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Tuesday Primaries include a pair of interesting races for Ellis County residents, including one for County Judge between the incumbent, Todd Little, and former Ellis County Sheriff, Chuck Edge. The other is for the County Tax Assessor, also with an incumbent, Richard Rozier, and a challenger, Paul Christenson.

(Fourth in a series about Ennis’ Scott Muirhead, the Maritime Rambler)

Students from Ennis ISD on the University Interscholastic League Academic Team traveled to Canton to complete against a field of 24 schools in a tune-up for the annual district event in March. Several EISD teams took first, including Number Sense, Science and Calculator Applications.

A local family and their friends are hoping a benefit to aid a man’s recovery from cancer will be a success when it takes place on March 5 at 5 p.m. at the Magness Party Barn in Bristol, 1132 Stacks Rd.

Coinciding with National Career and Technical Education Month, the Ennis Independent School District will partner with Texas State Technical College in Red Oak to provide dual enrollment classes to high school students starting the fall of 2022.

Community activist and volunteer Charlie Mae Presley, widely known in Ennis and throughout Ellis County for her work with many local charities and service organizations, has been mourned by her family and friends since her death at age 93 on Jan. 18, 2021. A celebration of life event was held for Charlie Mae at the J.E. Keever Mortuary Chapel in Ennis on Jan. 22nd.

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1191 held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at the Sirloin Stockade in Corsicana.

America long has been described as a melting pot. People from all cultures, continents and walks of life have blended together to paint the canvas that is the United States.