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Towns and cities often benefit greatly from residents’ desire to give back to their communities. Some residents may donate to their favorite charities, while others may coach youth sports teams. Involving oneself in local politics is another way individuals can strengthen their communities.

In five weeks, Saturday, April 2, the Bluebonnet Market starts afresh for the eighth consecutive year. The farmers market, which returns to its North Dallas Street home, will once again be open for business for seven months, April through October. Its hours remain the same, 8am until noon.

A three-horse race for the U.S. House Texas District 6 seat does not lack for candidates with strong views on the current political battlefield, with the trio all vying for the Republican seat in the March 1 primaries.

The City of Ennis, through its Main Street program, has instituted a special online celebration of The Bluebonnet City’s Sesquicentennial or 150th anniversary. At “Downtown Ennis Tx” on Facebook and on other official city/community pages, a #Wayback- Wednesday is being observed each week throughout 2022.

While her older brother Clayton was a rough football and baseball player at Ennis, earning All-District accolades and is now swatting fastballs at West Texas A&M, charming sister Jordan Jenkins, a varsity cheerleader, is turning heads by showing cattle.

Theatre Rocks! Is in the middle of the threeweekend showings of a live play set in West Texas at a country radio station. KFLU Floydada, Country that’s Contagious, written and directed by Bill Rhoten, is slated for February 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m., and a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Feb. 27.

Continuing to develop one of the area’s most growing, needoriented groups, the Boys & Girls Club of Ennis, will build a community garden at their location at 1211 S. Clay St.

Details are sketchy about the Old West outlaws believed to have plied their trade in Ennis’ early days but the family of one famous gunslinger was among this city’s pioneer residents.

Your heart is one of the hardest working parts of your body. It’s also one of the most threatened. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. – about one in four deaths. Additionally, in the U.S., someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. And about one in five of those heart attacks is silent – meaning you may not be aware of damage to your heart that is happening or has already taken place.