Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 14, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1996 Page: 2 of 16
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RAINS COUNTY LEADER
Emory, Texas Tuesday, September 10, lOSS-Page 2
MEMBER 1996
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
THE OLDEST BUSINESS IN RAINS COUNTY
Established June 10,1887
RAINS COUNTY LEADER
(Publication NumberUSPS 454-560)
Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to:
RAINS COUNTY LEADER
P.O. Box 127, Emory, Texas 75440
TOM W. HILL EARL HILL, SR. KATHLEEN HILL
Editor & Publisher Editor & Publisher BECKNELL
1904-1937 1937-1960 Editor & Publisher
1960-1995
EARL CLYI1E HILL, JR. - Acting Publisher
Published Every Tuesday except last Tuesday in December
Entered at Post Office in Emory, Texas as a Periodical
Telephone: (903) 473-2653 • FAX: (903) 473-0050
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Inside Rains County, 1 year,
$12.00; Out of County, 1 year, $18.00; Out of State, 1 year,
$20.00. Rains County Senior Citizens age 60 and over will re-
ceive $1.00 discount Prices effective January l, 1995.
C aQmlaitof
Qmts and ^Meetings
■ Rains County Fair - Sept. 9-14 - Emory, Texas
■Luckett House Dedication
10 A.M. Sat., Sept. 14, Rains Historical Park, Hwy. 69
■Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
2:30 P.M. Sat., Sept. 14, Rains County Library
■ Cancer Support Group
7:00 P.M. Sept. 12, Meadows Room, Rains Library
■ Rains High School Football Game
Friday, Sept. 13, 7:30 P.M. in Daingerfield
■ CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS:
A.A.R.P.
1st Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Meadows Room at Library
Rains County Historical Society
3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m., Emory City Hall
Rains County Cancer Support Group
2nd Thursday, 7 p.m., Meadows Room, Rains Library
Emory Lions Club
1st & 3rd Tuesday, 12:00 noon, Bell’s Cafe, Emory
Women’s Service Club
2nd Monday, 9:30 a.m., Rose Community Center
Rains Garden Club
2nd Monday, 6:30 p.m., Rose Community Center
Rains County Area Chamber of Commerce
3rd Thursday, 12:00 noon, Emory City Hall
Point Ladies Civic Club
1st Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Point Community Center
Rains 4-H Club
4th Tuesday, 7:00 p.m., Fair Exhibit Building
Rains Preschool
2nd & 4th Monday, 9:30 a.m., Memorial Hall of Emory
Baptist Church
Rains County Good Samaritans
Hwy. 276, Emory, Open 1-4 p.m. Mondays & Thurs.
Mars Hill Masonic Lodge #1440
4th Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at Lodge on Hwy. 69
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Point Chapter 1593 -10 AM Mon., Flats Comm. Ctr.
Emory Chapter 1244 - 7 PM Tues., Rose Comm. Ctr.
Lone Oak Chapter 1410 - 6:30 PM Mon., Lone Oak
Methodist Church Annex
Rains Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon
Each Tuesday night on east side of square at 8 p.m.
■ GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES:
Rains County Commissioners Court
2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, 10:00 a.m.
Emory City Council
3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., City Hall
Point City Council
2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., City Hall
East Tawakoni City Council
3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., City Hall
Rains ISD School Board
2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., Board Room
Rains County Tax Appraisal District
2nd Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m., Tax Office
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Leader.
Dear Editor,
I would like to address Mr.
Corley's comments in the Sep-
tember 3rd, 1996 Rains County
Leader.
Mr. Corley needs to get all of
his facts correct before he criti-
cizes city staff and City offi-
cials.
Fact #1. Mr. Corley stated he
had a copy of the 1996-97 bud-
get fifteen minutes before the
meeting. I was in Council
Chambers a good thirty minutes
before the meeting and Mr. Cor-
ley was taking notes off of his
copy all the time I was present.
Fact #2. Yes, we did try to get
cost estimates on repairs to our
backhoe. I called a John Deere
dealer several times to see if
they could come and look at our
unit, they never came. The unit
had blown (3) hydraulic hoses
not one like Mr. Corley had
stated. We had to get an indi-
vidual out of Longview, Texas
to repair the (3) hydraulic lines.
One part had to be ordered out
of Dallas. Mr. Corley men-
tioned safety. Safety is the most
important aspect of running any
type of machinery. I want all of
our operators to be very safety
minded. The old backhoe in
question caused injury to two
employees and both times it
was not the fault of the opera-
tors of the backhoe. When you
are digging a water line or re-
pairing a leak you have to run
our old unit wide open, and
sometimes the bucket jerks on
it's own without any fault of the
backhoe operator. Both injuries
were caused by this jerking
action.
Fact #3. Mr. Corley stated
that the budget was adopted. In
'fact the budget has not been
adopted and will not be adopted
until the September 17th coun-
cil meeting. This js not the first ,
time Mr. Corley nas had h.is'f
facts wrong. He once stated
that the City of Emory had no
certified water or wastewater
operators when in fact four out
>f th
Dear Editor,
Keep up the good work, al-
though 1 still miss Kathleen
and "You Might Doubt It."
My sympathy to Earl Clyde
and Charles Lewis for die loss
of their mother, Mrs. Loree
Hill, a fine lady and superior
educator (retired). She and rny
late aunt, Marie Jared Sisk,
came to Emory as young
school teachers and married
two local bachelors, Earl
"Hoots" Hill, Sr., and Ray-
mond Sisk. Unfortunately,
my late uncle died at the age
of 29 and Aunt Marie, an
English teacher at Emory
High, left Emory with her
small son Robert Alan. She
remarried and taught school in
New Mexico, whereas Mrs.
Hill stayed on as a permanent
resident and raised two fine
sons while teaching math and
Spanish. "Hoots" and re-
mained close friends with the
Sisk family over the years.
They used to visit Ma Sisk
(Mrs. W.S.) and Aunt Ethel
Sisk and sit on their front
porch. When Daddy (J.O.)
Sisk, Sr.) died in 1951
"Hoots" came to the house
and took pictures of the casket
(bodies of deceased were kept
at home in those days) and of
the family at the cemetery af-
ter the service. We’ve always
felt close to the Hill family
and we hope Earl Clyde, Jr,,
will follow in the footsteps of
his grandfather, father and
aunt, and become full-time
publisher and instead of acting
publisher.
Enclosed is an $18.00 check
for another year of good
hometown reading
Sincerely,
Jim Sis!
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Strive not with your superiors Let our children grow tall and
in argument, but always submit some taller than others if they
your judgment to others with have it in them to do so.
modesty. George Washington Margaret Thatcher
of the five operators were certi-
fied. Before anyone criticizes
city employees, city staff or city
council members, please get all
of your facts correct first.
Maxie Chester
Public Works Director
City of Emory
Dear Editor,
Please let me try to correct an
earlier writeup in this paper. I
can see how easily it could be
printed as it was.
However, I stated to the
police on my statement that I
saw a shadow or image cross in
front of me, and that caused me
to try to swerve and hit my
brakes, but it was just that, a
shadow or image of something.
I did not see a person until I hit
this child.
There were two small foot-
balls laying out in the highway
after the accident. One of the
balls was almost on the center
line of the highway and the oth-
er one all the way across on the
east side, laying on the highway
about three to five feet from the
edge of the highway.
This child was struck with
my right front lights. This shad-
ow or image must have been the
balls bouncing across the road,
and this five-year-old child that
I struck was after the ball, and
his older brother trying to hold
him. I did not see this, but I was
told that a day later, but the chil-
dren being dark, and it was at
night, no one could see them. I
only knew something flashed
across in front of me causing
me to go for my brakes, but it
was too late. Now I have to live
with this horrible nightmare.
My heart aches, and sorrow
goes out to this wonderful fami-
ly, the Jacksons. They are good,
loving, caring, righteous people
that, anyone will be blessed to
know. This does not in any way
reflect on them of not being
good parents, for they are. Their
children are just that, children
who love to play.
So sorry,
Abram E. Wilds
Rt 3
Emory, Texas 75440
Dear Editor:
I would likej.0 speak out
about rtotorists^d scnool bus-
es. I drove a bus until recently; I
had to resign due to health
problems. Tnere are so many
motorists who, when a bus dri-
ver turns on thd amber lights,
speed up and try to go by or
even go around the bus before It
stops. When the amber lights
are flashing, the driver is trying
to tell motorists the bus is fix-
ing to stop. They too should be
preparing to stop instead of
speeding up. It has even gotten
worse since the speed limit
changed to 70 mph. In the years
I was driving I have had several
close calls due to people trying
to get past the bus before the
red lights started flashing. One
incident I’ll never forget: a
motorist was following a ways
behind the bus when I turned on
flashing amber lights. When I
stopped, I was watching the
oncoming traffic to make sure
they stopped before I let the
children off the bus, they had to
cross the highway to get to their
home. The * children were
preparing to step off the bus and
this person passed the bus on
the right shoulder. Had it been
maybe two seconds later, one or
maybe both could have been
tion. The;
wolf in sheep's clothes resolu-
ey n
work to Rains County Eco-
nomic Growth, Inc. The reso-
turned over
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Em&.rar'Sw S,a,e Ll“"“d
lution also started that tax
money was going to be used
to implement tne plans of
Rains County Economic
Growth, Inc.
I went to the county judge's
office and met with her. After
I showed the judge where it
spelled out that tax money
was to be used to finance the
resolution, she stated that
there was no tax money and
she was not going to allocate
any tax money to support the
resolution. I asked who Rains
County Economic Growth,
Inc. was. I was told that it
was a group out of Austin,
Texas.
On the front page of the
Rains County Leader, dated
August 27, 1996, in the
"commissioners work on pro-
posed budget" article, there
was a new line item setting
up and funding in the amount
of $20,000 for "economic de-
velopment administration."
Rains County Economic De-
velopment Commission is
part of the joint resolution
that was not going to cost
Rains County tax payers a
"thin dime" per our county
judge. The $10,000 was to
come from "carry-over sur-
plus" and $10,000 from "indi-
gent health care."
It seems that taxpayers are
being told, "we are funding
this with "surplus funds," but
then the court went back and
put over $10,000 back into
indigent health care.
It seems that commissioners
court is using a "shell game"
to hide the fact that they are
using $20,000 of taxpayers
money to fund a program that
I was told would not cost a
"thin dime" by our county
judge.
At this point the joint reso-
lution seems to be a smoke
screen to allow commission-
ers court to fund a chamber of
commerce activity, although
the Texas attorney general has
ruled that tax money could not
be used in this manner.
A past commissioners court
approved the transfer of Rains
County Industrial Commis-
sion funds received from tax
revenue to a charity dedicated
to the betterment of Dallas
County charities in the sum
of about $50,000. Now the
Rains County Commissioners
can not get the funds back.
Now it seems that Commis-
sioners Court is determined to
send our tax money out of our
county again.
It is a shame that Rains
County taxpayers can not, in
my opinion, ask our elected
officials a question without
running the risk of being lied
to.
Thanks,
Ray Armstrong
Rt. 2, Box 27 f
Emory, 75440,
473-3230
Texas A&M
University-Commerce
Lions Football
Texas A&M University-Com-
merce, has announced its 1996-
97 football roster.
Rains County area team
members listed on the roster
included #86, Jeramy Burleson,
WR, 5-10, 170 lbs., and #67,
Vic Smith, LB, 5-11, 215 lbs
both freshmen from Rains; and
#66, Bryan Oakes, OL, 6-2, 245
lbs, freshman from Lone Oak.
WILDCATS
- Continued
Castro's PAT kick made the
score Wildcats 14, Buffaloes 7.
The Wildcats stopped the
next Buffalo drive and took
over on downs at their own 38
yard line. They moved it down
to the Lone Oak 20 yard line
on the running of Kody
Wallace and Seth Green and a
12 yard pass from Wallace to
Graham. On 1st and 10 Green
own 12 yard line.
On 1st and 10 defensive
tackle Jeremy Lockridge sacked
Ryan Vice for a 4 yard loss.
On 2nd and 14 Paul Zirges
sacked Vice in the end zone for
a safety. That made the score
Rains o, Lone Oak 7.
Javier Ponce returned the
ensueing free kick to the
Wildcat 39 yard line. Runs by
Wallace, Portman and Lamon
Morgan moved the ball down
to 1st and goal at the Buffalo 6
legoa
Tne Wildcats ran out the
clock for their first victory of
the year 22-13. ///
Wildcats to face
TOUGH OPPONENT
The Rains Wildcat’s next
game will be at Daingerfield
Friday night 7:30. The Wild-
cats will need all the support
they can get since Daingerfield
beat a strong 4A Mt. Pleasant
team 13-0.
DISTRICT 14-3 A
STANDINGS
District Season
WL T
WL T
Rains........
...0 0 0
1 0 0
Mineola ....
....0 0 0
1 0 0
Mt. Vernon
....0 0 0
1 0 0
Quitman....
....0 0 0
1 0 0
Winnsboro
....0 0 0
1 0 0
Pittsburg ..
. ..0 0 0
0 0 1
yard line. A bad exchange
betwjSfen the snapper and holder
caused the PAT kick to sail
wide left. So with 4:51 left in
the game the Wildcats now led
22-7.
Lone Oak came right back
with a four play scoring drive
aided by a 57 yard pass from
Vice to Whitehead and an 18
yard end around scoring run by
wingback Toby Hooten. The
try for two extra point was no
good when Javier Ponce
stopped Monte Alvis short of
LAST FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Rains 22, Lone Oak 13
Mineola 41, Bullard 0
Mt. Vernon 27, Farmersville 6
Pittsburg 13, Hooks 13 (tie)
Quitman 34, Sabine 6
Winnsboro 42, Canton 15
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Editor
On June 25, 1996. I was in
Commissioners Court when
they voted to be a part of a
joint resolution for economic
development. The resolution
was not read or discussed.
I asked in open court, "How
much will the resolution cost
Rains County taxpayers?" The
county judge answered that it
would not cost a "thin dime."
I got a copy of the resolu-
tion so I could read and make
up my own mind what was
passed. It became clear to me
that the court had accepted a
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