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Edna EMS/Fire and Edna Police officers responded to a fire at Ash and Frank White in Edna on Jan. 20. A storage building had caught on fire. There were no injuries reported.

The Vanderbilt Girl Scout Troop 9575 will be selling Girl Scout cookies in Jackson County until Feb 23. Cookies are $4 a box. From left are Brownie Kylie Rozsypal, Junior Kristen Bubela, Daisy Kaylee Karl and Brownie Rynna Miori.

    By Lisa Shapiro, Staff Writer

by Millie Diaz
Sports Writer
    Much-loved Ganado coach Jimmy Thompson made a decision over the Christmas break to resign from his post as Male Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at the end of the current school year. He will be replaced by Defensive Coordinator Jim Bird.
    “Coach Thompson is going to be missed, he’s been really great for the kids and he’s going to be hard to replace,” said Principal Andy Bridges. “He has really excellent experience.”
    2013-14 made Thompson’s fourth year at Ganado High School, and he took the football team to the playoffs every year, with a record of 39-9.

   Edna’s Lola Anderson is a sweet girl, a tomboy actually, who loves driving her 4-wheeler and her blue motorcycle, which is her favorite color. When Lola smiles, there's a small hole where her front teeth should be, and makes her all the more childlike. She does well in math, and especially likes to ride horses, fish and hunt – when she's not driving one of her trucks. Lola wants to be a police officer when she grows up, and has a baby brother named Tripp.
    And if you watched her play with Tripp, you'd never notice she had a stroke at 18 months. There's the tiniest limp when she walks, but her big smile and big eyes distract anyone immediately. That's why Lola’s parents, Bowen and Fairleigh Rose and Clint Anderson and Kimberly Brannan, and the four extended families attached to them are involved in a run in Lola’s name for pediatric stroke awareness so other parents can know what could happen to a child and the signs to look for.

The following students received Cobra Pride academic awards. The students are listed along with Cobra Pride award and teacher and are in no particular order: English, Deyton- Ethan McMullen, James Adams, Mariah Martinez, Kori Hessler; Fine Arts, Doggett- Lillian Hill, Samantha Taulbee, Dylan Hempel, James Symonds; Math, Griffith- Joshua Symonds, Wyatt Sandhop, Carson Popp, Audrey Cate; Science, Patton- Ray Rodriguez, Montavius Coleman, Jordan Williams, Colton Nagel; Social Studies, McGinnis- Amy Hessler, Andrew Welder, Kelsey Van Pelt, Chazidi Zambrano; Spanish, McManus- Kayla Weixelman, Sean Bastian-Bennett, Jack Perry, Jesus Chavarria; Athletics/PE/Health, Lothman- Omar Vazquez, Dakota Moreno, Darcie Moreno, Levi Perry; Career and Technology, Kinsfather- Haley Branum, Dylan Kruppa, Mason Lively, Mason Davis

Jackson County Family Life Extension Agent Anne Chutz stands in front of the old fairgrounds, the proposed setting for a community garden.

Each month a student from each school in Ganado ISD is named student of the month for academic excellence. From left are Sierra Salazar, Logan Tupa and Tyler Workmon.

Randy Palmero, instructor of Building Trades at Edna High School, was proud to show off his students and the work they’ve done, but didn’t want to be in the picture. From left, Manuel Palacios, Dallas Manzanalez, Jennifer Malvaez, Adrian Deleon, Jade Manzanalez, Joshua Neilson and Manuel Macedonio stand in front of a shed they helped build since the beginning of November. “Our plan is to build a house next year,” Palmero said.

    The new orange voter registration certificates for 2014-2015 were placed in the mail Dec. 6. Upon receiving your card, review it carefully for any errors. If there is an error on your card, please contact the Voter Registrar’s office immediately at 361.782.3473. Also, please keep your card in a safe place as you will need to provide it at the time of voting.