Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Page: 1 of 22
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Editor’s Note: Listings are for non-
profit, civic, church, benefits or
school events only. Contact Chris
Lundstrom at 361-782-547 or email
clundstrom@jacksonconews.com to
list your event.
Redeemer Lutheran
Church of Edna will begin
new English and Spanish
classes in January. The classes
are free of charge and will
offered on a variety of days.
For more information, please
call (361)782-3793.
St. Paul Lutheran
Preschool is now holding
early registration for the
2012-2013 school year. Call
782-3364 for more informa-
tion.
The Deutschburg
Community Club will host
its 59th annual Seafood Lunch
and Dinner benefit on
Saturday, Jan. 28 from 11 a.m.
- 6 p.m. at the Deutschburg
Community Center, FM 1862
northwest of Palacios. To go
or eat in plates of shrimp and
catfish with all the trimmings
are $9. Volunteers are needed,
call 872-2263 for more infor-
mation.
Shiloh Baptist Church,
604 M.L. King Drive in Edna,
will host its Men’s Fellowship
Breakfast at 9 a.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 28 at 9 a.m.
Rev. Montari D. Morrison of
Greater Mt. Calvary
Missionary Baptist Church in
Victoria will be the guest
speaker. Tickets are $10. For
more information contact T. J.
Harris at 235-0488 or email
him at prenew@yahoo.com.
Doris Mager will present a
program on Birds of Prey at
Lake Texana State Park on
Saturday, Feb. 4 at 11 a.m.
and again at 2 p.m.
Faith Temple Church of
God in Christ, located at 607
Carver St., will be selling
wing dinners Saturday, Feb. 4
starting at 11 a.m. Plates of
wings, buttered potatoes,
broccoli and a desert will be
sold for $7.
Baptist Temple will host a
Super Bowl Party Feb. 5 at
4:30 p.m. in the Family
Ministry Center, 1001 N.
Wells (across from Walmart).
We will serve hamburgers,
hotdogs and all the trimmings.
The Edna Knights of
Columbus will hold their
annual Super Bowl Sunday
barbecued chicken dinner
from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on
Sunday, Feb. 5 at the St.
Agnes CCD. Tickets are
$7.50 per plate and can be
purchased from David
Sheblak at 782-6635 or
Charles Sheblak at 782-3148.
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County has
job openings
Staff Writer
David Partlow of BRR
Consulting stood before
Edna City Council Jan. 19
and reported that Edna has a
great deal of room for devel-
opment and relayed that sev-
eral of the firms he had talked
to had shown a positive inter-
est in bringing a restaurant or
hotel into town. In other
Council business, David
Rose applied for and was
granted a Specific Use Permit
for a planned RV park behind
Sonic Drive-in, and the 2012-
13 Street Repair Plan will be
reconsidered in light of need-
ed drainage repairs.
Partlow and company have
been collecting data for the
City of Edna as agreed to get
a sense of the city’s mar-
ketability in bringing in a
to BRR’s report, Edna is cap-
italizing on only $5 million
of $9 million market poten-
tial within a 30-minute drive,
based on the national spend-
ing average. The city had the
third-highest traffic count in
2010 compared to neighbor-
ing cities of comparable size,
including Yoakum, Gonzalez
and Bastrop.
Partlow reported that the
information gathered would
reach roughly 3-4,000 people
when the memos go out con-
taining the information on
land available for develop-
ment and the closed
KFC/TacoBell property, and
that BRR would then evalu-
ate the response received.
However, Partlow pointed
out repeatedly that they had
already received interest
the information gathering
stages, and emphasized how
positive and unusual that
was.
Based on information from
the Texas Department of
Transportation for traffic
along 1-69 (Hwy 59), with a
projected traffic flow of
45,000, Partlow believes
“sooner or later, a heavy hit-
ter will be brought into the
area.”
“We aren’t even supposed
to be this far along until after
this meeting,” assured
Partlow.
A Victoria broker, accord-
ing to Partlow, believes that
restaurants may be slow, but
was negotiating prices on
land for a motel.
“A big one,” said Partlow.
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By Kendrick Callis
Staff Writer
Jackson County is hiring.
At their Jan. 23 meeting,
commissioners approved
authorizing vacant positions
in the tax-assessor collector’s
office, sheriff’s office, Pet. 2
and the district clerk’s office
to be filled. No action was
taken on creating and funding
an additional temporary part-
time position in the sheriff’s
office. According to County
Treasurer Mary Horton, cur-
rent county employees are
given the first opportunity to
fill vacant positions before
being advertised in the
Jackson County Herald-
Tribune and on the county
Web site.
Shirley McGill, Extension
club chairman, and Mike
Hiller, county Extension
agent, along with several club
members were on hand to
present their yearly volunteer
hours. In 2010, the ladies
contributed 9,564 volunteer
hours valued at $199,429.
The group of 20 was also able
to provide six 4-H scholar-
ships and completed giving
the four new programs rec-
ommended by the state.
Those programs were breast
United States Postal
Service price adjustments
have kicked in as of Jan. 22.
Key changes include a 1-
cent increase to 45 cents for
letters, a 3-cent increase to 32
cents for postcards, a 5-cent
increase to 85 cents for letters
to Canada or Mexico (1 oz.),
and a 7-cent increase to $1.05
for letters to other internation-
al destinations. Prices will
also change for other mailing
services, including
Periodicals, Package Services
and others, according to the
USPS.
A new domestic service,
called Express Mail Flat Rate
Box, also went into effect. It
awareness, wind turbines,
world hunger and conserving
energy.
County Clerk Barbara
Williams reported that in
2010-2011 her office collect-
ed $419,041 in fees. There
have been 483 criminal cases
filed and 38 juvenile cases.
Williams also reported that
her office has collected
$42,106 in fees for copies
made.
An amendment to the
Energy Transfer tax abate-
ment limiting the maximum
environmental credits the
company can receive from 25
to 10 percent was approved.
All other parts of the agree-
ment remain the same.
In other news, Smart Grant
was chosen as the grant
administrator for the new
Coastal Impact Assistance
Program grant. They will be
charged with handling the
various amendments of the
grant. Two items concerning
the reallocation of 2008
CIAP grant funds to Bennett
Park and bids received on the
Bennett Park was tabled until
commissioners could discuss
further how the reallocation
would affect other projects
being considered.
will cost $39.95 with a weight
limit of 70 pounds. Priority
Mail flat rate prices will also
be adjusted. Rates are avail-
able at any post office.
Postmaster General Patrick
Donahue said in a statement
on the USPS web site that the
increase is “small” and is nec-
essary “to help address
[USPS'] current financial cri-
sis.”
The USPS reportedly lost
$8 billion in 2010 and is only
legally allowed to increase
prices up to the Consumer
Price Index rate of inflation -
which was 2.1 percent for this
increase, according to the
USPS.
Photo by Kendrick Callis
Helping keep Jackson County clean
Inmates and trustees in the Jackson County Detention center were enlisted to clean
up the highway area near Loves Truck Stop Jan. 18. Sherrif Andy Louderback, Jai
Administrator Jim Omecinski and Pet. 4 employees pitched in as well. In four hours the
crew picked more than 1,300 pounds of tires, plastics and paper litter. The Edna City
Council also decided to help in the effort and is planning to hire an off-duty jailer to
oversee a crew of inmates to pick up trash in the city on a regular basis.
Consultant says Edna
is the next Sugar Land
By Paul Harrison
major restaurant. According from several parties while in
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Local Mudders anticipating the challenge
By Paul Harrison
Staff Writer
You’ve seen the signs and
heard
people
ask the
question,
“Just
what is a
Mudder?”
The easy
explana-
tion is that
Tough Mudder is an “iron-
man” type competition
designed by British Special
Forces with part of the pro-
ceeds benefitting the
Wounded Warriors pro-
gram. The self-proclaimed
“Toughest Event on the
Planet” is coming to
Brackenridge Park outside
Edna Saturday and Sunday,
Jan. 28-29, jand bringing a
truckload of people from all
over the country and globe
to Lake Texana’s shores. Of
course, Jackson County has
its fair share of Mudders as
well. The Mudder people
virtually
guarantee
bruises,
fire, lac-
erations
and even
possibly
broken
bones in
the name
of good fun and a spirit of
comradery.
“[Husband] Jake’sl cur-
rently having panic attacks,
but I’m very excited,” kid-
ded Shelley Srp of Edna.
“We’ve been doing a lot to
get ready and really enjoyed
the training. We’ve been
going twice a week to what
we call Boot Camp with
Chris Thoma^ lifting
weights and trail running in
town and out in the country.
It is going to be very chal-
lenging, but I’ve been
telling myself the pain I
endure during 12 miles is
nothing
compared
to what
Wounded
Warriors
g o
through
on a daily
basis. I
think work
will cover the benefits.
We’re excited for the com-
munity; this will bring lots
of people in and hopefully
we’ll flourish. I’m dreading
the tunnels half-submerged
in water.”
“We’re going to try this
challenge and see if we can
do it,” said Edna’s Tammy
Atkinson. “We have done
the Muddy Buddy in
Austin,Ibut this is a more
intense challenge. I haven’t
looked at the site, I like to
be surprised more. I have
watched videos [of previous
Mudder events] and kind of
a m
preparing
that way.
There are
a couple
that have
a fear fac-
tor - the
being
s u b -
merged in ice water and the
tunnels dug into the ground,
the muddy, dark tunnels.
We’re going to try it all. The
electricity doesn’t really
scare me, I’ve been shocked
by an electric fence before.
We’re basically going out
there and going to have fun.
We signed up in April and I
have been thinking about
the weather ever since - I’m
cold-natured so I’m praying
for warm weather. I think
the challenge at the end is
they have this big ramp like
a skateboard ramp and
they’ve greased that thing
down. It
looks like
you run
and throw
your
body in
the air
and hope
some-
body
catches you the first time.
It’s going to be fun, we’re
very excited. I’m anxious to
get started. I did tell a friend
they probably didn’t want to
bring small children out
there around the electrical
shock course near the end,
you’re not likely to be in
control of what kind of lan-
guage comes out over
there.”
“I guess we weren’t
thinking too well the day we
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