Give A Kid A Chance, the community agency that provides back-to-school assistance and outreach throughout the year, is accepting online nominations for the August event at www.giveakidachance.com. Applications will be accepted through the end of May. An online application isn’t necessary if you have already returned a form distributed by Ennis ISD. The event is [...]
The Ennis Rotary Club is again sponsoring the 15th annual Polkafest Run at 7 a.m. May 25. The event, held on the Saturday morning of the National Polka Festival, begins with early registration at 5 a.m. Maps of the run courses are available at www.ennispolkarun.com. Awards go to the top finishers in each age group, [...]
The Ennis Literary Guild will host its next reviewer program at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 21 at Wildflower Cafe. The review is slated from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. featuring Dave Lieber on his book “Moving to Texas: Is the Bark Worse than the Bite?” Cost per event at the door is $20, which includes lunch [...]
Registration is under way for summer school at Ennis High School. Signups run through May 31. Registration packets may be picked up at the EHS Ensign office or can be downloaded from the EHS home page on the Ennis ISD website. Summer School begins June 17 and runs through July 25. It is offered Monday [...]
Team Priceless Personalities is selling homemade dog biscuits at $2 per bag. They’re available for purchase at Ennis Vet Clinic. and will also be available the night of the Relay.
Team Erase Cancer is raffling a Cricut Scrapbook Machine. Contact Margie Norum or Janet Duckworth at Family First Hospice for tickets.
• T-Shirt fundraiser — $15 a shirt, printed with “Step Aside Cancer I’m here to LAP You!!” • Raffle fundraiser — $5 each for 17 chances to win a Thirty-One product. Drawings will be held daily through May 17. For more information, call Elizabeth Wester at 972-935-7005.
A faculty cookbook fundraiser is running at Crockett Early Childhood Center for Team Anchor of Hope. Cost is $15, cash only. Reserve a copy of these favorite recipes by dropping money off at the school’s front office or by sending it too “Crockett ECC Recipe Book,” at Crockett ECC, located at 1701 W. Lampasas St. [...]
Team Ennis Bible Church will host a haircut donation aiming at $400 by the night of the Relay. Two team members will donate 24 inches of hair to Locks of Love and the team is taking donations between now and 10 p.m. the night of the Relay. For more information, call Shana Skeans at 972-748-3980.
The EHS Relay for Life team is raffling a gift card basket that has $160 worth of gift cards. Raffle tickets are $1 and they’ll be sold all the way to and at the Relay, which is May 17. Contact Melinda Shaw meli…@ennis.k12.tx.us.
Miller takes center stage Dorie Miller Intermediate’s Center Stage Choir will be presenting “Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, Kids!” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Tickets for adults cost $5 and students $3.
Sterling House Ennis will host a free Spring Health Fair from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, April 26. Healthcare professionals will be on hand to provide free health services and screenings including blood pressure, cholesterol, vision, diabetes and others. For more information, call 972-875-6900.
The Alma Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual fundraiser barbecue dinner and dance beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Dinner begins at 5 p.m., with the Leonard Dlabaj Band starting at 7 p.m. There will be a live and silent auction, raffle, dancing and door prizes. Raffle tickets will be on sale soon, [...]
The Ennis A&M Club will hold its annual Muster at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 21 at the Jack Lummus Intermediate school cafeteria. A covered dish supper is set at 5:30. That will be followed by a short program, awarding of the local scholarships, and the Muster Roll Call Ceremony. All interested are invited. Contact Mike [...]
Team Carver Carnivores will run a garage sale beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 20 at 600 Martin Luther King Drive in Ennis. Team Couch Potatoes will host a Premier Jewelry Fundraiser Party from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25 at the Scurry Rosser High School library. The team will also host a [...]
Golden Circle will hold their annual golf tournament on May 11 at King’s Creek Country Club in Kemp. The fee is $75 per person, which includes range balls, cart, a round of golf and lunch. Registration begins at 7 a.m., with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. For more information, call 972-875-6101. A hole-in-one contest [...]
The Alma Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual fundraiser barbecue dinner and dance beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Dinner begins at 5 p.m., with the Leonard Dlabaj Band starting at 7 p.m. There will be a live and silent auction, raffle, dancing and door prizes. Raffle tickets will be on sale soon, [...]
The Ennis High School National Honor Society is hosting a golf tournament at 1 p.m. April 20-21. The format is two man scramble both days, $150 per player. There will be five flights, with the tournament consisting of 60 two man teams. Proceeds from the tournament go to scholarships for NHS students. For more information, [...]
Current employees of Union Pacific and retirees from Southern Pacific are invited to a reunion at 5 p,m. April 19 at the Baylor Baptist Church. A hobo supper will be served. Coffee and donuts will be served starting at 9 a.m., with a barbecue lunch served at noon. Barbecue plates will be $12 per person.
The 7th annual Ennis Chamber of Commerce barbecue Cook Off is set for Saturday, April 20 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Categories include beef brisket, pork spare ribs, pork shoulder/butt, and chicken. Judging takes place at 10 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded after judging. For more information, call [...]
