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Check out the
latest Ennis
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See SPORTS, page 6
Don’t forget
proactive approach
to combat cold, flu
See LIVING, page 3
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Weather
Tonight:
Mostly cloudy
Low 60
Wednesday:
Chance of rain
High 77
Deaths
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Around town
Family Fun
Night coming
The Ennis Public
Library is hosting a free
Family Fun Night at 6:30
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.
The ladies from Story
Time Theater will be
there performing “Peter
Rabbit & the Magic Hat.”
All ages are welcome to
watch these performers
put their very funny spin
on a classic tale. This free
program is sponsored by
the Friends of the Ennis
Public Library (a United
Way agency). For more
information, call 972-875-
5360.
Cemetery
group to meet
The annual meeting
of the Myrtle Cemetery
association is slated for
7 p.m. Oct. 11 at the First
United Methodist
Church.
Celebrate
heritage
The Czech Heritage
Celebration is scheduled
for 7-11 p.m., Oct. 19 at the
Sokol Activity Center at
2622 E. Highway 34.
October is Czech
Heritage Month and 2012
also marks the 150th
Anniversary of the
Sokol organization.
There is no cover charge.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.,
bring a covered dish if
you like. For more infor-
mation call 972-875-7959.
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One dead in wreck
Ennisite killed, Tennessee truck driver injured
Phil Banker
phil@ennisdailynews.com
An early Saturday morning
car crash left a 21-year-old
Ennis man dead.
Jason McCurdy of the
Ennis Police Department
responded to a crash involving
a 2001 Jeep Wrangler and a
semi truck at approximately
12:39 a.m. Saturday morning
near the Chevron gas station
on U.S. 287 west of Ennis.
McCurdy said in the crash
report that Jimmy Aguirre, 21,
was driving erratical-
ly and failed to yield
for the truck as he
attempted to exit the
gas station’s driveway
The truck struck
Aguirre’s Jeep in the
rear passenger side,
rolling it into the
median and ejecting
Aguirre from the
vehicle.
The driver of the truck
attempted to evade the crash,
resulting in both his truck and
trailer rolling over into the
median as welk
Aguirre was taken
to Ennis Regional
Medical Center but
died of his injuries.
The driver of the semi
truck suffered non-
incapacitating injuries.
According to the
crash report, Aguirre
was not wearing a seat-
belt at the time of the
crash. Investigators found tire
marks on the driveway of the
gas station, indicating Aguirre
was driving aggressively.
Aguirre
Ennis Daily News photo/Nick Todaro
No waiting for ceremonies
Dirt work at the future location of Brookshire Grocery Co.’s new store in
Ennis is progressing rapidly leading up to Thursday’s official groundbreaking
ceremony. The event is set at 9 a.m. Thursday at 2300 W. Ennis Ave.
The seven-acre site will be home to a new 37,400-square-foot Brookshire’s
Food & Pharmacy store. Completion is expected in late spring or early summer
2013.
Man jailed in Walmart theft
Phil Banker
phil@ennisdailynews.com
What started as a simple shoplift-
ing call ended in multiple charges
Friday, including robbery.
Lt. Ron Roark of the Ennis Police
Department said police responded to a
report of a man trying to return
stolen goods Friday at Walmart. The
alleged suspect, 31-year-old Jeremy
McKinzie of Teague, fled the scene,
knocking down a bystander to make his
escape.
McKinzie
Officers pursued McKinzie, chasing
him behind the Chili’s restaurant
before stopping him.
Roark said McKinzie initially gave
false identifying information to the
officers, and his real name turned up
a warrant for burglary out of Van
Zandt County.
He was arrested pending charges of
robbery, failure to identify as a fugi-
tive, and burglary of a habitation. He
remains in the Wayne McCollum
Detention Center pending the posting of
$97,500 in bond.
School plans up for discussion
Staff report
editor @ennisdailynews .com
The Ennis Independent
School District Board of
Trustees will consider school
improvement plans for Ennis
High School and Lummus
Intermediate School at its
meeting tonight.
The considerations for
school improvement will also
include discussions about
Adequate Yearly Progress
ratings at the two campuses.
Other agenda items include
investment and finance
reports, first reading of poli-
cy updates and possible par-
ticipation in the Texas TERM
governmental investment
pooh
In a news release in
August, EISD spokesman
Henry Martinez pointed to
discrepancies between the
state’s accountability system
and the AYP system.
See EISD, page 4
Agreement
hits snag in
deadlines
Phil Banker
phil@ennisdailynews. com
County healthcare officials
met with the Ellis County
Commissioners Court to
explain delays behind the for-
mation of a new indigent
health care agreement.
Dave Anderson, CEO of
Ennis Regional Medical Center,
cited confusion over payment
deadlines as delaying the
switchover.
In Dec. 2011, officials with
ERMC and Baylor Waxahachie
formed the Ellis County Indigent
Care Corporation, which is
intended to take on the county’s
contract with Hope Clinic, the
county’s primary indigent
healthcare provider. By doing so,
they will be able to qualify for
additional federal healthcare
funding to provide medical care
to the county’s poor.
The CEOs of both hospitals
met with the court in December
to discuss Medicaid Waiver 115,
which allows states to be more
flexible in spending health care
dollars. Hope Clinic is the coun-
ty’s primary provider of indi-
gent health care. The clinic’s
spokesperson, Diana Buckley,
said they receive county dollars
to support that work.
Under the proposed agree-
ment, the ECICC would take over
the county’s contract with Hope
Clinic, and the county would
instead have a contract with
ECICC.
The ECICC planned to take on
the contract last month,
Anderson said, but were
informed the Hope Clinic’s board
had approved the agreement on
Sept. 20. That approval was con-
tingent upon the corporation
being able to handle taking over
administering the regularly
scheduled payment of $110,000 by
Sept. 25 to support operations.
“That is a very aggressive
timeframe,” Anderson said.
Anderson said neither hospi-
tals’ parent companies could
release that amount of funds in
time.
“There’s still some approval
processes that have to happen
before we could execute the
agreement,” he said.
Mackie Owens with the Hope
Clinic said their board had con-
sidered the contract for a long
time.
“The board was very sur-
prised that the hospital couldn’t
meet the contingency, because
they have everything to gain
and Hope has nothing to gain,”
Owens said. “The board’s presi-
dent felt that we have spent an
awful lot of time and money
working on this, having an
attorney, having meetings, and
he did not want to call a special
meeting.”
Owens said the Clinic’s
board will meet again on Oct.
18.
See CARE, page 4
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Todaro, Nick. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 9, 2012, newspaper, October 9, 2012; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth772151/m1/1/?q=%22%22%7E1: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.