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A Red Ribbon Says-
Drug Free!
A red ribbon can be the most
effective weapon in America’s
war against the use of illegal
drugs and the illegal use of
legal drugs.
Sponsored by the National
. Federation of Parents, the Red
Ribbon campaign is a project
that links via red ribbons
. millions of Americans who are
convinced that the war on
drugs is winnable. It is a
grassroots effort which is help-
ing to change attitudes about
drugs.
The Red Ribbon Campaign
originated when Federal Agent
Enrique Camarena was
murdered by drug traffickers in
1985. The Red Ribbon became
the national symbol to reduce
the demand for drugs, just as
the yellow ribbon symbolized
the hostages in Iran and the
•' POWs in North Vietnam.
During Red Ribbon Week,
October 21 through 28, com-
• munities will participate in ac-
tivities designed to promote a
drug-free America. By wearing
a red ribbon, individuals can
create positive peer pressure
about drug-free choices. It is
the rallying point for millions
of children and adults who
share the commitment to live
healthy lives unhampered by
substance abuse.
As a drug-free company,
McCoy’s Building Supply
Centers are proud to be a part
of the Red Ribbon Campaign.
Beginning October 22 while
quantities last, your local Mc-
Coy’s will distribute free im-
printed red ribbons and en-
courage customers to join the
nation in promoting a drug-free
^America.
Rlxhelmera
Support Group
My Name is Tammy Moore
and I am the 17-year-old-
daughter of an Alzheimers vic-
tim. I want to start a support
group for teens and young
adults who are related or close
to a victim of Alzheimers
disease. I, myself, need some-
one to talk to who is in a
: - similar situation and maybe
together we can help each other
by sharing our feelings, ex-
periences and prob-
lems. My family and I have
'' gathered quite a bit of informa-
tion on Alzheimers which we
would like to share.
If you are interested in get-
ting together please call me at
(214) 447-4061.
A powder puff kept in
the flour canister comes
in handy when you are
1- dusting flour on a
'• rolling pin or pastry
y. board.
Red
Ribbon
Week
America’s
War On Drugs
Proud
To Be
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Taking Off Pounds
Sensibly
TOPS (Taking Off Pounds
Sensibly) Lone Oak Chapter
met Monday night, October
15, at the Civic Center with 12
members present with two
visitors.
Gene Bums was named loser
of the week. Mary Lou Davis,
Dorothy Lemons and Dorothy
Poole had the second best loss.
Area residents who are in-
terested in a weight-loss sup-
port group are invited to attend
the Monday night meetings,
held at the Lone Oak Civic
Center at 6:00 p.m.
For more information, call
Mary Lou Davis 662-5537 or
Sarah Carter 662-5339.
Dorothy Poole
TOPS Reporter
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In Loving Memory
We have just lost one of the sweetest Saints in this old
world. Even though I will miss her terribly, I know that
she has gone on to be with the Lord, and that her days
of long suffering are over.
Aunt Gladys was more than an aunt to me, she was a
good friend. She gave me so many wonderful memories
that I shall always cherish.
If it hadn 7 been for Aunt Gladys and her warm heart
for loved ones, and her nieces and nephews, I would
never have known what it was like to run barefoot in
the sands of East Texas.
I grew up in Dallas, with paved streets, most of the
conveniences and lots of noise.
But she opened her home and heart to all of her
nieces and nephews in the summer. I couldn 7 wait for
school to end so I could spend a week or two and, yes,
sometimes if I was lucky, three with her and my
cousins.
Oh! the memories, feeding the baby calves with a
bottle, jumping from the hayloft, riding old Prince,
even fishing. The boys wouldn 7 let me go hunting with
them, but Aunt Gladys made them let me ride Prince.
Then there was the kitchen—what a warm, loving
place. / thought that she cooked the red beans just for
me as they were the only kind I would eat. Little did I
know that sometimes that was all they had to eat. See, I
didn 7 know as a young child what a hard time she and
her family had. She never complained. She was always
happy and loving and made those around her feel that
love.
I thought that it was neat to cook on a wood stove
and to wait for the ice man to deliver ice, and draw
water from the well. Little did I know about the work
that went in.o cutting that wood and bringing it in with
snow on the ground, or going to the “outhouse ” in
wintertime. All I knew was that she spent part of my
summer vacation showing a little skinny city girl a good
time.
Little did I know that she was probably tired and
surely didn 7 need another kid to take care of, but she
always opened her arms and welcomed me back the
next summer.
Thanks, Aunt Gladys, for all those wonderful mem-
ories and for giving me the opportunity to experience
things a lot of city kids will never experience. You were
truly a Saint. May you rest in peace—you surely deserve
it.
Your loving niece,
MARGARET
fec meeting - Con’t. Construction Meeting Held
and introductions were made
by Margaret Alston of FEC.
Ms. Johnson, through
videotape presentations and
group discussions, explained
how many areas begin to
stagnate, regress and become
economically depressed areas.
One of the first and most ob-
vious signs of this occurs when
new college and high school
graduates immediately move
away from their home towns to
find better paying jobs. Areas
which are not growing lose
their most dynamic and pro-
ductive workforce, their
youths, because they cannot
suppport or raise a family
within their own community.
Empty businesses, unoccupied
by new tennants, are also signs
of economic regression, as
well as slow-moving real
estate.
Prosperous areas, explained
Ms. Johnson, have adequate
employment with room for ad-
vancement available to
residents of all ages. Pros
perous areas have continual,
steady growth in business and
housing construction; homes,
business sites, jobs and
facilities for citizens of all ages
are readily available.
Ms. Johnson also reviewed
the many wrong ways to go
about inviting new businesses
into a community. She spoke
on the importance of planning,
unity and involvment by
citizens to prepare a communi-
ty to meet the needs of
businesses which are searching
for a location site. She also
urged support for neighboring
counties who might also be in
the process of inviting com-
merce into their areas, as “pros-
perity spill-over” would take
place between adjoining coun-
ties. Ms. Johnson pointed out
the many ways in which an
area can raise funds to improve
growth through the Chamber of
Commerce, ETCOG, The Tex
as Enterprise Zone Program,
hotel taxes, the new, optional
one-half of one percent sales
tax hike, available federal pro-
grams and tax increment finan-
cing.
Mr. Newman then spoke on
the new, available tax laws
which have either been passed
recently or which are pending
for 1991. One of these,
stressed Mr. Newman, is the
optional sales tax rate hike,
which may be voted in by in-
dividual cities. It is now one-
half of one percent, but a new
law is in the works for next
year which would make it
variable for one-eighth, one-
fourth, three-eighths, or one-
half of one percent. The tax
would be handled under the
supervision of a five-man, ap-
pointed city board and would
be used only to promote
economic development. Small
areas like ours may also
leverage taxes with bonds,
stipulating that all profits be
strictly for creating new jobs
and other forms of economic
development. There are many
new bills and laws which could
provide us with ways and
means to use part of our tax
monies solely to promote com-
merce and economic develop-
ment into our area.
Mr. Newman also spoke on
ways in which areas are al-
lowed to allocate money from
existing general funds for
economic promotion.
In the long run, after voting
in a small tax hike and
reallocating existing funds, the
tax base for the entire com-
munity would be lowered when
new jobs are formed. This
would include the lowering of
property taxes for everyone!
The lower tax base would then
shift the burden of taxes more
evenly throughout the area, in-
stead of forcing uneven taxing
among residents as we see in
some East Texas areas today.
Ms. Berry then spoke on the
Texas Enterprise Zone Pro-
gram, which is in the begin-
ning stages here in Rains
County. Its purpose is to create
jobs and encourage govern-
ment and commercial invest-
ment into distressed areas.
Many incentives are offered to
counties which adopt this pro-
gram, some of which are: tax
abatement, tax increment
financing, low-interest loans,
refunds of certain local and/or
state sales and use taxes,
treasury deposits to finance
some institutions doing
business within the zones,
reduced utilities, franchise tax
reductions, development fee
waivers, etc. These incentives,
under the zone program, will
be available to many existing
businesses in Rains County
desiring to expand that
business, thereby creating
more job openings.
The speakers stressed that no
county ever stays the same. It
is always changing. It will
either change in a prosperous
forward manner or regress into
a stagnant, economically
distressed area. It is up to every
member of the community to
support growth in every way
possible. It is up to individual
citizens and individual tax-
payers to insure that their com-
munity remains a prosperous
place for future families to en-
joy. Organization and proper
planning for the future can only
insure the “American dream”
for everyone.
Those attending the seminar
came to realize that many
funds are available to help ex-
pand utilities, create new
businesses and/or industrial
sites, improve roadways and
build airports for transportation
of commerce, and improve
community appearance in
order to entice new businesses
to locate in this area. It will
take hard work through proper
planning by many people, but
it can be done! Contact one of
your area representatives listed
at the beginning ofvthis article
to find out how you can help
make this a reality.
*8,878” Sales
Tax Rebates
Up 20%
County’s Rebate
Down 14 Percent
AUSTIN-State Comptroller
Bob Bullock said Friday that
his office sent checks totaling
$93 million in monthly local
sales tax rebates to cities and
counties in Texas.
“Sales are staying strong
throughout Texas and that
means sales tax collections
keep increasing at a steady
pace,” Bullock said.
Checks to cities totaled al-
most $84 million, an increase
of 16 percent over last Octo-
ber’s rebates. So far this year,
rebates to cities are running al-
most 9 percent ahead of last
year, Bullock said.
Rebate checks to counties
totaled $9.5 million this month
for an increase of 19 percent
over last year’s payments to
date. The sizeable increase is
partly due to more counties
collecting sales tax now, Bul-
lock said.
This month’s checks reflect
taxes collected on August sales
and reported in late September
by businesses filing monthly
tax returns.
Rains County received
$4,665.00 for its Vi -percent
sales tax, down 14.42 percent
from last October’s payment of
$5,450.97 However, to date
$64,715.93 has been received
this year, up 25.54 percent
from the $51,550.98 received
to date last year.
The three cities in Rains
County received a total of
$8,878.53 this month, up
19.82 percent from a total of
$7,409.78 received for Oct.
’89; $99,822.94 to date this
year, up 12.45 percent from
$88,774.24 to date last year.
Broken down by cities as fol-
lows:
East Tawakoni: $3,219.65
for Oct. ’90, up 49.34% from
$2,155.86 for Oct. '89;
$25,472.23 to date this year,
up 12.90% from $22,561.58 to
date last year.
Emory: $4,927.60 for Oct.
’90, up 4.96% from $4,694.90
for Oct. '89; $61,092.84 to
date this year, up 14.01 % from
$53,587.38 to date last year.
Point: $731.28 for Oct. ’90,
up 30.81% from $559.02 for
Oct. ’89; $13,257.87 to date
this year, up 5.01% from
$12,625.28 to date last year.
Alba in Wood County re-
ceived $3,638.90 for Oct. ’90,
up 72.77% from $2,106.23 for
Oct. ’89; $18,806.36 to date
this year, up 13.49% from
$16,570.92 to date last year.
Lone Oak in Hunt County
received $656.71 for Oct. ’90,
down 11.12% from $738.84
for Oct. ’89; $5,980.37 to date
this year, down 13.82% from
$6,939.11 to date last year.
pc.
FM 779
by Joxie King
A pre-construction and safe-
ty meeting was held Friday,
Oct. 19, at 10:00 a.m. at the
Rains County Maintenance
building of the Dept, of High-
ways and Public Transporta-
tion in Emory.
Doug Huneycutt, Supv.
Resident Engineer from Paris
opened the meeting. He ex-
plained that the purpose of the
meeting was to secure the co-
operation of the contractor,
law enforcement agencies and
highway department personnel
in pro/noting traffic safety on
construction projects, in-
cluding better driver compli-
ance. The second purpose of
the meeting was concerning ac-
tual highway construction.
The project is fbr work to be
done on FM 779, from FM
3274 to the Wood County line,
a distance of about 9 miles.
This will include reworking the
base, adding new base, plus
3/4" surface treatment, and re-
painting the stripes, etc.
Cost of the project is
$1,271.473.58 and is expected
to take 102 working days, wea-
ther permitting. Contractor for
the project is A. K. Gillis &
Sons of Sulphur Springs.
Those attending the meeting
were William Baxter, Bobby
Gillis, John Gillis and Hugh
Whitaker, all of A. K. Gillis &
Sons, Inc.; Doug Huneycutt,
Billy B. Thomason, Glynn
Penn, Fred Hunter, Jon Clem-
ents and Carolyn Pitts, all rep-
resenting the State Dept, of
Highways & Public Transpor-
tation; Bobby Buford, Contel;
Richard Wilson, Rains County
Sheriff; Dempsey Bullock,
Dept, of Public Safety; and this
reporter.
Gillis explained actual pro-
cedures planned for the work
and which subcontractors they
are using. He also answered
questions regarding the con-
struction project plans.
Clements explained traffic
control procedures such as
closing one lane, flagmen, etc.
Huneycutt noted that
Thomason will be in charge of
overseeing the job at the begin-
ning.
Gillis said they planned to
begin work Tuesday, Oct. 23.
RAINS
COUNTY
LEADER
Emory, Texas Thursday,
October 25, 1990-Pags 3
PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING-Representatives from the
contractor, law enforcement agencies, highway department engi-
neering personnel and utilities met at 10:00 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19,
at the Rains County Highway Dept. Maintenance building for a
pre-construction and safety meeting regarding upcoming highway
construction on FM 779. Staff Photo by Jaxie King
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
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I reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may
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Icorrected upon due notice being given to the monoger of
Ithe RAINS COUNTY LEADER at Its business office located
Ion the square, Emory, Texas. However, the management
■reserves the right to reject or edit any article, letter or
idvertlslng submitted for publication.
Opinions by staff writers or contributors to the LEADER,
by signed Items do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
khe LEADER.
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Grocery
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Fishing Tackle
Minnows - Worms
Shrimp ■ Crickets
All 20-oz. Soft Drinks 55* j
Lance Crackers A Chips 3/$l ■
16-os. Pepsi 51*
Collectors' Kits f
Footbalft-Basketball-Basaball I
Comic Books J
_Football Cards_■
Southern Maid Donuts
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Crocheted Stuffed Animals ■
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Auction
1st Annual Rains County Consignment Auction Emory, Texas
Saturday, October 27th, 1990 10:30 A.M.
Rains County Fair Grounds
Southwest Corner of Hwy. 69 & Hwy. 19
Emory, Texas
ATTENTION: This is only a partial listing. Consignments being added daily.
Tradori:
l • 135 Massey diesel Tractor
1 • 35 Massey Ferguson diesel
1 • 275 Massey Ferguson diesel
1 - 1085 Massey Ferguson cab/alr. good
condition used for hay baling
l - 510 Long Psl Tractor
1 - Ford Jubalcc gas Tractor
Note: Several other tractors coming.
2 - 10 ft 3 pt. Howse Mowers
1 • 10 it. pull type Howse Mower
2 • 5 ft. 3 pi. Mowers
2 • 6 It. 3 pi Mowers
■ 7 ft 3 pt Mower w/doublc tail wheels &
slip clutch
2 - 4 ft. 3 pt Box Blade
2 • 5 ft. 3 pi Box Blade
2 • 6 ft. 3 pt Box Blade
2 • 7 ft. 3 p’ Box Blade
2 • 8 ft. 3 pt Box Blade
2 • 6 ft. Tilt 0 Angle Blade, 3 pt.
2 • 7 ft. Tilt & Angle Blade, 3 pt.
6 • Hay Rings
2 • 5 ft. 3 pt Disc Plows
2 • 6 ft. 3 pt. Disc Plows
2 • Gopher Poisoner
2 • 3 pt. Boom Poles
2 ■ 3 pt. SicJ* •' 600 lb. cap.
2 • /. BoUci Mr,IJ Board Plows
1 • b ft. Folding Tail Self Trailer
1 • 6 ft. Drag type Mower
100-10 ft. Live Stock Panels
4 ft. Gates for Panels
50 • Rail Road Cross Tics
Tralkri;
I- 16 fL Utility Trailer
1- 18 ft (JtiUty Trailer
I- 20 ft Utility TraUer
1- 16 ft Hale covered top Stock Trailer, bumper
pull
1- 16 ft. WW covered top Stock Trailer, bumper
puli
1- 16 fL covered Horae Trailer w/tack room,
gooseneck
1* 18 ft. Gooacncck Trailer w/Dovclail & folding
rampa
Horse:
1- 8 yr. old Registered Gelding
Guns;
2- Remington 30G6 Auto Rifle w/scoops
1- Martin 30-30
I- Winchester model 94, 1867 Canadian Com.
still in box 30-30
I- Winchester 38-55 Cal. 1969 Legendary Frontier-
men
Trucks.
M977 IMC Truck Tractor, Twin Screw w/1977 28
ft Fruchauf Dump Trailer
Boats;
1- Pro Craft Boat Trailer
Tools:
1 • New 5 Hp Air Compressor, 80 gal. tank
1* 14 ft. Bass Boat w/slick steering 0 trailer £Ult*
1- 15 ft. Sylvan Deep V Fishing Boat w/70 Hp Top Dnk
Johnson. Trailer trolling motor ready *.o go. *>in#
1- 16 ft. Charger Fiberglass Deep V Boat and P-T.O. Clutchea
trailer, never been titled , aun damaged Inte- Several Saddles
rjor Truck Mount Hey Spear
Aut01; New Calf Creep Feeders
Several Makes and Modtls
1- 1984 Pontiac Bonneville
Consignments being accepted until 10:00, Satur-
day morning, October 27th. 1990 Sale Day.
For Information Call:
Lennis Kearney Pat Long, Auctioneer
(214) 473-3405 • Emory Day - (214) 932-6957 • Nile • 932-2545 • Kaufman
TERMS and CONDITIONS — Cash, cashier check, company check or personal
check with bank letter of credit. Everything aeila as is, where it, no warranties
expressed or implied.
PAT LONG & ASSOCIATES, INC.
AUCTIONEERS AND REALTORS
(214)932-6957 • P.O. Box 106 • Kaufman, Texas 75142 • TXS6516
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1990, newspaper, October 25, 1990; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765704/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.