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Around Town
Casino Night
set Saturday
The Ennis Knights of
Columbus Council 1353
will host the annual
Casino Night, at 7 p.m.
March 8 at the Knights
of Columbus Hall in
Ennis. Entry cost is $25
per person before the
event, and $35 at the door
March 8. Doors open at 6
p.m.
Along with the Las
Vegas gaming tables,
there is a $10 raffle for
chances to win one of
three gift cards valued
up to $2,500, as well a
silent auction.. For more
information, call David
at 214-336-6325.
Benefit to aid
family in need
The Eddie Smith Ben-
efit is set from 1 to 7 p.m.
March 9 at the Reming-
ton Event Center in Cor-
sicana. Smith, husband
of Shanda Brown Smith
of Ennis, recently suf-
fered a heart attack and
will be out of work for
many months.
Among the perform-
ers are Jerry Hancock
and the Faster Horses
and Sissy Perry with
Robert Horvath and the
Groovetones. For more
information, contact
Sandra Woods at 903-224-
8754 or Shanda Smith at
903-477-2388.
Photo by www.photosbylezley.com
Cox tosses out first pitch
Former Ennis ISD Athletic Director Bill Cox was the special
guest at Thursday’s Ennis High School softball home game
against perennial rival Waxahachie, which Ennis won. Cox re-
tired with 49 years in the profession last summer. See full cov-
erage of Thursday’s game on page 6.
Market’s
steam
continues
building
Nick Todaro
nick@ennisdailynews.com
The Ennis Farmer’s Market has continued to
see its vendor base grow ahead of its April 26 open-
ing, with about 25 on the roster this week.
The organization is still look-
ing for a vendor to sling some
Czech apple strudel, though.
Economic Development Direc-
tor Marty Nelson explained
changes to permit fees for “tem-
porary food establishments” en-
acted by the Ennis City
Commission this week. Nelson,
who is leading the effort to organ-
ize the market, said the new $50
permit change approved by the
commission allows operation
throughout the season for temporary food estab-
lishments. Those vendors are the only class of
seller facing charges for permitting at the market,
with winery vendors, cottage food producers and
general vendors also included in the market’s plans.
See MARKET, page 8
Beast Feast raises $4,500 for foundation
Ennis Daily News photo/Phil Banker
Matt Newsom and Alan Linson man the grill at last
week’s Beast Feast fundraiser for the Ennis ISD Educa-
tion Foundation.
Phil Banker
phil@ennisdailynews.com
The Ennis ISD Education
Foundation is off to a running
start thanks to funds raised by
Feb. 28's Beast Feast at
Grasshopper Ranch.
The wild game dinner, priced
at $50 per ticket, raised approxi-
mately $4,500 which will be
given to the newly formed foun-
dation, said Foundation Presi-
dent Tim Cox.
The dinner featured wild
game and exotic meats includ-
ing quail, elk, venison and wild
hog. Attendees also participated
in a silent auction for prizes in-
cluding signed sports memora-
bilia from Dallas Mavericks star
Dirk Nowitzki.
Cox said the dinner was not
an official Education Founda-
tion event, as the foundation has
yet to file for its tax status as a
charitable entity He emphasized
the dinner was organized by an
independent group of citizens.
“The money is in a holding
account that they opened until
we have our account ready to go,
which should be this weekend,”
Cox said. “They should be mak-
ing a donation to our foundation
on Monday”
He said the foundation board
members did not feel comfort-
able accepting the money until
their own bank account was set
up.
However, the funds raised
will help defray many of the
costs involved in setting up the
foundation's accounts, including
the application to be a tax de-
ductible charity
“It's $850 to even submit the
application,” Cox said. “All
these start-up costs that they
recommend you not start ac-
cepting donations until you get
a bank account.”
Garrett Mayor and event co-
organizer Matt Newsom said
Alan Linson, Jess Haupt, Kelly
McManus and T-Bone Liska
were just some of the many peo-
ple who helped with the dinner.
“These individuals were kind
enough to say they just want to
help the foundation and get
these start-up funds going,” Cox
said. “They didn't care about the
tax deduction. They just wanted
to get us the start up funds to get
the ball rolling to help the kids
of Ennis.”
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287 in ‘punch list’ phase
Nick Todaro
nick@ennisdailynews.com
The drawn-out first phase of con-
struction on the U.S. 287 Bypass
began construction four years ago
and faced a number of delays, but it
has reached the “punch list” segment
of the project that signifies it’s near
the official completion mark.
TxDOT’s Darwin Myers, the area
engineer for Ellis and Navarro coun-
ties, said the few final steps could be
complete by April, barring complica-
tions.
The work is substantially com-
plete, with the traffic lanes open.
TxDOT’s online project tracker tool
shows it 95.52 percent complete with
117.15 percent of its allotted time
spent.
Myers said painting work on the
See 287, page 8
Ennis Daily News photo/Nick Todaro
Traffic has flowed freely along the Phase I
section of the U.S. 287 Bypass, with work
listed at 95 percent complete.
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