News

Joe Lamp’l, host and executive producer of the PBS-TV series Growing A Greener World, believes in promoting sustainability in his books and columns. The raised bed is one of the best ways, he says, to create a healthy, productive garden.

Blueberries are among the most nutritious food of all. The fruits are loaded with antioxidants, vitamin C and fiber. They are great for healthy snacks, making into preserves or pies, or canning.

SAFETY

An important item for Ennis residents is on the ballot next month when Proposition A comes up to a vote.

DOWNTOWN

Ben Vyers adds finishing touches to the Ennis Bluebonnet flower on location of the Autumn Hay Maze.

STATE

As schools across Texas schedule “Fair Days,” such as the one Ennis ISD approved for students on Monday, parents, guardians and other visitors are learning of new rules being enforced at the State Fair of Texas’ Co

ACCIDENT

Friday night the Ennis Lions will play a football game 110 miles away in Sulphur Springs. The host Wildcats haven’t had much to cheer for this season, winning for just the first time last Friday at Forney.

Despite an impressive 38-21 triumph over previously unbeaten Royse City, a team that was predicted to defeat Ennis according to the Dallas Morning News new-fangled technology, the Lions remain ranked No. 8 in the Class 5A DFW Metroplex rankings.

ROAD WORK

Texas Department of Transportation has begun a broadening project along State Highway 34, south of Kaufman and beyond Scurry-Rosser.

THEATRE

The Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein packed them in this weekend when the famous comedy-turnedmusical made its debut at the Ennis Public Theatre, 113 N. Dallas.

EXPANSION

After nearly two years of construction and amid weather delays, GAF’s new 250,000 squarefoot warehouse was opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday.