Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1993 Page: 3 of 20
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Personal
Appearance
Voting
District/County Clerk Mary
Sheppard has informed us that
early voting for the June 5 run-
off elections will begin May 19
and continue through June I,
during the hours of 8 a m. and
5 p.m., in the clerk’s office in
the courthouse.
The only exception to these
hours being on May 31, when
the courthouse will be closed in
observance of Memorial Day.
All qualified registered
voters, regardless of whether
they voted in the May I elec-
tions, may vote in the June 5
runoff elections.
Rains County voters will
vote in the U S. Senate runoff
election pitting Democratic-
appointed interim U.S. Sen.
Bob Krueger against Republi-
can State Treasurer Kay Bailey
Hutchison.
*****
If your Leader has 5-93 on
it, it’s time to renew!
Point V.F.D.
Tamalefest
Meeting
The Point Volunteer Fire
Department is sponsoring the
first annual Point Tamalefest,
accompanied by a city-wide
rummage sale/street dance/
gospel concert/barbecue din-
ner.
Plans for this event will be
made at a meeting to be held
Monday, May 24, at 8:00'
p.m., at the Point fire station.
All interested parties are
asked to attend and contribute
any and all ideas to make this a
worthwhile project.
For more information, con-
tact Buk at (903) 598-3141.
Reported
* * *
Endurance Test - Ruth S.
Michael of Edinburg always
intended to get her college
degree one day.
A few weeks ago, she did
Ms. Michael received her
bachelor’s degree in psy-
chology from the University of
Texas-Pan American.
She is 83.
Thank Youy Local Businesses
and County Offices!
A mere thank you is hardly enough to express
my appreciation for the support you have given
Rains ISO’s Business Department and its stu-
dents during the '92- '93 school year. Because of
your efforts, we have been able to give education
an added dimension-reality.
The Job Shadowing Program was a huge suc-
cess. The benefits the students received from
spending a day in your offices were immeasur-
able. Thank you Wayne Melton and staff, Bank
of America staff, Mary Sheppard and staff,
Kenneth Neinast and Shirley Humphrey,
Terry’s Furniture and staff, and Sabine River
Authority staff for sharing your outstanding
professionalism and dedication with our stu-
dents. And thank you, First National Bank and
Ms. Bell, for coming into the classroom and
bringing the banking system to life.
JERI HUMPHREY
Thank You
“Thank You” seems so inadequate
to express my love and appreciation for
your concern, prayers, cards, calls and
visits while I was in the hospital.
Since coming home, you have sent
flowers, brought food, called and visit-
ed with me.
I am so grateful for my family and so
many friends.
/ love all of you.
Allie Ruth Harris
THANK YOU
We want to express our deep appreciation
for the love shown us at the death of our be-
loved sister, Clara Holmes.
Thank you for your prayers, many cards
and food brought to our homes, and a special
thanks to the ladies of the Pilgrims Rest Bap-
tist Church for the wonderful food served to
our families.
A very special “Thank You” to our friend
of long standing, J. D. McKeown, and the
choir for the beautiful music.
We appreciate so much the sweet and com-
\forting words of Bro. Jeff Thompson and
Bro. Billy Smith, and the care shown us by
the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home.
George Melton
Allie Ruth Harris
Martha Allen
Heartfelt Thanks
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks for all the wonderful expres-
sions of sympathy during the loss of
our loved one, Clara Holmes. The
prayers, food, flowers, cards, calls and
personal concern of all were especially
appreciated.
THE FAMILY OF
CLARA HOLMES
J. T. & Una Lee Kirkpatrick
Robert & Betty Herring
Our Children & Grandchildren
Texas Motorcycle
Rights Assn.
Meeting
The Texas Motorcycle
Rights Association will meet
Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00
p.m., in the City Council
Chambers, Municipal Build-
ing, in Mineola,Texas.
Legislative updates will be
discussed, and an open forum
held.
The general public is in-
vited. For more information,
contact Bud Holland at (903)
569-5793 or Lee Sanders at
(903) 569-9272.
*****
The American Red Cross
is offering free to the public,
Intro, to Disaster & Damage
Assessment plus Emergency
Assistance Module I. For de-
tails and to register, call 455-
2161.
PUBLIC
NOTICE
Notice to
Contractors
OF PROPOSED TEXAS
HIGHWAY
maintf:nance work
Sealed proposals for Picnic
Area Maintenance, Contract
No. 013XXM4007 on US 69,
etc. in Rains and Hunt coun-
ties will be received by the
Texas Department of Trans-
portation at the office of the
District Fmgineer, 1365
North Main Street (US 271
Business Route North),
Paris, Texas, until 11:00
a.m. Wednesday, May 26,
1993, then publicly read.
All prospective bidders are
encouraged to attend the Pre-
Bidders Conference which
will be held at the Texas De-
partment of Transportation,
District Engineer’s Office at
1365 North Main Street (US
271 Business Route North),
Paris, at 9:30 a.m. Thurs-
day, May 20, 1993.
Bidding proposals, plans
and specifications will be
available at the District
Maintenance Engineer’s Of-
fice at 1365 North Main
Street, Paris, Texas. For fur-
ther information, contact
Mark Megason at (903) 737-
9244. Usual rights reserved.
5-20
Notice of
Special Election
(Aviso de
Eleccion Especial)
To the registered voters of
the County of Rains, Texas:
(A los votantes registrados
del Condado de Rains,
Texas:)
Notice is hereby given that
the polling places listed below
will be open from 7:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m. on June 5, 1993,
for voting in a special election
to elect a United States Sena-
tor for the unexpired term.
(Notifiquese, por las pre-
sente, que las casillas elec-
torates sitados abajo se
ahriran desde las 7:00 a.m.
hasta las 7:00 p.m. el cinco
de junio de 1993 para votar
en la Eleccion Especial para
la United States Senator para
la termino nnexpiros.)
LOCATION OF POLL-
ING PLACES: (Direcclon de
las Casillas Electorales:) Pre-
cinct I, Commissioner Pre-
cinct 2 Office; Precinct 2,
Rose Community Center;
Precinct 3, Della Blanton
Memorial Hall; Precinct 5,
Emory Fire Station; Precinct
7, Rocky Point Community
Center; Precinct 10, Point
Community Center; Precinct
11, East Tawakoni City Hall
Annex.
Early voting by personal
appearance will be conducted
each weekday at: (La vota-
cion adelantada en persona
se llevara a cabo de lunes a
viernes en:) County Clerk’s
Office between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. be-
ginning on May 19, 1993 and
ending on June 1, 1993 (entre
las 8:00 de la manana y las
5:00 de la tarde cinpezando el
mayo 19, 1993, y terminando
el junio 1, 1993).
Applications for ballot by
mail shall be mailed to: (Las
solicitudes para boletas que
sc votaran adelantada por
correo deberan enviarse a:)
Rains County Clerk, P.O.
Box 187, Emory 75440, Ap-
plications for ballots by mail
must be received no later
than the close of business on
May 28, 1993. (Las solici-
tudes para boletas que se
votaran adelantada por cor-
reo deberan recihirse para el
fin de las horas de negocio el
mayo 28, 1993.)
Issued this the 14th day of
May, 1993. (Imitada este dia
14 de mayo, 1993.)
JOE R. DOUGHERTY
County Judge
(Juez del Condado)
5-20
School Board
Continued
only if state funding is received
by June I.
The current carrier of the
board’s legal liability insur-
ance chose not to renew their
policy this year, and the board
received only one bid, for half
as much coverage at a cost of
$500 more. Since the present
policy expires June 1st, the
board voted to authorize Dr.
Harrison to seek more bids on
liability insurance and pur-
chase the best policy, not to ex-
ceed current bid price.
Dr. Harrison reported on the
1993 preliminary property
values, $197,724,773 com-
pared with $218,200,886 for
last year, with another two mil-
lion expected to be lost after
the appraisal review hearings.
This comes to a total $23 mil-
lion loss, or a lO'/i percent
drop in property values. It will
take 11 Vi cents in additional
taxes to make up this loss. Add
this to the I&S and M&O and
we will be close to or at the
$1.50 constitutional limit.
Also, the state will use the
1992 figures to base their fund-
ing, which will cause an addi-
tional shortfall. Whatever new
school funding plan the
legislature comes up with will
affect the outcome.
Harrison gave a report on
the roof repair project. It is
projected to be finished by the
end of the week (weather per-
mitting); however, the contrac-
tor hasn’t paid his metal sup-
plier. The district may have to
invoke the performance and
payment bond if payment is not
made soon. The architect and
roofing contractor will make
an inspection before the final
payment is made.
Harrison also reported that
Seibe Environmental Controls
is doing a study of the energy
management in the district.
They predicted a savings of be-
tween $35,000 and $50,(XX) a
year if the district follows their
recommendations. Harrison
said already nine security
lights were removed along
with other unnecessary light-
ing. Plans are to consolidate
meters to save on meter
charges, and all fluorescent
lighting is being replaced (as
they burn out) with energy-
efficient bulbs. He also said re-
placing the boiler with water
heaters located near the show-
ers would save on water-heat-
ing costs.
Harrison reported on enroll-
ment for April, which was
1189. He said this puts us be-
tween 1200-1210 for the year,
still above projected figures.
Commencement will be the
21st at 8:00 in the football
stadium, weather permitting,
and the faculty luncheon will
be at 11:30 that day. Service
pins will be awarded.
Dr. Harrison brought atten-
tion to the junior high art on
display in the board room.
Under “administrative con-
cerns,’’ one of the legislative
bills was discussed. Harrison
said it would do away with the
career ladder and ease up on
the 22:1 ratio, along with other
mandate changes. Consolida-
tion is being discussed based
solely on wealth per student.
Plans for summer operation
were discussed. Dr. Harrison
recommended holding all pur-
chase orders until July, reset-
ting thermostats to reduce en-
ergy consumption, and restrict
ing watering ball fields, as well
as borrowing money to allow
the district to maintain a re-
serve.
Harrison said there were
some concerns about the band
trip, which was briefly dis-
cussed. Out of 48 band mem-
bers, only 21 are going on the
trip to Washington, D.C., for
various reasons. Some did not
raise their trip money, some
are graduating seniors, some
will be gone on vacation. The
band will be leaving May 23rd
and returning on May 29th.
The board then convened in
executive session for the rest of
the personnel items. When
they reconvened in open ses-
sion, they voted on the follow-
ing items:
•Accepted the resignation of
Sue Collins as drill team spon-
sor effective at the end of the
1992-93 school year.
•Approved the leave of ab-
sence of Gail Blackwell retro-
active to 5-1-93 through the re-
mainder of the school year.
•Employed Caroline Boy-
nett as Educational Aide I in
the special education coopera-
tive as recommended.
In other action during the
meeting, the board:
•Approved the tax refund
requests as presented.
•Approved six student trans-
fers.
•Set the meal prices at the
same as last year
•Approved the same audit
firm of Scott, Singleton & Fin-
cher.
•Voted to pay bills for the
month of April
•Approved the waiver re-
quest to TASB for Algebra 1.
YOU OUGHT
DOUBT IT/
hrtmL4<n mu
returned home after a most en-
joyable cruise to Nassau,
Freeport and Pleasure
Island... they few .to Miami
from DFW, then hoarded the
ship named Sunward...
THANKS, KATHY, for the
lovely vase of spring flowers
from Rains County Florist A
Gifts...
SCHOOL BELLS will be
ending Thursday for Rains
School... we want to send good
wishes to all faculty, Dr. Har-
rison, and students... we have
our special graduation issue
this week... and we especially
send best wishes to the seniors
of 1993...
DON'T FORGET the Citi-
zens for Better Government's
May meeting will be May 18 at
7:00 p.m. in the county court-
house in the courtroom...
THE CLINTON Administra-
tion 's proposed energy tax is a
job destroyer that will hurt
middle income consumers and
threaten Texas' current eco-
nomic recovery, so warns
Texas Railroad Commission
Chairman James E. (Jim) Nu-
gent and Commissioners Mary
Scott Nabers and Barry Wil-
liamson... they were joined by
Texas representatives of the Af-
fordable Energy Alliance
IAEA), a national organization
composed of more than 900
businesses and organizations
united to defeat the tax pro
posal... “This ra.x will rip
through our economy like a
Texas tornado,'' said Nugent
... “It will leave behind unem-
ployment and higher energy
prices that lead to higher infla-
tion and interest rates... this is
a recipe for economic disaster,
not economic reform’’... the
administration’s proposal is
currently being considered by
the U.S. House Ways and
Means Committee and the
Senate Finance Committee...
Texas is represented on Ways
and Means by Reps. J. J.
Pickle (D-Austin), Mike An-
drews (D-Houston) and Bill
Archer (R-Houston)... write
them and your congressman,
Ralph Hall, to vote against this
measure today!..._
RAINS
COUNT¥
LEADER
Emory, Texas Thursday,
May 20,1993 --Page 3
CHAMBER
ly 4900 people.
McNair pointed out that Em-
ory actually has better roads
leading into our area, with
21,000 vehicles passing
through on 69 and 19 on a dal-
ly basis, while Mineola only
has 20,000 on 69 and 80.
These figures were obtained
from the Texas Department of
Transportation.
When Mineola began their
project, they had a 60% occu-
pancy rate (zero percent on
second story) of buildings in
the 12-block area. After five
years this is up to 96 percent,
with some second-story build-
ings occupied.
She explained that the proj-
ect is a four-step program with
a minimum three-year commit-
ment. Mineola applied three
times before being accepted in-
to the program. McNair em-
phasized that you don’t have to
be a Main Street town to revi-
talize your area, and gave sug-
gestions for Emory which she
came up with following a brief
lour of the area the week be-
fore.
The building formerly occu-
pied by Fletcher’s Unclaimed
Freight is one of the oldest
buildings in Emory. She point-
ed out that the front of the
building has beautiful iron col-
umns which could be restored;
so does the Terry’s Furniture
corner building, which was
once a bank. Murais could be
painted on the sides of build-
ings. brickwork stripped and
restored or painted, transom
windows renovated, and can-
vas awnings put up, McNair
emphasized that just cleaning
the sides of buildings can make
a difference.
McNair said we need to
work on one-year goals and
five-year dreams. We need an
advisory board of influential
image people. Strategic plan-
ning needs to look at strengths
and weaknesses. Image promo-
tions and advertising your area
arc needed to promote Emory.
Businesses arc encouraged to
work together through joint
"sales promotions." Low-in-
- Continued
terest loans and tax abatement
helps with the historic preser-
vation and economic develop-
ment. Entrance signs give defi-
nition to your target area. Busi-
ness development and retention
work on attracting new busi-
nesses and keeping the present
ones economically healthy and
thriving. Possibly we need to
attract some antique stores
and/or craft stores, which are
really popular now.
During a question-and-
answer session, many needs,
assets and weaknesses were
pointed out. Foster pointed out
that Rains County has a natural
beauty that we need to enhance
and capitalize on.
At the close of the meeting,
the Scenic Improvement Com-
mittee presented Ms. McNair
with a Mexican heather plant
in appreciation of her coming
and giving such an informative
and inspiring presentation.
I Letter to |
^heEdltorl
DEAR LEADER,
Please renew the Rains
County Leader. Enclosed is
$14.25.
Thank you,
ONA MAF. SPENCE
2702 33rd St.
Snyder, TX 795494404
Night Work?
How to use dreams to de-
velop imagination and inven-
tiveness is a new course in con-
tinuing education at The Uni-
versity of Texas at Arlington.
Called “Dream Work: Us-
ing Dreams to Enhance Crea-
tivity," the course will be of-
fered in three two-hour semi-
nars.
Participants will explore the
world of dreams, seeking
greater awareness and sensitiv-
ity. Students will learn to use
dream logs and increase dream
memory.
WASHERS REFRIGERATORS
DRYERS FREEZERS
“All Work Guaranteed”
AVS
Appliance Service
Horn* Phorn 473-4020
■niioMS Phone 473-3371
Serving Rains County Since 1987
RAINS COUNTY FLORIST & GIFTS proudly presents the Miller Grove High
School 1993 graduating class. Top row: Shannon Smith, Heather (Farrell) Clem,
Kristi Moon, Kim Alexander, Jennifer Murley, Rolanda Flecker, Corrie Stiles; 2nd i*
row: Tracy Clem, Ranee Gowin, Shaun Sims, Tim Crowley, Lloyd Lennon. Not pic- W(f
lured: P. R. Adams, Jason Back, John Shoaff, Otis Hanabce, Jerry '.atham, Craig Pet- jjT
ty, Brad Harmon, Jennifer Smith.
Congratulations to all the area graduating
seniors and their families!
We have a wide variety of gifts, balloon bouquets,
flowers, and Thank You gifts
-'TTfr-r-
v\y4S COUNf
'FLORIST & GIFTS
C J Highway 69 in Point
Flowers & Gifts for All Occasions
(903) 393-2099*
300-972-7323 (24 hours)
PRYOR A KATHRYN GOWIN, OWNERS
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1993, newspaper, May 20, 1993; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth764424/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.