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The City of Edna has partnered with the Jackson County and Edna ISD to clean up the old G.W. Carver School. A portion of the former school burned in March of this year. 

Mayor Joe Hermes said the burned property was a hazard to the public, and he began taking steps to get it cleaned up.

“After the school caught fire the portion that caught on fire was just sitting there. It was a definite health hazard and no one wanted to step up and get the portion that was burned hauled off,” he said. “The owners of the property don’t have the money or the means to do have it cleaned up. It was just sitting there so someone had to step up. On behalf of the city, I contacted the county and public schools and asked if they’d help us.” 

Columbus’ Hannah Glaeser is excited about working with the community and helping the community grow. Glaeser was recently named the new family consumer science agent at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in the Jackson County Services building. She will start working in Jackson County on Jan. 17.

“I come from a background in 4-H and consumer sciences,” she said. “I also graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology and health.”

This will be her first job out of college. Glaeser is currently looking for a home in Jackson County. 

The rest of the story can be read in the Dec. 17 edition of the Jackson County Herald-Tribune

 

By Chris Lundstrom

Publisher/Editor

It was every parent’s nightmare. A fire in the home and five of the six children didn’t get out. Annabel Peralez and Johnny Hernandez lost their mobile home on Rowlett St. in Edna early in the morning on Nov. 25, just three days before Thanksgiving. The couple’s youngest child, Johnny Hernandez III, 4, escaped with the parents, but the fire quickly engulfed the home, preventing the father and Edna firefighters from saving the siblings. Annabel suffered injuries from escaping through the window, but was released from the hospital later in the week. 

A candlelight vigil was held that evening for the kids, Noah, 15, Nicholas, 13, and Julian Ortiz, 11, and Areyanah, 5, and  Lilyana Hernandez, 6. Family members and friends gathered to remember the children and pray for those left behind.