December 4, 2025
Trap Shoot, Young Guns Turkey Shoot, and BBQ, Brownies & Pumpkin Pie
At the Ellis County Sportsman's Club
Trap Shoot starts at 1pm
Young Guns Turkey Shoot starts at 3pm
BBQ served at 6pm
Who is Commissioner Louis Ponder?
Louis is a resident of Midlothian with family roots going as far back as the 1890s in Ellis County. In his youth Louis fished and hunted his family land, was in the scouting program from Cub Scouts through Boy Scouts and played football in Jr High and High School. From mowing lawns at age 11 ($5 each) to working at Ratcliff's Grocery to farm hand for John Charles Clark through high school. In his senior year Louis learned to weld through the Welding Technologies program at Waxahachie High School. This resulted in jobs at Wakeland trailer and later at Universal Products in Duncanville. March of 1980 marked the beginning of a 20-year career at Gifford Hill Cement (Now Ashgrove) where he went from plant cleanup to heavy equipment operator tp locomotive operator to Quality Control Lab Technician to Control Room Operator and finally he appointed Production Shift Foreman.
In 2005, Louis and his wife Kathy joined the entrepreneurial world by launching Approved Home Health Care. The driving force behind founding this business was Louis's desire to help our aging population. AHHC provides skilled care: nursing, home health aide, physical, occupational and speech therapy for our elderly homebound residents in their homes. Louis has a long history of supporting local charities to include Meals on Wheels of Ellis and Johnson County and Ellis County SPCA, Knights of Columbus (4th Degree) and more.
In 2018, Louis took on the mission of stopping forced annexation in Ellis County. Louis, led the efforts of dozens of volunteers and local businesses around the county to collect over 13,000 signatures in six months. The initiative, known as PROP-A made the May 2019 ballot. Louis and his band of devoted volunteers finally saw their efforts succeed with an 87% win at the polls. This win in Ellis and seven other counties gained the attention of Texas legislators. Louis went to Austin to speak to the committee hearing arguments for Bill HB347. Once signed by Governor Abbott, this law eliminated forced annexation state wide. Louis and his wife, Kathy raised 2 daughters in Ellis county.
Swearing In
On January 1st, 2025, Justice of the Peace James "Butch" Bryant administered the oath of office to Louis Ponder as County Commissioner. So begins Commissioner Ponder's four year term serving the residents of Ellis County's Precinct 3.
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