Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 9, 1999 Page: 2 of 16
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Bains Coontuljtader
TUESDAY, MARCH 9,1999
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Quentsmd Meetings
BLOOD DRIVE
Wed., March 10, 8:30 a.m. - 3:OOp.m.,
Rains High School, Hwy. 69
LAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING
Thurs., March 11, 7:00p.m.,
Rains County Public Library
SILENT AUCTION AND MEXICAN SUPPER
Sat., March 13, 6:00p.m.,
Point Community Center
STYLE SHOW AND LUNCHEON
Sat., March 13, 11:00 a.m.,
Lone Oak Area Civic Center
EMORY SPRING CLEAN-UP
March 15 through March 20
BOYS/GIRLS CLUB COUNTY-WIDE
GARAGE SALE
Sat.. April 3, 7:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Courthouse Square
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
AARP
1st Thursday, 6:30 p.m , Meadows
Room at Rams Co Library
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
& AL-ANON
Emory: Each Tuesday and Sat night
on east side of square at 8 p m
Lone Oak: Each Monday and Friday
evening at United Methodist Church at
8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS
Every Tuesday night, 7 p.m till 8:30
p.m., Emory United Methodist Church
EAGLE FEST COMMITTEE
4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Emory City Hall
EMORY LIONS CLUB
1 st & 3rd Tuesday, 12:00 noon, Rose
Community Center
FRIENDS OF RAINS COUNTY PUBLIC
LIBRARY
4th Tuesday, 7 p.m., Meadows Room,
Rains County Public Library
LAKE FORK AREA MERCHANTS
___COUNCIL__
3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m.
at Lake View Lodge, Hwy 2946 N. -
Emory
LAKE TAWAKONI LIONS CLUB
2nd & 4th Tuesday, 6 30 p.m , Lions
J P McNatt Community Center
LONE OAK CANCER SUPPORT
GROUP
First Thursday of each month, 7 p.m
Lone Oak United Methodist Church
MARS HILL MASONIC LODGE #1440
4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at Lodge on
Hwy. 69
POINT LADIES CIVIC CLUB
1st Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Point
Community Center
RAINS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
3rd Monday, 7:00 pm. Heritage Park,
Hwy 276
RAINS COUNTY CANCER SUPPORT
GROUP
2nd Thursday, 7 p.m , Meadows
Room, Rains Co Library
RAINS GARDEN CLUB
2nd Monday, 6 30 p.m , Rose
Community Center
RAINS 4-H CLUB
4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m , Rains
Fairgrounds Exhibit Building
RAINS PRESCHOOL
Every Tuesday, 8:30-11 30 a m.,
Emory Baptist Church
RAINS COUNTY GOOD SAMARITANS
The board meets the second Tuesday
at 2:00 p.m. at Emory Baptist Church.
The center is open from 1 t» 4 p.m on
Mondays and Thursdays.
RAINS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY
4th Thursday, 7:00 p.m., Rains County
Public Library
SENIORS ADVISORY COUNCIL OF
RAINS COUNTY
2nd Tuesday. 1 30 p.m , Green Acres
-Nursing Home---
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Point Chapter 1593 -7 p.m Thurs ,
Flats Community Center
Emory Chapter 1244
7 p.m Tues , Rose Community Center
Lone Oak Chapter 1410 - 6:30 p m
Mon , L O Meth Church annex
Tawakoni Area Civic Club - 3rd
Monday, 1pm. East Tawakoni Civic
Center 447-2483
WOMEN'S SERVICE CLUB
2nd Monday, 9:00 a m , Rose
Community Center
WOMEN IN NEED, INC
(A Battered Women's Shelter) A
representative is at the Rains County
Courthouse on Wednesdays Call
(903) 455-4612 or (903) 454-HELP -
collect calls accepted
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
EAST TAWAKONI CITY COUNCIL
3rd Tuesday of each month, 7 30 p.m.,
East Tawakoni City Hall
EMORY CITY COUNCIL
3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m.,
Emory City Hall
POINT CITY COUNCIL
2nd Tuesday of each month. 7 00
p.m., Point City Hall
RAINS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS COURT
2nd & 4th Thursday of each month.
10 00 a m at the Courthouse
RAINS COUNTY
VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER
1st & 3rd Tuesday, 8:30-4 30.
Commissioners' Courtroom
RAINS ISO SCHOOL BOARD
2nd Tuesday of each month. 7 00
p.m , Rams ISO Board Room
RAINS COUNTY
TAX APPRAISAL DISTRICT
2nd Thursday of each month, 6 30
p.m . Rains Tax Office
RAINS COUNTY
ECONOMIC GROWTH, INC.
Committee meeting 1 st Tuesday, 6 15
p.m., Heritage Center. Directors'
Meeting: 1st Tuesday, 7:00 p m„
Heritage Center
RAINS COUNTY
AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
3rd Thursday. 7 00 a m.,
In the Garden Tea Room
MEMBER 1999
TEXASPRESSASSOCIATION
THE OLDEST BUSINESS IN RAINS COUNTY
Bains Countu Leader
Established June 10, 1887
(Publication Number USPS 454-560)
Postmaster Send Form 3579 to:
RAINS COUNTY LEADER
P.0 Box 127, Emory, TX 75440
-Telephone 0Q3/473-26S3 ■ FAX 903/471-0050__
EDITOR 4 DUOUSMS*
Earl Hill Jr
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jaxie Morgan
ASSWTAMT EDITOR
Carolyn Hill
omcc MAMAOER
Nancy Fenter
ADVERTISING
Darlene Kneberg
ROUTE SALES
James Liles
SPECIAL FEATURES
Betty Adair
PRODUCT ION
Sue Davis
Ruby Young
Published every Tuesday except the last Tuesday m December
Entered at the Post Office in Emory. Texas, as a Periodical
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Inside Rams County. 1 year. $12 00: Out of County. 1
year. $18 00. Out of State. 1 year, $20 00 Rams County Senior Citizens age 60
and over wM receive $1.00 discount Prices effective January 1,1995
FORMER EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS OF THE RAINS COUNTY LEADER
H . W Martin ■ 1887
Sam Fitzgerald Before 1900
W. O. Hetxsen - Before 1900
A. S. Hombeck - Before 1900
J.H Bradford - 1901-1905
Tom W HB - 1905-1937
Earl HB. Sr 1937-1960
Kathleen Hfl Beckne# -1962-1995
Lady Wildcats win
Avon Rice Relays
by Terry Cookston
Taken from the
Greenville Herald Banner
The Rains Lady Wildcats rolled
up 180 total points to run away with
the girls’ team title at the annual
Avon Rice Relays held at Rains
High School in Emory Saturday.
In the boys division, the Wild-
cats chalked up 113 points them-
selves to finish second at the relays,
which are named for the former
Rains administrator and East Texas
State University (Texas A&M -
Commerce) track and field All-
American.
It was not only a good day for
the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats,
but also for the Rice family - as
granddaughters Morgan Hooten
and Amy Willis both turned in top
performances to spark Rains.
Hooten, who just inked a letter
of intent to play volleyball at
Southern Arkansas University, cap-
tured the gold medal in the high
jump with her leap of 5-3, and Wil-
lis grabbed the silver in the 110-
meter low hurdles as well as added
a fourth-place finish in the 300-
meter intermediate hurdles.
The Lady Wildcats also received
two gold medals from Sigred
Slemp, one in the 800-meter run
(2:37) and another in the 400-meter
dash (66.21). Leah Gaby added a
first in the long jump (15-27?) and
Michelle Green walked away with
the gold in the 100-mcter dash with
her time of 13.71.
Picking up silvers for Rams were
Willis in the hurdles. Gaby in the
200-metcr dash (29.30), Julie Nifio
in the 400-melcr dash (68.04),
Abisha Birdwcll in the triple jump
(32-0), the 400-meter relay team
(52.83) and the 800-mctcr relay
team (1:54.38).
Danny Rohrback led the Wild-
cats with victories in the 100-meter
high hurdles (15.68) and the 300-
metcr hurdles (42.69). The 1600-
meter relay team of Tommy Potts,
Travis Vandeventer, Brett Gold-
smith and Chris Moore brought the
baton across the finish line in first
place with their time of 3:40.49.
Deaths from
heart disease in
Rains County
above average
On an average day in Texas, 156
residents die from cardiovascular •
diseases, according to data released
by the American Heart Association
(AHA), Texas Affiliate. The AHA
compiled these statistics using
1997 mortality information recent-
ly released from the Texas Depart-
ment of Health.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
remains the number one killer in
Texas, claiming the lives of 57,050
people in 1997 (40 percent of the
142,569 Texas residents that died).
That translates into two of every
five deaths. As a comparison, in the
same year cancer was the state’s
second leading cause of death,
claiming 32,144 lives. Accidents
accounted for 7,150 deaths, and
1,196 people died of human immu-
nodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
in 1997.
According to the AHA data, 39
or 45.3% of 86 deaths reported in
1997 in Rains County were from
cardiovascular disease. This is
down slightly from 40 or 45.5% of
88 deaths in 1996, but up from 37
or 37.8% of 98 deaths in 1995.
Nationally, statistics show that
from 1986 to 1996 the number of
deaths from cardiovascular disease
has declined only 2.0 percent. One
reason for this small decline is that
the total U S. population, and par-
ticularly the population of middle-
aged and older people, is increas-
ing. Another reason is that recent
advances in medical treatment have
allowed more people to survive
previously fatal cardiovascular
events, and now these people are
dying of subsequent cardiovascular
illnesses.
The mission of the AHA is to re-
duce disability and death from car-
diovascular diseases and stroke. To
accomplish this, the association
concentrates its efforts in four
areas education, community ser-
vice programs, research, and reve-
nue generation Last year the Texas
Affiliate reached over five million
people in Texas with interactive
progiams and awarded over $7.4
million in research funding in
Texas.
Tti I educe your risk of hoa
tack and stroke, the AHA recom-
mends having your blood pressure
checked regularly, not smoking,
eating nutritious foods in moderate
amounts, having regular medical
check-ups, and exercising. If you
feel that you might be one of the 60
million people in the United States
who has some form of cardiovascu-
lar disease, please call your local
American Heart Association office
for more information, or call I -800-
AHA-USAI.
A non-profit health organization
funded by individual and corporate
donations, the American Heart As-
sociation. Texas Affiliate is the
state's largest voluntary health) or-
ganization dedicated to reducing
disability and death from heart and
Mood vessel diseases
Rains’ Daniel Ferguson picked
up two silvers with his 5:10 in the
1600-meter run and his 11:40
clocking in the 3200-meter run. Na-
thanael Harper leaped 6-3 to take
second in the high jump for the
Wildcats.
Other Rains scores included:
BOYS DIVISION:
3200-meter run: 4th, James Fer-
guson, 12:26.5.
4x 100-meter relay: 3rd, 45.88.
110-meter high hurdles: 4th,
Cale Lowther, 17.75.
400-meter dash: 3rd. Stevie Sti-
gall, 55.89; 4th, Kevin Douglas,
56.27; 5th, Nathanael Harper,
56.49.
1600-meter run: 6th, James Fer-
guson, 5.31.
Triple jump: 3rd, Calc Lowther,
39-9; 4th, Stevie Stigall, 39-3.
Team totals: 1. Lindale 131; 2.
Rains 113; 3. Mt. Vernon 107; 4.
Alba-Golden 86; 5. Quitman 57; 6.
Quinlan-Foril 32.
GIRLS DIVISION:
100-meter hurdles: 3rd, Julie
Nino, 18.76.
100-meter dash: 3rd, Erica
Thomas, 14.15.
200-meter dash: 3rd, Abisha
Birdwell, 29.97.
300-meter hurdles: 4th, Amy
Willis, 54.77.
1600-melcr run: 5th, Elaine
Briggs, 7:02.
4x4(M)-metcr relay: 3rd, Rains,
4:44.88.
Triple jump: 3rd, Leah Gaby. 31-
87:.
Discus: ltd. Jacquelyn Hunton,
77-9.
Team standings: I Rains 180; 2.
Lindale 129; 3. Ml Vernon 83; 4.
Alba-Golden 82; 3. Quinlan-Ford
28.
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Burial expenses for veterans
by Mary Jo Warrick, Rains County Veterans Service Officer
Burial Allowance: $300 reimbursement to either the funeral director or
the person bearing funeral expenses. Claim for this expense must be made
within two years after permanent burial or cremation.
Plot Allowance: $ 150 reimbursement to either the funeral director or the
person bearing funeral expenses for plot allowance if veteran was drawing
VA pension, compensation, or military retiree pay or veteran died in VA
facility.
Service-Connected Death: If cause of death is adjudicated as a service-
connected death, the burial allowance and plot allowance will be up to
$1,500.
Transportation Allowance: Paid from the place of death to place of bur-
ial by means of the cheapest mode of transportation IF hospitalized or
domiciled in a VA Hospital or Domiciliary, hospitalized or domiciled at
VA’s expense, in transit at VA’s expense to or from the hospital, domiciliary,
or VA Regional Office, or died while a resident in a VA-approved state
nursing home.
Burial in a National Cemetery: Veteran is eligible for interment in any
national cemetery if the veteran’s last period of military service terminated
honorably. If interment is in a national cemetery, there is NO cost for grave-
side services by a chaplain on duty, burial plot, and opening and closing of
the grave. Arrangements may be made for widow or dependent children at
the same site.
Marker: A government marker may be provided for placement in a
national, state, or private cemetery.
Flags: An American flag is issued to the funeral director in charge of the
service and will be presented to the next-of-kin at the end of the service.
Social Security Benefits: Benefits are paid to a surviving spouse or
dependent children entitled to benefits the month of death. Contact the
Social Security Office nearest you for more information.
Claim for Death Benefits: For assistance with any of the following ben-
efits, please contact the nearest Texas Veterans Commission Office,
Veterans County Service Office or VA Regional Office. Phone numbers are
listed in the government section of your local phone book.
• Death compensation or pension for widows and children
• Death compensation for dependent parents
• Death benefits which may be payable to close relatives or to those who
bore the expense of the last sickness and burial
• Claims for government or indemnity insurance
• Social Security benefits
If you have further questions regarding burial expenses or other veterans’
benefits, please contact the nearest Texas Veterans Commission Office,
Veterans County Service Officer, or VA Regional Office.
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