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Editor’s Note: Listings are for non-
profit, civic, church benefits or
school events only. Email Chris
Lundstrom at chmdstrom@jackson
conews .com or call 782-3547 before 5
p.m. on Fridays to list your event.
Joseph Pope will be the
guest speaker at New Harvest
Christian Church, 1015 S.
East St., Edna, at 6:30 p.m. on
Friday, Feb. 21. The public is
invited.
Gideon Baptist Church,
627 CR 3171, Edna, will hold
their Black History Fellowship
program at 3 p.m. on Sunday,
Feb. 23 with Rev. Fou Jackson
of St. Thomas Baptist Church
in Westhoff as the guest
speaker.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist
Church, Edna will hold its An-
nual Men’s Day Program on
Sunday, Feb. 23 at 3 p.m.
Speaker is Rev. T.B. Parker of
Greater N.E. Antioch Mission-
ary Baptist Church in Houston.
The Ganado Lions Club
will hold its annual chili supper
on Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 5 to 7
p.m. at the Ganado ISD cafete-
ria. Tickets are $6 each and are
available from any Lions Club
member. The Ganado Band
Booster Club will also have a
cake auction.
The Best of Texas Banquet
sponsored by the Jackson
County Chamber of Com-
merce, will be held at 6 p.m. on
Saturday, March 1 at the Jack-
son County Services Building
auditorium. Tickets are $10
and are available at the Cham-
ber office, the Jackson County
Herald-Tribune, any Chamber
director or at the door.
The Mt. Olive Cemetery
Committee will hold its 13th
Annual Memorial Program on
Sunday, March 2 at 2:30 p.m.
at Mt. Olive Baptist Church,
Hwy. Ill N. and CR 287.
Guest preacher is Rev. Hay-
ward Robinson of Scruggs
Chapel United Methodist
Church, Edna.
The Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce has
Best of Texas gun raffle tickets
for $20 each or six for $100.
Tickets are available at the
Jackson County Herald-Tri-
bune, the Chamber, or from
any Chamber director.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist
Church, Edna, will hold its
Women’s Conference at 9 a.m.
on Saturday, March 15. Regis-
tration is $20 per person and
includes continental breakfast
and lunch. Individual or church
groups should pre-register by
March 1 by contacting Linda
Edwards at 361-782-8382,
daygan@ suddenlink.net or Pa-
tricia Thomas at361-550-5847,
triciaednal @yahoo.com.
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Project will reflect Flag City nickname
By Chris Lundstrom
Publisher/Editor
The City of Edna has a spe-
cial project underway for the
entrance to the city. Still in the
early planning stages with no
specific details available, ac-
cording to Mayor Joe Hermes,
the project will reflect the
city’s nickname of “Flag City
USA” and hopefully be com-
pleted by Flag Day, which is
June 14.
At the Feb. 6 regular meet-
ing, an item on the agenda was
to discuss and consider bids
for the disposition of a house
located at 823 N. Wells St., ad-
jacent to McDonald’s restau-
rant. Knight told council no
bids were received for the
house so council approved
bulldozing the building to
clear the land.
Also, council approved do-
nations totaling $550 for the
city’s special project. That
brings the total donations thus
far to $50,550.
In other business, council
approved replacing poles and
lights at the softball field at
Shelby Park. Knight told
council two lights had fallen
off the poles at the Little
League and softball fields and
upon further inspection it was
decided that all the lights at
those fields should be replaced
for safety reasons.
With the Little League sea-
son set to begin March 21,
Knight asked for authorization
to approve a quote and sign for
financing. At an estimated cost
per field of $72,500 for four
poles per field, the total cost
should be about $145,260.
Knight said Edna ISD and the
Little League organization
would help with the cost, but
no figures had been decided.
Delivery and installation
could take up to two months,
thus complicating things for
spectators since the bleachers
at the softball field will be cor-
doned off for safety. But once
the new lights are installed,
Knight said, everything should
be good to go.
In other business, council
approved donating $5,000
from the hotel/motel tax ac-
count to Flag City Opry.
New technology
helps kids learn
Photo by Chris Lundstrom
Dr. John Young, chairman of Inteplast Group, was at the Bauer Community Center in Port Lavaca
last week for the company’s annual Manufacturing Conference and Exposition. Young gave the
attending media a tour of all the products Inteplast Group and its affiliates manufacture.
Passionate about plastic
By Chris Lundstrom
Publisher/Editor
Dr. John Young walked
down an aisle lined with bags,
clear film, siding, decking,
and more bags - all manufac-
tured in plants that are part of
the Inteplast Group. Young,
chairman and co-founder of
Inteplast Group, beamed like
a new father, the pride in his
eyes evident. It was the first
time in the company’s history
for all the products to be on
display in one location.
Young was at the Bauer
Community Center in Port
Lavaca Feb. 10 through Feb.
12 for Inteplast’s Annual
Manufacturing Conference
and Exposition. Manufactur-
ing personnel from the In-
teplast Group and its affiliates
from around the world con-
vened for the three day con-
ference to share ideas, discuss
goals and celebrate individu-
als who have contributed to
the company’s success.
Young said 24 employees
from North American plants
were honored as “All Stars” at
the conference. He said the
employees, ranging from op-
erators and technicians to fork
lift operators, were chosen
based on their behavior, con-
tributions and project incen-
tives.
“This brings us back to our
roots,” Young said. “We don’t
appreciate as much as we
should. These employees
were recognized at a special
dinner during the conference.”
Inteplast was established in
1990, with the Lolita plants
completed by 1994. Young
said the company now has
plants all over the United
States and also in Canada and
Thailand.
“The plant in Lolita is the
single largest plastics con-
verging site in North America
- no, the world,” he said,
smiling. And it keeps grow-
ing. The success of the plant
shows in the numbers. In-
teplast sells more than $ 1 bil-
lion of its products in Texas
annually.
The plant in Lolita employ-
ees 2,230 individuals. Young
said many of the original em-
ployees still work at the plant,
some holding key positions.
“They have a lot of respon-
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By Lisa Shapiro
Staff Writer
The Industrial Independent
School District Board of
Trustees discussed technologi-
cal improvements at its cam-
puses during its Feb. 10 regular
board meeting.
Kelly Kisiah, district
dyslexia coordinator, shared
with trustees a new
website/software called Book-
share. Bookshare is an accessi-
ble online library of digital
books for people with print dis-
abilities. It operates under an
exception to U.S. copyright
law which allows copyrighted
digital books to be made avail-
able to people with qualifying
disabilities.
“We have been actively
looking for new technology
that will help our students,”
Kisiah said. “Our students use
audio books. This is a new one
that we came across. It is called
Bookshare and is accessible to
students with a learning dis-
ability that impacts reading.”
She said each of the students
have to be signed up on the
website, then the software
needed to allow them to read
the books is free and can be
downloaded on any electronic
device.
According to Bookshare,
members with severe dyslexia
typically benefit from access to
the full text of books in digital
format.
Individuals with visual im-
pairments can listen to books
with using a text-to-speech
synthesized voice, read books
in braille, or access the mate-
rial in large print.
USD Superintendent Tony
Williams said during the week
before spring break, from
March 3-7 students will be al-
lowed to bring devices to use in
class and during lunch. On
Thursday, March 6 at 1 p.m. all
students will try to get on the
internet at the same time.
“We will also select a day
and time to do a device count
to see how many students have
devices to use in class,”
Williams said. “Parents will be
given advance communication
about this trial week from each
principal.”
Nathan Sappington, USD
technology director, presented
photos of new wiring and
equipment installed in com-
puter labs, classes and other
areas in each of the schools
where students and faculty
members uses computers and
portable devices.
Sappington said teachers are
starting to Skype a video chat
with the students in AEP
In other news, Academic
UIL results were presented for
the elementary and junior high
levels. The total number of par-
ticipants at IJHS was 143.
Kim Schaefer, Industrial El-
ementary East principal, said
Industrial Elementary students
placed in every event. Schaefer
said there were many students
who placed first.
“We had a great turnout,”
she said. “The teachers put in a
lot of extra time to practice
with these kids. We were very
proud of them.”
The Industrial Educational
Foundation is planning an ele-
mentary father/daughter dance
on Saturday, March 29. The
IEF is also planning a recogni-
tion luncheon for the top ten
seniors, their parents, and the
most influential educator of
their school years, along with
IEF board members and school
board members.
Home schooling
not regulated
By Lisa Shapiro
Staff Writer
Violence in schools, bullying
and catering to a child’s dis-
ability are just a few reasons
why parents choose to home-
school their children, accord-
ing to Dee Ann Tindell of
Edna.
Tindell is home-schooling
her two children, ages eight
and 11. She said there are a few
benefits with home schooling.
“I think the freedom to study
what your children are inter-
ested in is a benefit,” Tindell
said. “We take a lot of field
trips. One of the good things is
there are so many places in
Texas, like the Texas State
Aquarium in Corpus Christi,
Sea World and NASA. They
are so good about having activ-
ities for home-schooled kids.”
She said the State of Texas is
one of the most lenient states
when it comes to home-school-
ing. Parents are required to
have a curriculum in reading
and math. Students must also
be taught good citizenship.
Home-schooling laws vary
from state to state, Tindell said.
She said the government does
not monitor what parents are
teaching their children because
parents are not held account-
able.
“There’s no laws for testing
in Texas and we don’t have to
report anything to the school
district,” Tindell said.
She said many home-
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Home schooling the right way
Photo by Lisa Shapiro
Homeschool students, Jillian Tindell, left, and Sophie Sachtleben follow instructions while paint-
ing a light house at the First Baptist Church. Art is one of the many classes provided by the Jack-
son County Home School Co-op
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