Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 16, 1997 Page: 1 of 20
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Miss Rains County 1997 Shantil Ellison
Shantil is the 16-year-old daughter of Rick and Hilda Ellison
of Emory. She is a junior at Rains High School.
Staff photo by Jaxie King
Pedestrian
struck and
killed at Point
A Rains County resident died
Friday, Sept 12, as the result of in-
juries he received after being in-
volved in a vehicle-pedestrian acci-
dent Wednesday morning, Sept. 10,
in Point.
According to a DPS report, Mc-
Roy was crossing US Hwy. 69 at
the intersection of Rains County
Road 4510 in Point at 11:04 a m.
when he was struck by a 1995
Nissan pickup driven by John Da-
vid Brumbelow, 79, of Byers.
Wesley Dale McRoy, 49, of Point
died Friday morning at a Wills
Point hospital. Brumbelow was not
innirorl in tha llhiph a’Ac
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reported to have caused damage to
the hood and windshield of the
pickup.
Prairie Grove-
Hopewell Cemetery
meeting Sept. 18th
The Prairie Grove Hopewell
Cemetery Association will meet
Thursday, Sept. 18th, at 7:00 p.m. at
the Prairie Grove Baptist Church.
All members and families of those
buried at the Prairie Grove-Hope-
well cemeteries are encouraged to
attend Please mark your calendar
for the above time and date, and
grace us with your presence.
Prairie Grove-Hopewell
Cemetery Committee
Quincy C. Foster, pres. 473-3575
Ramsey winner of
Lions club drawing
Farris Ramsey of Emory was the
winner of the Lions Club drawing at
the fair. He won a RemingtonTlOO
automatic shotgun.
The Lions Club sold $920.00 in
tickets.
Board
sets *1.50
... by JAXIE KING
Rains County Leader staff
The Rains ISD board of trustees
met for the regular monthly meeting
at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9th,
with interim superintendent Dr.
Jack Davidson. Johnny Wallace
chaired the meeting due to the re-
cent surgery of the board president,
Mickey Cooper. All board members
were present.
Bill Alexander with the Texas As-
sociation of School Boards (TASB)
met with the board regarding hiring
TASB as a superintendent search
firm. Alexander went over the pro-
cedures for attracting and inter-
viewing applicants for superinten-
dent, expenses involved, and how
long it is expected to take. He said
the district could have a new super-
intendent by Jan. 1st in time for the
second semester or by the end of the
school year. The board agreed with
“however long it takes to get some-
one good.”
Dr. Davidson said he had gone
over the 1997-98 budget adopted by
the board on Aug. 29th and felt it is
possible to fund this budget with a
local tax rate of $1.50. Of this
amount, $1.49 is for maintenance
and operation (M&O) and $0.01 is
for debt service. He explained that
in order to receive optimum funding
from the state, the M&O rate should
not drop below $1.4852. He added
that the $0.01 will not generate the
amount needed to fund the debt ser-
vice; however, the balance in the
debt service fund from previous
projects combined with the $0.01
tax rate will be sufficient to meet
the debt service obligation. The
board voted to adopt an M&O rate
of $1.49 and a debt service rate of
$0.01 for a total tax rate of $ 1.50 for
the 1997-98 school year. Last year’s
rate was $1.55, and this year’s five-
cent reduction coupled with the re-
cent homestead exemption increase
from $5,000 to $15,000 should give
taxpayers some relief.
The board approved the payment
of final bills totaling $100,772.51
from the 1996-97 budget and the
regular monthly bills totaling
$115,773.74 to be paid from the
1997-98 budget.
The district received one bid for a
new 1997 15-passenger van which
was advertised for, being from Price
Ford in Sulphur Springs. The board
approved the bid in the amount of
(Set school board, page 3)
PICTURED IS THE 1997 Chrysler driven by Charles wife and three children. Mr. Wilkerson was airlifted to
Brent Wilkerson of Emory that was hit broadside by a East Texas Medical Center in Tyler and Mrs Wilkerson
1997 dually as he attempted to cross SH 276 from CR was airlifted to Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. The
1410 to CR 1411 at about 4:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. three children received only minor injuries
13th. Passengers in the Chrysler included Wilkerson’s Staff photo by Jaxie King
Two injured in
car-truck wreck
by BETTY ADAIR
Rains County Leader staff
Charles Brent Wilkerson, his
wife Kara and three children were
involved in a wreck as they at-
tempted to cross SH 276 from CR
1410 to CR 1411 at about 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 13.
The Wilkersons were hit broad-
side by a 1997 white one-ton dual-
ly pulling a gooseneck trailer driv-
en by Steven Bryant. The blue 1997
Chrysler driven by Brent Wilkerson
rolled one and a half times before
coming to rest upside down in the
ditch. The three children, ages three
years, two years, and seven months,
were secured in child restraint seats
in the back seat and were removed
with only minor injuries.
Mr. & Mrs. Wilkerson were ex-
tracted by the Emory Fire Depart-
ment and the Rains County Sher-
iff’s Dept. The ETMC ambulance
crew administered medical aid at
the scene.
Mr. Wilkerson was airlifted by
ETMC’s Air One helicopter to East
Texas Medical Center in Tyler, and
Mrs. Wilkerson was flown to
Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler.
Both were reported to be critically
injured; however, there was some
confusion Saturday night after the
hospital informed the sheriff’s of-
fice that Mr. Wilkerson had died
from his injuries; it was later
learned tnathe naa not
As of Monday afternoon, Brent
was in critical but stable condition
with a fractured skull. Kara is doing
good. She has a bruised heart, a
fractured pelvis, and her leg was
broken in two or three places from
the knee down She was to have a
pin placed in her leg Monday night.
Rains County deputy Russell
Ross and the highway patrol are in-
vestigating the accident at this time
Rains County
Genealogical
Society meeting
The Rains County Genealogical
Society will hold a monthly meet-
ing in the Meadows room of the
Rains County Public Library on
Tuesday, September 16, 1997, at
7:00 p.m. There will also be a
work/talk session at 6:00 p.m. for
those who wish to compare lines of
ancestry, etc. Carel White will pre-
sent a program on preserving your
photographs and documents. Every-
one is invited.
City council
meeting date
changed to 18th
The regular city of Emory coun-
cil meeting set for September 16th,
1997, has been re-scheduled for
due to the time restraint proposed
by the appraisal district for adopt-
ing a tax rate.
Crop insurance
Beginning with the 1998 crop
year, crop insurance is available ex-
clusively through crop insurance
agents. USDA will continue to sub-
sidize all policies, establish policy
terms and conditions, set rates and
guarantee funds for the payment of
approved claims. Although a pro-
ducer’s policy will be randomly
transferred from USDA to an insur-
ance company, producers have the
right to choose their own agent
prior to the sales closing date for the
insured crop.
To ensure that all producers are
served, insurance companies are
required to insure all eligible crops,
and provide all levels of coverage in
the states in which they operate.
Sales closing dates are significant
because signing up for insurance,
changing the crop insured or level
of protection, and changing insur-
ance providers, must be done prior
to the announced date. Sales closing
dates vary by crop and location.
The sales closing date for oats and
wheat is September 30.
The freeze of last April is a vivid
reminder that eventually everybody
will have to cope with crop losses
or low prices. Appropriate crop or
revenue insurance protection will
help you survive these hardships.
Dance at Arbala
The third Friday night dance at
Arbala will be Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at
my Cvntcr
Jack Grant and the Good Ol’ Boys
will provide the music. We hope to
see you there.
“We support our teachers
100%; we have a great school9
By Betty Adair
Students of Alba-Golden ISD staged a peaceful walk-out at the
school Friday, September 12, 1997. The walk-out was in protest of
all the recent negative publicity in the newspapers and aired on
news broadcasts about their school and teachers.
The walk out was organized by senior class leaders in response
to the bad publicity received due to a former school board member
reportedly misusing funds, followed by a death threat against a
student and the indictment against the person making the threat.
Finally, insinuations that some of the teachers on the faculty were
not as well qualified to teach as they should be.
Spokepersons for the group included seniors Megan Spencer,
Wendy Morgan, Jason Stovall. David Duncan and Stephen
Maclin.
Their statements included: “We can speak for everyone out
here, we want to tell the community we are tired of all the
accusations and all the adverse publicity. It’s tearing our school
apart We want it out of our classrooms and settled in the courts
where it should be. We support our teachers 100%. We have a
great school.”
Megan Spencer added. “Nobody asks us about our football
team dkis yea' or' about our volleyball games, when you meet
people on the street they just ask ‘How is your principal?’ It’s
nothing positive, all negative.” Other statements were. “We would
like to get on with our lives and the process of learning. Our
teachers are afraid to do anything for fear they will be dragged
into the papers This affects our learning and that's what we are
here for.”
The group sat quietly under the shade of the trees on the lawn,
some reading while others worked on their assignments One
student led the group in prayer as they all held each others hands
above their heads. Each period students reported to their classes
for roll call, turned in completed work and received new
assignments after which they returned to their place on the lawn.
Teachers kept watch from a distance.
In the students' own words, “We hope we can make
difference." It seems they already have.
Above: Protesting Alba-Golden students
gather under large shade trees on the school
grounds to study and show support for their
school and teachers
Left Protest spokespersons shown left to right
are Stephen Maclin, David Duncan, Jason
Stovall, Wendy Morgan and Megan Spencer
- Leader staff photos by Betty Adair
Alba-Golden students protest adverse media publicity
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Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 16, 1997, newspaper, September 16, 1997; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth764499/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.