Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 Page: 1 of 18
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Bains County Leader
Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1887
Web: www.RainsCountyLeader.com
e-mail: rainsleader@earthlink.net
Vol. 116, Issue 7 -1 section, 18 pages, plus insert EMORY, TEXAS - TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2003
PRICE 500
NEWS BRIEFS
Creature Teacher to be at library
On Tuesday, July 22, the Creature Teacher will be at the Rains
County Public Library at 10:30 a.m. She will have real live animals
to show and will tell the children about each one and how to care for
it. Also, on the following Tuesday, July 29, Greenville author Glen
Onley will regale the children with his own brand of tales. Be sure to
bring those children kindergarten through fifth grade both times.
Reading books is a wonderful way to discover many things about the
world and gives much pleasure.
Rains summer band camp
Summer band camp for Rains High School marching band
members is fast approaching. Mrs. Brown and Miss Coltharp are
looking forward to a very successful and fun year. Coming events
include a meeting for all drum line personnel from 9:(X) to 11:30 a.m.
on Wednesday, July 30; a drill instructors meeting from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon on August 1; 8th grade advanced band students, mem-
bers who did not march last year, and the color guard will begin prac-
ticing at 8:30 a.m., and the full band will begin practice at 10:00
a.m., both on August 4.
Child safety seats available
The Rains County Child Safety Program is sponsoring “Buckle
Up and Be a Safe Rider!" The Safety Program will provide safety
seats and materials to those who cannot afford the expense of pur-
chasing a seat. For more information, please contact Margie Beck at
903-473-2222 or 903-473-2303.
Clip Box Tops For Education
Clip Box Tops coupons from hundreds of participating General
Mills products. Ask friends and relatives to help. Each coupon is
worth ten cents. A goal of 100,000 box tops for $10,000 has been set
to benefit Rains Schools. We will keep you updated on the progress.
Look on all General Mills cereals, Pillsbury products, Yoplait yogurt.
Hungry Jack biscuits, Betty Crocker and Old El Paso boxed meals,
Hamburger Helper, Green Giant frozen vegetables, Torino's pizza.
Gold Medal flour, Bisquick, and Betty Crocker cakes, etc. For more
information, call Betsy at 903-474-9336 or Donna at 903-473-2465.
For a complete list of products, go to www.boxtops4education.com.
Turn in your coupons at Heaven's Touch Massage Therapy, Emory
City Hall, Point City Hall or at the Rains County Extension office.
Homecoming at Bright Star
Homecoming at Bright Star Baptist Church will be Sunday,
August 3, at 10:00 a.m. Bro. Wayne Wolte will bring the message.
Bob Bryant and Sharon will bring the special music, and lunch will
follow in the fellowship hall at 12:00 noon. Everyone is welcome.
For more information call 903-473-4064. The church is located at
FM 2795 and RS CR 3480 in Alba.
Rains Elementary registration
Man arrested
for passing
bad checks
By JAXIE MORGAN
Rim* < ounf* I r«*ik t Maff
Leader photo by TREY HILL
PUTTING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD - Shannon Carpenter of Carpenter Enterprises installs the final
anchor for a new awning for the seventh and eighth grade building of the junior high campus Workers
are trying to complete the process of converting the Vo-Ag building into classrooms before the start of
school on Thursday, August 21.
School board conducts supt.evaluation
intermediate faculty, junior high
student, junior high faculty, and
high school student.
After returning to open ses-
sion, the hoard voted to adopt the
superintendent’s evaluation as
developed in closed session, to
be placed in his personnel tile
The hoard also worked ai setting
goals and objectives for the
board and superintendent for the
2003-04 school year. This will he
placed on the August 12 agenda
By JAXIE MORGAN
Ram* County leader staff
The Rains ISD board of trus-
ees met in special session on
Monday, July 14, with the main
agenda item being the annual
valuation of the superintendent.
Prior to convening in closed
session for over two hours, the
ward approved employment of
ITuis Collins as high school
English/Theater teacher to re-
place Jennifer Kent, who re-
signed that position. Collins will
be issued a one-year probation-
ary contract for the 2003-04
school year.
The board also approved
handbooks for 2003-04 as pre-
sented, with additions of rules
pertaining to computer and cell
phone use in the faculty hand-
books. The handbooks approved
included intermediate student.
A 22-year-old Sulphur
Springs man was arrested around
midnight on luesday. Inly Is.
alter buying merchandise and
services using checks written on
a closed account in Nevada
A local business owner alerted
law enforcement officers after
she called the bank in Nevada to
verify the check and was told
that the account had been closed
for some time
Officers observed the man
attempting to pass another check
on the elosed account Property
recovered at the tune ol the arrest
included two horses, a 14-fool
WW slink trailer, a saddle and
pad and other lack Some jewel
r\ was also located,
I he suspect was driv ing a
2001 Chevrolet 4x4 pickup,
which was impounded. A seizure
case will be tiled to seize the
pickup since it was used in the
commission of felony offenses.
I he man was charged w itli six
counts ot theft by check over $20
but less than $50, a class If inis
demeanor, and two counts of
theft by check over $1,500 but
less than $20,000, a slate jail
felony. As of Monday, the sus
I reel vvas still in (ail with bonds
totaling $ 36,500
Class B misdemeanors canv a
punishment ot a tine not to
exceed $2,000 and or confine
incut in |.ul toi not more than
I HO days Slate jail felonies carry
a punishment of not more than
two years or less than 180 days
and or up to a $fO,(XX) fine.
Chief Deputy David Traylor
said the investigation is still on-
going and additional charges
may be filed.
Enrollment for pre-k through third grade will be held August 4-
7 at Rains Elementary school. For more information see related arti-
cle in this weeks Rains County Leader or check out the Web site at
www. rains. kl2. tx. us.
HeadStart to open August 20
The opening date for the N.E.T.O. HeadStart Child Develop-
ment Center in Emory has been set for Wednesday, August 20, with
a sister center in Mt. Vernon opening August 18. Applications for
both centers will be available beginning the week of June 16. Resi-
dents of both Rains and Franklin counties can request an application
by calling 903-537-2256 or at the N.E.T.O office in Mt. Vernon at
208 Taylor Street.
Summer clean-up planned
The city of Emory will have summer clcan-up the week of
August 21, 22 and 23. Items that cannot be accepted are hazardous
materials, paint, tires, batteries, oils, appliances with freon, etc. The
dumpsters will be located at the Waste Water Plant on Dunbar Lane
on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 21 and Aug. 22, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m., and on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. You
must show proof of city of Emory water stub before you arc allowed
to use dumpsters. A city employee will be stationed at the site to
check water stubs. If you have any questions, contact Emory City
Hall at 903-473-2465.
Exhibit spaces for Rains Fair
The annual Rains County Fair will be held September 8-13. If
you would like to rent a space in the Rains County Exhibit building,
now is the lime to call as the spaces fill up very quickly! To reserve
your place inside the exhibit building, contact Todd or Becky Brumit
at 903-473-2509 or leave a message on the recorder. To reserve your
space outside the exhibit building, contact Howard Emig at 903-473-
3944.
East Tawakoni annexation opposed
By CAROLYN HILL
Rim County Leader «aft
Several residents of Cedar
Creek Estates voiced their objec-
tion to the city of East Tawakoni
annexing the subdivision during
a regular city council meeting
Tuesday, July 15.
According to the minutes of
the meeting as prepared by city
secretary Patsy Marshall, nine or
ten residents attended the meet-
ing to make the council aware of
their feelings against the possible
annexation of Cedar Creek.
One resident, Jason Lambert,
even made a motion from the
crowd to cease all discussions
and proceedings of any annexa-
tion process. East Tawakoni
Mayor James Thomas explained
that he could not entertain any
motions made from the floor. He
added that he had received the
petition signed by those residents
who do not want to be annexed
and that a petition requesting
annexation had not been
Summer heat - no sweat for kids at camp
By Minda Painter
The summer heat did not deter
te kids at all on the second
cries of the Summer Youth Pro-
ram by P.O.I.N.T, Thursday,
here was so much excitement
uring each of the activities and
rejects.
Parents dropped the kids at the
hurch of Christ Fellowship
•uilding and picked them up at
te same place in the afternoon,
lore kids joined the program on
ic second day.
After introductions around,
le group got started by tearing
p paper to be used for compost
i the gardening segment. Drake
hompson from East Tawakoni
d the kids to the Cotton Pickin'
hcatre grounds where Buk
ucoin taught them about gar-
en composting.
Getting out of the heat of the
in, the kids worked on their
wn set of red. white and blue
Hydro Bracelets."
A visit by firefighters from the
Point Volunteer Fire Department
with their fire trucks was a big
treat to these youngsters. Volun-
teer Fireman Jackie Rhodes gave
a demonstration on how the
“Jaws of Life” is used to pry
open a wrecked vehicle to save
the lives of people in an accident.
The kids were overwhelmed
with excitement as each one anx-
iously waited for his or her turn
to "man" the fire hose and spray
water across the field.
Energy was burned off in a
two-team competition of can
crushing. (The ferociousness of
each kid showed what great fun
and energy each possesses, from
the smallest to the biggest.) Cool
down time came during the com-
puter hour and at the musical
segment of the program.
The group then moved to the
Point Community Center for
lunch and project activity. The
subject of the mixed arts media
was sand, pebbles and scashclls.
Each one created his own incred-
ible artistic design for a sand
mosaic.
The finale for the afternoon
was Hunt County Deputy Jace
Schellinger's lecture on alcohol,
drugs and HIV Scoring a big hit
with the kids on the previous
Thursday. Schellinger has suc-
cessfully developed a dialogue
with the kids on his issues.
He delighted the kids with a
demonstration of the “field
sobriety test" and was glad to
report that all the kiddos passed!
The third series of the Sum-
mer Youth Program will continue
next Thursday. July 24. The kids
are looking forward to creating a
“paper palace" and a project on
amazing recvclables. For
inquiries and/or interest in the
Summer Program, call Viola
Kasdorf (903-598-2024) or
Minda Painter (903-598-3809).
see CAMP PICTURES page 11
received as of the meeting date.
Marshall told the council and
those attending that the petition
the city was presented with was
signed by property owners and
that the statutes indicate that any
petition for annexation must be
signed by registered voters,
rather than property owners.
The group then asked what
they could do to stop all pro-
ceedings. Councilman Ric Pat-
terson suggested they contact the
state Attorney General’s office
where they might get some guid-
ance on their alternatives.
When asked if the city could-
n't simply supply the wastewater
services without annexing them,
Patterson replied that as long as
he had a voice in the decision,
the answer would be no. lie said
that he would not expect the cili-
zens of East Tawakoni to beat
the cost and burden to provide
those services outside the city.
Patterson again suggested the
group contact the office of the
Attorney General for guidance.
The possibility of annexing
Cedar Creek Estates, which is
the largest subdivision on the
Free Bridge peninsula, came to
the attention of the city of Ivast
Tawakoni several months ago
Representatives from the Cedai
Creek Estates llomeowneis
Association talked to the city
when it became apparent that the
decades-old septic systems could
no longci meet inflection codes
and the lot sizes in the suIhIivi
sum would not suppoii approved
aerobic svstems
The city applied for and
received a $ lO.TMM) grant from
the Sabine River Authority to do
a sewer placement feasibility
study for the peninsula. 'Hie
vec ANNEXATION
payr
You can avoid a stroke in just 10 minutes
Residents living in and around
Emory can be screened to reduce
their risk of having a stroke. Life
Line Screening will be at Emory
Baptist Church on Thursday,
July 24.
A stroke, also known as a
“brain attackis ranked as the
third leading killer in the world,
and the second among women.
Through preventive screenings,
the risk of having a stroke can be
greatly reduced.
Screenings are fast, painlevs
and low cost. They involve the
use of ultrasound technology,
and scan for potential health
problems related to: blocked
arteries which can lead to a
stroke, aortic aneurysms which
can lead to a ruptured aorta, and
hardening of the arteries in the
legs, which are a strong predictor
of heart disease. Also offered for
men and women, is a bone densi-
ty screening to assess their risk
for osteoporosis.
Each screening requires ten
minutes or less to complete. A
complete vascular screening
package, including the Stroke/
Carotid Artery, Abdominal Aor-
tic Aneurysm and Ankle Brachial
Im'-cx (hardening of the arteries)
screenings is $99.00. Sign-up for
a complete vascular package;
include the osteoporosis screen-
ing and pay only $125 00
Life Line Screening was
established in 1993. and has
since become the nation's lead-
ing provider of vascular screen-
ings. Over 45 ultrasound teams
arc on staff to travel to your local
community, bringing the screen-
ings to you Ihese non-invasive,
inexpensive and painless, ultra-
sound tests help people identity
their tisk for stroke, vascular dis-
eases or osteoporosis early
enough for their physician to
begin preventive procedures
for information regarding (lie
screenings or to schedule an ap-
pointment. call 1 ■8(X)-643-6l88.
Prc registration is required.
A LIFE LINE SCREENING staff member conducts a scan of the
carotid arteries in the neck of a participant Lite Une Screening wM
be m Emory on July 24 at Emory Baptist Church
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