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The Flag City Cookers, representing the City of Edna, earned first place in the People’s Choice at the Fiddlers Frolics in Hallettsville April 25 and 26. According to Brad Ryan, team member, this is the fifth year in a row the Cookers won the Peoples Choice award. In addition, the team won seventh place in steak, first place in Showmanship/Best Pit Area, and first place in brisket. Bubba Smith was in charge of the steak and Will Alex, brisket. From left are, Dennis Mader, Sharon Nichols, Ryan, William Alex, and Charlie Mader. Not pictured are Bubba Smith and Larry Horton.

Fourth graders from Edna, Ganado and Industrial East and West gathered at the Brackenridge Main Event Center on May 6 to learn about the food they eat, bugs in the garden, cotton, poultry, wildlife, the modern milking process, and even banking. Kids have squealed at the baby chicks and shrinked back at a cornsnake.

City of Edna employees Kayla Teltschik and Katherine Young show off some of the electronics that were accepted at the City of Edna’s annual Clean Sweep. They were in charge of handling e-waste that will be shipped off to a Houston recycling company. The Clean Sweep was May 1 and May 2.

It was Jackson County Day at the Capitol in Austin on April 21 and representatives from the county spent the day in the Capitol visiting with state officials. From left are, front, Katherine Pope, Senator Lois Kolkhorst, Chris Lundstrom, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Judge Dennis Simons, and Sheriff Andy Louderback; second row, Carol Wootton, field representative for Congress Blake Farenthold, Lindsey Bradford, Robert O’Connor, Charles Taylor, and Patrick Brzozowski; third row, Blake Petrash, Wayne Hunt, Mary Lou Hunt, Ann Peterson, Barbara Martin, and Kay Simons; and back, Clinton Tegeler, Ronald Kubecka, Jerry Adelman, and Glenn Martin.

The Mudbug royalty were in attendance at the Ganado Fire Department’s Annual Crawfish Festival on April 25. From left are Brinley Strauss, Little Miss Mudbug; Makeney Floyd, runner-up; Cameron Pittman, Little Mister Mudbug; and Kent McCain, runner up.

It's that time again! We will publish our special "Diapers to Diplomas" section on May 20. The deadline is Thursday, May 14 at 5 p.m. to have your senior included in the section. As an incentive to get a head start on this, we have a $2 coupon in the April 22 issue that expires May 1, making it $20. The cost after that is $22. This is always such a fun section, and I know how much we enjoy seeing pictures of these kids when they were little and and now as they are about to graduate. Call 782-3547 if you have any questions. Information and photos can be emailed to advertising@jacksonconews.com, but payment must be received before May 1 (and coupon included) for the discount.

By Lisa Shapiro

Staff Writer

Industrial ISD Board of Trustees chose a new AD/head football coach without leaving the district.

They chose Kensey Allen, offensive coordinator in football, an assistant coach for boys basketball and baseball at Industrial High School during the 2014-15 school year, which is his first year at IHS. He came to Industrial after being a teacher at Edna High School where he taught U.S. History and World History for eight years and coached Edna baseball.

The board approved a one-year probationary contract. His contract goes into effect on April 14. He will be replacing Jeff Rogers.

A full story will be published in the April 22 edition of the Jackson County Herald-Tribune.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office wants to alert residents of another scam that has surfaced this week.
    According to Gary Smejkal with the sheriff’s office, several residents received telephone calls purportedly from Publishers Clearing House informing them they had won a car. They were instructed to send a small fee to a Post Office box in Three Rivers, Texas.
    “Normally on phone scams they ask for thousands of dollars,” Smejkal said. “This was unusual in that they were asking for a much smaller amount and they also weren’t asking for it to be wired or sent by a prepaid card.”
    He said one of the residents who received the call questioned the caller and was told if they didn’t believe them they should hang up, which they did. When they tried to call the number back they discovered it originated from Kingston, Jamaica.