Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Page: 1 of 18
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Vol. 124, Issue 17-1 section, 18 pages plus inserts
EMORY, TEXAS - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2010
PRICE 500
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WEEK
Winning Mr
Recipes
featured in
Kitchen Sense
Page 4
Prospects
looking good
for Texas
deer season
Texas deer hunters
could be blessed with
too much of a good
thing this fall, at least
early on, as excel-
lent range conditions'
throughout the state
Page 6
Only one
contested
local race
Less than a month
from today. Rains
Countyiles will join
voters across Texas
as they head to the
polls to elect feder-
al, state, district and
county officials in the
November 2 General
Election.
Page 13
Pumpkins
galore and
fall blooms
at Dallas
Arboretum
Spring blooms at
the Dallas Arboretum
are spectacular and the
pumpkin displays along
with the fall flowers
are a sight to behold!
There are over 40,000
pumpkins and decorative
gourds and over 150,000
fall-blooming flowers.
Page 13
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LAKE COUNTRY NEIGHBORS
Pig” pig roast oil tap Saturday
Fundraiser benefiting Boy Scout Troop S9S
By CAROLYN HILL
Rains County Ixader staff
Hogtie the kiddos, grandma, grand-
pa, the aunties and uncles and head on
down to the Rains County Fairgrounds
on Saturday, October 9, and go hogwild
for Hogatar, the Lake County Neigh-
bors’ first annual pig roast.
Hogatar: Thank God I’m Not A Pig"
pig roast, is an LCN fundraiser benefit-
ing Rains County’s Boy Scout Troop
393.
The ticket gates open at 11:00 a m.
on a world of fun, food, entertainment
and fellowship that continues until
5:00 p.m. Tickets in advance arc $8.00
and may be purchased at All Through
the House, Don’s Restaurant, Curves,
Circle H Barbecue, the 1st National
Bank or any Lake Coun-
try Neighbor member.
Tickets at the gate will be
$10.00.
Not sure you’re ready
for roasted pig for lunch?
Not to worry' While FEC
will be cooking a wild
pig, your admittance tick-
et includes a great barbe-
cue lunch of tender beef
with all the trimmings.
Lunch will be served from 1T:00 a m.
to 2:00 p.m.
After lunch, stroll through the many
vendor booths on hand. Purchase one
of the cool Hogatar T-shirts, specially
designed for this year's event - or,
buy one for every member of the fam-
ily. Then, get ready to do some great
Christmas shopping from
the superb array of mer
chandise on display by
vendors.
Vendors already
signed-up include Christ
mas items, herbal prod
ucts, candles, toys for
kids, salsa, jellies, kitch-
en items, home decor,
children’s clothes, purs
es, jewelry, wood art.
Scarves, cosmetics, yard art, scrapbook
items and pots.
Also, a silent auction will be con
ducted by the Rains' Recycling Com
mittee and a stained-glass piece wall be
auctioned by the American Legion.
Let the kids go hogwild at the bounce
houses and Caldwell Zoo Bug Mobile
and the Fast I'exaS Alligator Farms
baby alligator displays. The Lake fork
Baptist Clowns will amuse and New
York Life Insurance will be available to
take children's DNA absolutely free for
your family records
The entire family will enjoy the
displays of Ford trucks, motorcycles
and military memorabilia on the fair
grounds. The Friends of the Library s
booth will feature stoekears, driven-
and pit crew ■ as well as a monster truck
and trader Have the kiddos photos
made by a professional photographer
for a nominal fee, all benefiting the
Scouts.
Feet getting n Irttlo tired' 'deed a
rest .' Then sit Tack and enjoy the great
\n THANK ,m :
VETERANS
Deadline approaching;
new office hours set
Starting in October, the Veterans Service office will
be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The hours .are
8:(K) a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the address is 110 E. North
St. Emory in the Arrington BQilding.
If you served in the military between September 11,
2001, and September 30, 2008, and were involuntarily
extended, you are entitled to $500 for every month of
that extension.
The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act
authorizes that special pay. Those involuntarily extend-
ed, commonly called “Stop Loss," must apply for the
benefit by the deadline of October 21,2010. Additional
information is available by contacting the Veteran Ser-
vice Officer Gary Thomas’ office at 903-473-5055.
EMORY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
'Thinking of starting your own business?
This seminar could get you going
If you are thinking of start-
ing your own business, you
can get good information from
a Starting Your Own Business
seminar sponsored by the
Emory Development Corpora-
tion.
Pete Davis of the Trinity Val-
ley Community College Small
LARGE DAIRY
Business Development Center
will conduct the seminar on
Monday evening. October 18.
beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the
EDC board room at 329 N.
Texas Street in Emory.
Davis will address what it
takes to live “the American
dream" of owning your own
business. You may find out
what is involved in starting a
business and what steps need
to be taken t<> get y.uu business
off on the right font,
The seminar is free and
open to Hie public. So eve: if
THINKING
Springville Farms moves to Rains Co.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Mark Twain comes
to Rains courthouse
By LYN BALDWIN
President of Friends of
Rams C ounty Public l ibrary
The Rains County Public-
Library and its Friends of the
Library are proud to offer free
tickets to see a live portrayal
of the Mark Twain Storytelling
Show on Thursday, October
21, at 7:(X) p.m. in the Rains
County historic courthouse on
the square.
The courthouse seating is
limited to 203 and tickets will
be issued on a first-come-first-
served basis. The process for
receiving free ticket(s) is as
follows:
■ On Tuesday, October 5,
during the library's regular
hours Friends members may
pick up their ticket(s) by sign-
ing the membership list and
showing their library cards.
■ Friends of the Library
adult members will receive two
(2) free tickets; junior mem-
bers will receive one (1) free
ticket.
■ New library cards and
new Friends memberships will
be taken during that time.
■ Local patrons of the
library, adults or children, will
receive one (1) ticket. When a
total of 203 tickets has been
issued, dispensing will end.
■ On Wednesday, October
6, and lliursday, October /,
during regular library hours
patrons may pick up their
tickets by signing the patron
list and showing their library
V aids
■ Library cards may be
applied (or at that time.
• Tickets will not be avail-
Dave Ehlert of Branson, Mo.
will'perform as Samuel Clem-
ens/Mark Twain and also has
been seen at Hot Hits Theater
in Elvis and the Superstars,
Hank & Patsy, Together! and
Breakfast With Mark Twain
in Branson. Ehlert will por-
tray Twain's Life Story wound
around all Twain’s famous
quotes with a strong emphasis
on the importance of literacy
at the October 21 performance.
“One who can read but won’t,
has no advantage over one who
can’t!’’ will he his mantra.
“Twain” plans to entertain
the audience and expouse “1
don’t exaggerate, I just remem-
ber big” and “The only sure
things are death and taxes
but at least, death doesn’t get
worse every year!” Ehlert’s
90 minutes of storytelling will
delight the young and old and
will he a wonderful gift to our
county.
Souvenirs will be sold dur-
ing intermission, and Friends
memberships and sponsorships
will be available. After the per-
formance, attendees are invited
to visit personally with Mark
Twain at the Coffee Shack on
the Square and enjoy coffee,
tea, and finger foods for a nom-
inal fee.
This program is a gift to
you, nnr patrons, for support
By AUDY CODY ^
Rains County Ix-adcr staff
If you drive about two miles
West of Emory on 2795W (old
Hwy, 69) and look to your
right, you will see a magnif-
icent herd of approximately
600 award-winning Jerseys
and Guernseys grazing peace-
fully on the 1.200 acres ’com-
prising Springville Farms (the
land was previously owned by
Ratters Ranch). While many
parts of Texas are seeing dairy
farms disappear. Rains County
is fortunate to have some long-
time dairies still in operation.
Now a brand spanking new
state-of-the-art dairy opera-
tion, Springville Farms, has
moved here.
In July, after much com-
muting from their dairy farm
in Plano, Todd and Deanna
Moore, along with five-year
old Madison and three year-
old Mason, moved the major-
ity of their herd here. They
purchased a house adjacent
to the farm when the osyiier
moved to "The metroplex.
It has not taken very long
for them to become involved m
the community. Both boys are
playing soccer at the- RYSA
field. The boys are enjoying H
and Todd is having a great time
coaching. *
Todd’s grandfather came to
Texas from Tennessee in the
late ’20s. He bought 200 acres
at 3721 N. Jupiter Ijtoad in'
Plano (near Jupiter and Parker)
and built a house there in 1939.
He built a horse ham on the
property in 1940 for his prize
Tennessee Walking Horses
After a search for good butter-
milk. which he liked to drink,
and finding none to his satis-
faction, he bought a registered
Guernsey to produce his own,
HventualK there were beet
cattle, sheep, hogs, an oichatd.
chickens and all the animals
and produce ty pical ot irfatnik
farm in the '30s.
TTp.u, liTs 'death. ToVTcfs
father took ewer the operation
Whereas his gt andlather’s
major interest was fits insur
ance company, lodd's father
concent! ated on the farm,
breeding better cows and start ‘
ing a commercial dairy . Lavon
Farms, in the late ’50s,
The bam here has been
under construction for two
years. Many things in this
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County Public E'^|
Friends look forward to show-
ing off the Rains County his-
toric courthouse. Unfortunate-
ly. Jhftre are only 203 seats.
SonTe seats are in the balcony
and are not wheelchair acces-
sible, so be sure to come early
to get the best seat for you-
PtoototoyTWV miil
OWNERS MASON, DEANNA, TODD AND MADISON MOORE pause in the state of-the art mtlkitng
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Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 5, 2010, newspaper, October 5, 2010; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1123631/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.