61.22 Howe Enterprise October 9, 2023 by The Howe Enterprise

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Community Input– City Administration Position President Biden’s 2 year old German Shepard, Commander, has shown 12 acts of aggression including several biting incidents while living at The White House. This is the second dog Biden has brought to the White House that has bitten people repetitively, including secret service agents. If anyone else’s dog did a fraction of that it would be put down immediately. I’m pretty sure our children wouldn’t be shown grace in the law system for some things Hunter has done either. It must be hard to run a country efficiently when you can’t even keep your dogs under control. Something to think about. **************** This week popular tattoo artist and previously outspoken witchcraft and macabre enthusiast, Kat Von D, officially renounced her former beliefs and was baptized as a Christian in an Indiana Church. We will see if some of these new celebrities devoting themselves to such practices recently, take notes as to why such a formerly devout follower would convert to Christianity. 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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City Updates, pg. 4, Cross Country, Volleyball pg. 5 Summit Top Dogs pg. 6 Freedom Rock, pg. 7 Farmer’s Almanac pg. 8 Obituary, pg. 9 Hump Day, Business update, pg. 10 XYZ Meeting, pg. 10 Recipes, pg. 10 Hot Jobs, pg. 11 City info, pg. 11 History/Christian, pg. 12 Local Churches, pg. 13 Patriot Pony, pg. 14-15 Chamber Members, pg. 16 Past front pages, 17-24

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This week, a community member wrote to The Howe Enterprise on a topic that involves every member of this Community and the future of Howe. Letters from the community to The Howe Enterprise are appreciated, thank you to this community member for the following submission: Ashley, The council will be interviewing city managers shortly. I believe the citizens of Howe should be making their wishes known so that the council, as Joe Shepherd pointed out, who were elected by the people, can represent the wishes of the city of Howe. How can the council represent the people if the people do not make their needs known? What do the people of Howe want in their next city manager? Is it someone already working for the city or a total new point of view? Would it be an experienced city manager as Howe has many needs and growth opportunities in the immediate future? Would it be a candidate with no city manager experience but just leadership in some type of administration city or private sector? I believe if the questions above were answered it would be a great source of information for the council. -Anonymous Community Member Many citizens are busy with their everyday lives and do not know how the administration in a town they reside in effects their quality of life. Many may wonder- How does the City Administrator’s job and duties impact citizens and daily life in Howe?

Check out just in the last month in the “What’s New In The City” Column what all the City Administrator Interim does on a daily basis to affect the workings of The City. The City of Howe is run by departments, including Economic Development, the Courts, Police Department, Fire Department and Public Works. The City Administrator is responsible for the operation of each Department and often for communicating between the citizens’ needs and requests and the Departments that handle the issues that arise. The position of City Administrator directly affects each citizen and their everyday life in the City of Howe. The City Administrator job is not a position that is voted on by the public, but as the community member wrote in to say this week, the council was voted in to represent the needs and wants of the citizens. You all are the citizens, to make your needs and desires for what you would like to see in your next City Administrator known through this avenue of the local newspaper, please write in by sending the editor an email at ashley@howeenterprise.co m.

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Bulldogs “LaCooked” in Leonard, 56-22

Leonard quarterback Jacoby LaCook looks down the field for yardage. He had a total of five touchdowns Friday against Howe. Photo by Michelle Carney. By Monte Walker Leonard sophomore quarterback Jacoby LaCook had a very rough time in Bulldog Stadium a year ago as a freshman, however, he had his way with Howe Friday night to open District 8-3A-2

play in Leonard. The Howe Bulldogs (3-3, 01) had their hands full with a good Leonard Tigers (3-3, 1-0) offense Friday night at the cedar tree palace on Highway 69. Leonard came into the game averaging 43.4 points and racking up

392 yards per game. On Friday they upped both of those figures by totaling 56 points and 414 total yards against Howe. The Dogs’ highlights consisted of an 82 yard kick return by Knox Bounds, a 29-yard touch(Continued on page 2)

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Howe Volunteer Fire Chief Robert Maniet poses with the certificate that makes Howe a Texas Emergency Medical Services Provider. Courtesy photo.

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down run by Braden Ulmer and an 18yard scamper by Kaden Dunn. LaCook dazzled the home crowd decked in blue and gold to the tune of two rushing touchdowns and four passing touchdowns. He finished the night 15of-21 for 322 yards. After the Bulldogs’ defense played well in the first series by forcing a Tiger punt, the scoring began in odd fashion with Howe quarterback Kolin Murphy avoiding pressure in the endzone and throwing the ball into green pasture which led to an intentional grounding call and gave Leonard the game’s first points on a safety with 8:43 left in the first. Leonard got the ball back and drove 48 yards on 11 plays and scored on a LaCook 4-yard run. Leonard led 8-0 with 6:50 left in the first quarter after a botched snap on the PAT and an unsuccessful conversion. Howe got on the board answering the Leonard drive with a 5-play, 62-yard drive that finished with an Ulmer 29yarder around the right side of the offensive line. After a successful 2-point conversion, Howe tied the game 8-8 with 4:12 left in the first. Both teams traded punts as the game went into the second quarter. LaCook threw a dart to Ethan Richardson who raced the remaining yardage needed to complete the 48-yard touchdown in the northeast corner. That capped a 3-

play, 93-yard drive to give Leonard a 15-8 lead with 10:06 left in the second quarter. Coach Lance Bryan, trying to stay toeto-toe, gambled on a 4th-and-short which resulted in an unsuccessful chain measure that gave the ball back to Leonard at the Howe 44 yard line. They needed six plays to go the distance which ended on a LaCook to Ethan McCarthy touchdown pass. McCarthy, a former Howe student and son of former Bulldog Larry McCarthy, ended the night with three catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns. The score moved to 22-8 with 5:03 left in the second quarter. But the Bulldogs took no time to answer back as Bounds raced in front of the home crowd to score on an 82-yard kick return to the west endzone. That cut the Tiger lead to 22-15 with 4:51 left before the half. However, LaCook found McCarthy once again on the third play of the drive for a 77-yard touchdown where McCarthy took it the remaining 45 yards untouched. The score gave Leonard a 29-15 lead with 3:40 remaining in the second quarter. Howe was forced to punt again which set up another score for the Tigers as Maliek Harris finished the 57-yard drive with a 21-yard touchdown. Leonard took a 36-15 lead into the locker room. The Bulldogs lost Bounds to an injury (Continued on page 3)

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Howe’s Braden Ulmer tackled from behind by a Leonard Tiger. Photo by Michelle Carney. (Continued from page 2)

in the first series of the second half that inserted Kaden Dunn as the primary back for the second half. As Howe was driving nicely to open the first series, a bad exchange between Murphy and Dunn led to a Tiger fumble recovery and gave Leonard the ball at their own 43 yard line. LaCook picked up his second rushing touchdown on a 4yarder that ended the 5-play, 57-yard drive and put the game out of reach with a score of 42-15 with 7:10 left in the third. Howe began to throw the football quite a bit to try and make things happen down the field. Jeremiah Thornton made a spectacular first down catch over the middle to keep the drive alive, but Murphy was intercepted on a jump pass that stopped the drive. Leonard needed only three plays to score as LaCook hit Randy Slaughter for a 29yard touchdown to end the 52-yard drive. That gave the Tigers a 49-15 lead with 3:15 left in the third quarter.

Dunn led Howe with 62 rushing yards on 13 carries. Bounds had 45 yards on 11 carries before exiting early in the second half. Ulmer had 35 yards on four carries while Murphy picked up nine yards on nine carries. Murphy was 4-of-8 passing with 41 yards and one interception. Ulmer caught two passes for 24 yards while Thornton and Garrett Rodgers each made their first reception of the year with 11 and six yards, respectively. Howe will host top-ranked Gunter next Friday at Bulldog Stadium. They defeated the state ranked Bells Panthers 64-6 Friday night. Bells will travel to Blue Ridge and Leonard will travel to Lone Oak.

Howe was forced to punt again on the next possession which ended on a Slaughter 63-yard return for more points. The Tigers led 56-15 with 0:34 remaining in the third. With 9:10 left in the game, Dunn raced around the left edge of the offensive line and used his quickness and speed to score from the 18 yard line and give Howe their final score of the evening and the game’s final score of 56-22. Leonard went into clock-killing mode and burned most of the time left on the clock before giving Howe one final unsuccessful offensive series.

Howe’s Kaden Dunn looks for yardage. Photo by Michelle Carney.

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What’s New at City Hall? Some may have noticed that the city’s website was down Monday for a few hours. With a couple of phone calls and help from the previous webmaster, it was back up early Monday morning. Interim City Administrator Monte Walker and City Engineer Nolan Harvey are working through the details of upgrades to Smith Road and eventually Young Street (west of the highway). Walker met with the Library Director Torrey Stricklin to begin a good working relationship between the city and library. The city administrator position is an automatic designee for the library board which next meets in January. The library is seeking interested community members to kickstart book club groups. The Howe Fire Department will be officially in operation at the beginning of 2024. Salaries were determined for six paramedics/EMTs with paramedics to make $55,000 per year while EMTs will make $50,000 per year Howe will also soon post the job for Howe Fire Chief. Chris Bristow of public works met with GTUA about a yellow water issue stemming affecting all cities on the pipeline including Melissa, Anna, Van Alstyne, and Howe. More meetings are scheduled. A zone change was submitted at 302 W. Duke Street to change from SF-2 (single-family) to TF (two-family (duplex)). Letters will soon go out to neighboring property owners within 200 feet. They will have a change to accept or protest the zone change before it goes in front of the Planning & Zoning Commission on November 14, 2023. The regular scheduled City Council meeting was scheduled for November 21, but Howe Mayor Karla McDonald wants to move it up a week due to the Thanksgiving week. No official change has been made. Scott Norris of Tomlin Investments reached out to the city staff to schedule a meeting to restart talks of a development at Blythe Road between US Highway 75 and State Highway 5. Howe Youth Baseball Commissioner Jared Coffey reached out to Interim City Administrator Monte Walker to help with the pole laying over at Hash Field. The city has ordered a pole from Techline but the backlog for 55’ poles are 24-48 weeks out. Brent Brunner of Rapid Electric also reached out to help solve the problem. Early talks are in place for changing the direction of home plate at Hash Field by moving the backstop closer to the restrooms between the two fields. The outfield fence at North Field has been replaced by NTE Fence of Howe. It was partially knocked over by the wind during the May storms. Keep Howe Beautiful had the boulder placed at Memorial Park last week which will soon be painted to display local veterans. The celebration is to take place on November 11 (Veterans Day). The City of Howe recognized

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“Teachers Day” on October 5 by wrapping blue ribbons around City Hall and at Memorial Park. Walker signed the paperwork for a brand new backhoe for the public works department. The city bought the machine from ASCO and has $75,000 equity in the machine due to a trade-in and a down payment. Walker also worked on the Downtown Howe-lloween Festival which will host a cake walk and cake decorating contest for the first time. Kristen Harkless of Rethink Wealth is the chairman of all-things cake and is also a sponsor of the festival. A permit was filled out and paid for by Sergio Lopez who is constructing a storage building attached to the back side of Quick Check on Haning Street. Walker met with Kyle Harris of Zimmerer of Van Alstyne for a possible sponsorship package for all youth baseball parks. Howe is working with Tufner Weighing Systems in Howe for a possible redevelopment at the former west plant once known as Magni-Fab. The redevelopment could include multiple locations for suppliers to Texas Instruments as well as rezoning two of the acres from manufacturing to commercial.

Blake Hamner sits in the City of Howe’s new Case Backhoe from ASCO. Courtesy photo. Blake Hamner is a big part of the City of Howe and is often seen doing to dirty work in the public works department. From fixing water leaks to unclogging sewer lines, Hamner enjoys being the “behind the scenes” guy that help makes the city move.

periods of time.”

“Blake’s value to the City of Howe is enormous,” said Interim City Administrator Monte Walker. “He works long hours and was instrumental in Howe remaining with water during the ice storm of 2021 when all other cities were without water for long

“He’s a huge asset and will be very instrumental in getting us where we want to be with the upcoming growth coming to Howe,” said Walker. “He knows our infrastructure like the back of his hand and that’s extremely valuable.”

Hamner is a long-time Howe employee that originates from Van Alstyne. He has a reputation around Grayson County as being a knowledgeable and hard working.

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Middle School District Cross Country Meet After many years of not having a Middle School Cross Country Team in Howe, the Bulldogs have officially completed their first year back on the course. At the District Meet this past Wednesday in Bells, the Howe Lady Bulldogs brought home the Championship plaque along with two top-five finishes. The champion Lady Bulldogs team were as follows, 8th grade: Kyliee Simms, Addison Donoho, Kennady Garner,

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and 7th grade: Brooklyn Bjorn, Adrianna Dominguez, Raegan McKinney, and Kinley Willits. Kyliee Simms finished in 2nd (15:36.06), just ahead of teammate Addison Donoho who came in 3rd (15:36.35).Raegan Mckinney finished 23rd(18:34.17), Kinley Willits 24th(18:34.50), Brooklyn Bjorn 33rd(19:29.30), Adrianna Dominguez 34th(19:41.24), and Kennady Garner 45th(21:25.19)

Lady Bulldog Volleyball Last week, the Lady Bulldogs competed against Gunter on Tuesday and Leonard on Friday. The Tuesday game at Gunter ended in a loss. Kendall Griffin accomplished 5 kills, Presley Shockey and Kamry Snapp contributed 2 kills, and Emery Snapp slammed 3 kills. Friday’s game resulted in a victory. Kendall Griffin completed 10 kills, 10 digs and 1 block, Presley Shockey accomplished 14 kills and 3 blocks, Kamry Snapp made 9 kills and 8 digs, Reese Smith gave a whopping 40 assists, Emery Snapp had 4 kills and 4 blocks, and Mattalee Stewart had 3 kills and 2 blocks.

Next week, the first game on Tuesday is a district home game against Pottsboro at 5 p.m. The Friday game this week is also a district home game against Blue Ridge at 4:30 p.m. Gunter Game 1: Lost 13-25 Game 2: Lost 8-25 Game 3:Lost 13-25 Leonard Game 1: Won 25-17 Game 2: Lost 21-25 Game 3: won 27-25 Game 4: Won 26-24

Upcoming Library Events Friday, October 27th

Friday, October 13th Fire Department Visiting • the Fire Department is coming to talk about fire safety at the library. • The department will bring their staff and trucks to the event. • The event begins at 10 a.m.

Trick or Treat the Library • • •

Every Friday •

Champion Lady Bulldogs, Photo credit– Coach Anderson 15:23.53. 7th graders Francisco The Bulldogs were led by 7th grader Perez finished 25th (19:37.50) and Karsyn Gomez who finished Abrham Sadler finished 8th overall with a time of 28th (19:52.10).

Upper left: Karsyn Gomez, Upper Right: Kyliee Sims and Addison Donoho, Below: MS Boys and Girls’ teams, Photo Credit– Coach Anderson

Costumes are welcome Pumpkins will be available for painting Event begins at 10 a.m. Wee Readers at 10 a.m.

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Summit Elementary School Top Dogs Grade, Name: 2nd-William Sullivan 2nd-Aubrie Wells 2nd-Jeremy Freeman 2nd-Chloe Garibay 1st-Damian Martinez

1st-Austin Filbeck 1st-Dustin Westdyke 1st-Giovanny Alejos K-Kainoa Ivey K-Kalianna Neal K-Michael Hernandez K-Makayla Jones

PK-Jacob Preza

K-Antonella Ramirez

PK-Conner Pruit

PK-Angel Villalobos Information and photo

provided by:

Matt Boykin Assistant Principal

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Rock delivered to Memorial Park

The $20,000 project that is the Freedom Rock was delivered last week to Memorial Park. It will soon be painted with local veteran heroes. Only an hour after the rock was delivered, kids

were spotted climbing on the rock. That alerted Keep Howe Beautiful to order signs to say, “No Climbing On the Rock” which will soon be displayed at the park.

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Farmer’s Almanac for Zone 5/South Central States 10/9-10/10 Fishing: Poor Monday morning, Fair Tuesday morning Weather: Sunny skies, then wet Southern Rockies to Southern Plains Gardening: A most barren period, best for killing plant pests or doing chores around the farm. Good harvest days. 10/11-10/12 Fishing: Fair Wednesday morning, Poor Thursday morning Weather: Clearing skies, turning cold Gardening: Wednesday is a barren period, best for killing plant pests or doing chores around the farm. Good harvest days. Thursday is fine for sowing grains, hay and forage crops. Plant flowers. It is a favorable day for planting root crops. 10/13-10/14 Fishing: Poor Friday morning, Poor Saturday evening Weather: Turning cold; weather should permit views of the annular solar eclipse on the 14th Gardening: Friday is fine for sowing grains, hay and forage crops. Plant flowers. It is a favorable day for planting root crops. It is the last favorable

day for planting beans, peas, squash, sweet corn, tomatoes and other aboveground crops. 10/15 Fishing: Fair Sunday evening Weather: Clear skies, turning cold Gardening: Sunday a good day to start seedbeds. It is a favorable day for planting aboveground crops, and leafy vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, kale and celery where climate is suitable. *This solar eclipse is a “ring of fire” eclipse, check out below what that could look like!

“Ring of Fire” Solar eclipse photographed in Chon Buri, Thailand.© Chayanan Phomsukwisit / EyeEm via Getty Images

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Betty Ruth Hightower 1940-2023 Betty, aka Meme, loved her family and friends. She was a very kind and generous person who always put others’ needs before her own. Betty enjoyed giving gifts, reading, working in the garden, and baking cakes and cookies for friends and family. Betty is preceded in death by her husband, Gary Hightower, her parents, Edward and Ruth Farrer, and her sister Glenda Farrer.

Betty Ruth Hightower Betty Ruth Hightower of Howe, TX, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2023. Betty was born on August 5, 1940, to Edward Farrer and Ruth (Cook) Farrer in Dorchester, TX. She grew up in Gunter, Texas where she worked on her parent’s farm and picked cotton as a child. Betty later worked for Texas Instruments (TI) in Sherman, TX, where she retired after 25 years working on the assemble line making parts for the military. After her retirement from TI, Betty worked part-time for 15 years at Sam’s Club in Sherman, TX. Betty married the love of her life, Gary Hightower, in 1956 in Gunter, TX "at the preacher's house". Gary and Betty have 2 children, Mark Hightower and Brenda Hightower Reynolds, 2 grandchildren (Savannah, Brittany) and 6 great-grandchildren (Braydon, Erica, Mya, Ashton, Riley, Aubrey).

Graveside services will be held at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman, TX on Friday, October 6th at 10am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Heart Association. The family would like to thank Home Instead, Cedar Hollow Skilled Nursing and Rehab, and Hospice Plus in Sherman for the care they provided for Betty. “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” 1 Peter 5:10 ESV

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Fantastic Turnout at Last Wednesday’s Howe Hump Day Last Wednesday, local business owners gathered to spread more information about what they offer to the community. Howe Hump Day is an event held by the Howe Chamber of Commerce and is centered around bringing business owners together, allowing for networking opportunities, sharing business cards, and promoting information and awareness for local business.

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Last week had a showing of one of the largest groups the event had ever seen. Donuts and breakfast tacos were provided by Essential Home performance, the sponsor for this month’s event.

Business of the Week Next week, the Business spotlight will be more information about Don’s Smokehouse. If you would like to have your business featured in the following week’s spotlight, send the editor an email at Ashley@howeenterprise.com.

The next Howe Hump Day will be held Wednesday, November 1st, at Summit Gardens at 8a.m.

As a small business owner herself, Ashley is passionate about spotlighting local businesses. Also, stay tuned for information regarding discounted ad opportunities for those who participate in the Small Business Spotlight.

XYZ Guest Program Will Inform and Entertain XYZ, (eXtra Years of Zest) the Senior Citizens group at First Baptist Church Howe, will meet Thursday, October 12 at 10:30 in Fellowship Hall.

All 55 and above are welcome as are any guests. Michelle Fox, FBC Howe Children’s Director and talented music soloist, will inform the members about herself, her testimony, the children’s building, and children’s program at FBC Howe, and then bless with her singing. The short business meeting will precede the program; the meal will follow the program. Y’all come.– JoAnne Dickey

Recipes of the Week Only a Few Spaces Left for Upcoming Howe-lloween Festival Vendors It's almost time for the 7th Annual Downtown Howe-lloween Festival, October 28, 2023, from 6 pm to 8 pm. Kids can wear their costumes, play games, and Trick 'R Treat. The chamber will have sausage-on-astick and turkey legs! Vendor spaces are $15 and you supply your own giveaway candy.

Sponsorships are $200 This year’s festival will also have the first cakewalk ever offered at the event. Cakes are still needed for the event. A cake decorating contest will be included but all cakes donated do not need to be entered in the contest.

Cinnamon Bread

Parmesan Chicken with Spaghetti Squash

Makes 1 loaf

Feeds 4

Ingredients:

Bread: • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1 cup white sugar • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 cup buttermilk • 1/4 cup coconut oil • 2 eggs • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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2 Chicken Breasts 1 Large Spaghetti Squash 2 bunches of parsley 1 stick of butter 1 cup of Parmesan cheese 1 lemon 3 tablespoons of olive oil Salt and Pepper 2 Garlic cloves, finely chopped

Instructions: -Preheat oven to 375 degrees -Cut spaghetti squash in half long ways, scoop out seeds– either save to roast separately as a snack or throw away. -Rub inside of squash with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, place face down on baking sheet, -Bake squash until tender to squeeze but still somewhat firm– usually around 45 minutes. Do not overbake as the squash will become mushy. It is easier to correct slightly undercooked squash later in the cooking process, but once it is overcooked it will be mushy with no way to correct it later. -While squash is cooking, cut chicken into cubes and brown with butter, chopped garlic, and juice of one lemon -after chicken and squash are cooked, scoop squash out and combine in a large pan. Cook together in butter, add chopped parsley, and parmesan cheese. Salt and pepper to taste.

Crumble Topping: • 2 tablespoons white sugar • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 2 teaspoons butter Instructions: -Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan -Combine bread ingredients in large mixing bowl, beat 3 minutes, pour into loaf pan and smooth top -Combine topping ingredients, mixing until crumbly, sprinkle over smoothed batter. Using knife, cut in a light swirling motion for marbled effect. -Bake for about 50 minutes, when toothpick is removed clean, take out and remove from pan to cool.

HoweEnterprise.com TEXOMA WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS Job Title: QUALITY TECHNICIAN (3RD SHIFT) workintexas.com Posting ID 16225553 Location Sherman Posting Close Date 11/30/23 Posting Link https:// bit.ly/45kbhQc Description A local company is looking for a QUALITY TECHNICIAN (3RD SHIFT) who will audit, test and measure finished goods to ensure customer standards are met as well as follow our company's Good Manufacturing Practices. This position requires a High School Diploma or Equivalent, and a minimum of 1 year of related experience. Job Title: ELECTRICAL DRAFTER workintexas.com Posting ID 16223425 Location Denison Posting Close Date 10/31/23 Posting Link https:// bit.ly/3ZQIPo7 Description A local company is looking for an ELECTRICAL DRAFTER who will devise new approaches to problems and prepare or modify drawings, while working under the direction of the Electrical Engineer. This position requires an associate degree, and a minimum of 2 years of related experience.

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HOWE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Position: General Maintenance and Repair Specialist Location: Howe ISD Key Responsibilities: As a General Maintenance and Repair Specialist at Howe ISD, you will be responsible for a wide range of duties, including but not limited to: Repair and maintenance of mechanical systems -Troubleshooting and fixing electrical systems -Ensuring sanitary systems are in optimal working condition -Grounds maintenance to create a safe and welcoming environment -Assisting with other general maintenance tasks as needed In addition to the general maintenance responsibilities, you will also collaborate with our Transportation Department to support the maintenance and repair of our school buses and vehicles. Qualifications: Previous experience in maintenance and repair is preferred -Strong problem-solving skills -Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and sanitary systems -Ability to work independently and as part of a team How to Apply: submit your resume to kirby.pam@howeisd.net or obtain an application forms can be found at www.howeisd.net.

Bulk Trash Pickup 2nd Friday of each month in Howe.

City of Howe SECONDS COUNT IN AN EMERGENCY! That's why the City of Howe has instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boil-water notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers a pre-recorded message describing the situations to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area possibly including instructions requiring action on the part of the recipient. Once the situation is remedied, another call will be placed to the area signaling that the issue has been addressed and that normal activities can be resumed. The following information is required to add a telephone number into the "CodeRED" database: first and last name; address (physical address, no P.O. boxes); city; state; Zip Code; and primary phone number. The system works with cellular phones but requires a valid street address. When entering information, please fill out all of the screens because the newest data entered will replace the old data. Sign up by visiting http:// www.co.grayson.tx.us/page/oem.cred

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City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Karla McDonald City Council: Michael Hill, Rodney Hough, Billie Ingram, Sarah Myrick, Joe Shephard City Administrator (interim): Monte Walker City Secretary: Regina Harris Utility Billing and Municipal Court 116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: Tammy Grisolia (After hours night drop available) Public Works 317 S. Hughes St. Public Works Director: Mickey Phillips Code Enforcement 317 S. Hughes St. Code Enforcement Officer: Benjamin Fuhr Howe Volunteer Fire Department 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Economic Development 100 E. O’Connell St. 903-532-6080 EDC Director: Monte Walker City Council meets third Tuesday at 100 E. O’Connell St. at 6 pm. Planning & Zoning Commission Meets third Monday as needed Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation Meets as needed For more information visit the city website www.cityofhowe.org

State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total

6.25 % 1.00 %

City of Howe Tax Rate Howe I.S.D Tax Rate Grayson County Tax Rate Grayson College Tax Rate Total (per $100 valuation)

$0.54 $1.27 $0.31 $0.15 $2.27

1.00 % 8.25 %

Cityofhowe.org City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill

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Texas History Minute Texas has produced many colorful characters and gifted actors and artists in its long history. Among those is actor Larry Ken Bridges Hagman. He played one of the most notorious villains on TV but was the opposite off-screen, known instead for his wit and his devotion to friends. Hagman was born in September 1931 in Fort Worth. His father, Benjamin Jackson Hagman, was an attorney and an accountant in nearby Weatherford, who later worked as a prosecuting attorney and was a decorated artillery officer during World War II. His home life was difficult. In 1936, his mother, Mary Martin, was anxious to resume her career as a singer and stage actress and filed for divorce. For the next several years, Larry Hagman alternated between his mother and his grandmother while living in California. His mother sent him to a series of boarding schools before he went to live with her again in New York City after World War II. In 1946, he returned to Weatherford to live with his father and his new wife and half-brother. He attended Weatherford High School and took several jobs. One summer, he worked for oilman Jess Hall, Jr., the owner of Antelope Tool Company. Hagman said he would later base his character of J. R. Ewing on memories of Hall. He graduated high school in 1949. His father encouraged him to become a lawyer, but Hagman instead pursued acting. He attended Bard College in New York City majoring in drama and dance but quit after one year. Hagman acted in small stage productions before he was drafted in 1952. He married Maj Axelsson in 1954, with whom he had two children. After four years in the air force, he returned to New York City and acted in a series of plays. His first TV appearance was a guest shot on the 1957 series Decoy. In 1958, he made three guest appearances on Sea Hunt with Lloyd Bridges. He kept making small appearances on stage and screen, and his career steadily grew. From 1961 to 1963, he had a recurring role on the CBS soap opera The Edge of Night. His first film role was in 1964 in Ensign Pulver. Later that year, he appeared in the thriller Failsafe. In 1965, he made a huge breakthrough with his career when he landed the lead in I Dream of Jeannie. Hagman played Maj. Tony Nelson, an astronaut who found a genie in a bottle on a deserted island. His character was often bewildered and overwhelmed by the antics of the genie played by Barbara Eden, who would become a lifelong friend. The popular series ran until 1970. After the end of the series, he appeared in two short-lived sitcoms, The Good Life (1971-1972) and Here We Go Again (1973). He was looking for a new role in early 1978 when his wife suggested he read

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the script of a proposed new drama about a Texas oil family. Hagman immediately felt drawn to the scheming character of J. R. Ewing and got the role. When Dallas premiered in April 1978, it was an instant hit. “J. R.” became a cultural icon, and millions tuned in every week to see his latest scheme and whether his co-star, Patrick Duffy, who played the younger brother Bobby Ewing, could thwart his plans. Many scenes were shot in and around the Dallas area, to the delight of Metroplex residents. In spite of his TV character, Hagman developed close relationships with all his fellow cast members. The tensions in the Ewing family and the web of his backstabbing plans led to the famous “Who Shot J. R.?” cliffhanger in 1980, leaving millions wondering if he would survive the shooting and who was responsible. The question was the subject of interviews, articles, and magazine covers across the globe. In November 1980, in one of the most-watched episodes in television history, 83 million Americans tuned in to learn that he had survived and was shot by his sister-in-law and mistress. The series lasted for 14 seasons. He was nominated for two Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Hagman was the only actor to appear in all 357 episodes before the cancellation of Dallas in May 1991. He and other co-stars would appear in six TV movies in the years afterward. Hagman once said about his character, “It’s fun to play the villain.” He would make brief film appearances, and directed a number of episodes of In the Heat of the Night, which starred his close friend Carroll O’Connor. But he faced a major health crisis in 1995. Hagman had been a heavy drinker for many years and had to undergo a liver transplant. The operation was a success, and he quit drinking. He wrote an autobiography, Hello Darlin’, in 2001. When his wife developed Alzheimer’s Disease, he stayed by her side until her death in 2011. In 2011, he was approached about a revival of Dallas. His first question was, “Are all my friends going to be there?” The revival premiered in 2012 with most of the surviving series originals and fared well in the ratings. However, Hagman was diagnosed with throat cancer. He received treatment while he worked on the series, and it initially seemed successful. However, a new cancer diagnosis was revealed in 2012. Hagman died at a Dallas hospital in November 2012 at age 81.

Honesty isn’t telling people what they want to hear… it’s telling what the facts are without any persuasion left or right.

Letting go of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul I dedicate much of my writing to providing positive and encouraging words of hope and inspiration, but I also must be truthful, we are growing older. I apoloDr. Billy Holland gize for reminding us about that, but instead of all the negative attributes of aging, we should embrace it more like we are a fine wine that is becoming more delightful and appreciated. Those of us who are noticing a few gray hairs and aching joints, relax and count your blessings. It is God that has allowed you and I to be at this place and time and to enjoy each day with those we love. Being older allows us to use what we have learned from our past and to apply it to our lives today, and also share this hard-earned wisdom with those who love and respect us. Aging is not about a number, it comes from abandoning our excitement and zeal. The years may wrinkle the skin, but letting go of our joy and enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. As we head into fall, (my favorite time of the year) I realize many of you who read this column are probably living in this particular season of your lives and have received the blessing of a long life. Speaking for myself, I was so thankful for making it to retirement, (I was a bi-vocational minister) and for the last few years, it has been a pleasure to go back to school, become involved in volunteer work, writing books and newspaper columns, and leading worship at church, (which I love), traveling, and enjoying my grandchildren. It’s humbling to realize that many have not been this fortunate. For me, this season of life has been some of my most enjoyable and productive years and I look forward to new adventures, being with family, and to see what other experiences He has planned for me in the future. I am one of the ministers at our church and we are honored to have an older congregation filled with wonderful people who love God and have served

Him for most of their lives. I’m fascinated with how many people I know who are in their eighties and nineties and are feeling good. I spoke with a man the other day who was sharply dressed, had a sparkle in his eyes, and was having no serious health issues. As we were talking, I asked how old he was and he said the first week of October he would be ninety-five. I could hardly believe it as he looked much younger. I asked him about his secret to long life, and before he could answer another man who just turned eighty, stepped in and jokingly said it was his wild, late-night party life. Ha! I think that taking care of ourselves is important, just like regular maintenance is wise with anything we want to keep in good working order. Another blessing that many older individuals have is the blessing of a sharp mind. I know many people whose minds are just as fully functional as any younger person. My mom is 85 and I cannot tell any difference in her mental cognition from when I was a kid. She is in good health, feels good, drives anywhere she wants and lives independently. I’m a chaplain at a Veteran Health Care facility, and I enjoy talking with the interesting men and women who live there. Many of them are in their nineties and they know more about current world events than I do. They have been around the block a time or two as they say, and are also very knowledgeable about the Bible. I love to hear them tell fascinating accounts of their lives and funny stories. I hope I can maintain a vibrant attitude as they have. I want to propose a toast to you today and give God all the glory for the good life you have lived and for all the wonderful things He has called you to do. You worked hard and planted a lot of good seeds and are now reaping the blessings of that harvest. This is a time to celebrate the transition from what we once thought was important to what we now know is truly important. It is said that growing older is like climbing a mountain: the higher you advance the more difficult it becomes, but the further you can see. Never regret growing older, it’s a privilege that many are denied.

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Howe Methodist Church of Howe JB Bryant, minister

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Biden vs. Biden: Feds sue employers overvax mandates, settle suits against theirown mandates Major employers allegedly flout religious accommodations required by Supreme Court, while DOD pays up for discriminating against servicemembers. Highly regarded hospital allegedly filed false declarations, depositions. By Greg Piper

Nearly two years after President Biden accused the Supreme Court of endangering lives by blocking his COVID19 vaccine mandate on large employers, his own administration has joined a litigation barrage against employers mandating the shot. The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission sued United Healthcare Services and Hank's Furniture last month for allegedly refusing to honor requests for religious accommodations from their COVID mandates, a rare step for the agency and its first litigation on the subject, according to Bloomberg Law. The lawsuits are silent on the role that Biden's September 2021 executive order – which required vaccinations for federal workers and contract employees – may have played in the alleged violations. An agency spokesperson, citing ongoing litigation, declined to comment on whether EEOC was cleaning up a mess the president made. The timing is embarrassing for the Defense Department, which committed the same alleged violations against thousands of service members who sought religious accommodations from DOD's mandate. Under a settlement agreement reached Tuesday, DOD agreed to pay $1.8 million in attorney's fees and costs to lawyers for the service members who prevailed against the mandate in two lawsuits last year. While Congress forced Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to rescind the mandate, he pointedly refused to keep it dead, sustaining the litigation. "The military COVID shot mandate is dead" but "many of the high-ranking members of leadership, the Pentagon, and the Biden administration need to be replaced," Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver said, warning agencies not to test the public interest law firm. Also dead: California's medical misinformation law, which threatened the licenses of doctors who deviate from a

fluctuating "scientific consensus" on COVID in conversations with patients. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Medical Board legislation Saturday that inexplicably included a repeal of the law he signed a year ago, which had already been blocked in court and faced a frosty reception at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this summer. United Healthcare Services specifically exempted "full-time telecommuters" in October 2021 when ordering its hundreds of thousands of employees to get the vaccine, amid studies questioning its safety and efficacy. Yet it told one such employee she must affirmatively apply for an exemption, the UHS lawsuit says. Former UHS Director of Clinical Administration Amanda Stone objected to vaccines that were "developed or tested using cell lines derived from aborted fetuses" on the basis of her Christian faith, which she explained in Oct. 6 and Nov. 11, 2021, requests. UHS denied without explanation or an appeal option, according to EEOC. It notified Stone on Nov. 30 of that year that she was being placed on mostly unpaid administrative leave for refusal to comply, "locked her out of all company systems" and fired her Jan. 2, 2022. The Hank's lawsuit alleges the fourstate furniture chain started badgering Kaitlyn O'Neal, an assistant manager at a Florida store, to get vaccinated in July 2021. When she verbally requested an exemption based on her "sincerely held Christian beliefs" the next month, Hank's sent her "internet articles" calling them "not scientifically accurate." The company refused to give her a written exemption process, and O'Neal's new manager told her Hank's "did not care why" she refused and would remove her from management if she persisted, the suit claims. On Aug. 20 it threatened to fire all remaining unvaccinated employees Oct. 31. Hank's followed through with O'Neal despite the fact that she "continued to respectfully confront" the company for ignoring, then vaguely objecting to her written request as "severely lacking," EEOC says. It could have accommodated her without "undue hardship." (Continued on page 15)

Mayorkas finally admits 'immediate need' to build border wall amid surge in illegal immigration

In light of the surge in illegal immigration, Mayorkas found that there exists an "acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas." By Ben Whedon

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has opted to waive a litany of laws and regulations to swiftly construct more border wall in a key Texas hotspot for illegal crossings. "The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas," reads a notice posted to the U.S. Federal Registry that Fox News obtained. Citing the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, Mayorkas noted that "Congress granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority to waive all legal

requirements that I, in my sole discretion, determine necessary to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads authorized by [the act]." In total, Mayorkas plans to waive a total of 26 federal laws to expedite construction. The notice further highlighted the 245,000 migrant encounters that occurred over the past year in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, which includes Starr County. Since President Joe Biden took office, law enforcement has encountered more than 7 million people illegally entering the country. In light of the surge in illegal immigration, Mayorkas found that there exists an "acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas." Former President Donald Trump reached the White House in 2016 campaigning heavily on a promise to construct a border wall, though the Biden administration terminated plans for continued construction when he took

Air Force reservist sues military branches for reprimand over private comments on 'cancel culture' “Ordinary Americans, including our Airmen, are at risk of losing their livelihoods for saying things that, until yesterday, were matters of basic common sense and wisdom,” Major Jace Yarbrough said in a speech. By Natalia Mittelstadt

the Department of the Air Force and the U.S. Space Force in federal court after they officially reprimanded him for making private comments at a private function about “cancel culture” permeating the military. Major Jace Yarbrough, an Air Force reservist assigned to the Space Force, received a written admonishment for talking about “cancel culture” in the military. Yarbrough says he believes that disciplinary action is already negatively affecting his career. He filed a lawsuit on Tuesday with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to have the reprimand rescinded, arguing that his First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and free exercise of religion were violated. Yarbrough was issued a Letter of Admonishment (LOA) in August 2021 for remarks he gave as a civilian at a private retirement ceremony for a fellow service member in June, the lawsuit states. He attended the ceremony at his own expense and wore his military uniform

at the event in his civilian capacity, which is allowed while at “occasions of military ceremonies” and “social functions and informal gatherings of a military nature,” the lawsuit notes, citing Air Force regulations. The LOA was issued after “a Navy member who was present filed a complaint that made its way to Mr. Yarbrough’s Air Force chain of command,” according to the lawsuit. “The LOA reprimanded Mr. Yarbrough for his retirement ceremony remarks, made while in civilian status, and stated that Mr. Yarbrough’s speech had been ‘insubordinate, disrespectful, and unbecoming for an officer in the military,’” the filing later adds. Technically, Yarbrough was "admonished", not "reprimanded", which each have different meanings under USAF regulations. “The LOA condemned specific remarks, including his references to 'radical political factions,’ ‘how the military is fostering a culture of “incompetence and cowardice,”’ and ‘DoD-wide extremism training as a “thinly veiled flex of political power,”’the lawsuit continues. In Yarbrough’s speech, he warned how “the totalizing claims of a radical political faction within our wider cul(Continued on page 15)

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The agency is seeking injunctions preventing the companies from discriminating against employees by failing to reasonably accommodate their beliefs. For Stone and O'Neal specifically, EEOC wants "appropriate backpay," compensation for "past and future pecuniary losses" stemming from the companies' actions and punitive damages for their "malicious and reckless conduct." Hank's Chief Financial Officer Adam Jordan wrote in an email the company has "done nothing wrong and deny and/all wrongdoing. Our attorneys are sorting all this out through the appropriate legal channels" but can't comment further. "We disagree with the EEOC's case based on the facts and law and we plan to vigorously defend ourselves," UHC spokesperson Anthon Marusic wrote in an email. "Among other things, the EEOC’s contention that the employee in question was a remote worker with no inperson job responsibilities is inaccurate," he said. "We continue to respect individual beliefs, while working to ensure the health, well-being and safety of our colleagues and those we are privileged to serve." Neither answered whether or how White House pressure and Biden's executive order affected their decisions to mandate and implementation of mandates. Legal experts told Bloomberg Law the EEOC's case is stronger since the Supreme Court's sweeping religious-accommodation ruling against the United States Postal Service in June. Vaccine-related complaints drove the surge in EEOC religious charges in fiscal 2022. EEOC updated its COVID vaccine guidance after the high court's Groff ruling to specify requests must pose more than a "de miminis" burden on employers to be rejected, though they can ask for more information if they have an "objective basis" to question an employee's sincerity.

(Border Wall, Continued from page 14) The former president's campaign team took Mayorkas's decision as a vindication, telling Fox News that "President Trump is always right. That’s why he built close to 500 miles of powerful new wall on the border and it would have been finished by now. Instead, Crooked Joe Biden turned our country

St. Jude's Children's Hospital, widely known for its heartwarming TV advertisements, is refusing to acknowledge the ruling's relevance to a year-old lawsuit by an information technology employee fired for not getting vaccinated, according to her attorneys. The hospital has repeatedly rejected requests to reinstate Lynn Kizer, modify her job or "consider her for other open positions" despite the clear language of Groff, and falsely claimed her job required "patient contact," the Pacific Justice Institute said in a Tuesday update. St. Jude's recently admitted employees provided false information in sworn depositions and declarations, PJI attorney Attorney Ronald Hackenberg told Just the News. They falsely claimed Kizer's supervisor resigned before she could be interviewed about Kizer's request, so a different manager was interviewed despite St. Jude's countervailing policy. Kizer's supervisor testified she didn't resign until 18 days after the request was denied, and could have offered Kizer three possible accommodations, PJI said. St. Jude's did not respond to requests for its response. Fear of litigation or legislation isn't stopping Houston's Baylor College of Medicine from making its faculty, staff and students to get the latest COVID19 vaccine. In a Sept. 29 email posted by antimandate Houston doctor Mary Talley Bowden but not publicly disclosed by BCM, Occupational Health Program Director Jim Kelaher "recommended" and "urge[d]" the community to get the new jab before specifying it was mandatory. Everyone has until Nov. 30 to provide "complete attestation" or request a "medical, religious or personal exemption," Kelaher said. Perhaps prompted by Bowden's publicity, BCM removed contact information for every staffer who deals with the media, though the page is archived. Media staffers did not answer Just the News queries to explain the exemption process or when and why it hid their contact information. The college does publicly warn new and potential hires they must be "up to date" with COVID vaccination, meaning the latest booster, and does not exempt "U.S. -based employees who do not ordinarily work on-site."

into one giant sanctuary for dangerous criminal aliens." President Joe Biden currently has a 33.6% approval rating on immigration, according to RealClearPolitics. A further 62.8% disapprove of his handling of the issue.

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ture have broken into our military.” He later added that this faction uses “cancel culture.” “Ordinary Americans, including our Airmen, are at risk of losing their livelihoods for saying things that, until yesterday, were matters of basic common sense and wisdom,” Yarbrough continued. "Things like, ‘men can’t birth babies,’ and ‘boys should not be allowed in the girls locker room.’” His speech also included a quote from the play “A Candle in the Wind,” by Soviet dissident and writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, which said in part, "To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail. You can resolve to live your life with integrity." An inquiry into Yarbrough’s remarks was conducted following the complaint that was filed by the Navy member. The LOA included statements from six witnesses that were obtained in the inquiry, some of whom had positive comments about his speech. One witness “found the speech to be ‘professional and respectful,’” while "two other witnesses understood the speech as an expression of Mr. Yarbrough’s religious beliefs,” according to the lawsuit. However, “The LOA referenced ‘several military members expressing displeasure with the contents of [Mr. Yarbrough’s] speech,’” the lawsuit reads. Some of the statements included in the LOA said, according to the lawsuit, “members were offended by the guest speakers comments” and “that there were some inappropriate comments made by the guest speaker at the subject event targeted at the LGBT community and other political issues currently taking place in our country.” The LOA didn’t identify any specific military code that Yarbrough allegedly violated, but simply said he was to “exercise better judgement and use appropriate venues for expressing personal views that align and comport with AFI 51-508 and AFI 1-1 for exercising [his] free speech rights,” the lawsuit reads. USAF regulations do not require citation to a specific military code in a Letter of Reprimand. They do, however, require telling the airman what they did or failed to do, citing specific incidents and their dates, what improvement is expected, and a warning that further deviation may result in more severe action. Recipients of an LOA have three duty days to submit documents for consideration, which will become part of the record. Yarbrough appealed the LOA four times, with the last denial issued “on behalf of the current Chief of Space Operations,” according to the lawsuit. The first denial was cited “AFI 362907 as granting the Air Force jurisdiction over Mr. Yarbrough while in civilian status,” the filing reads. The subsequent appeals “were denied without much substantive explanation or sufficient legal reasoning,” First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel Danielle Runyan, who represents Yarbrough, told Just the News on Wednesday. The First Liberty Insti-

tute says it is "the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans." “We’ve entered dangerous territory if the Air Force thinks it can punish Jace for his private religious exercise and private speech while acting as a private citizen in a private venue,” Runyan said in a statement on Tuesday. “In his purely civilian capacity, Jace had permission to speak freely and exercise his U.S. Constitutional and federally protected rights as an American citizen. The Air Force’s punishment of Jace is a perfect example of the very cancel culture he warned about in his speech.” The lawyers for Yarbrough declined to provide Just the News with a copy of the LOA. “The LOA in his record also increases the risk of future, more severe adverse action, including increasingly severe administrative reprimands, relief for cause from leadership positions, denial of promotion, removal from promotion lists, and perhaps even criminal prosecution by courtmartial,” the lawsuit reads. Yarbrough could also be discharged for future adverse actions and the LOA negatively affects his military and civilian career as a lawyer, according to the lawsuit. “[A]s a civilian attorney, he may be required to work for clients dealing with First Amendment issues, including free speech or religious liberty cases related to the Air Force,” the lawsuit claims. “The issuance of the LOA for actions engaged in while in his civilian capacity creates a threat that his civilian advocacy could subject him to additional military discipline.” Antony Kolenc, another attorney for Yarbrough and the Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Veterans and Servicemembers Law Clinic at Ave Maria Law, told Just the News on Wednesday that his concern about his client’s case is that it “is just one symptom of a much wider problem of essentially not tolerating people’s religious beliefs.” From religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to beliefs “against woke ideology,” Kolenc said that accommodating “religious beliefs is not popular with social issues” such as “LGBT rights. In the military, free speech and the exercise of religion is losing out.” Yarbrough said in a statement on Tuesday, “As the totalizing claims of radical progressivism devour more and more of our common life and institutions, even prosaic, obvious, and natural truths are vilified as harmful and extreme. I did not seek out this fight, but my faith forbids me from quietly assenting to what I know to be false. As a Christian I will not live by lies, even if it means I am no longer allowed to serve in uniform the country that I love, which has been one of the singular privileges of my life.” The Space Force didn’t respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. The Air Force told Just the News on Thursday that it doesn't comment on pending litigation.

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RockExpress, LLC 1434 Schneider Rd Howe, TX 75459 https://rock-express-llc.business.site/ 903-818-2386 rockexpressllc@gmail.com TLD Design Consulting LLC 103 E. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 http://www.tld -dc.com/ 903-436-4601 tdefrange@tldconsulting.net CONVENIENT STORES Quick Check #4 411 W. Haning Street Howe, TX 75459 903-532-5265 zackwilks82@yahoo.com DENTAL Anna Kids Dentistry 2016 W. White St. Anna, TX 75409 214-831-2400 Annakidsdentistry.com info@annakidsdentistry.com Howe Family Dentistry 100 S. Collins Freeway, PO Box 960 Howe TX 75459 howefamilydentistry.com 903.532.5545 EDUCATION Howe Community Library 315 S. Collins Freeway Howe TX 75459 www.howeisd.net/Page/83 903-745-4050 atchison.melissa@howeisd.net Howe Independent School District 105 W. Tutt St. Howe TX 75459 howeisd.net/ (903) 745-4000 ELECTRIC Rapid Electric, LLC (903) 421-8100 http://www.RapidElectricCo.com/ brent@rapidelectricco.com ENTERTAINMENT Chill Out Shaved Ice Howe, TX 75459 Chillout903@hotmail.com 903-436-0708

FINANCIAL Rethink Wealth—Kristen Harkless 559-681-7461 Kristen.Harkless@rethinkwealth.com FIREARMS Guns N More 281 Celtic Road Howe, TX 75459 GunsNMore.net (903) 267-1091 jared.c@gunsnmore.net FUNERAL HOME Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory 637 W. Van Alstyne Parkway Van Alstyne TX 75495 scogginsfuneralhome.com 903-482-5225 tommywscoggins@hotmail.com HAIR SALON Good Fellas Barber Shop 105 E. Haning St. (972) 502-0559 goodfellasbarbershoptx@gmail.com HEALTHCARE ER of Texas 115 W. Travis St Sherman, TX 75092 http://oroftexas.com/ 903-770-9099 tiffanyr@eroftexas.com HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING Baker A/C & Heating, Inc. 215 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-6225 bakerac.mark@yahoo.com Essential Home Performance, LLC 509 Borrow Way Van Alstyne, TX 75495 https:// www.essentialhomeperformance.com/ 14695459125 Info@essentialhomeperformance.com HOUSING Bainbrook Apartments 511 S. Collins Fwy Howe, TX 75459 (469) 712-4082 bainbrook75459.com

Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Loretta Anderson – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfb -ins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 23242/lorettaanderson 903-819-1041 landerson@txfb-ins.com INTERNET TekWav 223 N. Walnut St. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.tekwav.com 903-375-9787 jj@tekwav.com IT/DATA Texas Data and VoIP Security 109 W. Tilton Blue Ridge, TX 75424 https://www.tdavinc.com/ (972) 924-5010 dana@tdavinc.com MORTGAGE The Wood Group of Fairway – Lacey Tucker https://homeloanbylacey.com/ 469-910-0375 lacey.tucker@fairwaymc.com NON-PROFIT Goodwill Industries of Northeast Texas 2206 E. Lamar St. Sherman, TX 75090 goodwillnorthtexas.org spierce@goodwillnorthtexas.org United Way of Grayson County 713 E. Brockett P.O. Box 1112 Sherman, Texas 75091 903.893.1920

Sheryl Bentley, Coldwell Banker (903) 821-7653 yourrealtorsheryl@gmail.com Maureen Kane, REALTOR®, Paragon-REALTORS® 614 E Lamberth Rd Sherman, TX 75090 402-202-1540 maureen@paragonrealtors.com Michael Taylor – Keller Williams Realty P.O. Box 575 Howe TX 75459 mtaylor@kw.com Nicole Faye Sells Texas, LLC 215 N Quinlan St Howe, TX 75459 https://nicolefaye.fathomrealty.com/ 972-872-0529 nicolefayesellstexas@outlook.com The Llama Realty Group Dana Thornhill 204 Tate Circle Sherman, TX 75090 903-821-6890 llamarealtygroup@gmail.com RESTAURANTS El Patio Escondido Mexican Restaurant & Cantina 495 W. Van Alstyne Pkwy, P.O. Box 637 Van Alstyne TX 75495 elpatioescondido.com 903-482-5538 williampacheco519@yahoo.com Palio’s Pizza Cafe 303 W. Haning St. Howe TX 75459 https://www.palioshowe.com/ 903-532-0390 paliospizza@att.net ROOFING

PARTY RENTALS/DÉCOR Chase’s All Time Jumpers 2519 CR 4215 Bonham, Texas 75418 https:// www.chasesalltimejumpersllc.com/ 903-227-6488 Coltonlawrence24@yahoo.com PERSONAL SERVICES AND CARE

Definitive Roofing & Specialty Coatings, LLC 1094 Marlow Rd Bells, TX 75414 9038202110 roofingsc1@gmail.com

M&M Properties 901 N. Denny St Howe TX 75459 903-815-8355 mariecurtis16@gmail.com.

Debby Edwards Pink Zebra 1403 S. Travis St. Sherman, TX 75090 https://pinkzebrahome.com/ debbyedwards 903-820-8914 debbyedwards2@gmail.com

INSURANCE

PHOTOGRAPHY

Cory Hernandez State Farm 2114 Texoma Parkway Sherman, TX 75090 http://insurancequotetexoma.com/ 9038938400 cory@insurancequotetexoma.com

Beyond the Barn Photography 3354 FM 902 Howe, TX 75459 469-951-4054 Sara@beyondthebarnphotography.co m

Ed Meacham, State Farm 1303 N Sam Rayburn Frwy, Ste. 200 Sherman TX 75090 https://www.statefarm.com/ agent/US/TX/Sherman/EdMeacham-3TGY5753JAK 903-892-3923 ed@mredinsurance.com

PLUMBING

STORAGE

Brother Plumber 708 Maple St. Howe, TX 75459 469-968-4487 trent@brotherplumber.com http://Brotherplumber.com/

Howe Mini-Storage 609 N. Denny St. Howe TX 75459 903-532-7867 amanda.garner@howecpa.com

Jesse Brown Farmers Insurance 403 W. Haning St. Howe, TX 75459 https://agents.farmers.com/tx/howe/ jessie-brown 9034824063 jbrown9@farmersagent.com

Torque Plumbing 102 S. Collins Frwy Howe TX 75459 (972) 658-1515 torquemayes@yahoo.com

Kathy McGarry, Mayo Agency 215 S Ray Roberts Pkwy, P.O. Box 519 Tioga TX 76271 940-437-2378 kathy.mayoagency@gmail.com

Atmos Energy 5111 Blue Flame Rd. Sherman TX 75090 http://www.atmosenergy.com/ 1-888-286-6700 (Main) 1-866-322-8667 Natural Gas Emergency Jan.Rugg@atmosenergy.com

Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Darren Foster – Agent 1363 S Waco St Van Alstyne TX 75495 https://www.txfbins.com/ insurance/agent/grayson/ 32707/darrenfoster 903-436-2470 dfoster@txfb-ins.com

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Grayson -Collin Electric Cooperative, Inc. P.O. Box 548 Van Alstyne TX 75495 www.grayson-collin.coop 903-482-7100 mmcginnis@gcec.net

HIT Exteriors, LLC Howe, TX 75459 972-977-1523 sergio@hitexteriors.com Southern Cross Remodeling & Roofing Howe, TX 75459 Roofingbysoutherncross.com 972-800-9383 roofinbysoutherncross@gmail.com

TV SERVICES Cavender Home Theater DISH 6202 Texoma Parkway Sherman TX 75090 http://www.cavendertv.com/ 903-892-3499 chris@cavenderht.com TOWING Adams Automotive & Towing 85 Redden Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 adamsautotow.com 903-482-5784

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