00 am - Sunday School
10:00 am - Worship service
3:00 pm - Cub Scouts
7:30 pm - Men's Bible Study
First Baptist Church Howe
Tuesday, October 14
8:00 pm - Ladies Bible Study
8:00 pm - Men's Bible Study
Wednesday, October 15
6:30 pm - Fuel
6:45 pm - Adult Bible Study
7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study
7:30 pm - Choir
Sunday, October 19
8:00 am - Traditional Worship service
9:45 am - Bible Fellowship
11:00 am - Traditional Worship service
6:00 pm - Evening Worship
Community Bible Fellowship
Monday, October 13
7:00 pm - Luella home group Bible Study
Wednesday, October 15
6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship
7:00 pm - Childrens's Ministry
7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible Study
Sunday, October 19
10:15 am - Worship Service
7:00 pm - Howe home group Bible Study
Howe Church of Christ
Tuesday, October 14
10:00 am - Terrific Tuesday Bible Class
Wednesday, October 15
7:00 pm - Bible Classes (all ages)
Friday, October 17
7:00 pm - Friday Bible Study Group
Sunday, October 19
9:00 am - Bible Classes (all ages)
10:00 am - Worship Service
6:00 pm - Worship Service
First Baptist Church Dorchester
Wednesday, October 15
6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and
kids eat free)
6:30 pm - Praise service
7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study
7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study
7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group
Sunday, October 19
9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time
9:45 am - Sunday School
10:45 am - A.M.Worship Service
5:00 pm - Adult Chior Practice
6:00 pm - Evening Worship
New Beginning Fellowship
Wednesday, October 15
7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study
7:00 pm - Kids Church
7:00 pm - Radiate Youth
Sunday, October 19
10:00 am - Kids Church
10:00 am - Morning Service
A Christian Fellowship, Luella
Wednesday, October 15
6:30 pm – Potluck Meal
7:00 pm – Worship Service
7:00 pm – Jr & Sr High Youth
Sunday, October 19
9:30 am – Sunday School (all ages)
10:30 am – Worship Service
10:30 am – KidZone Children’s Service
(5yr – 12 yr)
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Faith
by Debbie Wallis
“How great is the love the Father
has lavished on us, that we should
be called children of God,” 1 John
3:1. We are children of God but
we don’t always view ourselves
that way. Your self-concept is
how you think about yourself; it
either agrees with God or
disagrees with God. It’s
impossible to live a joy filled life
disagreeing with your Maker.
With every thought, your selfconcept either moves you towards
or away from the potential God
has for you. “Finally, my friends
keep your minds on whatever is
true, pure, right, holy, friendly,
and proper. Don’t ever stop
thinking about what is truly
worthwhile and worthy of praise,”
Philippians 4:8. The more you
judge your thinking against this
truth the more your negative
thought will vanish. You will
view yourself and others with
greater respect because you’re
focusing on positive traits rather
than judging them or
concentrating on their negative.
You cannot outgrow your selfconcept; you can only replace it
with the Truth of who you are in
Christ. Refuse to live below what
God intended for you. See
yourself worthy of everything He
calls you. He calls you beautiful
and wonderfully made. He calls
you the apple of His eye and says
you are His child. God cannot be
wrong and He cannot lie.
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combination of convictions,
assumptions, life experiences,
memories and feelings. What you
observe in your own life is a
reflection of what is going on in
your thinking. What we think is
how we will act. “Just as you can
identify a tree by its fruit, so can
you clearly identify people by their
actions,” Matthew 7:20. You were
not born with a self-concept, good
or bad, you acquire it with life and
that means you can correct it if
needed.
“For I know the plans I have for
you, declares the Lord, plans to
prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a
future,” Jeremiah 29:11. We live in
a world were sin and bad things
happen to us. No one is exempt
from that. Some of you may have
had worse events in life to deal with
than others. God’s Word is still true
for you. You can change your
circumstances by agreeing with
how God sees you. Refuse to live
short of the blessings of being a
child of God. You’ve got to do your
part because you have a
responsibility to believe, live and
think how God wants you to. You
cannot put drop oatmeal cookies in
the oven and pull out a peach
cobbler 12 minutes later. You have
to change your thinking by
deliberately choosing new
responses that agree with your Godgiven potential, whether you feel
like it or not. You cannot live a
healthy and happy life on your
emotions.
to stop beating yourself up in your
thoughts and replace your view of
yourself with how God sees you.
The only way to love yourself and
in turn love others with
unconditional love is to replace
your negative thoughts with His
positive Word. The Bible is God’s
Word in a written form for you.
It’s only the Truth that can set you
free from tormenting thoughts that
put you down.
Your self-image, or that inner
If you do not have a Bible please
mirror, determines how you use
contact me at
your time, talents, knowledge,
skills, and experiences. We all
know people who have great talent
“As a mirror reflects your face,
but do little with. More than not,
your heart reflects how you think,” it’s the same people who spend time
Proverbs 27:19. Your selfjudging others who are using their
concept is just that, your
talents. We know plenty of people
impression of yourself as a human who have few advantages but do
great things. Make a decision
being. It derives from a
today
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provide you with one.
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Howe Elementary Honor Roll
A Honor Roll - 1st Six Weeks
Kindergarten:
Ethan Barnes, Giselle Cacho-Alejos, Brianna
England, Charles Fuhr, Ava Herbert-Muse,
Elizabeth McLaughlin, Jaileigh Murphy,
Brenyn Oswalt, Zoey Reynolds, Benjamin
Taylor, Sicileigh Weinmann,
Eden Andrews, Braxton buttery, Eric Dailey,
Keelan Davis, Peyton Duncan, Valeria Gomez,
Isaiah Higgins, Taylie Latva, Kaitlynn
McKnight, Bryce Pieper, Alex Reed, Seanna
Roper, Sofeea Brown, Macie Bryant, Jordan
Burton, Rowan Fair, Shaelyn Fiel, Nathan
Garibay, Berenice Gonzalez, Addisson
Isenhower, Lucas Murphy, Kendall O’Brien,
Gage Owens, Javier Torres, Brooklyn Washer,
Calie White, Andrew Boatright, Jacson
Hightower, Braylen Johnson, James Johnson,
Samaire Moss, Chrysanthemum Simpson,
Colten Smiley, Riken Tilley, Mya Vines
First Grade:
Ridley Carter, Remington Barker, Noah
Christman, Brianna Graham, Kyler Heilman,
Marisa Kehrer, Zoie Kemp, Vincent Molina,
Dallas Peavey, Garrett Rodgers, Gavin
Rodgers, Eli Stoner, Brooklyn Upton,
Abigail Buttery, Gage Carr, Kylie Johnson,
Ayla Jones, Riley McCollum, Gradin
Weinmann, Brian White, Eisley Zolfaghari,
Lauren Catching, Haelie Atkinson, Shelby
Gard, Jaydon Kindle, Andronica Morris,
Harper Park, Dillon Patterson, Kamryn
Powless, Preston Reeves, Kamryn Robertson,
Logan Smith, Clayton Stallings, Sage
Weatherly, Tori Williams, Hayden Brunner,
Brody Colvin, Jalyn DeVore, Nowlin
Langford, Addelyn LeakeyZoe Thompson
Second Grade:
Kai Hudson, Emaleigh Sweeden, Logan Duty,
Nathan Hernandez, Gracie Randall, Presley
Shockey, Mia Wilson, Kason Bader, William
Fuhr, Jaedyn Nance, Talan Haley, Garren
Lankford, Anthony Lowder, Kiefer Phillips,
Brynn Riley, Hunter Shaw, Maddison Wade
Third Grade:
Sandra Nitchman, Noah Riley, Dax Foster,
Kendall Griffin, Jacob Campbell, Khloe
Gannon, Kynlee Ray, Jake Snodgrass, Riley
Troxtell, Caden Garner, Zeb Montgomery
Fourth Grade:
Ryan Hough, Olyvia Morris, Ethan Strunc,
Yair Ayala, Korie Bouse, Mackenzie Bryant,
Jentrie Doty, Alex Huerta, Brody McCollum,
Kloey Scott, Addisyn Smith, Teagan
Stubblefield, Dakota Tinker, Landin Duty,
Austin Haley, Audie Martin, Janna Nitchman.
A/B Honor Roll - 1st Six Weeks
Kindergarten:
Logan Berry, Sheyanne Campbell, Austin
Chandler, Jayden Lukash, Kenzi Perry, Zoey
Reynolds, Benjamin Taylor, Jackson Teel,
Kimberlee Arteaga, Avery Barton, Logan
Nitchman, Mason Sutherland,
Caden Allen, Isabella Hamm, Hadlee Phillips,
Dana Vera, Drew Amaro, Braylon Franklin,
Kylie Jordan, Janay Ramirez, Taryn Ray,
Kason Windon
Second Grade:
Parker Daniels, Ben Garibay, McKinzy
McCollum, Hunter Roberson, Kamry Snapp,
Triston Williams, Aviana Acevedo, Iris Burton,
Noah Fowler-Wood, David Grant, Ozzie
Gutierrez, Kenzlee Jones, Travis Watson, Claire
Wilkins,Rian Cox, Olivia Dimayuga, Eduardo
Gonzalez, Lacy Hymel, Seth Lea, Sarah
Lowrance, Slayden Martin, Logan Reese,
Thomas Roberson, Charles Turner, Braden
Ulmer, Stephanie Bastida, Rodey Fincher,
Dewayne Killion, Harlee Shue, Tristin Smart
Third Grade:
Mary Burris, Jayden Candela, Ryleigh Craven,
Shianne Freeman-Williams, Jaycie Grisham,
Alex Jones, Lucas Mitchell, Jacob Ortega, Ian
Ponce, Cameron Pugh, Courtney White,
Camryn Boatman, Jonna Chapin, Kaden Dunn,
Clayton Duree, Emma Hitesman, Rowdy
Kuykendall, Jose Monroy, Jenna Roper, Cody
Adams, Catelyn Armstrong, Angie Burris,
Jayde Harris, Kelcey Ireland, Ryleigh Jenkins,
Cooper Jones, Haley Richardson, Jonathan
Smith, Logan Smith, Ainsley Denham, Kayley
Laubhan, Evan Leakey, Davian Mathis, Jesse
Portman, Fisher Robertson, Emery Snapp,
Payton Stapleton, Mahlon Walker.
Fourth Grade:
Caleb Fetzer, Jordan Brunner, Ayden Burris,
Matthew Hayes, Andra Jones, Noah Miller,
First Grade:
Christian Moody, Connor Record, Kaidence
Ethan Boles, Arianna Howard, A.J. Johnson,
Skyler Klopp, Brevin Mayo, Marely Meneses, Varnell, Henry Gill, Daniel Gonzalez, Keira
Robertson, Jeslie Toral, Jaggar Courtney,
Abigail Buttery, Gage Carr, Kelton Denham,
Bettye DeLavan, Ethan Duer, Jalie Hill, Korben
Faridy Gonzalez, Kylie Johnson, Ayla Jones,
Kemp, Trey Phillips, James Richardson, Emma
Maelee McBride, Riley McCollum, Amarise
Morris, Gentry Morrow, Aubri Pittman, James Sutherland, Leo Becerra, Bryan Crees, Carson
Reese, Elias Roberts, Gradin Weinmann, Brian Daniels, Danielle Hargrove, Tate Harvey,
White, Eisley Zolfaghari, Brandon Caballero, Colby Hopper, Samantha Lowder, Madison
Beaudy Kuykendall, Jackson Moreau, Addison Morrow, Skyler Petty, Faith Stallings, Donna
Uriostegui
Bond, Christian Beisel, Aris Fox, Lysell
Hawkins, Will Ingram, Aidric Smith, Haley
White
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because there are over 22 veterans a day
committing suicide in the United States. The
Wards feel like having the veterans help them
can also, in return, help the veterans fill that
void of service.
They are currently seeking sponsors for the
veteran program because they don't want to
charge the veterans in any way. They feel like
their price has already been paid.
that the experience with their children didn't
financially crush them was due to his military
benefits which paid for a lot of it.
"It was still a lot of out-of-pocket (expense) for
us and we realize the effects." said Bill Ward.
There are many tears shed a
Divine Equine. Nell Ward has experienced
non-speaking autistic children be able to
verbalizing after one ride on a horse. The rider
has to give different commands to the horse
and the children quickly changes behavior.
"It does nothing but make you feel good." says
Bill Ward.
"Usually every time we turn around here, we're
crying. Our goal is to work with the disabled
community." says Nell Ward. "If they don't
get anything out of the ride, but they learn
social behavior and to say hello or high five is
enough for me to get my payment. Seeing the
parents seeing their young or older children in
a different light is so rewarding. They are
seeing accomplishments from their children
that they've never seen before and it's quite an
experience."
Diving Equine has 37 volunteers and 19 riders
at the moment. The complex houses six active
horses and a total of 11 on-site.
They are now starting a veteran program
They teach how to get on the horse, how to get
off and how to move and stop the horse. Some
of the youngsters are quite intimidated by the
size of the horse at first but quickly adapt and
overcome their immediate fear. Depending on
the disability, the person on the horse will either
have one or two side-walkers to provide
stability.
"The gait of a horse, through your hips is the
same motion as if you're walking. That's why
we encourage our Cerabal Palsy riders because
it strengthens to core muscles." said Nell Ward.
One of the most special students was a girl
named Emily who has Cerebal Palsy. She
(pictured on page six) grew a bond with a horse
named Diesel. Unfortunately, Emily had to get
rods and is no longer able to ride and is no
longer able to ride. Upon no longer being able
to ride Diesel, she would still visit the horse and
say, "That's okay Diesel. It's okay." The horse
and girl developed a unique bond.
Divine Equine is holding a benefit for veterans
in November. They are trying to raise money
so that the veterans don't have to pay. On
November 13 at the Elks Lodge in Sherman off
of FM 1417, they will have a BBQ lunch and
show a documentary called "Riding Our Way
Back" which features a soldier who had a brain
injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) and started riding a horse at a similar
facility in Mt. Rainier in Washington.
The perfect horse for the program is somewhere
between 13 and 15 hands and is completely
docile. In fact, docile enough to let the riders
paint them first with water-color paint. The
painting of the horses allows them to feel more
relaxed before mounting the horse. Each riding
sessions lasts for an hour. The veterans sessions Bill and Nell Ward faced traumatic hardships as
young parents and lost both of their kids due to
lasts for an hour and a half.
disease. They turned heartbreak into a heartfelt
With the permission from doctors, the youngest passion for helping others in similar situations.
They seek volunteers, horses and sponsors. For
participant is two and a half years old and the
more information, please visit
oldest is 41. At one point, they had a 55-year
http://www.divineequineriding.org/ and find
old stroke victim, but he progressed enough to
them on Facebook.
start walking and he eventually joined a local
gym.
The Wards say that the motion of riding helps
relax students. Children with Cerebal Palsy
have their body twist so much from their
disability that they end up having to get rods.
The motion of the horse therapy on young
Cerebal Palsy children keep theitofahorser hips
separated where they don't stiffen up on their
body.
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Homeschool Career Day hosted by
Church of Christ
Howe Church of Christ hosted a
Homeschool Career Day last
Monday on the site of the church.
The event was designed to
supplement the efforts of church
members who homeschool, as well
as families in the area.
children in attendance and they
were able to visit with fire and
police of all over the area. The
highlight was the flying and
landing of the Air Evac Lifeteam
helicopter.
Denison Detective John Watt was
"First of all, we are firm believers in the master of ceremonies and led
the public school system." said
the group through the career day.
Howe Church of Christ Pastor,
Toby Soechting. "We have teachers This is the the third annual event
in our congregation. But we have which actually started as a 9/11
more and more families that are
program. Pastor Soechting's son
homeschooling their children so
Dustin Soechting, who went to
we're reaching out to them. Our
Howe in the Howe ISD system,
building is a nice facility and our
served in Afghanistan and was a
congregation is looking for a way to Purple Heart Recipient did the
be a bigger impact in the Howe
talking during that first event. It
community."
eventually became a career day
two years ago with local farmers
The day presented opportunities for and bee keepers that gave their
Howe Church of Christ to get to
insight to their careers.
become more acquainted with some
of the families in the area, as well as "The purpose of it is for us to
encourage Christian families. It also reach out and be a resource for our
presented an opportunity for the
community and to be a resource to
church to become more familiar
homeschooling families because
with the local police, fire and rescue we know that more and more are
personnel a bit better.
doing that." said Soechting.
There were approximately 40
The Howe Church of Christ's next
project will be a Veterans Day
breakfast on November 8 from
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the
church.
meet and greet. They are working
on having the 86-year old Van
Alstyne Preacher and Veteran Doug
Bickenbach on-hand to speak.
"This is a breakfast for Howe
veterans." said Soechting, "We
want to remind the veterans that
are hear that we love them and
care about them. It's just one
idea of things we've got going
on."
A video presentation will be shown
with pictures of local veterans. The
veterans are asked to bring a guest to
the breakfast.
The breakfast will be a simple
Look for the event flyers around
town and also information here at
The Howe Enterprise.
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Domestic Violence in the National Football League
and nearly five million women
There has been a lot of discussion experience some type of violence
at the hands of their partners every
about Domestic Violence in the
year. The media spares us such
aftermath of the elevator assault
details as when a recent Arizona
involving Ray Rice and Janay
Palmer. Practically all of it ignores Cardinal cheerleaderor a star of the
U.S. women's national soccer team
the fact that Janay threw the first
is arrested for assaulting a loved
punch. "Yes, but he didn't have to
retaliate so hard," the detractors say. one.
True, but she didn't have to initiate
If an incident escalates, as it did
the violence either.
between Mr. & Mrs. Rice, the
The media gave a lot of attention to female partner is more likely to be
Chris Brown after his felony assault injured. Nonetheless, of all victims
of Rihanna in 2009. But lost in the who require medical attention,
media hoopla was the fact that she one-third are male. Female
initiation of partner violence is the
assaulted him first after seeing a
text message from another woman leading reason for the woman
becoming a victim of subsequent
on Brown's phone. The fact that
Rihanna was slapping and striking injury. One researcher has called it
a dramatically more important
Brown numerous times while he
factor than anything else.
was driving, then attacking him
with a high-heeled shoe was not
important to the courts or the press. Contrary to a lot of
misconceptions, aggression
But intimate partner violence is not between partners is often two-way.
rare. About ten percent of intimate A comprehensive review of
research found nearly 60 percent
partner relationships experience
of all intimate partner violence is
some form of partner aggression
(slap, shove, punch, etc.) each year. bi-directional. A Centers for
to give credit to the NFL, less than Disease Control survey found that
one in ten engage in spousal abuse. injury was more than twice as
What is not often mentioned, men likely when the violence was
reciprocal, compared to
and women engage in domestic
unidirectional violence.
violence at similar rates.
common among certain groups such
as lower income couples, couples
who are not in intact married
relationships, and lesbian and gay
partners.
According to the National Intimate Although physical abuse is not
limited to any segment of society,
Partner and Sexual Violence
Survey, more than five million men domestic violence is more
There are many who seek to prevent
Intimate Partner Violence and injury
to women but there is almost zero
Submitted by Don Mathis
There are more than two dozen
different causes of domestic
violence. Substance abuse,
relationship instability,
psychological disorders, and other
factors are known to often lead to
domestic violence incidents.
Although the U.S. is making steady
progress in the national effort to
curb intimate partner aggression,
many victims of domestic violence
face barriers to getting help. One
study concluded that men are
routinely excluded from receiving
protection or assistance when they
are victims of domestic violence.
Another analysis highlighted the
discriminatory practices of many
domestic violence shelters,
concluding that lesbian and gay
victims did not have consistent
access to culturally competent
services to prevent and address the
violence against them. Very few
domestic violence centers will
counsel women how to curtail their
own violent temperaments.
concern with violence toward
men. Yet Deborah Capaldi, a
social scientist at the Oregon
Social Learning Center, finds that
the best way for women to be safe
is to not initiate violence against
their male partners. Her research
found that a woman's violence
against a man was as predictive of
his violence to her as his own
history of violence.
If we seek to curtail women's
violence towards men, we can
attain the goal of reducing men's
violence towards women. Those
that reject this concept because it
removes the fault of the man and
places it on the woman are
missing the point. We all want to
live in a society free of violence.
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Trunk 'r Treat - October 26
This year's Trunk 'r Treat events
will not compete with Texas High
School Football, as both churches
that host the event on Sunday
evening, October 26.
on 100 E. Davis, Street. The time
for FBC Howe's event is listed as
6 pm - 7:30 pm. FBC Howe will
also have many games for children
to play.
The First United Methodist
These two church-hosted events
Church will host their event on
are fun for all ages and a great
their parking lot of 810 N. Denny way to celebrate.
from 4 pm - 6 pm. Many food and
games will be available.
Grayson County Fair
1869 the fair was held around
Fairview. Then, due to finances,
the fair stopped until 1873 when
they had a large crowd but again
finances prevented them from the
next fair until 1876 and the final
fair was around 1879. In
1915/1916 the fair was back only
to be interrupted by World War I.
In 1920 a fair association was
started and collaborated with Old
Settlers park and the city of
Sherman to erect some permanent
structures at Old Settler's Park.
Howe sixth graders Brett Burnett and
Gage Streetman prepare for a ride at The Fair Association was
this years Grayson County Fair.
incorporated in 1924 and the fair
continued untl at least 1933
The history of the Grayson County
before stopping again. In 1994,
Fair dates back to multiple events
volunteers led by Ray Bledsoe
according to notes made by Judge
and Harold Wright and many
Vaughan. In 1868 the 1st fair was
others worked hard to kick off the
held in Sherman on south Rusk. In fair as we have it today.
Immediately following that event,
The First Baptist Church of Howe
will also hold their Harvest Fest
and Trunk 'r Treat in the parking
lot behind the Fellowship Hall
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breakfast and lunch menu
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