Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1993 Page: 1 of 16
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SOUTHWEST MICROPUBL I
I yANDELL DR
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8/20/94
EADER
“EASTERN GATEWAY TO LAKE TAWAKONI -
WESTERN GATEWAY TO LAKE FORK”
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1887 VOLUME MO. C¥I EMORY TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1993 ISSUE NO. 14 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
YOU OUGHT
DOUBT IT/
Green Acres Under
New Management
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*%U KflTHL4-tn Bill
PLEASE, NO more letters to
the editor, which we asked you
for to give suggestions on how
you would change or improve
the leader... we appreciate
the responses, and now we're
saving again, thank you...
CORRECTION for Edward
Hutchins' daughter-in-law, her
name is Sandra Hutchins, not
Watkins as printed last week...
sorrv about that, Sandra!...
TOOTER TERRY brought us
some okra, and also l^ee Ely
brought us a cantaloupe... he
knows how much we like canta-
loupe. ..
AND THEN Glenn Aucoin
finally brought us some of his
cornshuck-wrapped hot tama-
les. .. he had promised us some
of his tamales ever since the
Point Fire Department's
Tamale Rest July 4th... and let
us tell you, they were tasty,
delicious and worth wailing
Texas Department of Health
inspectors have recommended
that Green Acres Nursing
Home be re-licensed and re-
certified to participate in the
Medicaid Program. The rec-
ommendation came at the end
of an extensive survey in which
it was determined that the “im-
mediate threat to the health and
safety of the residents” had
been removed.
Green Acres had their con-
tract to participate in the
Medicaid Program terminated
on May 30, 1993, after TDH
officials cited serious deficien-
cies in patient care, sanitation
and staffing. On July 14th, the
Attorney General’s office
placed a trustee in the facility
to assume operations, after at-
tempts by management to cor-
rect the deficiencies were un-
successful .
In a court hearing on August
27th in Judge Boswell’s court,
the involuntary trusteeship was
dissolved and the parties
agreed to the appointment of
Jenny King, LNHA as a volun-
tary trustee for up to 30 days,
to continue operating the
facility.
With the licensure and cer-
tification recommendation of
August 30th and 31st, respec-
tively, EMORY CARE CEN-
TER, INC., has taken over the
operations of Green Acres
Nursing Home.
Mr. Robert (Bob) Greenlaw,
President of Emory Care Cen-
ter, Inc. will be at the facility at
least one week out of each
month. Additionally, Jenny
King, who has served as the
court - appointed trustee and
now serves as the voluntary
trustee, has agreed to stay at
Green Acres for three to four
months as the administrator.
Mrs. King is a licensed nurs-
ing home administrator and na-
tionally certified Activity con-
sultant with over 18 years in
Long Term Care. She is the
President of JENNY KING &
ASSOCIATES, INC., a LTC
consuming firm based in Lin-
dale, Texas.
“I am very pleased that Mr.
Greenlaw will be operating
Green Acres,” states Mrs.
King. “I have known him pro-
fessionally for two years and
know him to be a very caring
individual with the best in-
terests of residents and staff in
mind.”
Mrs. King further stated that
once the facility is operating
smoothly, she will employ an
administrator to take her place.
She will then continue to over-
see the facility for Mr. Green-
law, spending at least one day
each week on site.
“We still have work to do,”
explains King. “The problems
that occurred at Green Acres
didn’t happen overnight and
they can’t be cured overnight.
We’ll continue working until
these residents have what they
deserve...the best!”
for... thanks, friends, to each
of you...
IT WAS only a joke for Alex
Coats in the notice in last
week's Leader, meant for a
friendly joke to Alex...
COUNTY AGENT Kenneth
Neinast is home after his return
from Baltimore, Maryland...
we are quite proud of Kenneth
for receiving this award and
the honor he brought to Rains
County... while there he
brought us the Baltimore Sun
and the Baltimore Times,
which we have thoroughly en-
joyed reading and thumbing
through... and here is the
award Kent; ') received: Ken-
neth E. Neinast, County Exten-
sion Agent-Agriculture for
Rains County, has been sc-
elected by the National Asso-
ciation of County Agricultural
Agents to receive the NACAA
Distinguished Service Award.
The DSA is the highest award
given by the NACAA. It is a
highly prestigious award that
Point to Ride in
Bike-A-Thon
Memphis, TN - St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital
has announced plans for the
Point “Wheels For Life”
Bike-A-Thon. Mrs. Terri Me-
lancon will serve as coordin-
ator of the event on 9/25/93,
and encourages all residents to
support this important com-
munity effort.
St. Jude Children’s Re-
search Hospital, founded in
1962 by the late entertainer
Danny Thomas, is the largest
childhood cancer research cen-
ter in America in terms of the
number of patients treated and
treatment success. Funding for
the treatment and research pro-
grams conducted at St. Jude
Hospital comes primarily from
public support of events such
as the Bike-A-Thon.
Parade
Luncheon
The Seekers Sunday School
Class of Emory United Metho-
dist Church is sponsoring a
parade luncheon on the square ,
Saturday, September 18th, be-
tween 11:30 a.m. and 2:00
p.m. Com bread, beans des-
sert & beverage will be
served.There is no charge,
however, ail donations will be
accepted. The entire proceeds
go towards the purchase price
of a new church van. So, y’all
come and join the fun! Relax
and enjoy lunch just in time for
the parade.
Historical
Society Fund
Raiser
is awarded to less than three
percent of the agricultural
agents in the nation annually.
Neinast was selected to receive
the DSA because of his highly
successful Extension educa-
tional programs in Rains
County. Neinast officially re-
ceived his award at the NACAA
annual meeting in Baltimore.
Maryland, during the week of
August 22-26. He wax recog-
nized along with the six other
Texas DSA recipients at the
Texas County Agricultural
Agents Association annual
meeting in Galveston during
the week of August 1-4... Ken-
neth has been serving Rains
County 17 years...
THIS IS an invitation to ev-
eryone, including Channel 7,
Channel 5, Channel 56, the
Tyler Morning Telegraph, and
Greenville Herald Banner to
come to the Rains County Fair
Sept. I3-I8ili and give us some
good news coverage...
AND ALL interested citi-
zens, don 7 forget Friday, Sept.
17th, from 2:00 to 7:00, the
public hearing on the county
IN THE MAILBAG: “Dear
Editor, I appreciate the time
and assistance provided to
Texas Advocates for Nursing
Home Residents yesterday
(Sept. I). Time did not allow us
to get to the library to schedule
a meeting. Thank you for pub-
lishing nursing home articles
in the paper. We reviewed the
violations assessed bv the
Texas Department of Health
against Green Acres Nursing
Home in the County Judge's
office. This should never be al-
lowed to happen to a nursing
See Doubt it, page 3...
Tawakoni Area
Library Open
House
The Board and friends of the
Tawakoni Area Library invite
you to an Open House to
celebrate the opening of the
new building, located at 340
Hwy 276, in West Tawakoni,
on Saturday, September 18,
1993, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Reported
Lynch School
Reunion
The 10th annual Lynch
School Reunion will be held
the 4th Saturday in September,
which is Sept. 25th, at the
Point Community Center.
Anyone who attended Lynch
School or lived in the commun-
ity are invited to attend and en-
joy the fellowship.
Each family needs to bring a
basket of lunch. Starting time
is 10:30 a.m.
MARY JO WARRICK
Secretary
REPORT
by Woody Morris
Sept. 9 ...............0.04
Sept. 12 ..............0.13
Total.............. .0.17
Total for month ........0.30
Would you like to win a
beautiful “Spirit of St. Louis”
quilt or a lovely painting of an
old house and a windmill? Both
of these wonderful works of art
will be given away by the
Rains County Historical Socie-
ty on the last night of the Rains
County Fair. A $ 1.00 donation
will get you one ticket to win
one of these or $5.00 will get
you six tickets. Come by our
booth at the fair to put your
name in the pot. Proceeds from
this give-away will be used to
help build a Historical Park for
Rains County.
Historical Society members,
please remember our next
monthly meeting on Monday
night, September 20, at 7:30 in
the Rains County Public Libra-
ry. All interested persons are
cordially invited to attend this
meeting and get involved in the
worthwhile project of preserv-
ing Rains County’s great her-
itage.
Virginia Northcutt
Reporter
Notice to
Merchants
It has come to the attention
of the Rains County Area
Chamber of Commerce that
numerous map-printir.g corn-
panic. have been pressuring
local merchants to advertise on
their maps, saying that they are
being sponsored by the
chamber.
The chamber has only done
business with one map com-
pany, D & L Map Services of
Arlington. Texas, and have
just recently had new maps
printed.
Update on
Extended
Area Phone
Service
As you are aware, the Texas
Legislature earlier this year
passed S.B. 632. which estab-
lished extended local phone
service. The bill was signed in-
to law by Gov. Ann Richards
and went into effect Sept. 1.
However, before the service
can be implemented, the Public
Utility Commission of Texas
(PUC) has to establish rules
and regulations.
The PUC will vote on the
extended local service (ELS),
the rules and regulations im-
plementing Senate Bill 632, on
Thursday. October 7. “This is
literally a do-or-die hearing,”
said Diana Fleming, chairper-
son for Te,.„ "’ommunities for
Expanded Local Calling
Areas. “The PUC will deter-
mine whether it is easy or hard
to qualify for ELS, if the proc-
ess will be done quickly or take
up to a year to complete, and
many other issues that are ex-
tremely important to us. We
want the PUC commissioners
to know this rulc:is one of the
most important consumer is-
sues before state government
this year," she said, “so it is
extremely important that we
have a large contingent of local
representatives at the PUC
meeting.” Fleming added that
if enough interest is shown in
Rains County by citizens wish-
ing to go to Austin for the hear-
ing, a chartered bus will be
taken. Call (903) 598-3119 for
details. «
The cities of Point, Emory
and East Tawakoni were the
first municipal members of the
coalition to file petitions with
the Texas Public Utility Com-
mission seeking extended local
service for their local tele-
phone companies. The cities
filed to appear before the PUC
on their own behalf as regula-
tory authorities, as ratepayers
of GTE, and on behalf of their
citizens who are customers of
GTE.
It is very important that as
many individuals as possible
from Rains County go to Aus-
tin. The telephone companies
have literally hundreds of lob-
byists attending and have spent
several million dollars fighting
extended local service.
Fleming said that if the PUC
adopts the coalition's guide-
lines, ELS could be imple-
mented as early as April 1994.
If the PUC listens to the tele-
phone companies, the process
could take a year or longer.
The PUC rulemaking pro-
ceedings do not have required
deadlines for approving new
rules. The coalition has re-
quested that the ELS rule be
adopted on an emergency basis
because of its immediate need
and since the Legislature in-
tended that Extended Local
Service F'r qualifying ex-
changes be approved expedi-
tiously.
Catch the TOPS
Spirit
Public Invited
TOPS Chapter TX #1244
will be holding an open house,
or homecoming for 1993, on
Tuesday night, Sept. 21st,
from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the
Rose Community Center in
Emory.
We would like to invite
anyone wishing to attend.
It will be a motivational
meeting. It is team spirit, great
coaching and our winning at-
titude that make TOPS the
weight-loss support group of
choice for thousands.
We would like to see all our
old members back and bring a
friend. If you have any ques-
tions, feel free to call Leader
Betty Tidwell at 598-2810, or
any TOPS member you may
know.
See you there.
Reported
WORDofGOn
The eternal God is thy ref-
uge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The 1993 Rains County Fair
kicked off the week-long run
with the senior citizens night
and Gospel Singing on Mon-
day night. Something new this
year was a student play,
“Callin’ the Dog," put on by
the Rains 6th grade. The play
portrayed the Rains County
Fair in the earlier part of this
century.
Tuesday night will be the
Cutest Babies Contest begin-
BRO. DICKSON RIAL
Revival at
Emory Baptist
Revival services will begin
Sunday. Sept. 19, and continue
through Wednesday. The Sun-
day morning services will be at
8:30 a.m. and 10:55 a.m.,
with evening services at 6:30
p.m. The weeknight services
will be at 7:30 p.m.
Dickson Rial will be the
evangelist. Bro. Rial was a
pastor for thirty-eight years be-
fore entering into full-time
evangelism in February of
1991. He is a native of Arkan-
sas. When in high school, he
was an All-State running back.
J. K. Weger will lead the
music. Bro. Weger is the Min-
ister of Music at Highland Ter-
race Baptist Church in Green-
ville.
You are invited to attend.
There will be some great sing-
ing and preaching.
Reported
Deora Garrett
Suffers Stroke
Mrs. Deora Garrett is in
Baylor Hospital in Dallas after
suffering a stroke of paralysis
last Wednesday. Her husband,
Fannon, is at her bedside.
Rains Countu
4-H Club (Boots
The Rains County 4-H
meeting was held on August
31, 1993.
Dana Little called the
meeting to order at 7:00. We
elected officers for the 1993-94
club year. President: Laura
Kate Neinast, Vice President:
Dana Little, Secretary: Amber
Zirges,Reporter: LaRissa
Richards, Recreation Chair-
man: Marie Watkins.
We watched movies over
grooming show lambs and
market hogs. We had refresh-
ments. Everyone left at 8:00.
Reporter
LaRissa Richards
Childers Reunion
The Childers’ reunion for
the descendants of James A.
Childers and Mary Emily Ford
Childers will be Sunday, Sept.
19, at the Rose Community
Center. Make plans now to be
there. A covered-dish luncheon
will be served at noon. Can’t
wait to see ya!
Brimer Reunion
The Brimer reunion for
descendants of Walt & Roe
Brimer will be all day. Sept.
25th, at the Dunbar Pavilion.
Relatives & friends are invited
to attend.
Reported
niiig at 7 p.m. Tuesday is also
the first of FOUR arm-band
ride nights at the carnival this
year. For the price of an arm
band, you can ride all the rides
you want from 6-10 p.m. on
Tues., Wed., Thurs. and Fri.
Wednesday night is the Jun-
ior Miss and Miss Rains Coun-
ty Pageant, starting at 8:00
p.m.
Thursday night is the Wee,
Petite and Little Miss Pageants
Jail Inspection
Reveals One
Violation
Robert Patterson, inspector
for the Commission on Jail
Standards in Austin, was in
Emory Friday to make a rou-
tine inspection of the Rains
County Jail.
The inspection indicated one
area of noncompliance with the
minimum standards as set forth
in the Local Government
Code, Chapter 351, VTCA,
and the Texas Minimum Jail
Standards, that being section
217.05.02, paragraph .052,
being that many inmates
housed over 72 hours are not
provided with a bunk.
The inspection report urged
the sheriff and commissioners
court to give this area of non-
compliance their serious and
immediate consideration and to
promptly initiate and complete
appropriate correction meas-
ures.
Upon review of this report
by the Texas Commission on
Jail Standards, a Notice of
Noncompliance to the sheriff
and the commissioners court
will be issued. Failure to initi-
ate and complete corrective
measures following receipt of
the Notice of Noncompliance
may result in the issuance of a
Remedial Order.
The inspection report noted
that in the past 12 months there
were two escapes, no fires, no
deaths and no suicides.
Chamber
Gearing Up
for Bass
Tournament,
Firemen’s Day
by Jaxie King
The Rains County Area
Chamber of Commerce board
of directors met for their regu-
lar monthly meeting during the
noon hour on Sept. 9th at City
Hall. Meetings have been
changed back to noon instead
of night. There were 15 direc-
tors, members and guests pres-
ent.
Following approving the fi-
nancial report for August, first
item of business was the matter
of a part-time secretary. The
board voted to hire Doris Wil-
son at $5.00 per hour for ten
hours per week maximum, on
a trial basis of three months. It
is estimated she will only work
five to eight hours a week.
They are still working on get-
ting more volunteers to keep
the office open in the after-
noons.
On the resolution of the IRS
matter, president Diana Wolfe
said “no news is good news.”
Hopefully, the IRS is pleased
with the paperwork submitted
by the chamber reflecting the
correct employer’s I D. num-
ber.
Rubyc McKcown gave an
update on the Volunteer Fire-
men's Appreciation Day to be
held Oct. 30th at the Rains
Fairgrounds. All three lire de-
partments will be participating,
as well as most of the civic or-
ganizations. There will be lots
of food booths, a cake walk,
children’s activities, 3-on-3
See Chamber, page 3...
beginning at 6:00 p.m.
There is no school Friday to
allow students who show live-
stock to participate in the many
shows that day, Oeginirtg with
lambs at 8:30, followed by
market hogs, steers, breeding
beef and dairy. Following the
dairy judging will be the calf
dress-up contest.
Also on Friday, the Lake
Country Cloggers will perform
at 6:30 p.m., with the country
& western dance from 8:00 to
12:00 midnight.
Saturday has a full day of
family fun, starting with the
Pet Show at 9:00 a.m. at the
fairgrounds. Parade through
downtown Emory at 2:00
p.m., and Arm Wrestling at
the fairgrounds following the
parade (weigh-in is at 12:00
noon). Rounding out the eve-
ning will be the Junior Live-
stock Sale at 6:30 p.m. and
country & western dance fol-
lowing the sale.
Don't forget to go by the ex-
hibit building to see the many
creative arts entries and com-
mercial exhibits.
SEE YOU AT THE FAIR!
To the Citizens
Of Rains County
We, Patricia Thibodeaux
and Jackie Rasbeny, employ-
ees in the automobile registra-
tion office of Rains County,
Texas, would like to express
our thoughts concerning the
proposed budget for 1993-94.
Recently there have been
quite a few articles, view-
points, etc. in our local media
about cuts in work time and
personnel. The county clerk's
office originally had two full-,
time employees, plus the
elected official. One employee
resigned in July of 1993. This
office will not be hiring
another full-time employee,
but will have a part-time
employee. The county treas-
urer’s office has been cut to
one part-time employee, plus
the elected official. These two
offices have been covered at
length by the media and
newspapers.
Our office, the automobile
registration office, has been
cut to one full-time and one
part-time employee, which has
not been mentioned yet,
whether it be by county of-
ficials or individual citizens of
Rains County
This office handles state-
related job descriptions, in-
cluding registration renewals
and title transfers of all
vehicles in Rains County.
Automobile registration
reports must be prepared every
Monday for all transactions
completed for the previous
week. Every registration
renewal receipt must be filed
for the previous week. Be-
tween October 1992 and July
1993, the county registered ap-
proximately 6,000 vehicles in
that time period.
Here is something to think
about: if our full-time em-
ployee has an emergency in a
time frame that the part-time
employee is not available,
there is only one thing to do:
close and lock the door. John
Doe has waited until the last
day to register his vehicle,
comes to our office, the door is
locked. We have an unhappy
customer, but what can be
done?? - “Nothing”!
This office handles title
transfers and registrations for
Texas Parks & Wildlife De-
partment. We are the only
county between Tyler and
Dallas which provides this
service. Therefore, we get
revenue from surrounding
counties for registering boats
and motors because of this
service.
There are reports to prepare
for these transactions also.
Beer license on-premise
See 'To Citizens,’ page 3...
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