Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 6, 1998 Page: 1 of 16
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NEWS BRIEFS
East Tawakoni VFD Barbecue
The East Tawakoni Volunteer Fire Department will have a fundraising
barbecue on October 10, 1998, starting at 11 a m We will be at Hwy 276
and FM 513 Benny Hanks is our chef Please come and join us.
Boy Scouts Popcorn Sale
The Luo Scouts and the Boy Scouts started taking orders for popcorn
Monday, October 5, and will continue through Monday. November 2 Ihe
best in the land is available in boxes of microwavable and hot ail packets,
and caramel, caramel light, and chocolate are available in decorative tins
Pay upon delivery after November 14 If you do not know a scout call Bill
Gaston, cubmaster. at 447-4165 or Clay Harvey, scoutmaster, at 473.-2168
Tawakoni Golf Tournament
The Lake Tawakoni Columbus Day Classic Golf Tournament, sponsored
by the Tawakoni Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held Monday, Oct
12, at the Tawakoni Golf Club in West Tawakoni. Shot Gun Starts begin at
11:00 am
Prizes include cash and cars foi a hole-in-one on select holes
Enter at Tawakoni Area Chamber of Commerce or Tawakoni Golf Club
Entry deadline is Friday, Oct 9, 1998
Cancer Support Group to meet
Russ Korth will be the guest speaker for the Rains County Cancer
Support Group meeting on Thursday, October 8, at 7 p m at the Rains
County Public Library on Hwy. 69. He and his wife Donna own the General
Nutrition Center in Sulphur Springs and are both very knowledgeable about
nutrition and alternative treatment for cancer and other health problems
You won’t want to miss hearing this interesting and informative speaker
Bring a friend along as well as a nutritious snack to share following the
meeting There will be a door prize.
Happy Homemakers to meet
The Happy Homemakers will meet Friday. October 9. 1998, at 9 00 a m
at the Rams County Library Meadows Room. The program will be given by
Mildred Robbins on “Sick House ... Well House " Paulette Harris will pre-
sent the “Idea of the Month."
Mildred Robbins and Florene McMillan are hostesses for the meeting
Business items include Christmas in November and District 4 Training
Meeting (Rains County will host on December 3).
Census job testing
Testing is now being done for U.S. census lakers and crew leaders on
Wednesday. October 7th, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m in the courthouse Pay rale is
$7.00 to $8.75. Bertha Sparks. Recruiting Assistant
Extended phone service petition
The petition to be able to vote on extending Emory ’s local telephone call-
ing area to include Sulphur Springs, Greenville. Quitman. Shirley and
Miller Grove was a fantastic success There were 559 verified signatures
The easy part is over When the ballots are mailed out. we must have 709f
of Emory telephone users vote “yes" for the issue Talk to your neighbors,
friends, and at church We need your help.
If this vote fails, it will be over two years before we can even try again
It has failed twice because people did not understand lhai the $3.50 per
month charge is for all five cities, not a $3.50 charge for each one If you
would like to volunteer an hour or two of your time to help call and make
sure that everyone understands, or if you need additional information,
please call Mary Hyland. 473-0205.
Board hires TASB to conduct
capacity and utilization study
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by JAXIE MORGAN
Rains Count> t rader staff
At the request of the Rains ISD
board of trustees, Steven Kapeller.
facility planning services manager
from the Texas Association of
School Boards (TASB). met with
(he board in a special meeting
Thursday night. October I, to dis-
cuss a proposal submitted to the
board earlier
The TASB proposal included
enrollment projections, building
condition appraisal surveys, build-
ing capacities/utilization studies,
task force facilitation, and Ameri-
cans with Disabilities (ADA) com-
pliance reviews, available collec-
tively or individually.
Kapeller said it helps to have an
unbiased, impartial ihird party with
no vested interest look at the issues
from the outside, that it usually
helps heal old wounds. During
discussion, the board brought up
some of the problems and questions
that arose during last year’s failed
bond election, and pointed out
some of the hot-spot issues.
Since the district’s facilities plan-
ning committee already compiled
enrollment projections and did a
building condition appraisal review
and ADA compliance study, the
board voted to enter into contract
with TASB for the building capaci-
ties/utilization studies at a cost of
$1500 and the task force facilita-
tion at a cost of $600 pier work ses-
sion for a total of $2400 based on
four work sessions
TASB will provide techn.cal sup-
port and facilitation of the work
sessions of a district facility task
force to identify the critical needs,
options, and recommendations. The
task force will include several com-
munity members — both pro and
as well as administrators and
con
staff members, and perhaps a stu-
dent or two. The task force will
meet four to five times.
The building capacity and uti-
lization study will evaluate existing
space capacities in comparison to
what is really needed and desired.
Don Burleson from Burleson,
Nelson. Shiver, architects, also ad
dressed the board He asked to be
included in the citizen advocacy
group meetings and community
task force meetings He pointed out
that his firm does not receive any
compensation unless a bond elec-
tion passes.
Kapeller said he could get started
in November, with the project tak-
ing four to five months to complete
Shane Brumitt and Robin Roun-
tree from FEC Electric presented a
proposal to the board showing how
switching from Texas-New Mexico
Power Company (TNP) to FEC for
electric service would save the dis-
trict thousands of dollars each
month. They pointed out that FEC’s
rales have not been raised since
1986 FEC has traditionally bought
its power from Rayburn Electric.
Beginning in May 1998, Rayburn
Electric switched from TU Electric
to Louisville Gas & Electric, which
provided a decrease of approxi-
mately 1.5 cents per kWh for all
members.
When asked what it would take
to switch, the board was told they
would have to pay TNP disconnect
fees, and FEC would either have to
negotiate to buy TNP's lines, poles
and meters or install their own.
Superintendent David Seago said
he will talk with TNP to see how
much the disconnect fees are and to
see if they would like to make a
counter proposal to the district.
This matter will be put on the next
regular meeting agenda as an action
item.
Classes begin
for G.E.D.^
certification
Basic adult education classes will
be taught in Rains ISD this year for
those seeking the G.F..D. certificate.
Tuesdav. October 13. and Thursday,
October 15, 7:00 - 9.00 p.m, have
been set as the dates for registration
for those interested in attending in
the Rams County area Students of
public school age (18 or younger)
will need to provide proof that they
are not registered in a public school.
Please bring a social security card
or, if you do not have one. your dri-
ver's license for registration
The teacher will be Carolyn
Reeves The classes will meet twice
per week on Tuesday and Thursday
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m at the Rams
Elementary School Library
All materials for the classes
including pencils, paper, etc. are
provided ai no cost to adults by the
federally funded program There is
no tuition fee; however, participants
wishing to have a personal textbook
will have to purchase their own at
any major book store
Anyone interested in this pro-
gram and wanting more informa-
tion may contact Rains ISD
Director of Instruction/Technology.
Susie Grider, at 473-26>>8.
Dollar General Golden Sweet Potato
Festival Oct. 23 & 24
to open new
store Thursday
Customers in Emory will have a
new place to shop for consumable
basic merchandise at everyday low
prices when Dollar General opens
its new store on Thursday, October
8th. at 9 a m
Located at 6000 East Highway
69, the new 8,000 square-foot store
will employ approximately six to
ten people, including the store man-
ager
With more than 3,500 friendly,
neighborhood stores in 24 states
throughout the midwest and south-
east. Dollar General serves cus-
tomers with a variety of basic items
including home cleaning supplies,
housewares, foods/snacks, health
and beauty aids, and basic apparel.
Dollar General was the first true
"Dollar Store” retailer, in that it
founded the concept of even dollar
pnee points. Today, customers can
find more than 1.500 items priced at
just $1, and few items in the store
cost more than $25.
“Our customers are the most
deserving, hard-working people
you'll ever meet. Smart, too. They
have to be Whether it’s a mother
working by herself to keep three
kids in school clothes, a person on a
fixed income, or young families try-
ing to make the payments on their
first home, our customers must be
smart shoppers. We are committed
to everyday low prices they can
count on 365 days a year, and we
put our stores right in their neigh-
borhood.” said Chairman and CEO
Cal Turner. Jr.
Dollar General generally targets
small to medium markets for new
store locations Through an aggres-
sive new store development pro-
gram. the company has seen signif-
icant growth over the last few years
- opening approximately 500 new
stores this year alone All Dollar
General stores maintain a “small
town” atmosphere
Dollar General gives its cus-
tomers more than basic merchan-
dise they need every day A long-
time supporter of literacy. Dollar
General takes a grass-roots ap
proach to supporting this cause All
Dollar General stores sene as a
place where anyone can find out
where to learn to read, when to take
GED classes and the GED test; or
where to sign up to become a tutor.
In-store brochures feature a perfo-
rated reply card, pre-addressed and
pre-stamped to the Dollar General
administrative offices in Scottsville.
Kentucky. Upon receiving the
cards. Dollar General distributes the
referrals to the appropriate adult
education office in each state, mak-
ing sure the right service is provid-
ed for each person's particular need
It’s that time again The Golden
Sweet Potato Festival, Inc. commit-
tee has been working hard again to
make this year’s festival as good as
the others have been! This has been
an extremely hard year for the farm-
ers and ranchers, and we hope that
everyone can get together for a little
while and have a good time The
sweet potato farmers are the back-
bone of our festival because they
donate the sweet potatoes for the
auction.
Although the main days for the
Festival are Friday and Saturday,
we also will have other activities all
week long.
The CandyLand Carnival will
furnish fun and entertainment all
week The Little Miss Tater Tot and
Mr Tater Bug contests will be on
Tuesday and the Sweet Potato
Princess and Sweet Potato Queen
contests on Thursday. We will also
have the quilting, canning and
handmade crafts entries being
brought in on Thursday to be ready
to display on Friday for everyone to
see! The Sweet Potato Food Contest
will be held on Friday
The arts and crafts will open up
on Friday, and the free gospel night
at 6:00 p m on Friday night w ill be
something you won't want to miss
(bring your lawn chairs). Saturday 's
schedule has something for every-
one. all day long' Horseshoe con-
test. youth livestock show, c i
wrestling, parade, arts and crafts,
carnival, food, live entertainment
(have you ever seen the Lake
Country Cloggers9), Miss Texas,
sweet potato auction and the free
country and western dance
It is amazing to see the activity
and people in downtown Golden
during this time' The area's prime
vegetable crop takes center stage
during this time and helps Golden
reign as the Sweet Potato Capital of
Texas. The proceeds from this festi-
val will continue to be used to sup-
port Emory. Alba. Quitman and
Mineola Volunteer Fire Dept.,
Caring and Sharing, Meals on
Wheels, scholarships (3 in 1998),
Golden Community Center, local
family disasters, memorial funds
and maintenance and improvement
of the great festival facilities that
we have We also completed and
held a grand opening for our Care
Flight landing pad
This is a fantastic day for the
community and we welcome visi-
tors from anywhere and we would
be delighted and honored if you
would attend.
For more information or ques-
tions call 903-765-2444 or e-mail at
tater@peoplescom net Other num-
bers are: food contest, 903-768-
2267. arts and crafts, 903-765-
2526. parade. 903-768-2315, quilt-
ing and canning. 903-768-2604.
The Golden Sweet Potato Festi-
val. Inc. is a non-profit organization
and any financial help is appreciated.
Submitted by Bonnie McAree
Flats Road to
be widened
FM 2324 in Rains County, com-
monly referred to as the Flats Road,
will be widened from 20 feet to 28
feel and the pavement rehabilitated
during construction projects to be
let in 1999 by the Texas De-
partment of Public Transportation
(TxDOT) Estimated "ost of the
project, which runs from FM 47 to
SH 19. is $1,700,000
The traveling public is requested
to observe signs and flaggers and to
be aware of lane closures and de-
tours.
College courses offered
through distance learning
3EUEVE IT OR NOT! Looks like Mother Nature has
>een up to her tricks again This pear tree is really con-
used. While it stitt has this year's pears on it not quite
ready to be harvested, it is in full bloom and ready to pro-
duce another crop. The tree ts located east of Emory off
FM 779 at the home of Joy and Glenn Horrocks
College courses are being offered
to seniors and community members
through a distance learning pro-
gram that involves eleven school
districts. If you live within the dis-
tricts of Alba-Golden. Gilmer.
Gladewater. Greenville. Harmony.
Mt. Vernon. Quitman. Rams, or
Yantis. you can enroll in college
courses being offered at the high
schools in the distance learning
classrooms (Boles and Ore City s
distance learning classrooms will
be available next fall )
Courses being offered from
Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Tyler Jr. College. Kilgore College,
and Northeast Texas Community
College will be starting in January
1999
Internet-based courses offered by
Tyler Jr College are an, astronomy,
biology, business, business man-
agement. computer science. Eng-
lish. government health informa-
Uon technology, and legal assistant
Two-way video classes are govern-
ment and history Distance learning
courses are biology, business,
chemistry, computer science, eco-
nomics. English, government, his-
tory. psychology, sociology, and
Spanish. Special term (first eight
weeks) will offer computer science,
government, and history Special
term (second eight weeks) will offer
computer science, government, and
history.
Northeast Texas Community Col-
lege at Mt Pleasant is offering His-
tory 1301 - History of the United
States to 1877.
Kilgore College will offer ECON
2301, ENGL 1302. GOVT 2306.
and PSYC 2301
TAMU-Commerce is offering
EDAD 623 Public School Admin-
istration at Mt Vernon and Glade-
water and Economics 231 and 232
at Greenville. Mt. Vernon and
Yantis.
To register for college courses
you must have taken the TASP lest
or have been enrolled in college
courses previously If you are inter-
ested in taking any of tnese courses,
please contact the senior coun-
selor's office in the school district
listed that you wish to attend. The
counselor will give you the dates
and times the courses are being
offered.
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