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James Branch, the new Assistant City Manager of Support Services and the Economic Development Director for the City of Ferris.

James Branch, the new Assistant City Manager of Support Services and the Economic Development Director for the City of Ferris.

Branch new EDC Director

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
FERRIS – James Branch has been selected as the next Economic Development Director for the City of Ferris as of Dec. 2. Branch will serve a dual role, as Assistant City Manager of Support Services and the Economic Development Director.

America’s right to exist is under attack

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
Thanksgiving 2019 is in the rearview mirror and most Americans after having sated themselves on turkey, pumpkin pie and football have turned their eyes toward the Christmas spending season with three short weekends left before the gift giving extravaganza, also known as the celebration of the birth...

A holiday strategy

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
The holidays can be glad, sad or bad. Take your pick and choose a direction. I choose glad. Who wants to be sad and who needs bad? I don’t want either one and neither do you. There is enough in life that confronts us every day that has the propensity to get us down.

Life and how to live it

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
My father died just before the holiday season began three years ago. On the anniversary of his death I wanted to share a story with my readers that occurred about three years before he died. It concerns an argument we had during one of my holiday visits to Houston.
Resolution sent by the State of Texas and State Representative John Wray, District 10 to The Ellis County Press office honoring former editor Sheila Hatfield’s contributions to Ellis County.

Resolution sent by the State of Texas and State Representative John Wray, District 10 to The Ellis County Press office honoring former editor Sheila Hatfield’s contributions to Ellis County.

Former Ellis County Press Editor honored by Texas House Resolutions

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
FERRIS – She was a force of nature. That’s what most people noted posthumously when Ellis County Press Editor Sheila Hatfield died in September.   When she died, many knew a force had died with her.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Every day was Thanksgiving at Grandma’s

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
Good week to all: Welcome to the “front porch.” Well, another Thanksgiving has passed. We’ve all eaten enough turkey and dressing and cranberry sauce and pumpkin, pecan, and apple pies to last us ‘til Christmas.

GOD’S GRACE MINISTRIES: Weigh ourselves in the balances (part 2)

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
This is not instructions how to comply with the word of God, that is the Spirits responsibility that brings truth; this is a self-evaluation to determine whether we are in compliance with God’s word or whether we live in error apart from God’s Word.

OUT TO PASTOR: A post Thanksgiving wishbone

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
Now that Thanksgiving is over, I can sit back and recoup from the activity. I’m not sure about anybody else, but a holiday such as Thanksgiving takes a lot out of me. Of course, it puts a lot in me, but that’s another story.
Unity in the Community volunteers tore down a chain-link fence separating the white cemetery from the black cemetery. Amber Hall said a little history of the cemetery includes the fact is was once known as the “colored cemetery,” thus the reason for the chain link fence.

Unity in the Community volunteers tore down a chain-link fence separating the white cemetery from the black cemetery. Amber Hall said a little history of the cemetery includes the fact is was once known as the “colored cemetery,” thus the reason for the chain link fence.

UIC cleans up forgotten cemetery

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Thu, 12/05/2019 - 00:00
FERRIS – What does it take to clean up a cemetery? A Ferris organization called Unity in the Community is finding out the answer to that question.