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Yol. 105, No. 32 16 Pages, 2 Soctioas Juno 27, 2012
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Editor’s Note: Listings are for non-
profit, civic, church, benefits or
school events only. Email Chris
Lunds from at chindstrom@jackson
conews .com or call 782-3547 to list
your event.
The Industrial Youth
Football League will hold a
football camp for grades 1-6.
Registration will be June 29
from 6-8 p.m. at the Inez
Baptist Church and June 30
from 9-11 a.m. at the Lolita
field house. The camp is $50
per child and includes a T-
shirt. For more info contact
Sheila at 212-0031.
The Edna Cowboy 7 on 7
football team will hold a bake
sale and car wash on Friday,
June 29 at 9 a.m. in front of
Edna Auto Supply in Edna.
Proceeds will be used to pay
for the team to compete at
Texas A&M.
The New Harvest Church
on 116 Southeast St. is hold-
ing a program, “Women
Binding Together,” Friday,
June 29 at 6:30 p.m. Guest
speaker will be Mary Garcia
and there will be special music
and prayers for the sick. For
more info call 571-1883.
The 10th annual BYB Golf
Tournament will be held July
7 at the Edna Country Club.
Format is a 4-man scramble.
For more information call
Doug Holt at 771-6676.
The Telestials of Nashville
will be in concert at Baptist
Temple Church (across from
Walmart) on Sunday, July 8 at
6 p.m. The public is invited
and admission is free.
Celebrate Recovery class-
es will resume Wednesday,
July 11 at 6:30 p.m. at
Lakeway Fellowship Church
in Edna.
The City of Edna will flush
all water lines on Wednesday,
July 18 beginning at 10 p.m.
and ending at 4 a.m. on
Thursday, July 19.
The Ganado Maiden
Softball Camp will be July
18-20 for incoming fifth
through ninth grader Ganado
ISD students at the Ganado
softball field from 8:30 a.m. to
noon. Cost is $60 per camper
due at registration, 8 a.m. July
18. For more info contact
Malina Andel at man-
del @ ganadoisd.org or
(936)425-6972.
First United Methodist
“Little School” is holding
summer registration for ages
2-6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Tuesday for the month of
June. The cost is $72 for the
month. For those interested,
stop by the church office from
9:30 a.m. to noon for an appli-
cation.
Jackson County
Memorial Library will hold
a "Mother Goose Story Hour"
every Wednesday from 10-11
a.m. for children up to 3 years
of age only. Volunteer readers
are needed, contact the library
at 782-2162.
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ells, Mowles
will lead Edna
High School
By Chris Lundstrom
General Manager
When the dust settled at the
Edna ISD
board meet-
ing on June
19, con-
tracts for a
new high
school prin-
cipal, assis-
tant princi-
pal, and
numerous teachers and coach-
es were approved.
After the exit of popular
high school principal Richard
Wright, it was “musical
chairs” as Demetric Wells,
Edna Junior High principal
stepped into the high school
principal position. Band direc-
tor Bobby Mowles also moved
up to the assistant principal
position at the high school.
Probationary teacher con-
tracts were also approved for
Sarah Klein, who replaces Pat
Carroll at Edna Junior High,
Dustin Durham, who replaces
Estelle Granberry at Edna
High School, Kurtis Koop,
who replaces Robert Volkmer
at EHS, Mary Trochta, who
replaces Lauren Weitzel at
Edna Elementary School,
Susan Holub, who replaces
Melissa Cunningham at EES,
Monica Castillo, filling a new
federal funded class size
reduction
position at
EES,
Brandy
Cottrell,
who
replaces
Stacie
B roman at
EES,
Rachel Watkins who replaces
Meghan Boepple at EES,
Monica Herman, who replaces
Sara Repka at EES, and
Stephanie Kocurek, who
replaces Allison Hahn at EES.
Probationary teacher con-
tracts were also approved for
the following contingent upon
receiving letters of resignation
from the employees to be
replaced: Katy Rodriguez,
who replaces Wade Birchum
at EHS, and Alonzo Miller,
who replaces Kathy Johnson
at EHS.
Teachers and other staff also
were approved for salary
increases. Teachers, coun-
selors, nurses and librarians
will have an additional $1,000
of local enrichment at each
step and the addition of step
See Staff Page 2A
Fireworks will
be at park on 4th
By Chris Lundstrom
General Manager
Once again fireworks will
light up the sky at
Brackenridge Park on
Wednesday, July 4. Sponsored
by the Lavaca-Navidad River
Authority, the fun begins earli-
er in the day with an antique
tractor show and parade
through the Brackenridge Park
Campground.
The 1920-1960’s era trac-
tors will arrive at the park at 9
a.m. and be available for view-
ing until 5 p.m. The tractor
parade begins at 3 p.m. and
takes place in the camp-
ground.
Visitors other than regis-
tered campers may park at the
Hafemick Center to view the
tractors.
The fireworks begin at dark
across from the park. Visitors
will be directed to park in the
field across from the
Hafemick Center.
“This is a Class C show,”
said Cammie Pearson, manag-
er of the Brackenridge
Recreation Complex. “You
will be able to park up close
for good viewing of the fire-
works.”
There is no charge for the
tractor show, parade or fire-
works show.
Photo By Chris Lundstrom
Daniel Silver continues to help his mother Antonia Hernandez
make homemade tortillas at the family restaurant named after
him. He credits his mom for his success in graduating from col-
lege and getting a good job.
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A historical marker was dedicated in Francitas on June 2. Kathy Farrow, left, and her mother,
Helen Feldhousen, a resident of Francitas, were among the 65 individuals who attended the
ceremony. For the related story see Page 3A.
Council seeks grant for
sidewalk renovations
By Chris Lundstrom
General Manager
The City of Edna is plan-
ning to apply for a downtown
revitalization grant to help
replace broken, uneven side-
walks and make them handi-
capped accessible along Main
St. A public hearing was held
at the June 21 meeting to hear
public comments on the grant
application. With no com-
ments from the public, the
council approved applying for
the $150,000 grant through
the Texas Department of
Agriculture. The grant
requires a $45,000 match
from the city.
If the city receives the grant,
the sidewalks from Ed Linn
St. to Wells will be replaced
first. City Manager Ken
Knight indicated the city
would continue to apply for
grants until all the downtown
sidewalks are upgraded. Street
lights, flag poles and orna-
mental baskets are also on the
list of improvements planned.
The grants will be awarded
in October.
In other business, a public
hearing was held for a specif-
ic use permit for an RV park
planned by Mary Nell Tomas
and Clarence Tomas Jr. on lots
102 - 110 on Cordele St.
See RV Page 2A
STAAR tests are a puzzle
By Paul Harrison
Staff Writer
The monthly Ganado
Independent School District
board meeting was held at the
Media Center June 21 as the
district took care of summer
house cleaning tasks and
showed a mix of bemusement
and frustration at the handling
of the new STAAR test.
Superintendent Jeff Black
explained that the district does
not know enough about the
STAAR test to be able “to put
anything together.”
“We don’t have a clue what
the passing grade is going to
be,” said Black. “It’s harder,
so we’ve scored lower, but I
haven’t talked to a district that
feels like they did better. We
thought (the students) had to
pass 12 to graduate, now it’s
15 to graduate because they
split English. We’ll see how
much adjustment we can
make by the end of the year. If
we make it, it’s only because
our teachers rethink and
change how they approach
what they do.”
There will be no released
STAAR test until July, and it
is possible the school district
See Goals Page 3A
Success grounded in family
By Chris Lundstrom
General Manager
Daniel Silver graduated
from college in May. While
that is a commendable
achievement, it’s not too
unusual. After all, people
graduate from college all
the time. But Daniel’s story
is one of hard work and ded-
ication - not just on his part,
but on the part of his whole
family.
You see, in 2004 Daniel’s
family opened a Mexican
restaurant in Edna and
named it Daniel’s Tacos. He
was just a freshman in Edna
High School at the time, but
the restaurant became an
integral part of his life and
plays a part in his success
story.
Daniel’s parents immi-
grated to Texas from
Mexico. His mother,
Antonia Hernandez, became
a U.S. citizen in 2002.
“She wanted to work for
herself and always wanted
to own a restaurant,” Daniel
said. “She opened the
restaurant and named it
‘Daniel’s’ because she said
she saw something different
in me.”
The restaurant would help
pay for his and any other
siblings who would want to
go to college.
“My mom loves all her
kids,” he said. “My sister
Jessinia is in Victoria
College to study nursing.
Mom supported all of us.
She is always pushing my
brothers to succeed, too.”
Daniel has three sisters
and two brothers and all
work in the restaurant,
along with his stepdad,
Teofilo.
“My stepdad is real posi-
tive about everything,” he
said. “He has done wonders
for us and I always gave him
a lot of respect.”
When he was in high
school, Daniel, who’s nick-
name is appropriately
“Taco,” said his life consist-
ed of school, sports and the
restaurant. When he wasn’t
in school or participating in
sports he was at the restau-
rant. One day he got frustrat-
ed with it all so Antonia put
him to work at the restaurant
two straight days from 7 a.m.
- 7 p.m.
“She let me know this is
what my life would be like if
I don’t go to college,” he
said.
And during a time when
other kids might get into
trouble, Daniel didn’t have
that option.
“Working at the restaurant
kept me out of trouble,” he
said. “Mom would say, ‘if
you have time to get into
trouble you have time to
work.’”
All during college he came
home at least twice a month
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