Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 22, 1998 Page: 1 of 29
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Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1887
VOLUME CXI, ISSUE NO. 15
EMORY, TEXAS -TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1998
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NEWS BRIEFS
Eagle Fest plans underway
The committees for the fifth annual Eagle Fest are getting busy as
beavers planning outstanding events for the festival (Jive the entertainment
committee a call and register for the talent contest This will be a chance
to share your talent as well as win a prize and have fun.
Call the Eagle Fest headquarters at 1 -800-561 -1182 or (903) 473-4478,
and let us add your name to the list. We will welcome individuals or
groups
PTO to host spaghetti luncheon
The Rains Parent leather Organization will be sponsoring a spaghetti
luncheon on September 25, at the Rose Community Center from 11 to 1.
The luncheon will benefit the Rains Star Steppers clogging group 1 lease
come and support this fun group We will be serving spaghetti, salad,
bread, and dessert. I'fie cost will be $5.00.
New office hours for Point City Hall
The new hours for Point City Hall will change effective October I, 1998.
The new hours will be 8 (K) a m to 5:00 p.m. each day, Monday through
Friday The office will be closed from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m for lunch
For water leaks or sewer problems after 5 p.m. and on weekends, call
598-3296 This number is answered 24 hours a day.
Extended phone service petition
The petition to be able to vote for telephone extended service to Green-
ville, Sulphur Springs, Quitman, Miller Grove, and Shirley for one month-
ly fee of $3 50 has had a tremendous response. As soon as names and
phone numbers are verified and turned in, a ballot will be mailed to every-
one to vote on the issue This will be very helpful to the progress of Emory.
Volunteers needed at Elementary
Calling all volunteers! Rains Elementary is looking for volunteers dur-
ing the day to help the teachers with students needing one-on-one help with
reading and math You don't have to have a child in elementary school to
volunteer. If you have some spare time during the day, we could really use
some help.
Please call Becca Munsch at 473-3458.
Vendor spaces for rent at Eagle Fest
It is time to reserve your vendor space for the 1999 Eagle Fest, which will
be held February 22 and 23. Call the Eagle Fest office at 1-800-561-1182
or (903) 473-4478 for information. Our hours are 9 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4
p.m. Monday through Friday.
Rains 4-H Club meeting Sept. 29 *
Rams 4-H Club will meet Tuesday, September 29, at 7 p.m at the Rams
County Fairgrounds exhibit building in Emory. All members, leaders and
parents are invited to attend. , ,
New members for 1998-99 will be enrolled, so anyone from 3rd grade
through high school interested in being a part of 4-H in Rains County is
invited. You may phone the Extension office at 473-2412 for more mfor-
m Tfie^program will be given by Walter Jameson. Emory Chief of Police.
Friends of the Library meeting
If you believe the Rains County Public Library is important, please come
to a meeting Monday night, September 28. and learn how you can become
a friend of the library. t „ . . - . ,..
Librarian Virginia Northcutt will explain what the Friends of the Library
organization is and how it helps the library The meeting will begin at 7:00
p.m. in the Meadows Room of the library. Also, a discussion of the services
and resources of the library will be held.
For more information come by the library or call 473-2221.
Census job testing
Testing is now being done for U S. census takers and crew leaders on
Mondav. Sept 28. at 10 a m and 1 p.m. in the courthouse. Pay rate is $7.00
to $8 75 Evelyn Hershey, Recruiting Assistant
Genealogical Society meeting
The September meeting of the Rains County Genealogical Society is
scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 1998. at 7:00 p.m. in the Meadows
Room of the Rains County Public Library in Emory The program will be
presented by Beverly Schmedthorst of Garland Mrs. Schmcdthorst will
present a program on “Volunteering-Fun and Educational. Mrs. Schmed-
thorst is the former director of volunteers in the genealogy section of the
Garland Public Library There will also be a work/talk session at 6:00 p m.
for those miciesfed in discussing genealogy. Visitors and new members are
welcome to attend this meeting and all meetings of the Society. For further
information, contact Wayne B. Lcshc, president, at 903-598-2821 or by e-
mail at p housing(n'globcco net
Fall clean up for the city of Emory
It is time for the city of Emory to provide citizens of the city of Emory
water system a time to clean up and spruce up by providing dumpsters at
the wastewater treatment plant off of Dunbar
The days the dumpsters will be provided will be September 21-26 The
hours will be as follows: Monday-Friday from 3:00 p m -6:00 p.m.
Saturday will be from 9:00 a m -6:00 p m The attendant at the fixation
must sec a city of Emory water bill stub before you are allowed to dump
We cannot accept items such as tires, batteries, paint or any chemicals You
cannot dump any items that contain freon Take advantage of this week and
clean up and spruce up around your area. Maxie Chester, ,
Public Works Director
B SISK was in Greenville early Saturday morning, September 19, to
at and present Eagle Fest T-shirts to (left) Ralph Hal. Democratic
igressman, and (right) actor Charlton Heston. Heston, best known for his
i as Moses in The Ten Commandments, was in Greenville to assist in
fs re-election bid. Photo contrixited
Channel 4
does expose
on Lone Oak
Police Dept.
by Carolyn Hill
Lone Oak s Police Department
has recently been under investiga
tion by the Federal Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
(ATF).
According to a news story which
ran on KDFW Fox channel 4 last
Thursday, the center of the federal
investigation is 40 riot guns. Last
year, Police Chief Scott Lynch
asked and received permission of
the city council to purchase two riot
guns from the state. Without the
council’s knowledge, four cases
containing ten guns each - were
purchased
Chief Lynch admitted in the tele-
vised interview that two reserve
officers deposited $5,700 into the
city’s checking account for 37 not
guns. In July of this year, the city
council ratified the gun deal based
on a copy of a gun acquisition form
submitted by one of the two reserve
officers involved in the gun deal
The form did not include the politi-
cal subdivision requirements which
must be met in order to purchase
arms from the state. Without admit-
ting blame, the deputy has resigned.
Also shown in the newscast were
citizens concerned with Lone Oak’s
reputation as a speed trap Lone
Oak, with a population of 467, has
two full-time policemen, including
Chief Lynch, and ten reserve offi-
cers who write $121,000 in fines a
year. By comparison Quinlan, pop-
ulation 1600, writes $33,000 in
fines, Wolfe City, population 1700,
writes $25,000 and Commerce,
with a population of 7200, write*,,.
$74,(XX). all far less than Lone Oak
Many citizens think it’s lime for
the chief to quit. Chief Lynch says
“I’m not going a ywhere.’’
Sharp delivers
$180.5 million
to Texas cities
and counties
John Sharp, State Comptroller of
Public Accounts, recently delivered
a total of $ 180.5 million in monthly
sales tax payments to 1,092 Texas
cities and 118 counties, a 4.5 per-
cent increase over the $172.7 mil-
lion allocated in September 1997.
September's rebates include local
sales taxes collected on July sales
and reported to the Comptroller in
August by businesses filing month
ly returns
“Rebates to cities and counties
are up to 10.7 percent over the first
nine months of last year"
Sharp delivered monthly sales tax
rebates totaling $164.7 million to
Texas cities, 4 5 percent higher than
last September’s payments of
$157.6 million. Rebates of $15 8
million to Texas counties were 4.6
percent higher than allocations of
$15.1 million in September 1997
Another $5.2 million went to 34
special purpose districts around the
state
The Comptroller’s next sales tax
allocation is scheduled for Friday,
October 9.
Rains County received for its
1/2**- county sales tax a rebate of
$15,343 46 for September 1998. up
40.03% from last year's rebate of
$10,956.95. Total received to date
this year is $126,535.15. up 32.56%
from last year's total to date of
$95.448 08
The three cities in Rains County
received a total of $28,096.29 this
month, up 5.34% from last year's
total of-$26.671.28. Total received
to date this year is $242,844 20. up
15.73% from last year's total of
$209,826.51. Broken down by
cities as follows:
East Tawakoni: $4,611.41 for
September 1998. up 0.88% from last
year’s total of $4,570.85; $41.845.95
to date this year, up 15.24% from
$36,308.87 to date last year
Emory: $21,506.38 for Septem-
ber 1998. up 4 87% from last yea ’s
total of $20,506 10; $183,134 25 to
date this year, up 15.24% from
$158,904.24 to date last year
Point: $1,978.50 fo« Septemhei
1998. up 24.09% from last year’s
total of $1,594.33; $17,864 00 to
date this year, up 22.24% from
$14,613.40 to date last year
••••
Trust ye in the Lord for ever:
for in the Lord Jehovah is ever-
lasting strength. Isaiah 26:4
Miss Rains County 1998 Sarah Smith
Sarah is the 17-year-old daughter of Rodney & Karen Smith
of Point. She is a senior at Rains High School.
Staff photo by Betty Adair
Classic Car Show
draws 61 exhibitors
The second annual Classic Car Show held Saturday. Sept.
19, on the courthouse square in conjunction w ith the 1998 Rains
County Fair drew a large crowd of exhibitors and spectators.
This year there were 61 c„r, exhibited, with 48 entries
competing for cash prizes. Last year's show had 31 cars on
display.
Car Show award winners were: Best of Show and Best
Engine, John Bedenbender of Mt. Vernon. 1966 Chevelle; Best
Paint. Mike & Annette Bearden of Emory, 1948 Pontia” and
Best Interior. James L. 1’aylor of Brashear. 1936 Chevrolet.
The top ten winners were: John Bedenbender of Mt.
Vernon, 1966 Chevelle; Mike A Annette Bearden of Emory,
1948 Pontiac; James L Taylor of Brashear, 1936 Chevrolet;
Marshall % Cindy Brooks of Greenville, 1957 Chevrolet;
George Ritchie of Mesquite. 1970 Chevelle SS; Jonathan Nix of
Dallas. 1954 Ford pickup; Jack Runnels of Emory. 1965
Corvette. Mike and Annette Bearden of Emory. 1967 Cobra; C.
H Simpson of Bailey, 1948 Buick; and Fred Chambers of
Canton. 1957 Ford The top ten awards were judged by
participants.
Did you ever
wonder why
our water has
a bad smell?
Over the past few days we have
been getting many complaints on
the smell in our water system. No
one knows this any better than we
do. During the rains last week,
water run-off into the lake con-
tained many organic compounds
that cause taste and odor problems.
A couple of these compounds are
green and blue-green algae blooms.
These blooms in the raw water will
give off a musty or woodsy smell in
the water. Along with this, due to
heavy rains and cooler tempera-
tures, the lake has begun to “turn
over.” This is commonly called
destratification. This usually hap-
pens in the summer and again in the
winter months. The cooler water
rises to the top and brings these
algae blooms that cause us prob-
lems. There are many ways to recti-
fy this problem. The quickest and
one of the most expensive is to add
powdered activated carbon to the
raw water, which is what we are
now doing. This is very expensive,
and we do not want to overfeed this
chemical. I cannot give a definite
time that this will clear up. I have
seen this clear up in a couple of
days, and I have seen it take as long
as two months. The hot tempera-
tures are not helping. I assure cus-
tomers in the Emory Water System
that the water is safe to drink. We
will do our best to clear this up as
soon as possible. I would ask that
you bear with us during this crisis.
Maxie Chester
Emory Public Works Director
City water and
sewer costs
remain average
The annual Texas Municipal
League Magazine report on utility
costs for customers living in Texas
cities reveals that the city of Emory
costs are substantially lower for city
sewer and slightly higher for water
than the average of 240 cities with
comparable populations. Of the 36
cities between 11,000 and 850 pop-
ulation. there are 18 cities having
higher combined bills and 18 hav-
ing similar or lower costs to the
consumer. Considering the fact that
Emory must transport all water over
10 miles to serve the people, costs
are holding the line and are remain-
ing close to the average cost for
these services throughout the state
All in all, the citizens of Emory
have a pretty good deal Water treat-
ment continues to go up each year.
Standards set by TNRCC and EPA
continue to get harder and harder to
meet. In the very near future, rates
may have to go up for us to be able
to maintain state and federal stan-
dards.
Maxie Chester
Emory Public Works Director
Dollar General
to open Oct. 4th
According to Dollar General
store officials, they arc shooting for
an opening date of Oct. 4th and
will be taking applications on
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept 23
and 24, from 9:00 to 5:00 at the
store on Hwy 69 east of Emory.
Noble Willingham of ‘ Walker; Texas Ranger’
fame to be Alba Country Fair Grand Marshal
Activities begin
with quilt show at
Methodist Church
The 22nd annual Alba Country
Fair on Sept 25-26 promises two
days of fun and entertainment.
Activities begin on Friday with a
quilt show from noon to 6:00 p.m.
at the Methodist Church. At 5:00
p.m there will he an Alba beauty
pageant for ages 1-18. followed by
a gospel music concert at 6:30 p m.
on the Alba square
Saturday's activities kick off w ith
a baking contest at 9:00 a.m. at City
Hall, followed by the parade at
10:00 a m around the downtown
square. Parade Grand Marshal will
be Noble Willingham, who plays C.
D Parker on Walker. Texas Ranger.
All-dav events Saturday include
a quilt show at the Methodist
Church, a classic car show on the
-quarc: antique tractor show, vol-
leyball tournament and horseshoe
tournament, all at Community
Park, pony rides and space walk on
the squire, and the Ladies Club
country store.
A motorcycle show will be held
from 10 00 a.m. to 2:00 p m.
At 11:00 the I ake Country Clog-
gers will perform, the baking con-
sent 14
Sept 15
test winners will be announced, and
a cake walk will begin. A brisket
lunch sponsored by the Alba Ladies
Club will also begin at 10:00 at the
fire station
At 1:00 p.m. the baking contest
winning entries will be auctioned
off. and a 3-on-3 basketball tourna-
ment will be held. Kids’ games will
be held on the square from 2:00 to
3:00.
The car show trophies will be
awarded at 3:00, and a draw ing for
a quilt will be held. At 5:00 will be
the drawing for a $200 Wal-Mart
gift certificate. The volunteer fire
department fish fry will also begin
at 5:00 at the fire station
On Saturday afternoon will be
musical entertainment by Sounds
of Praise. Open Door Youth. Lee
and Lois ot KMOO and other local
talent. Then at 7:30 p.m. will be
country music wnh the Low Water
Crossing band.
There is no admission. Bring you
lawn chairs and enjoy!
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