Jacksonville Holiday Home Decorating contest winners
The City of Jacksonville Environmental and Appearance Advisory Committee recently named the winners of the 2020 Holiday Home Decorating contest winners. The contest encourages city residents to show their community pride and creativity during the months of October, November, and December.
Halloween category: First place, Raymond and Angela Drye - 108 Fawn Trail; second place, Patrick and Margaret Benjamin - 129 Dublin Lane; third place, Nina Mahlum - 404 Windham Court.
Christmas category: Best Cottage Decoration, George Kelly - 312 Anne Street; Best Classic Cottage Decoration, Timothy and Angela Solum - 100 Keller Court; Best Classic Decoration, Charlie Brown - 2614 Northwoods Drive; Most Welcoming Decoration, The Bader Family - 121 Wesleyan Court; Griswold Worthy Decoration, Michele Vanhorn - 1007 Decatur Road; Best Use of Space Decoration, Marissa Kelly - 121 Arthur Court; Most Patriotic Decoration, Jason and Corey Lagan
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Burnet High School football player Braeden Howell (center) signs his National Letter of Intent to play football at Sam Houston State University as his parents, Jason and Kim Howell, look on. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
Burnet High School celebrated four of its senior student-athletes Wednesday, Feb. 3, as they signed their National Letters of Intent to play college sports.
The four are football player Braedan Howell, Sam Houston State University in Huntsville; football player Jaxson Denton, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton; soccer player Phebe Musasa, Schreiner University in Kerrville; and swimmer Maczimus Griego, Alfred State College of Technology in New York state.
Pandemic doesn t deter Boy Scout from continuing family s Eagle tradition
Don Maines, CORRESPONDENT
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Ethan Cooper, 16, built a lost-and-found cabinet for his alma mater, Challenger Elementary School for his Boy Scout Eagle project. With him are Challenger Principal Becky Morris, Assistant Principal Stacie Muras and former Challenger librarian Jenni Murphy. Show MoreShow Less
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Cooper, shown with Jenni Murphy, former librarian at Challenger Elementary School, also built 130 plywood spacers to insert in the school’s library shelves to prevent kids from pushing books too far back. Show MoreShow Less
Earning the highest honor in Boy Scouts is a tradition in Ethan Cooper’s family, but he holds the distinction of achieving the honor during a pandemic.