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RAINS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

RISD halts instructionBy TREY HILL

Rains County Leader staff

Friday evening, October 9, Rains Indepen-dent School District (RISD) Superintendent Jennifer Johnson issued a statement that due to recent positive tests of COVID-19 and direction from the State Health Department, RISD is suspending all instruction for Pre-K through 12 and closing their Child Develop-ment Center through Thursday, October 22. Classes will resume Friday, October 23.

The statement indicated that the students and staff impacted were mainly on the junior

high and intermediate campuses. As a result, all extra-curricular activities for Pre-K through grade 8 will be suspended.

No positive cases have been reported on the high school campus. Extra-curricular activities will continue at the high school as long as the high school campus is not impacted by the current outbreak.

The following is the statement released by Johnson.

In the last four hours, Rains ISD has been notifi ed of 2 positive student cases and 1 positive staff case of COVID-19. Due to close contact tracing, we have been directed

by the State Health Department to close our Child Development Center for 14 days. Two hundred students must be quarantined as a result of contact tracing. Forty employees have been impacted by quarantine resulting in the inability to maintain ongoing instruc-tion.

Rains ISD will suspend all instruction PK-12 through October 22, 2020. Students will return to school on Friday, October 23, 2020. We are able to do this due to days built into the current calendar. At this time, this

ELECTION 2020

Early voting underway

By TREY HILLRains County Leader staff

Early voting by personal appearance began this morning, Tuesday morning, and continues through Friday, October 30, at the Rains County Courthouse Annex at 220 West Quitman St. Items on the ballot to be determined by the voters include national, and state offi ces; Point city council races; and a Rains Independent School District (RISD) voter-approved tax rate election (VATRE). A review of the offi ces on the ballot can be found on page 2 of this week’s Rains County Leader.

The courthouse annex recently under-went construction which changed the pol-ing location in the building. Visitors to the annex wishing to cast their votes are now asked to enter on the east side of the build-ing.

The election offi ce will be open for early voting from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every weekday from October 13 through October 30. The only exceptions are October 15 and 27 when the offi ce will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

COMMISSIONERS COURT

County, TxDot to replace Woodbury Creek bridge

By CHUCK FITTSRains County Leader staff

The Rains County Commissioners Court held a regular meeting on Friday, Octo-ber 9, to pass resolutions on two separate grants, hear monthly reports and approve the agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to rebuild the bridge on CR 1495.

The regular meeting began with a pre-sentation of a proclamation from the East Texas Crisis Center (ETCC) for Rains County to designate October of 2020 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The representative from ETCC took the opportunity to present “Hope Awards” to Jenny Mansfi eld and Rains County Sher-iff’s Deputy Danielle Aly for their dedica-tion in assistance to those who have been subjected to domestic violence. Mansfi eld

Leader photo by TREY HILL

The Rains Junior High School campus was idle Monday, October 12, in observance of Columbus Day. The district will remain closed until October 23.

VOTER-APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION

Referendum seeks additional state fundingBy CHUCK FITTSRains County Leader staff

The Rains Independent School District (RISD) board of trustees has requested a voter-approved tax rate election (VATRE) be included on the November 3 General Elec-tion ballot. Voter approval of the measure would result in an additional $2 million of funding annually for the school district.

The school district’s information indicates the additional funding will go towards sala-ries, innovative technology initiatives and

needed campus repairs and improvements.The VATRE results from House Bill 3,

passed during the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019, which addressed school fi nancing. The bill created a two-tier structure for school funding with the state adding additional funding to reduce local property taxes.

Tier one funding consists of Maximum Compressed Rate (MCR) with no voter approval of increased funding. Texas Educa-tion Agency (TEA) Division of State Fund-ing shows that RISD has an MCR of $0.8448 per $100 property valuation for maintenance

and operation (M&O) revenue.The second tier allows districts to opt for

up to an additional $0.05 of M&O. RISD trustees voted unanimously to the increase, which brought the new M&O rate up to $0.8948 per $100 valuation.

For additional revenue, districts can request residents to pass a VATRE to increase their M&O up to an additional $0.17 per $100 valuation. Passage of the VATRE will result in the state matching dollar for dollar.

SALE TAX ALLOCATION

Yearly totals for county, local cities remain ahead of 2019


The revenue from the sale of taxable goods in Rains County continues to keep the county and local cities ahead of totals from 2019 as the rest of the state of Texas saw a decline of 2.8 percent in allocations being returned to local taxing entities in October.

The allocations are part of the $751.5 million in local sales tax allocations being returned to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts by the

offi ce of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar from sales made in August by businesses that report tax monthly.

Rains County, with it’s half-cent additional tax on taxable sales, sees $65,244.83 being returned to the county, which is a 22.64-percent increase over October of 2019. The county’s Year-to-Date (YTD) total increases to $600,101.90 and remains 14.23 percent ahead of this time last year.

Municipalities in the county, which add

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

A 39-year traditionBy LINDA BRENDLE

Rains County Leader correspondent

On Friday, October 16, the doors of the Emory City Centre will open for the Friends of the Library (FOL) Fall Book Sale, a two-day fundraising event that has contin-ued with few interruptions for almost four decades. Although there are scrapbooks, written records and photographs of the FOL, the details of the origin of the book sale are sketchy. A 2008-09 scrapbook states that the fi rst Friends group was organized in October 1981 by Minda and Jimmie Painter. It also states that a group of people under the lead-ership of Doris Briggs started the board of

trustees, but no date is given.There are also no dates for the fi rst book

sales, but the scrapbook notes that fundrais-ing efforts included the sales. The early sales were held on Founder’s Day in the Meadows Room and consisted of boxes of unsort-ed books. Estimated proceeds ran between $300 and $400 per sale.

The FOL was disbanded and reorganized a couple of times, and there were gaps dur-ing which no sales were held. There is no indication of when the sale was reinstated, but Helen Strickland became involved in the organization around 2008. She took an imme-

see EARLY VOTING page 10

see COUNTY page 10

see RISD page 10

see VATRE page 10

see SALES TAX page 6 see FRIENDS page 10

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GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES

Community outreach & organizations

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Emory – Tues. & Thurs. 7:00-8:00 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 12:00-1:00 p.m., open meet-ings. Emory United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. For info call 903-243-6766 or 903-439-7573

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

CUB SCOUTS – 1st, 2nd, 4th Sunday, Masonic lodge 4:30 p.m. Email [email protected].

CELEBRATE RECOVERY – every Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Emory Baptist Church

EAST TAWAKONI SENIOR CITIZEN GAME DAY – every Wednesday, 9:00 a.m., 255 Oakleaf Trail.

EMORY LIONS CLUB – No meet-ings at this time. Call for information 903-473-2311

FOOD BANK AT FREEDOM CHURCH OF GOD – 3rd Fri., 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 10830 FM 514, Emory. 903-473-2457

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 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

LIBRARIES - Point - temporarily closed, call 903-474-0471 for info. East Tawakoni - Wednes-days, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

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

PIECEMAKERS QUILT GUILD OF RAINS COUNTY – 3rd Mon., 7:00 p.m., AgriLife Extension and Con-ference Center

POINT LADIES CIVIC CLUB – 1st Thurs., 6:30 p.m., Point Commu-nity Center, 903-269-8446

RAINS AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION2nd Sat. of each month 9:00 a.m.Emory Volunteer Fire Dept.,

RAINS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Visitor’s Center, 903-473-3913

RAINS GARDEN CLUB – 2nd Mon., 11:00 a.m., Sept.-MayEmory 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 canceled, Food Pantry open 1:00-4:00 p.m. Mon. & Thurs., 2nd Sat. 8:00 a.m.-noon

RAINS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY Mon., We., Fri., 9:00 a.m.-noon. 140 W Quitman St. 903-473-6277

STITCH AND LEARN QUILTING CLUB – Thurs., 9:00 a.m.-noon, 903-598-3021 Emory Methodist Church

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

EAST TAWAKONI CITY COUNCIL3rd 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: Mon., 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 COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT3rd Thurs. of every month, Rains Tax Office at 12:00 p.m.

RAINS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT 2nd & 4th Thurs., 10:00 a.m., Rains County Courthouse

RAINS ISD SCHOOL BOARD2nd Monday, 6:30 p.m., Rains ISD Board Room

RAINS COUNTY ROAD & BRIDGEOpen Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-4 p.m.903-473-5099 or 5098

RAINS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #13rd Monday, 6:30 p.m., Emory Fire Station

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OFFICEDeborah Walker

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NEWS BRIEFSGood Samaritans Openings In Oct. The Good Samaritans Thrift

and Clothing Store will be open October 17 and 24, from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Masks will be required and CDC guidelines will be followed. Food distribu-tion will continue on Mondays and Thursdays from 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Children’s Museum Holds Auction

The Northeast Texas Chil-dren’s Museum will host a vir-tual silent auction beginning October 14 at 8:00 a.m. The bidding will close October 17 at 8:00 p.m. Raffle tickets will also be sold for a chance to win one of four $250 gift cards. To par-ticipate, visit netxcm.com.

Rains County Angel Tree Time

It’s time to submit applica-tions for the Rains County Angel Tree. Children are required to be a full-time resident of Rains County. Applications are avail-able at each RISD campus and the Rains County Leader office on the square in Emory. Completed applications must be mailed by November 7. For more information, call 903-474-3248.

FOL Book Sale Is Back, Oct. 16-17

The Friends of the Library (FOL) semi-annual Book Sale is back with more books and more bargains than ever. The sale will be held at the Emory City Cen-tre, 735 North Texas St. Hours are Friday, October 16, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 17, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. If you would like to volunteer to help with set up, tear down or the sale itself, sign up at the Rains County Public Library.

EUMC Women Hold Sales, Oct. 16-17

The Emory United Methodist women will hold garage, bake and plant sales at 456 north Texas St. (by the courthouse) on Friday, October 16, from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 17, from 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Rains County Good Samaritans.

Yantis First Baptist Postpones Event

The First Baptist Church in Yantis has postponed the 150-year celebration originally scheduled for October 18. The celebration will be held at a later date.

Dear Editor,Last week in this space we

read “the voters of Rains County have a unique opportunity to show our support and gratitude for our Rains ISD teachers, staff and students with a vote for the VATRE”. We were urged to vote “for” this proposition which raises our property taxes again.

According to the Texas Asso-ciation of School Boards, the VATRE is required when the proposed tax increase exceeds certain legislative guidelines. These guidelines were estab-lished as part of the recent prop-erty tax reform.

Why are they seeking to exceed the guidelines? Last week’s letter stated in part “this additional funding will be desig-nated for increased teacher and staff salaries...”.

Did you get a pay raise in the middle of the COVID-19? Did you even manage to keep your job? Must be nice to get a pay raise with everything that is going on around us.

Each year we are told the “appraised” value of our prop-erty increased by an outrageous

amount therefore our property tax payments must increase by an equally outrageous amount even without a rate increase.

The argument for this par-ticular tax increase was cleverly framed in the statement that we would only “pay an additional 8.3 cents per student per year.” However, the number which is of greater significance is the average property owner will pay an additional $142.05 in taxes per year.

The writer assured us we would benefit from annual “matching” funds from the State of Texas. Well guess what, there is no free money. Any time the government “matches” your money, it simply takes it from another taxpayer.

Like the writer, I also propose we have a “unique” opportu-nity. Let’s show our dissatisfac-tion with these never-ending tax increases. Send a clear message to those elected officials that it is time to show restraint.

Vote “against” this insanity.

Chuck WittEmory, TX 75440

October 17th, 2020 at the Point Volunteer Fire Station

(corner of Hwy. 69 & FM 47)

Raffl e Prizes Include: Deer Feeder, Hunting Blind, Cooler, Tumblers, Trailer And More!

Tickets are $2.00 each for the general drawing Tickets are not purchased for a specifi c item in the general drawing.

Tickets for trailer are $10.00 each. You do not need to be present to win but we would love for you to come out and support our great department! There will be lots of food offered as a drive-through option or pick-up.

Drawing will occur at 8:00 p.m. You can see our Faceebook page for more

information on events:https://www.facebook.com/PointFireDepartment

Proceeds of this fund raiser help provide our team of volunteer fi renghters with the training and supplies necessary to effectively help our community. As always we thank you for your support!!You can see any member of the fi re department to purchase your tickets or purchase at the station up until the time of drawing.

Also for purchase will be tamales and BBQ sandwiches!

Early in-person voting starts

Tuesday, Oct. 13!

VOTE for Lou

Antonellifor Congress

LIBERTARIANPARTY

Pol. Ad paid for by Lou Antonelli for CongressP.O. Box 1018 • Clarksville, Tx. 75426

ELECTION 2020

What’s on your ballot?The U.S. will hold its 2020

general election Nov. 3, with an early voting period in Texas of Oct. 13-30. Some registered voters can also vote by mail. Here are all of the Democrats, Republicans, third-party and independent candidates who will be on the ballot for Rains County, congressional and legis-lative offices. Be informed about the candidates before you go to the polls.

President of the United States Donald J. Trump, incumbent,

Republican (R)Joseph R. Biden, Democratic

(D)Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian (L)Howie Hawkins, Green (G)

U.S. House District 4 Pat Fallon (R)Russell Foster (D)Lou Antonelli (L)

State Board of Education District 9

Keven Ellis, incumbent (R)Brenda Davis (D)

Texas House District 5 Cole Hefner, incumbent (R)LaWyanda Prince (D)

U.S. Senate John Cornyn, incumbent (R)Mary “MJ” Hegar (D)Kerry McKennon (L)David Collins (G)

Railroad Commissioner James “Jim” Wright (R)Chrysta Castañeda (D)Matt Sterett (L)Katija “Kat” Gruene (G)

Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice

Nathan L. Hecht, incumbent (R)

Amy Clark Meachum (D)Mark Ash (L)

Texas Supreme Court Place 6Jane Bland, incumbent (R)Kathy Cheng (D)

Texas Supreme Court Place 7Jeffrey S. Boyd, incumbent

(R)Staci Williams (D)William B. Strange III (L)

Texas Supreme Court Place 8Brett Busby, incumbent (R)Gisela D. Triana (D)Tom Oxford (L)

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3

Bert Richardson, incumbent (R)

Elizabeth Davis Frizell (D)


Kevin Yeary, incumbent (R)Tina Clinton (D)


David Newell, incumbent (R)Brandon Birmingham (D)

If you live in the city of Point you will be voting for: Mayor

Johnny Northcutt, incumbentRobert Ainsworth

City Council Place 1Judy Luckett, incumbentRonald Marotta

In the Alba school district, you will be voting for:School Board Trustees

Randall Cole, Dana Weissert, Jason Stovall, Sancy Baker, Lisa Morrison, Brad Lennon, Johnny Teel

In the Miller Grove school district, you will be voting for:School Board Trustees

Clark L. May, Lee Roy Stra-cener, Mike Hasten, Cole W. Middleton, Ryan Claxton

If you live in the Rains Inde-pendent School District you will be voting on:

Proposition A - Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate

Rains County uncontested candidates declared elected are:

County Attorney Robert Viti-tow (R)

Sheriff David Traylor (R)County Tax Assessor-Collec-

tor Sheila Floyd (R)County Commissioner Pre-

cinct 1 Jeremy Cook (R)County Commissioner Pre-

cinct 3 Korey Young (R)Constable Allen Davis (R).

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CITY GIRL

Redistribution of wealthHave you noticed that, when you’re trying

to be careful of what you eat, you are suddenly surrounded by food? Everyone at work or Bible study has a birthday accompanied by your abso-lute all-time favorite cake. Every commercial on

TV and every print ad you see are designed to make you hungry – and it works. Every gathering of any kind involves an artery-clogging potluck meal with, as Granny used to say, enough food to feed Cox’s army. And every-one you know wants to give you food.

David and I are not on a strict diet of any kind, but along with

our workouts at the gym, we’ve been watching what we eat. Instead of cereal and cinnamon toast for breakfast, most mornings we have protein smoothies made mostly with almond milk and fruit. We eat smaller portions, sometimes using salad plates instead of dinner plates for a meal. And after years of considering ice cream as one of the major food groups, my lactose intolerance has fi nally caught up with me, and I’ve had to give up my nightly servings of Homemade Vanil-la. David doesn’t have the same digestive issues, but in sympathy, he has decreased his servings from three scoops to one.

Whatever you call our routine, it’s working so far. David has dropped around 25 pounds and is wearing smaller jeans. I’ve only lost 10 pounds, but everyone knows it’s easier for men to lose weight than it is for women. Besides, I’ve lost enough inches to wear some of the clothes that have been banished to the back of the closet for a couple of seasons. But just when we’ve adjusted to our new regimen, here comes the food.

First, the monthly breakfasts at the House of Prayer and the American Legion have come back after months of shutdown. Bacon and eggs aren’t too bad if you watch the portions, but the same can’t be said for the biscuits and gravy or the pancakes. We haven’t had many family get-togethers because many of us are in the vul-nerable-age category and several are health com-promised, but the Believers’ Baptist annual Chili Cook-Off is next Sunday morning. Have you ever tried to eat moderately when tasting 30-plus dif-ferent chilis and an equal number of desserts?

Friday night Home Group is also danger-ous to the waistline. It has long been known as cheat night when even the most stringent dietary restrictions are allowed to go by the wayside. And one night isn’t too bad. But there’s always food left, and everyone is aware of how much David loves to eat. “Do you want to take home this (fi ll in the blank)?” they’ll ask, knowing he’ll look at me with those puppy-dog eyes and I’ll give in. Sometimes it’s the following Friday by the time I manage to serve the leftovers in acceptable portions.

And then there are the food give-aways. Dirk and Pat volunteer at the monthly distribution at Freedom Church of God, and they frequently bring home extra food that will not stay fresh until the next month. Did I mention that they love to share? Connie is the same way when she picks up food at Freedom Church or at Good Samari-tans. David frequently comes home from a coffee break with Charles carrying a bag full of rice, chips, fruit and whatever else she has in excess.

I recently made a cake with some of Connie’s apples, and in an effort at weight control, I sent a sizeable chunk across the street with David. A day or two later he returned the empty dish and more apples. And last weekend I took them some Cheesy Chicken Soup made with some Velveeta-like cheese and pre-cooked chicken pat-ties she had given me. She immediately sampled it, complimented my culinary effort, and asked what was in it. When I mentioned the cheese and chicken, she asked if I needed more.

I’m not complaining. So far David and I have managed to maintain our weight loss, and as soon as he has recovered enough from his surgery for us to resume our regular workout schedule, we should be in good shape (pun intended). But even if we don’t, I love our little community that is characterized by love and generosity. When I read in the Book of Acts that “all who believed were together and had all things in common,” this is the type of society I picture. When someone says, “Hey, I’ve got an extra bag of rice if you need one,” that’s my idea of redistribution of wealth.

Linda Brendle writes a weekly column for Believ-ers’ Baptist Church. She is a published author and also writes about caregiving, faith, and family on her blog at http://www.LifeAfterCaregiving.WordPress.com. You can e-mail her at [email protected].

LINDA BRENDLELeader Correspondent

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EDWARD JONES

Avoid fi nancial mistakes during retirement

When you retire, you’ve learned to avoid some mistakes you made earlier in life. However, you

may still be susceptible to fi nan-cial missteps specifi cally related to your retirement years. How can you avoid those errors?

Here are a few suggestions:First, choose an appropriate

withdrawal rate for your retire-ment accounts. If you take out too much early in your retirement years, you risk running short later on.

Next, don’t underestimate your health care costs. Even with

Medicare, you could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical bills during your retirement years, so you’ll need to be prepared.

Also, try not to take Social Security too early.

The longer you wait past age 62, the bigger your checks.

Here’s another tip: Don’t invest so conser-vatively that your portfolio can’t keep up with infl ation.

Finally, don’t be more generous than you can afford. You want to help your adult children and grandchildren as much as possible, but it’s still essential you maintain your fi nancial indepen-dence.

Retirement can be a wonderful time of your life – and you may enjoy it more by doing what you can to avoid costly fi nancial mistakes.

For more information on this or any other fi nancial topic give our offi ce in Emory a call at 903-473-1592.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advi-sor.

BRANDON ROBERTSEdward Jones

Financial Advisor

RCAD

District delays mailing tax billsRains County Appraisal Dis-

trict (RCAD) Chief Appraiser Sherri McCall announced on October 8, that the district decid-ed to delay mailing the 2020 tax bills until Rains ISD holds the Voter-Approved Tax Ratifi ca-tion Election (VATRE) during the November 3 General Election.

A link on the RCAD website explains that the collections phase for the 2020 tax calendar has begun, and the property tax state-ments currently show the VATRE approved rate for Rains ISD. The rate will be on the election ballot to be determined by the voters.

Therefore, the rate is subject to change based on the outcome of the election. If the rate does not pass and your school taxes were paid prior to the November 3 election, the difference in your school taxes could be refunded.

Tax statements or bills are due upon receipt and will become delinquent on February 1, 2021. Payments must be postmarked by January 31, 2021. It is impor-tant to timely pay your property tax bill to avoid additional costs. Property owners are encouraged to open statements and be proac-tive in communicating with the

district’s collection staff. The property tax code does not make exceptions for failure to receive a statement, illness or personal tragedy or change in ownership.

The appraisal district uses the address indicated on the deed to send notices, bills and other mail-ings. If the current owner’s actual mailing address is different from what is indicated on the deed, the owner has the responsibility to inform the appraisal district of the change in writing.

Those may be deliver to 145 Doris Briggs Pkwy. in Emory, mailed to RCAD, PO Box 70, Emory, TX 75440, or emailed to [email protected]. Please do not let the simple process of updating your address keep you from being informed of impor-tant property tax matters.

Contact the appraisal district offi ce at 903-473-2391. In order to expedite questions, have your tax statements available. Prop-erty owners will be able to access their bills online or visit the RCAD offi ce for a copy. Online payments may be made at www.rainscad.org.

MY TAKE ON TECH

Apps for rentBy JOHN KELLY

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Programs, applications (apps) and software are all terms that refer to the electronic instructions a computer uses to be able to perform various tasks. I use “apps” because all three terms, in a sense, are interchangeable.

Nobody buys apps today. We buy a license to use an app according to its agreement (you know, that 45-page End User License Agreement, or EULA box that you clicked). That license can be temporary or perpetual. Perpetual licenses never expire and in some cases, depending on the license agreement, can be transferred.

I identify six models for acquiring and funding apps:

The fi rst model is the purchase of an app license that is perpetual. You can install and use the app without further payment for its use.

The second model is like the fi rst, except you choose to pay a nominal maintenance fee annu-ally to the developers for support and upgrades. The license is perpetual, while the support and upgrades are subscription-dependent.

The third model consists of shareware which is collaboratively supported apps that are supported primarily by donations from users and usually have a perpetual license. I will discuss shareware later in this article.

The fourth model, typically found on smart phones, licenses use of app without charge, but contains advertisements which pay for the cost.

The fi fth model is for free (no fi nancial cost) apps provided by the huge technology companies in the US. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple and others offer many apps that fi t with their market domination and other corpo-rate goals. Some are ad-supported. Some such as music and streaming video apps may have both free and subscription modes. There is a huge amount of variety in the fi fth model.

Finally, the sixth model – one that is the focus for the rest of this article – is the subscription-only model. Many apps are moving toward that model rather than the perpetual license.

When cloud (remote data storage) capabil-ity came along, companies had no choice but to charge money for cloud access. A terabyte (or more) of disk storage may be cheap, but it’s defi -nitely not free! Along with cloud storage, antivirus companies initiated a nice chunk of the subscrip-tion model idea. Computer viruses are so dynamic and released so often that it is essential to have very frequent updates to antivirus and anti-mal-ware apps. Frequent updates reduce the chance of your computer becoming a victim of malware or viruses. Installing an antivirus app and never updating it makes it essentially worthless.

Under a subscription-only model, an annual fee is paid, and for that one gets apps that can be installed and used on licensed computers. The

subscription also comes with some level of sup-port, and usually no additional charge for updates and enhancements for the duration of the subscrip-tion term. If the subscription is not renewed, the license may provide for the app to continue to work in a limited mode, such as read-only.

In the 1980s, Apple and Microsoft pretty much ruled the world of personal computers. The computing devices before 2000 were relatively straightforward, standardized and limited in scope and capability. Now apps run on multiple devices. Versions are compatible with the entire Apple line of computers and must be compatible with recent and current Windows systems on desktops and laptops. Android versions are needed for tab-lets, smart phones and Chromebooks. That also includes gaming platforms and Linux-based com-puters.

Once you have an app that will work on all devices, you need to offer customer support. Support techs have to be strong in supporting all devices. That highly technical staff does not come cheap! Changes or improvements to apps must be tested and cleared for all supported platforms before release.

The subscription-only model helps ensure app developers can offer a better overall experience to paying customers. If people continue to subscribe, they will always have available apps with the lat-est bug fi xes and enhancements.

Somewhat contrasting with the subscription-only model is the shareware model. It has been around for decades and will probably continue to exist for quite some time in the future. Freeware is a subset of shareware where no donations are requested. Sometimes apps are freely given by companies for various reasons, typically goodwill or marketing.

Common and popular shareware apps include password managers, encryption and compression apps, and media handling apps. There is almost no limit to the variety of apps in the shareware world. I use several (mainly utilities and tools) that I think are excellent. I have had good experience with nearly all of them and regularly support the developers.

I did not cover two emerging computer plat-forms here, IoT and automotive Internet-connected systems regarding subscription-only models. IoT is the Internet of Things, which includes home devices such as Internet-connected appliances. There is a lot to say about both of those technolo-gies which I will cover in a future column.

The subscription-only model is here to stay if companies keep the prices reasonable, provide good products and decent customer service. For many, shareware is a good option for apps when simple reliability is the key, and cost is a factor. The good news is you have a lot of choices avail-able based on your needs and your budget.

John can be reached at [email protected].


Sports

RAINS LADY CATS VOLLEYBALL

With road wins, Lady Cats setup district title showdown with #6 Lady Patriots


The Rains Wildcats varsity football team shook off the early 10 points of the Howe Bulldogs to roll to a 55-10 district road win on Friday, October 9.

Junior Audie McAree started as quarterback for the Wildcats and kept the offense rolling as the team amassed 508 total yards.

McAree ran 13 times for 151 yards and two touchdowns, while senior Mason Songer rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. Sophomore KJ Burns ran for touchdowns on his two carries for 33 yards.

McAree completed passes to six receivers as he finished the night, completing eight of 10 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns.

Burns caught three passes for 42 yards and a touchdown, while senior Daniel Balthrop caught a 54-yard touchdown and junior Cory Foster hauled in a 35-yard touchdown pass on Friday night.

Howe would start with the ball and get a big play as the Bulldog running back would find space on the outside and run for a 59

yard touchdown.After a 45-yard return by

senior Drake Hurley, the Wild-cats would turn the ball over on downs after four plays.

The Bulldogs would then grind out the rest of the first quarter by going 66 yards in 16 plays. They were forced to settle for a field goal to jump out to a 10 point lead.

Rains offense got on track as Songer carried for 33 yards and McAree ran 24 yards for the touchdown.

The Wildcat recovered an onside kick and McAree dart-ed up the middle for a 35-yard touchdown on the next play.

Rains never looked back as the defense held Howe to no more points while the offense scored 41 unanswered points on the way to the district road win.

The Rains Wildcat varsity team improves to 4-2 overall and 1-2 in District 5-3A1.

The Wildcats are scheduled to travel to Winnsboro to take on the Raiders on Friday night, October 16, with kickoff sched-uled for 7:30 p.m.

Tickets to the game are $5 and must be purchased in advance at the Rains ISD Administration office.

RAINS WILDCAT FOOTBALL

Wildcats shake off rough start, roll over Bulldogs

Leader photo by CHUCK FITTS

Getting around the edge of the defense, senior Wyatt Bozeman (44) turns upfield looking for more yards as the Bulldog defender tries to catch him during the 55-10 district win over Howe on Friday night, October 9. Bozeman finished with 20 yards of five carries.

Vote FOR VATRE PropositionVOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Contact [email protected] • 903-473-2222 • WWW.RAINSISD.ORG

Provides Rains ISD $2 million FOR increased competitive Teacher and Staff salaries FOR 1-1 Student Computers FOR Better Technology devices.

AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD TAX RATE INCREASE IS 8.3 CENTS PER STUDENT PER YEAR.

Paid for by VOTERS FOR RAINS ISD


Diving for the dig, senior Leo Terry (1) gets under the kill-attempt of the Lady Indians while sopho-more Storey Smith looks on during the straight-set district win over Grand Saline on Friday, October 9.

Contributed photo

The Rains Junior Varsity Volleyball team members are (l-r) front row: Kaylee Hurley, Cheyenne Groves, Lynzee Hague; back row: Karlee Chastain, Janessa Frayser, Caitlyn Price, Anna Tanton, Kylie Worrell, Raelyn Garcia, Kennedy Wallace and Jenna Fite.

2020 JV Volleyball


The 10th-ranked Rains Lady Cat varsity volleyball team notched two straight-set district wins over Commerce and Grand Saline last week.

On Tuesday, October 6, the Lady Cats traveled to Com-merce and beat the Lady Tigers, 3-0. Set scores for the district match were 26-24, 25-20 and 25-8.

Rains continued the district road trip with a straight-set vic-tory over the Grand Saline Lady Indians, 3-0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-9). Sophomore Harley Kreck led the Lady Cats with 18 assists, 10 kills, 6 aces and 2 digs. Sophomore Storey Smith con-tributed 6 digs, 3 kills and 2 aces and senior Chanlee Oakes had 10 kills and a block in the win.

The Rains Lady Cats are 18-1 overall and 8-1 in District 12-3A.

The 10th-ranked Lady Cats will take on the 6th-ranked Prai-riland Lady Patriots in Patton-ville on Tuesday, October 13, in a rematch of their only loss of the season.

In their final home game of the year, Rains will take on the Edgewood Lady Bulldogs on Friday, October 16, with matches scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.

Contributed photo

The Emory Texas Tornadoes were undefeated during the fall season and went on to win the championship in the 10U Softball World Series on October 10. Team members are (l-r) front row: Rylee Houchins, Brock Fischer, Rainey Patterson, Taylor Cummings, Kinzey Littrell, Paylen Jones, Aubrey Moore, Kennedy Jones; middle row: Presley Smith, Harper Jones, Greenlee Moore; and back row: coaches Clint Patterson, Kyle Kirby, Wade Schleif, and Jacob Jones.

10U Tornadoes World Series Champions


RAINS WILDCATSvs.

WINNSBORO RAIDERSFriday Night • 7:30 p.m. • Red Raider Stadium


With the eyes of a predator, junior Bobby Dell (3) pounces on the Bulldog quarterback for a sack during the 55-10 district win over Howe on Friday night, October 9.


This week's Sheriff's Report providing reports of activity dur-ing the week of October 2-7 was written by Rains County Sher-

iff Chief Deputy Kurt Fischer and submitted by Sheriff David Traylor.

Arrests10-5: Billy

Matthew Robert-son, Emory. Pro-bation violation.

There was one arrested for the week. The individual was picked up by Kaufman County.

As of Friday, October 9, there were 7 females and 16 males in custody.

Calls10-2: Emory Medical call fe-

male with breathing problems, Clinic Medical call patient hav-ing chest pains, Medical call patient having hot flashes and throwing up, Emory Citizen being harassed by someone in Canton, Medical call for patient with COPD, Emory Subject with mental issues creating problems in intersection, Welfare check

for family violence victim, Point Theft report, Medical call for ad-vice for new medications, Emory Welfare check on lost elderly woman, Emory city park Loud music complaint, Medical call child bleeding from eyes and nose.

10-3: Bright Star area Suspi-cious man dressed in black walk-ing around church, Brookshire’s Alarm activation, FM 2795 cows out, Emory Hit and run, CR 4320 Reckless driver, FM 275 cows out, Civil matter regard-ing subject repoing his own ve-hicle, Sonic in Emory Medical call man having seizure, East Tawakoni (ET) tires slashed by ex, Harassment by ex husband, ET Medical call unresponsive man, Across from Emory Live-stock Auction noise complaint, FM 2795 Shots fired.

10-4: Emory Trespassing call, Medical emergency man having problems breathing, Assault oc-curred between neighbors, Medi-cal emergency possible stroke, Hogansville Dollar General Sus-picious vehicle, Two men fight-ing, Point Dog bite, Emory Good Samaritans Theft, Medical emer-gency man screaming in pain, Emory Welfare check on elderly

female, Rains County jail Fight between inmates, Point Psych patient fled from ambulance EMS requesting assistance, Emory residence Alarm activa-tion, Emory Medical call subject severely assaulted, Emory Ag-gravated assault reported.

10-5: Wells St. Suspicious per-son, Medical emergency COVID patient can’t breathe, Medical emergency elderly man asleep at table and cannot get up, Reckless elderly driver, FM 515 Want-ed person located arrest made, Dunbar St. Smoke investigation, Controlled burn in pasture, As-sistance needed keys locked in vehicle, Local bank Alarm acti-vation false, Assistance needed elderly female fell, Sky Point RV Park Fireworks or firearms being shot, Subject warned to stop, Medical assistance with di-abetic patient, Possible prowler in home but none found, Panic alarm activated in vehicle and occupants fine, Medical emer-gency for pneumonia patient.

10-6: Medical emergency difficulty breathing, Assistance needed boat trailer came off hitch, Alarm activation at residence all fine, Hunt County Suicidal per-son driving in vehicle, North

towards Point Reckless driver, Point Vehicle accident reckless driver crashed into another ve-hicle, Subject trespassing refuses to leave, Dog caught in cable and chain needs help cutting it loose, Identity theft report filed, Assis-tance needed elderly women fell, McMillan St. Verbal disturbance, Big Daddy’s Theft from trailer, CR 1610 Possible dogs being poisoned wants extra patrol, Hwy. 69 towards Point Reck-less driver, Hwy. 69 between Point and Lone Oak Cattle on road, Ave. D Trespassing, Medi-cal emergency person unable to

hold down liquids, Emory Medi-cal emergency blood sugar/blood pressure issue, ET alarm activa-tion at business.

10-7: Medical emergency el-derly man fell and can’t get up, McMillan St. Verbal disturbance, Reckless driver, Point Ave. D Suspicious person, CR 3317 Gas leak, Emory female needs assis-tance, FM 2737 Cows on road, Emory Female needs officer assistance, Emory man driving around making threats, Medi-cal call man needs help getting up, Medical emergency man fell and needs assistance, Medical

emergency female needs ambu-lance, Point Valero Officer re-quest for suspicious man, Medi-cal call man having chest pains, Identity theft call, Emory Officer requested for incident, Woman heard screaming welfare check to find location.

For the month of September, the SO reported 52 offense/in-cident reports taken; 465 calls for service; 274 total calls for deputies; 39 arrests; and 9 cases filed.

Total patrol-vehicle mileage and transport information was not provided.

Sheriff’s Report

DAVID TRAYLORRains County Sheriff

Emory Livestock AuctionThe following is a consolidated

report of the Emory Livestock Auc-tion Inc. auctions held:

Tue., Oct. 6 Sat., Oct. 101084 Head 1831153 Sellers 294

STEERS* $85-195 Under 300 $80-175$80-180 300-400 $80-170$75-165 400-500 $70-145$70-145 Over 500 $65-135

HEIFERS*$80-170 Under 300 $75-160$80-165 300-400 $70-145$75-145 400-500 $70-135$70-135 Over 500 $60-125

SLAUGHTER*$25-60 Packer cows $25-55$62-80 Packer bulls $55-80

PAIRSNone Top None$500-1000 Low/Middle $500-1000

OTHERS*$45-90 Stocker cows $45-95$50-250 Calves (hd) $5-250None Horses (hd) $45-1100$50-300 Goats/Sheep (hd) $30-350* per hundred lb. unless noted otherwise

Contributed photo

In last week's Leader, the volunteers were inadvertently identified as Point. The Emory volunteers are (l-r) front row: Tate Peacock, Kelly Robbins, Brittnay Cooper, Carlton Goldsmith, Ann Dickerson, Keith Lewis; back row: Mikey Frey, Matthew Peacock, Darren Renshaw, Craig Taylor, Matt Winters, Jacob London, Chris Drake and Blake Cooper.

Hagansport, TX – Northeast Texas – Near Mt. VernonOCTOBER 17TH & 18TH, 2020

Saturday, Oct. 17th

@ 10 am Farm Equipment AuctionGates, Panels, Tools, Trailers,

Tractor & all types of implements

Sunday, Oct. 18th

@ 10:30 am *Catalog Horses - Non-Catalog Horses to Follow

Expecting over 150 AQHA & APHA horses from local ranches & others.

For a Catalog or Information, Please Give Us a Call or Check The Website @ srsauction.com

Conducted by: SRS Auction Services #17652

REMINDER: REMEMBER OUR SPECIAL SESSION OF HORSES OF COLOR, SESSION LIMITED TO 20 HORSES.

@ 2:30 used tack & saddles

Sunday, Oct. 18th@ 10:30 a.m. *Catalog Horses -

Non-Catalog Horses to FollowExpecting over 150 AQHA & APHA horses from local ranches & others.

@ 9:30 Cowboy Church Service

Saturday, Oct. 17th@ 10 a.m. Farm Equipment Auction

Gates, Panels, Tools, Trailers,Tractor & all types of implements

@ 2:30 used tack & saddles

Trump Faith FamilyTrump Faith Family Freedom RallyFreedom Rally

followed by Street and Boat Paradesfollowed by Street and Boat ParadesVote For America Tour 2020Vote For America Tour 2020Saturday Oct. 17 • 10:00 a.m.Saturday Oct. 17 • 10:00 a.m.

Stanley Cofer Darrin Robinson Alejandro Gauna Avery Sawyer Tianna Robinson Christin Bentley

Rains County CourthouseRains County Courthouse167 Quitman St., Emory,Texas167 Quitman St., Emory, Texas

We Stand United!We Stand United!One Nation Under GodOne Nation Under God

Tentative Itinerary: • Faith Family & Freedom Rally at Rains County Court-house from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (with multiple speakers).

• Break for lunch 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. on your own at local restaurants

• Street parade (Hwy. 69 to Hwy. 47 in Point, then right on Hwy. 276 to Two-mile Bridge on Lake Tawakoni for Second Rally (various other speakers 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.)

• Flotilla boat parade on Lake Tawakoni. Meet at the middle of Two-mile Bridge at 3:30 p.m.

Proudly hosted by Rains County Republicans

Be sure and bring your fl ags, patriotic gear and chairs.

Correction

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT

Livestock show recapOn behalf of the Texas A&M AgriLife Exten-

sion Service staff and the Rains County Fair Board, we would like to take a moment to offer each supporter and donor our heartfelt appre-

ciation for your generosity in purchasing or adding-on to an animal at our Junior Livestock Show.

The tremendous support of-fered by buyers from Rains and surrounding counties is truly amazing. With COVID-19 loom-ing on everyone’s mind, we were very fearful and apprehen-

sive as to how this year’s sale would turn out.It is with great excitement that we report the

sale and financial support you have shown the 4-H and FFA exhibitors is the best that I have seen in my 18-year tenure. We sold 64 projects for $144,300.00, and at this point, we have been pledged and/or received $47,645.00 in add-on

monies. That averages to $ 2,971.00 per lot sold.There are so many people that contributed to

and that helped make this year’s Junior Live-stock Show successful. Unfortunately, there is not enough room in my news column to list ev-eryone, but there are a few that I would like to especially mention. They are Todd Brumit, Kelly Robbins, Donna Robbins and Shawnee Peacock. They all serve as fair officers and they worked their tails off all week to make sure that the kids had an opportunity to show and sale their ani-mals. If it were not for their commitment to the 4-H and FFA programs we would not have been able to have the show and sale.

Once again, we express our sincere gratitude for your donation. We are thankful to live in a community that supports our leaders of tomorrow the way you have done. Your gift is an affirma-tion of the kindness and humanity that still exists in the world.

STEPHEN GOWINCounty Extension

Agent

an additional cent-and-a-half tax to all taxable items sold, saw East Tawakoni as the first to see tax revenues for the month come in below last year, while Emory and Point continue to see a sig-nificant increase in allocations being returned.

East Tawakoni is expected to receive $5,372.04 from the state in October, which is 8.64 per-cent below the total from 2019. The YTD total is 18.55 percent ahead of this time last year at $83,817.50.

The City of Point saw the biggest jump of the local cities from last year at 49.42 percent. The $11,559.62 being returned in October will increase the YTD payments to $118,844.90, a 33.26-percent increase from this time last year.

With $126,666.06 being re-turned to the city in October, Emory’s YTD payment crossed the million dollar mark at

$1,135,973.36. The YTD is 18.2 percent ahead of last year with the allocation for October being 26.05 percent more than 2019.

Next month, the allocations to be returned to the local taxing entities from sales made during the month of September by busi-nesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in July, August and September by quarterly fil-ers should be announced during the second week in November.

SALES TAXContinued from page 1

OCTOBER ’20 SALES TAX STATISTICS County Net pymt. Net pymt. pct. ’20 pymt. Net pymts. pct. chg. City Taxed this period prior year change to date prior year from ’19

Rains 0.5% $65,244.83 $53,198.08 22.64% $600,101.90 $525,336.74 14.23%East Tawakoni 1.5 5,372.04 5,880.10 -8.64 83,817.50 70,697.88 18.55Emory 1.5 126,666.06 100,482.14 26.05 1,135,973.36 960,981.16 18.20Point 1.5 11,559.62 7,735.87 49.42 118,844.90 89,179.05 33.26

Hopkins 0.5% $218,007.47 $200,807.20 8.56% $2,209,055.97 $2,051,748.68 7.66%Como 1.0 5,109.30 3,658.28 39.66 53,983.64 34,918.37 54.59Cumby 1.5 10,209.55 8,186.78 24.70 101,185.66 87,984.30 15.00Sulphur Springs 1.5 552,852.79 544,558.26 1.52 5,725,289.54 5,557,711.35 3.01

Hunt 0.5% $453,945.92 $401,384.76 13.09% $4,478,546.95 $3,975,993.02 12.63%Caddo Mills 1.5 63,064.06 36,362.26 73.43 445,652.53 346,149.27 28.74Campbell 1.5 7,697.17 3,218.78 139.13 60,514.74 34,165.85 77.12Celeste 1.25 6,805.66 6,790.58 0.22 68,000.02 61,469.81 10.62Commerce 1.5 143,731.81 139,103.37 3.32 1,394,505.45 1,311,781.63 6.30Greenville 1.5 725,970.21 658,188.43 10.29 7,164,119.88 6,720,195.47 6.60Hawk Cove 1.25 3,605.09 2,111.12 70.76 29,941.26 18,840.07 58.92Lone Oak 1.5 12,538.16 8,291.81 51.21 114,937.46 86,559.39 32.78Neylandville 1.0 911.11 125.43 626.38 13,063.45 9,491.83 37.62Quinlan 1.5 111,554.78 100,324.76 11.19 1,156,048.61 1,008,965.17 14.57Union Valley 1.0 3,375.84 2,655.25 27.13 28,793.50 27,165.04 5.99West Tawakoni 1.5 10,564.17 8,789.90 20.18 133,418.72 114,753.42 16.26Wolfe City 1.5 13,563.39 10,034.18 35.17 119,660.63 108,978.59 9.80

Van Zandt County does not collect sales taxCanton 2.0 323,419.68 312,603.44 3.46 3,300,531.18 3,181,642.06 3.73Edgewood 2.0 28,767.52 23,424.29 22.81 308,300.94 259,660.15 18.73Edom 1.0 1,364.06 1,234.39 10.50 18,550.20 14,170.31 30.90Fruitvale 2.0 3,971.20 3,611.13 9.97 36,577.96 27,411.61 33.43Grand Saline 2.0 56,051.49 40,769.96 37.48 520,954.79 556,769.29 -6.43Van 2.0 79,073.10 76,987.47 2.70 772,625.17 763,095.56 1.24Wills Point 2.0 133,603.01 104,299.81 28.09 1,190,522.23 980,565.89 21.41

Wood 0.5% $178,818.93 $176,604.51 1.25% $1,955,143.98 $1,745,988.49 11.97%Alba 1.5 17,584.67 13,542.08 29.85 193,905.08 139,568.20 38.93Hawkins 1.5 25,252.61 28,679.20 -11.94 279,412.50 321,199.80 -13.00Mineola 1.5 184,554.77 177,613.04 3.90 1,976,242.53 1,815,589.01 8.84Quitman 1.5 66,197.78 63,393.20 4.42 716,493.33 615,057.89 16.49Winnsboro 1.5 117,063.23 104,925.55 11.56 1,144,461.83 1,005,028.89 13.87Yantis 1.5 7,209.25 5,660.83 27.35 77,124.90 66,707.18 15.61


Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church

Obituaries

Wash your hands & say your prayers cuz Jesus & germs are everywhere

Travis Glynn Anderson1947 – 2020

A memorial service for Travis Glynn Anderson of Emory, will be scheduled at a later date.

Mr. Anderson died on October 6, 2020, in Tyler. He was born on Septem-ber 30, 1947, to Travis Vernon Anderson and Ouilda Elaine Conatser in Dallas. He served in the US Army as a gunner. He achieved the rank of a Specialist 4-E4 and was stationed in Germany and back home at Fort Hood. He was honor-ably discharged in 1970. After being dis-charged from the Army, he worked as a machinist until he retired in 2011. He loved to fish, spend time with family and loved old hot rods and clas-sic cars.

Mr. Anderson is survived by his children, Glyn-Da and Jessie Shearer of Emory, Dianna Ander-son of Emory, JR Anderson of Emory, Bobby and

Charlotte Pickett of Alba and Ira Ray Pickett of Yantis; grandchildren, Jen-nifer Taylor, Johnathon Taylor, Jus-tin Shearer, Phillip Gaby, RayeAnna Gaby, Brianna Anderson, Trey Ander-son, Savanna Anderson, Brandie Har-vey and Amanda Paris; great-grandchil-dren, Vada, Kimberly, Bryan, Carson, Uriah, Kolby, Dakota, Hunter, Madison and Gracie; great-great-grandchildren, Cooper, Noah and Everly; and sister, Charlotte Herrera of Quitman.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Anna Raye Anderson; brothers, Danny Anderson and Robert Upchurch; son, Phillip Pickett; and granddaughter, Donna Anderson.

Arrangements are under the direction of Wil-son-Orwosky Funeral, Emory.

Billye Ruth Kovar1929 – 2020

A grave side service for Billye Ruth (Walters) Kovar, 91, of Emory, was held at Emory City Cemetery on October 9.

Mrs. Kovar died on October 5, 2020, in Greenville. She was born on July 1, 1929, to Walter Wiggins Walters and Clemmy Wyrick in Ruston, Louisiana. She married Charles Weldon Kovar on September 4, 1948, in Dallas. She enjoyed woodworking, gardening and spending time with her family.

Mrs. Kovar is survived by son, Charles William “Bill” Kovar and wife Janis; daughters,

Madelene Minyard and husband Ron-ald and Marsha Wood; grandchildren, Michelle Minyard, Kelly Kovar, Kyle Kovar and Cooper Wood; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; and parents.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hope Hospice, 6501 Wesley St B, Greenville, TX 75402.

Arrangements were under the direc-tion of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home,

Emory.

By Linda Franklin“There will be no more night;

they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 22:5Renee Hudgins and Joan Kile

opened morning service with beautiful songs. I really enjoyed singing along with them. Bro. Steve Couch opened the morning service with a beautiful song.

The scripture was from John on “Jesus Meets the Woman at the Well.” Bro. Steve Couch taught the Sunday school lesson from Acts on “The Gospel Reaches Asia.” We are still streaming the lessons on Facebook on Saturday nights.

We had a very good group for worship.

I understand there will be no

school for the next 14 days. I know the children are confused and maybe it interrupts their learning process.

We had some of our people get away for a few days of camp-ing. I am not a camper.

Our prayer list includes Renee Hudgins, Larry and Karen’s daughter, Mark Brown, Joan Hutchison’s sister passed away, Richard and Rose Stanley. Bro. Steve Couch’s aunt passed away, The Brian Reecer family, Kait-

lyn Caldwell (eye surgery), Bob Martin (surgery), Don Floyd, Rob Potts, Theresa Hill, Presi-dent Trump and the country, and all the others who still need our prayers.

Birthday wishes go to Joe M. Jacks, Louie Don Franklin, Lin-coln Jacks, Tucker Fisher and Geary Jacks.

We sincerely hope each one of you have had a wonderful and healthy week. Go with God and have a blessed week.

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Willow Springs Mennonite Church

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Emory ... from my viewHello everyone. I hope you

have all had a great week. The Rains County Chamber is having its annual banquet on October 20, always a good time.

Spooktacular is scheduled for October 31 in the Sandy Creek Park. Which is always a great place for the kiddos to trick or treat.

Speaking of Halloween, there are two of my favorite things I want to share with preschool par-

ents/grandparents. Spookley the Square Pumpkin is a great story about being different. It comes in story book form, but also is on Netflix. Another favorite is Blippi and his Halloween song, that is on YouTube. My crew goes crazy over it and we sing it word for word. I do hope you’re able to share some of those with a little one in your life.

Christmas Around the Square has been set for December 5.

This year the proceeds will ben-efit the new playground equip-ment for the park. There will be vendors set up around the court-house square and then a parade that evening with Santa. Mark your calendars, you don’t wanna miss it! It’s never to early when you’re talking about Santa!

That’s all for this week folks, I hope you remember to spread more love today than yesterday!

submitted by Shala O’Neal

Community News

Interesting Point The days start getting shorter

and the weather a little cooler, fall is in the air. It is fun driv-ing around town seeing pump-kins and mums on neighbors’ porches.

Ryder Moore broke his arm and he really did a pretty good job of it. He will be doing water boy chores for the rest of football

season.Looks like Michelle LeSassier

Small’s husband will be join-ing her in the J.C. Penney cata-logues. They are making it a family affair.

The OG (cotton gin) in Point is having its first birthday party. It is good to see some action around town. The old service sta-

tion is getting a longtime needed face lift. Can not wait to see what is going in there. Point is abuzz with activity.

Well, I hope this brings a smile to your day. After all, it is the best medicine for what ails you.

submitted by Penny Wittrock


By Donna BoughtonJoel Frazier opened Sunday

school hour by leading us in an old song of praise and then dis-missed us to our class.

We continued the study on the Lord’s Prayer and the 23 Psalm with the lesson focusing on David’s words, “He maketh me to lie down in Green Pastures.” Jesus understands all our anx-ious thoughts and He reminds us to lie down and be still, remem-

bering that He is watching over us.

Jake Frazier began worship service with a song. After prayer petitions were shared and praises offered, Donna Jones brought the morning prayer. After more singing, Kelsey Frazier brought the special music.

Pastor Mike Frazier’s mes-sage was titled “You Are Not Alone.” It was a reminder that our daily battles are never fought

alone. We have a “great cloud of witnesses” and God, Himself who fights along side us.

Next week is the All-singing, Praise and Testimony service. Immediately following the ser-vice, we will enjoy a pot-luck lunch in the fellowship hall.

Have a wonderful week but continue to pray for our coun-try, our leaders and the fast approaching election.

Emory United Methodist Church

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Country Baptist Church

Believers' Baptist ChurchShady Grove Baptist Church

By Mary White“The Lord is my Shepherd; I

shall not want.” Psalm 23:1Sunday was the second in our

series on Psalms in our Sunday school class. We are enjoying a video from the new Right-now Media educational resource partner. The group has much discussion and fellowship while learning more about David.

Pastor Danny’s message was

titled “The Permission Giver,” with scripture text taken from Exodus.

As usual, the Israelites failed to worship the true God. I believe we all listen at times to the wrong voice, when we need to listen closely to the good shepherd and follow where he’s leading us as we walk with him by faith.

The Methodist Women’s

annual garage sale will be held Friday, October 16, and Satur-day, October 17, on the grounds. We also will have a bake sale. Come and check out the sale items and enjoy a cup of coffee and fellowship with us.

Birthday wishes go to Lauren Tillinghast and Carolyn Roland

Have a great week and be sure to vote.

By Linda Brendle“My son, if sinners entice

you, do not consent.” Proverbs 1:10

Sunday morning’s sermon was called “Wisdom for Life: Unwise Associations.” Pastor Jason said that while unwise associations lead to wasted and deceived lives, Jesus can rescue us from the path of folly because He was the perfect son who lis-tened and obeyed.

Sunday was Pastor Apprecia-

tion Day, and the congregation expressed love to Pastors Jason and Jerod through words, cards, letters and gifts.

Next Sunday morning, the eighth annual BBC Chili Cook-Off will be held immediately after morning worship. Come enjoy good food and good fel-lowship and vote for your favor-ite entry for the People’s Choice Prize.

The Foundations Class will meet next Sunday evening at

6:00 p.m. Lesson 7 is The Lord God Omnipotent Reigns: The Story of the Empty Tomb.

Know the Faith Sunday will be held October 25. Adults and youth will meet in the sanctu-ary at 9:15 a.m. for a panel dis-cussion of “Jesus and His Par-ables.”

The Church Praying will be held October 25 at 6:00 p.m.

Episode 55 of the Asking for a Friend podcast is “David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-58).”

By Lana Carlisle“And said, If thou wilt dili-

gently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his com-mandments and keep all his stat-utes, I will put none of these diseases upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.”

Exodus 15:26 Bro. A.B. Godwin welcomed

visitors and made announce-ments. Wednesday night Bible study starts at 6:30 p.m. The food theme will be taco bar. On Oct. 18, we will have commu-

nion. Fourth Sunday-Night sing-ing and Fellowship will be on October 25. Anniversary wishes go to Dirk and Pat Schutter for 60 years. Remember to vote.

Prayers are for our nation, Raymond Spencer, Bro. Mack, Pat Schutter’s sister, Diana’s son-in-law and Rains ISD. The opening prayer was given by David Harvey.

The special music was given by Ruth Kerley, Earlene Cormi-er and Bro. Wayne.

Bro. Wayne Wolfe’s morning message was titled “Trusting in Our Religion to Die by.” Good

to live by, good to die for.During the evening service

David Harvey, Debra Milan and Wayne Milan had unspo-ken prayer requests. Blessings by David Harvey to be able to be in the house of the Lord.

Bro. Wayne Wolfs’s message was titled “Nature of the Jour-ney.” He spoke about staying focused on what God has us to do and why we come to church. Sometimes we lose sight in serv-ing God.

See you next Sunday, Lord willing and the saints don’t rise.

First Baptist Church of PointBy Tina Graves

“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;” I Colossians 1:10

The choir sang beautifully. Lisa Oler led the congregation in recognizing Bro. Zach and his family on Pastor Appreciation Sunday. Bro. Zach then gave the announcements.

Bro. Zach reminded us of the upcoming women’s brunch on Oct. 24, from 10:00-11:30 a.m.

in the fellowship hall for a study of Proverbs 31. The prayer was from Proverbs. Our church of the week was Emory Baptist with Pastor Richard Piles.

The choir led songs. Lynda Rose was back with cookies and gave the children’s sermon to a full house. In her message for the kids, she told how she had brought her plants in from out-side for the winter. She told them that’s what Jesus does when we invite him into our hearts. She then led them in prayer.

Bro. Zach brought the mes-sage from I Colossians by first admonishing the church for its lack of sharing the good news of Jesus to all. We know what we should do, we have the tools to do it, but we do it not. He taught that there’s a major disconnect in what is preached, taught, believed and in what is done.

Come to First Baptist Point to learn more about sharing the gospel with others, or watch our sermons online at FBCpoint.com.

Emory Baptist ChurchBy Ronnie Witt

On Sunday morning, Bro. Richard shared a message from Revelation, titled “In the World but Not of the World.” In it, he shared about “the Compromis-ing Church” in Pergamos, whom Jesus criticized for holding to false teachers and false teaching. On Sunday evening, the youth went to the Hurleys’ house for a fellowship since it was a holiday weekend.

Two service ministries of Emory Baptist resumed. Wom-en on Mission resumed meet-

ing on Monday, October 12, in the bride’s room. The mission-focused group had taken a break during the summer. Threads of Service met on October 13. Threads of Service is a sewing ministry that makes items to give and serve others in the com-munity and around the world.

Backpack Buddies did not meet to pack boxes on Monday because the school will be closed for the next two weeks. Keep an eye out for the next packing day after school resumes.

Family Fun Night is Satur-

day, October 17, at 5:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Join the fun with board games and dominoes around the various tables.

Next week, there are a few upcoming events you will want to note. The members’ meet-ing is Sunday night, October 18. T.E.L. resumes meeting on Tuesday, October 20, at noon in the fellowship hall. The SAM Lunch and Game Day will meet again on Thursday, October 22, at noon in the fellowship hall.

CalvaryBaptist Church

INDEPENDENTFUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST

10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship 6:00 p.m. Worship

Pastor: Jimmy JarrettHwys. 515 & 779, 2-1/2 MilesEast of Emory • 903-474-9463

Chapel HillBaptist Church

Bonanza Community“The church with an opendoor and an open heart”

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Church Service 11:00 a.m.Evening Service 5:00 p.m.Wed. Night Service 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Billy WalkerEVERYONE WELCOME!

We invite you to study God’s Word with us soon.

CHURCHOF CHRIST

Hwy. 69 N. • P.O. Box 68Emory, TX 75440

903-473-2658Sunday Bible Classes 9:00 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

FreedomChurch of God

10830 FM 5146 mi. N on Hwy. 19, east on 514

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.

Nursery ~ Children’s ChurchCome Worship With Us

Pastor David HammChurch 903-473-2457

County LineBaptist Church

Bro. Wayne DartySunday School 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Night 7:00 p.m.

nursery availableHWY. 275, 3 miles south

of Miller Grove903-994-2125 • 903-459-3219

Welcome to

The CountryBaptist Church

in Point on Hwy. 69

Pastor: Mike FrazierSunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

NO EVENING SERVICESAT THIS TIME

Emory UnitedMethodist

Church

456 N. Texas StreetOne Block from Square

Worship Services . . .9:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Phone 903-473-2411

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors

Rev. Danny Barrett

Connect with God Connect with God’s Word Connect with God’s People Connect with God’s Plan

Sundays9:15 a.m. Sunday School10:30 a.m. AM Worship Toddler Church Preschool Church Children’s Church6:00 p.m. PM Worship

Wednesdays 6:30 p.m.Prayer Service

Youth Bible StudyKids Inside-out

9483 West FM 515 • Alba, TX 75410903-473-9523 • www.lakeforkbaptist.org

MIRACLE FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH

(Independent)820 SH 276 • Emory

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Worship Service 10:45 a.m.Evening Service 5:00 p.m.Wed. Night Service 7:00 p.m.Wed. Night Activity 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: Robert Burns IIChurch: 903-473-3238

WoosleyBaptist Church

Hwy. 47 South of Point830-798-5855

Call if you need a ride to church!Pastor: Bro. Ron Langley

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.Church Service 10:45 a.m.Evening Service 6:00 p.m.Wed. Eve Service 6:00 p.m.

A Church with a Vision

SHADY GROVEBAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.Wed. Night Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 p.m.

Pastor: Wayne Wolfe • 903-473-4590

19N @ RCR 3200 • EVERYONE WELCOME!

Everyone is welcome at

Bright StarBaptist Church

P.O. Box 680, Alba, TX 75410Two miles West of Alba on

FM 2795, 1-1/2 miles N. of US 69Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Worship Service 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: Bro. Jerry Jackson Jr. 903-513-3120 • 903-569-7100

Pastor: Dr. Jason RolenMinister to students and families: Jerod HaygoodHwy. 19 – 1 mile north of courthouse in Emory

903-474-0027 • www.bbcemory.org

SundaySunday School .................. 9:15 a.m.Morning Worship ............ 10:30 a.m.

WednesdayAWANA ............................6:00 p.m.Student Ministry ...............6:00 p.m.

Daugherty Baptist Church

2 miles west of Hwy. 19N on FM 514 Sunday School .........10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Evening Worship ......6:00 p.m. Wed. night ................7:00 p.m.

Pastor Joe Pierce903-886-6522

Pilgrims RestBaptist Church

1140 FM 2946, EmorySunday School . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship . . . 10:45 a.m.Evening Worship . . . . . 6:00 p.m.Wed. Bible Study . . . . . 6:00 p.m.“Reaching Out Because We Care”

Bro. Steve Couchwww.pilgrimsrestbaptistchurch.org

Bible Classes 9:00 a.m.Worship Service 10:00 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Wed. Eve. Service 7:00 p.m.

Everyone welcome!Richard Kellam

www.pointchurchofchrist.org

FirstAssemblyOf God

Services

Sunday School ........... 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship .......11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening ........... 5:00 p.m.

Wednesdays ................ 7:00 p.m. Phone: 903-473-2371

340 South Texas St.

(Hwy. 19 South 2 blocks from traffic lights)Pastor: Montie L. & Sandra J. Parker, Sr.

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6345 FM 47, Point • 903-456-7614

Sunday School 10:00 a.m. • Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m. • Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.

Children’s and Youth Ministries availablePastor Nathan Bounds • First Lady Jana Bounds

You’re invited to worship with us.

Clarks Chapel Church of God

You Are Always Welcome at

Free BridgeBaptist Church

903-447-3772“Holding Forth the Word of Life”Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

Highway 276 • TawakoniDon Ridgeway - Pastor

SSunday Sunday Morning Small Groups 9:15am Morning Worship 10:30am Evening Worship 6:30 pm

WWednesday Wed. Worship 6:30pm (Adults, Youth, Children) Choir Practice 6:30pm

On The Square Corner Of North & Planters

Downtown Emory 903-473-3357

emorybaptist.org

Dr. Richard D. Piles—Pastor Chris Henderson—Minister of Music & Sr. Adults

Ronnie Witt— Minister of Youth & Education

The Gatheringat “The Barn of Emory”

Spirit-fi lled Believers1st Saturday of every month Sabbath Meal with teaching at 5:00

Every Saturday:Foundational Class 6:00 p.m.

Worship 7:30 p.m.550 RSCR 3425, Emory, TX 75440

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THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY

The sad story of a San Jacinto heroThe daughter of a long dead and all but forgot-

ten hero of the Texas Revolution unveiled a statue of her tragic father at a Galveston intersection on October 20, 1938.

San Jacinto should have ensured him success and immortality, but Sidney Sherman knew only pain and disappointment. The most powerful politician of his day ruined his reputation, and three suspicious fires left a promising career in ashes. Yet his public ordeal paled in comparison to the private anguish of burying four children and a wife.

Sherman proudly admired the fruit of four years labor

since leaving New York City in 1831. Neverthe-less, the Cincinnati businessman was willing to risk everything to fight for freedom in a foreign land.

On March 6, 1836, Sherman and 50 volun-teers from Ohio and Kentucky reached Gonzales, where reinforcements were supposed to be ready for an Alamo rescue mission. Finding no relief column waiting, the stunned officer refused to lead his men into certain annihilation.

Five days later, Gen. Sam Houston showed up and forged the chain of command that included Sherman as lieutenant colonel. When confirma-tion came that night of the massacre in San Anto-nio, the general gave the order for a full-scale retreat that Sherman and many others found hard to swallow.

At the Colorado River, the outspoken newcom-er pleaded for permission to cross the tributary and surprise a Mexican force twice the size of his own contingent. Harsh words were exchanged after Houston pulled rank and insisted Sherman continue the withdrawal.

Word of the slaughter at Goliad sapped the already anemic morale of the rebels and set muti-nous tongues to wagging. Sherman was the popu-lar choice of the dispirited soldiers to replace their do-nothing general, a fact duly noted by Houston who would always despise his would-be successor as a back-stabbing traitor.

As the two sides jockeyed for position the day before the climax at San Jacinto, Sherman pro-posed a preemptive strike against Santa Anna’s cannon. A rancorous debate ended with Houston giving his reluctant approval, and the recently promoted colonel assembling a squad for the dar-ing dash.

Coming under heavy fire from the Mexi-can lines, the horseback commandos pulled up short of their objective. “What are they about?” shouted Houston. “I ordered a reconnoiter only!” Sherman accused his superior of reneging on

promised support, a charge the latter denied to his dying day.

While Sam Houston scaled the political heights after the Revolution, twice serving as president of the Republic as well as senator and governor, Sherman suffered a personal apoca-lypse. In May 1852, an arsonist burned to the ground the sawmill that supplied his troubled railroad with crossties. The mysterious incident was only the beginning of a strange series of calamities.

Within the year, Sherman’s 18-month-old child died unexpectedly, and a second blaze destroyed the family home at Harrisburg. Sending his kin out of state, the head of the family took shelter in his railway office until that structure too went up in smoke.

At age 51, when he should have been looking forward to a secure retirement, Sherman started over from scratch as a hotel proprietor in Galves-ton. But his problems were far from over.

In his farewell address to the U.S. Senate in 1859, Houston launched into a scathing tirade against every enemy he had ever made. During this blistering attack, he produced a letter pur-portedly written by Sherman’s adjutant accusing him of cowardice at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Dazed by the patently false allegation, Sher-man countered with his own clear recollection and testimonials from several eyewitnesses. But, as far as most Texans were concerned, irreparable damage had been done. If Sam said Sherman was yellow, then yellow he was.

Only in Galveston did Sherman remain above reproach. In early 1861, he was asked to direct the defense of the island in the event of a north-ern invasion, a responsibility he relinquished that August to the incoming Confederate commander.

He sold his hotel and moved his family to the mainland. At the Battle of Galveston, when the Rebs freed the city from Union occupation, Lt. Sidney A. Sherman, his 19-year-old namesake, was among the gray-clad casualties.

Tragedy stalked poor old Sherman into his twilight years. The last of his sons perished in 1863 followed a few months later by his invalid wife. The yellow fever epidemic of 1867 claimed the husbands of two daughters, and in 1872 he lost a fourth child.

Finally, in August 1873, death came calling for Sidney Sherman, the sole surviving San Jacinto officer. In solemn tribute the Galveston News urged, “Let Texans follow this patriot to his grave and moisten the ashes of glory with the sweet tears of gratitude.”

Contact Bartee Haile at [email protected] or by mail at P.O. Box 130011, Spring, TX 77393.

By Bartee HaileHISTORICAL COLUMNIST

action will not require the dis-trict to make up any of these lost days.

The students and staff impact-ed are mainly at the junior high and intermediate campuses. As a result of this, we will suspend all academic and extra-curricular operations Pre-K through Grade 8. We have not had positive cases that have impacted Rains High School other than contact trac-ing which has reduced the avail-ability of staff districtwide. We will continue with extra-curricu-

lar activities at the high school as long as this current outbreak does not impact that campus.

Rains ISD has decided to take advantage of the current break built into our calendar which will require us to lose only seven instructional days. The deci-sion to close school has not been made lightly. We have not received the devices ordered for remote instruction, thus limit-ing our ability to offer the most effective remote instruction to all students. This means that

students will not be required to engage in instruction during this closure.

The district has contacted the parents/guardians of students who need to be quarantined for the 14 days. We encourage these students to remain isolated during this closure. Parents of students who have been quar-antined and may have questions related to this may contact Jan-ice Rouse, Director of Health Services, at [email protected] .

For any questions or concerns regarding this closure, please contact Jennifer Johnson at [email protected] or 903-473-2222.

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Curbside voting is available for voters who are physically unable to enter the polling place. They may ask that an election officer bring a ballot to the entrance of the polling place or to a car parked at the curbside. After the voter marks the ballot, they will give it to the election officer, who will put it into the ballot box.

County residents can vote early by mail if they will be away from the county on elec-tion day and during early voting, are sick or disabled, are 65 years of age or older on election day or are confined in jail, but eligible to vote. The application to vote by mail must be received by the county clerk’s office by October 23.

The ballot by mail must be received by the county clerk’s office, through the mail or dropped off by the voter, by 7:00 p.m. on November 3.

Officials stated that the voting location for early voting will be following the Center for Disease Control guidelines for social dis-tancing. Poll workers will be wearing masks, and voters are

encouraged to wear a mask into the polling location, but are not required.

Voting machines will be cleaned after every voter. Dis-posable styluses and gloves will be available to cast a ballot and residents may bring their own stylus.

All voters will need to pres-ent one of seven approved forms of photo ID at the poll to cast a ballot in the November 3 Gen-eral Election. The seven forms of approved photo IDs are:

• Texas Drivers License issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).• Texas Election Identifica-tion Certificate issued by the DPS.• Texas Personal Identifica-tion Card issued by the DPS.Texas Handgun License issued by the DPS.• United State Military Iden-tification Card containing the person’s photograph.• United States Citizenship Certificate containing the person’s photograph.• United States Passport.

If a voter does not possess

one of the forms of acceptable photo identification listed above and the voter cannot reasonably obtain such identification, the voter may fill out a Reasonable Impediment Declaration form at the polling location.

Along with filling out the form, the voter must present an original or copy of one of the following supporting forms of identification:

• a government document that shows the voter’s name and an address, including the voter’s voter registration certificate;

• a current utility bill;• a bank statement;• a government check;.• a paycheck;• a certified domestic birth

certificate;• or a document confirming

birth, admissible in a court of law which establishes the voter’s identity.

For more information about the general election, contact the Texas Secretary of State’s office at 1-800-252-8683 or visit the website, www.votetexas.gov.

For information about the local elections, contact the Rains County Clerk at 903-473-5000, ext. 109 or visit www.co.rains.tx.us/page/rains.Elections.

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works in the office of County Attorney Robert Vititow.

During the meeting, the com-missioners were presented with an advanced funding agreement with TxDOT for replacement of the bridge over Woodbury Creek on CR 1495.

Rains County Road & Bridge Administrator Ronnie Morgan informed the court that the coun-ty would be getting a $440,000 bridge for around $85,000 thanks to box culverts the county installed on state highways.

The court unanimously approved the agreement with TxDOT for replacement of the bridge on CR 1495.

An addendum to the meet-ing had commissioners con-sidering whether to allow the Rains County Clerk’s office to hire temporary workers to help with setup for the November 3 General Election. They unani-mously approved allowing the

clerk to hire the extra help and to pay them with funds from the CARES Act.

Commissioners unanimously approved the motion to register all county employees in the free Cybersecurity Training offered by Texas Association of Coun-ties.

The court unanimously approved the annual agreements of the allocation of funds to the Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases, the Regional Solid Waste Grant with East Texas Council of Governments, and the Indigent Defense For-mula Grant.

The commissioners tabled the decision on the audio and video bids for the Rains County Court-house, approved the preliminary plat for the Iron Bridge subdi-vision and accepted a pricing agreement on for dental care for indigent health and the jail.

During monthly reports, Jor-

dan Smith was introduced to commissioners as the new coor-dinator of the Indigent Health Care program for Rains County.

Morgan was asked about the status of the new equipment pur-chased by the county for the Road & Bridge department. He stated that the new bobtail truck will arrive in about 45 days and plans are in the works to auc-tion old equipment in the near future.

In administrative comments, Judge Wayne Wolfe said that Rains County had passed the “30-days with less than 20 active cases” mandate on Thursday, October 8. He was looking over the latest executive order from Texas Governor Greg Abbott before filing for the mask waiver with the state.

Commissioner Mike God-win was absent from the regular meeting.

The Rains County Commis-sioners have scheduled the next regular meeting for Thursday, October 22, at 10:00 a.m. in the courtroom of the Rains County Courthouse.

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The RISD administration and trustees chose to ask residents for an additional $0.12. At the same time, the board agreed to lower the interest and sinking debt [I&S] rate $0.045 from last year’s rate making this year’s I&S rate $0.14. The combined tax rate RISD residents will be

$1.1548 per $100 valuation with voter approval.

The tax rate for property own-ers in RISD last year was $1.155 per $100 valuation. The new rate results in a reduction of $0.0002 from the previous year.

According to information made available by TEA, if the

VATRE fails, the M&O rate will revert to $0.8948 per $100 valu-ation.

The wording on the ballot for the November 3 General Elec-tion states that the new rate will result in an increase of 12.83 percent in M&O tax revenue over the preceding year, which is an increase of $1,921,757.

If you have any questions, contact RISD at 903-473-2222 or email them at [email protected].

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diate interest in the sale and began sorting out paperbacks from hardbacks and fiction from non-fiction as well as alphabet-izing by author. Her system cre-ated the format for what has become one of the best organized and most professional FOL book sales in East Texas.

Jane Dillon took over as chair-man of the book sale in 2010. She added to sale profits by sell-ing the remaining books to Half-Price Books and various used book dealers. The semi-annual event held in April and October nets well over $1,000 per sale. The sales are the main source of income and allow the FOL to fulfill its purpose which is “to support the Rains County Pub-lic Library through volunteering, fundraising and programming.”

When asked to comment about the FOL and the book sale, Wendy Byrd said, “I was named as the new library direc-tor in September 2010. I realized

right away that the Friends of the Library, and their tremendous effort to support our small rural library, would be very important to the success of our children’s programs. The monies raised from book sales play a very important part regarding what we are able to offer our children for summer reading and story times. Without the help of the FOL and the funds that they give back to the library our pro-grams would not be what they are today. These monies have also been given to help support our e-book program as well.”

Although we don’t know the details of those early sales, we know that the wide range and variety of books exceeded expectations. The sale quickly outgrew the Meadows Room and was moved to the Agri-Life Building around 2013. The event continues to grow, and the venue was changed to the Emory City Centre in the Spring

of 2017. Books for the sale come from individuals who drop dona-tions in a box on the courthouse square and at the library. When the library makes room for newer books, the older ones are moved to the book shed behind the library to be sorted for the next sale. The Good Samaritans Thrift Store also contributes its overflow book inventory.

The April sale was canceled this year due to the pandemic, and the FOL income has suf-fered as a result. However, area book lovers are the winners as the Emory City Centre is packed with twice as many books and twice as many bargains. The public is invited to come on Friday from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. to shop the prime selections and again on Saturday from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. for Bargain Day ($3.00 per bag). Your support will help make up for income lost in the spring and ensure that the FOL can continue to support the library as it has for almost 40 years.

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