Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1990 Page: 1 of 16
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IT WAS BOUND to happen
sooner or later, and last Tues-
day morn it happened... that
is, the Leader's blue Ford
which is used every Tuesday
A M. to take the Leader to Sul-
phur Springs for printing broke
down... never before have we
had a car problem on the road,
tho the lucky thing was it
broke while returning home
loaded down with the Leaders
hot off the press... Deborah A
Linda, who were the chauf-
feurs that day, called and told
us the car was hot, blowing
steam, what must they do?...
old standby friend Delbert
Traylor came to our aid with
his wrecker... he rescued us,
brought the blue car in, which
was loaded down with the
Leader... the mailing was done
and the leaders in the post of-
fice before noon... and the
problem was a broken hose...
WE HEAR WE NEED a rain
or shower for gardens and pas-
tures. .. the topsoil is hard and
dry... we got plenty of moisture
earlier, but the topsoil is very
dry, they say...
DOLilE BAKER was by
the Leader office and was com-
plaining of how hot is was
here... "I don't remember it
being that hot when I lived
here,'' she said... Dollie has
lived in Colorado for 20 years
where it's cool and dry... "We
sleep under blankets, no air
conditioners, we don’t need
it, " she said... she has been
here to be with her sister, An-
nie Mae Schrimsher...
DORIS COCHRAN was by
the office to get her address
changed... you know Doris
is up and leaving us... she goes
to San Antonio to be with
daughter Suzette and boys...
we hope it will be a good
change for Doris... we always
hate to lose a good friend, and
we might add, a good citizen as
Doris has been yea these many
years...
JAXIE, OUR PRINTER,
has been away on vacation for
two weeks... in her absence,
Deb A Linda were the big
cheese... did a good job too,
which we are proud to say...
they have our thanks for a job
well done...
MRS. C. H. HASS brought
us the Sherman Democrat,
which we were glad to see...
thanks, Mrs. Hass...
A $528 MILLION school
finance reform bill, and tax in-
creases to pay for it, were sign-
ed into law by Gov. Bill Clem-
ents last Thursday after Texas
lawmakers adjourned their
record sixth special session...
"This day will long be remem-
bered in Texas as the day the
Texas Legislature and the gov-
ernor's office all got straight
A ’.v in public education, " said
Clements at a ceremony to sign
the reform bill... Clements
later signed the tax and fee in-
creases, including a quarter-
cent boost in the stale sales tax
and higher taxes on tobacco
and mixed drinks... the tax
hikes will raise the state sales
tax to 614 cents on the dollars
and raise mixed drink gross re-
ceipts tax by 2 percent, cigar-
ette tax by 15 cents per pack,
raise the fee for a duplicate
driver's license from $5 to $10,
raise the chewing tobacco,
snuff and smoking tobacco tax
rate from 28.125 percent to
35.2/5 percent of the factory
list price and raise the fee to
use public highways to move
overweight or oversized items
by 50 percent... those mea-
sures, along with budget cuts
and fund transfers, will pump
$528 million more into educa-
tion in the 1990-91 school
On Tuesday, June 12th, at
10:00 a.m., a meeting was
held in the Meadows Room of
the Rains County Library to
discuss formation of the Texas
Enterprise Zone Program.
Camille Berry, a representative
of the Finance Division of the
Texas Department of Com-
merce was on hand to explain
the program’s benefits and the
requirements for the formation
of the program.
Those in attendance were:
Rubye McKeown, Mayor of
Emory; Joe Ben Cason, Mayor
of Point; Duane Travis, Mayor
of East Tawakoni; Kenneth
Cason, Chairman of the
Overall Economic Develop-
ment Program (OEDP); Coun-
ty Judge Dick Chism, County
Judge elect Marshall Smith,
Commissioner Jimmy Roberts,
Commissioner Rayford
Briggs, Lotreate Hunter, Elgie
Clayton, Karl Keck, and Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Klein, all
members of the OEDP.
The purpose of the Texas
Enterprise Zone Program is to
encourage job creation and en-
courage economic develop-
ment in areas in economic
distress.
The program is fairly new
-just two and one-half years
old. It has been on the books
since 1983, but was tied to the
passage of a federal enterprise
zone program. In 1985 it was
ammended but was still tied up
federally. On September 1,
1987, it finally became effec-
tive as a state program. At that
time House Bill number 4
created the Texas Department
of Commerce also. In January
of 1988 rules were adopted for
the program and since that time
the program has been suc-
cessful enough to have grown
into 62 divisions statewide.
The Texas Department of
Commerce is responsible for
administration of the program
including adoption of the rules;
coordination of local, state and
federal efforts; providing com-
munity assistance; evaluation
of zone and project applica-
tions; and monitoring and
reporting on program effec-
tiveness to the State
Legislature.
Local incentives and
nomination of zones and pro-
jects are determined by the
county or city government sub-
mitting the application for zone
designation. The following are
examples of local incentives:
¥ tax abatement,
¥ tax increment financing,
(this would, among other
year...
BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
last week, the Legislature:
•Raised the basic education
allotment from $1,470 in the
1989-90 school year to $1,910
per student next year; •Gttve
the governor the power to ap-
point the state education com-
missioner beginning March I;
•Provided $17.90 per student
in state funds for each extra
penny of local property taxes
over a 54 cent rate; •Allocated
about $100 million to the Dept,
of Human Services; •Failed to
reduce the state tax on pari-
mutuel gambling; and *Failed
to pass a proposed amendment
which would have increased
lawmakers' per diem from $30
to $70... it passed the House
but failed in the Senate...
THE TEXAS Association of
Counties is circulating a reso-
lution throughout the state in
favor of a "local government
postal rate" when the pro-
posed postal increase goes into
effect... under the proposed
postage increase, first-class
rates will increase to 30 cents
from 25 cents, and first-class
bulk rates to 26 cents from 21
cents... the resolution seeks to
keep the county’s cost for post-
age the same... the county's
mail includes such services as
voter registration cards, tax
notices, jury summonses and
payments, as well as a number
of payments on behalf of the
federal government, according
to a letter from TAC...
by Suzanne Edwards
things, include tax financing
for water systems, roads,
lighting, etc.)
♦ low-interest loans,
¥ refund of certain local sales
and use taxes,
¥ regulatory relief,
♦ include franchise tax reduc-
tions for corporations which
seek enterprise status tax
reduction of up to 50 percent,
¥ expanded community ser-
vices,
¥ and, provide for develop-
ment fee waivers which is an
incentive packet to make our
area more favorable to invest in
than it is now.
The following are examples
of state incentives:
¥ refund of certain state sales
and use taxes to businesses
designated as enterprise pro-
jects,
Variety Show
To Benefit
Mandy Beck
In Yantis
Friday evening, June 22nd,
at 6:00 p.m., a variety show
will be held in the Yantis
School gym on the corner of
Hwy. 17 and Hwy. 154 in
Yantis. This benefit show is
being held to raise funds for
ten-year-old Mandy Beck, a
former resident of Rains Coun-
ty and former student at Rains
ISD. Mandy will be competing
in the Grand National Com1
petition of the American
Tumbling and Trampoline
Association in Rockford, Il-
linois from June 30 through Ju-
ly 3. If Mandy places in any
way, she will then become
eligible to compete in the
World Games to be held in
Germany and try out for the
United States Olympic Team.
A host of variety acts and
performances to support Man-
dy will appear for your enjoy-
ment. Some of the entertain-
ment includes:
Stephanie Kirby, singer;
PeeWee and Sandy Starr,
magician and assistant;
Jennifer Kinsley, singer;
Katie Waggoner, dancer;
Pat Stacey, fire-juggler;
Jason Burchfield, singer;
BoBoBoom the Clown,
The band of Geary Cason and
Danny McLeroy,
The Church on the Rock youth
group, a dramatic perfor-
mance;
Ben and Marigene Scar-
borough, singers;
Hillary Stracener, baton twirler
soloist;
Danielle McAfee, singer;
The Balancers, an “adagio"
type of acrobatic team, and
four groups of tumblers, begin-
ners through advanced, with
performances including Mandy
Beck and a short solo by Man-
dy Beck.
Other groups and performers
are still being booked to appear
for Mandy's benefit and your
entertainment.
Hotdogs, chips, candy, soft
drinks, coffee and juice will be
sold throughout the evening.
All donations and proceeds
from concessions will be given
to help Mandy represent the
East Texas area all the way to
the Olympics!! Your support
for this worthy cause will be
greatly appreciated-—so plan
on joining your friends and at-
tending a fun-filled night of
variety entertainment in Yantis
this Friday evening
by Suzanne Edwards
♦ contracting with other
businesses within our zone or
within the other 62 (as of now)
zones within the state,
♦ give priority status for state
administered programs and
funds,
♦ and, allow treasury deposits
to financial institutions doing
business in zones.
To apply for designation as
an enterprise zone a committee
must:
¥ identify geographic area,
♦ gather data to meet criteria
¥ identify possible zone incen-
tives
♦ provide written notice to
Dept, of Commerce of intent to
Continued on page 3
Rep. Hall
Recovering
from Surgery
WASHINGTON--Rep.
Ralph Hall of Rockwall was in
good condition in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital last Friday af-
ter undergoing gall bladder
surgery.
The Democrat went to the
hospital Thursday in suburban
Maryland for the emergency
operation, administrative as-
sistant James Cole said.
Doctors described the sur-
gery as routine and expect Hall
to be released from the hospital
Monday or Tuesday, accord-
ing to a statement from his of-
fice.
Hall, 67, is expected to fully
recover, but doctors told him
he should stay atlqy from work
for up to three weeks.
“It has been suggested that
all inquiries relating to updates
on the congressman’s progress
be directed to either our district
office in Rockwall or the
Washington office,’’ Cole
said. “Each office will remain
updated on the congressman's
condition on a daily basis.
Hall, who represents the
Fourth Congressional District
including Rains County, is also
the senior Texas Democrat on
the House Energy and Com-
merce committee.
Hall’s Washington office ad-
dress is 2236 Rayburn House
Office Bldg., Washington,
D.C. 20515, (202) 225-6673.
His Rockwall office address is
104 N, San Jacinto, Rockwall,
TX 75087, phone 771-9118.
Rains ISD to
Benefit from
School Finance
Legislation
The school finance reform
bil! passed by the Senate last
week and signed into law by
Gov. Bill Clements will mean
more money for most school
districts in Northeast Texas,
including Rains ISD.
According to Supt. Jerry Gi-
deon, Rains ISD will receive
an additional $231,925 for the
90-91 school year, and another
$101,000 for the 91-92 school
year, according to figures he
received from Sen. Ted Lyon’s
office.
Gideon said, “I am pleased
with the bill, although I under-
stand it will be challenged in
court. I am happy with the
work the legislators did in get-
ting this passed.”
Gideon added that the extra
money comes at a time when it
is needed, since tax values are
down $13 million, mostly on
natural gas values.
PUBLISHER'S NOTICE
Any erroneous reflection upori the character, standing or I
[reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may
[appear In the columns of this newspaper wilt be gtadty
■corrected upon due notice being given to the manager of
Ithe RAINS COUNTY LEADER at Its business office located [
Ion the square, Emory, Texas. However, the management
(reserves the right to reject or edit any article, letter or
Jvertlslng submitted for publication.
Opinions by staff writers or contributors to the LEADER
By signed Items do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
Lhe LEADER.
Board Limits Donohoe
To Classroom Duties,
Eliminating ‘Coach’ Contract
Tuesday night’s school
board meeting held promises
of being a little more than the
‘usual’ monthly meeting of
Rains ISD Board of Trustees
and the few school staff who
normally attend, since a large
number of people were found
to be waiting anxiously outside
the doors for the night’s
meeting to begin.
Finding each chair in the
board’s meeting room already
taken, the hallway and office
space held those unable to get
inside, while president Don
Smith apologized for there not
being enough room to hold so
many, stating there’s not nor-
mally a time when the extra
room is needed.
Once the board was able to
work through the first two
items on the agenda, these con-
cerned citizens of Rains Coun-
ty, most of whom were there to
voice their concerns with
Coach Donohoe’s methods of
coaching, and the hiring of a
new drill team instructor for
the 1990-91 school year, were
to hold the board’s attention
for the remainder of the night.
The first item on the agenda
was to approve the minutes of
the May 8 regular meeting, and
May 29 special meeting. One
correction needed to be made
since the name of Randy
Traylor had inadvertently been
left off the list of names of
those voting for Ms. Betty
by Linda Hass
Busby for the position of
secretary.
Opening the floor to the
‘comments from guests,’ Mr.
James Kuykendall addressed
the board concerning a waiver
of tax penalty and interest that
had been denied in last month’s
meeting. He explained that he
had been receiving (and pay-
ing) his statement on his land
tax but after moving in a
trailer, he’d never received a
statement showing he owed a
property tax. It was not until
someone from the tax office
trade a call to his trailer, that
he had been notified of a deli-
quent property tax, and found
that his address had been incor-
rect on the statement- the
reason he’d never received it.
Don Smith questioned the rest
of the board members as to the
amount of tax penalty we’re
talking about, and after discus-
sion, it was voted to waive the
penalty.
Mrs. Linda Snell addressed
the board on behalf of the
Rainettes, explaining a recom-
mendation of Mrs. Tammy
Keck had been made by Cay
Wingfield, and that they
(members of the Rainette
Booster Club and Drill Team)
were requesting she be hired.
In pointing out that Mrs. Keck
was a qualified teacher in
Physical Education and Fine
Arts, she wanted to stress the
physical education program.
Come Enjoy The
Fun At LAKEFEST
Blue Heron Cove along with
Lake Tawakoni and Quinlan
Chambers of Commerce and
local businessmen are sponsor-
ing a day of activities on Satur-
day, June 30th, the first day of
the 4th of July festivities.
The First Annual Lake
Tawakoni LAKEFEST is
scheduled to kick-off at 11:00
a.m. at Blue Heron Cove. A
number of attractions will be
featured for the enjoyment of
Rains County residents.
The LAKEFEST Event
Coordinator. Karl Keck, has
said, “We are excited about
the First Annual LAKEFEST
because it will provide us the
opportunity to show the people
of Rains County the best of
what Lake Tawakoni has to of-
fer, and of course, a fun-filled
day right here in their
backyard.”
The day’s acitivities will in-
clude a boat show, recreational
vehicle show, children's ac-
tivities with clowns, contests
and shows, arts and crafts
booths, food, ice cream and a
PROFESSIONAL FIRE-
WORKS SHOW! Sparklers
will be available for the
children.
Also, the Sixth Annual Miss
Flame Pageant will be held
during LAKEFEST. The beau-
ty pageant is a swimsuit com-
petition only, suit and shoes of
choice. The pageant will have
seven categories:
Baby Spark - girls ages 24;
Master Spark - boys ages 24;
Little Miss Spark - girls ages
5-9;
Little Miss Flame - girls ages
10-12;
Junior Miss Flame - girls ages
13-15;
Miss Flame - girls ages 16-18;
and Grandma’s and Grandpa’s
contests for any age grand-
parents.
All entries, with the excep-
tion of Grandmas and Grand-
pas, must be unmarried. All
participants will receive rib-
bons and the winners will
receive trophies.
Pageant entry forms are
available at area businesses or
by calling Shirley Rowland at
1-214-356-2951, or Laverne
Reed at 1-214447-3161. The
entry fee for the beauty
pageant is $20.00. The
deadline for entry is Saturday,
June 23rd.
Keck said, “We really en-
courage anyone interested to
enter the beauty pageant just as
soon as possible, especially
those grandmas and grand-
pas."
Another activity planned for
the day is the senior citizen’s
pie-baking contest, which will
be judged by a panel of local
dignitaries, followed up with a
pie-eating contest. Anyone in-
terested in entering either of
the pie contests should contact
Louise Dugger at
1-214 356-2970 or Debbie
Dabbs at 1-214447-2880. The
LAKEFEST is being spon-
sored by the Lake Tawakoni
area and Quinlan area
Chambers of Commerce, sup-
ported by Lake Tawakoni
businessmen, and will be held
at Blue Heron Cove Park in
East Tawakoni on Highway
35. Admission is free and ac-
cording to Keck, “This is go-
ing to be a great day of fun for
the entire family.”
PROBLEMS WITH
WATER PLANT
For the past several weeks
the City of Emory has had
problems with the water treat-
ment plant due to lightning
damage. The lightning de-
stroyed the raw water pump
and the P C computer board.
All automatic functions are
operated by the computer. Due
to the loss of automatic con-
trol , the automatic control was
also lost at ground storage.
The P C computer board has
been replaced and all automatic
functions are working proper-
ly. The cost for repairs is esti-
mated at $5,000.00.
The City appreciates support
from South Rains for controll-
ing their valves during the wa-
ter shortage.
RUBYE McKEOWN
Mayor, City of Emory
\\(>Ki>oK;oi)
l have given you an exam-
ple, that ye should do as I
have done to you.
John 13:15
saying it would benefit the
school system; Mrs. Janina
Mayberry also had a few
words to say in Mrs. Keck’s
behalf, while pointing out that
Mrs. Keck had already spoken
with both Clopton and Gideon.
Don Smith asked how many of
the ladies were here for the
Rainette program, adding they
like to see people support the
program, and would be dis-
cussing it tonight but it would
probably be the last item on the
agenda.
Mr. Wayne Douglas, ad-
dressing the board, explained
that he (and others) had asked
to speak to the board about a
problem with a coach. At this
time superintendent Jerry Gi-
deon pointed out there were
certain procedures the board
must go by when it pertains to
a school employee, and that ac-
cording to procedure, the
board would have to ask the
coach how he’d want to handle
it- in ‘open or closed' session.
Coach Donohoe asked for a
closed-session.
At this time, Don Smith
explained that anyone who
would like to speak would be
welcome to do so, but would
be called into the room individ-
ually. Mr. Douglas explained
that due to the nervousness of
each one. they'd like to ask to
be able to come in as a group,
asking that those who had sign-
ed up to talk would be allowed
to do so. Once again, Mr. Gi-
deon explained it was entirely
up to Coach Donohoe. adding,
it’s a problem of due process.
The federal government sets
the rules, and they could
‘stumble’ if not followed. If
there’s a grievance against an
employee, he explained, a cer-
tain procedure must be
followed. Allowing that they
do not wish to limit anyone
since they have the right to talk
with the board, they must also
remember Donohoe s right to
have it public or private. At
this time Donohoe said he'd
prefer one-on-one.
Don Smith told those attend-
ing that with those ground
rules in effect, they'd like
everyone to conduct them-
selves in an orderly manner, to
summarize and keep it to fif-
teen minutes or less, and that
no one is going to be allowed
to destroy character, or the
meeting will be stopped. A
unanimous motion was made
to go into executive session- it
was 7:15 p.m.
The next two hours were
spent hearing from those who
had requested to speak. Once
the board was ready, the
meeting was resumed and once
again open to the public,
reconvening at 10:40, with
Don Smith opening the floor to
the board for a solution.
Claude Ray moved to re-
assign Donohoe to classroom
duties, eliminating his
coaching contract, with a full
contract; seconded by Bobby
Thomas; motion carried by
unanimous vote. At this time
Charles Donohoe left.
Don Smith informed those m
attendance of the board’s inten-
tion to employ Mrs. Keck, ex-
plaining, however, that there
was a scheduling problem that
would have to be worked out.
Mr. Gideon would be asked to
offer her a contract, and after
talking with her, should the
scheduling problem be worked
out, she would become im-
mediately employed--and
finalized at the next board
meeting.
At this time Mr. Smith ex-
plained that since they’d only
been able to make their way
through three items on the
agenda, due to the late hour
they’d like to go into executive
session at this time, and table
the completion of the June
agenda until the following
Monday night of June 18. The
board dismissed everyone at
10:52 p.m., and continued in
executive session.
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