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Sunday, June 21, 2015 ennisdailynews.com $1.25 WEATHER Plans for Ennis set for Thursday Mark Warde Ave. The public is wel- Halff Associates Inc. recently shown to the some of which are un- editor@ennisdaily- come and encouraged to They have taken the city’s Comprehensive derdeveloped or unde- news.com attend. task of helping with Plan Action Committee veloped at the moment. Unveiling months of Last fall the citizens the eclectic challenges that was the result of Revitalizing of the creative input, the City of Ennis were asked of meshing the input four months of input. Kaufman Street corri- of Ennis will reveal the for ideas that would im- into a plan for the fu- The Halff team believes dor and the expansion Tonight: comprehensive plan prove the historic down- ture design of Ennis. there can be improved of Ennis westward to- Partly cloudy. for downtown and sur- town district as well as It includes a few items use of some areas of ward Lake Bardwell Low 75. rounding areas at a vi- other locations around that will stretch the se- land, which will be de- have drawn positive re- Monday: sionary open house on the city. Some of them mantic of “downtown tailed at the meeting views. The draft of land Sunny and warm. Thursday, June 25. have been drafted as “to include ideas for with maps and visual use includes a “lake High 93. The event will take part of the presentation Kaufman Street and concepts. ring road” around Lake place at 5:30 p.m. in- slated for Thursday eve- Lake Bardwell, areas Suggestions include Bardwell. It would allow AROUND TOWN side the Ennis National ning. they feel are solid, un- commercial, residen- folks to enjoy driving or Bank Events Center, Working alongside tapped assets. tial, a business park and taking walks or take ad- See vision for located at 116 W. Ennis Ennis leadership is A land use plan was open-space park areas, See PLANS, page 2A your city The city will hold an open house and presen- New Hope holds tation of the city’s new comprehensive plan on grand opening June 25, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Ennis Nation- al Bank Event Center, 116 Sunday W. Ennis Ave. Surveys Mark Warde were sent out to citizens [email protected] last fall, in which people had the opportunity to After two weeks of test runs at share their thoughts. holding worship services in a con- Some of those thoughts verted, 95-year old landmark build- and more will be un- ing in downtown Ennis, New Hope veiled, including some Church will open its doors Sun- “big ideas,” according to day in their grand opening on Fa- a city press release. thers Day. Pastor Buck Marshall has ex- Navarro holding tended an invitation to newcom- ers of all ages to visit them on the math, science corner of West Ennis Avenue and and technology Southwest Main Street in what was previously the H&H Gifts Shop. summer hoto ora cart “Join us this Sunday (June 21) academy an ahert o nni eiona edica enter a the et ea at 10 a.m. for our grand opening ser- Navarro College in er or the rida arter ncheon. vice,” Marshall said this week. “As Corsicana is holding a a leader in our city we would love Math, Science & Tech- for you to see the results of our ren- nology Academy on June Chamber holds quarterly luncheon ovation and experience the love of 22-25. Justin Tubbs promote the city’s Red, White and Bike pa- Jesus from our church family.” Students can enjoy [email protected] rade coming up this Fourth of July holiday. The pastor, an Ennis native, will hands-on classes includ- After the luncheon, Daugherty made it share a message about fathers. It ing zombie genetics and More than 80 people, representing nearly clear just how important it is to be able to will begin with a 9 a.m. Fathers Day brain dissection, skel- 30 businesses in the city of Ennis, gathered breakfast (bacon and eggs, biscuits, eton forensics, food sci- at KC Hall Friday for the Ennis Chamber of share information like that with the com- coffee, orange juice, milk, etc.) ence, chemistry, calculat- Commerce quarterly luncheon. munity. served to all dads, grand-dads and ing a civil war cannon The Chamber announced exciting events “There’s so much that goes on with our trajectory and astrono- coming up in the near future, and Alan staff – the hard work, the sweat – behind the their kids. Please RSVP to buck- [email protected]. my. The mornings will Daugherty, the CEO of Ennis Regional Medi- scenes that no one gets to see,” he said. “I Marshall’s message title; “True include tours of Fires- cal Center, shared a little about what’s going want to do everything I can to begin every Fathers make a way for everyone tone, Myers Prosthetics on with the hospital, including the ways in conversation possible about us.” else,” will take place during the two- and Corsicana Airport. which the hospital serves in the community. Daugherty also spoke of the city’s rela- hour morning service. Registration is still Becky McCarty, the city’s Main Street Co- tionship with Lifepoint, the company that open but space is limited. Music will include Markus T. Sal- ordinator also made a special cameo appear- runs the hospital. He said the city owns The cost is $60 which in- lie and the worship band, the dance ance, riding a bicycle up to the podium to See CHAMBER, page 2A cludes supplies, meals, See SUNDAY, page 2A snacks and a t-shirt. Registration is Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.- 12 noon, and 1-5 p.m. Go Wray resolute against bullet train online at navarrocollege. edu for more. Despite recent ruling, HSR far from certain Donate to Mark Warde Ac- Rider 48, ertner authored the begin without further Nepal relief [email protected] cording to the latter piece. evaluation from the Plans for the proposed Wray, his of which But on May 21, when State. Krish Lamichhane, bullet train connect- constitu- would it was reviewed by a Wray did say there is the owner of Charlie’s ing Dallas and Houston ents in h a v e budget conference com- little that can be done Grocery convenience cleared a recent hurdle District 10 barred the mittee, Rider 48 was about the rider now store, is accepting dona- in Austin, though John strongly Texas De- defeated by a slim 6-4 since the budget has tions for Nepal earth- Wray, Republican State oppose the partment count. The group con- been adopted, choos- quake relief. Money con- Representative, still has for-profit of Trans- sisted of five senators ing instead to say it is a tributed goes directly to doubts it will come to rail sys- portation and five house mem- “done deal.” the Nepalese Society of fruition. tem that from using bers. One of them, Sen- Nonetheless, it Texas and will fund new ohn ra “Nothing has passed doesn’t mean the cow homes for the people of would cut state funds ator Joan Huffman, who is out of the barn. Far Nepal. Visit Charlie’s in legislation to approve through to subsi- voted against the rider, from it, says the repre- Grocery, 501 E. Ennis High Speed Rail,” he Ellis County. He contin- dize or assist in the con- said the vote should not sentative. Ave. to donate or find out said on Thursday from ues to put up barricades struction of the HSR. be viewed as support for Four items, including more. his office in Waxahachie. in a bid to thwart the “We wrote Rider 48 the proposed HSR proj- While that is true, the train while also leading broadly enough to ef- ect. two initiatives penned people behind Texas the resistance for resi- fectively kill the train,” According to Texans by Wray, are still alive. Central Railway cleared dents of Eastern Ellis Wray said of those Against High Speed “The two I have pro- a hurdle at the end of County. in Austin who stand Rail, she feels the proj- posed,” he said, “are de- May they hope is indica- That included four against the bullet train. ect needs to be studied signed to kill or to make tive of future victories. pieces of legislation and Senator Charles Schw- more and should not See TRAIN, page 2A Page 2A - Sunday, June 21, 2015 - Ennis Daily News PLANS cont. from page 1 ENNIS WEATHER vantage of new biking city. view unveiling. By Ron Vestal trails that would also “For a lot of us, these “I think it’s more Today’s Ennis Weather Quiz: Ennis connect to the city. are things we’ve been modern than the previ- Weather Flash- Russell Thomas, En- talking about for a long Last Fathers Day was on June 15. ous work we’ve done Can you guess the weather condi- back: June 21, nis mayor, appreciates time,” he said. “I like and I think that’s impor- tions I recorded in Ennis last Fa- 1998 - low - 77; the “fresh set of eyes” what you (Halff) are do- thers day? high - 101 de- at work on plans for the ing,” he said at a pre- tant,” he added. A. Low - 74; high - 90 degrees with grees. Clear and partly cloudy skies. hot. TRAIN cont. from page 1 B. Low - 64; high 69 degrees. The Fore- the project less attrac- out front in opposing Eckels, 58, is a driving Showers and thunderstorms and cast for the tive to its promoters.” the HSR.” force behind the train.