60.51 Howe Enterprise May 1, 2023 by The Howe Enterprise

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Volume 60, Edition 51, Monday, May 1, 2023 The Chamber has a big week ahead starting with Howe Hump Day Wednesday morning at Summit Gardens at 8 am. The event is sponsored by The Llama Realty Group. It’s a business networking breakfast and everyone is invited. ***** Gallup Poll: In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media—such as newspapers, TV and radio—when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly—a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all? Great deal: 7% Fair amount 27% Not very much 28% None at all: 38% ***** The following is a Twitter thread by Glenn Beck: The government’s APPROVED media and experts shut down questions & speech they don't like with two words: "CONSPIRACY THEORY." But you can often tell what the government wants to HIDE by tracking what gets labeled a conspiracy theory. This list is just from recent history: June 2010: The Obama Administration told us it was CONSPIRACY THEORY to think that Obamacare would make (Continued on page 12) EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

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Look ourselves in the eye, pg. 4 Red Poppies in bloom, pg. 5 Howe leadership timeline, pg. 6 DeLavan SOSU, pg. 7 Bulldog Run, pg. 8 SHES Staff/Month, pg. 8 SHES Top Dogs, pg. 8 Library Garden, pg. 9 Baseball Senior Night, pg. 10 Local churches, pg. 13 History/Christian, pg. 14 Patriot Pony, pg. 15 Past front pages, pg. 17-24

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Picture perfect: Dogs clinch playoffs for second year in a row

Howe’s Matt Hayes delivers a pitch in Tuesday’s final home game. Photo by Freddie Beckwith. Howe Bulldogs (12 Founders Day Festival and The -13, 7-5), have secured a berth for the secHall of Honor this weekend playoff ond season in a row as they swept Leonard in the final week and got help from other district mates to eliminate com-

petitors. Howe will take on Edgewood in the bidistrict round with game one Friday at 5 pm at Paris High School. Game two to follow 30 minutes after the conclu(Continued on page 11)

Election information EARLY VOTING

There’s a lot going on in Howe this upcoming weekend. You’ve probably heard there’s an election. But the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Founders Day Festival weekend that kicks off Friday at 6:30 Summit Gardens with the Howe Hall of Honor. During that event, Howe will see four individuals enshrined as the ninth class of the Howe Hall of Honor. Those are Alton Norman, Jack Norman,

Dwain Roberts, and S.W. Young. The chamber will also recognize two individuals—Michelle Carney as the Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year, and Kevin Crosson as the Jean Norman Volunteer of the Year. The chamber will also present the Business of the Year to Good Fellas Barber Shop and Howe Youth Softball as the Volunteer Organization of the Year. (Continued on page 3)

May 1—May 2 Monday— Tuesday 7 am—7 pm

The 2022 scene of the Founders Day Festival. Staff photo.

ELECTION DAY May 6 Saturday 7 am—7 pm

Howe voting location for early and election day 700 W. Haning Street, Howe, TX Howe ISD’s Board of Trustees (in ballot order) • • •

Lisa Tibbets Brad Murphy Clint Catching

The City of Howe Mayor (in ballot order) • • •

Bill French Cort Myrick Karla McDonald

Howeathletes performwell at regionaltrackmeet

City Council candidates (in ballot order) • • • • •

Billie Ingram Rodney Hough Michael Hill Rod Gross Dale Rideout

It is the first contested Howe mayor election since Diane Walsh defeated Carrie Waller in 2002.

Howe sent six girls and one boy to the regional track meet. Teagan Stubblefield finished off her senior season and outstanding (Continued on page 7)

City of Howe trash day is Friday, May 5 The City of Howe approved a change of trash service companies to Frontier Waste Solutions and they will begin service in May. Trash days will change to Fridays as they will provide bulk service and residential trash service on one day. The commercial services will stay the same.

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Founders Day Weekend

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Tickets for the event are $15 each which includes a snack table by Don’s Smokehouse and Guns N More along with coffee and water. The following day, Saturday, May 6, is election day in Howe from 7 am—7 pm, but also it is the date of the 37th Annual Founders Day Festival which will take place in the 100 east block of Haning Street in historic downtown. This year’s event has been condensed to four hours much like the annual Fall Festival put on by the ISD. Instead of a band, the chamber has opted to hire 75 North Entertainment to deejay the event which will allow for announcements and promotions as well as a wide variety of music. 903 Brewers and Tomlin Investments are the main sponsors and there will be local craft beverages available for purchase. Wine tastings are also available at the Wall Street Winery vendor booth. Something new: Guns N More has sponsored a Pirate Ship ride for kids and adults which will be located in the middle of the intersection of Haning and Hughes Streets near the fire station. The ride will cost three tickets that can be purchased at the chamber booth for a strand of 10 tickets for $10.

Something traditional: The kid train will return to Founders Day for the seventh straight year. The train is sponsored by Tomlin Investments and is free to ride from O’Connell Street to Davis Street. The train station will be on the mural wall of Don’s Smokehouse in the old Interurban Train Alley. Something traditional: Howe Family Dentistry has sponsored the Dunk Tank and high school athletes will take turns in the tank. Those include Kolin Murphy, Luciano Vazquez, Garrett Gibbs, Mahlon Walker, and Beau Stephens. HHS Cheerleaders will be taking tickets which as three tickets for three throws. Something traditional (now): With the return of the Hot Dog Eating Contest, it is now a traditional event after last year’s success. It is sponsored by Don’s Smokehouse and will take place on the main stage at 6 pm. The entry fee is $10 and a trophy and cash prizes are available. Entry fees can be purchased online here. The vendor places have completely sold out with over 70 spaces filled on each side of the street and down the middle. Saturday morning, a car show by Keep Howe Beautiful will take place at FBC Howe’s parking lot.

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We have to look ourselves in the mirror Editorial by Monte Walker

classrooms.

“In no other place and no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people been tried on so vast a scale as here in our own country.” - Theodore Roosevelt in 1903.

One cannot blame only the current government leaders for everything that has gone wrong over the years, but now the oxygen masks have dropped from the ceiling and the pilot is preparing the population of the plane for extremely turbulent times ahead.

Here we are 120 years later, and our lives have become so busy and our debts insurmountable that we live dayto-day struggling to make ends meet and often too discouraged and too enslaved by the short day to make time for our Creator or our own liberties. What we have found is that if we move from shallow water to deeper water away from the Creator and our liberties, we end up needing life jackets to survive. At some point, the citizens have to be shaken so hard in order for them to realize that their country belongs to them and not leaders that want to control the masses. But what we are seeing is that people are making a stand. It’s happening in school board meetings across the land where parents want control of their children's literature. And it’s happening in cities across the country in churches where tough decisions are being made to gain control over their belief systems once again. The Texas Senate recently passed a bill that would require the prominent display of the Ten Commandments in public school

Can we get mad at the leadership in place? Of course, but that’s too easy. The blame lies in the mirror. Ultimately, ‘We the People’ are in charge of our own government and if ‘We the People’ don’t run for office, show up to vote, show up for local city council meetings, show up for local school board meetings, show up for PTO meetings, show up for booster club meetings, volunteer to help with anything—then you get what you get. There are average ordinary nonpoliticians all over the country who have said, ‘Enough is enough’ and that is their right to step in the ring to try and bring resolution to issues they feel are being ignored or undermanaged. That’s the way our country works. There are also those in places that have the right to run for re-election to represent the citizens. That’s our Constitutional Republic at work. Unlike other publications across the country, we only try and inform citizens through objective views. We will state truths that make government offi(Continued on page 5)

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cials uneasy and make us a target. We will also quote challengers who might look bad if their answers to questions read ridiculous to the reader. But unlike the way journalism has gone in America today, we have no agenda in swaying a person to vote for red, blue, green, or whatever the flavor of the day may be. We will tell the truth in which the media will not and that perceives us to be biased to those who have their heads strapped to the black box news channels. But as an American, it is severely healthy and encouraging to see the average citizen stand

up and try and take control over their liberties and rights as citizens. The flaw of our government is politics which has become a dirty game where power appears to have no shame. We’ve seen some downright ugly things locally that are congruent to the ugly things we see nationally. Maybe it’s a coincidence that the ugliness was not as prevalent back during the time when prayer was allowed in school and the Ten Commandments were on display. Maybe one day we can just have government without dirty politics, but that’s where the oxygen mask comes back into play. Don’t hold your breath.

Red Poppies in bloom on Cassandra Street

501 Cassandra Street, Howe, Texas.

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Howe did we get here? Atimeline of the current Howe administration

March 2009—Jeff Stanley files to run for Mayor of Howe. May 2009—no election. Jeff Stanley becomes Mayor. November 2009—City Council hires Joe Shephard as City Administrator. May 2010—no election. May 2011—no election. May 2012—no election. May 2013—no election—Bill French lands on City Council. May 2014—no election, Sam Haigis, Georgia Richardson, Dennis Bozeman retain seats. May 2015—no election. Jeff Stanley, Bill French, Debbie Lowery retain seats. Dennis Bozeman resigns as City Councilman. June 2015—Darren Foster appointed to City Council to replace Bozeman. May 2016—Harvey Morris challenges for city council seat but is unelected. Sam Haigis, Georgia Richardson, Darren Foster retain seats.

October 2019—Jeff Stanley resigns as Mayor of Howe. Bill French appointed Mayor of Howe skipping the Mayor Pro-Tem process. December 2019—Jeff Stanley appointed to fill the city council position held by Bill French. March 2020—Texas Secretary of State forces special election of Mayor Bill French and City Councilman Jeff Stanley due to unexpired term placements. May 2020—no election. No one files to run against either French or Stanley and no election is held. Brett Bearden appointed to City Council to fill the seat of Sam Haigis who resigned his seat. Robert Cannaday appointed to fill the seat of Darren Foster who resigned his seat. Georgia Richardson retains seat. March 2021—City Administrator Joe Shephard announces he will retire in September.

May 2017—no election. Debbie Lowery did not seek re-election and Jonathan Coleman filled her seat. Bill French retains seat unopposed.

May 2021—no election. Sarah Myrick replaces Jeff Stanley’s City Council seat as he was hired as City Administrator. Rod Gross replaces Robert Cannaday who resigned his seat. Dale Rideout retains his seat.

May 2018—Lisa Tibbets challenges for city council seat but is unelected. Sam Haigis, Georgia Richardson, Darren Foster retain seats.

May 2022—no election. Georgia Richardson resigns her seat. Joe Shephard replaces her seat on City Council.

January 2019—Jonathan Coleman resigns from City Council as he moves away from Howe.

April 2023—Brett Bearden resigns city council seat.

May 2019—no election. Jeff Stanley, Bill French retain seats. Dale Rideout appointed to fill the seat of Jonathan

Coleman.

January 2023—Karla McDonald, Cory Myrick file for Mayor. Billie Ingram, Michael Hill, Rodney Hough file for City Council.

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HHS colorguard receives scholarship for SOSU

Bettye DeLavan officially signed her scholarship to the enter the colorguard program for Southeastern Oklahoma State University. “Bettye is an incredible performer and student with the kindest heart you’ve ever seen. I am so very proud of her,” said HHS Band Director Angie Liss.

Regional track

The Howe Lady Bulldogs mile relay (left to right): Kendall Griffin, Teagan Stubblefield, Jaedyn Jones, and Stephanie Bastida. (Continued from page 1)

track career leaving it all out on the track in a fast 300 hurdles race and another year as a huge piece in the Lady Bulldogs mile relay. Stephanie Bastida battled all year to help the relay get to regionals and according to track coach Ashley Anderson, pushed through pain to compete for her teammates. Jaedyn Jones had a great freshman season individually and stepped up big for Howe in the mile relay. Aryssa Krueger had another great season making another trip to regionals in one of the toughest races the 800-meter run. Aubrielle West met all her goals by getting a personal record, making finals, and placing in the top six at regionals in her first trip. And Kendall Griffin with a great regional meet as the Lady Bulldogs anchor in the mile relay and placed fifth in both the triple jump and 400meter run. Cooper Jones finished ninth in shot put.

Cooper Jones threw 41’-5”

Aubrielle West.

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Howe ISD’s Bulldog Run Summit Hill Elementary Top Dogs

Runners of all ages participated in the 5K on Saturday. Staff photo. The Howe ISD held their annual Health Fair and 5K and Fun Run on Saturday. Kylie Simms was deemed the winner in a photo finish with a time of 23.59.

Second Grade - Jay Cross, Camden Randolph, Jayden Cano, Lakynn Vawter, Cooper Komorowski. First Grade - Melanie Beal, Sophia Martinez, Parker Smith, Isabelle Tyson. Kindergarten - Giselle Martinez, Makaylah Robertson, Avery Blue, Azalea Delgado, Hazell Colindres. Pre-K - Oaklan Overby, Ivan Noble. Courtesy photo.

Summit Hill Elementary Staff of the Month Hi-my name is Andrea Tolbert. I have been teaching 2nd grade in Howe for 13 years. It is easy to say "I simply love 2nd graders!" I think they are the best age for sparking curiosity and demonstrating all kinds of motivation! It makes loving and teaching them so much fun! Before teaching in Howe, I graduated from Texas Tech University. I then came back to Howe to teach. My husband, daughters, and I also live in Howe. To say we are rooted here is a good way to put it! When I am not at school, I love to watch sporting events. Both of my

kiddos play sports, show cows, and enjoy being active so we are always on the go! It is awesome for my family to be Howe Bulldogs!

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Howe Community Library gets spring cleanup from community member

Submitted—The garden area behind the Howe Community Library had been neglected over the years and was in need of an update. This spring, the Grayson County Master Gardner group took on the challenge and created a great space for students and library patrons to enjoy. The project was led by Howe citizen, Carol Falls. Her husband, Jerry, helped build and stain the new planter beds. Howe Middle School would like to thank Mrs. Falls, her husband Jerry Falls and the Grayson County Master Gardeners for their time and work in making a tremendous space enjoyable again.

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Howe Bulldogs Seniors, Class of 2023. Photo by Michelle Carney.

Austin Haley family

Ryan Hough family

Matt Hayes family

Hunter Hance family

Ryan Harbaugh family

Brody McCollum family

Carson Daniels family

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Bulldogs Baseball

Seniors Austin Haley and Carson Daniels (10) have a laugh with Head Coach Cody Nitson in Saturday’s blowout. Photo by Michelle Carney. (Continued from page 1)

sion of game one. Game three is Saturday at 1 pm (if necessary). The gate fee is $5 for adults and $4 for students. The Dogs blasted Leonard last week with a combined score of 28-4. Matt Hayes pitched Tuesday on ‘Senior Night’ and allowed no earned runs in his six innings of work. He walked three, surrendered two hits, and struck out eight. He was relieved by Carson Daniels who pitched two-thirds of an inning, allowing one earned run on two hits. Howe’s damage came in the third and sixth innings as they put up four runs in both. In the third, Austin Haley drove in Anthony Lowder and Ryan Hough to give Howe a 4-0 lead. Haley then scored on an error. Daniels, who reached on an error, would later score on an error.

Montgomery and Lowder each went 3 -for-4 at the plate with two runs scored. Haley and Lankford were 3-for-4. Haley, Ulmer, and Montgomery each had two RBI. Howe’s opponent Edgewood was the district runner-up in District 12-3A behind Rains.

Senior Ryan Hough. Photo by Michelle Carney.

In the sixth inning, Hough tripled home Lowder to give Howe a 7-3 lead. Hough later scored on a catcher’s error. Cooper Jones doubled home Haley and Ryan Harbaugh singled home Jones. Lowder, Jones, and Harbaugh each had two hits to lead the Dogs. Haley, Jones, and Lowder each had doubles. Haley led with two RBI. Friday night’s contest was moved to Saturday at Melissa due to weather. The game was a blowout from the beginning as Howe put up four runs in the first inning and then added an 8run inning in the fourth. Three pitchers combined for the shutout as Haley pitched two innings, Garren Lankford pitched two innings, and Landon Throm finished it out with an inning. Howe shot out of the gate with a Lowder walk, Lankford single, Hough double, Haley single, Daniels walk, and Braden Ulmer walk. After errors, Howe led 4-0 after the top of the first. In the 8-run inning, Lankford led off with a walk, Hough was hit by a pitch, Haley was hit by a pitch, Daniels walked, Ulmer doubled home two runs, Zeb Montgomery doubled home two runs, Hayes singled home a run, Lowder doubled, and Lankford singled home a run to give the Dogs a 14 -0 lead.

Senior Brody McCollum at third base. Photo by Michelle Carney.

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you lose your doctor and health plan. October 2013: NBC News finally admitted that the “conspiracy theorists” were right after all.

February 2021: Nobody's pushing everyone to ditch meat and eat bugs. That's a CONSPIRACY THEORY! May 2021: You know … to save the planet, you all should eat some bugs.

February 2011: I got LAUGHED at for the "conspiracy theory" that the Caliphate would reform. June 2014: All those laughs stopped when ISIS formally established the Caliphate. 2018: The media insists Trump was colluding with Russia. It’s a conspiracy theory to claim otherwise! July 2022: The New York Times admits they were wrong. 2018: Twitter shadow-banning conservatives was a DANGEROUS conspiracy theory. December 2022: Elon Musk and journalists reveal it WAS happening and the government was even involved. February 2020: The approved narrative was that masks WORK to stop the spread of COVID. It was DANGEROUS RHETORIC to suggest otherwise! February 2023: The New York Times felt it was safe to suggest otherwise. March 2020: It was a DANGEROUS conspiracy theory to question government-mandated lockdowns. February 2022: It was admitted that they actually provided NO BENEFITS and inflicted painful costs. October 2020: Damning documents found on Hunter Biden’s laptop were part of a Russian disinformation campaign, "the experts" say. March 2022: The majority of the mainstream media finally accepts that the laptop was IN FACT real all along. October 2020: It's a conspiracy theory to claim that COVID deaths are being inflated. January 2023: A CNN analyst claims COVID deaths WERE over-

February 2021: The Wuhan lab leak theory was a xenophobic conspiracy theory. February 2023: The Department of Energy said … well actually, that’s probably what happened. July 1, 2021: Critical Race Theory is not being taught in our schools! July 15, 2021: It was confirmed that the National Education Association voted and APPROVED CRT in all 50 states. September 2021: Natural immunity is NOT a replacement for vaccination and it's DANGEROUS to suggest otherwise! February 2023: Research published in The Lancet admits natural immunity is just as effective, if not BETTER than any vaccine. October 2021: Fauci insists there was NO gain-of-function research going on. September 2021: The hubris of this one is amazing. NIH documents debunked it one the month BEFORE Fauci’s denials! August 2022: It’s a conspiracy theory to say that the White House was somehow involved in the FBI raid on MarA-Lago. April 2023: It's revealed that the White House granted the FBI a “Special Access Request”. October 2022: It was ABSURD to say the dollar was losing its dominance and at risk of losing its reserve currency status. March 2023: Media outlets all over the place started reporting that the dollar is now at risk. Control the media, control the “experts”, control the narrative ... control the COUNTRY. This list could be a LOT longer. I explain a few of these in more detail tonight on Glenn TV.

"With a united effort we can make the place in which we live clean, wholesome, attractive. We can make the crowded city dweller homesick to come back to us and real living. We can bring new life, new business, new beauty, to the little towns." - Mame Roberts

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Attend the Church of Your Choice

Each Sunday...

Times are subject to change. Please check with each church for any possible changes

First Baptist Church Dorchester Zach Poling, pastor 11831 FM 902, Dorchester, TX 75459 903-476-5525 Wednesday 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 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - A.M. Worship Service 5:00 pm - Adult Choir Practice 6:00 pm - Evening Worship Summit View Church Brett and Deb Hetrick, pastors

Community Bible Fellowship Jeremy Moore, pastor

Howe Methodist Church of Howe JB Bryant, minister

415 S Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 Wednesday 6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship 7:00 pm - Community Kids (ages 3 6th grade, nursery available) 7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible Study Sunday 10:30 am - Worship Service

810 N Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6718 Tuesday: 8:30am - 1:00pm WeeCare Daycare (Registration needed) 9:30am - Women's Bible Study 6:30pm - Boy Scouts Wednesday: 9:00am - Wednesday Workers 6:00pm - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Family Night Thursday: 8:30am - 1:00pm - WeeCare Daycare (Registration needed) Saturday: 9:00am-12:00pm - Feed My Sheep (1st & 3rd Sat. of each month) Sunday: 8:30am - Coffee and Donuts 9:00am - Sunday School 10:00am - Worship Service 3:00pm Cub Scouts

First Baptist Church Howe Roger Tidwell, pastor 100 E. Davis St., Howe, TX 903-5325504 Wednesday 5:30 pm—Free Meal 6:30 pm - Team Kid 6:30 pm - Youth Ministry 6:30 pm - Adult Bible Fellowship Sunday 9:15 am - Bible Fellowship 10:30am - Worship Service 6:00 pm—Potluck Fellowship and Bible Study

910 S Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6828 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Radiate Youth 7:00 pm - Sanctuary of for prayer Sunday 9:30 am - Sunday School (kids, youth, women, men) 10:30 am - Worship Service 10:30 am - Kids Church Howe Church of Christ Aaron Alsbrook, minister 1205 N Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6441 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Bible Classes (all ages) Sunday 9:00 am - Bible Classes (all ages) 10:00 am - Worship Service 5:00 pm - Worship Service

Exodus 23:25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,

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Texas History Minute James Throckmorton was a pioneer, doctor, lawyer, congressman, and governor. In spite of an impressive career, he often Ken Bridges found himself caught between the great forces of history that were tearing the nation apart. Throckmorton was born in 1825 in Sparta in central Tennessee. His father was a physician and moved often. Eventually, the Throckmortons made their way to Texas, and the family became early settlers of Collin County, settling not far from what is now Melissa in 1841 near the modern US Highway 75. Throckmorton’s father died in 1842, and he had to help care for his seven brothers and sisters. Later, he went to Kentucky to study medicine. He returned to Texas in 1847 when the Mexican War erupted and served as an army surgeon. After the war, he established a successful medical practice in Collin County and helped establish a private school in Mantua. However, he grew disenchanted with medicine and turned to law. He served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives from 1851 to 1857. While in the legislature, he focused on education and railroad development, two causes that would mark his career. In 1857, Throckmorton rose to the state senate and allied with Sam Houston against the rising forces of secession in Texas. Throckmorton became a close advisor to Houston, now governor, as the Civil War loomed, but the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 prompted a wave of secession that engulfed Texas. In 1861, he was a delegate to the secession convention and became one of only eight delegates to reject disunion. He remained close to Houston in the desperate weeks as Houston crossed the state pleading to save the Union. Because of their efforts, Collin, along with several counties along the Red River (including Fannin, Lamar, and Grayson), voted against secession in a

February referendum. However, in the fevered atmosphere, most voted in favor of secession. Throckmorton stepped forward and volunteered to defend Texas during the Civil War, rising from captain to general by 1864. In 1866, he chaired a convention of Unionists to draft a new constitution for the state, one that recognized the realities of the postwar South. The new constitution was ratified and Throckmorton was elected governor with 79% of the vote. The war wrecked the state’s economy and violence plagued both whites and freedmen alike. Texas contended with this chaos as Union troops attempted to re-establish order. Throckmorton attempted to rebuild the state, emphasizing new schools and railroads. While the slaves had been freed, the policy of the United States government was that giving the freedmen the vote and equality under the law was essential to preserving the freedoms of the former slaves. While Throckmorton accepted the end of slavery, giving African-Americans the vote was a step he could not take, and he clashed with federal officials. Barely a year after Throckmorton became governor, Gen. Philip Sheridan ordered him and other elected officials removed from their posts for opposing Reconstruction. In 1872, his ban on holding office was lifted and he plotted his political comeback. He was elected to Congress in 1874 and re-elected in 1876. A respected figure, he was named Chairman on the Committee on Pacific Railroads in 1877, an important position as the railroads surged westward across the frontier. He soon moved for higher offices. In 1878, he ran for governor but lost the nomination. In 1881, he lost a bid for U. S. Senate. The next year, however, he ran for Congress and won easily. In 1886, he announced his retirement and returned to Texas. He resumed his law practice in McKinney as his health declined. He died in 1894. Throckmorton remained widely respected in his community, with residents later naming a street after him and erecting a statue in his honor.

Taking a moment to share my life and appreciation For those of you that read this column, I hope the insights and considerations are worth your time. I have political and social speculations like all of you, but I Dr. Billy Holland would much rather stay focused on how awesome God is. I’m just a student desiring to understand what I believe, while also trying to listen carefully and be discerning about the convictions of others. Everyone has their own opinions about everything, and when we become involved in endless criticisms and accusations, it accomplishes nothing. In fact, it makes things worse and we have enough of that already. It’s important to me that I know why I believe my views and this can only be accomplished through prayer and study. If we desire to present Christ to a confused world, He pleads with us to surrender our will and learn how to live in the awareness of His presence. Some of you have been asking me to share a few things about my personal life, so first of all, our daughter-in-law had twins last month and Mother and the babies are perfect. Thank you, Jesus! Our four-year-old grandson now has a brother and sister! They are so beautiful. We also have another adorable 10-month-old granddaughter that lives in Denver. I realize I’m preaching to the choir when I say that grandchildren are amazing. Our grandson loves to spend the night at our house on Friday nights, and it’s always non-stop action of laughter and entertainment. He is so smart and never forgets anything. We pray for these young ones and are concerned about the evil world they will face, but I’m sure people thought the same thing about us. It’s true, the world is declining spiritually, but when we read I John 4:4, we are assured that God’s light always overcomes the darkness. I’ve been a Christian minister and truth seeker for 40 years, and have earned four degrees from two Seminaries. I am currently working on a Ph.D. in Biblical history from a third Seminary. I just want to know more about God. Some of you might know that I’m also a certified fire district chaplain with our county, and a volunteer chaplain for a Veterans healthcare facility where

I lead Bible studies and sing the old hymns with my guitar. I enjoy being with people and have realized that just taking the time to listen to others is one of the greatest ways we can show that we care. I was having lunch the other day with a good friend that is battling cancer, and he said that life can change very quickly along with our attitudes and perspectives. When healthy, we are confident in our own strength, but when we are weak, we understand more about humility, faith, and priorities. In the end, hopefully, we will know that life was all about love. The love God gave to us, and how much love we passed on to others. When it comes to my writing, I began back in the early eighties writing, singing, and recording music about faith and personal intimacy with God. This led to sermons, leading worship, devotions, blogs, funerals, weddings, videos, cd’s, books, and eventually expanded from a church environment to the realm of public media. I’m not sure how many newspapers or news agencies publish “Living on Purpose” each week, but at one time it was estimated that around 200 newspapers were using my work. It’s an honor as a freelance/non-syndicated faith columnist to have the opportunity to reach this many readers. Thank you for all the emails and letters, they are very encouraging. I’m also a content coordinator for Best Version Media where I write feature articles for one of their many monthly magazines, and currently working on my fourth book. You can read more about the books on Amazon and my website. Along with a small group of volunteers, we operate a non-profit charitable organization called, “Walking Thru Ministries” a weekly food distribution program for the needy. Stores and coops give us food and we give it out to families, churches, and other outreach ministries. There are many people, especially children in our area that are struggling to make ends meet. I do not have room to share all the activities my wife and I are involved in, but I just wanted to say how much we appreciate your kindness, prayers, support, and friendship. It’s a privilege to serve God and discuss His word with you each week. “Blessed are the ones who find wisdom, and those who gain understanding” Proverbs 3:13. Read more about the Christian life at billyhollandministries.com

Rosemond column ends after record 44 years If you’ve been reading this publication for a while, you’re probably familiar with our John Rosemond column on parenting. It’s a syndicated column that runs all over the country, but he has decided to retire his column that began in 1976 in his hometown paper—the Gastonia, NC, Gazette. The Charlotte Observer picked it up in 1978 and put it on the Knight-Ridder Wire in 1979. After 44 years, it is the longest-running syndicated column written continuous-

ly by the same individual in American newspaper history. “I am satisfied that I’ve helped lots of folks and infuriated lots of folks. I am also satisfied that I have made mistakes but told no lies,” said Rosemond. He is starting a Substack and a weekly podcast where he will be free to say what some editors will not permit him to say. Use your imagination.

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The Patriot Pony 'Dehumanizing': Experts rip California pilot program testing COVID-sniffing dogs on schoolchildren Faster, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than antigen tests, public health official says, but high false positive rate. "May be traumatizing" for some kids, doctor warns. tives.

By Greg Piper The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) wants to bring airport screening procedures to public schools in the Golden State — not to search for weapons, narcotics or explosion-prone batteries, but for an endemic virus that poses little risk to children. Researchers affiliated with the department and Kaiser Permanente shared the results of their dog-sniffing pilot program to detect COVID-19 in 27 unnamed "volunteer schools" in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics Monday. The screenings may raise civil liberties and medical privacy concerns, according to California doctors who reviewed the research and questioned the tangible benefit of COVID screenings in 2023 versus the risks of routine, compelled interactions with canines.

The research has a federal connection. The CDC Foundation, created by Congress but independent of the agency, "provided funding to Early Alert Canines for the purchase and care of the 2 dogs trained, to support the handlers and trainers, and for other expenses," the paper's disclosures state. Two of the authors appeared on the CDC Foundation podcast Contagious Conversations last summer. Carol Glaser, assistant deputy director in the Office of the State Public Health Laboratory Director, praised the pilot for taking away less time from teachers and exempting children from "that invasive nasal swab" while reducing plastic waste from tests. The students and staff "absolutely love the dogs," she said. "During the pandemic, I never had to asymptomatically test even during hospital work," University of California, San Francisco epidemiologist Vinay Prasad wrote in his newsletter Monday. "No dog ever smelled me."

The paper also illustrates the growing divergence between the U.S. and the rest of the world on managing COVID infections.

When future generations look at the infection fatality rate, "they may think we are actually insane," he added, calling the pilot "dehumanizing" to kids.

The U.K. National Health Service Thursday shuttered its COVID trackand-trace app, with 31 million downloads and nearly 2 million resulting self-isolations, "after months of declining use," the Evening Standard reported. The government credited high immunity and vaccinations and better access to treatments.

Stanford University health policy professor Jay Bhattacharya, who emphasizes the "thousand-fold" difference in COVID mortality between elderly and young, told Just the News the study reminded him of a "smart toilet" proposal by Stanford radiology and urology faculty to individually identify infected people through bowel movements in public places.

Brown University's Pandemic Center and Center for Mobility Analysis for Pandemic Prevention Strategies, by contrast, is hosting a seminar Friday on "digital contact tracing systems to better prepare ourselves for the next pandemic." CDPH sponsors an "effective" statewide antigen testing program that nonetheless "requires personnel, testing resources, and sample collection and generates medical waste," the JAMA Pediatrics paper says. "Scenttrained dogs are a strategy for rapid, noninvasive, low-cost, and environmentally responsible COVID-19 screening." The pooches' ability to consistently identify infected students and staff was underwhelming, however. They reported false positives more than four times as often (383) as they "accurately signaled" infections (85) based on nearly 4,000 "paired" antigen screenings. The false negative rate was much lower: 18 missed infections, compared to 3,411 confirmed nega-

"I do not think it is a good idea that passing a dog’s sniff test should be a precondition for people to participate in their regular activities, especially children," he wrote in an email, which "may be traumatizing for some and certainly a violation of basic civil rights in many cases." The study appears to be popular, however, with scientists who favor ongoing COVID mitigation regardless of near-universal natural and vaccineacquired immunity. "Imagine this at all schools and work places!" Queens University emeritus professor of infectious diseases Dick Zoutman tweeted. "What a great way to start your day!" CDPH and Kaiser Permanente researchers said the dogs went through two months of scent training to achieve "greater than 95% sensitivity and specificity for detection of the virus" and were then sent on 50 school visits in April and May 2022. They sniffed more than 1,500 participants, 89% of them students.

Participants were spaced six feet apart and handlers led the dogs to sniff their ankles and feet for "volatile organic compounds." Dogs would sit if they detected infection, though "participants faced away from the dogs" to protect confidentiality. Testing only took "a matter of seconds." The sensitivity and specificity percentages fell compared to lab results, which the researchers blamed on factors including noise, wind and smells. The study was limited by "the low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 during the study period." The goal is to launch "large-scale" dog -sniffing confirmed by antigen testing only on initial positives, which researchers expect will reduce antigen testing by 85%. Once "modifications" are made, the program can be rolled out widely for COVID but also other pathogens. The paper has drawn only one formal response. University of Southern California dermatologist Binh Ngo noted the references "do not characterize the volatile organic compounds emitted by the skin surface of Covid infected individuals," specify whether the compounds are COVID-specific or detail "the time and cost to train a dog to the necessary level to perform these examinations." UCSF's Prasad questioned whether the sniff-screenings could really be confidential. If the dog sits down by a child, even classmates facing away "will still know ... kids will look around" and

notice when someone disappears from school during the day. "I think for the purpose it was intended — to screen kids so that the pretest probability was higher before they conducted a more accurate antigen test — it's a moderate success," Stanford's Bhattacharya told Just the News. "But that's a very narrow standard to judge." The "marginal benefit" of scaling up in the midst of high immunity "is very low," and "zero-covid policies to stop disease spread at all costs do not make sense," the Great Barrington Declaration coauthor said. CDPH and corresponding author Glaser did not respond to Just the News queries. The California Department of Education directed Just the News to CDPH and did not answer what involvement if any it would have with a broader program. The CDC Foundation emphasized to Just the News the project started in fall 2021, "when we were still learning more about this virus," and ended last fall. The dogs have a track record with detecting other diseases and offer "a more rapid, less invasive, lower-cost option" than antigen tests. "Importantly, this program adds to the knowledge base for alternative testing for future emergency responses or virus detection," it said, without answering what benefit it offers against steadily less dangerous COVID variants to a low-risk population that can get vaccinated and boosted.

State, local legislatures eye bans on gaspowered lawn equipment

By Addison Smith While the Biden administration and its Green New Deal allies have been expanding their list of technology targeted for forced obsolescence deeper into the realm of American family and private life to include gas stoves, light bulbs and traditional cars, local and

state officials are stepping up the ongoing war against gas-powered landscaping equipment for both commercial and home use. Over 100 localities across the U.S. have imposed bans on gas-powered lawn care equipment, according to the Washington Times. They may soon be joined by Dallas, whose municipal Environment and Sustainability Committee last year recommended that the (Continue reading…)

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