Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1987 Page: 1 of 20
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1887 VOLUME C
EMORY, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1987 ISSUENO.il PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
YOU OUGHT
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run bt ii tanilidtilt in 1990 u
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cmor would trs u ■ follow in
the footsteps of his Liu huh, r.
Wild.irn Ht<bb\ wl; u a \
lasting friendship Also for
printing ms Life's Slurs for
m\ 9 Oth birthday in the
leader That meant much to
nn Carolyn A Joe. 9 grand-
children. their wises. 12 a rent
grtindt hlldren and ms friends
You did an excellent job I
mason sour friendship of
nans sears / hose, .maxed and
hose a new address I hail 400
Helena. Hrsan TX tor A A
stars and reieivcd tht leader
there So tar I\e missed 2 or
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sou for what sou art doing,
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a rect>rd at most stars tht
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then wt art so proud
patrons can get that long ago
information that hits been
published thriiugh tht stars
»t think it is a great historo al
sersist iirisl sst art proud of
the Hams Dinars ami of tht
Hams County leader that
chrtmicled tht esents of this
counts
HI Kill MARU FRFI
HFH(ifH )(>l \(/ stirrit bs
she sass ut seldom spell her
name right tho sht could cart
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stand hi err is human
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lifter a few dass in Ark . \fo
and other points dies usual
with relumes, enjoyed soiling
the art museums and the zoo
and ihdn f forget to bring us
some paper s ana so am Jam
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Criswell, when tins usual
Sabine Hass
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ss as here, bought a tops of
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George s bot<kx, "Confessions
if Jockes Joe Gulden
IS IHI MAll HAG Our
third gradt tali her writes
and thank von, Miss Stella
Amo Dear Kathleen I u
intended w ruing Sim ft>r si'iin
firth it' thunk stm for our
On the '
Permanent
School Fund
vote
Da Kams C 't ; t\ ( ■ -nt"’ t\
Stoners' Court in it' regular
mcct.-ng on August 10. 1'iM
•- ‘V.: ■ ;\t\ vAsp,4i«1 ■«!
PI RM\N| M
SCHOOI Ft ND . . N J
ed indebtedness o! R.,.n- ISO
\
bonds out ot the Permanent
} Ullv, lit iiCi, ,hv
'ihixil taxes lower \lvo the
Court ha' kept the Permanent
School fund money in the
highest interest drawing as
sounis asatlable the interest
earned each sear belongs to the
sshool aits! has made a substan
tial reduction ;n the ad valorem
taxes remitted each sear
At present and for about the
la't se.r ttie n's.iits p.r. men's
has averaged about S2‘; s ■ *> CRi
pet month or about
Shm.nno oo per year
the school ssill forever lose
the interest earning -a the
mone) spent out of the Perma
nent Ss ho ! Fund Next year
and tor cash and every sear in
the future your taxes will have
to be increased enough to
replace the income lost bs
'[sending the trust fund This
ext year sour tax ssill have to
be me reused at least one cent to
replace the lost Available
Vtus'l Fund
lor mans seats the Rains
1st) ad valorem tax rate has
been substantial!) lower than
the surrounding sshis.il districts
due to itte money paid the
sshiiol front the investment of
the Permanent Schisol Fund
One thing is certain, sou can't
spend sour permanent invest
ment and also have income
Irom the investment
Ms sote AGAINS1 the use
ot the Permanent School Fund
Trust monies was tor this
reason I am more concerned
about increasing taxes from
now on When the Permanent
School Fund trust account has
been spent ; then all the funds
raised locally ssill be from ad
valorem taxes and you will
have a permanent higher ad
valorem tax
Some wise Rams Counts
citi/ens stopped the sale of the
schisol [anus a tew years ago.
thus making it possible lot tin
present Rains Counts (ax
payers to enjoy and be prist
leged to have a vastly lower ad
talatcm us rate 1 Jo not want
to be known as one That spent
the Permanent School Funds
for present benefit without
regard to the cost tor future
taxpayers Also the great
majority of the citizens who
have contacted me have stated
thes want the Permanent
Sshool Fund Account to grow
I hey do not want the fund used
to pay present indebtedness
hut want the income Irom a
growing fund to help pas the
cost ot the sv. Iuh>I
H D ( IIISM
County Judge
New Emorv City Councilman
! .t its Secretary Judy Ransom issued the Oath ol Office to
Jin C t at at Tuesday night's regular council meeting Felton
■ to Place 4 after the resignation of Do\i.• Knight
’■ ' . »!th Staff Photo by J.t\,c King
New Councilman Chosen,
Street Resurfacing Slated
I' ' ’ty ( < uni il .«t the C its ( ommtssion's standards The
' Pinery held their regular
■ ' - . August
: City Hall
Me be-' present were
M Vs : M f> wt
R u b s e
Mi K -
J.ixio King Bud
Brv ant and
Ph ip Kerr
(Mhers
present included
Judv Rans.
C :v Sevretary
Linda He
•rtage Asst City
V, total v ,
Charles Dickerson
W
rks Director. Mike
Dunt • K
S & \sv
ctates 1 itr
1 (ilendening ot T tm
< ilendentm
j ..-.j F elton
A Associate' and
I he toll
toons sat
tin'iTT"
otherw tse
t‘ nisly unless stated
Approve
nutes f o.i'!
meeting of
Citv Council
Approve
d payment ot cur
rent bills
( Mincil
presented to Citv
The cm
mcil accepted the
reMcnation
' I> ice Ki .
i iKincii Place 4. who resigned
due to bad health, and voted to
appoint Jim Felton to fill the
PI ^ s^efia, y ad
ministered tfte (lath ot Oltice
to Felton
Mo Dunn kindle Stone
\ Asstn tales, discussed pro-
p'sed improvements at the
wastewater treatment plant
with a plan costing approxt
mutely Siti.(too tor piping and
valves to allow one lagoon to
So lowered tor repairs without
lowering the other This ssould
allow the sits to make needed
repatts m compliance with the
lexas Water Commission s
tecoinmendations I he council
approseii the proposed bids
I Kindle St*me to
seek bids ,t' s,H»n as possible so
that the repairs could be made
as so m as possible
Dutr. also reported on work
accomplished at the water plant
at Tawakoni Phase I has been
completed and Phase 2 has
started which involves repairs
to the clarifier During this
phase the clarifier will have to
tv hs passed, with water going
directly to the filters without
time tor sediment to settle
I his will cause a possible
cloudiness during the next 10
days to two weeks, and
residents are urged to conserve
water us much as possible dur
tng this time ot repairs The
water will still be filtered and
chlorinated as usual
A public hearing was held
on Community Development
Program I unds and Planning
Capacity Building Program
Fund' Tim F Glendcning of
Tim I (i lend en tng A
Associates, Planning and
Management Consultants the
Cits hired last month is' ses'k
available grants, explained to
the council and those present
about the Community
IVvelopmeni Program funds,
what will he required to
quality. and asked the city
what the protect with the top
priority would be Funds tin
numerous pioiccis arc
available, and top priority
would be given to improve
mails at the sow a plant, due to
current problems the city has
Ivon having with the sew a
plant, living to maintain com
phallic wiili ihc lexas VAalei
main thing (ilendening stressed
was a city survey of income
level'. A survey will be taken
within the next tew week', so
ho prepared for someone to iall
on sou to take down the
necessary information to help
the Cits qualify tor up to
$T(XI,0OU in grant tt.. nes
Council passed on Item 7. L
M Bta/icl to disci's alles
ways Item was placed on next
month s agenda hs request ol
Hra/iel
The Council opened sealed
bids tor the purchase ot the
J82 GM( i to u k So
bids were turned in »' council
voted to rebtd atw t*pen bids
next month
Discussion was held on the
proposed budget lor FA
1VIT 88. which will begin (At
1 I V8~. this year The propos-
ed budget wac adopted The
council then voted to set the
time and date ot the Public
Hearing on the Proposed
Budget tor Sept Hth at b 30
p m___
The Council soled to pro
cecd with street improvements
with money budgeted for that
purpose, with priority areas
being as follows l Skyline
Drive 2 Fletcher Road and 3
College Street from Ravine
around the corner in front of
Dr Kweller’s Clinic Bids tor
the work will be opened at next
month's meeting
I he council went into ex
ecutise session at 8 55 and
reconvened in open session at
w p m (to discuss employ
men! evaluation, reassign
ment. duties, discipline, per
sonnel policies and salary
rev lew i
Charles Dickerson. Public
Works Director, discussed
work accomplished for the
month ot Julv
Comments from Council
members (agenda item 14)
Numerous topics were dis-
cussed. including who and how
the survey would be taken,
progress in the sun against
South Rams Abater Supplv
Corp . problems at the sewer
plant; etc
Meeting adjourned at 10:24
p m
jaxif; king
City Requests
Water
Conservation
The City of Emory is re-
questing tor water customers to
conserve water for the next
three to four weeks due to
renovation work currently be
tng done at the wafer freafmetif
facilities, and the hot weather
Thank vou.
\\ d McDowell
Mayor
City ol Emory* Texas
Correction
In a local in last week's issue
ot the Rams County Leadct. a
correction needs to be made,
when Mi and Mrs Ovol Grey
was printed It should have
said only Ovel Gray W
regret the erroi
*4,638,269 Budget
Adopted by Board,
75c Tax Rate Set
The Board of Trustees of the
Rains Independent School
District met in regular session
at 7:00 pm on Tuesday.
August ! 1
The meeting was called to
order by Mike Willis Opening
prayer was given by Jerry Gi-
deon
Members present were Mike
Willis. Jerry Jensen. Earl
Barnes. Betty Busby. Larry
Hixiten. Don Smith and Randy
Traylor
Cithers present were Jerry
Gideon. Supt . Ms. Mary
Davis. Sec to the Supt.. Ms
Hughlene Hayes. Bus. Mgr..
Bob Clopton. High School
Principal: Ms Linda Merrell,
Curriculum Dir . Jin; Bernard.
Junior High Principal; Emery
Cathey. Elem Principal, Ms
Delores Stanley. Counselor;
Jim Kline. Maintenance -
Transportation Dir . Glen
Wallace and Gary Wallace of
Wallace dt Mann Ins Agency;
ana .Mark Larr. the Herald
Banner
The following motions car-
ried unanimously. unless stated
otherwise.
Approved the minutes of the
July 13 regular meeting and the
Aug. 3rd special meeting
No comments from guests
Approved the Athletic
Director Head Coach's job
description as presented
Approved the Texas
Teacher Appraisal System
(TTAS) Policies and Prtx'e-
dures for the school year
! 987-88 as presented
Approved the Career Ladder
Guidelines for the school year
1987-88 as presented
Approved the Administra
tive Handbook for the sch >o'
year 1987-88 as presented
Approved the Discipline
Management Plan for the
school year 1987-88 as
presented.
The board authorized the
Indigent Health Care
Standards Announced
Rains County will use the
tullowmg rules and procedures
to comply with its responsibil-
ity under the Indigent Health
Care and Treatment Act
Application can be requested
from at County Judge's Of-
fice Contact Evelyn Malone
for assistance
Rains County will use rules
and procedures found in the
County Indigent Health Care
Program Handbook published
by the Texas Department of
Human Resources, in sum-
mary. these are the rules:
1 Application forms must
be' completely filled out
2 Verification of income.
termination ot tncomeTTesT-
dence. household composition,
and resources is required, if
questionable
3. Net income cannot exceed
County Indigent Health Care
Program Maximum Countable
Income Standards (see chart
below i.
4. Liquid resources assets
cannot exceed SI000 The
equity value of a car greater
than $1500 is counted against
the $1000 limit Personal prop-
erty and homestead are exempt
assets.
5. Eligible persons must be a
resident of Rains County
6 Applicants must provide
ail requested information and
documentation requested or
applicants will be denied.
-r-^-ppj jj afTEs'have“The"rigtn~
to appeal adverse decisions.
COl NTY INDIGENT HEAL TH C ARE PROGRAM
Maximum Countable Monthly Income Standards
Family
Single Adult
Couples and
Children Living with
Si/e
and Adult
Couples with
Ineligible Adults.
with children
Children
not Legal Parents
1
S 75
—
S 63
'
158
'120
90
184
200
126
4
221
226
151
5
246
262
194
6
284
289
210
7
308
324
261
s
351
350
287
y
377
392
330
10
420
418
356
11
44b
461
399
12
488
487
425
Add $38 for each additional household member if the household
size exceeds 12 persons
Continuance
Motion Granted
By Judge
Ramsay
Continuance motions that
hod been filed by attorneys
representing Sheriff Andrew
Roberts and J.P. Allen Stuort
were granted Friday by
Eighth Judicial District Judge
Lanney Ramsay.
Roberts faces charges of
oeny ing o person the right to
be arraigned In a September,
1906 Incident ond falsifying
government records, while
Stuart only faces charges of
falsifying government
records.
Both men were arraigned
and pleaded not guilty to the
chorges on July 13 ond were
released on bona.
District Attorney Frank Long
submitted a tenghty list of
motions In Friday's fifteen
minute pre-triol heorlng to
set ground rules for exchange
of Information and presenta-
tion of evidence by the
prosecution arid the defense.
T)<e Jury trial of Roberts and
Stuart hos been placed ors ties
September Sdoiki t,
Revival At The
Faith Baptist Church
A three day revival will
begin at Faith Baptist Church
on August 28 and continue
Saturday nlte, 29th ond
Sunday morning, 30th. Rev.
F.C. Lassiter,. Missionary to
Korea, will be the speaker.
Service time Is 7 p.m, each
evening.
Pastor Jimmy Shedd invites
everyone to ottend.
Reported
BROCK FAMILY
REUNION
The Brock family reunion
will be held In the Bonanza
Community Center building
Sunday, August 30, All
relatives ond friends are
Invited to come ond join In
the fellowship. Bring a
covered dish and enjoy trie
day.
Reported
MOM) of (.()|)
te shall know that I have
not done without cause all that
I host done, sailh the htrtl
(rod
Fzekiel I4:2A
superintendent to reclas-ify
line items within the budget up
to $5,000 beginning with the
87-88 budget
Approved the amended
budget for school year 1986-87
as presented
A public hearing on the
1987-88 budget was held. The
chair invited comments from
visitors, none were presented.
The board then approved the
official budget for the school
vear 1987-88 in the amount of
$4,638,269
Following budget approval,
the board voted to set the tax
rate for school y ear 1987-88 at
7F per S100 valuation, with
73." for operating funds and
3" for Interest and Sinking
I-unds.
The noard expressed appre-
ciation io the Commissioners'
Court f‘r ;ne use of Permanent
Funds to pay bonded
ebtedness in 87-88 that
prevented another I4C tax rate
hike
There were no student trans-
fers; no action taken.
The board v oted to rebid the
five used buses for sale
Approved tax roll adjust-
ments submitted by the Rains
County Tax Appraisal District
for July 1987.
The board voted to award
the bid for building insurance
tn 87-88 to Wallace & Mann
Ins Agencv in the amount of
SI 1,335
Approved the alternate
hospitalization group insurance
plan for school employees for
school year 1987-88 'as pre-
sented by Blue Cross Blue
Shield.
Approved payment of bills
for the month of July, 1987. in-
cluding building insurance pre-
mium to Wallace and Mann in-
surance Company.
No student-related concerns
were presented-;—-no—action-
taken.
The superintendent's report
was presented by Mr. Gideon
and included the following
topics;
•Appraisal training update
•Summer maintenance
•Honors courses approved
by TEA
•TASA TASB convention
•School dedication
The board voted to
reschedule the dedication of
the new elementary school for
Sunday. Sept. 27. at 2:00 p.m.
•In-service plans for 87-88
•Class schedules and student
handbooks for high school and
junior high schools were
presented hy Bob Clopson and
Jim Bernard.
•No student concerns were
presented
The board convened in ex-
ecutive session at 9:19 p.m
and reconvened in open session
at 10:50 p.m.
The board then accepted the
resignation of Ms. Rexine
May s effective immediately,
and the retirement of Charles
Kovar effective Aug. 31,
1987.
The board voted to employ
Susan Lively as Education
Aide I and Janice Burns and
Vivian Warren as part-time
Educational Reading Aides I
(Chapter 1) for school vear
1987-88.
The board voted to amend
the 1987-88 dual assignment
contract of Curtis Blagburn
from 183 to 198 days of em-
ployment an to amend the
1987-88 teacher contract of
David Ledkins for 183 days to
a dual assignment contract Tot
183 days
Voted to employ Brad Cobh
as a full-time mechanic effec-
tive Sept I. 1987
Approved the following
substitute teachers Martha
Bullock, Diane Haptonstall,
Jolcne Morrell. Sally Swisher
and Linda Terry
Approved the following sub
stitute bus drivers W L
Bullard and Garland Mass
tngill
Meeting adioumed at 10:54
p m
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1987, newspaper, August 20, 1987; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765882/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.