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Wednesday, February 12,2014
Jackson County Herald-Tribune
Head Start gives kids a good start
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children with numerous op-
portunities to experience
success, and to foster the role
of parents as primary educa-
tors, nurturers and advocates
for their children. Head Start
provides children with pre-
school learning opportunities
and places emphasis on so-
cial services, health/mental
health, nutrition and parental
involvement services.
Aurora Rodriguez, family
service advocate of TMC
Edna Head Start, said she be-
lieves it is a great program.
Rodriguez said TMC Golden
Crescent Head Start covers
Victoria, Gonzales, Calhoun,
Dewitt, Lavaca and Jackson
Counties. It is offered to low
income families for free and
is run by the federal govern-
ment.
Rodriguez and Neuman
said Head Start can help par-
ents achieve success in a
number of ways, such as pro-
viding resources they need to
receive their GED diploma,
pay an unpaid bill, purchase
a vehicle or receive financial
assistance.
“If some of our families
are needing assistance with
resources around town, we
collaborate with businesses
and organizations to support
our families,” Rodriguez
said. “We are also involved
with health and nutrition and
that’s big with us. We make
sure they go to the dentist,
keep updated on their shots
and make sure they are
aware because some of them
have school age children
and it gets hard because they
need help with different re-
sources.”
Currently, they are servic-
ing about 50 families in
Jackson County. Children in
the Head Start program are
three to four years of age.
The children go to Head
Start from 7:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. Monday through Friday
every week and are fed
breakfast and lunch. Some-
times Head Start has guest
speakers who provide educa-
tion programs to the chil-
dren.
Children are not only
taught their ABCs and how
to count, they are also taught
speech, how to feed them-
selves, social manners and
etiquette and other essentials
to get them prepared for
kindergarten.
“We’re big into getting
them started with learning
their ABCs, but we’re trying
to get them into social and
emotional readiness as well,”
Rodriguez said.
They said enrolling chil-
dren into Head Start is an
important step because chil-
dren are more receptive dur-
ing that age.
“We also encourage parent
involvement,” Neuman said.
“We want our parents in-
volved in their children’s ed-
ucation and to know there
are resources in town.”
On April 1, Head Start is
accepting applications for
the year 2014-2015 from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Edna Head
Start, 2500 E. Division at
Shelby Park.
To enroll children in the
Head Start Program, parents
must bring birth certificate,
immunizations, proof of in-
come-pay stubs that are three
to four weeks consecutively
or income tax if they are still
working at the same job.
Children have to be three
years old by Sept. 1, 2014.
For more information, call
361-781-0832.
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Precinct 4
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“As a lifelong resident of this
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ciate your support and vote in this important
election.”
If elected, I will continue to work with the
constituents as the current commissioner is
doing.”
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Awards presented
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Michelle have three children.
The final award of the
evening was made by Mike
Hiller, Jackson County
AgriLife Extension Agent.
This year’s ag award went to
Ganado farmer Joey Bures.
The purpose of the ag
award is to recognize an out-
standing farmer, rancher or
agribusiness person who has
made a great contribution to
the agriculture industry in
Jackson County. Hiller said
Bures encompasses all of
these traits.
“He has been involved in
agriculture all his life, actu-
ally being born on the farm.
He started working on the
farm at an early age and at
14 his dad pulled he and his
brother out of school and
said some land became avail-
able and asked if they
wanted to farm it. Bures has
been farming ever since.”
In addition to farming,
Bures has served on the
Jackson County Farm Serv-
ice Agency board, on the
Ganado ISD board, on the
Ganado Little League board,
and been a cooperator with
several AgriLife Extension
demonstration plots and field
days.
Bures and his wife
Michelle have four children
and nine grandchildren.
Beautification awards
were presented to county
businesses that improved the
exterior of their buildings in
2013.
Beautification award re-
cipients were United Ag,
Head to Toe, the City of
Ganado, Brookshire Broth-
ers, Creative Things & More,
Fireflies, The Parlour, Con-
nor’s Corner, First State
Bank Louise - Ganado
branch, Escape Salon,
Kiny’s, and Tanza Granite.
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Pets of the Week
Is your new best friend at the Edna City Pound? Maggie,
left, is an older terrier mix. Sage is a 5-month old female
mixed breed pup that has had her first parvo shot and been
dewormed. Also at the pound and ready for adoption are
Daniel, an adult white poodle that would be really cute with
a good grooming; Tasha, a happy-natured female German
shepherd mix; Dottie, a 2-year old shaggy schnauzer mix ;
Tori, another adorable female terrier mix. She is about 2-
years old, is tan and white with a docked tail and is very
sweet; Elmo, a black lab mix puppy that has had its first
shots and been dewormed; Dirk, another black lab mix
puppy, has also had his first shots and been dewormed;
Clover, a female brown and white pit mix and finally
George, an older male terrier mix that is black and tan with
a docked tail.
A lot of people have expressed concern for the fact that
there is a disease, known as the Parvo virus, in the City An-
imal Shelter. What everyone should know is that Parvo
comes into the pound from dogs picked up on the street -
any dog loose out on the street can pick it up - so please
make sure your animal is up to date on vaccinations!
As always, you can view our animals online at
Petfinder.com, City of Edna Animal Shelter. You can reach
us at 361-782-5271.
Offices close for
President’s Day
Monday, Feb. 17 is a fed-
eral holiday referred to as
President’s Day, which hon-
ors our first president and
founding father, George
Washington.
As with all federal holi-
days, the U.S. Postal Service
will not deliver mail, al-
though mail will be boxed.
Local banks will be closed
for the holiday, with the ex-
ception of Wells Fargo.
All county offices in the
Jackson County Courthouse
will be closed.
City offices in Edna and
Ganado will be closed.
School will resume at all
three school districts in Jack-
son County.
The DPS driver license of-
fice in Victoria will be
closed.
The Jackson County Her-
ald-Tribune and Office Sup-
ply will be open and all
deadlines remain the same.
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Lundstrom, Chris. Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 12, 2014, newspaper, February 12, 2014; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth774279/m1/3/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.