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The Ganado PTA sponsored “Breakfast with Santa” on Dec. 7. From left are Hannah Janssen with Ganado 4H, Reagan Prickett, Santa Claus, Kingsley Zarate with Ganado 4H.

Members of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Edna spread the Christmas cheer on Dec. 15 by visiting area nursing homes and singing carols to the residents. The children also presented residents with Christmas cards they had made during Sunday School class. “Caroling at the nursing homes gives us the opportunity to show and share the true meaning of Christmas with a very special segment of our community,” said Rev. Andrew Schroer. “The faces of the residents light up when they see the children and as join us in their favorite Christmas songs.” From left are, front, Eric Banda, Lupe Monroy, and Fabian Garcia; and back, Christian Banda, Pam Anderson, Michael Banda, Ximena Garcia, Lexi Banda, Isabel Schroer, and Mary Beth LaPier.

Emily Proper, a kindergarten student at Edna Elementary School, read Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer to Melba Lowery's Pre-K class during literacy time.  The Pre-K students have been learning the alphabet letters and sounds.  Emily talked to the class about the importance of learning their letters and the sounds.  She told them that one day they will learn to read just like her. Emily is the daughter of Timothy and Sonya Proper. 

Shawn Egg is a roper in his heart, mind and body. Nearly every day is taken up with roping, and most definitely every week. Egg just won a truck last month in San Antonio and won a trailer at the same place two months before that, plus a saddle, a buckle and $4,800. This is the fourth trailer he’s won this year.

Brookshire Bros. in Ganado held a Jackson County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting and grand opening Dec. 19 and Dec. 21. The newly-renovated grocery store and pharmacy has a wide selection of fresh fruits and vegetables and quality meats butchered on site. From left are front row, Rodney Roberson, Chamber vice-president, Donna Coleman, Chamber president, Frances Rangel, Don Janik, store manager, Brenda Fowler, Ernest Preuss, Stephen Servantes, Molly Cavallero, Brookshire Bros. employees, Lauren Kainer, pharmacist, and Clinton Tegeler, office manager; and back, Charlotte Curlee, Chamber secretary, Amanda Mamerow, Chamber director, Clay Oliver, Brookshire Bros. CFO, John Alson, Brookshire Bros. COO, Kent Pursley, district director, Guy Karpienski, retail operations, Ken Brelda, pharmacy director, Billy Macek, store director, and Keith Moseley, pharmacy district director.

The holidays are always a time for cheerful warmth surrounded by family, and when it spreads to circles further than that, the joy is it spreads is palpable. The people from the First United Methodist Church in Edna and Technical Sergeant Michael Powell in Afghanistan have done just that for troops working near Powell.

Escape Salon, located at 110 W. Main St. in Edna, held a Jackson County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting on Dec. 6. Owned by Colleen Ulbricht, Escape Salon offers hair styling and coloring, along with manicures and pedicures. From left are Kevin Davis, Deidra Whitley, Chamber directors, Charlotte Curlee, Chamber secretary, Donna Coleman, Chamber president, Ulbright and her husband and family, and Lindsey Bradford, Chamber director. 

The Jackson County Education Extension Agency had their Christmas luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Chamber of Commerce. Jo Laine Schurig from Gonzales was chosen as the member of the year. “That one was a nice surprise,” Schurig smiled.

Clint Nyegaard, middle, was first in the shoot-out roping and won a saddle as the All-Star Champion calf roper at the Rising Star Calf Roping Rodeo Thanksgiving weekend in Duncan, Oklahoma. He is the son of Clint and Trisha Nyegaard of Cuero and David Nyegaard of Ganado, and the grandson of Edna LaFour and Lonie Nyegaard of Ganado. On his left is rodeo producer Clint Neal and on his right rodeo producer Mark Holder.