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Mavericks struggle
against Oklahoma
City Thunder
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Ennis school district
has wealth of
Christmas events
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Deaths
GRESSETT, Geraldine
LANGFORD, Clyde Jr.
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Around Town
New Year’s Eve
celebration set
First Presbyterian
Church in Ennis has
slated a New Year’s Eve
celebration starting at
7:30 p.m. Dec. 31. The
evening will feature food,
fun and games. The
church is located at 210
N. McKinney St. For
more information, call
927-875-3196.
City closure
planned
The city of Ennis
will close its offices and
refuse collection routes
on Tuesday, Jan. 1, in
observance of the New
Year holiday. The city
will reopen its offices
and garbage collection
routes will resume on
Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Newspaper
observing New
Year holiday
The Ennis Daily
News will close Mon-
day, Dec. 31 and reopen
Wednesday, Jan. 2.
There will not be a
newspaper printed on
Tuesday, Jan. 1.
A man
with a
mission
Nelson gains
strength from
serving others
Phil Banker
phil@ennisdailynews. com
Marty Nelson dedicated
his life to service early;
service to his country, his
community and his god.
Nelson was born in Still-
water, Okla., but was raised
in Garden City, Kan. After
graduating high school, he
moved back to Stillwater
with his family, enlisting in
the U.S. Army in 1980. Soon
after, he got the opportunity
to attend college at Okla-
homa State University
through the Army ROTC
program.
He eventually earned a
bachelor's degree in indus-
trial arts education and a
master's degree in educa-
tion administration higher
education before leaving
school for military service.
Nelson, then a 2nd lieu-
tenant in the Army, went to
Fort Benning, Ga., in 1988
before landing at his perma-
nent duty station at Fort
Polk, La., with the 5th In-
fantry Division. Shortly be-
fore he was deployed to
Panama, he got some news
that changed his life.
He said before a deploy-
ment, the base was put on
“lockdown” and the soldiers
were isolated. The soldiers'
wives were allowed to visit,
including Nelson's first
wife.
“That's how I found out
she was pregnant with our
first daughter, Marie,” Nel-
Marty Nelson led this year’s Give a Kid a Chance
Program, and is on board for the helmsman’s post
in the coming year.
His time dedicated to
military service has been
a cornerstone of Marty
Nelson’s life.
son said. “Literally the
night before.”
He returned after six
months in Panama, after
which he decided to leave
active duty.
“That kind of lifestyle
wasn't conducive to having
a family,” he said.
He went to work for a
manufacturing company in
Corsicana shortly before the
beginning of Operation
Desert Storm. He moved to
Ennis in 1993, living here for
two years before he was mo-
bilized to Bosnia.
Nelson's mission in
Bosnia differed from his
previous work.
“Up until that point I had
only been an infantry offi-
cer,” he said. “I had com-
manded an infantry unit
and commanded an ar-
tillery unit.”
He deployed to Bosnia as
a Civil Affairs officer, as
part of a “Humanitarian
and Civic Assistance” mis-
sion.
“Wherever the Army is,
there's already a civilian
population there,” he said.
“Our job is to bridge the
gap, from a communica-
tions point of view, between
military commanders and
local leaders. We try to
bridge the gap between the
two and try to keep good
communication.”
Part of Nelson's mission
was to coordinate the deliv-
ery of food and care to the
civilian population of
Bosnia; a mission which
would foreshadow his post-
military volunteer work.
See NELSON, page 10
County
holds
back
info
Nick Todaro
nick@ennisdailynews. com
The Ellis County and District At-
torney’s Office has opted to withhold
information on the Dec. 14 arrest of a
56-year-old Red Oak man for child sex
crimes.
Rito Munoz was booked two weeks
ago on two counts of indecency with a
child sexual contact
and a count of ag-
gravated sexual as-
sault of a child.
District Attorney
Patrick Wilson’s of-
fice has asked for an
opinion from the
state attorney gen-
eral in the county’s
decision to withhold
information in the
case, citing the in-
volvement of victims who are
younger than 14 years old.
The Ennis Daily News routinely
withholds the names of victims in
criminal cases, including minor vic-
tims, and has a standing policy to
never publish the names of victims
of sex crimes.
Despite that policy, Wilson’s office
appealed to the Texas AG for on Dec.
26, eight days after the submission of
a public information request under
the Freedom of Information Act.
The newspaper’s FOI letter fol-
lowed an e-mail communication from
Ellis County Sheriffs Office
spokesman JoAnn Livingston that
stated the need for a written public in-
formation request before that office
could release any information about
the case. The newspaper’s first re-
quest for information from the ECSO
was filed Dec. 17.
Munoz has no prior court record in
40th Judicial District Court available
on the county’s online database.
Munoz
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Comptroller assesses student obesity risks
Staff report
editor @ennisdailynews .com
Study results on a recently cre-
ated state-run website declare 37
percent of Ennis ISD students be-
tween 10-17 are considered “high
risk” for future health risks because
of obesity, with just under 50 per-
cent in the healthy range.
Avalon, by comparison, showed a
34-percent “high risk” population,
and, like Ennis, showed 49 percent
in the healthy range, according to
the ReshapingTexas.org website.
Corsicana showed a 37-percent tally
of children at high risk. Ferris
showed a 36-percent mark.
Those numbers follow state
trends. Test data from more than 2
million Texas schoolchildren
shows one in three students in the
state at high risk and a bit more
than 50 percent in the “Healthy Fit-
ness Zone” category.
EISD spokesman Henry Martinez
said he’s wary of drawing too many
conclusions from the data, espe-
cially in light of the fact such data
was not available on a number of
peer school districts.
Waxahachie ISD, for example,
had no available results, and neither
did Palmer ISD.
“It gets a little sticky when the
natural inclination by some is to
make comparisons, especially with
others in the area,” Martinez said.
In response to the state’s obesity
epidemic, Texas Comptroller Susan
Combs announced last week the
launch of ReshapingTexas, a new
online resource that examines the
economic impacts of obesity and
identifies areas in the state where
children are at risk.
See OBESITY, page 10
By the numbers
Ennis ISD
Percent in HFZ: 49
Percent at Some Risk:
15
Percent BMI at High
Risk: 37
Avalon ISD
Percent in HFZ: 49
Percent at Some Risk:
17
Percent at High Risk: 34
Corsicana ISD
Percent in HFZ: 51
Percent at Some Risk:
13
Percent at High Risk: 37
Ferris ISD
Percent in HFZ: 50
Percent at Some Risk:
14
Percent at High Risk: 36
Source: Texas State
Comptroller
Learn more
Visit the state’s school obesity study online at
www.ReshapingTexas.org.
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