The commission, meeting for the first time with both of its newly-appointed commissioners, Roy Webster, of Hood River, and Dr. Ennis Keizer, of North Bend, approved a year's contract for a consultant in the data processing department who has been the center of considerable controversy in the past.

The second tier of local governance is represented by the town councils — Clare has four in the form of Ennis, Kilrush, Kilkee and Shannon.

Ennis has also written several miniseries for Vertigo, including Goddess ( 1995 – 1996 ), Pride & Joy ( 1997 ), Unknown Soldier ( 1997 ), and Adventures in the Rifle Brigade ( 2001 – 2002 ), as well as eight one-shot War Stories between 2001 and 2003.

Ennis has an annual Bluebonnet festival during the month of April.

Among the buildings she has been active in restoring is the Ennis House in the Hollywood Hills designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Other comics Ennis has written include War Story ( with various artists ) for DC ; The Pro for Image Comics ; The Authority for Wildstorm ; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood ( a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist ), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.

So adding some fantasy superhero narrative, that has always annoyed me a little bit .” Although he has written a number of superhero stories, Ennis has tried to " subvert " the genre as well as he could.

In the 1995 one-shot special Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe, Ennis has the Punisher kill every single superhero and supervillain on Earth.

Ennis has also worked with John Woo on a 5-issue comic book mini-series called Seven Brothers for Virgin Comics.

Ennis is a resolute atheist who has a marked distaste for Christianity.

Ennis has stated that he would " like to see less superheroes "; this desire is reflected in the gritty, realistic tone and the anti-heroic portrayals of both the title character and Nick Fury, who made two guest appearances to the series.

The character has been described as being obsessed with vengeance ; Garth Ennis noted that the character of the Punisher " sees the world in very black and white terms, he solves his problems with utter finality " and that " his response to any problem: when in doubt, hit back hard.

An explosion of talent and publishing has been one of the consequences of free secondary school education introduced in the 1960s, allowing many southern poets ( e. g. Thomas McCarthy, John Ennis, Dennis O ’ Driscoll, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill ) to come to wider notice.

Politically, Ennis has always been considered a Fianna Fáil stronghold.

Ennis has been a center for Irish Traditional Music, and since 1974 has hosted the Fleadh Nua in late May each year, the second largest traditional music festival in Ireland.

Ennis has numerous Football Clubs ( Soccer, GAA & Rugby ) that play in various Leagues from Schoolboys to Senior.

The Ennis Leisure Centre has a fully equipped Gym with a 25m pool, Saunas etc.

Ennis has been married to Margaret Angela Knight since 1980 and they have three sons, one of which is called Micheal Ennis.

The Institute has four campuses in Limerick City, one in both Thurles and Clonmel in County Tipperary and a regional learning centre in Ennis, County Clare.

Having spearheaded the " British invasion ," by head-hunting such writers as Moore, Gaiman, Delano, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis and Peter Milligan, Berger was well suited to head up the new line, as she was already editing many of the series which would form the core of the early Vertigo output.

The many cultivars of the hazel include: ' Barcelona ', ' Butler ', ' Casina ', ' Clark ' ' Cosford ', ' Daviana ', ' Delle Langhe ', ' England ', ' Ennis ', ' Fillbert ', ' Halls Giant ', ' Jemtegaard ', ' Kent Cob ', ' Lewis ', ' Tokolyi ', ' Tonda Gentile ', ' Tonda di Giffoni ', ' Tonda Romana ', ' Wanliss Pride ', and ' Willamette '.

Ennis also includes many relief organisations, such as The Samaratans, Clare Care and St. Vincent De Paul.

Ennis is a stronghold of traditional music with many musicians in residence and regularly playing locally.

There are many cultivars of the hazel, including ' Barcelona ', ' Butler ', ' Casina ', ' Clark ' ' Cosford ', ' Daviana ', ' Delle Langhe ', ' England ', ' Ennis ', Fillbert, ' Halls Giant ', ' Jemtegaard ', ' Kent Cob ', ' Lewis ', ' Tokolyi ', ' Tonda Gentile ', ' Tonda di Giffoni ', ' Tonda Romana ', ' Wanliss Pride ', and ' Willamette '.

For many years he was also the course director of the annual Ennis / IMRO Composition Summer School.

A tremendous roster of legendary creators have worked on Shadowman characters and storylines including current Marvel Comics Editor-in Chief Joe Quesada, former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, Sin City co-director Frank Miller, Garth Ennis, Rob Liefeld, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jamie Delano, Steve Ditko, David Lapham, Rags Morales, Fabian Nicieza, Jim Starlin, Bob Layton, Jimmy Palmiotti, Walt Simonson and Ashley Wood among many others.

Reilly's teaching influence continues today with instructors Michael Aviano and Jack Faragasso as well as their students John Ennis, Jon deMartin, Graydon Parrish, Neilson Carlin and many more.

He soon formed his own gang from many of the prominent thieves of the decade including Billy " The Kid " Burke, " Boston " Pet Anderson, Hod Ennis, Eddie Pettengill and Jake Rand.

Olney High School is also reputable for its many notable alumni such as Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Del Ennis ( 1942 ), comedy writer Barry S. Waronker ( 1965 ), local news reporter Sheila Washington ( 1982 ), and former Feltonville historian Dennis Dalbey ( 1994 ).

Concurrently, the Phillies were being transfused with young blood, bringing to the majors many of the players who would become the Whiz Kids: Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn, Del Ennis, Granny Hamner, Willie Jones, Curt Simmons, Bubba Church and others.

Black churches in Maryland hosted many musical, as well as political and educational, activities, and many African American musicians got their start performing in churches, including Anne Brown, Marian Anderson, Ethel Ennis and Cab Calloway, in the 20th century.

The following inductees have also been elected to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame: Richie Ashburn, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Mike Schmidt, broadcaster Harry Kalas, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Del Ennis, Chuck Klein, Ed Delahanty, Larry Bowa, Tug McGraw, and Dick Allen.

McCoy was awarded the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, beating darts player Phil Taylor and heptathlete Jessica Ennis into second and third place respectively.

Location work for Father Ted was done mostly in County Clare, including locations at Ennis, Kilfenora, Ennistymon, and Kilnaboy.

In the village centre are a range of shops, including one of the first-established Superquinn stores, banking facilities and pubs and restaurants, including the Shamrock Lodge on Seamus Ennis Road.

In addition to the official control cities of Galveston, Houston, and Dallas, I-45 serves a number of other communities, including La Marque, League City, Spring, The Woodlands, Conroe, Willis, Huntsville, Madisonville, Centerville, Buffalo, Fairfield, Corsicana, and Ennis.

The show went through several orchestras during its radio life, including those of Ennis, Charles Hoff, Matty Matlock, Matty Malneck, Jack Meakin, Will Osborne, Fred Rich, Leith Stevens, and Peter van Steeden.

There are also appearances by writers and artists, including series creator Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, and Jenkins himself.

In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher ( from The Boys ) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon ( subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled The Punisher War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name ).

There are several secondary level schools located in Ennis, including Rice College, Ennis Community College, Colaiste Muire, St. Flannan's College, and Gaelcholaiste an Chláir.

There are a number of Hotels around Ennis that have their own Leisure facilities including Gyms and 15m to 20m Pools.

The ICO has also performed in other Irish cities, including Tuam, Wexford, Kinsale, Skibereen, Portmagee, Kilkee, Castleblaney, Omagh, Sligo, Clifden, Ennis and Thurles.

The company attracted several professionals known across the industry, including artist Brandon Peterson, writer Garth Ennis and former Marvel staffer David Wohl.

Wizard published a line of comics under the banner Black Bull Comics by several well-known creators, including Mark Waid, Chris Eliopoulos, Nelson DeCastro, and Garth Ennis, including:

As editor, Nicieza oversaw the new version, dubbed VH2 by the company, which re-imagined all of the Valiant characters such as Shadowman, X-O Manowar and Ninjak, using the top comic book writers of the period including Warren Ellis, Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek and Garth Ennis.

During his lifetime, Teddlie taught singing schools for 61 years, composed 130 songs, published 14 song books, and served as a full-time minister, including the Johnson Street Church of Christ ( 1945 – 1951 ) and Central Church of Christ in Greenville, Texas, and Churches of Christ in Ennis, Sulphur Springs, Lone Oak and Quinlan.

The investment project to be delivered by Iarnród Éireann involves a renewal of 58 km ( 36 mi ) of track, including all necessary fencing and drainage and the installation of points and crossings at Gort and Ennis.

In the case of The Rocketeer sections of the Ennis House were recreated in detail, including the patterned art glass, on a studio set.

Three times in his career Del Ennis broke up a no-hit game, including one off Ramón Monzant of the New York Giants on April 29, 1956.