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Perrin school takes a sick day

The flu season has hit one Jack County school especially hard. Perrin-Whitt CISD closed Monday to disinfect the school.

Superintendent Cliff Gilmore noticed a sharp decline in the attendance for the first two days of February making the call to not hold school Monday.

“We had a big drop off in the attendance,” Gilmore said. “Friday, Feb. 2 attendance was 79.44 percent for the elementary. We wanted to make sure if we took off to tie it into a weekend to extend the time that the students were away from each other.”

Sheriff's Deputy injured in accident

A Jack County Sheriff’s Deputy and wrecker driver are recovering from injuries suffered after an accident in the fog early Sunday morning.

The accident occurred around 7 a.m. on U.S. Highway 380 just west of U.S. Highway 281 outside of Jacksboro. According to a DPS press release, Deputy Terry Mahan, who has been with the department since Dec. 27, and wrecker driver Boyce Hart with Sleepy’s Towing in Jacksboro were helping a DPS trooper with a minor accident investigation.

Fundraiser at tonight's JHS basketball games

Wise County Crisis Center – Jack County is offering a fun way for people to win a gift basket worth more than $700 at tonight’s Jacksboro-Boyd basketball games.

A paper airplane toss will be held with the plane closest to the pizza box or in it winning the basket which has a thermos and other items as well.

Tickets are $5 each or three for $10. Sales will begin around 4 p.m. with the contest going on sometime during the boys game.

Antivenin project fundraising event coming up

One little girl’s death more than 7 years ago, spurred a cause to save others from a similar fate.

Peyton Hood was less than a month away from her second birthday on August 10, 2010 when she was bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake while playing on a swing set at the family cabin at Possum Kingdom.

Her aunt, Tammy Reece, launched Peyton's Project to raise rattlesnake awareness as well as to provide costly yet lifesaving antivenin to rural hospitals including Faith Community Hospital which otherwise could not afford to keep it on hand.

Bryson ISD sees success with new evaluations

BRYSON – A new system for judging teacher performance is in its second year statewide and Bryson teachers are succeeding under it.

Principal Eric Wilson told board members at Monday night’s meeting the district is in the second year of the state program for judging teachers called Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS), which goes into greater detail than the prior PDAS system. The scale still judges teachers on a 1-5 scale but is tougher on what judges look for in teachers.

We've got spirit, yes we do!

Some of Jacksboro’s talented athletes competed along with thousands of others from across the Lone Star State last week and came out fourth in their division.

The Jacksboro High School varsity cheerleaders competed Thursday, Jan. 11 for their first time in the UIL Spirit State Championships held at the Fort Worth Convention Center. 

The state competition is a 3-day event in which more than 500 teams and 10,000 participants compete. 

Perrin suffers water outage

While much of Jack County rang in the new year staving off the bitter cold, Perrin residents did so without water.

An estimated 330 residents lost water service sometime after midnight New Year’s Eve and as of Friday afternoon, they continue to have no water.

Residents said calls to Texas Rain Holdings, the private company that owns and operates Perrin’s utility, went unanswered.

County leaders were surprised to learn Thursday morning Perrin had been without water for most of the week.

County seeks architect

An update on courthouse renovations was given by Courthouse Maintenance Supervisor Danny Nash, who announced his retirement in March during a special meeting Dec. 27.

Nash said work on the tax office is nearly complete with work on the county clerk’s office and county courtroom set next.

Nash gave an update on the boiler room and leaks in the line. He said they were waiting for someone to come and excavate and look about 6-8 feet deep to find the leak as preliminary inspection could not locate a leak.

Leaders to meet with AT&T about outages

Parts of Jack and Young counties experienced an outage of cellular and landline phone service Tuesday from approximately 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The third outage in a month.

“Earlier today, some Jack County customers may have experienced issues with their wireline and wireless services due to a fiber cut caused by another company. Technicians repaired the damage and service is currently running normally. We apologize for this inconvenience,” wrote Charles Bassett, AT&T lead public relations manager for North Texas in a statement from the company Tuesday evening.

Show time!

The Jack County Fair and Livestock Show is coming up next week. Students from throughout the county will show sheep, goats, rabbits and beef exhibits as well as hundreds in the creative arts portion of the fair.

Jack County AgriLife Extension Agent Charlie Martin said preliminary numbers for participation in the show look good.

“It’s my understandind the numbers will be pretty steady compared to what they have been being over the last four years,” Martin said.