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Senior volleyball
player at EHS
signs for college
See SPORTS, page 7
Dewhurt’s campaign
alleges aide stole
upwards of $ 1 million
See STATE NEWS, page 2
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Weather
Tonight:
Clouds increasing
Low 44
Saturday:
Rain likely
High 61
Deaths
WADE, Elmo B.
ANDERSON, Ricky Dean
ESCAMILLA, Antonia Olalde
CARTER, Anita B.
See Page 3
Around Town
Helping Hands
needs uniforms
The Helping Hands
of Ennis outreach
group is looking for do-
nations for its school
uniform program. Re-
quested are gently used
boys and girls 7 and 8
uniform pants. Uni-
form clothing is pro-
vided to students at no
charge.
Opry on tap
Saturday
The Ennis VFW Post
7106 will host the Ennis
Opry and Dance from 7
to 9:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 9. Admission is $5,
with concessions avail-
able. For more informa-
tion call 972-846-2014 or
972-846-2211.
Scouting for
Food set
The Boy Scouts of
Ennis will participate
in Scouting for Food on
Saturday, Feb. 9. They
will canvass their
neighborhoods, placing
Scouting for Food bags
on front doors. Instruc-
tions on the bag will
ask residents to place
non-perishable food
items in the bag and
place the bag outside
their door on the fol-
lowing Saturday, Feb.
16, prior to 9 a.m.
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Pitts pushes transparency
EDN News Service
editor @ennisdailynews .com
Legislative leaders on Thurs-
day announced the filing of leg-
islation aimed at improving
government transparency and
empowering taxpayers to make
informed decisions about taxes
and public debt.
Senate Bill 14 and House Bill
14, authored by Sen. Tommy
Williams and Rep. Jim Pitts and
focused primarily on govern-
ment transparency, would pro-
vide taxpayers with vital
information about government
spending and debt.
The transparency legislation
would require all taxing
entities to post financial
information online, in-
cluding revenues and
expenditures and de-
tailed information on
long-term debt obliga-
tions. It would also put
limitations on certifi-
cates of obligation that
governments use to
issue debt without voter
approval.
“When we write the budget
each session, we require trans-
parency and access to informa-
tion,” Pitts said. “Texas
taxpayers deserve the same
level of transparency and open-
ness, and House Bill 14
will deliver just that.”
SB 13 and HB 13, au-
thored by Sen. Robert
Duncan and Rep. Bill
Callegari and focused
primarily on public pen-
sions, would require in-
creased reporting for all
public pension systems
and calls for essential
actuarial information to
be posted online so it is readily
available and easy for taxpayers
to find.
“People need to know what
their government is doing, and
how it spends their money,” said
Texas Comptroller Susan
Combs. “We need to implement
common-sense changes that put
vital information about govern-
ment spending and debt in front
of the public.”
“Government becomes more
accessible and accountable
when the public understands
how their money is spent,” said
Texas Speaker of the House Joe
Straus.
“This legislation will in-
crease transparency and help
local governments better com-
municate with taxpayers.”
Williams praised SB 14 as a
way to empower taxpayers.
See TRANSPARENCY, page 10
Pitts
The Ennis Czech Boys, one of six bands scheduled to play at the Ennis Czech
Music Festival this weekend, is a staple of local and regional heritage music events.
It’s time to polka, Ennis
Staff report
editor @ennisdailynews .com
The seventh annual Ennis
Czech Music Festival may not
officially be until Saturday,
but the sounds start pumping
out at the Sokol Activity Cen-
ter tonight.
The Sokol will host a Pre
Party and Polka Jam Session
at 7 p.m., with the main festi-
val running from 11 a.m. to
10:30 p.m. Saturday at the
Sokol, located at 2622 E. Hwy
34 outside Ennis.
Bands on Saturday’s sched-
ule:
• 11 a.m. — The Moravians
• 1 p.m. — The Ennis Czech
Boys
• 3 p.m. — Jak Se Do
• 5 p.m. — The Czech Har-
vesters
• 7 p.m. — The Jodie Mikula
Orchestra
• 9 p.m. — Czech and Then
Some.
Friday admission is free.
Saturday Admission is $7,
ages 14 and under are free.
Kitchen will be open, as will
the cash bar, and a raffle with
prizes is planned. No reserva-
tions, dress is casual. Czech
costumes are encouraged.
Moonlight’ illuminates stage
Nick Todaro
nick@ennisdailynews. com
The story of how three men remade the
screenplay for Gone with the Wind, one of the
most successful movies in the history of cin-
ema, in just five days comes alive in Ennis this
month.
Moonlight and Magnolias, the Ron Hutchi-
son comedy set in Hollywood’s golden age in
1939, captures the tale of David Selznick, Ben
Hecht and Victor Flemming as they fight their
way through a seemingly impossible creative
task.
Hecht, played by EPT veteran Edd
Spradling, is beautifully timed and crafted
with a pinch of dourness and disillusionment.
The former Chicago newspaper writer turned
screenwriter hasn’t even read the book, much
less taken an interest in the drama of one of
the greatest love triangles ever written.
Spradling’s ability to stand up to the physi-
cally powerful Selznick character that Rich
Raymond creates is interesting. Both men play
Jews in a period when many Americans still
differentiated between themselves and their
American Jewish neighbors. Hecht pushes
over and over for Selznick to acknowledge and
Don’t Miss it
The Ennis Public Theatre’s production of
Moonlight and Magnolias continues
through Feb. 24. Remaining shows run at
7:30 p.m. tonight Feb. 15-16 and Feb. 22-
23, with the final show set as a 2:30 p.m.
matinee on Feb. 24.
For more information or to purchase
tickets, call 972-878-7529 or visit www.en-
nispublictheatre.com.
address racial inequality issues in the Civil
War-era screenplay they are creating, and the
conflict powers a good amount of both touch-
ing drama and raucous comedy.
Flemming, the character manned by enthu-
siastic theater bug Mike Self, is golden in sev-
eral exchanges himself, and particularly
entertaining in the re-enactment of the story
that Flemming and Selznick undertake to help
Hecht write the story into a screenplay.
Selfs comfort as a performer is evident, as
See MOONLIGHT, page 10
Hackney
announces
run for seat
Staff report
editor @ennisdailynews .com
Ennis resident Ken Hackney has
announced intent to run for the
mayor pro-tem position this spring.
The post, which will be polled in
an open field on May 11 without in-
cumbent Bob Taylor, is a citywide
elected position.
Hackney, a 35-
year resident of
town, said he has
a history of busi-
ness management
skills, community
pride, family val-
ues and a strate-
gic outlook.
“One of the
things I learned
from my father was the value of
hard work and tenacity,” Hackney
said. “I know that most candidates
don’t start knocking on doors until
later in the election process, but I’m
starting now to introduce myself to
as many voters as possible.”
Hackney has worked for two For-
tune 250 International companies —
Dell and Flextronics — as well as
small businesses, and said he under-
stands the challenges both large and
small businesses struggle with. He
currently works as sales manager
for Computer Solutions Inc. in Wax-
ahachie.
He was educated in Ennis ISD
and graduated from Ennis High
School in 1978 before attending Mc-
Murry University in Abilene. He
married his college sweetheart and
raised two children, one of whom is
an elementary school teacher in the
Liberty Hill ISD, and the other serv-
ing first as a member of the Air
Force and now a consumer loan offi-
cer in Missouri.
His community service involve-
ments include volunteering with the
Gift of Life Blood Drive associated
with Carter BloodCare and the
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Chil-
dren, the Relay For Life of Ennis,
Ennis Little League, Westwood FFA
Booster Club and North Austin Op-
timist Youth Organization.
Find Hackney online at www.ken-
hackneyorg.
Hackney
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Todaro, Nick. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 2013, newspaper, February 8, 2013; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth771534/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.