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Bains Counts Leader
Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1887
VOLUME CXil, ISSUE NO. 46
EMORY, TEXAS -TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2000
NEWS BRIEFS
Farmers’ Market meeting May 2
The Rains County Farmers’ Market will meet Tuesday evening. May 2,
at 6:00 at the Heritage Center in Emory. Rains County Agriculture Extension
Agent Elizabeth Barfield will be the speaker. Those interested in agriculture
are invited to attend.
Public meeting Thursday, May 4
There will be a public meeting with regional postal officials Thursday,
May 4, at 7:00 p.m. at the East Tawakoni Civic Center to hear comments
regarding changing the final line of our address to East Tawakoni. The deci-
sion will have to be made whether to consolidate all our delivery services
with either the Lone Oak or Point Post Office who currently share delivery
service for the city. All citizens are encouraged to come and participate in
the discussion.
RARA meeting set for May 4
The Rains Amateur Radio Association (RARA) meeting for May will
be held Thursday night. May 4, 7:30 p.m., at the Rose Community Center
in Emory. Anyone interested in amateur radio and short-wave communica-
tions is invited to attend. Come early for swap shop and eye-ball QSOs. The
featured presentation will be a discussion about the newest digital mode,
PSK-31. This is a narrow bandwidth mode with excellent weak signal data
recovery. The presenter is club member Art Passannante, KC5GQP. The
presentation includes methods of operation, and the equipment and software
required. Also, bring any questions you may have related to amateur radio.
The club’s Elmers will do their best to provide you with answers. Hope to
see you at the meeting. - Chuck Carpenter, Point, Rains County, Texas
Founder’s Day Parade Line-Up
Parade entries will begin lining up at 10:30 a.m.from Hwy. 19 down
College Street to the Eagle Inn Apartments. Everyone will fall in line on
arrival. Horses will assemble on the vacant lot at the corner of Hwy. 19 and
College Street and fall in line at the end of the parade. Money prizes will be
given for winning floats and ribbons for other entries. The parade willl be-
gin at 11:00 a.m.
Fire Department Chicken Roast
The Emory Volunteer Fire Department will again host its annual
Chicken Roast fundraiser on Saturday, May 6. Serving will begin at 11:00
a.m.
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by Jaxie Morgan
Rains County leader
Leader photo oy EARL HILL
HEADED FOR STATE - The Rains relay team of (left to right) Tommy Potts,
Jerry Lane, Stevie Stigall and Bryan Kelley advanced to Ull. State -3A com-
petition by taking second place in the 1600-meter (4x400) relay with a time
of 3:19.35 just 2/100 of a second off the leader, Liberty-Eylau. Other 3-A
regional finishers are: Region l-Crane (3:20 92) and Tulia (3:22.06); Region
III - Elgin (3:19.74) and McGregor (3:22.61) and Region IV- Burnet (3:21 81)
and Industrial (3:23.11).
Emory and Point to
hold city elections
_^ bvc McKeown announced she die
The department is asking for donations of cakes to be served as desserts
with the chicken dinners. They are asking that the cakes be sheet cakes (9 x
13 inches) or cupcakes. Cakes only, please. No pies. Label your pans and
they will be returned to you.
Also, beginning shortly after 1:00 p.m., the department will host their
Second Annual Horseshoe Tournament. Sign-up ends at 1:00 p.m. May 6. A
$15.00 entry fee will be charged per team.
Join the men and women of the Emory Fire Department for some great
ootl wl a f-P timn nnnntmiwafe always greatly appreciated:
Bake sale Founder’s Day, May 6
The Bright Star Angels will hold a bake sale Saturday, May 6, in front
of First National Bank in Emoiy. There will be homemade pies and cakes
made by the Angels. All monies received will be used to help people in need.
Founder’s Day blood drive
There will be a Founder’s Day blood drive on the square in Emory on
Saturday, May 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The mobile unit will be on the
north side of the square. Please eat before donating and bring your driver’s
license. You will receive a cholesterol screening and a T-shirt with your
donation.
Lions Club volunteers need your help
On Saturday, May 6, look for Lions Club volunteers in their yellow vest
on the road corners appealing for your help for the blind. Please be gener-
ous. This money is to help the blind see and to purchase eye glasses for
needy children. '
Girl Scouts to have bake sale
Girl Scout Troop 2834 will have a cake walk and bake sale at Founder’s
Day, May 6, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the east side of the square.
Please come and support the Girl Scouts.
Emory City Cemetery meeting
The Emory City Cemetery Association will meet Sunday, May 7, at the
Rose Community Center at 2:00 p.m. Those who have an interest in the City
and Forbis Cemeteries please be present as we have some important business
to discuss. Our caretaker will be present, and it s also time for election of
officers. Reported by Jewell Cooper, sec. treas.
Lone Star Cemetery meeting
The Lone Star Cemetery Association will meet Sunday, May 7, at 2:00
p.m. at the Point Community Center. Please attend if possible.
WIC participants to be seen in Emory
Participants with appointments for WIC will be seen in Emory at the
Rose Community Center. The next scheduled day is May 9. If anyone has
questions, call 885-8022. We appreciate the use of the Rose Community
Center to serve the residents of Rains County.
Last day of school Friday, May 26
Due to the ice storm this past February, the last day of school for stu-
dents at Rains ISD will be Friday, May 26. The last day for Rains ISD teach-
ers will be Tuesday, May 30. There will also be an employee luncheon for
service awards that day.
Leader now on World Wide Web
The Rains County Leader has gone world wide through its new inter-
net web page. You can click onto www.rainscountyleader.com and see
weekly updates of news stories, reunions, obituaries, classified and other
ads and even the latest “Looking Back” pictures. Updates are made each
Tuesday. Future plans include a daily obituary update.
Through our page you can link up with the Rains School web site and
■" the future, county and municipalities pages.
by Jaxie Morgan
Rains County leader
Elections will be held at Point
and Emory on Saturday, May 6, to
elect a mayor and two council
members at each city. The polls will
be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
at Emory City Hall and Point C ity
-HalL
The city of East Tawakoni and
the Rains School Board cancelled
their elections due to all the candi
dates being unopposed. Resolutions
were passed by the council and the
board certifying the candidates as
elected to office, and the oath of
office will be administered after
May 6.
Cay House, Rick Turner and
Johnny Corley are competing in the
race for mayor of Emory alter Ru-
byc McKeown announced she did
not intend to seek re-election for a
sixth term. House is presently serv-
ing as Emory City Councilman,
Place I. Incumbent Travis Potts is
also facing a challenger for Place 2,
Richard Jennings, while Rusty
Basham is unopposed lor re-elec-
tion to Place 4.
Point also has contested races,
witn incumnent mayor Raymond
Clifton facing challenger J. D.
Jones, Jr Competing for two at-
large council positions are James
Woodson, Brent A Cason, Pam
l.adymon and Debbie Dennie.
Woodson and Dennie currently
serve on the council.
Early voting by personal appear-
ance continues through May 2. and
ballots by mail will be accepted
through the close ol business on
election day.
Founder's Day 2(XX) has a full
day of activities planned, starting
with the Emory Lions Club’s pan-
cake breakfast at the Emory Fire
Station from 7:00 to 9:00 and con-
cluding with the dedication of the
Rains Historical Park on Hwy. 69
beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Sandwiched in between is a vari-
ety of events, including a ribbon-
cutting ceremony at the A. C.
McMillan African-American Mu-
seum on South Texas Street in
downtown Emory at 10:00 a.m.
The fourth annual scholarship
walk-a-thon will kick off at 8:00 on
the cast side of the square at No. I
Planters Street. (The executive walk
on Monday had 36 participants and
raised $1,025.)
All-day events include children's
rides in a horse-drawn surrey, chil-
dren’s games, a dunkin' booth by
the Police Explorer Post, Mr. Gow-
ers’ corn-grinding machine, and
Stewart Blood Center will have its
mobile donor coach set up on the
square.
There will be lots of arts and
crafts and baked goods by vendors
and civic organizations. In addition,
there will be a sidewalk sale ir. front •
of Terry’s Furniture benefiting the
Good Samaritans and a garage sale
on the vacant lot across from Hall’s
Pharmacy benefiting the Rains Ani-
mal Shelter building fund.
For some fast-moving r uertain-
menl, don’t miss the trick jump
rope group from Mineola at 9:(X),
the Rains Star Steppers doggers at
10:30, and the Tendl Square Dan-
cers at 2:00 p.m.
The Founder’s Day parade has
been reinstated this year and will
feature cash prizes for the winning
floats and ribbons for other entries.
The parade will begin at 11:00.
Entries will need to begin lining up
at 10:30 from Hwy. 19 down Col-
lege Street to the Eagle Inn Apart-
ments. EveVyone will fall in line on
arrival. Horses will assemble on the
vacant lot at the comer of Hwy. 19
and College Street and fall in line at
the end of the parade
Following the parade will be a
performance by the award-winning
Rains High School Band.
The highlight of the day is the
Emory Volunteer Fire Department's
annual chicken roast beginning at
11:00 a.m at the Emory Fire Sta-
tion and lasting until sold out. This
is their major fundraiser of the year
The fire department is again
sponsoring a horseshoe tournament
beginning at 1:00 behind the J.P.’s
office on Wood Street. Entry fee is
$15 per team with a cash payback
for the first- and second-place win-
ners. Those planning to participate
are encouraged to sign up prior to
the 1:00 sign-up deadline.
A special county-wide school re-
union will be held at the Heritage
Center on Hwy. 276 from 2:00 to
4:00 p m. At this time, the book that
the Rains Elementary fourth and
fifth grade students have researched
and compiled, entitled J R’s: Read-
ing, Writing and Arithmetic, Rains
County, Texas, 1870-1950. will be
presented to the Rains County His-
torical Society
You will also be able to order the
book at this time for the price of
$15 plus $3 shipping and handling
if necessary After Satu.day the
book will sell for $20 plus shipping
and handling.
Special recognition will be given
to the students who participated in
the project and to community and
school members
Master of ceremonies will be
Lynn Wilemon, the teacher who
.received the $2,000 “Learn and
Serve" grant from Region VII in
-Kilgore. A photographer will be in
attendance in order to take school
group pictures. Everyone is invited
to attend.
The long-awaited dedication of
the Rains Historical Park on Hwy.
69 will follow at 4:30 p.m. Five his-
toric buildings will be open for
public touring. The Shady Grove
Church pews will also be dedicated.
Musical entertainment will be per-
formed in the park’s gazebo to
round out the day’s festivities.
Commissioners discuss water pipeline
by Carolyn Hill
Rains County Leader
The city of Dallas brought its
water problems to Rains County
Thursday, April 27. Ron Hayes ot
Carter/Burgess Consultants met
with the commissioners’ court
regarding the Lake Fork to Dallas
water pipeline the city plans to bid
out in May for construction this
summer.
Since a gasoline pipeline break
leaked levels of MTBE into Lake
Tawakoni, Dallas has put the con-
struction of a water pipeline from
Lake Fork to Dallas on “a fast
track."
Planning of the Lake Fork
Reservoir by the Sabine River
Authority began in the early 1970s
to serve as a source of cooling
water for a proposed nuclear power
facility for Texas Utilities Generat-
ing Co., Inc. When nuclear power
came under fire in the mid '70s.
Texas Utilities backed out of the
lake planning and the city of Dallas
agreed to assume their bond oblig-
ation, effectively buying a signifi-
cant part - 76% - of Lake Fork for
the city’s future water needs. Now,
with the city not pumping water
from Lake Tawakoni and drought
and summer weather fast approach-
ing, Dallas is ready to capitalize on
its 25-year-old investment.
Hayes appeared specifically to
seek the county’s permission to
trench, or cut, across 15 county
road crossings in Precinct 1 and
Precinct 2. Last year the court set a
county road policy which requires
boring of all county roads. That
policy was changed just two weeks
ago to allow a cut of not more than
four inches on rock and dirt county
roads. The water pipeline Dallas
will lay is ten feet in diameter and
requires a minimum of seven feet
of ground covering. Hayes' propos-
al to the county included a cement
stabilized backfill and a promise to
return the roads to the original or
better condition.
Precinct I County Commissioner
Virgil McEnturff was not happy
with the request to trench the roads
He said that the county requires its
citizens to bore under roads and
Dallas should have to bore too.
Haves asked what conditions
would be required in order for
Dallas to trench instead of bore me
roads and he made it clear that
Dallas would entertain any reason-
able proposal Rains County made.
After much discussion between
McEnturff and Hayes - Precinct 2
Commissioner William Potts did
not attend Thursday 's meeting - the
item was tabled for further study
and debate.
RAIN
REPORT
by Hettry Potts
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In open forum, Mike Adams,
director of the Green Acres Nursing
Home in Emory, introduced the
new owners of the facility, Bob
Greenlaw and Jennie King, to the
court. The new owners, as of
February 16, 2(XX). told the court of
their plans for the facility including
adding some 22 beds to take it from
68 beds to 90 or 92 beds. Also, they
plan to enlarge the dining hall and
remodel the front elevation. First
on their list of “things to do" is the
completion of the long-awaited
pavilion.
At the completion of all the addi-
tions and remodeling, the owners
plan to initiate a pet and patient
program. This new program, being
introduced in some nursing homes,
brings dogs, fish aquariums, cats,
bird aviaries and/or plants into a
facility for the benefit of residents.
Greenlaw and King are also the
owners of Colonial Nursing Home
in Lindale and invite those interest-
ed to see their facility in Lindale.
A short discussion was held on
the possibility of installing an irri-
gation system for the courthouse
lawn and tying it into the working
well already on the grounds. At the
end of all the restoration projects
the lawn could be maintained by a
watering system set on a timer. The
item was tabled until some cost
estimates could be obtained.
In other action, the court:
• Accepted the audit report of
the Rains County Child Protective
Services as presented by Robert
Lake.
• Authorized Sheriff Wilson to
pursue the application for a COPS
grant.
• Approved the law firm of Alli-
son, Bass and Associates of Austin
to assist the county in precinct
redistricting at the conclusion of
the 2000 census. A fixed fee of
$11,000 was submitted by the firm.
• Tabled action on identifying
county property for accountability
and requiring an annual inventory
review by each department head in
conjunction with the annual budget
process.
• Approved the tax resale deed
for Lots 174 and 175 in Whispering
Oaks No. 2 at the bid price of
$6,651.
• Informed all participants in-
volved in a dispute over the loca-
tion of a private fence on CR 2425
in Precinct 2 that the court has no
jurisdiction to make a ruling on the
matter.
• Informed Henry Lane the com-
missioners’ court has no jurisdic-
tion to establish a neighborhood
road off CR 1530 (Free Bridge
Road).
• Approved the minutes of the
previous meeting and warrants
authorizing payment of accounts.
No budget amendments or line item
transfers were submitted for
approval by County Treasurer
Teresa Northcutt.
An Executive Session was held
with the county auditor to further
review the audit of the Rains
County Child Protective Services.
When the court returned to open
session. County Judge Bob Sisk
said that the audit revealed dis-
crepancies which needed to be
resolved. The court approved a
motion to turn the report over to the
county attorney for possible action.
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