Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Page: 1 of 30
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Editor’s Note: Listings are for non-
profit, civic, church, benefits or
school events only. Contact Chris
Lundstrom at 361-782-547 or email
clundstrom @jcicksonconews .com to
list your event.
First United Methodist
Church in Edna’s Little
School is holding registra-
tion for the fall session. Ages
are 18 months - four years on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. For
more information call Sonja
Haven at 781-0014 or go by
the church office for a regis-
tration form.
Shiloh Community Bible
Study will be held at the
Cottonwood apartments
clubhouse in Edna on March
29 at 6:30 p.m. Grab a friend
and come hear the good news
that is Christ. Topic for the
evening is "Whats Next."
The FFA Rabies Drive
starts Saturday, March 31 at
the Ganado High School Ag
building from 1-3 p.m. Both
dog and cat vaccinations will
be offered for $10 per ani-
mal.
The Jackson County
Historical Commission will
meet at 7 p.m. on Monday,
April 2 at the Chamber meet-
ing room.
The Sandy Creek
Archery Club will hold a
membership drive on
Sunday, April 1 at the
Mauritz Scout Camp, 4665
CR 256, Ganado. For more
information call David
Parker at 361-920-2406.
RezFest will be at the
Brackenridge Recreation
Complex on Thursday, April
5 featuring the NewsBoys in
the God’s Not Dead Tour.
Tickets are available at
www.rezfestonline.org or
210-858-5904.
Golden Crescent CASA
will present information
about becoming a volunteer
advocate at the Jackson
County Library at 9 a.m.
Thursday, April 5. CASA
will be available from 9 a.m.
untill 12:30 p.m. for ques-
tions.
Lake Texana State Park
will host its Annual Easter
Egg Hunt on Saturday, April
7 at 10 a.m.
First Baptist Church in
Lolita will hold an Easter
Egg Hunt and hot dog lunch
on Saturday, April 7 from 10
a.m. - noon. Hunts are for
ages 0 through fifth grade.
There will be free games,
activities, cookie decorating
and prize eggs.
Edna High School
National Honor Society
will sponsor a Community
Garage Sale on Saturday,
April 14 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
at the Edna High School
Stadium parking lot. To
reserve a spot contact
Rebecca Alex at 782-1506 or
go by Victoria Mattress in
Edna.
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March 28,2012
Students given
career options
By Paul Harrison
Staff Writer
A group of 30 high school
seniors divided among Edna,
Ganado and Industrial trav-
eled out to Lolita to take a
tour of Inteplast. The trip is
part of an effort by the compa-
ny to welcome graduating
seniors that may not go to col-
lege into the workforce, to
give the overlooked, as
Inteplast’s Bob Coen puts it, a
chance at a career if they so
wish it.
The program is called New
Beginnings and is the brain-
child of Coen, the Inteplast
site manager. In four phases,
the seniors learn more about
Inteplast and make their deci-
sion on whether to continue
we call it Partners In
Education with school dis-
tricts in Calhoun county and
others. I think sometimes
graduating seniors that are not
going on to college are over-
looked and forgotten and they
head to places that are not
good to them or anyone they
know.
“I felt we had a responsibil-
ity we had not totally uti-
lized,” he said. “There are
some good kids in there.”
The small city of the
Inteplast plant has more than
2,000 people on-site at almost
any given moment, and
includes food service and
office work, art design and a
lot of computer-related fields,
to list a few.
Photo by Paul Harrison
Inteplast’s Bob Coen talks to students before the plant tour March 20 as part of their New
Beginnings student recruitment program. Front, right is Denzel Caesar of Edna, back from left
are Industrial sponsor Melody Vickery, and Cobra seniors Jesus Avalos Gonzalez and Jacob
Tesch.
with the program after each
phase, with a chance for
employment upon graduation
- the ultimate goal of the pro-
gram.
“We’ve never done this
before,” pointed out Coen.
“New Beginnings was a name
I just thought up. I was very
concerned: I’ve done a lot of
The program, to use Coen’s
comparison, is the ‘dating
phase’ of the employer-
employee relationship. Of the
120 students that showed up
for the initial presentations at
the high schools, a quarter
decided to tour the plants two
phases later. But that’s what
they want, Coen says, the
Finances in great shape
things with kids in schools - See Plant Page 3A
Francitas to get
historical marker
By Chris Lundstrom
Managing Editor
Tommy Davis with Durbin
& Company, LLP, commend-
ed the Jackson County
Hospital District board of
directors on the hospital dis-
trict’s outstanding financial
situation during his audit
report on March 22.
“It’s very rare to be able to
build this without incurring
debt,” Davis said.
“The hospital district has a
very strong balance sheet,
something we are not seeing
a lot of in Critical Access
Hospitals these days,” he
said. “You’ve made critical
access work for you.”
The JCHD received a clean
or unqualified opinion, which
is given when the auditor has
no reservations concerning
the financial statements. This
is also known as a clean opin-
ion meaning that the financial
statements appear to be pre-
sented fairly.
Davis told the board that
while net patient revenue
increased by $2 million, he
did not recommend decreas-
ing taxes.
“This demonstrates the
hospital is moving forward in
a sound financial direction,”
Bill Jones, CEO and adminis-
trator, told the board.
Lance Smiga, CFO, pre-
sented the monthly financials
to the board. Outpatient rev-
enue dropped below $1 mil-
lion for the first time in seven
months, due to reduced uti-
"It's very rare to
be able to build
this without incur-
ring debt/'
Tommy Davis
Auditor
lization. Revenue was down
13 percent from January, but
was still up 6 percent over
last February. Inpatient rev-
enue was also down slightly,
but again is still up 2 percent
year-to-date. For the second
straight month the average
daily census exceeded the
Texas Benchmark for Critical
Access Hospitals.
The clinic and pharmacy
also had good months.
“Total hospital revenue
exceeds budgeted amounts
for fiscal year 2012,” Jones
said.
In other business, Ruben
Castillo, plant operations
director, gave an overview of
Phase 3 of the hospital’s ren-
ovation project. An asbestos
remediation company has
been on site and identified
areas of asbestos that will
need removing. Once that is
completed the original hospi-
tal building will be demol-
ished and the site prepared
for new construction.
Targeted opening for the new
wing and wellness center has
been set for April 16, 2013.
Castillo also discussed
TxDOT’s new radio tower
and its proximity to the heli-
pad. He said they were will-
ing to take the necessary
steps to make the tower as
visible as possible during the
day or night.
James Sudik, EMS direc-
tor, told the board the EMS
had received final approval
from Medicare and
Medicaid. Air conditioner
units in both ambulances
were also upgrades for
patient comfort. The chassis
for the new ambulance has
been ordered and the ambu-
lance should be delivered in
June.
By Kendrick Callis
Staff Writer
Frank Condron, chairman
of the Jackson County
Historical Commission, was
present at the March 26 com-
missioners court meeting to
present the Historical
Commission’s annual report
to the court.
Condron reported that in
2011, the organization had
29 members who completed
357 volunteer hours of serv-
ice to the community. There
were four official meetings
and their major project for
the year was to re-evaluate
and survey all Texas historic
landmarked properties within
the county.
Condron also noted that
the commission was continu-
ing their ongoing work of
documenting and recording
all cemeteries in the county
and out of the 600 Cavalcade
of Jackson County books that
were ordered only 63 still
remain available for sale. He
also informed the court that
the historical marker that was
applied for the town of
Francitas has arrived and will
be put up later this week. An
official dedication ceremony
will be organized at a later
date.
Membership into the
Historical Commission is
open to the public with the
only requirement being hav-
ing an interest in county his-
tory. Diversity on the board is
welcomed and needed.
In other news, commis-
sioners approved allotting
$1,000 of collected child
abuse prevention fees and
family protection fees to the
Golden Crescent CASA
organization and to Mid-
Coast Family Services who
both provide services in
Jackson County.
Commissioners also
agreed to transfer ownership
of the Chamber of
Commerce sign that was pur-
chased by the county over to
the Chamber. An item to con-
sider a new Jackson County
Fixed Asset Policy was
tabled until more financial
information could be gath-
ered.
Two-time winner headed
to Washington D.C.
By Kendrick Callis
Staff Writer
Edna Junior High seventh
grader Pauline Negrete was
the last person standing at the
2012 Regional Spelling Bee
held March 20 at the Victoria
College’s Johnson
Symposium Center. Correctly
spelling the French word
‘saboteur,’ in round 28 of the
competition, Negrete’s hard
fought victory over last year’s
champion Andrew Bernhard,
earned the 13-year-old her
second trip to the Scripps
National Spelling Bee in
Washington, D.C., in three
years.
“The words and the compe-
tition were really tough this
year, but I worked really hard
to do my best,” said Negrete.
Negrete said that she pre-
pared by spending countless
hours writing each of the
study word as many times she
needed to, looking up defini-
tions on Dictionary.com and
getting her mom, band direc-
tor Josh Parti da and principal
Demetric Wells to quiz her.
In 2010, Negrete finished
49th out of 277 competitors
for the first test, failing to
make it to the semi-final
round.
“My last time in
Washington D.C. was so
exciting,” said Negrete.
“There was so much stuff to
see and do, but this time I will
know what to expect and I
plan to do better. Although
I’m going to stay more
focused this time around I
still plan to take advantage of
the opportunity to visit our
nation’s capital one more
time.”
It seems as if all the hard
work has paid off and will
continue. Soon, Negrete will
be getting her words in the
mail for the national competi-
tion in May. She plans to
practice the same way.
Pauline Negrete is headed back to Washington D.C. for a sec-
ond try at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Negrete is a sev-
enth grader at Edna Junior High.
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Lundstrom, Chris. Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 2012, newspaper, March 28, 2012; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth774549/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.