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Weather
Tonight:
Clear
Low 32
Friday:
Sunny
High 59
Around Town
Pierce Park lit
Friday, rest set
to glow Dec. 5
Downtown’s Pierce
Park, home to the Johnny
Cody Tree, will be lit
starting Friday, Nov. 29.
The rest of downtown’s
Lights of Ennis will light
up in conjunction with
the annual Christmas Pa-
rade of Lights on Dec. 5.
The lighting is set at 5:30
p.m., The parade will
start on Clay Street and
proceed south to Ennis
Avenue, turning east
onto Ennis Avenue to
West Main and turning
north. Line up starts at 6
p.m., judging begins at
6:30 p.m., and the parade
starts at 7 p.m.
Holiday
closings
The offices of the city
of Ennis will be closed on
Thursday, Nov. 28, in ob-
servance of the Thanks-
giving holiday Regular
garbage collection routes
will also be closed Thurs-
day Garbage collection
will resume and offices
will reopen on Friday,
Nov. 29.
The offices of the
Ennis Daily News will
also be closed for busi-
ness on Thursday for
the holiday. The news-
paper will reopen for
business at 8 a.m. Fri-
day, Nov. 29.
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Technical college coming
Phil Banker
phil@ennisdailynews.com
Students in Ennis and
greater Ellis County are one
step closer to having new edu-
cational opportunities after a
recent vote by the Red Oak ISD
Board of Trustees.
The Red Oak ISD Board of
Trustees unanimously voted
Nov. 18 to approve the deeding
of 29.5 acres of land to Texas
State Technical College to con-
struct an extensive technical
education campus.
The college announced the
creation of an extension cam-
pus in Red Oak operating in
partnership with Red Oak ISD
on July 8.
Per a release from TSTC,
the new campus was created
through a bill introduced by
State Rep. Jim Pitts and State
Sen. Brian Birdwell. Bills from
those legislators' respective
branches of the legislature
went into effect upon Gov.
Perry's signature on June 14.
According to Adi Bryant,
Red Oak ISD spokesperson,
the facility is set to break
ground in early 2014.
“This is a sign of success,”
said TSTC Chancellor Michael
L. Reeser. “The success of Red
Oak ISD and TSTC joining to-
gether to ensure the future
success of students and work-
force training in the North
Texas region.”
Diana Freeman, Ennis ISD
executive director of federal
programs and career and tech-
nology education, said the new
TSTC branch will offer yet an-
other place for Ennis High
School graduates to seek techni-
cal training after graduation.
“It's a good option for
them,” she said. “TSTC is a
good place.”
She said the school already
offers dual credit for EHS stu-
dents through TSTC, but she
did not know if sending EHS
students to the new campus
for classes would be feasible.
“Red Oak is on a completely
different high school schedule
from us,” Freeman said.
“The logistics get to be
problematic.”
Christmas
production
coming to
new theater
Nick Todaro
nick@ennisdailynews.com
Theatre Rocks! has
brought a local favorite back
to the stage for the Christ-
mas season this year.
My Favorite Christmas, a
play authored by Bill
Rhoten, is another of the sea-
son-opening offerings set for
Dec. 5 in Ennis. The play will
also run Fridays and Satur-
days through Dec. 21, with a
Sunday matinee Dec. 22.
The play’s plot turns on a
Christmas Eve full of laugh-
ter, excitement for gifts, a
duo of warm-hearted thieves
and the miracle of childbirth
— no theatrical stone is left
unturned for a smile.
It brings forward the idea
that true belief in the
meaning of Christmas can
be resuscitated even in the
most unlikely of circum-
stances and staunchest of
humbugs.
See CHRISTMAS, page 3
To GO
My Favorite Christmas,
the latest production of the
Theatre Rocks! playhouse
in Ennis, opens at 7:30
p.m. Dec. 5. It continues at
7:30 p.m. Fridays and Sat-
urdays through Dec. 21,
with a 2:30 p.m. Sunday
matinee set Dec. 22.
Tickets cost $15 for
adults, $12 for seniors or
students. Call 972-878-
7529 or visit www.theatre-
rocks.com for more
information.
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Terence Williams, No. 22, and the Ennis High School Lions varsity football
squad are preparing for the first Ennis appearance at AT&T Stadium in Arlington
on Friday in the third-round playoff appearance against the Frisco Raccoons.
Lions, Raccoons to battle
Dave A. Vance
sports@ennisdailynews.com
The Ennis Lions (12-0, 7-0,15-4A) are one
step further into the 4A Division II playoffs
after last Friday’s 64-13 blowout over Lucas
Lovejoy in the area round of the playoffs.
The Lions spent Tuesday morning prac-
ticing at an indoor field in Forney in prepa-
ration for Friday’s regional game against
the Frisco Raccoons (9-3, 5-2,13-4A).
Lion head coach Jack Alvarez is excited
to be taking his Lions to AT&T Stadium in
Arlington for the regional round of the play-
offs.
“It’s going to be a great experience for the
whole community of Ennis. I think it’s
going to be a great experience for the band,
cheerleaders, football team, sports writers;
I think it’s going to be fun,” he said.
Both teams will be granted 45 minutes to
practice and become acclimated to the Cow-
boys field before kicking off at 7:30 p.m.
Despite what other media outlets have
been reporting, Alvarez made it clear that
the Lions and Raccoons have two different
offenses.
“They do not run our offense and we do
not run theirs,” he said. “That is what every-
body around is saying.”
The Lions have earned 5,684 total yards
this season with 3,597 rushing yards
achieved on 459 carries and 2,087 yards
earned on 124 of 191 completed passes. They
average 44.2 points per game with a total of
530 points scored.
The success of the Lion offense is in large
part by the solid wrall of offensive linemen.
Tatin Carino, Grant Cervantes, BJ Conn,
Landon Emmert, Alejandro Gonzales, Cody
Green, Isaiah Santos and Kris Young have
done a great job at protecting Lion quarter-
back Devin Smith and opening holes for the
running backs.
All-time Ennis rushing leader Terence
Williams currently leads the Lions with
1,453 rushing yards on 177 carries for 22
touchdowns this season.
See LIONS, page 8
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