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Bains County Leader
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
COURT
NEWS BRIEFS
Continued from page 1
THE PUBLIC FORUM
2. Environmental Enforce- road damage
ly
4. County Clerk’s Monthly Activities and Comments
REBATES
Continued from page 1
saw increases.
state in May. The YTD for the
time last year.
more than May of last year.
MAY ’20 SALES TAX STATISTICS
Sulphur Springs 1.5 548,950.20 601,368.15
I remind you, Rains County is
process.
3,482,593.33 3,341,185.61
Van Zandt County does not collect sales tax
2.0% $308,622.07 $335,088.36
-7.89% $1,622,966.88 $1,595,689.88 1.70%
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MEMBER 2020
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Swine Flu, or Bird Flu.
and places a burden on county
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RYANIS
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FOREIGN
DOMESTIC
201 W. Main, Quinlan • 903-356-4900 • Mon.-Fri. 8 to 5:30 MM
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VISA
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GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
FORMER EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS OF THE RAINS COUNTY LEADER:
203,496.38
21,241.89
34,000.79
703,218.51
Democrat, permit me to quote a
famous Democrat (FDR) “This
great Nation will endure as it has
endured ... the only thing we
PRODUCTION
Lea Reed
ROUTE SALES
Robert Dean
12,244.22
52,871.59
6,661.21
537,777.04
12,574.10
64,727.15
56,063.76
64,886.88
111,765.31
917,643.38
304,807.04
480,788.97
32,025.51
165,812.78
16,218.09
29,750.19
681,991.03
(903)
473-2236
Hwy. 69
Emory
37.81
40.57
-0.02
-6.95
-4.01
6.53
1.27
7.49
11.37
-41.14
0.45
-5.50
7,948.24
43,907.86
5,761.47
494,501.43
13,221.28
58,806.30
53,334.05
2.0
1.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
13.93
34.55
49.49
-22.63
3.10
13.86
22.72
30.97
14.28
3.11
4.23
54.04
20.41
15.61
8.75
-4.89
10.06
5.11
57.79
18.35
6.86
10.91
7.18
15.02
Hunt
Caddo Mills
Campbell
Celeste
Commerce
Greenville
Hawk Cove
Lone Oak
Neylandville
Quinlan
Union Valley
West Tawakoni
Wolfe City
148,952.71
9,565.47
17,015.53
249,943.90
376,000.17
543,242.48
$936,907.54
102,386.38
132,275.62
980,622.04
338,078.02
515,316.31
36,838.06
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of the Rains County Leader.
RAINS COUNTY EMERGENCY
SERVICE DISTRICT #1
3rd Monday, 6:30 p.m.,
Emory Fire Station
RAINS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT
3rd Thurs. of every month, Rains Tax
Office at 12:00 p.m.
ADVERTISING
Kay Thompson
WRITER
Chuck Fitts
RAINS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS’ COURT
2nd & 4th Thurs., 10:00 a.m.,
Rains County Courthouse
RAINS ISD SCHOOL BOARD
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Rains ISD Board Room
PIECEMAKERS QUILT GUILD OF
RAINS COUNTY-3rd Mon., 7:00
p.m., AgriLife Extension and Con-
ference Center
EDITOR/PUBLISHER
Earl Hill III
OFFICE
Deborah Walker
POINT COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Tues.& Sat, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Adult Game Day 2nd & 4th Tues.,
273 N. Locust St. 903-964-8010
RAINS COUNTY VETERAN VOLUN-
TEERS 903-474-7231
RAINS WILDCAT BAND BOOSTER
CLUB - 2nd Mon., 6:00 p.m.,
Rains H. S. Band Hall
H.W. Martin -1887
Sam Fitzgerald - Before 1900
W.O. Hebisen - Before 1900
A.S. Hornbeck - Before 1900
J.H. Bradford-1901-1904
RAINS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL
LIBRARY Mon., We., Fri., 9 a.m.-
noon. 140 W Quitman St.
903-473-6277
RAINS COUNTY ROAD & BRIDGE
Open Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
903-473-5099 or 5098
To: Senator Bob Hall,
Bob, this is the second major
issue on which I agree with you
100 percent. The first was “pro-
tect the electrical grid.” The sec-
ond, as you have indicated in the
Capitol Hall Report dated May
11: national, state and county
levels of tax resources are going
Tom W. Hill- 1904-1937
Earl Hill, Sr.- 1937-1960
Kathleen Hill Becknell - 1962-1995
Earl Hill, Jr.- 1995-2019
Items on the court’s agenda to w/Hopkins County (equivalent
be discussed, considered or upon match projects)
Canton
Edgewood
Edom
Fruitvale
Grand Saline
Van
Wills Point
Wood
Alba
Hawkins
Mineola
Quitman
Winnsboro
Yantis
Dear Editor:
Last week a letter to the edi-
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Emory-Tues. 7:00-8:00 p.m.,
open meeting; Thurs. 7:00-
8:00 p.m., open meeting; Fri.,
12:00-1:00 p.m., open meet-
ing; Sat. 12:00-1:00 p.m. open
meeting. Emory United Meth-
odist Church Fellowship Hall.
For info call 903-243-6766 or
903-439-7573
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EAST TAWAKONI CITY COUNCIL
3rd Tues., 7:00 p.m.,
East Tawakoni City Hall
EMORY CITY COUNCIL
3rd Tues., 7:00 p.m., Emory City Hall
POINT CITY COUNCIL
2nd Tues., 6:45 p.m., Point City Hall
RAINS COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE
OFFICE: Tues, and Thurs., 8:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m., 110 E. North St.
TRANSPORTATION: To schedule a ride
Call 903-474-7231
RAINS AMATEUR RADIO
ASSOCIATION
2nd Sat. of each month 9:00 a.m.
Rains County Emergency
Operations Center
200 Industrial Blvd., Emory.
RAINS COUNTY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE - 3rd Thursday,
5:30 p.m. Visitor’s Center,
903-473-3913
’20 pymt.
to date
$271,161.65
37,754.95
501,288.95
56,647.85
County
City
Rains
East Tawakoni
Emory
Point
Hopkins
Como
Cumby
AL-ANON -Thurs., 7:00 p.m.,
Crossroads Al-anon Group,
103 N. Houston St., Edge-
wood, 903-896-7270
AMERICAN LEGION POST 156,
Rabb Bro. Mem. Rains
Co.- 4th Mon., 7:00 p.m., 215
N. Duffy St., Emory, 903-438-
6045. Buffet breakfast - 2nd
Saturday 7:00-10:00 a.m.
ARBALA DANCE -Tues., 7:00 -
9:30 p.m., Arbala Community
Center
FRIENDS OF RAINS CO. PUB-
LIC LIBRARY-3rd Thurs.,
1:00 p.m., Meadows Cultural
Center, Rains County Public
Library
LAKE COUNTRY NEIGHBORS
- 1st Thurs., 11:30 a.m.,
www. lakecountryneighbors. com
LAKE FORK AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE-3rd Thurs.,
6:00 p.m. For location, visit
www. lakeforkchamber, org.
LAKE FORK BAPTIST CHURCH
FOOD PANTRY-2nd Tues., 1-
4 p.m. 9483 W. FM 515, Alba
LAKE FORK CHAPTER OF THE
WELL ARMED WOMAN - first
Thursday, 4-7 p.m. at
Winnsboro Gun Club,
Winnsboro TX.
Sue Parrish 903-473-9819
MARS HILL MASONIC LODGE
#1440 - 4th Thurs., 6:30
p.m., Lodge on Hwy. 69
NORTHEAST TEXAS
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE - 4th
Thurs., 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Rose
Community Center
NORTHEAST TEXAS PARATROOPERS
ASSOCIATION - 3rd Sat., 7:30
a.m., Red Dome Smokehouse in
Quitman 903-763-4555
pct.
change
3.94%
2.36
10.37
49.75
POINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORP. - 1st Tues., 6:00 p.m.,
PEDC office, 320 Locust St.,
Point, 903-598-3051
POINT LADIES CIVIC CLUB - 1st
Thurs., 6:30 p.m.,
Point Community Center
903-269-8446
Taxed
0.5%
1.5
1.5
1.5
FOOD BANK AT FREEDOM
CHURCH OF GOD-3rd Fri.,
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,
10830 FM 514, Emory.
903-473-2457
WOMEN’S SERVICE CLUB-2nd
Mon., 6:00 p.m.,
Rose Community Center
WOMEN IN NEED, INC.-A
Battered Women’s Shelter.
Call 903-455-4612 or
903-454-HELP
RAINS COUNTY FARMERS UNION
- 1st Mon., 7:00 p.m., The Old
Gin, 903-598-3809
RAINS GARDEN CLUB - 1st Mon.,
9:30 a.m.,
Emory Methodist Church
RAINS COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY-3rd Mon., 6:00 p.m.,
Emory Development Corp.
RAINS COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD
- 4th Mon., 5:30 p.m., Feb. Apr.
June, Aug., Oct.,
Meadows Cultural Center,
Rains County Public Library
RAINS COUNTY GOOD SAMARI-
TANS - Board meeting cancelled
until futher notice. Food Pantry is
open 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Mon. and
Thurs. and 2nd Sat. 8:00 a.m.
-12 noon
CUB SCOUTS-1st, 2nd, 4th
Sunday, Masonic lodge 4:30
p.m.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY - every
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Emory
Baptist Church
EAST TAWAKONI SENIOR
CITIZEN GAME DAY - every
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. 288
Briggs Blvd, behind East
Tawakoni City Hall
EMORY LIONS CLUB-1st and
3rd Tues., 12:00 noon. Visi-
tors welcome. Call for location
903-473-2311
Spring Clean-up In Point, May 23-30
The City of Point will hold a Spring Clean-Up May 23-30 from
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (closed May 24) at the county yard located
at 260 N. Locust St., Point. Bring unwanted items, junk or trash
(no household trash). Do not bring motor oil, motor filters, tires,
refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, liquid waste, paint or any
untreated medical or biohazard waste. For more information, call
903-598-3296.
STITCH AND LEARN QUILTING
CLUB - Thurs., 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
903-598-3021
Emory Methodist Church
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Emory Chapter 1244 -Tues.,
5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Weigh-in before
meeting Emory Baptist Memo-
rial Hall
D. Resolution for Hopkins
County credits and TxDot
E. Child Safety Fund
request
F. Emergency Management
Auto Transfer Switch
G. Annual utility usage
report as required by House Bill
3693
H. Permitting the sale of
fireworks for Memorial Day
1. Funding for Road &
Bridge due to weather related
rest of us, especially since most
people around the county don't
wear masks in public places?
Chuck Carpenter
Point, TX 75472
5. Justice of the Peace’s
Monthly
6. Constable’s Monthly
C. TxDOT sharing credits
Bob Sisk,
Retired county judge
/commissioner
Emory, TX 75440
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ment and Emergency Manage-
ment
3. Veterans’ Services
4. AgriLife Extension
5. Indigent Healthcare
6. Public Library
B. Elected Official’s and
Finance Reports
1. Treasurer’s
a. Line item transfers/
budget amendments
b. Payment of accounts
c. Monthly/Quarterly (if
presented)
2. Sheriff’s
3. District Clerk’s Month-
*** During the designated time
for open forum, the public may call
903-473-5000, ext. 255 to comment
on any item on the agenda.
J. Emergency line item
transfer
K. Purchase of items
for County Clerk related to
COVID-19
L. Accepting into minutes
an order appointing county
auditor
M. Extension of declaration
N. Public Information Offi-
cer
O. Budget Workshop (will
not be live due to the length of
discussion, but the courtroom
will have limited access for
attendance)
V. Administrative Court
Emory’s YTD total is 8.34 With a year-to-date total of
percent ahead of this time last $271,161.65, the county remains
year at $462,661.06. The city is 6.8 percent ahead of the YTD
expected to receive $116,339.34 total at this time last year.
THE OLDEST BUSINESS IN RAINS COUNTY
Bains CountgLLeader
Established June 10, 1887
(Publication Number USPS 454-560)
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once in each row, once in each column, and once in each of the 3x3 boxes. Visit www.sudokuoftheday.
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Let’s get real. Our nation budgets seeking additional tax
fought two world wars and all revenues for normal operations,
the above mentioned viruses Just how much additional taxa-
without cancelling in-person tion do you think citizens are
voting. Since the writer is a going to “put-up-with?”
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which any formal action may be
taken are as follows:
1. Opening
II. Open Forum
III. Presentations
IV. Items for Discussion and/
or Action
A. Departmental Reports
1. Road & Bridge Depart-
ment
a. Monthly
b. Permits/Right-of-Way
(ROW)
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129,384.47 15.12
7,362.13 29.92
11,570.32 47.06
299,517.86 -16.55
382,351.97 -1.66
471,576.39 15.19
$830,354.51 12.83%
7 2 3
9
31,866.16 27,968.17
2,005.75 1,490.60
4,236.66 2,834.07
64,761.00 83,708.74
80,550.47 78,121.17
116,598.64 102,403.17
Dear Editor, have to fear is fear itself.”
Dear Jon Wedeking, If the Left is successful with
Big headlines in the Leader mail-in ballots, you should
for an effort that accomplished expect an effortto impose apro-
very little. Well, maybe it will be cess called ballot harvesting,
a warm fuzzy for a few citizens It already exists in California,
anyway 11 allows anyone to drop off
The NIH and CDC are report- someone else’s mail-in ballot
ing that, depending on popula- at a polling station. There is no
tion density, 25 percent to 50 process for yetting or verifying
percent of people around you those delivering the ballots - no
may be exposed, have COVID- background checks or identifi-
19, but don't show any symptoms cation requirements. Democrats
(asymptomatic). These people dropped hundreds of thousands
are carriers and can infect you! of ballots off at polling stations
The population of Rains coun- in 201 8 in California.
ty is about 13,000. The number . They want to turn Texas
tested according to the paper into California. Alinsky's rule
was 43. That figures out to be number 8: Keep the pressure
approximately 0.003 percent of on. Never let up. Rule 90The
the population. threat .is usually more tern lying
What about the possible 3000- than the thing itself.
6000 Rains Co. residents that are Chuck Witt
around the county that could Emory, TX 75440
very likely be infected?
So, what's being done for the Dear Editor:
Net pymts. pct. chg.
prioryear from’19
$253,896.33 6.80%
38,494.97 -1.92
462,661.06 8.34
46,998.79 20.53
Net pymt. Net pymt.
this period prior year
$60,917.77 $58,604.15
10,599.96 10,354.70
116,339.34 105,404.85
15,428.56 10,302.55
0.5% $207,405.94 $171,002.61 21.28%
1.5 15,447.21 19,643.23 -21.36
1.5 28,253.79 23,430.20 20.58
1.5 203,954.52 211,521.57 -3.57
1.5 72,283.86 61,459.24 17.61
1.5 123,144.06 103,007.22 19.54
1.5 8,709.04 7,432.75 17.17
0.5% $449,895.52 $439,159.30
1.5 50,274.73 36,479.84
1.5 4,763.13 3,388.40
1.25 7,362.83 7,364.46
1.5 136,557.13 146,757.99
1.5 727,391.84 757,793.70
1.25 2,847.05 2,672.43
1.5 11,012.65 10,874.45
1.0 1,241.82 1,155.24
1.5 117,282.11 105,305.24
1.0 2,140.04 3,636.39
1.5 18,721.11 18,636.57
1.5 13,734.67 14,535.44
0.5% $208,972.73 $217,673.72
1.0 4,311.62 3,606.88
1.5 11,410.55 8,872.46
With 49.75 percent more city is now 1.92 percent behind
being returned to the City of the total at this time last year at
Point than the previous year, $37,754.95.
the $15,428.56 returned this Rains County, with a half-
month will increase the YTD to cent sales tax rate, will have
$56,647.85. That YTD total is $60,917.77 returned from the
now 20.53 percent ahead of this state. The total is 3.94 percent
-3.99% $1,041,585.08 $1,003,749.20 3.76%
19.53 25,236.32 16,900.08 49.32
28.60 46,804.95 46,622.36 0.39
-8.71 2,699,546.38 2,722,776.95 -0.85
2.44% $2,151,023.22 $1,959,200.84 9.79%
The political use of the phrase the fourth smallest county in
“Never let a good crisis go to Texas with little or no indus-
waste” is based on Saul Alin- trial/major businesses. The last
sky’s book Rules for Radicals. survey indicated only 10 com-
Taking advantage of any cri- panies/business with major tax
sis whether real or manufac- expenditures. Young home own-
tured is a common tool used by ers, retired home owners and
those seeking to reach a politi- 0.5-percent sales taxes are the
cal objective. Using the extreme bulk of country budget reve-
amplification of the crisis is a nues.
tactic of ideological subversion A 20-year review of Rains
which is used to bring about County ad valorem tax for FY
totalitarian government control, 2001 was 0.643 vs. the current
usually in the form of Socialism tax rate for FY budget 2019-2020
or Communism. of 0.647. Not much difference in
The writer would have us 20 years and the difference is
believe “There is nothing more not enough to purchase a loaf
dangerous ... in Rains County of bread much less fund/provide
than the coronavirus.” While I required minimum county ser-
will concede these are strange vices. Property appraisals keep
times, I think it is obvious that increasing as demanded by the
the threat has been oversold and state to fund our schools (which
exaggerated. Let’s face it, Rains is a state responsibility), leav-
County is not New York City. ing the county with little or no
The writer signed his letter window of tax relief in order
as the “Rains County Chair, to adjust the local tax rates to
Democratic Party.” I suspect his meet county services, such as
recommendation to cancel in- maintaining and treating county
person voting would have been roads.
the same even if Trump had been The state’s mandatory
president when we were talking increase in property appraisals
about the Asian Flu, Hong Kong to fund schools only increases
Flu, HIV/AIDS, SARS, Ebola, the tax rates of local citizens
From the 1.5-percent sales tax from the state, which is an
rate for the cities in the county, increase of 10.37 percent from
Point saw an almost 50-percent May of last year.
increase in the allocations being With an increase of only 2.36
returned from the state com- percent in sales tax revenues from
pared to May of 2019, while this time last year, East Tawakoni
Emory and East Tawakoni also is expecting $10,599.96 from the
tor gave us another example of to be affected/limited as a result
the Progressive Left’s philoso- of COVID-19. To further bur-
phy of “Never let a good crisis den taxation of citizens in Rains
go to waste.” Because of the County, that seems to be is an
coronavirus, the author wants us annual budget event. Is there
to replace in-person voting with no let-up (relief) in the state’s
vote-by-mail. That has been the mandatory increase of property
mantra of the political left for appraisals?
the past few months. It is consis- For the second time in two
tent with their ongoing pursuit to Texas Legislative sessions,
prevent voter identification and property appraisals to fund local
to further subvert the election iSD’s have been increased. May
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