Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Page: 1 of 12
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PRICE 500
EMORY, TEXAS-TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016
Vol. 129, Issue 43 - 1 section, 12 pages plus insert
RAINS ISD
Board to consider possible new athletic director
RAINS COUNTY
page 4
PAYDON COFFMAN
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WILDCATS
Local teen
involved in
fatal accident
Eating
Fresh
POINT
Police pursue charges
in animal cruelty case
THIS
WEEK
According to a representative from the Depart-
ment of Public Safety (DPS) office in Winnsboro,
around 8:36 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, Rains
STATE SALES TAX
Point has large increase
in sales tax revenue
One more
week to vote
for Rains
Elementary
Seeds of
change
District
Track Meet
at Wildcat
Stadium
April is
National
Child Abuse
Prevention
Month
Changes are on the horizon for
Rains Independent School District
(ISD) and two of those changes will
be discussed tonight, Tuesday, April
12. The District’s Board of Trustees
will meet for its regular meeting at the
Rains ISD Administration Building at
6:30 p.m. The board will discuss the
hiring of a new athletic director and
the possibility of Rains ISD becom-
ing a “District of Innovation.”
At tonight’s meeting, the recom-
mendation of the committee for the
new athletic director will be present-
ed to the school board. The board will
review the recommendation and then
vote whether to approve the hire or
not. Rouse stated that the committee
would be in attendance.
Rouse stated, “[Smith] has served
the district well. We appreciate the
person he was and he provided sta-
bility for our athletic programs. He’s
Justice of the Peace Don Smith declared Coff-
man dead at the scene. Cannon was transported
to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur
Springs by ambulance, according to myssnews.
com, with minor injuries.
Local fire departments, including Emory and
Point, helped DPS secure the scene along with
other agencies. Trooper Brent Akin headed the
investigation which shut down traffic on Hwy. 19
until almost 1:00 p.m.
A memorial service is planned for Coffman on
Wednesday, April 13, at 7:00 p.m. at Rains High
School’s Wildcat Stadium.
bers of the community who had a
stake in the hiring of an athletic
director.
Rouse explained that the commit-
tee reviewed more than 70 applica-
tions before going through the pro-
cess of narrowing it down to one indi-
vidual. “I cannot express how hard
the committee worked, for countless
hours. They were ethical and sincere
through the whole process. It was a
unanimous decision in the end.” He
stated that he is very pleased with the
recommendation of the committee.
‘Smokey’ was found deceased inside
a pet carrier...the top of ‘Smokey’s’
head appeared to have been chewed
on through the door of the carrier.”
Bandit was the only surviving animal
and was removed from the enclosed
porch and “was very weak and very
thin with a very pronounced showing
of bones.”
The affidavit also describes the
majority of surfaces inside the porch
“including floors and cabinets were
covered in feces.” The amount of
feces led authorities to believe the
animals had been locked inside the
porch for an extended time with no
care or food or water. During the
investigation, a half-full 52-lb. bag
of dog food “was found inside the
kitchen area of the residence just
inside the rear door of the enclosed
porch.”
Ingram spoke with James York,
who stated he “had not had anything
to do with his dogs because of issues
with his knees.” York was questioned
as to whether he was responsible
for the situation to which he stated,
“Partially.” He also stated that he
could have checked on the dogs
and that he knew “Smokey” was
East Tawakoni. April’s month-
ly allocation for the city of East
Tawakoni is down 61.56 percent,
receiving $4,361.15 compared to
$11,345.92 received in April 2015.
YTD the city received a total of
$21,132.71 up 235.13 percent com-
pared to 2015 YTD allocations of
$59,240.97, with a sales tax of 1.5
percent.
Rains County. The county has
received a total of $164,718.94 YTD,
down 1.15 percent compared to 2015
YTD allocations of $166,638.01.
A refund for the month of April
of $39,194.47 is up 5.43 percent
compared to $37,175.71 received in
April 2015.
The county’s tax base is 0.5 per-
cent of retail sales throughout the
county.
Sales tax applied to sales in Feb-
ruary were returned to the state by
merchants in March and reallocated
to governmental entities in April.
Hegar distributed over $420M in
April in states sales taxes to cities
and counties throughout the state.
The chart accompanying this arti-
cle shows the state sales tax alloca-
tions for cities and counties in the
surrounding area.
See sales chart on page 12.
By LAUREN WITHROW
Rains County Leader staff
By LAUREN WITHROW
Rains County Leader staff
By LAUREN WITHROW
Rains County Leader staff
By LAUREN WITHROW
Rains County Leader staff
STOP
CHILD
LABUSE
Former Athletic Director Derek
Smith submitted his resignation in
February, the board accepted it at
its regular March meeting and his
last day is scheduled to be Thursday,
April 14.
According to Superintendent John
Rouse, an athletic director search
committee was formed after the
board’s acceptance of Smith’s resig-
nation and included parents of both
male and female students, booster
club members, Rains Youth Sports
Association (RYS A) and other mem-
see POLICE page 12
see BOARD page 12
Over $545,000 in state sales tax
funds have been rebated to local gov-
ernmental entities in 2016, according
to year-to-date statistics released by
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar last
week.
Allocations to the four governmen-
tal entities (county and cities) for the
month of April totaled $126,127.13.
Emory. With a sales tax based on
1.5 percent of retail sales, the city
of Emory received $74,862.94 from
sales tax revenue allocated in April,
which is a 13.5 percent increase
from last year’s April payment of
$65,955.54. Year-to-date (YTD),
Emory has received $327,350.02 in
sales tax revenue, up 5.57 percent
from the same time last year when
the rebate was $310,062.11.
Point. The city of Point received
a payment of $7,708.57 from the
comptroller’s office for April, up
36.05 percent from the April 2015
payment of $5,665.72. YTD, Point
has received $33,324.56, up 24.46
percent from last year’s payment of
$26,773.20.
The city of Point collects a tax of
1.5 percent of retail sales within the
city.
Leader photo by TREY HILL
What waits for Emory residents just around the bend in the road? With the paving of the trails at the new city
park, under the supervision of 5W Contracting, LLC, residents will find smooth walkways with bridges that weave
their way through trees with the sounds of nature drowning out the noise of the town. The new park is located
across the street from the Rains County Sheriff’s Office and catty-corner to the Rubye McKeown City Park.
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Park gets new paved paths
Capital
County resident and
2015 Rains High School
graduate, Paydon Coff-
man, 18, was traveling
northbound on Highway
19, approximately 6.1
miles north of Emory.
He was driving a 1995
Ford F150 and for a rea-
son unknown at press
time, veered into the
southbound lane. Coff-
man hit a 2010 Ken-
worth 18-wheeler pull-
ing a trailer driven by
Stefan Cannon of Paris.
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According to Point Police Chief
Tony Ingram, on March 7, he and
Point Police Sgt. Brad Cates were
dispatched to 280 2nd Street in Point.
Once there, the two officers met with
Society for the Prevention of Cru-
elty to Animals (SPCA) Investiga-
tor Staci Kimberlin, who stated that
she was responding to a tip about a
deceased dog.
Kimberlin explained to Ingram
and Cates that she had discovered
two dogs locked in a house, one of
whom was deceased. The second
dog was in very poor condition.
According to an affidavit released
to the Rains County Leader by the
Point Police Department, “During
the investigation, it was found there
were a total of three dogs which
appeared to have been locked up
inside an enclosed porch on the
rear of the residence with no food
or water for an extended period of
time.” The dogs were eventually
identified as “Baby Girl,” “Bandit”
and “Smokey” and their owners were
identified as Adrianne Rae York and
James Andrew York.
The affidavit states, “‘Baby Girl’
was found deceased by a black bowl...
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