“Adopt don’t shop” is a mantra utilized by many organizations devoted to finding loving homes for shelter animals. With thousands of dogs, cats and other companion animals residing in shelters or being fostered until they can find their forever homes, rescue organizations urge the pet-loving public to adopt rather than purchase dogs from private breeders.
The valve explosion at Polyco in 2018 wasn’t the first time a local industrial mishap made the news. Over 46 years ago, in 1976, an explosion occurred at the FMC chemical plant. No fatalities or injuries resulted but hundreds of people were evacuated due to poisonous fumes from the fire.
Ennis -vs- Waxahachie, over a century old, resumes this Friday, Aug. 26, when the No. 11 ranked Lions take on the Indians at 9,500 seat Lumpkins Stadium. This year’s games start thirty minutes earlier, at 7:00 p.m.
