A group of Faith Community Hospital obstetric nurses are working to make obstetrics at FCH a smoother experience.
FCH Director of Nursing Joy Henry told the board, at its Jan. 27 meeting, the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) had invited the hospital obstetrics staff to become part of their program where they could help identify obstetric problems and become more adept at such things as postpartum hemorrhaging.
Jacksboro Code Enforcement Officer Greg Damron provided the Jacksboro City Council with some updates regarding code enforcement during their meeting Monday, Jan. 27.
One of the issues Damron updated the council about was the requirements for someone to be able to perform health inspections at businesses. He said in order to be able to perform health inspections an individual must have a bachelor’s degree in a related field.
The Jacksboro City Council held public hearings and acted on two zoning changes during their meeting Monday, Jan. 27.
The first part of the hearing was on a request for a conditional use permit to allow senior multifamily housing contingent upon the sale of the property.
“On Hwy. 148 the EDC (Economic Development Corporation) owns some property that is, kind of, right across the east of Tractor Supply,” City Manager Mike Smith said. “That property has actually been rezoned a couple different times based on some programs they were trying to work through.”
The Jack County Sheriff’s Office will be receiving a donation of K-9 body armor for K-9 Xena from the non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.
The organization, established in 2009, is located in East Taunton, Mass., and follows the mission of providing bullet and stab protective vests, along with other assistance, to law enforcement and related agencies’ dogs throughout the nation, according to a press release. The organization has provided over 3,500 vests in all 50 states through private and corporate donations totaling $6.9 million.
Perrin-Whitt CISD announced on Facebook Wednesday that the district is closing both campuses for Thursday, Jan. 30, and Friday Jan. 31, due to illness.
Perrin High School Principal Loren Sell said students have been battling the flu since Monday.
“Starting on Monday, since we came back, we have had a large number of kids (…) out,” Sell said. “On the elementary campus, is really where it hit hard and some classes only had half the students in the class. We wanted gather a little more data and look Tuesday. Yesterday, was very similar to Monday."
Maintaining a balance offensively and defensively can take some doing.
Jacksboro held visiting Breckenridge without a first quarter point Jan. 21 and scored just six points itself. Both squads cranked up the offensive intensity over the final three frames, but the Tigerettes held Breckenridge to just 23% shooting as Jacksboro opened the second round of District 7-3A play with a 55-34 win.
Jacksboro goes to 6-2 in district and 14-14 overall while Breckenridge drops to 3-5 and 19-8. Jacksboro Coach Kyle Wood said both ends of the Tigerettes’ game worked well.
Bryson ISD school board members reviewed the district’s Texas Education Agency 2018-2019 report card and their quarterly report of board adapted goals during their meeting Monday, Jan. 20.
Superintendent Greg London said the school received a B on their TEA report card. However, they received a 73 on their closing the gaps score.
“Just so y’all remember what that closing the gaps are it is our percentage of kids that gets to the meet standard on the (STAAR) test,” London said.
Jack County Game Warden TJ Tweedle spoke to the Jacksboro Lions Club Wednesday, Jan. 22, about the recent hunting season which he said was slow.
Tweedle said late season deer hunting came to a close Sunday, Jan. 19.
Jack County Elections Administrator Lynn Casteel recently spoke to the city of Bryson and Bryson ISD about signing an elections contract with the county. Both entities tabled the decision until their next meetings.
Casteel presented to the Bryson ISD school board during their board meeting Jan. 20 and the city of Bryson during their city council meeting Jan. 13.
The contract would move early voting from Bryson to the Jack County Courthouse and the bill will include paying for election judges and clerks.
Beautification of the courthouse lawn was the discussion between the county and 20/20 Vision recently.
County Judge Keith Umphress met with the group last week. The group is a community action committee focused on the beautification of the city and county as a whole. Umphress told commissioners at their regular meeting the board allocates funds to different groups for that purpose, but had never participated with the county.
