Billboard honors Classic champ

Alton Jones of Waco continues to be humbled by the experience of winning the 2008 Bassmaster Classic last February.

In March, Jones and his family were invited to go to the White House in Washington, D.C. to visit with President George W. Bush. Last week, the 40-year old pro was honored before a hometown crowd as Waco Mayor Virginia Dupuy presented him with an official certificate declaring April 24 as "Alton Jones Day."

Evidence of Jones' hometown heroism also is being witnessed by southbound traffic on Interstate 35. His sponsors and several local businesses chipped in and erected a billboard that displays a likeness of Jones and wording that declares Waco as the hometown of the 2008 'Classic champ.